2005 Grantees

Androscoggin River Watershed Council Gorham, NH	$15,000
Mahoosucs Region Conservation Initiative

Appalachian Mountain Club Boston, MA	$2,500
Commemorative Tree

Appalachian Mountain Club Boston, MA	$30,000
Maine Woods Initiative

BioDiversity Research Institute Gorham, ME	$5,000
Gulf of Maine Seabird Mercury Project

Bluebird Recovery Program, Inc. Royalton, VT	$3,000
Recovery Program

Bowdoin College Brunswick, ME	$5,500
Protecting Kent Island’s Forest and Seabird Nesting Habitat

Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust Brunswick, ME	$25,000
Crystal Spring Farm – North Campaign

Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society Halifax, NS	$4,000
Nova Scotia Protected Areas Accord

Chewonki Foundation Wiscasset, ME	$5,000
Back River Conservation and Recreation

Coastal Enterprises, Inc. Portland, ME	$15,000
Working Waterfront Futures Project

Cobscook Community Learning Center Lubec, ME	$5,000
Mowry Beach School/Community Project

Conservation Law Foundation Inc. Brunswick, ME	$15,000
Clean Coastal Water: Maine

Downeast Institute for Applied Marine Research and Education	$10,000
Beals, ME
Organizational Development

Forest Society of Maine Bangor, ME	$5,000
Delivery Excellence in Forestland Conservation
and Stewardship

Francis Small Heritage Trust Limerick, ME	$10,000
Sawyer Mountain Highlands/Smith-Dickinson Parcels

Friends of Midcoast Maine Camden, ME	$7,500
Shifting Gears – Smart Growth Planning

Friends of the Presumpscot River South Windham, ME	$10,000
Presumpscot River Renewal Project

Friends of the Royal River Yarmouth, ME	$25,000
Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village, Forest and Farm

Georges River Land Trust Rockland, ME	$5,000
Community Conservation Project

GrowSmart Maine Yarmouth, ME	$25,000
Sprawl, the Cost of Government and Maine’s Economy

Gulf of Maine Research Institute Portland, ME	$20,000
Vital Signs: Monitoring Invasive Species

Kennebunkport Conservation Trust Cape Porpoise, ME	$10,000
Kennebunkport Greenbelt Initiative

Land Trust Alliance Washington, D.C.	$17,500
Maine Coast Protection Initiative Land Trust Capacity-building

Maine Appalachian Trail Land Trust Yarmouth, ME	$20,000
Acquisition of Ridgeline and Summit of Mt. Abraham
and the Southeast Slopes of Saddleback Mountain

Maine Audubon Society Falmouth, ME	$35,000
Citizen Science at Maine Audubon

Maine Coast Heritage Trust Topsham, ME	$15,000
Western Head Preserve Trail Improvements

Maine Congress of Lake Associations Belgrade, ME	$15,000
The Maine Lakes Handbook

Maine Timber Research and Environmental Education Foundation
Augusta, ME	$5,000
Forest Inventory Growth (FIG) Project

Middlebury Area Land Trust Middlebury, VT	$5,000
Otter View Park

National Audubon Society Ithaca, NY	$10,000
Control of Invasive Plants to Benefit Nesting Terns and Herons in Southern Maine

Natural Resources Council of Maine Augusta, ME	$10,000
The Plum Creek Challenge: Developing an Alternative
That Balances Maine Values

The Nature Conservancy, Maine Chapter Brunswick, ME	$15,000
Spring River Project

The Nature Conservancy, NH Chapter Concord, NH	$10,000
Great Bay Oyster Habitat Restoration Project

New England Forestry Foundation Yarmouth, ME	$15,000
Downeast Lakes Forestry Partnership

New Hampshire Lakes Association Concord, NH	$10,000
Protecting New Hampshire’s Lakes

Northeast Wilderness Trust Corporation Boston, MA	$7,500
Alder Stream Watershed Project, Phase I

Open Space Institute New York, NY	$5,000
Northern Forest Protection Fund

Open Space Institute New York, NY	$10,000
Plum Creek Economic Assessment

Plymouth State University Plymouth, NH	$5,000
Enhancing Environmental Research of the Northern Forest

Portland Trails Portland, ME	$10,000
Thompson’s Point Riverwalk

QLF/Atlantic Center for the Environment Ipswich, MA	$10,000
Community Forests: Conserving Land and
Building Sustainable Economies

Randolph Mountain Club Gorham, NH	$10,000
Trail Crew and Caretaker Housing

Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust Oquossoc, ME	$5,000
Rangeley Lakes Regional Recreational Trails

Rangeley Region Cross-Country Ski Club Rangeley, ME	$10,000
Trails Center

Rippleffect, Inc. Portland, ME	$5,000
Cow Island Conservation Corp

Saint Joseph’s College Standish, ME	$9,000
Creating an Empirical Model of Red Tide Development in
Northern Casco Bay

Scarborough Land Conservation Trust Scarborough, ME	$10,000
Stewardship Project

Sheepscot Valley Conservation Association Newcastle, ME	$10,000
Heart of the Watershed: Barth/Conboy Phase I

Small Woodland Owners Association of Maine Augusta, ME	$7,000
Small Woodlot Owner Summit

Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests	$10,000
Concord, NH
Forestry Research and Harvest Trends in
New Hampshire’s North Country

St. John Valley Partnership – Fort Kent Trails Committee	$3,000
Fort Kent, ME
Fish River Island Park

Town of Fryeburg Fryeburg, ME	$10,000
Ward Brook Aquifer Environmental Impact Study

The Trust for Public Land Boston, MA	$10,000
Campaign for the Piscassic Greenway

The Trust for Public Land Portland, ME	$75,000
Katahdin Lake Project

University of Vermont Burlington, VT	$5,000
Bobcats and Lynx Field Research

Upper Valley Trails Alliance Norwich, VT	$10,000
Winter Trails for Fun and Health:
Upper Valley Skating Trails

Vermont Natural Resources Council Montpelier, VT	$10,000
Vermont Forest Viability Project

Western Maine Trout Unlimited Lovell, ME	$2,000
Upper Sandy River Restoration Project

York Land Trust York Harbor, ME	$10,000
Mt. Agamenticus to the Sea Conservation Initiative

Total Grants:	$698,500

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