Support for grantee's initiative to produce 12 episodes (6-7 minutes each) of This American Land, a conservation news magazine program that airs on public television stations nationwide
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.
Support for grantee's National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) to support the development of an agricultural policy that improves water quality in the Mississippi River basin and to assist in developing metrics that track federal agricultural policy and funding
Support to develop grantee's capacity to work with mainstream farmers, primarily in Iowa, to support federal and state conservation programs that provide funding to farmers to use practices that improve water quality
Support to leverage capital markets for sustainable water infrastructure to influence the municipal water utility sector so that utility capital and operating plans prioritize investments in conservation, reuse, efficiency and green infrastructure.
To support grantee's initiative to collaborate with partners to advance state programs aimed at reducing nutrient runoff in Illinois and Iowa and to orient grassroots support for Mississippi River conservation programs for the Farm Bill.
Support for a corporate engagement platform that will raise $1M in support of a water market strategy's and leverage corporate voices in favor of solutions for water management in the Colorado River basin
To continue work assisting the Indonesian government with technical support and capacity building to support the transition of marine protected areas management from conservation organizations to a newly-established local government agency in the Bird’s Head Seascape
To support grantee's October 2017 inaugural 10.10.10 Cities program in Denver, Colorado.
2017
Environment
$150,000
Advanced Conservation Strategies
To finish a project to create no-take zones within four Chilean TURF (Territorial Use Right for Fisheries) systems to demonstrate the value of no-take zones in stock health and to develop economic incentives that could generate new revenues to reinvest in management improvements in the TURFs
To support grantee's initiative to finalize its work securing a fishing concession for a local fishing cooperative in La Paz, Mexico and to document lessons learned throughout the process.