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2011 Environment Grants By River Basin and Seascape

Colorado River Mississippi River Gulf of California Gulf of Mexico Bird's Head Seascape Eastern Tropical Pacific Seascape

Colorado River: $12,115,966

Alliance for Water Efficiency
$128,242
American Rivers, Inc.
425,000
American Whitewater
52,000
Arizona Community Foundation
500,000
Arizona Land and Water Trust Inc.
150,000
Arizona Rivers
20,000
Arizona State Parks Foundation
350,000
Boulder Community Foundation
55,400
Carpe Diem West
75,000
Ceres, Inc.
75,000
City of Mesquite, NV
135,000
Cochise County
500,000
Coconino County Sustainable Economic Development Initiative
51,857
Colorado Environmental Coalition
24,795
Colorado Mesa University Foundation
58,958
Colorado State University Foundation
100,533
Colorado Water Trust
664,542
Colorado Watershed Assembly
50,000
Conservation Lands Foundation
275,000
Denver Foundation
400,000
Environmental Defense Fund  (EDF)
701,501
Friends of the San Pedro River
36,260
Grand Canyon Trust
58,580
Grand Canyon Trust
109,000
Grand Staircase-Escalante Partners Inc
52,981
Great Basin Institute
29,420
High Country Citizens Alliance
38,714
High Country News
65,000
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
105,000
National Geographic Society
275,000
National Parks Conservation Association
60,000
Nature Conservancy, Inc.
1,402,000
Pacific Institute for Studies in Development Environment and Security
132,000
Pronatura Noroeste AC
430,000
Regents of the University of California
63,639
Southern Nevada Water Authority
24,648
Southwest Conservation Corps
320,778
Tamarisk Coalition
822,198
Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership, Inc.
117,750
Town of Clarkdale Arizona
300,651
Trout Unlimited
125,206
University of Arizona Foundation
237,948
University of California at Santa Barbara
175,000
University of Colorado Foundation
48,584
US Fish and Wildlife Service Partners For Wildlife Program CO and Utah 
100,000
Utah State University
75,119
Verde River Basin Partnership
75,000
Verde Valley Land Preservation Institute
53,440
Washington County Water Conservancy District/Virgin River Program
79,276
Watershed Management Group
26,692
Western Conservation Foundation
1,300,000
Western Governors' Association
64,837
Western Resource Advocates
475,000
Yavapai College Foundation
43,417

Mississippi River: $14,726,323

Agricultural Watershed Institute                $139,000
American Farmland Trust                 186,850
Arkansas Game and Fish Commission                 115,000
Bayou Bartholomew Alliance                 108,415
Biodiversity Project                   75,000
Biodiversity Project                   40,005
Black Bear Conservation Committee                 200,000
Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois University                   60,000
Business for the Environment Global Futures Foundation dba The Future 500                   60,000
Center for Rural Affairs                 150,000
Cooperative Development Services                   30,000
Dairy Research Institute                   74,920
Ducks Unlimited                 465,698
Environmental Defense Fund  (EDF)             3,447,054
Environmental Law & Policy Center                   60,000
Environmental Working Group                 150,000
Izaak Walton League of America                 125,000
Land Stewardship Project                 300,000
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College                   40,000
Lower Mississippi River Conservation Committee                   60,000
Meridian Institute                 500,000
Mississippi Fish and Wildlife Foundation                 260,000
Mississippi River Corridor Tennessee                   37,500
Mississippi River Trust                 100,000
Mississippi's Lower Delta Partnership                   30,000
National Association of Conservation Districts                   50,000
National Audubon Society             2,739,859
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation                 400,000
National Wildlife Federation - NWF             2,705,000
National Wildlife Refuge Association                 133,333
Nature Conservancy, Inc.                 485,707
Northeast Midwest Institute                   80,000
Practical Farmers of Iowa                 120,000
Prairie Rivers Network                   20,000
Regents of the University of Minnesota                 100,000
Sand County Foundation                 420,000
St. Bernard Parish Government                   50,000
Taxpayers for Common Sense                   75,000
Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership, Inc.                   60,000
Winrock International Institute                 397,943
World Resources Institute                   75,039

Bird's Head Seascape: $3,482,140.50

Conservation International Foundation $2,775,000
Nature Conservancy, Inc. 299,421
RARE 136,000
Trust for Conservation Innovation 147,000
WildAid Inc. 99,719.50
World Wildlife Fund 25,000

Eastern Tropical Pacific Seascape: $2,822,997.38

Conservation International Foundation $1,992,456.50
Fondo para la Accion Ambiental y la Ninez 25,000
Friends of Cocos Island Foundation 28,500
Nature Conservancy, Inc. 133,116
RARE 75,000
UNESCO World Heritage Marine Programme 23,924.88
WildAid Inc. 50,000
World Wildlife Fund 495,000

Gulf of California: $2,871,331.44

Centro Mexicano de Derecho Ambiental, A.C.(CEMDA) $92,500
Coastal Quest 26,025
Comunidad y Biodiversidad, A.C.  (COBI) 267,446
Conselva A.C. 20,000
Consultative Group on Biological Diversity 60,598.44
Ecology Project International  (EPI) 479,725
Fondo Mexicano para la Conservacion 75,000
Grupo Tortuguero de las Californias, A.C. 220,000
ICF - International Community Foundation 38,000
Intercultural Center for the Study of Deserts and Oceans 52,506
Nature Conservancy, Inc. 197,368
Noroeste Sustentable (NOS) 776,047
Pronatura Noroeste AC 60,000
Regents of the University of California 267,885
Sociedad de Historia Natural Niparaja A.C. 198,231
SuMar, Voces por la Naturaleza, A.C. 40,000

Gulf of Mexico: $1,279,472

Environmental Defense Fund  (EDF) $200,000
Environmental Law Institute 124,972
Gulf Restoration Network 42,000
Marine Fish Conservation Network 62,500
Nature Conservancy, Inc. 200,000
Nova Southeastern University, Inc. 100,000
Oxfam America Inc. 350,000
Resources for the Future, Inc. 100,000
Texas A and M University - Corpus Christi 100,000