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AMERICAN HERITAGE RIVERS PROGRAM
Connecticut River Watershed Council - $7,500
To support the hiring of interns to complete an inventory of erosion sites along the Massachusetts portion of the Connecticut River. The inventory provides a means to identify and prioritize projects as part of the Connecticut River's American Heritage River designation.

COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ENDOWMENT PROGRAM
Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation - $150,000
To establish the Berkshire Environmental Endowment, the first comprehensive endowment in Berkshire County to provide a reliable source of funding to nurture small- and medium-scale, community oriented projects related to water quality.

Community Foundation of Cape Cod - $100,000
To expand the Cape Cod Environmental Initiative to address critical watershed issues on the Cape.

Crossroads Community Foundation - $100,000
To help Crossroads expand its Environment and Community Initiative which benefits local environmental organizations working on water quality and related land programs.

Greater Worcester Community Foundation - $150,000
To support local organizations within the 65 cities and towns of the Greater Worcester region on efforts such as citizen monitoring, educational programs and public outreach.

COMMUNITY FOUNDATION PARTNERSHIP INTIATIVE
Essex County Community Foundation - $25,000
To conduct the Environmental Stewardship Initiative to build an understanding of the connections between human activities and their impact on the water and related resources of Essex County.

DIRECTED GRANTS PROGRAM
Associated Grant Makers - $10,000
To create a non-profit capacity building program to provide basic AGM partnership fees for non-profits working on water quality issues as a means of introducing organizations to the benefits and resources that AGM offers.

Executive Office of Environmental Affairs - $30,000
To print and distribute copies of A Citizen's Guide to Protecting Biological Diversity and Ecosystems, an educational tool to identify and inventory animals, plants and habitats for use by people in their local communities. The guide will describe the relationship of biodiversity to the health of water and land resources.

Secretary's Awards for Excellence in Environmental Education - $2,500
(Awards from the Secretary of Environmental Affairs honoring the efforts of those who help foster environmental education.)
To support awards to nine schools in Massachusetts for programs that benefit water quality in the Commonwealth. Esten Elementary, Rockland - $400; Ware Middle School, Ware - $400; Silvio O. Conte Community School, Pittsfield - $300; Driscoll School, Brookline - $300; Hastings Elementary, Westboro - $300; Minuteman Regional High School, Lexington - $300; L.G. Nourse Elementary, Norton - $200; Nauset Regional High School, North Eastham - $200; Hennigan Community School, Jamaica Plain - $100.

GENERAL GRANTS PROGRAM
Berkshire Natural Resources Council - $10,000
To prepare and publish the Berkshire Watershed Interpretive Guides. The interpretive guides will contain highly detailed shaded relief maps for two important watershed areas in Berkshire County: the Housatonic River Watershed and the Schenob Brook/Karner Brook Watershed.

Cape Cod Stranding Network - $10,000
To support "Investigations of Marine Mammals Beached on Cape Cod" involving the collection of blood samples from live animals and tissue samples from dead animals in order to provide data relevant to the health of the populations, the incidence of human induced trauma and mortality, and the identification of release parameters for stranded animals.

Cape Outdoor Discovery - $10,300
To support the RISE Educational Collaborative, a series of adult education courses in environmental sciences in which participants gain an understanding of the region's water resources, how these resources are currently managed and the effects of land use interactions, as well as how to play an individual and collective role in conserving water resources and preventing pollution.

Charles River Watershed Association - $20,000
To evaluate existing water resources and "environmentally zone" the town of Holliston to protect the town's water resources into the future. The project entails aquifer modeling and soil examination, evaluation of town by-laws and state laws to develop amendments, and providing the town with a prioritization of existing open space purchases or easements critical to aquifer recharge.

Citizens for the Protection of Waquoit Bay - $14,725
To educate high school students about current research related to watershed issues by bringing researchers into the classroom. Subsequent research projects conducted by the students will be posted in malls and other public places, as well as on school web sites for public visibility.

Coalition for Buzzards Bay - $14,050
To expand school and community-based education efforts to include new programs involving life-sized, "dissectable" models of two of the bay's largest creatures - the Harbor seal and the Leatherback turtle in order to provide a new bay education experience.

Environmental League of Massachusetts - $18,000
To launch a coast-wide public education campaign focused on raising citizen awareness of the need for coordinated coastal pollution monitoring and consistent beach water quality testing.

Lower Cape Communications/WOMR - $8,000
To continue the production of a series of environmental programs entitled "The Cape Cod Environmental Roundtable." Reporters do in-depth pieces on issues pertinent to the Cape's environment which are then followed with roundtable discussions by panelists representing multifaceted viewpoints of the topic.

MIT Sea Grant College Program - $13,000
To convene a Conference on Behavior of Capped Contaminated Sediments in CADS that is national and international in scope.

Massachusetts Association of Conservation Commissions - $10,000
To establish and maintain a Moderated News Group linked to the Massachusetts Association of Conservation Commissions' web site. The newsgroup provides Conservation Commissioners with a tool to access the vast knowledge and experience of Commissioners in other cities and towns.

QLF/Atlantic Center for the Environment - $7,500
To build an awareness of the watershed and fisheries among visitors and young people in the Westfield area by working with local inns and tourist establishments to develop mini "eco-tours" for visitors that will focus on the Westfield River and salmon restoration efforts. Assistance is also provided to local schools to develop a curriculum in support of the program.

