Environment Grants 2009: $8,428,200
Clean Coal/Energy
- Environment Ohio Research and Policy Center
- Columbus, OH $150,000
- For continued participation on the stakeholder committee of the
Midwestern Governors Association greenhouse gas accord and to work
for policies in the state of Ohio that support the regional agreement.
(2 yrs.)
- Fresh Energy
- St. Paul, MN $300,000
- To support the work of the REAMP media center. (2 yrs.)
- Georgetown University
- Washington, DC $200,000
- For its State-Federal Climate Resource Center. (1 yr.)
- Izaak Walton League of America Inc.
- St. Paul, MN $350,000
- To continue its efforts to develop policies that drive a transition away from
conventional coal-fired electricity and promote low emissions alternatives.
(2 yrs.)
- Michigan Environmental Council
- Lansing, MI $250,000
- To support the Michigan Clean Energy Project. (2 yrs.)
- Prairie Stewardship Network
- Ashley, ND $98,700
- To support a climate and energy policy conference in 2009 in Bismarck,
North Dakota. (1 yr.)
Great Lakes
- Alliance for the Great Lakes
- Chicago, IL $150,000
- For its work to achieve results under the Great Lakes Regional
Collaboration Strategy for improving coastal health, reducing polluted
runoff, and enhancing habitat. (1 yr.)
- American Rivers Inc.
- Washington, DC $375,000
- For a project to reduce polluted stormwater runoff to Milwaukee’s rivers
through the use of green infrastructure. (3 yrs.)
- Center for Neighborhood Technology
- Chicago, IL $350,000
- For a project to frame and test methods to apply ‘least cost water
planning,’ a method that would put different options for supplying drinking
water and treating wastewater on equal footing in the Great Lakes region.
(2 yrs.)
- Center for Neighborhood Technology
- Chicago, IL $200,000
- To expand local, state, and regional adoption of green infrastructure as a
preferred approach to stormwater management. (2 yrs.)
- Clean Wisconsin Inc.
- Madison, WI $283,250
- To support the efforts of itself plus Gathering Waters Conservancy and
Wisconsin Wildlife Federation to protect and restore the Great Lakes
basin waters of Wisconsin. (1 yr.)
- Council of Great Lakes Governors Inc.
- Chicago, IL $202,250
- For the Great Lakes Water Resource Managers’ Initiative, an effort
to provide state and provincial water resource agency staff with the
information and skills necessary to implement the Great Lakes-St.
Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact. (2 yrs.)
- Council of State Governments
- Lexington, KY $150,000
- To support the Great Lakes Legislative Caucus. The Caucus provides a
forum for state legislators to exchange information and ideas about Great
Lakes protection and restoration policy making. (2 yrs.)
- Environmental Defense Fund Inc.
- New York, NY $1,104,000
- For continued leadership of a collaborative effort to improve water
quality in the Maumee River watershed and influence related Farm Bill
implementation. (2 yrs.)
- Environmental Law Institute Inc.
- Washington, DC $100,000
- To support effective implementation of a new federal approach to siting
wetland and stream mitigation projects by conducting a pilot study in a
Great Lakes subwatershed that could serve as a nationwide model.
(18 mos.)
- Great Lakes Commission
- Ann Arbor, MI $60,000
- To support the development of briefings on local investments in Great
Lakes and St. Lawrence protection and restoration, including information
to support Great Lakes Regional Collaboration Strategy initiative
implementation. (1 yr.)
- Great Lakes Environmental Law Center
- Detroit, MI $50,000
- To expand its capacity to work on habitat protection, water quality, and
water withdrawal issues in the Great Lakes basin. (2 yrs.)
- Great Lakes United
- Amherst, NY $75,000
- For continued coordination of Canadian Great Lakes restoration
strategies and communications and to serve as a bridge between U.S.
and Canadian restoration efforts, Compact implementation and the Great
Lakes Water Quality Agreement. (1 yr.)
- Michigan Environmental Council
- Lansing, MI $230,000
- To support the work of four organizations to advance Great Lakes
protection and restoration priorities in Michigan. (1 yr.)
- Minnesota Environmental Partnership
- St. Paul, MN $100,000
- To perform watershed-based stormwater pollution reduction and habitat
protection work in two priority Lake Superior watersheds and to leverage
Clean Water, Land and Legacy Amendment funds to protect and restore
Lake Superior tributaries. (1 yr.)
- National Wildlife Federation
- Washington, DC $175,000
- For continued policy and media leadership of the national Healing Our
Waters campaign. (1 yr.)
- Natural Resources Defense Council Inc.
- New York, NY $300,000
- To protect the Great Lakes from the introduction and spread of invasive
species and to participate in renegotiation of the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement. (2 yrs.)
- Northeast-Midwest Institute
- Washington, DC $150,000
- To support the director of the Great Lakes Congressional Task Force.
(2 yrs.)
- Ohio Environmental Council
- Columbus, OH $300,000
- To support its initiatives to protect, conserve, and restore Ohio’s portion of
the Lake Erie basin and therefore the Great Lakes ecosystem. (2 yrs.)
- River Revitalization Foundation
- Milwaukee, WI $1,950,000
- To support the participation of seven environmental nonprofit
organizations in the Southeastern Wisconsin Watershed Trust, an effort to
achieve clean water in the Greater Milwaukee watersheds. (3 yrs.)
- Wisconsin Wetlands Association
- Madison, WI $75,000
- To promote stronger wetland policies in Wisconsin and to share lessons
learned with partners working on wetland issues throughout the Great
Lakes region. (1 yr.)
Cross-Program Support
- Chicago Jobs Council
- Chicago, IL $175,000
- To coordinate a portion of the City of Chicago’s Green Jobs for All
initiative that would prepare low-income, low-skilled individuals for
jobs that are created or transformed through the implementation of the
Chicago Climate Action Plan. (1 yr.)
- Council of State Governments
- Lexington, KY $225,000
- To support the Midwest Governors Association’s Creating Jobs in the
New Energy Economy Initiative. (1 yr.)
- Institutes for Journalism and Natural Resources
- Missoula, MT $100,000
- To continue to offer its Great Waters Institute training to young and midcareer
newspaper, magazine, radio, television, and online journalists.
(1 yr.)
Emerging Priorities
- Enterprise Community Partners Inc.
- Columbia, MD $200,000
- For launch of the Emerald Cities Collaborative multi-city energy efficiency
and green jobs initiative in the Midwest. (9 mos.)