CHESTER, NJ November 10,
2010 – Conservation Resources Inc. (CRI) announced
its fifth annual Franklin Parker Small Grants awards to non-profit
conservation organizations. The awards totaling $86,000
were distributed to 29 organizations for conservation projects
throughout the Garden State.
“This
year we received many applications and were able to grant funds to most of them. We are excited
to continue to contribute to innovative, on-the-ground conservation
work being conducted in New Jersey,” said Michael Catania,
President of CRI.
The purpose of the Franklin Parker Small Grants Program is
to provide seed money for the initiation of projects, to help
cover certain costs which are not fully reimbursable by other
existing grant programs, such as appraisal and survey expenses,
and to provide matching funds to support non-profit stewardship
and restoration projects. Funding for these small grants
has been provided by the William Penn Foundation, The Geraldine
R. Dodge Foundation, the Victoria Foundation, the Tiffany
& Co. Foundation, the Mary Reinhart Stackhouse Foundation,
and several individuals.
The projects supported by the 2010 Franklin Parker Small Grants Program are featured on The Conservation Exchange, New Jersey’s Marketplace for Conservation Projects. Additional criteria for being awarded a Franklin Parker Small grant include creativity of the project, financial need, and strategic value.
Click on the trees on the map below to learn about each of the 2010 grants.
View 2010 Franklin Parker Small Grant Projects in a larger map
List of 2010 Franklin Parker Small Grants
| Organization |
Project |
Amount Granted |
| Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey |
Forest Management and Acoustic Surveys for NJ Bats |
$3,500.00 |
| Delaware Riverkeeper Network |
Delaware River Safe Water Action Team (DR SWAT): Mobilizing a Volunteer Response to Pollution Catastrophes |
$3,500.00 |
| Edison Wetlands Association |
Dismal Swamp Conservation Area Trails Project |
$3,500.00 |
| Elizabeth Conservancy |
Bongiovanni Land Acquisition (for E.C. Environmental Education Ctr.) |
$3,500.00 |
| Great Swamp Watershed Association |
Conservation Management Area Restoration and Stewardship Phase Two |
$3,500.00 |
| Greater Newark Conservancy |
South Ward Playground, Newark, NJ |
$3,500.00 |
| Grow it Green Morristown |
The Urban Farm at Lafayette |
$3,500.00 |
| Isles, Inc. |
Urban Agriculture for Trenton |
$3,500.00 |
| Musconetcong Watershed Association |
Warren Glen & Hughesville Dams Feasibility Study; Rieglesville Dam Removal |
$3,500.00 |
| New Jersey Audubon Society |
Elvin W. Georges Preserve Wetland Restoration |
$3,500.00 |
| Passaic River Coalition |
Ponderosa II |
$3,500.00 |
| Pennsylvania Railroad Harsimus Stem Embankment Preservation Coalition, Inc. |
Harsimus Branch Embankment |
$3,500.00 |
| Ridge and Valley Conservancy |
Stony Brook Preserve |
$3,500.00 |
| Schiff Natural Lands Trust Inc |
Preservation of Pleasant Valley Mills Farm |
$3,500.00 |
| Harding Land Trust |
Landowner Conservation Guide |
$3,000.00 |
| Heart of Camden, Inc. |
Waterfront South Restoration Project |
$3,000.00 |
| Hunterdon Land Trust Alliance |
Thomas A. Saeger Preserve |
$3,000.00 |
| North Jersey Resource Conservation & Development Council |
Stewardship of Open Space (SOS) |
$3,000.00 |
| Stony Brook - Millstone Watershed Association |
Thompson Land Preservation Project
|
$3,000.00 |
| Bergen Save the Watershed Action Network |
Stewardship and Restoration of the Upper Hackensack River Watershed |
$2,500.00 |
| D&R Greenway Land Trust, Inc. |
Bulk Native Seed Production Project |
$2,500.00 |
| Friends of Hopewell Valley Open Space |
Central Jersey Invasive Species Strike Team |
$2,500.00 |
| Upper Raritan Watershed Association |
Central Jersey Invasive Species Strike Team |
$2,500.00 |
| YMCA Camp Ockanickon, Inc. |
Wollman Property Preservation Project |
$2,500.00 |
| Friends of Princeton Open Space |
Stewardship Planning and Implementation |
$2,000.00 |
| Saddler's Woods Conservation Association |
Saddler's Woods Habitat Restoration |
$2,000.00 |
| South Jersey Land and Water Trust |
Mullica River Watershed Stream Assessment |
$2,000.00 |
| Forked River Mountain Coalition, Inc. |
Chamberlain Branch Preserve |
$1,000.00 |
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