Sand County Foundation
For The Private Land Conservation Workshop
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Amount$20,000
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Program
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Date Awarded2/5/2018
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Term3 Months
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Type of SupportProject
Strategies
Overview
The nonprofit Sand County Foundation works with private landowners to advance the use of ethical and scientifically sound land management practices and partnerships for the benefit of people and the environment. This grant will support the organization’s ability to host and convene a 2018 conference about how best to support voluntary conservation on working lands.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.sandcountyfoundation.org
Address
PO Box 1378, Madison, WI, 53701, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for the Environmental Policy Innovation Center
The Environmental Policy Innovation Center develops creative policies that improve water quality; speed endangered wildlife recovery; expand conservation practices on public and private lands; and provide solutions that allow water, energy, and other essential infrastructure to move forward, while benefiting natural resources. The center is fiscally sponsored by the Sand County Foundation. (Substrategy: Advance Conservation Protections)
for federal capacity for wildlife connectivity transportation projects
The Sand County Foundation’s Environmental Policy Innovation Center develops creative policies that improve water quality; speed endangered wildlife recovery; expand conservation practices on public and private lands; and provide solutions that allow water, energy, and other essential infrastructure to move forward, while benefiting natural resources. This grant will fund a position in the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT). Directed solely by the agency, the position will support DOT communications, outreach, and actions on wildlife connectivity transportation projects, among other activities. (Substrategy: Advance Conservation Solutions)
for an Environmental Policy Innovation Center project to accelerate culvert removals
The Environmental Policy Innovation Center develops creative policies that improve water quality; speed endangered wildlife recovery; expand conservation practices on public and private lands; and provide solutions that allow water, energy, and other essential infrastructure to move forward, while benefiting natural resources. This grant supports the center’s work to research and inform the efficient and ecologically significant spending of historic public funding for culvert removal, authorized by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The center is fiscally sponsored by the Sand County Foundation. (Substrategy: Advance Conservation Protections)
