Alaska Conservation Foundation

Description: Anti-private ownership, anti-resource industry, anti-local resident; works to eliminate logging, mining, ranching, farming in Alaska in favor of wealthy tourists.

President Jimmy Carter
Honorary Chair
Atlanta, GA

Richard A. Caulfield
ChairUniversity Professor
Fairbanks, AK

Eric F. Myers
Vice Chair
Project Management Consultant
Anchorage, AK

Peg Tileston
Treasurer
Information Specialist & Citizen Activist
Anchorage, AK

Eivin Brudie
Certified Public Accountant
Anchorage, AK

Bert Fingerhut, Aspen, CO
Director, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance
Chairman of the Governing Council of The Wilderness Society.
Director, Grand Canyon Trust
Director, High Country Foundation.
Director, Wyss Foundation.

Celia M. Hunter
Writer & Conservationist
Fairbanks, AK

Sally Kabisch
Alaska Respresentative-Sierra Club
Homer, AK

John M. Kauffmann
Conservationist
Yarmouth, ME

Robert Glenn Ketchum
Artist/Author
Los Angeles, CA

Ken Leghorn
Wilderness Guide
Juneau, AK

Bill Lazar
Vice Chair, National Trustees
President, Lazar Foundation
Portland, OR

Matthew Kirchhoff
Secretary (past Chair) Wildlife Biologist
Juneau, AK

Heather Kendall Miller
Attorney-Native American Rights Fund
Anchorage, AK

Scott A. Nathan
Businessman
Boston, MA

Sam Skaggs
Investment Advisor
Juneau, AK

Theodore M. Smith
Executive Director-The Henry P. Kendall Foundation
Boston, MA

Stacy Studebaker
Conservationist
Kodiak, AK

Steve Williams
Attorney
Anchorage, AK

Counsel
Jonathan Blattmachr
Millbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy
New York, NY

Advisor
David Rockefeller, Jr.
Businessman & Conservationist
New York, NY

FOUNDATION NAME: Weeden Foundation
ABSTRACT: For continued support for Alaska grantmaking and policy work
AMOUNT: $15,000 YEAR AUTHORIZED: 1997

FOUNDATION NAME: The Scherman Foundation, Inc.
ABSTRACT: For general support
AMOUNT: $10,000 YEAR AUTHORIZED: 1988

FOUNDATION NAME: Joyce Mertz-Gilmore Foundation
ABSTRACT: To support and organize grassroots environmental organizations and serve as hub for cooperative statewide activities
AMOUNT: $25,000 YEAR AUTHORIZED: 1988

FOUNDATION NAME: Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
ABSTRACT: For efforts to perform clean-up and wildlife rescue operations in response to 11 million gallon oil spill caused by Exxon Valdez
AMOUNT: $35,000 YEAR AUTHORIZED: 1989

FOUNDATION NAME: Public Welfare Foundation, Inc.
ABSTRACT: For rural grassroots organizations' response to local health threatening environmental problems
AMOUNT: $30,000 YEAR AUTHORIZED: 1989

Alaska Conservation Foundation Grants

Alaska Conservation Voters

$5,000

Operating support.

Alaska Marine Conservation Council

$12,000

Operating support.

Alaska Wilderness League

$5,000

Alaska house operations.

AK Womens Environmental Network

$3,000

Operating support, matching membership challenge.

Kachemak Heritage Land Trust

$2,000

Operating support.

Southeast Alaska Land Trust

$2,000

Matching membership challenge.

Trustees for Alaska

$20,000

Operating support.

Alaska Bird Observatory

$2,000

Donor & membership development.

Alaska Community Action on Toxics

$10,000

Pesticide Right to Know Campaign.

Alaska Conservation Voters

$15,000

Operating support.

Alaska Marine Conservation Council

$6,250

Meeting to coordinate fishing community.

Campaign to Safeguard American Waters

$2,500

Operating support.

Cook Inlet Keeper

$5,000

Operating support.

Girdwood Tomorrow

$1,000

Start-up funds for Girdwood recycling center.

Great Land Trust

$4,000

Matching membership challenge.

Gwich'in Steering Committee

$5,000

Operating support.

Island Institute

$2,000

Operating support.

League of Conservation Voters Education Fund

$5,000

Operating support.

Northern Alaska Environmental Center

$10,000

Operating support.

