To explore opportunities for Environmental Impact Bonds (EIBs) to provide private sector financing for forest treatments that could benefit water resources in Colorado River tributaries in southwest Colorado.
Support for a transition phase of the Eastern Tropical Pacific Seascape (ETPS) program to put the fundamental elements of effective management in place at 12 of the marine protected areas
Support for a transition phase of the Bird’s Head Seascape program to effectively transition management of the Bird’s Head Seascape marine protected areas (MPAs) from conservation organizations to a newly-established local government agency
To support training of conservation corps crew members in riparian restoration treatment, re-treatment and monitoring procedures in four foundation priority Colorado River tributaries - the Dolores, Escalante, Verde and Gila Rivers – and monitoring of restored habitat in the Dolores River
Support to carry out analyses on economic, policy and finance in the fisheries space and build the capacity of in-country decision makers to utilize this information to make decisions
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.