To synthesize and distribute lessons learned, and to ensure the long-term stewardship (monitoring and maintenance) of work to restore riparian systems in the Colorado River basin
2019
Environment
$350,000
Ag Technology and Environmental Stewardship Foundation, Inc.
Advancing grassroots support for conservation action in Iowa, including watershed planning and implementation of the Iowa Nutrient Reduction Strategy
To work with members, partners and River Citizens to advance state-level work aimed at reducing nutrient runoff in Illinois and Iowa and to orient grassroots support for Mississippi River conservation throughout the basin
To support efforts to develop partnerships between urban areas and farmers to improve water quality to meet drinking water standards and avoid water treatment downstream in Illinois and Iowa
To support research and analysis of historical and current sustainable fisheries finance funds in order to better understand best practices and challenges
To establish a blended finance mechanism in Indonesia that will attract large pools of public and private capital for coastal fisheries management in Indonesia to support sustatinable fisheries and other conservation efforts
To help launch the Mosaic project, which will invest in strengthening field-wide connections and shared resources that enable people and organizations to work together
To support the Open Evaporation Transpiration Project, to help solve critical problems associated with western water management in the Colorado River Basin
To improve the management of southern king crab and southern scallops in the Magallanes, Chile's southernmost region, with the intention of being a model for other fisheries in this region
