Search Results
You searched for projects with the following criteria:
ANY of the following conditions are true:
- Assistance & Partnership Opportunities include "Funding";
There are 124 projects that meet your search criteria.
MAGIC forest preservation
Location: Allegany County, MD Updated: November 18, 2008
Organization: Maryland Alliance for Greenway Improvement and Conservation Primary contact: Dr. Geoff Patton
MAGIC seeks to preserve and enhance forests through a variety of conservation measures at the policy level, through regulation and enforcement, and on the ground. You can learn more at http://www.magicalliance.org/ . Especially, see the video.
Native Hawaiian Plant Conservation
Location: Kauai County, HI Updated: November 14, 2008
Organization: National Tropical Botanical Garden Primary contact: J Leopold
Because of their geographically isolated locations, the plant species that evolved in Hawai‘i and many other tropical areas over millions of years are highly endemic. The most effective long-term response to preserve endemic plant populations in Hawai‘i and elsewhere is to protect their habitats and to manage threatened plants in those habitats. However, for many species this response cannot be implemented quickly enough to prevent extinction. For this reason, conservation activities incorporate a coordinated strategy that integrates conservation with education, scientific research, curation of living collections, and propagation of at-risk plants ex situ. Discovery of rare endemic species and collection of seeds and other materials for propagation and ex situ conservation are a core part of NTBG's mission. NTBG field botanists have made thousands of collecting expeditions throughout Hawai‘i and other Pacific Islands. Adapting to the sometimes extremely challenging habitats in which they work, our field biologists have pioneered rough-terrain and high-cliff climbing techniques to gather seeds of rare species, some of them now extinct in the wild, for use in reintroduction efforts. Over the past 20 years, roughly two dozen species in Hawai‘i that were thought to be extinct have been rediscovered by NTBG botanists, and about 20 new species that were previously unknown to science have been discovered. The discovery of unknown species is central to conservation efforts, as species cannot be saved if we do not know that they exist, where they are located, and that they are endangered.
Norris Woods - Buckthorn Abatement
Location: Kane County, IL Updated: November 14, 2008
Organization: Kane County Primary contact: Bob Snodgrass
The Kane County Forest Preserve has initiated a county wide project to remove invasive plant species. I plan on having some workday events to remove buckthorn from the Norris Woods
Happ Preserve
Location: Lincoln County, OR Updated: November 01, 2009
Organization: The Wetlands Conservancy Primary contact: Paul Engelmeyer
This is one element of the Beaver Creek Natural Area Partnership which consists of a series of conservation actions among multiple partners in the Beaver Creek watershed. It is about seven miles south of Newport on the Central Oregon Coast.
Weeman Bridge Side Channel Restoration
Location: Okanogan County, WA Updated: July 01, 2009
Organization: neighbors Primary contact: Damon Hess
The side channel that runs around the Weeman Bridge on the upper Methow River has been degraded to the point of no longer supporting fish habitat due to a Highway 20 culvert that is too small and too high off of the channel floor. Our group of 4 property owners has agreed to restore the channel to support spawning and rearing habitat for ESA listed Bull Trout, Steelhead, and Chinook salmon.