Tag Archives: conservation

Funding: Grants Target Wildlife Adaptation to Climate Change

February 25, 2013 – 11:20 pm

This national funding opportunity comes from GrantStation.com Grants Target Wildlife Adaptation to Climate Change Wildlife Conservation Society North America Program: Climate Adaptation Fund The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) North America Program is dedicated to saving wildlife and wild places in North America. The WCS Climate Adaptation Fund, with funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, [...]

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Funding Alert: Support for Grassroots Wilderness Protection Efforts

February 16, 2013 – 7:47 am

This national funding opportunity comes from GrantStation.com Norcross Wildlife Foundation provides support to local grassroots organizations throughout the United States that work to protect wild land. Priority is given to organizations that have difficulty raising the modest funds they need to do their critical work in the trenches of environmental conservation. Grants averaging $1,000 to [...]

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Funding Alert: Grant to Involve Local Residents in Conservation Issues

January 8, 2013 – 5:04 pm

Grants Address Conservation Issues in New England and New York Fields Pond Foundation The Fields Pond Foundation provides grants to community-based nature and land conservation organizations that serve to increase environmental awareness by involving local residents in conservation issues. The Foundation supports nonprofit organizations and local government agencies in the six New England states and [...]

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Northern Woodlands Publishes New Book: More than a woodlot

February 28, 2012 – 2:19 pm

Walter Medwid,  executive director/publisher of the Center for Northern Woodlands Education, shared this  news of this new book, More than a Woodlot, about forestry and land management with Common Good Vermont. Many of today’s forest owners want to take a more ecological approach to managing their woods, and they feel right at home with a [...]

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Job Alert: WNRCD Seeks Project Manager

April 19, 2011 – 6:23 pm

Thanks to Justin Kenney of the Winooski Natural Resources Conservation District (WNRCD) for sharing this job opportunity with CommonGood Vermont. Have something you’d like to share with Vermont’s nonprofit community? Get in touch – Coordinator@CommonGoodVT.org, (802) 862 – 1645 ext. 21 The Winooski Natural Resources Conservation District (WNRCD) is looking for an energetic, passionate, and [...]

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Toolkit: Five GIS Tools for Nonprofits

March 29, 2011 – 3:43 pm

Thanks to Bratt Meyer our friend at NTEN for passing on these social media tools to Common Good Vermont. Marketing & Communications staff and community media folks will find these most useful! By Steve Spiker, Director of Research & Technology, Urban Strategies Council As more and more people are bombarded with maps from every media [...]

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Job Alert: SCA Seeks Grant Specialist

March 23, 2011 – 12:12 pm

Thanks to Valerie Valdivia, Human Resources Coordinator for the Student Conservation Association (SCA) for sharing this job opening with Common Good Vermont. Have something you’d like to share with Vermont’s nonprofit community? Get in touch – Coordinator@CommonGoodVT.org, (802) 862 – 1645 ext. 21 SCA Seeks Grant Specialist The Student Conservation Association (SCA), America’s #1 conservation [...]

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Watch it Now: House Appropriations Committee Takes Testimony on Natural Resources

March 8, 2011 – 3:16 pm

Recorded 2/16/2011 courtesy of ORCA Media The House Appropriations Committee takes testimony regarding the Natural Resources portion of Gov. Peter Shumlin’s proposed FY12 Budget. Testifying are: Chris Recchia, Deputy Secretary of the Agency of Natural Resources and Patrick Berry, Commissioner of the Fish & Wildlife Dept. February 16, 2011.

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Watch it Now: NPO Profile Vermont Landtrust

March 2, 2011 – 10:58 am

Host Dennis McMahon speaks with Gil Livingston, President of the Vermont Land Trust, on the organizations work throughout the state.

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$840K To Be Released by the Lake Champlain Basin Program

August 17, 2010 – 12:00 pm

Posted by Megan Winward of the Lake Champlain Basin Program The Lake Champlain Basin Program (LCBP)  anticipates awarding more than 45 grants in 2010, adding up to more than $840,000 to support local community involvement in the comprehensive management plan Opportunities for Action: An Evolving Plan for the Future of the Lake Champlain Basin. Read [...]

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