Noyes Slough Action Committee

$1,000

Nature observation deck.

Sitka Conservation Society

$5,000

Operating support.

Southeast Alaska Conservation Council

$5,000

Operating support.

Yukon River Inter-Tribal Watershed Council

$7,500

Communication & Outreach strategy.

Alaska Boreal Forest Council

$15,000

Operating support.

Alaskans Listening to Alaskans About Subsistence

$5,000

Compassionate Listening Project.

Anchorage Waterways Council

$4,000

Watershed restoration action strategy.

Center for Science in Public Participation

$10,000

Operating support.

Coast Range Conservation Alliance

$6,500

Organizational development.

Discovery Southeast

$3,500

Strategic planning and evaluation project.

Eastern Kenai Peninsula Environmental Action Assn.

$3,910

Membership challenge.

Haines Friends of Recycling

$2,000

Purchase of recycling equipment with Chilkoot Indian Assn.

Kenai Watershed Forum

$3,500

Membership development

Landmark Trees Project

$4,000

Community outreach project.

Southeast Alaska Landtrust

$4,997

Community outreach project.

Youth Restoration Corps

$3,000

Riparian restoration of Kenai and Susitna rivers.

Alaska Fund for the Future

Alaska Bird Observatory

$600

The Alaska Bird Camp.

Alutiqq Museum & Archaeological Repository

$5,114

Traveling exhibit: Skinner Basketry Exhibit.

Campaign to Safeguard America's Waters

$5,000

Operating support.

Cook Inlet Keeper

$5,000

Cook Inlet Watershed Watch.

Cultural Heritage & Education Institute

$2,000

Yo-kah, sharing & learning Athabascan Culture & Traditional Knowledge, Minto Flats, AK.

Discovery Southeast

$2,500

Conservation Stewardship Education at Vanderbilt Creek.

Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund, Inc.

$10,000

Alaska Marine Biodiversity Project.

Eyak Rainforest Preservation Fund

$5,000

Operating support.

Gwich'in Steering Committee

$7,000

Arctic Refuge Campaign.

The Island Institute

$5,000

Operating support.

Koahnic Broadcast Corporation

$5,000

Native Oral Traditions Project.

National Wildlife Federation

$5,000

Campaign to protect Prince William Sound.

Neighborhood Mine Watch

$4,500

Neighborhood Mine Watch.

Northern Alaska Environmental Center

$5,000

Denali Watch.

Sealaska Heritage Foundation

$5,000

Tlingit Language Immersion Education

Sitka Conservation Society

$8,000

Operating support.

Southeast Alaska Landtrust

$6,286

Membership development.

Tongass Conservation Society

$6,000

Southern Tongass Environmental Protection Project for Air & Water.

Rapid Response Grants

Alaska Conservation Alliance	$5,000
Media for BP/ARCO merger-1.
Alaska Wildlife Alliance	$2,500
Mailing to defeat SB74, which would reverse a citizens initiative banning airborne hunting of wolves.
National Parks & Conservation Association	$2,500
Defeat amendment designating appropriations for railroad project for Denali National Park.
Alaska Conservation Alliance	$6,500
Media and organizing for BP/ARCO merger-2.
Kachemak Bay Conservation Society	$3,500
Campaign for jetski moratorium in Kachemak Bay.
Alaska Conservation Alliance	$6,500
Research and media on the BP/ARCO merger-3.
Gwich'in Steering Committee	$5,000
Travel to Washington,DC for meetings regarding Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Alaska Rainforest Campaign	$11,000
Internet advertising to generate comments on National Forest Roadless Areas.
Alaska Center for the Environment	$13,000
Campaign to address railroad spills.
Alaska Inter-Tribal Council	$2,000
Statewide tribal leaders conference.
Alaska Public Interest Research Group	$5,000
Research & organizing for Southern Intertie Project.
Bluewater Network	$8,600
Campaign to pursue cruiseship pollution.
Center for Marine Conservation	$9,600
Travel to Washington, D.C. for CARA.
Northern Alaska Environmental Center	$2,000
Arctic Quest screening tour.
Trustees for Alaska	$7,230
Legal research & analysis of ANILCA.

