$35,000 awarded to Wildlife Conservation Society in
This second-year grant provides continued funding for Sarah Reed's work as project leader for the Western Private Lands and Connectivity Conservation project, and for her new full time staff position as Associate Conservation Scientist at...
Eunice Blavascunas will join the staff of SERC Institute as a social scientist responsible for developing a social science program for the organization. SERC Institute, located on the Schoodic Peninsula in Winter Harbor, Maine, was created...
$40,000 awarded to San Francisco Estuary Institute in
This grant will fund Chuck Striplen's time as environmental scientist at the San Francisco Estuary Institute (SFEI) to create a new Tribal Initiative within the Historical Ecology Program of the organization. The Initiative will integrate...
$30,600 awarded to Farallones Marine Sanctuary Association in
In this second year of Switzer funding, Leslie Abramson will continue to lead an interdisciplinary working group addressing the issue of whales and ship strikes in the Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary. This area off the...
Whale Trust received a second year of support for Meagan Jones as its first full-time Executive Director. Meagan co-founded the organization in 2001 while getting her PhD, and began working full time after finishing her degree. Meagan is...
Community Water Center (CWC) has hired Carolina Balazs as Research Scientist and Scientific Advisor. Carolina will add scientific capacity to this grassroots advocacy organization to help inform its policy and planning efforts as it works...
$35,190 awarded to The Nature Conservancy, Adirondack Chapter in
Through this Switzer Leadership Grant, The Adirondack Nature Conservancy hired Jessie Levine to develop a pilot program for funding the replacement and upgrade of road culverts to benefit aquatic species and habitat. Working with state and...
Susannah McCandless will work as full-time International Program Director to strengthen the Global Diversity Foundation's capacity to deliver grassroots conservation initiatives. The Global Diversity Foundation (GDF), a UK-based...
Mark Tompkins will continue his consultancy with American Rivers for a second year as technical and policy advisor on the finalization of California's Central Valley Flood Management Plan (CVFMP). The CVFMP is a multi-year process to review...
$20,000 awarded to Pinchot Institute for Conservation in
The Pinchot Institute for Conservation has been awarded a third year of funding for Amy Rogers as Project Director, continuing to develop a conservation program for the Mache-Chindul Reserve in Ecuador focusing on reforestation and, this...
