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GRANTS 1998-2008
Alliance for Nuclear
Responsibility
David Weisman, Filmmaker
Post Office Box 1328
San Luis Obispo, California 93406-1328
davidweisman@charter.net
www.a4nr.org
805-772-7077tel/fax
American Farmland Trust
Blair Fitzsimons, Texas Advisor for Policy and Program
Development
1200 18th Street, NW, Suite 800
Washington, DC 20036
bcf@sanpedroranch.com
www.farmland.org
202-378-1228tel
202-659-8339fax
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September 1999: $3000 toward startup of the Texas
office, as an effort to slow the breakup of Texas ranches and
farms and the fragmentation of the habitat they protect.
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September 2000: $5000 for the Bandera County Cost
of Community Services study, which explores the financial cost
of sprawl.
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March 2001: $2500 for the Bandera County
Cost of Community Services study.
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September 2001: $4000 for the Bandera County Cost
of Community Services study.
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March 2002: $4000 for open lands
protection efforts in Texas, much of which is focused currently
on getting public awareness and support for Purchase of Development
Rights (PDRs). Authorization
and funding for PDRs would allow the state or other governmental
bodies to invest in conservation easements protecting open
space, habitat, and watershed found on private lands, which
make up more than 95% of Texas land area.
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March 2003: $2500 for Texas
land conservation policy work.
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September 2004: $3000 for
advocating Purchase of Development Rights policy in Texas.
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March
2005: $3000 for continued work on building
support and understanding for PDRs in Texas.
March 2006: $3700 for further work on protecting Texas farm and ranchlands from breakup and dissolution. September 2007: $4750 for
American Farmland Trust programs in Texas.
Artspace Projects Incorporated
Wendy Holmes Nelson
Vice President for Resource Development
528 Hennepin Ave Suite 404
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55403
wendy@artspaceprojects.org
www.artspaceprojects.org
612-333-9012 ext.117tel
612-333-9089fax
- September 1999: $5000 for Artspace National Conference
in Galveston, where ways of developing space for artists' studios
and galleries were discussed. These spaces can have a good
effect on artists' careers, on a city's culture, and on compact,
inner-city development.
Audubon Texas*
Anne Brown ,
Executive Director
2904 Swiss Avenue
Dallas, Texas 75204
abrown@audubon.org
www.tx.audubon.org
214-370-9735tel
214-370-8527fax
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December 1998: $2500
for environmental education
promotion
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March 2000: $5000 for Facts about Texas Birds, Wildlife,
and Habitat, an environmental issue guide for public
policymakers in Texas.
- September 2007: $5000 for the Quail and Grassland Birds Initiative, an effort to restore mixed grassland habitat in Texas, through prairie grass and forb replanting, prescribed burning, and other methods.
*Formerly known as the Texas Audubon Society.
Austin College
Center for Environmental Studies
Dr. Peter Schulze, Director
900 North Grand Avenue
Sherman, Texas 75090
pschulze@austincollege.edu
www.austincollege.edu
903-813-2284tel
903-813-2420fax
- September 2004: $3000 in support for pavilion
improvements at the Sneed native prairie that would allow for
better access, interpretation and appreciation of the site.
Austin
Community Foundation*
MariBen Ramsey, Associate Director
Post Office Box 5159
Austin, Texas 78763
mbramsey@austincommunityfoundation.com
www.austincommunityfoundation.org
512-472-4483tel
512-472-4486fax
- September 2000: $1000 for general support of the
Hill Country Conservancy, a land trust focused on the Austin
area.
- September 2005: $3000 for a neighborhood association, the South River City Citizens, and their effort to restore the 100-year old, inner-city Stacy Park, which has suffered from stream erosion, soil compaction, and nonnative plant invasion.
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September 2007: $3500 for restoration of Stacy Park and Blunn
Preserve, focusing on exotic plant removal and native plant
installation.
* The Hill Country Conservancy is
now an independent group and can be reached directly c/o George
Cofer, HCC Executive Director; 3306 Gentry Drive; Austin 78746-5507.
Austin Metropolitan Ministries
Susan Wills
2026 Guadalupe, Suite 226
Austin, Texas 78705
amm@prismnet.com
512-472-7627tel
512-472-5274fax
March 2001: $3750 for the Texas Impact* project,
an effort to bring together members of various faiths in progressive
causes for environmental protection, public health care, and
educational reform.
* This project was later reorganized as an independent
non-profit, Texas Impact (see below).
Austin Parks Foundation
Rosie Weaver, Outreach Director
701 Brazos Street, Suite 170
Austin, Texas 78701
rweaver@austinparks.org
www.austinparks.org
512-477-1566tel
512-477-1586fax
- September 2004: $3000 in general support for the
Austin Parks Foundation, which seeks to create a community
of responsible volunteers who will provide stewardship, education
and advocacy for local parkland.
- September 2007: $3500 for restoration of
the City of Austin properties, Stacy Park and Blunn Preserve,
particularly through exotic plant removal and replacement with
native vegetation.
Bastrop County Environmental
Network
Ann Mesrobian, Conservation Chair
Post Office Box 1069
Bastrop, Texas 78602
bcen@bastrop.com
www.bcen.org
512-321-3535tel
512-360-3045fax
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September 2000: $5000 for the Texas Water Council,
an effort to promote the more responsible and efficient use
of Texas water, particularly groundwater.
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March 2001: $2500 for
education regarding Texas groundwater law, resources, use
and control proposals, and various other policy issues.
Bat Conservation International
Mylea Bayless, Artificial Roosts Specialist
Post Office Box 162603
Austin, Texas 78716
mbayless@batcon.org
www.batcon.org
512-327-9721tel
512-327-9724fax
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December 1998: $1000 for protection
of Mexican migratory bats.
September 2000: $3000 for the artificial roosts project, an effort to find replacement shelter for bats, as tree cavities, caves, and other natural roosts are lost.
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September 2001: $3000 for Texas bat programs.
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March 2002: $4000 for the artificial roosts project.
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September 2003: $3000 for the artificial roosts
project.
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March 2004: $2500 for the artificial roosts project.
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March 2005: $3000 for the artificial roosts
project.
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September 2006: $5000 for the artificial roosts project.
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September 2007: $4750 for the artificial roosts project,
focusing on providing shelter for the rare Rafinesque's big-eared
bat and southeastern Miyotis bat.
Bexar Audubon Society
Tajana Terauds
Post Office Box 6084
San Antonio, Texas 78209-0084
tatjana@wordwright.com
210-375-1777tel
- March 2001: $5000, including $2500 for a Farm
and Ranch Forum to explore the environmental and financial aspects
to agriculture in south Texas, and $2500
for organizing and conducting a seminar for the San Antonio Environmental
Network on genetic engineering and its economic and environmental
consequences.
Bexar Land Trust
Julie Koppenheffer , Executive Director
Post Office Box 15677
San Antonio, Texas 78212
juliekoppenheffer@sbcglobal.net
www.bexarlandtrust.org
210-222-8430tel
210-720-3864fax
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September 2000: $1000 for general support of the
Bexar Land Trust, which focuses on habitat and open space
conservation in the San Antonio area.
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March 2001: $2500
for general support of the Trust.
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March 2002: $5000 for general support of the Texas
Land Trust Council (formerly sponsored by the Parks
and Wildlife Foundation of Texas, and described in
more detail below at that entry).
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March 2003: $2500 for general support of the Texas
Land Trust Council (since spun off as an independent non-profit
coporation).
Big Thicket Association
Maxine Johnston, Board Member
Post Office Box 198
Saratoga, Texas 77585-0198
johnmx@quik.com
www.bigthicketsc.org
936-262-8522tel/fax
- September 2006: $3000 for the Big Thicket Science Conference, number IV, a meeting to discuss and better understand the ecological behavoir and protection needs of this diverse area of southeast Texas. The Conference will be held in Beaumont, Texas, March 22-25, 2007.
- September 2007: $5000 for the Thicket of Diversity project, an all-taxa inventory of flora and fauna in the Big Thicket.
