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UNITED STATES — INTERIOR WEST Wildlife Conservation Reducing Impacts of Residential Development on Wildlife — Montana Identification of core wildlife habitat and connecting corridors in the Madison Valley, and development of appropriate county-level, land-use planning provisions. Craighead Environmental Research Institute: $10,000 Northern Rockies Carnivore Conservation Program — Montana Mitigation of conflict between grizzly bears, wolves, and people, reintroduction of the swift fox on the Blackfeet and Northern Cheyenne Reservations, and assessment of the wolverine population in Glacier National Park. Defenders of Wildlife: $33,500 Threatened and Endangered Species Program — Texas & Utah Development and implementation of incentives to encourage protection and habitat enhancement on private ranchlands for the Lower Rio Grande Valley ocelot and the Utah prairie dog. Environmental Defense Fund: $60,000 Conservation of the Lesser Prairie Chicken — Interior West Evaluation of habitat, development of planting and management practices, and recommendation of appropriate modifications to USDA Conservation Reserve Program enrollment policies. Environmental Defense Fund: $63,400 Raptor Rehabilitation — Montana Rehabilitation and release of injured raptors and associated public education activities. Grounded Eagle Foundation: $38,000 Allotment Purchase Project — Northern Rockies, Montana Negotiation of retirement of grazing leases subject to chronic predator/livestock conflict and provision of alternative grazing arrangements or other appropriate compensation. National Wildlife Federation: $30,000 Community-based Ecological Monitoring — Montana Implementation of long-term, community-based monitoring of carnivore populations in the Swan Valley and identification of wildlife corridors connecting the Mission and Bob Marshall Wilderness ecosystems. Northwest Connections: $15,000 California Condor Restoration — Arizona Captive propagation, release, and monitoring to reestablish a wild population. The Peregrine Fund: $100,000 General Support — Interior West Protection and restoration of wild elk herds and elk habitat. The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation: $5,000 Transboundary Grizzly Bear Project — Montana & Alberta, Canada Assessment of grizzly habitat-use and ranging patterns to identify habitat corridors between the South Purcell, South Selkirk and Cabinet/Yaak Ecosystems. University of Montana/US Fish & Wildlife Service: $22,000 Conserving Migratory Wildlife — Arctic Alaska Field surveys and focal research to identify ecologically critical areas for shorebirds and assess potential impacts of oil development and climate change. Wildlife Conservation Society: $50,000 Yaak Headwaters Restoration Project — Yaak Valley, Montana Road and culvert removal and restoration of aquatic habitat to facilitate conservation of native redband rainbow and the westslope cutthroat trout in the upper Yaak River drainage. Yaak Valley Forest Council: $20,000 Land and Resource Management General Support — Montana Production of Home Ground Radio, a weekly radio interview program addressing social, cultural, economic, and land-use issues in the West, and on-the-ground support for community-based conservation and land-management efforts in selected agricultural watersheds. Artemis Common Ground: $35,000 Land-use Planning for Arctic Grayling Recovery — Big Hole River Watershed, Montana Support for a planning team that will develop a land-use plan for the lower Big Hole River watershed that will expand habitat for the fluvial Arctic grayling. Big Hole Watershed Committee: $125,000 General Support — Montana Protection of private land conservation values in western Montana through conservation easements and public acquisitions. Five Valleys Land Trust: $15,000 Malpai Borderlands Group — Arizona & New Mexico Integration of private and public land management to maintain ecological integrity and the ranching tradition in the Malpai Region. Malpai Borderlands Group: $60,000 Travel and Outreach — Interior West Support for travel to visit ranches, attend workshops and conferences, and network is support of progressive ranch management Quivira Coalition: $25,000 General Support — Interior West Support for collaborative community-based efforts to conserve and restore important natural landscapes in order to ensure economic vitality and ecological health. Sonoran Institute: $15,000 General Support — Swan Valley, Montana Community outreach to engage local residents in land and resource management planning and decision-making. Swan Ecosystem Center: $22,000 Blackfoot Community Project — Blackfoot River Watershed, Montana Completion of disposition and protection of Plum Creek Timber lands and creation of the Blackfoot Community Restoration Area. The Nature Conservancy of Montana: $70,000 Joseph Creek Watershed Collaboration — Eastern Oregon Completion of a detailed cultural, socio-economic and ecological assessment, and development of stewardship principles as the basis for a comprehensive restoration and monitoring program. Wallowa Resources: $30,000 Advocacy General Support — Clark Fork/Pend Oreille Basin, Montana Oversight of Superfund programs to ensure restoration and protection of water quality and fisheries, and create a model for interdependent ecological restoration, economic redevelopment and cultural revitalization in the upper Clark Fork River watershed. Clark Fork Coalition: $15,000 Oil & Gas Accountability Project — Interior West Regional advocacy and coalition building to better balance the interests of surface landowners and energy developers. Earthworks: $10,000 General Support — Lolo and Clearwater National Forests, Montana Statewide advocacy and coalition building addressing protection of wilderness areas in the northern Bitterroot Mountains. Great Burn Study Group: $25,000 Advocacy Program — Montana Statewide advocacy and grassroots organizing focusing on conservation of wildlife and wildlife habitat with special emphasis on the biennial legislative session. Montana Audubon: $45,000 Forest and Travel Plan Campaign — Montana Statewide advocacy and coalition building to ensure protection for Wilderness Study Areas and roadless lands is included in National Forest plan revisions and travel plans, and in resource management plan revisions for BLM lands. Montana Wilderness Association: $50,000 General Support — Montana Statewide advocacy and grassroots organizing focusing on protection of water quality and the regulation of mining and oil and gas development. Northern Plains Resource Council: $10,000 Policy Program — Interior West Development and advocacy of policy recommendations that promote balanced conservation-based approaches to ecological and economic problems facing the rural West. Sustainable Northwest: $20,000 Collaboration Models — Interior West Policy analysis, technical support, advocacy, and public outreach in support of four model collaborative resource management initiatives. The Wilderness Society: $50,000 General Support — Yaak Valley, Montana Management planning, advocacy, and public education to secure permanent protection for remaining roadless areas in the Yaak Valley and to encourage economic development based on ecological restoration and production of value-added forest products. Yaak Valley Forest Council: $20,000 Education General Support — Interior West Collation and dissemination of news reports and editorial commentary about issues and events relating to the Interior West through the Headwaters News website. Center for the Rocky Mountain West: $25,000 Curriculum Enrichment — Swan Valley, Montana Development of model rural primary school curricula including preschool, gifted & talented, music, and drama programs. Seeley Lake Elementary School: $31,928 Curriculum Enrichment — Swan Valley, Montana Core support for music and Spanish programs. Swan Valley Elementary School: $24,428 General Support — Montana Statewide radio programming. Yellowstone Public Radio KEMC/KBMC: $30,000 |
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