EcoFlight
For General Operating Support
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Amount$300,000
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Program
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Date Awarded7/20/2010
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Term24 Months
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Type of SupportGeneral Support/Organization
Strategies
Overview
EcoFlight provides educational flights for decisionmakers, reporters, and conservation advocates focused on land protection in the Rocky Mountain West. Organizational priorities for the grant term are (1) providing high-quality conservation-focused flights for key audiences, (2) increasing the number of people who learn about western conservation issues by producing new online aerial tours, and (3) increasing the understanding of wildlife corridors by including geographical data with their digital imagery and working with Google to develop Google Earth applications.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
ecoflight.org
Address
307 L Aspen Airport Business Center, Aspen, CO, 81611, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for general operating support
EcoFlight educates and advocates for the protection of wild lands and wildlife habitat using small aircraft. The organization offers educational aerial programs to encourage an environmental stewardship ethic among citizens of all ages. (Substrategy: Advance Conservation Protections)
for general operating support
EcoFlight provides educational flights for decision makers, reporters, and conservation advocates in the Rocky Mountains. With these funds, EcoFlight would continue providing overflights, with a particular focus on wildlife migration corridors, oil and gas development, and renewable energy transmission and siting.