Big Thicket Natural Heritage Trust
Ellen Buchanan, President
206 Amanda Court
Whitehouse, Texas 75791
ellen.buchanan@tpwd.state.tx.us
www.btatx.org/BTNHT
903-566-0535, x.232tel
- March 2006: $3000 for land protection efforts to benefit the Big Thicket, the biologically rich area of southeastern Texas composed of some 3 million acres of pinelands, bottomland hardwoods, and swamps that is increasingly threatened by suburban sprawl, timber company divestment, road construction and dam proposals.
Blackwood Educational Land Institute
Cath A. Conlon, Founder and Director
PO Box 271347
Houston, Texas 77277-1347
cathbkwood@aol.com
www.blackwoodland.com
832-721-4711tel
979-826-8357fax
- September 2005: $3000 for supporting a 3-day Bioneers conference in Houston, connected by satellite uplink with the main California meeting, and hosting local discussions regarding creative ideas for sustainable development.
Buffalo Bayou Partnership
Scott Barnes, Conservation Director
1113 Vine Street, Suite 200
Houston, Texas 77002
sbarnes@buffalobayou.org
www.buffalobayou.org
713-752-0314tel
713-223-3500fax
- September 2005: $3000 for a native plant demonstration as part of redevelopment of a 10-acre site on the East End of downtown Houston, including a hike-and-bike trail, canoe access point, Bayou overlook site, prairie and wetland area.
Caddo Lake Institute
Rick Lowerre, President
44 East Avenue, Suite 101
Austin, Texas 78701
info@caddolake.us
www.caddolakeinstitute.us
512-469-6000tel
- March 2004: $2500 for participation in efforts
to protect environmental water flows to Caddo Lake.
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September 2007: $5000 for general support of the Institute's work on ensuring that the Lake and its wetlands receive adequate freshwater and nutrients while they are protected from mercury and other contaminants.
Center for Public Democracy
DBA Campaigns for People
Fred Lewis, Executive Director
700 West Avenue
Austin, Texas 78701
info@campaignsforpeople.org
www.campaignsforpeople.org
512-472-1007tel
512-451-5000fax
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March 2000: $7500 for a Texas journalism workshop
on money and politics.
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September 2001: $7000 for the Sunset Commission's
review of the Texas Ethics Commission, which critics contend
has basic structural problems that have discouraged it from
giving effective oversight to the Texas political campaigns. For
instance, the TEC has heard over 800 complaints in its 10-year
life, but has never audited a campaign, never subpoenaed
a witness or documents, never made a criminal referral, and
has held only one public enforcement hearing.
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March 2002: $7000 for a poll regarding Texans'
attitudes about campaign finance reform.
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September 2003: $4875 for campaign finance disclosure
education focused on environmental supporters.
Center for Y2K and Society
C/O The Tides Center
Norman Dean, CYS Executive Director
Thoreau Center for Sustainability
Presidio Building 1014
San Francisco, California 94129
norm@coopamerica.org
www.y2kcenter.org
415-561-6400tel
- March 1999: $2500 for Texas industry Y2K preparations
regarding concerns that computer software errors might cause
plant upsets and pollution discharges.
CERES, Inc.
Claudia Thompson
Director of Planning and Development
11 Arlington Street
Boston, Massachusetts 2116
thompson@ceres.org
www.ceres.org
617-247-0700tel
612-267-5400fax
- December 1998: $1000 toward Texas companies' endorsement
of the CERES Principles, a set of corporate environmental
cost accounting and disclosure guidelines.
Chatham Hall
Sarah Perkins
Director of the Annual Fund
800 Chatham Hall Circle
Chatham, Virginia 24531
sperkins@chathamhall.org
www.chathamhall.org
804-432-2941tel
804-432-4756fax
- March 1999: $5000 for the annual
fund of this girl's boarding school,
in honor of the Class of 1949.
Citizens' Environmental Coalition Education Fund
Justus Baird
Post Office Box 27579
Houston, TX 77227-7579
issues@cechouston.org
713-523-4232tel
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March 2001: $2000 for helping the Coalition
organize a meeting to explore the environmental and economic
ramifications of genetic engineering.
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September
2003: $4375 for the CEC Update, an emailed environmental
newsletter covering Houston, Galveston, and Austin.
Clean Water Fund of Texas
Sparky Anderson, Project Manager
2520 Longview, Suite 315
Austin, Texas 78705
sparky@cleanwater.org
www.cleanwater.org
512-474-0605tel
512-474-7024fax
- March 2000: $7500 for linking lists of environmental
donors and voters in Texas, in order to help inform their participation
in governmental decisions.
Conservation Fund - Texas Office
Andy, Texas Office Director
101 West 6th Street, Suite 601
Austin, Texas 78701
TCFTexas@aol.com
www.conservationfund.org
512-477-1712tel
512-477-3316fax
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March 2001: $2500 for general support of the Texas
office, which acquires land in the state to entrust to governmental
agencies for habitat protection.
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September 2001: $3000 for the Texas Forest
Lands Initiative, which aims to buy and protect portions
of commercial woodland, chiefly those of International Paper,
which have recently come on the market.
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March 2004: $4000 for the Texas Forest Lands Initiative, which
seeks to build on the recent acquisition of the 33,000-acre
Middle Neches River corridor, and work toward conservation
of 60,000 acres within the Piney Woods of east Texas.
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September 2004: $3000 for
continuing support of the Texas Forest Lands Initiative,
including land acquisition in the Big Thicket National Preserve.
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September 2005: $5000 for additional support of the Texas Forest Lands Initiative, towards acquisition of 60,000 acres of forested wetlands and future parkland along the Neches River in east Texas.
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September 2006: $5000 for general support of the Texas office of the Conservation Fund.
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March 2008: $5000 for general support of the Texas office of the Conservation Fund.
Conservation History
Association of Texas*
David Todd, Coordinator
1304 Mariposa Drive, Unit 211
Austin, Texas 78704-4404
dtodd@wt.org
www.texaslegacy.org
512-416-0400tel
512-416-0900fax
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March 1999: $2500 for Texas conservation history
research, interview, archive, and documentary work.
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March 2000:
$4508 for general support.
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March 2001: $5000 for general
support.
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September 2001: $5000 for general support.
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March
2003: $2500 for general support.
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September 2003: $3000 for general support.
* Formerly
a project of the Friends of the Texas Historical
Commission .
Consumers Union
Southwest Regional Office
Lisa McGiffert
Senior Policy Analyst on Health Issues
506 West 14th Street, Suite A
Austin, Texas 78701
mcgili@consumer.org
www.consumer.org
512-477-4431tel
512-477-8934fax
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March 1999: $5500 to help ensure that conversion
foundations, the grantmaking institutions created
by the privatization of formerly non-profit insurers
and hospitals, continue their mandate for health
protection.
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September 2001: $3000 to support CU's participation
in genetic engineering policy discussions convened by Texas
A&M
University and the Texas Medical Association.
Council for Responsible Genetics
Sujatha Byravan, Executive Director
5 Upland Road, Suite 3
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02140
crg@gene-watch.org
www.gene-watch.org
617-868-0870tel
617-491-5344fax
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March 1999: $2500 for education about biotechnology's
moral, health and environmental impacts.
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March 2001: $2000
for outreach regarding biotechnology.
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September 2001: $2000 for biotechnology discussions
on the national level.
Downwinders Education Fund
Becky Bornhorst, Co-Chair
Post Office Box 763844
Dallas, Texas 75376
beckybo@hotmail.com
www.downwindersatrisk.org
972-293-8300tel
972-293-8400fax
- March 2000: $5000 for air quality work in the
Dallas / Fort Worth area, which is in non-attainment for traditional
air pollutant standards, and also suffers from more exotic
pollution related to hazardous waste incineration.
Earth Share of Texas
Max Woodfin, Executive Director
814 West 23rd Street
Austin, Texas 78705-5128
max@earthshare-texas.org
http://earthshare-texas.org
512-472-5518tel
512-472-4930fax
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March 1999: $4000 for radio and print
outreach to promote workplace giving
to Texas environmental organizations.
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March 2002: $3000 for general support of Earth
Share of Texas.
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September 2003: $3000 for general support.
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September 2004: $3000 for general support.
