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| Ten Winners Announced!
Public Lands Program Capacity Building Grants Awarded |
Ten nonprofit public lands "friends of" groups have been chosen to receive $1,000 Capacity Building Grants as part of the National Environmental Education Foundation's Public Lands Program. The Public Lands Program Capacity Building Grants provide funding to strengthen the organizational effectiveness of these community-based nonprofits who serve public land sites in the United States.
Grants will assist the groups with strategic planning, branding, communications and marketing, volunteer management and improved fundraising. These projects will advance the organizations' abilities to carry out their strategic goals and make them more sustainable.
- Continental Divide Trail Alliance
Granby, Colo.
- Friends of the Desert Mountains
Palm Desert, Calif.
- Friends of Fairsted, Inc.
Brookline, Mass.
- Friends of Fort McHenry, Inc.
Baltimore, Md.
- Louisville Olmsted Parks Conservancy
Louisville, Ky.
- Nevada Outdoor School
Winnemuca, Nev.
- San Mateo Coast Natural History Association
Half Moon Bay, Calif.
- Selway-Bitterroot Foundation
Kamiah, Mont.
- Wild South
Double Springs, Ala.
- Wissahickon Restoration Volunteers
Philadelphia, Pa.
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Association of Partners for Public Lands (APPL)
Join the APPL Conference Webinar Today |
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Don't miss the free webinar today at 1 p.m. PST.
 The Public Lands Program is partnering with the Association of Partners for Public Lands (APPL) to develop a series of free workshops and webinars for our growing network of public lands "friends of" groups. The first webinar, a 90-minute workshop entitled The Power of Friends: Building and Maintaining Partnerships that Work, will stream live later today from the APPL Annual Partnership Convention in San Diego at 1 p.m. PST.
Note that this is 2 p.m. Mountain Time, 3 p.m. Central Time, and 4 p.m. Eastern Time.
The workshop is being led by Robb Hampton, director of National Public Lands Day at the National Environmental Education Foundation (NEEF) and Donna Asbury, executive director of the Association of Partners for Public Lands.
Participants will gain information and access to resources pertaining to the benefits of partnering including the types of services partners can provide in collaboration with public lands agencies. Public land managers and friends groups are invited to participate in the webinar to discover the potential of strong partnerships. To participate in the webinar, follow the instructions on our website.
Later this week the full webinar will be saved as an audio/video file that may be accessed at www.publiclandsday.org. |
| Roanoke Watershed Grants
Public Lands Program Grants: Apply by March 1, 2010 |
| The Public Lands Program of The National Environmental Education Foundation is announcing that three small grants of $2,000 - $4,000 each will be awarded to community-based nonprofits located in the Roanoke River watershed that meet the grant eligibility requirements and make the best case for how the funds will engage the community in improving the health of the Roanoke River watershed.
Watershed improvement can take many forms, including, but not limited to, planting riparian zones or other shoreline vegetation, invasive species removal and maintenance of recreational areas. Find out more and download an application. | |
The National Environmental Education Foundation (NEEF) provides knowledge to trusted professionals who, with their credibility, amplify messages to national audiences to solve everyday environmental problems. Together, we generate lasting positive change.
NEEF partners with professionals in health, education, media, business and public land management to promote daily actions for helping people protect and enjoy the environment. Through our primary programs- Classroom Earth, National Public Lands Day, National Environmental Education Week, Business and Environment, Earth Gauge®, and Health and Environment- we offer Americans knowledge to live by. To learn more, call (202) 833-2933 or visit www.neefusa.org.
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Our Program
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National Public Lands Day is the nation's largest hands-on volunteer effort to improve America's public lands. NPLD began in 1994 with three federal agencies and 700 volunteers. On Sept. 26, 2009, 150,000 volunteers lent a hand at more than 2,000 locations across the nation. Join us for the next National Public Lands Day on Sept. 25, 2010. National Public Lands Day is now part of a broader Public Lands Program which aims to increase the capacity of public lands stewards to engage local communities to help care for our public lands. The Public Lands Program will provide online training resources, networking opportunities and small grants to increase the capacity of friends groups to work more effectively with public land managers and strengthen the reach of National Public Lands Day. |
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| National Sponsor |
Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc. operates under a Global Earth Charter which was set forth to promote environmental responsibility for every aspect of the company and significantly reduce the impact that Toyota's vehicles have on the planet.
In line with their commitment to environmental responsibility, Toyota has sponsored the National Public Lands Day program for the past 11 years. Going above and beyond their sponsorship, Toyota has also encouraged their employees to get involved in NPLD activities throughout the nation by helping to care for parks, forests, rivers, beaches, shorelines and other public lands. In September 2009, over 3,100 Toyota employees volunteered at 37 different public land areas in 17 states and in Puerto Rico. Read more about Toyota's strong commitment to the environment and their support of National Public Lands Day. |
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| Contributing Sponsor
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Northrop Grumman Corporation is a leading global security company whose 120,000 employees provide innovative systems, products, and solutions in aerospace, electronics, information systems, shipbuilding and technical services to government and commercial customers worldwide.
Through its partnership with National Public Lands Day, Northrop Grumman employees across the nation will join together to improve and enhance public lands, supporting the company's corporate responsibility efforts in embracing green initiatives and translating values into action. | |
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