Save the Harbor/Save the Bay - $20,000
To support the "Sustaining the Boston Harbor Cleanup Initiative" by providing accurate and timely information to the public from firsthand monitoring of activity on the water and enabling the public to voice their concerns regarding the Massachusetts Water Resource Authority's Outfall Tunnel to regulatory and scientific committees.

South Shore Natural Science Center - $6,235
To develop and implement a pilot environmental education program at Willowbrook Farm in Pembroke centering on the study of wetlands and waterways.

Springfield Science Museum - $19,560
To continue support for the River Education Awareness Program consisting of a multi-disciplinary environmental curriculum for 2000 eighth-grade students and teachers highlighting the history, ecology and chemistry of the Mill River watershed in Springfield.

The Watershed Institute - $20,000
To support the pilot year of the Urban Ecology Field Study Program on the Charles and Mystic Rivers. This program provides concrete data on the health and recovery of these urban rivers as well as a model for engaging urban youth and their families in the effort to restore urban ecosystems.

The Wildlands Trust of Southeastern Massachusetts - $20,000
To establish a natural resources database for southeastern Massachusetts, by conducting ecological assessments of major natural communities and providing specialized information for high priority areas in the region.

NEW ALLIANCES PROGRAM
Conservation Law Foundation - $30,000
To investigate and identify opportunities for green marketing of sustainable fishery products harvested in New England, with a focus on Massachusetts, in an effort to begin examination of market-based solutions to the region's fisheries crisis.

Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences, Inc. - $20,020
To develop a novel approach where, with the help of the fishing industry, fishing gears and practices are modified so as to reduce unwanted bycatch and bottom impact.

New England Aquarium - $13,000
To provide support for the North Atlantic Right Whale Consortium for annual meetings, review of right whale conservation activities, and facilitation of the Consortium databases. Through these activities, communication between stakeholders are improved, and collaborations between industry and scientists are promoted.

Worcester County Conservation Districts - $15,000
To support the Pure Water Stewardship Project, a source water protection effort focused on the subwatersheds of the Nashua and Chicopee rivers, by educating landowners about the many types of assistance available for improving stewardship of thousands of acres of privately-owned, unprotected water supply lands.

REGIONAL PLANNING SUPPORT PROGRAM
Barnstable County Department of Health & Environment - $25,000
To support the second year of monitoring at the Massachusetts Alternative Septic System Test Center which evaluates, promotes and facilitates state permitting of alternative septic systems in order to provide consumers and municipalities with cost-effective advanced treatment systems with improved performance for nitrogen and other pollutant removal.

Charles River Watershed Association - $9,558
To provide a regional model for groundwater management by using a stormwater infiltration project in Franklin, MA as a small-scale demonstration for the regional group.

Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences - $21,000
To develop a natural resources atlas for southeastern Massachusetts identifying and mapping open space throughout the region with an accompanying report describing the key natural features and water related resources of each plot.

The Nature Conservancy - $13,750
To guide ecologically responsible and compatible residential development in the Town of Kingston by partnering with the Water Department to assist in the planning and development of the water supply.

Salem Sound 2000 - $10,500
To establish and maintain a municipal Clean Beaches and Streams Network by coordinating municipal and volunteer monitoring programs, training members to identify and locate pollution sources, and educating municipal staff and officials regarding their ability to correct water quality problems and the benefits of these actions.

Trust for Public Land - $14,000
To conduct the title research necessary to further the creation of conservation easements on lands surrounding the Neponset Estuary, as well as leverage private support for the proposed reuse of a brownfield.

THREATENED & ENDANGERED SPECIES PROGRAM
Georgia Environmental Policy Institute - $6,600
To publish 12 issues of Right Whale News over the next three years, 2000 through 2002, and to continue expanded coverage and distribution of the newsletter in New England and Canada.

The Nature Conservancy - $20,000
To understand the ecological forces that created and sustain the bog turtle's habitat and then to plan appropriate land management for the bog turtle's long term protection.

New England Aquarium - $21,871
To determine the habitat critical to the survival of the bridle shiner, Notropis bifrenatus, a state-listed species of special concern, through the survey and assessment of lakes and rivers in eastern Massachusetts.

Town of Barnstable - Department of Recreation - $20,000
To mitigate non-vehicular impacts to the nesting, foraging, and staging habitat of Piping Plovers and Least Terns. The project will focus on some of the most productive shorebird habitats on Cape Cod-Sandy Neck Beach Point and Littleneck.

WATER QUALITY MONITORING PROGRAM
Housatonic Valley Association - $16,452
To initiate the water quality monitoring phase of HVA's Stream Team program.

Massachusetts Water Watch Partnership- UMASS/Amherst - $30,000
To expand MWWP's current services to monitoring groups by including assistance with written study designs, annual program reviews, and Quality Assurance Project Plans.

Tisbury Waterways - $5,000
To continue and expand TWI's "Water Based Learning Project" on Martha's Vineyard to include teacher training workshops as well as water quality studies of Lake Tashmoo, Edgartown Great Pond, Sengekonacket Lake and their respective watersheds.
 

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