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September 2007: $1750 for support of Earth Share of Texas' Texas Environmental Grantmakers Group (Texas EGG), particularly Texas EGG's efforts to find solutions to slow and reduce climate change. Texas EGG (www.texasegg.org) is a loose coalition of Texas community, corporate and family foundations convened under the Earth Share of Texas umbrella which meets to discuss environmental problems and opportunities.
Earthspan
William S. Seegar, Board Chairman
1450 South Rolling Road
Baltimore, Maryland 21227
wsseegar@aol.com
www.earthspan.org
410-961-6692tel
410-455-5923fax
- September 2004: $3000 for support of the annual
Padre Island Peregrine Falcon survey, to help track
the Falcon's numbers and overall population health
following its recent delisting as an endangered
species.
Ecological Recovery Foundation
Helen Besse , Executive Director
2525 Wallingwood, Suite 705P
Austin, Texas 78746
springsoftexas@sbcglobal.net
512-327-6915tel
512-327-6915fax
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March 2002: $3000 for editing, printing and distributing
Springs of Texas, Volume II, a review of the location, quality,
flow rates, and threats facing 1500 springs in the
state, as an update to and expansion of Volume I, first produced
by Gunnar Brune in 1981.
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March 2004: $4000 for continued work on Volume
II of Springs of Texas.
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March 2005: $3000 for further efforts on
the Springs of Texas, Volume II.
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March 2008: $3000 for the Springs of Texas project.
Environmental Defense*
Texas Office
Clare Hudspeth, Regional Managing Director
44 East Avenue, Suite 304
Austin, Texas 78701
chudspeth@environmentaldefense.org
www.environmentaldefense.org
512-478-5161tel
512-478-8140fax
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March 2000: $7500 for air pollution efforts in the
state, including work to build new renewable energy sources,
to require full disclosure of fuel sources to utility customers,
and to help implement nitrogen oxide reductions from grandfathered
utilities.
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September 2000: $7500 for water conservation in
Texas through more realistic pricing and other market-based
methods.
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March 2001: $2500 for the Texas Safe Harbor, which
seeks to encourage private landowners to undertake experimental
conservation efforts to benefit endangered species, particularly
the golden-cheeked warbler and black-capped vireo, without
fear of governmental prosecution if these efforts fail.
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September 2001: $2500 for promoting construction
of additional renewable energy facilities in Texas.
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March 2003: $2500 for educational assistance to
the Texas Groundwater Conservation Districts.
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March 2004: $2500 for the Forgotten River Chronicle,
a series of videotaped oral history interviews, and related
publications and documentaries, recording and protesting the
decline of the Rio Grande's reach between Fort Quitman and Big
Bend National Park, where diversions and salt cedar have largely
dried up the river.
- September 2004: $3000 for a partnership with the
Gulf of Mexico shrimping industry to seek ways to protect habitat,
sea turtles, fish and other marine life, while increasing the
net value of the wild shrimp catch.
- September 2005: $3000 for help with maps and incentives that would encourage and guide ocelot recovery on private lands in the Lower Rio Grande Valley.
- September 2006: $5000 for promoting renewable energy from wind, solar, and other non-fossil sources, efficiency in electricity use , and development of IGCC "clean coal" technologies.
- March 2008: $5000 for research and advocacy of renewable energy
in Texas.
Environmental Grantmakers Association
Rachel Goldstein, Development Manager
55 Exchange Place, Suite 405
New York, NY 10005-2655
rgoldstein@ega.org
www.ega.org
646-747-2655tel
646-747-2656fax
Environmental Integrity Project
Ilan Levin, Counsel
1002 West Avenue, Suite 300
Austin, Texas 78701
ilevin@environmentalintegrity.org
www.environmentalintegrity.org
512-619-7287tel
512-479-8302fax
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September 2007: $5000 for support of the Texas office in its work to promote cleaner alternatives to Texas' traditional pulverized coal power plants that contribute heavily to the state's sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxide, mercury and carbon dioxide emissions.
Environment Texas Research and
Policy Center
Luke Metzger, President
815 Brazos Street, Suite 600
Austin, Texas 78701
luke@environmenttexas.org
www.environmenttexas.org/center
512-479-0388tel
512-479-0400fax
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September 2007: $4750 toward climate change
mitigation, including research, coalition-building,
media outreach, activist-organizing, and meetings with decisionmakers and opinion leaders.
Forest Conservation Council
John Talberth
Post Office Box 22488
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87502-2488
jtalberth@cybermesa.com
505-986-1163tel
505-820-0079fax
Forest Stewards Guild*
Mary Chapman, Executive Director
P.O. Box 519
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87504-8309
mary@foreststewardsguild.com
www.foreststewardsguild.com
505-983-8992,x.21tel
505-986-0798fax
- September 2000: $3250 for a study and tour
of forest fragmentation in Texas.
* Formerly a project
of the Forest Trust .
Forest Trust
Henry Carey, Director
Post Office Box 519
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87504-0519
foresttrust@igc.org
www.theforesttrust.org
505-983-8992tel
505-986-0798fax
- September 1999: $3000 for the Forest Stewards
Guild's efforts to interconnect and educate the more
conscientious forest landowners and managers in Texas.
The Forest Trust later spun off the Forest Stewards Guild
as an independent organization.
Friends of the Brazos River
Ed Lowe, President
6336 Goliad
Dallas, Texas 75214
edlowe@celebratoinrestaurant.com
www.friendsofthebrazos.org
214-358-0612tel
214-904-1716fax
- March 2008: $4000 for protection of adequate instream flows in the Brazos River to support riverine and estuarine life.
Friends of the Texas Historical Commission
Linda Lee, Executive
Director
Post Office Box 13497
Austin, Texas 78711
friends@thc.state.tx.us
www.thc.state.tx.us
512-457-8090tel
512-463-3571fax
- December 1998: $2000 for
Texas conservation history
research, later organized as
an independent effort of the
Conservation History Association
of Texas.
Friends of the West 11th Street Park
Lorraine M. Cherry, President
6046 Woodbrook Lane
Houston, Texas 77008
lorrainecherry@earthlink.net
www.west11thstreetpark.org
713-868-1549tel
866-295-6181fax
- September 2007: $1750 towards acquisition of a 20-acre woodland park, noted for its intact and diverse flora and fauna, in inner-city Houston.
Galveston Bay Conservation and Preservation
Association
Jim Blackburn, Chair
Post Office Box 323
Seabrook, Texas 77586
jbb@blackburncarter.com
www.gbcpa.net
281-326-3343tel
281-236-3312fax
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March 2003: $2500 for protection of Trinity
River instream flows, which are threatened by dams and diversions.
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March 2004: $2400 for continued work
protecting the Trinity River's instream flows.
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March 2005: $3000 for a citizens' State of
the Bay conference to explore and address threats and opportunities
facing Galveston Bay.
Galveston Houston Association for
Smog Prevention
Sabrina Strawn, Executive Director
3100 Richmond Avenue, Suite 309
Houston, Texas 77098-3015
strawn@ghasp.org
www.ghasp.org
713-528-3779tel
713-526-0550fax
- March 2000: $5000 for work to reduce air
pollution in the Galveston/Houston area, which suffers
from the worst air quality in the nation.
- September 2005: $5000 for community education, media outreach and policy advocacy for smog prevention, focusing on reducing impacts from the world's largest petrochemical complex.
Gladys Porter Zoo
Patrick Burchfield, Deputy Director-Zoologist
500 Ringgold Street
Brownsville, Texas 78520
ridley@gpz.org
www.gpz.org
956-546-7187tel
956-546-5703fax
- September 2005: $3000 for work to protect populations of and establish new nesting sites for the endangered Kemp's Ridley sea turtle.
Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative
Dennis Neffendorf
501 West Felix Street, FWFC Building 23
Fort Worth, Texas 76115-3494
dennis.neffendorf@ftw.nrcs.usda.gov
www.glci.org
817-509-3225tel
817-509-3210fax
- March 2001: $2500 for support of a Texas
Chapter of the Initiative.
