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06Jun 2013 by Angie Eldred
Funding Opportunity: Alaska Native Fund

Funding Opportunity: Alaska Native Fund

Events, Trainings & Opportunities
  The deadline for Letters of Inquiry for this grant program is July 15, 2013   Alaska Conservation Foundation (ACF), in partnership with an Alaska Native Steering Committee, launched the Alaska Native Fund in 2011 to advance Alaska Native priorities for protecting our land and sustaining our ways of life.  The fund provides an Indigenous framework for impacting critical environmental issues while promoting innovative strategies to strengthen the capacity of Alaska Native organizations and communities. The goals of the Fund are to: 1) Leverage more foundation and donor resources for Alaska Native organizations; 2) Support Alaska Native strategies and solutions on environmental issues; and 3) Build relationships that will grow and strengthen the conservation movement in Alaska. The Alaska Native Fund will provide annual grants to qualifying Alaska Native nonprofit organizations…
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05Jun 2013 by Angie Eldred
Alaska Installed Biomass Systems

Alaska Installed Biomass Systems

Resources
      Alaska installed biomass systems list, provided by Karen Petersen of the UAF Cooperative Extension Service       [gview file="http://alaskawatershedcoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/AK.Installed.Biomass.Systems_12.28.2012.docx" save="1"]   Contact Karen Peterson, UAF Cooperative Extension Service Wood biomass, small business development, and rural tourism907-828-3207khpetersen@alaska.edu   
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05Jun 2013 by Angie Eldred
Tongass NF Conservation Strategy Summit

Tongass NF Conservation Strategy Summit

Events, Trainings & Opportunities
  You are invited to the US Forest Service's Tongass National Forest Conservation Strategy Summits taking place in Juneau and Ketchikan. The information provided and format will be the same at each of the one-day meetings.  Ketchikan Summit: Tuesday, June 18 at the Best Western Hotel Sunny Point BallRoom  from 8:30 am - 5:00 pm (click to download the Ketchikan agenda) Juneau Summit: Thursday, June 20 at the Centennial Hall, Hickel Room from 8:30 am - 5:00 pm (click to download the Juneau agenda)  To register for one of these summits, send a message to comments-alaska-tongass@fs.fed.us with "Summit" as the subject. Specify the session you plan to attend, and provide  your contact information. The goal of each meeting is to introduce the public, private industry, state and federal agencies, non-profit organizations, and other interested parties to the current Old-Growth Habitat Conservation Strategy (adopted in 2008),…
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05Jun 2013 by Angie Eldred
EPA Guide and Online Module for Developing Effective Watershed Plans

EPA Guide and Online Module for Developing Effective Watershed Plans

Resources
    EPA has released a guide to developing watershed plans to restore and protect our waters, which summarizes a 2008 handbook for developing watershed plans to restore and protect our waters, as well as a companion online module, "An Introduction to Watershed Planning."   The guide and module provide a summary of the handbook and also highlight some new watershed-related tools that have been developed since 2008 that can be used for more effective decision-making leading to improved management of our water resources.   Together, the handbook, guide and module provide information on how to incorporate the nine minimum elements from the Clean Water Act section 319 Nonpoint Source Program's funding guidelines into the watershed plan development process.     [button url="http://water.epa.gov/polwaste/nps/upload/watershed_mgmnt_quick_guide.pdf" color="aqua" ]Click here to access the guide[/button]…
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05Jun 2013 by Angie Eldred
Guide to Tongass Young Growth Timber

Guide to Tongass Young Growth Timber

Community Watershed Stewardship, Resources
    Sitka Conservation Society partnered with the Sitka High School Construction Tech program to explore and demonstrate ways that young-growth red alder and Sitka spruce from the Tongass can be used in building and woodworking. This guide book profiles many of these projects and shares practical insights about the quality and performance of local young-growth in a variety of applications. It also discusses basic challenges and opportunities surrounding the eventual U.S. Forest Service transition to young-growth timber harvest on the Tongass, which was announced in 2010. (information composed by Adam Andis, SCS)  View the guidebook below, and check out the Sitka Conservation Society's website for more information!        
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31May 2013 by Angie Eldred
Funding Opportunity: National Urban and Community Forestry Grant

Funding Opportunity: National Urban and Community Forestry Grant

Events, Trainings & Opportunities
    The National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council (NUCFAC), announces the posting of the U.S. Forest Service FY 2014 Urban and Community Forestry Challenge Cost Share grant program. This year, there are three grant categories: Making Urban Trees and Forests More Resilient to the Impacts of Natural Disasters and the Long-term Impacts of Climate Change Green Infrastructure Jobs Analysis Utilizing Green Infrastructure to Manage and Mitigate Stormwater to Improve Water Quality Click here to read more about this grant program.   Grant proposals are due June 28,  2013     For more information or assistance, contact: Nancy Stremple, Executive Staff Phone: 202-205-7829 Email: nstremple@fs.fed.us
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22May 2013 by Angie Eldred
Building Strategic Partnerships With the Forest Service

Building Strategic Partnerships With the Forest Service

Resources
One of the services SAWC provides to communities in Southeast Alaska are trainings coordinated to build the capacity of our member groups to complete community based watershed management projects.   Slideshows from all of the trainings SAWC has provided are available on our Slideshare page   You can also access previous trainings on our Trainings and Workshops page The presentation featured below, Building Strategic Partnerships With the Forest Service, has reached over 150 viewers!   Building strategic partnerships with the Forest Service by Angela Coleman from sawc      
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17May 2013 by Angie Eldred
Funding Opportunity: NFF Matching Awards Program

Funding Opportunity: NFF Matching Awards Program

Events, Trainings & Opportunities
Click here to read more about this grant program   The NFF is currently soliciting proposals for its Matching Awards Program (MAP), a grant program that provides matching funds for direct on-the-ground and citizen-based monitoring projects benefiting America’s National Forests and Grasslands. MAP funds can be used to support conservation and restoration projects benefiting wildlife habitat , recreation, watershed health, and community-based forestry. By pairing federal funds—provided through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Forest Service—with non-federal dollars raised by award recipients, the resources available to nonprofit partners to implement projects are effectively doubled. A common thread connecting NFF program areas is an interest in action-oriented projects that enhance the viability of natural resources while benefiting and directly engaging surrounding communities. The NFF will accept applications from non-governmental, nonprofit 501(c)(3)…
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