| Adopt-A-Stream Foundation |
Support Streamkeepers Academy which is an educational program teaching people how to become stewards of their watershed. |
$5,000 |
| Alaska Bird Observatory |
Study of the Arctic Warbler which is endemic to Alaska and does not breed anywhere else in North America and is one of the most unstudied songbirds in North America. |
$2,430 |
| Alaska Community Action on Toxics |
Support work to ban aerial spraying of harmful pesticides in Alaska |
$5,000 |
| American Rivers, Northwest Regional Office |
Create CD-ROM to educate decision-makers about the benefits of dam removal on the Elwha River and to generate funds for pre and post dam removal research and monitoring. |
$3,000 |
| Bellingham Storytellers Guide |
Support Stories for Earth, Air, Fire and Water: Environmental Storytelling which demonstrates how storytelling is used to foster understanding of conservation and natural resource issues |
$1,500 |
| Cascades Resources Advocacy Group |
Prepare an analysis of water resources in the East Fork of the Hood River Basin to promote conservation of this threatened alpine watershed. |
$3,000 |
| Center for Biologic Diversity |
Supports its Protecting Northwest Old Growth Forests Campaign which includes petitioning the US Fish and Wildlife Serve for endangered species listing. |
$1,500 |
| Central Okanagan Science Opportunities for Kids Society |
Research and pilot phase of a program of environmental education and research on the area effected by the fire near Kelowna |
$2,500 |
| Citizens for a Healthy Bay |
Contribute to the purchase of a boat to patrol Commencement Bay in an effort to report spills and other forms of water pollution. |
$3,500 |
| Conservation Leaders Network |
Support its work with counties and communities to prevent the US Forest Service from using funds from the Healthy Forests Restoration Act to log in old growth and roadless areas. |
$4,000 |
| Denali Citizens Council |
Educate community about the future of lands located in the NW corner of Denali National Park |
$5,000 |
| Evergreen State College Foundation |
Support conference on climate change and energy. |
$1,000 |
| Headwaters |
Support a study of the impacts of logging on salmon habitat in green and post-fire old-growth forests. |
$3,650 |
| Kachemak Heritage Land Trust |
Enhance its communication system in order to better create and distribute information about its efforts to preserve private land on Kenai Peninsula. |
$2,000 |
| Kitsap County Land Acquisition |
Contribution to a coalition of groups including Kitsap County, The Great Peninsula Conservancy and the Washington Department of Natural Resources to purchase 623 acres of land from the Port Blakeley Timber Company to place into conservancy. The land is in close proximity to the Rhododendron Preserve and is part of the Chico Creek watershed. |
$100,000 |
| Methow Conservancy |
Reprint the Good Neighbor Handbook with specific information on low-impact building sites, water-efficient gardening techniques, noxious weed management and erosion and fire prevention. |
$2,000 |
| Montana Water Trust |
Reprint Instream Flow Enhancement Handbook which educates water rights holders to participate in its voluntary streamflow enhancements and protection program. |
$2,450 |
| Nicole Ardoin |
research to investigate the sense of place in three ecoregions in the Klamath-Siskiyous, one of the country's most diverse and threatened landscapes. |
$3,520 |
| Northwest Wilderness and Parks Conference |
support conference, which celebrates the 40th anniversary of the Wilderness Act and examines the successes of wilderness, threats to it and opportunities for saving it. |
$5,000 |
| NW Regional Office, National Parks Conservation Assoc. |
promote stewardship in Mt. Rainier gateway communities. |
$1,350 |
| Oregon Natural Desert Association |
fight to secure federal Wilderness designation for the unprotected public lands and rivers in the Oregon high desert. |
$5,000 |
| People for Puget Sound |
support efforts to protect Puget Sound's endangered shorelines through development and publication of educational materials. |
$5,000 |
| Pilchuck Audubon Society |
support its Community Advocate Program which protects important ecosystems and habitat from growth pressures |
$3,750 |
| Skagit Fisheries Enhancement Group |
help efforts to enhance habitat for salmon on a reach of Childs Creek. |
$5,000 |
| Stewardship Partners |
Support the public outreach component of the Nisqaully River Glacier to Sound Stewardship Corridor with the overall goal to conserve the Nisqually watershed and preserve water quality. |
$1,000 |
| The Lands Council |
create Old Growth Report to raise public awareness of old growth forest in northern Idaho. |
$4,330 |
| The Mountaineers |
upgrade and expand educational facilities at Meany Lodge that will provide educational opportunities for Mountaineers, non-profit organizations and the public. |
$4,542 |
| The Mountaineers and the Hazel Wolf Environmental Film Network |
outreach, and publicity for the Seattle Environmental Film Festival. |
$2,500 |
| The Mountaineers Books |
continued support for book on Arctic National Wildlife Refuge |
$20,000 |
| The Mountaineers Books |
publication of Defending Wild Washington a Citizen's Action Guide. |
$5,000 |
| The Mountaineers Library |
salary of professional librarian and library’s operating budget |
$18,443 |
| The Mountaineers, Conservation Division |
support Northwest Environmental Issues Course 2005 |
$3,300 |
| Volunteers for Outdoor Washington |
publication of a Third Edition of the Iron Goat Trail Guidebook. |
$3,000 |
| Washington Environmental Council |
help fund the Environmental Agenda 2005 |
$2,500 |
| Washington Trail Association |
publish a recreational guide to Pinchot National Forest in an effort to better protect this wilderness area. |
$2,000 |
| Washington Wildlife and Recreation Foundation |
develop a photo library which will improve its outreach efforts to protect valuable habitat and outdoor recreation areas. |
$2,000 |
| Water Watch |
publication of Rivers 20/20 report which documents river conservation advances in the past 20 years. |
$3,000 |
| Watershed Education Network |
create a VHS/DVD film entitled What’s Up Your Creek? Stream Monitoring in Western Montana. |
$5,000 |
| Total amount awarded during FY 2004 |
$252,765 |