Greater Edwards Aquifer Alliance
Annalisa Peace, Executive Director
Post Office Box 15618
San Antonio, Texas 78212
annalisa@aquiferalliance.org
www.aquiferalliance.org
210-320-6294tel
210-320-6298fax
- March 2006: $4000 for general support of the Alliance, which seeks to coordinate and support efforts by over 30 local groups to protect the purity and flow of the Edwards Aquifer.
The Aquifer provides the sole source of drinking water for many communities, including San Antonio, in an area stretching from Uvalde to San Marcos.
- March 2007: $5000 for general support of the Alliance.
- March 2008: $5000 for continued general support of the Alliance.
Gulf Coast Bird Observatory
Cecilia Riley, Executive Director
103 West Highway 332
Lake Jackson, Texas 77566
criley@gcbo.org
www.gcbo.org
979-480-0999tel
979-480-0777fax
- September 2004: $3000 for general support
of the Observatory's efforts to coordinate migratory
bird monitoring and habitat protection in Gulf coastal
regions of the U.S., Mexico and Cuba.
- March 2006 : $3000 for the 10th annual Great Texas Birding Classic, a bird count competition that draws wide participation among birders, strong coverage from the press, and critically-needed financial support for birds and their habitat along the Texas coast.
Hawkwatch International
Dr. Jeff P. Smith
1800 South West Temple, Suite 226
Salt Lake City, Utah 84115-5801
jsmith@hawkwatch.org
www.hawkwatch.org
801-484-6808tel
801-484-6810fax
- September 2005: $3000 for help with monitoring of raptor migrations through Smith Point and Corpus Christi on the Texas coast.
Hill Country Alliance
Christy Muse, Executive Director
15315 West Highway 71
Austin, Texas 78669
christy@hillcountryalliance.org
www.hillcountryalliance.org
512-560-3135tel
- March 2006: $3000 for general support of the Alliance, which works to preserve open space, water supply, water quality and the unique character of the rapidly-developing Texas Hill Country.
- March 2007: $5000 for continued general support of the Alliance.
Hill Country Land Trust
Susan
Crawford
Tracy,
Vice President
570 South Broadway
Fredericksburg, Texas
78624-6171
landtrust@hctc.net
830-589-7153tel
830-589-7153fax
- September 2000: $1000
for general support of
the Hill Country Land Trust,
which focuses on habitat
and open space protection
in central Texas.
Holistic Resource Management of Texas
Peggy
Jones,
Executive
Secretary
5 Limestone Trail
Wimberly, Texas
78676
hrmoftx@earthlink.net
www.hrm-texas.org
512-847-3822tel
512-858-2761tel
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December
1998: $1000
for HRM field
days and workshops, to teach ways of
managing land that better integrate
financial and ecological concerns.
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September 1999: $3000 for general operating
support of HRM of Texas.
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September 2001: $1500 for general support.
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March 2002: $1000 for general support.
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March 2004: $2500 for general support.
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September 2004: $3000 for educating land owners
and managers in promoting commercial agricultural viability
and biodiversity protection.
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March 2006: $4300 for educating land owners and managers in promoting commercial agricultural viability and biodiversity protection.
Houston Audubon Society
Karen A. Barrett, Director of Development
440 Wilchester Boulevard
Houston, Texas 77079-7199
kbarrett@houstonaudubon.org
www.houstonaudubon.org
713-932-1639tel
713-461-2911fax
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March 2000: $1000 for the Emmott Library
of materials about environmental organizations and
issues in the Houston area.
-
March 2001: $2500 for habitat restoration
at coastal sanctuaries owned and/or managed by the
Society.
-
March 2003: $2500 for the Coastal Sanctuaries
program, which is investing in acquiring, protecting
and managing key migratory habitat along the upper Texas
coast.
-
September 2003: $1000 for the Coastal Sanctuaries
program.
-
March 2004: $2500 to support internships at the
High Island sanctuary, to assist with maintenance and admissions
work at the preserve.
-
March 2006: $10,000 towards construction of a building to house volunteers, staff, and equipment at the Audubon coastal sanctuary on High Island.
-
September 2007: $4750 for cleanup and repairs of the
damage to the High Island sanctuary from Hurricanes Rita
and Humberto.
Houston Museum of Natural Sciences
Dina Kohleffel, Development Director
One Hermann Circle Drive
Houston, Texas 77030-1799
dkohleffel@hmns.org
www.hmns.org
713-639-4616tel
713-523-4125fax
- December 1998: $1000 for environmental education
programming.
Houston SPCA
Patricia E. Mercer, Executive
Director
900 Portway Drive
Houston, Texas 77024
mercer@hspca.org
www.hspca.org
713-869-7722, ext.126tel
713-869-5857fax
- September 1999: $3000 for Houston
SPCA's 75th anniversary, in memory
of A.J. Wray, a former chair of the
group.
- March 2007: $5000 for the Houston SPCA's Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation program which provides shelter and care for diverse wild animals, including opossums, raccoons, skunks, squirrels, birds, bears, and even exotics such as primates, bears, lions and tigers.
Houston Wilderness
Rosie Zamora, President
Post Office Box 66413
Houston, Texas 77266-6413
rozamora@houstonwilderness.org
www.houstonwilderness.org
713-524-7330tel
713-525-9600fax
- March 2005: $3000 for preparing,
printing and distributing the Passport and brochure,
efforts to celebrate the diverse prairies, woodlands,
and other natural areas that surround Houston.
Houston Zoo
Rick Barongi, Director
1513 North MacGregor
Houston, Texas 77030
rbarongi@houstonzoo.org
www.houstonzoo.org
713-533-6800tel
713-522-2823fax
- March 2005: $3000 to support captive breeding
of the highly endangered Attwater's Prairie Chicken, once common
in the coastal prairies near Houston.
- March 2007: $5000 for field research on the swift fox, a rare animal native to the open prairie of the Panhandle, that is suffering from habitat loss and fragmentation, in addition to coyote predation.
Interfaith Center on
Corporate Responsibility
Fr. Michael Hoolahan, Interim Executive Director
475 Riverside Drive, Suite 1842
New York, New York 10115
mhoolahan@iccr.org
www.iccr.org
212-870-2295tel
212-870-2023fax
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December 1998: $1000 for supporting, coordinating
and negotiating environmental shareholder proxy resolutions.
-
March 1999: $2000 for the Foundation Partnership
for Corporate Responsibility, an effort to help foundations
to align their investments, proxy votes, and other
policies with their grants' environmental direction.
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March 2001:
$4000, including $1500 for the Foundation Partnership
for Corporate Responsibility, and $2500 for the Energy
and Environment Program, which presses corporations
to develop better policies on climate change, environmental
auditing, vendor environmental standards, and other topics.
International Crane Foundation
George
Archibald, Director
and Co-founder
E-11376 Shady Lane Road
Post Office Box 447
Baraboo, Wisconsin 53913-0447
george@savingcranes.org
www.savingcranes.org
608-356-9462tel
608-356-9465fax
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March 1999: $5000 for sandhill
crane research, helping track the
cranes' migration from their breeding
area in eastern Siberia to their
wintering sites in central Texas.
-
September 1999: $2200
in general support.
-
March 2000: $2500 for sandhill crane
research.
-
September 2000: $3000 for helping with ICF's
participation in the Port Aransas Crane Festival
and for supporting ICF's website.
-
March 2001: $1500 for sandhill
crane research and protection.
-
September 2001: $6000
in total, including $3000 for participation in the
Port Aransas Crane Festival, and $3000 for studying and
managing sandhill cranes overwintering in the area in
and around Lake Lahoka in the Texas Panhandle.
-
March 2002: $4000
for sandhill crane protection efforts in Texas.
-
March 2003: $2500 for sandhill crane protection
work.
-
September 2003: $3000 for sandhill crane projects.
-
March 2004: $2500 for sandhill crane projects,
which increasingly focus on how to deter cranes' damage to
corn and other crops in the summer breeding areas, while
not in turn harming the cranes.
-
March 2005: $2500 for sandhill crane protection.
-
March 2006: $3500 for sandhill crane research, continuing to focus on simultaneously protecting cranes and corn harvests.
-
September 2007: $4000 for sandhill crane programs.
