Issue Area: Watershed Management

10,000 Trees for the Rouge Valley

Mission:10,000 Trees for the Rouge Valley, a volunteer- driven, non-profit organization, has planted more than 100,000 trees and shrubs and restored over 100 acres of the Rouge watershed to natural cover, protecting creeks and streams from soil erosion, helping to link existing islands of forest and extending wildlife corridors. Together …

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10,000 Years Institute

10,000 Years Institute develops educational, management, and regulatoryapproaches to promote sustainable land use practices in forests,rivers, wetlands, and estuaries. Using science and local knowledge, theInstitute works within communities to shape regulatory priorities andadvocate for sustainable land management practices that protectecosystem services and provide net environmental benefits. 10,000 YearsInstitute evaluates the …

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1675 Foundation

FoundationThe 1675 Foundation is a private family foundation dedicated to promoting and supporting excellence in the education, health, human services, watershed and environmental issues, and history. In 1947, Marian S. and John H. Ware 3rd founded the Oxford Foundation. In 2004, the Oxford Foundation restructured, creating four separate foundations. The …

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Acequia Madre de San Antonio Community Ditch Association

Mission StatementIt is our mission to maintain our working ancient acequia (established on Canon de Carnuel lan Grant 1819), protect the riparian areas of our system (now Ojito de San Antonio Open Space) and the contributing watershed, defend historic cultural value, and keep the water clean (update SEP05 glh).

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ACT Waterwatch

Waterwatch is a national community water quality monitoring network that encourages all Australians to become involved and active in the protection and management of their waterways and catchments.Since Waterwatch began, the number of monitoring groups has grown from 200 operating in 16 catchments, to nearly 3000 groups in 200 Catchments. …

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Acterra: Action for a Healthy Planet

Acterra empowers and inspires local residents, businesses, community groups, and governmental organization to take action on such environmental issues as carbon reduction. Acterra’s innovative environmental programs are:ACTerra Green – Uses WEb 2.0 tools and community events to unite groups such as schools, businesses and faith groups to fight climate change.Be …

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Action for Food Production (AFPRO), Gwalior

Action for Food Production is an Indian socio-technical non-governmental organization with Christian inspiration working for the development of the rural poor through effective natural resource management solutions.It provides technical guidance and backup support to grassroots level NGOs for the implementation of environmentally friendly projects for water, food security, livelihoods and …

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