Support for on-the-ground work in Minnesota and to explore opportunities to use the conservation planning and economic valuation tools developed in the Chippewa Watershed in watersheds in Iowa and Illinois
To support grantee's Open Evaporation Transpiration project (OpenET) which aims to solve a key problem associated with current western water management in the western United States.
To incentivize the creation of new fisheries improvement projects (FIPs) within Chile, Peru and Mexico and also to support basic capacity building within the local NGO communities related to the design and implementation of FIPs
Support for the Upper Gila River Riparian Restoration Project through restoring native riparian habitat along the Upper Gila River, advancement of a scalable riparian restoration strategy that can be applied throughout the lower Colorado River basin, and building capacity within the GWP
To support capacity building associated with nonpartisan advocacy and education in support of federal and state policies regarding agricultural water conservation
To foster innovations in fisheries management, particularly in catch share fisheries, such as development of more effective or affordable approaches to catch monitoring
Continued support for the Soil Health Partnership (SHP) initiative, in consultation with the Nature Conservancy (TNC) and the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), and co-funded by Monsanto.
To conduct scientific analysis, provide technical support and advocate for strong management and recovery plans for two overfished fisheries in Chile - common hake and anchoveta/sardine
To advance protection, restoration and planning efforts to rebuild bottomland hardwood forests on frequently flooded land in Mississippi Alluvial Valley (MAV) of Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi
To support grantee's initiative to develop a strategy to address the cash-flow challenges of the 15-year payout period of the Deepwater Horizon settlement, in order to accelerate implementation of priority projects, especially diversions.
Support to protect and restore rivers in the Colorado River basin and to advance partnerships with the agricultural community to promote water sharing transactions in Colorado, Wyoming and Utah
To support the Water Funder Initiative (WFI), for grantees project to direct and increase support for projects from a variety of funders and philanthropic organizations, and to improve water management in the Western United States.
Support to develop recovery measures for the Chilean hake fishery and to begin implementing a strategy to improve management of the northern anchovy fishery in Chile over the next two years
To support grantee's initiative to put in place rights-based management (RBM) strategies for two fisheries – the bigeye tuna fishery under the jurisdiction of the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC); and the pomada shrimp fishery in national waters in Ecuador.