Katy Prairie Land Conservancy
MaryAnne Piacentini, Executive Director
3015 Richmond Avenue, Suite 230
Houston, Texas 77098
info@katyprairie.org
www.katyprairie.org
713-523-6135tel
713-523-6145fax
- September 2000: $1000 for general support
of efforts to protect the rapidly developing prairie
to the west of Houston, still home to the largest
wintering population of waterfowl in the nation.
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Steve Windhager, Ph.D.,
Director of Programs
4801 La Crosse Avenue
Austin, Texas 78739
stevew@wildflower.org
www.wildflower.org
512-292-4200, x.122tel
512-292-4627fax
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March 2003: $2500 for the Landscape Restoration
Program, which seeks to explore and promote alternative land
recovery methods, such as prescribed burns, mowing,
and reintroduction of endemic species.
-
March 2004: $2500 for support of the Landscape
Restoration Program.
-
March 2005: $3000 for continued support of the
Landscape Restoration Program.
-
September 2006: $2000 for the Invaders of Texas citizen science program, an effort to enlist volunteer help from the public in identifying and controlling invasive plants in Texas. More than 100 exotic plants, including salt cedar, Chinese tallow, ligustrum, water hyacinth and many others, threaten the stability of native ecosystems in the state.
-
September 2007: $4750, towards two projects:
$4000 for research on controlling invasive Old World
bluestem grasses, and $750 for a Texas conference on
invasive plants generally.
League of State Conservation Voter Funds
Southwest Regional Office
Andy Schultheiss
2060 Broadway, Suite 230
Boulder, CO 80302
Andy_Schultheiss@lcvef.org
www.lcvef.org
303-541-0362tel
303-449-4328fax
- December 1998: $2500 to track votes on environmental
matters in the Texas Legislature. See a related gift under
the Texas League of Conservation Voters Education Fund.
Legacy Land Trust
Jennifer Lorenz, Executive Director
Post Office Box 980816
Houston, Texas 77098-0816
info@LLT.org
www.llt.org
713-524-2100tel
713-524-6331fax
Lower Laguna Madre Foundation
Walt Kittelberger, Chair
Post Office Box 153
Port Mansfield, Texas 78598
llmf@granderiver.net
www.lowerlagunamadrefoundation.com
956-944-2278tel
956-944-2387fax
National Audubon Society
Population and Habitat Campaign
Patricia Waak, Senior Advisor
3109 28th Street
Boulder, Colorado 80301
pwaak@audubon.org
www.audubonpopulation.org
303-442-2600tel
303-442-2199fax
- December 1998: $1000 for population stabilization
education.
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
Eastern Partnership Office
Peter Stangel, Director
1875 Century Boulevard, Suite 200
Atlanta, Georgia 30345
stangel@nfwf.org
www.nfwf.org
404-679-7099tel
404-679-7141fax
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December 1998: $1000 towards a national
birding festival directory.
-
March 1999: $3000 for work
with the Texas & Southwest
Cattlemen's Association to create a rangeland trust
that would help slow fragmentation of agricultural
lands.
-
September 1999: $3000 for a Texas rangeland
trust.
-
March 2000: $5000 for a Texas rangeland
trust.
National Institute on
Money in State Politics
Sue
O'Connell,
Communications
Director
833 North Main
Helena, Oregon 97212
sueo@statemoney.org
www.followthemoney.org
406-449-2480tel
406-457-2091fax
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December 1998: $1000
for a Texas campaign finance
website, to assist research
on the donors, amounts,
and recipients of state-level
political contributions.
Please see the entry for the Public Justice Foundation
of Texas for related gifts.
-
September 2000: $7500 for a study of Texas
campaign financing.
National Parks Conservation Association
Dr. James Nations, Vice President, State of the Parks
1300 19th Street, NW, Suite 300
Washington, DC 20036
jnations@npca.org
www.npca.org
800-628-7275tel
202-659-0650fax
- March 2004: $4000 for an assessment of the
status of the Big Thicket National Preserve, a highly diverse
community of wetlands, bottomland hardwoods, prairie remnants
in southeast Texas, examining and publicizing the Preserve's
strengths, weaknesses, and needs.
National Wildlife Federation
Gulf States Office
Susan Kaderka, Director
44 East Avenue, Suite 200
Austin, Texas 78701-4334
kaderka@nwf.org
www.nfwf.org
512-476-9805tel
512-476-9810fax
- September 2000: $7500 for ecological review
of the 16 regional water plans prepared, and more than
30 new reservoirs proposed, under Texas Senate Bill 1.
Native Prairies Association of Texas
Jason Spangler, Treasurer
2002-A Guadalupe
Austin, Texas 78705
jason.spangler@texasprairie.org
www.texasprairie.org
512-535-4994tel
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September 1999: $2500 for a survey
of the location, quality, ownership, and conservation
potential of Texas tallgrass prairie remnants.
-
September
2000: $3508 in total, including $1008 for a native
prairie seed propagation project in cooperation with
the Natural Resources Conservation Service, and $2500
for the continued tallgrass prairie survey.
-
September 2001: $3000 in total, including
$1500 for the native seed propagation project, and
$1500 for the tallgrass prairie survey.
-
March 2004: $2500 for native prairie surveys
to continue efforts to locate and encourage protection
of Texas prairies.
-
March 2006: $2000 for continued native tallgrass prairie surveys in Texas.
Nature Conservancy-Mashomack Preserve
Carter Roberts, Friends of Mashomack
Post Office Box 850
Shelter Island, New York 11964
www.shelter-island.org/mashomack.html
631-749-1001tel
631-749-1480fax
- September 2000: $1000 for support of Cerro
San Gil Preserve, Mashomack's southern sister sanctuary
for migratory birds.
Nature Conservancy of Texas
Anna Sweeden, Annual Giving Manager
Post Office Box 1440
San Antonio, Texas 78295-1440
asweeden@tnc.org
www.tnc.org
210-224-8774tel
210-228-9805fax
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December 1998: $1000 for a Texas conservation
data center for mapping plant and animal information
and planning protection work.
-
March 1999: $1000 for
general support.
-
March 2000: $2500 for trail work, brush
and resaca restoration, and exotic plant control
at the Southmost Texas Ranch.
-
September 2000: $3000 for Southmost
Texas ranch restoration.
-
September 2000: $5000 for an
economic study of the viability of uneven-aged, long-rotation
management of Texas longleaf pine.
-
March 2001: $2500
for the economic study of sustainable longleaf pine
management.
-
September 2001: $4000 for the economic study
of longleaf pine silviculture.
-
March 2003: $2500 for a study of the hydrologic
behavior of the Devil's River basin, a relatively pristine
watershed in the southern border region of Texas, near
Del Rio, which the Conservancy is seeking to protect.
-
September 2003: $3000 for the Devil's River
project.
-
September 2006: $4000 for the Devil's River project.
Neighbors for Neighbors
Martha Boethel, Secretary and Fundraising
Chair
Post Office Box 661
Elgin, Texas 78621
marthaboethel@totalaccess.net
www.neighborsforneighbors.com
512-476-6861, ext. 368tel
512-476-2286fax
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March 2003: $2500 to assist in oversight
of groundwater quality and supply impacts from the
operation of an Alcoa strip mine and wellfield near Rockdale,
Texas.
-
March 2005: $3000 for the Carrizo-Wilcox
Sustainability Initiative, an effort to protect this
central Texas aquifer from overdraft and contamination.
-
September 2006: $3000 for general support of Neighbors for Neighbors, which is activein four major areas: 1) cleaning up air emission from the Alcoa smelter and power plant, 2) reviewing compliance of the Alcoa strip mine, 3) monitoring water-export schemes for Carrizo-Wilcox groundwater, and 4) opposing industry efforts to loosen regulation of coal combustion waste.
North American Butterfly Association
International Butterfly Park
Dr. Sue Sill, Park Director
Post Office Box 878
Mission, Texas 78573
sill@naba.org
www.naba.org
956-583-9009tel
956-583-0081fax
- September 2004: $3000 to support the NABA
International Butterfly Park a 100-acre botanical garden
and arboretum dedicated to butterfly conservation,
education and research. The Park's location in
the Rio Grande Valley takes advantage of the region's
overlap of subtropical, temperate, coastal and desert
influences, its crossing by major butterfly migratory
routes, and its connection with over 1000 acres of adjoining
protected state and federal land.
