Resources Legacy Fund
For The Preserving Outdoor Heritage Program
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Amount$600,000
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Program
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Date Awarded11/1/2016
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Term18 Months
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Type of SupportGeneral Support/Program
Strategies
Overview
The goal of Resources Legacy Fund’s Outdoor Heritage program is to preserve and protect the public lands and waters of our country for future generations. This grant supports the program’s efforts to educate the public and decision makers on the importance of balanced management of Western public landscapes that are important to the ecological and economic future of the region.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.resourceslegacyfund.org
Address
555 Capitol Mall, Suite 1095
Sacramento, CA 95814
Sacramento, CA 95814
Grants to this Grantee
for the Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition
This grant supports the ongoing collaboration and climate and land-use planning efforts of the Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition, for which the Resources Legacy Fund serves as fiscal sponsor. Leaders from five tribes founded the coalition in 2015, representing a historic consortium of sovereign tribal nations united in the effort to conserve the Bears Ears cultural landscape. (Substrategy: Advance Conservation Solutions)
for advancing resilient rural communities
This grant supports Resources Legacy Fund’s rural community economic diversification project, which works with partners to support communities across the American West in advancing sustainable economic development alongside conservation values. (Substrategy: Build the Conditions for Enduring Conservation)
for improving wildfire resilience and forest management funding in California
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 supports the fund’s work to build a diverse coalition that identifies and pursues opportunities to reduce risk of extreme wildfire events and bolster community resilience to wildfires in California. (Wildfire Strategy)
