Collaborative conservation brings diverse stakeholders together to sustain healthy landscapes and strengthen communities. Organizations fostering collaborative conservation depend on philanthropy to advance collaborative conservation, while philanthropic organizations depend on these organizations to advance their missions. Both face challenges engaging with each other as they work toward shared goals, yet open dialogue about how funders and practitioners work together is rare.
Four in five adults want the EPA to continue taking the lead to protect clean water, according to a Morning Consult poll for the Walton Family Foundation
Morning Consult ran a survey, on behalf of the Walton Family Foundation, focusing on favorability and support for the protections in the Clean Water Act, as well as general views of water issues and who should set standards for water quality in the United States
Environment Program director Moira Mcdonald shares her thoughts on the connection between water and climate change - and what gives her hope about the future.
Climate change is causing fish stocks to shift and is altering their productivity and availability. This is already creating issues with access to stocks and the allocation of harvest opportunity to fishers. The changing access to fishery resources creates problems at the social and economic level, such as issues of fairness among fishermen. These problems feed back into management systems which are often already strained, and can adversely impact fishery participants, processors and related communities.
Morning Consult conducted a survey, on behalf of the Walton Family Foundation, with additional analysis from Beck Research, that illustrated most Americans agree that protecting agriculture, food, soil health, and water quality now and in the future is essential
Landmark legislation is a critical step toward resilience as the West faces historic drought, also includes essential support for farmers & climate-smart agriculture, support for tribal nations working for climate resilience, and coastal restoration efforts
Ruling is seen as limiting federal agencies' ability to address major issues. Recent polling shows that Republicans, Independents, & Democrats are united around protecting water