- March 2006: $3000 to support the NABA International Butterfly Park a 100-acre botanical garden and arboretum dedicated to butterfly conservation, education and research.
Organic Consumers Association
Ronnie Cummins, Director
6101 Cliff Estate Road
Little Marais, Minnesota 55614
ronnie@purefood.org
www.organicconsumers.org
218-226-4164tel
218-226-4157fax
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March 2001: $2000 for education on the risks
and benefits of genetic engineering, especially in
the food industry.
-
September 2001: $500 for Texas genetic
engineering discussions.
-
March 2003: $1000 for Texas genetic engineering
education.
-
March 2005: $1000 for Texas genetic engineering
education.
Organic Farming Research Foundation
Bob Scowcroft, Executive
Director
Post Office Box 440
Santa Cruz, California 95061-0440
research@ofrf.org
www.ofrf.org
831-426-6606tel
831-426-6670fax
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December 1998: $1000 for a survey
of Texas organic farmers to profile
their industry and their research
needs. Recent studies indicate
that less than 1% of USDA and land
grant college research is focused
on organic methods.
-
September 1999: $4000 for a conference
among Texas and southwestern organic agricultural
researchers.
-
September 2001: $2000 for meetings and
strategic planning on organic agriculture.
-
March 2004: $2500 for a meeting of the
Scientific Congress on Organic Agricultural Research,
expected to be held in Texas, to discuss implementation
of the National Organic Research Agenda.
-
March 2005: $2250 towards support of the
SCOAR group meeting.
Outdoor Nature Club
A. K. Stoley, Sanctuaries
Vice President
10635 Inwood
Houston, Texas 77042-2328
AStoley@aol.com
www.outdoornatureclub.org
713-781-1372tel
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September 2000: $1000 for care
of the 700-acre Little Thicket
nature sanctuary in southeast Texas.
-
March 2004: $1000 for continued support
of the Little Thicket nature sanctuary, in memory of
Craig F. Cullinan, Jr.
Park People
L. Diane Schenke, Executive Director
Post Office Box 980863
Houston, Texas 77098
info@parkpeople.org
www.parkpeople.org
713-942-7275tel
713-942-8429fax
- March 1999: $1000 for general support
of this Houston park and open space advocacy group.
Parks and Wildlife Foundation of Texas
Dick Davis,
Executive Director
1901 North Akard Street
Dallas, Texas 75201
ddavis@tpwf.org
www.pwftx.org
214-720-1478tel
214-720-3864fax
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December 1998: $1000
for the Legacy ranch
program, an effort by
Texas Parks and Wildlife
to recognize and train landowners who are voluntarily
protecting rare species.
-
March 1999: $2000 for Land Trust Council
meetings; $2000 for the Lone Star Land Stewards symposium.
The Council coordinates, trains and develops standards
for over 30 regional and statewide land trusts in Texas.
The Stewards program recognizes landowners in each
ecoregion of the state for their good land use practices.
-
September
1999: $2000 for Texas Land Trust Council meetings;
$3800 for the Texas Organization of Wildlife Management
Associations (TOWMA). TOWMA is a network of wildlife
cooperatives that coordinates management by over 3000
landowners of 1.5 million acres spread across 33 counties
in the state.
-
March 2000: $5000 for Texas Land Trust Council
general support; $5000 for TOWMA general support
-
September
2000: $5000 for Texas Land Trust Council regional workshops.
-
March 2001: $5000 for the Texas Land Trust
Council's general support.
-
September 2001: $6000 in total, including
$4000 for the Texas Land Trust Council's general support,
and $2000 for the support of the Texas Organization
of Wildlife Management Organizations.
-
March 2003: $1000 for the Texas Organization
of Wildlife Management Organizations.
Peregrine Fund
J. Peter Jenny, Vice President
5668 West Flying Hawk Lane
Boise, Idaho 83709
pjenny@peregrinefund.org
www.peregrinefund.org
208-362-3716tel
208-362-2376fax
- September 2004: $3000 for reintroduction
and protection of the Northern Aplomado Falcon in west Texas. The Aplomado is the last remaining falcon on the federal endangered species list. The
Apl0mado's numbers had been hurt in the past by farming,
grazing, and DDT use, but release of captive birds,
control of predators, and construction of artificial
nest structures appear to be helping with their restoration.
- September 2006: $4000 for continued Northern Aplomado Falcon restoration efforts in west Texas.
Physicians for Social Responsibility
Dr. Lisa Doggett, Austin Chapter Chair
1309 Marshall Lane
Austin, Texas 78703
doggett_l@msn.com
www.psr.org
512-740-2159tel
- September 2007: $5000 for support of the Austin and Texas chapters of Physicians for Social Responsibility, groups that have been particularly active in lending health professionals' voices to the debates over air pollution, especially mercury and carbon dioxide emissions.
Pines and Prairies Land Trust
Tom Dureka, Executive Director
106 Conference Drive, #2A
Bastrop, Texas 78602
tdureka@pplt.org
www.pinesandprairieslandtrust.org
512-308-1911tel/fax
September 2006: $4000 for general support of the Pines and Prairies Land Trust, which is seeking to protect habitat and recreational lands in the rapidly developing areas of Bastrop and Lee counties to the east of Austin.
Proteus Fund
Meg Gage, Executive Director
101 University Drive, Suite A2
Amherst, Massachusetts 01002
info@proteusfund.org
www.proteusfunder.org
413-256-0349tel
413-256-3536fax
- March 1999: $6000 for Texas League of Conservation
Voters Education Fund. See related later gifts listed under
the Texas League of Conservation Voters Education Fund..
$4000 for Texas List Enhancement Project. See a related
later gift under the Clean Water Fund of Texas.
Public Citizen Educational Foundation
Tom "Smitty" Smith, Texas Director
1002 West Avenue, Suite 300
Austin, Texas 78701
smitty@citizen.org
www.citizen.org/texas
512-477-1155tel
512-479-8302fax
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September 2005: $5000 to help promote market development for design and construction of Plug-in Hybrid vehicles, which promise high fuel efficiency and low emissions.
-
March 2007: $5000 for meetings to coordinate climate-change mitigation efforts among Texas non-profit organizations.
Public Justice Foundation of Texas
Craig McDonald, Executive Director
609 West 18th Street, Suite E
Austin, Texas 78701
tpj@tpj.org
www.tpj.org
512-472-9770tel
512-472-9830fax
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December 1998: $1000 for the Texas Library
on Money and Politics, as an effort to disclose
and diminish the effect of campaign funding on
public policy decisions, including environmental
choices.
-
March 2000: $7500 for the Texas Library
on Money in Politics database and website, which now
comprises campaign finance information covering over
250,000 contributions and $120 million for state level
races in 1998.
-
March 2001: $5000 for the Texas Library
on Money in Politics.
-
September 2001: $2500 for the Texas Library
on Money in Politics.
-
March 2003: $1000 for the Texas Library
on Money in Politics.
-
March 2008: $4500 for the Protecting Our Assets
program, which researches misuse of the public commons, including
groundwater, roads, school revenues and tax abatements.
Public Research Works
Robin Schneider, Executive
Director
611 South Congress Avenue, Suite
200
Austin, Texas 78704
robin@publicresearchworks.org
www.publicresearchworks.org
512-326-56554tel
512-326-5922fax
- March 2000: $7500 for the Smokestacks
and Greenbacks study, which showed
that the top 100 companies benefiting from the 30-year old grandfathered
exemption (affecting 36% of industrial
air pollution in the state), had
invested over $4.6 million in the
political campaigns of Texas state
officials from 1993-98, a period
when the exemption was being challenged
by public interest groups.
Rio Grande Restoration
Steve Harris, Executive Director
Post Office Box 1612
El Prado, New Mexico 87529
unclergr@laplaza.org
www.riogranderestoration.com
505-751-1269tel/fax
- March
2003: $2500 to assist in intervention in the water rights adjudication for
the Rio Grande's reach between El Paso and Fort Quitman, the so-called Forgotten
River, in order to protect instream flows from appropriation and diversion.
