Conservation Lands Foundation
For General Operating Support
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Amount$1,950,000
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Program
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Date Awarded7/14/2015
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Term36 Months
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Type of SupportGeneral Support/Organization
Strategies
Overview
This renewal grant to the Conservation Lands Foundation will provide funds for its successful efforts to encourage the President to create new national monuments on public land, and to build long-term support for the National Conservation Lands, a new system of Bureau of Land Management protected areas. During the term of this grant, the Foundation hopes to see five or more monuments created and demonstrated broad public support for several more. In addition, the Foundation will continue its program to create new citizen groups for National Conservation Land units and educate decision-makers and the public on the merits of the system.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.conservationlands.org
Address
835 E. 2nd Avenue, Suite 314, Durango, CO, 81301, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for support of the National Monuments Campaign
National monuments are protective public land designations that can be created by the president without action by Congress. This renewal grant to the Conservation Lands Foundation would continue support for its successful efforts over the last year that resulted in the creation of five new national monuments in the West. Over the next year, it will seek the designation of six new national monuments and lay the groundwork for another three. The Conservation Lands Foundation will use public education, research, and outreach to build support for this campaign.
for general operating support
The Conservation Lands Foundation's goal is to expand the National Landscape Conservation System to encompass the entire range of biologically important Bureau of Land Management lands and to ensure the system is managed for ecological integrity. Some of the initiatives the organization would undertake during the grant period include an effort to create a robust system of support groups around key National Landscape Conservation System lands, to implement the new Secretarial Order on managing National Conservation System lands adopted by Interior Secretary Ken Salazar in 2010, and to bring new attention to the needs of these lands through outreach to the public, policymakers, and the media.
for general operating support
This grant would support the Conservation Lands Foundation’s efforts to create a robust system of support groups around key National Landscape Conservation System lands, to promote new additions to the System, especially through the creation of national monuments, and to bring new attention to the needs of these lands through outreach to the public, policymakers, and the media.
