Resources Legacy Fund
For A Public-private California Conservation Initiative
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Amount$150,000
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Program
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Date Awarded6/1/2021
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Term12 Months
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Type of SupportProject
Strategies
Overview
Resources Legacy Fund builds alliances that advance bold solutions to secure a just and resilient world for people and nature. This grant supports a public-private partnership between the fund’s hosted Environmental Systems Research Institute and the state of California to provide research capacity, planning, public engagement, and communications toward the development of a framework for the state to significantly advance biodiversity protection, natural and working lands conservation, equitable access to nature and the outdoors, climate resilience, food security, and economic sustainability by 2030. (Substrategy: Advance Conservation Protections)
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.resourceslegacyfund.org
Address
555 Capitol Mall, Suite 1095, Sacramento, CA, 95814, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for the Western Energy Project
The Resources Legacy Fund’s Western Energy Project (WEP) works to protect treasured landscapes in the American West by ensuring that development of oil and gas on federal public lands is done in a responsible manner. WEP empowers diverse organizations to preserve ecologically and culturally important areas; support the adoption of commonsense protections for water, air, land, and wildlife; and safeguard opportunities for Americans to enjoy public lands across the Intermountain West. (Substrategy: Advance Conservation Protections)
for wildfire strategies
Resources Legacy Fund works for the conservation of land, ocean, and water resources; climate change resilience; and conservation funding and policies that benefit all communities. This grant, which is funded by the Western Conservation grantmaking program and the Climate Change Initiative, supports RLF’s work to accelerate wildfire resilience in Western states and nationwide. (Western Conservation Substrategy: Advancing Conservation Solutions and the Climate Change Initiative)