Rock Art Foundation
Jim Zintgraff, Executive Director
4833 Fredericksburg Road
San Antonio, Texas 78229
210-525-9907tel
210-525-9909fax
jzintgraff@aol.com
www.rockart.org
- March
2004: $1000 to support the Foundation's conservation and education
work regarding Native American rock art in the Lower Pecos region
of Texas, near Del Rio, including acquisition of important sites.
Rocky Mountain Farmers Union Educational and Charitable Fund
Leland Swenson, Executive Director
5655 South Yosemite Street, Suite 400
Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111-3219
center.director@co-ops.org
www.rmfu.org
303-752-5800tel
303-752-5810fax
- March 2005: $2250 to support the Ogallala Commons playa protection effort in the Panhandle
of Texas and northward.
- March 2006: $3000 to support the Ogallala Commons playa protection effort in the Panhandle of Texas and northward.
Rose Foundation for Communities and the Environment
6008 College Avenue, Suite 10
Oakland, California 94618
tlittle_rose@earthlink.net
www.rosefdn.org
510-658-0702tel
510-658-0732fax
- March 2002: $800 for the Foundation Partnership for
Corporate Responsibility, an effort previously under the wing of
the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility, which seeks to
leverage foundation investments to press for mission-related improvements
in corporate performance in the fields of labor, environment, and
other areas.
Rural Advancement
Foundation International - USA
Cathy Zaumseil
Post Office Box 640
Pittsboro, North Carolina 27312
kz@rafiusa.org
www.rafiusa.org
919-542-1396tel
919-542-0069fax
- September 1999: $3500 for the Southern Sustainable
Agriculture Working Group, a network covering the 13 states stretching
from Virginia to Texas that promotes education, research,
funding, and marketing for alternative agriculture.
San Antonio Trees
Richard Alles, Board Member
Post Office Box 700066
San Antonio, Texas 78270
treeinfo@treecoalition.org
www.treecoalition.org
919-542-1396tel
919-542-0069fax
- September 2006: $3000 towards an urban forest management program for San Antonio, which has lost 40% of its tree canopy since 1985 due to clearing related to road construction and land development. San Antonio Trees is working with City staff to use GIS-based analysis of high-altitude images to determine compliance with the City tree preservation ordinance, to project canopy area trends in to the future, and to develop tree preservation and planting standards to reach the City's reforestation goals.
San Marcos River Foundation
Dianne Wassenich, Executive Director
Post Office Box 1393
San Marcos, Texas 78667-1393
wassenich@grandecom.net
www.sanmarcosriver.org
512-353-4628tel
512-353-6524fax
March
2001: $2500 for securing water rights for instream and estuarine
flows to support wildlife in the Guadalupe and San Marcos River
system.
-
September 2001: $4000 for the Guadalupe / San Marcos
instream and estuarine flows permit application.
-
March 2002: $5000 for the Guadalupe / San Marcos
River water rights permit project.
-
March 2003: $2500 for protection of Guadalupe / San
Marcos instream flows.
-
March 2004: $2500 for protection of Guadalupe / San
Marcos flows.
-
March 2005: $2500 for continued work protecting Guadalupe
/ San Marcos flows.
-
March 2006: $4000 for protecting Guadalupe / San Marcos flows, capitalizing on the recent court ruling recognizing the procedural sufficiency of the proposal for water rights for instream flows, which had earlier been rejected out of hand by the state environmental agency. To date, the agency has only provided permitted rights for human uses, such as industrial, agricultural and domestic applications, disregarding the needs of the biota in the river and estuary.
- March 2007: $5000 for general support of the Foundation.
- March 2008: $5000 for general support of the Foundation,
particularly participation in the Recovery Implementation Project, a
new effort to secure drought spring flows to ensure that dependent
endangered species recover to viable populations. This
consensus-based stakeholder process is intended to resolve debates
that have thus far failed to be cured by legislation and litigation.
Save Our Springs Alliance
Bill Bunch, Counsel
Post Office Box 684881
Austin, Texas 78768
512-477-2320tel
512-477-6410fax
info@sosalliance.org
www.sosalliance.org
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March
2001: $2500 for opposition to the Lower Colorado River
Authority's plan to extend a pipeline and drinking water to the
Dripping Springs area, an exurban area to the southwest of Austin. There
is concern that the pipeline will contribute to urban sprawl,
and downstream water pollution and shortages.
-
September 2004: $3000 for general support of the
Alliance, which works to protect the quantity and quality of
spring flows in the Hill Country of Texas, through education, litigation,
and land acquisition in the contributing recharge zones.
Scenic Galveston
Lalise L.W. Mason, Habitat Restoration Chair
20 Colony Park Circle
Galveston, Texas 77551
lalise@earthlink.net
www.scenicgalveston.org
979-664-1870tel
409-744-1456fax
- March 2005: $3000 for regrading and replanting Galveston Bay marshes.
Sea Turtle Restoration Project
Carole H. Allen, Gulf Office Director
Post Office Box 400
Forest Knolls, California 94933
carole@seaturtles.org
www.ridleyturtles.org
281-444-6204tel
281-444-6204fax
- March 2007: $5000 for protecting and extending nesting for the endangered Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle along the Texas coast.
Seeds of Texas Seed Exchange
Jack Rowe, Board Secretary
Post Office Box 9882
College Station, Texas 77842
jackrowe@compuserve.com
979-693-4485tel
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March 1999: $2000 for propagating and sharing
over 600 varieties of heirloom vegetable and wild seed to
maintain a stable, diverse, locally-adapted and disease-resistant
germplasm.
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September 1999: $3000 to help the Seeds of Texas
Grower's Network save and trade heirloom seed.
Sierra Club Foundation
Lone Star Chapter
Ken Kramer,
Director
Post Office Box 1931
Austin, Texas 78767
ken.kramer@sierraclub.org
www.texas.sierraclub.org
512-476-6962tel
512-477-8526fax
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March 2000: $7500
for the Lone Star
Chapter clean air
efforts, including
bringing grandfathered
facilities into the permit system, developing
plans to reduce urban ozone levels, and opposing
toxic pollution in industrial areas.
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September 2000: $7500 for the Lone Star
Chapter water protection education program.
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September 2001: $7000 for the Lone Star Chapter's
research and education work on the number, type and size of radioactive
waste sources in the state.
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September 2003: $4250 for the Texas Radioactive Waste
Project, an effort to monitor and improve proposals to dispose
of commercial and military nuclear waste in private sites in Texas.
-
March 2004: $3200 for ongoing efforts regarding the
Texas Radioactive Waste Project.
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September 2004: $3000 for continued support of the
Texas Radioactive Waste Project.
Society for Ecological Restoration
Texas Chapter
Kevin Thuesen, President
Post Office Box 310559
Denton, Texas 726203-0559
txser@unt.edu
www.ser.org/txser
512-632-8064tel
940-565-4297fax
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September 1999: $2000 for support of the Texas
chapter, and its network of land managers, growers, researchers,
and teachers interested in repairing and maintaining native
and endemic ecotypes.
-
March 2001: $2500 for general support of the Texas
chapter.
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September 2004: $1000 for general support of the
Texas chapter.
Society of Environmental Journalists
Beth A. Parke, Executive Director
Post Office Box 2492
Jenkintown, Pennsylvania 19046
bparke@sej.org
www.sej.org
215-884-8174tel
215-884-8175fax
- September 2005: $3000 to help host the 2005 annual
conference of the SEJ, to be held in Austin, Texas.
Southwest Environmental Center
Kevin Bixby, Executive Director
275 North Downtown Mall
Las Cruces, New Mexico 88001
swec@zianet.com
www.wildmesquite.org
505-522-5552tel
505-522-0775fax
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September 2000: $2500 for studies on restoring instream
flows and riparian habitat in the upper Rio Grande, which has
been drastically changed with construction of the Elephant Butte
reservoir, and related channel dams and diversion channels.
- March 2001: $2500 for studies related to discovering
the existence and scale of water rights in the upper Rio Grande
that might be available for instream flows.
Sustainable Energy and Economic Development (SEED) Coalition
Karen Hadden, Executive Director
1801 Westlake Drive, #209
Austin, Texas 78746
karen@seedcoalition.org
www.nukefreetexas.org
512-797-8481tel
512-906-0006fax
- March 2008: $5000 to contest construction of a new nuclear
utility plant in Matagorda County, the first of 29 to be proposed
for permitting since the near melt-down of the Three Mile Island
plant in 1979. Critics of nuclear power argue that the
industry is still beset by mining toxicity, high construction costs,
terrorist vulnerabilities, and long-term radioactive waste disposal
issues.
Texans for State Parks
Linda Evans, News and Administration
PO Box 41480
Austin, Texas 78704-0025
leevans@texas.net
www.texansforstateparks.org
512-444-8079tel/fax
- March 2004: $1000 in general support for Texans for State Parks,
which acts as a voice for volunteers, visitors and other users
of the parks who are interested in their stewardship.
Texas A&M University- College Station
Master Naturalist Program
Sonny Arnold, Program Executive Director
113 Nagle Hall, TAMU 2258
College Station, Texas 77843-2258
sarnold@ag.tamu.edu
http://masternaturalist.tamu.edu
979-458-1099tel
- March 2006: $4000 for a network of over 30 Master Naturalist chapters across Texas which train and organize volunteers in protecting and restoring prairies, woodlands, rivers and lakes under supervision of the Texas Cooperative Extension and Texas Parks and Wildlife.
- September 2007: $4750 for support of Texas Master Naturalist
chapters.
Texas A&M University - Kingsville
Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute
Professor Michael E. Tewes
700 University Boulevard, MSC 218
Kingsville, Texas 78363
michael.tewes@tamuk.edu
www.ckwri.tamuk.edu
361-593-3972tel
361-593-3924fax
- September 2004: $3000 for research regarding the risk of ocelot
extinction due to genetic erosion and habitat fragmentation.
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station - RLE
Wayne Hamilton
Room 225 Animal Industries Bldg.
College Station, Texas 77843
wt-hamilton@tamu.edu
http://rangeweb.tamu.edu/
409-845-5589tel
409-845-6430fax
- December 1998: $1000 for sustainable ranching research on a central
Texas ranch to explore rotational grazing, reduced stocking rates,
prescribed burns, and other ways of preserving the land and a viable
cattle operation.
Texas Center for Policy Studies
Cyrus Reed, Director
1002 West Avenue, Suite 300
Austin, Texas 78701
tcps@texascenter.org
www.texascenter.org
512-740-4086tel
512-479-8302fax
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September 2000: $2500 for socioeconomic review of SB 1 Water
Plans. There is concern that plans for various reservoirs, wellfields,
canals and pipelines to serve urban dwellers will harm rural
populations and farming and ranching industries in Texas.
-
March 2005: $3000 for the Green Tax and Scissors Campaign,
an effort to identify and promote conservation and additional
Texas state revenue with raised pollution permit fees, reduced
caps on sporting goods taxes, and other tools.
Texas Coalition for Conservation
George L. Bristol, President
8812 Mesa Drive
Austin, Texas 78759
txcoalition@aol.com
www.texascoa.org
512-349-2449tel
512-349-2439fax
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March 2003: $2500 for exploring and discussing possible methods
of financing acquisition and protection of parklands, open space
and wildlife habitat in Texas.
-
March 2004: $4500 for continued work developing adequate financial
support for state parks in Texas, in part by pointing out the
key commercial role that these parks play in supporting
the state's tourism, sporting, and general economy.
-
September 2004: $3000 for general support of the Coalition.
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March 2005: $4500 for general support of the Coalition and
its efforts to increase conservation funding in Texas state government.
Texas Conservation Alliance *
Janice Bezanson, Executive Director
Post Office Box 6295
Tyler, Texas 75711-6295
bezanson@texas.net
www.TCAtexas.org
512-327-4119tel
512-857-0594fax
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March 1999: $1000 for the East Texas Forests and Wildlife Coalition's
efforts to protect bottomland hardwood forests and free-flowing
streams.
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September 1999: $5000 for a coordinated campaign among ten Texas
public interest groups to participate in the state's Sunset Review
of the mission, funding, structure, and performance of the Texas
Parks and Wildlife Department and the Texas Natural Resources
Conservation Commission.
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September 2000: $5750 for opposition to Texas reservoirs and
diversions which could harm riparian, instream and estuarine
ecosystems.
-
March 2001: $5000 for opposition to Texas reservoir plans,
and promotion of more cost-effective, less environmentally harmful
alternatives.
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September 2001: $6500 in total, including $5000 for protection
of the Neches and Sulfur Rivers from proposed damming, and $1500
for the East Texas Forest and Wildlife Coalition project.
-
March 2002: $6500 in total, including $5000 for the Neches
and Sulfur River protection project, and $1500 for the East Texas
Forest and Wildlife Coalition project.
-
March 2003: $4000 in total, including $2500 for opposition
to unneeded reservoir projects throughout Texas, and an additional
$1500 for work to protect free flows in the Sulfur River, currently
threatened by proposals to build the Marvin Nichols Reservoir.
-
March 2004 : $4000 for Texas river protection, particularly
from threats by proposed dams and diversions in east Texas.
-
September 2004: $3000 for protection of the remaining free-flowing
sections of the Neches and Sulfur Rivers of east Texas.
-
March 2005: $4500 for protection of the Neches and Sulfur Rivers.
-
March 2006: $4000 for continued protection of the Neches and Sulfur Rivers.
-
September 2007: $4750 for protection of east Texas
rivers.
* - Formerly known as the Texas Committee on Natural Resources.
Texas Democracy Foundation
Charlotte McCann, Publisher
307 West 7th Street
Austin, Texas 78701
mccann@texasobserver.org
www.texasobserver.org
512-477-0746tel
512-474-1175fax
- March 2003: $2500 for support of environmental investigative
reporting at the Texas Observer, a weekly independent
publication.
- March 2006: $4000 for support of environmental investigative reporting at the Texas Observer.
- September 2007: $3500 for environmental reporting at the Texas Observer.
Texas Forestry Association Education Fund
Texas Project Learning Tree
Cheryl Stanco, TFAEF Director
Post Office Box 1488
Lufkin, Texas 75902-1488
tfa@lcc.net
www.plttexas.org
936-632-TREEtel
936-632-9461fax
- September 2003: $4420 for a North American Association of Environmental Education workshop to give Texas teachers scientifically accurate and comprehensive ecological and conservation information and teaching tools.
Texas Fund for Energy and Environmental Education
c/o SEED Coalition
Karen Hadden, SEED Coalition Executive Director
1801 Westlake Drive, #209
Austin, Texas 78746
karen@seedcoalition.org
www.seedcoalition.org
512-797-8481tel
512-306-1359fax
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March 1999: $2000 for renewable and efficient energy education
at Earth Day 1999 events.
-
March 2001: $2500 for a meeting to teach and connect activists
involved in corporate reform on environmental, energy, and other
topics.
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September 2007: $4750 for work on climate change mitigation in
Texas.
Texas Impact Education Fund
Bee Moorhead, Executive Director
221 East 9th Street, Suite 403
Austin, Texas 78701-2512
bee@texasimpact.org
www.texasimpact.org
www.breathoflifetx.org
512-472-3903
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September 2001: $4000 for the Cool Texas Interfaith Campaign,
an effort among a variety of religions and denominations to address
climate change problems.
-
September 2003: $3000 for an environmental education meeting
among Texas clergy.
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March 2006: $3000 for the Breath of Life program, an effort to raise awareness of air pollution, global warming, and renewable energy options among clergy and congregants.
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September 2007: $4750 for Texas Interfaith Power and Light
(IPL), to include "Breath of Life" work with congregations in
Texas, and to connect with 22 other state IPL organizations.
*This project was earlier spun off as an independent
organization from Austin Metropolitan Ministries (see
above).
Texas Land Conservancy*
Mark Steinbach, Executive Director
PO Box 162481
Austin, Texas 78716-2481
mark@texaslandconservancy.org
www.texaslandconservancy.org
512-301-6363tel
512-301-6364fax
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