Staff Grants

Friends of Eagle River Nature Center	$2,000
Matching membership challenge.
Alaska Native Health Board	$200
Sponsorship of 1999 Alaska Tribal Conference on Environmental Management.
Alaska Center for the Environment	$2,000
Citizens right to know about air pollution.
Alaska Forum for Environmental Responsibility	$2,000
Seed money for operating support.
Alaska Center for the Environment	$500
Trailside Discovery, Invest in Youth.
Alaska Public Interest Research Group	$2,000
Earth Day Celebration.
Conservation Fund	$1,000
Southwest Alaska Habitat Coalition.
Cook Inlet Keeper	$175
Travel for OSREC meeting.
Friends of Mat-Su	$1,000
Matching membership challenge.
Greenstar Inc	$500
Waste reduction guide.
Kodiak Arts Council	$500
Sponsorship of Whale Festival.
Indigenous Environmental Network	$500
Travel for Alaska Natives to attend national conference.
Sitka Tribe of Alaska	$1,000
Meeting of indigenous people to discuss conservation concerns.
Native American Fish and Wildlife Society	$300
Education efforts for Salamanof Tribal Youth Education Program.
Southeast Alaska Conservation Council	$500
Scholarship for staff to attend "Economics & Environment" course.

Initiative for Alaska's Future

Alaska Audubon
Designing a New Model for Conservation: The Kenai Brown Bear Project
$70,000-1999
$69,700-2000

John W. Schoen, Ph.D., Project Director
Alaska Audubon will use the Kenai Brown Bear, threatened by piecemeal habitat encroachment, to engage a broad range of Alaskans in conservation concerns. Through an innovative, scientific, and collaborative strategy, Audubon intends to bring people interested in this issue together to find solutions by using a conservation model which may be replicated in other communities.

Alaska Center for the Environment (ACE)
Alaska Grassroots Activation Project
$60,000-1999
$60,000-2000

Jeff Richardson, Executive Director
Alaska Center for the Environment seeks to retain, strengthen, and mobilize its newly acquired member base of over 9,000 Alaskans, the largest conservation membership in Alaska's history. The initiative is a strategic effort to assess member needs and interests in order to increase member commitment and motivation for progressive stewardship of the environment. By building a permanent constituency for conservation in Alaska, the group will become self-sustaining over the long-term.

Alaska Conservation Alliance and Voice (ACA/ACV)
The ACA/ACV Media Project: Reaching Out for Conservation
$60,000-1999
$60,000-2000

Alaska Conservation Alliance and Voice, a consortium of 30 member organizations, seeks to win broad support for protecting Alaska's natural resources through strategic, media based education of the voting public. Using earned media and by bolstering the outreach efforts of it's member organizations, ACA will advance the conservation message to influence a broad spectrum of Alaskans. Additional funds are targeted to the "Sustainable Economy Project", which will encourage Alaskans to consider the long-term impacts of extractive industries from an economic perspective and to compare those impacts with more sustainable enterprises.

Alaska Institute for Sustainable Recreation & Tourism (AISRT)
Guiding Alaska Tourism Toward Conservation Goals
$69,000-1999
$70,000-2000

Alaska Institute for Sustainable Recreation and Tourism will implement a pilot program to provide assistance to community based efforts to understand and successfully manage tourism growth. By offering technical support to key locations, valuable lessons can be learned by other communities facing the same issues. The intent is to create a statewide network that will build on experience and integrate economy, ecology, and quality of life concerns into addressing successfully the impacts of the rapidly growing tourism industry.

Alaska Wilderness League (AWL)
Arctic Fellows Project
$40,000-1999
$31,000-2000

Cindy Shogan, Executive Director
Alaska Wilderness League, which provides a critical link between Alaska and the public policy arena in Washington, DC, will provide leadership training to Alaskan Activists through an intensive internship program. Funds are also targeted to assist the organization in evaluating their electronic outreach efforts to reach activists around the country.

Ecotrust
Building the Alaska Conservation Information Support Center
$40,000-1999
$30,000-2000

EcoTrust and Alaska Conservation Alliance will establish the Alaska Conservation Geographic Information Support Center to provide conservation activists with vital computer mapping and related analysis and visualization tools. The Center will be commissioned to produce discrete, visual maps, provide technical support for activists, and provide technical assistance and support to conservation organizations which have growing GIS needs.

Initiative for Alaska's Future Grantmaking
Alaska Natural Resource and Outdoor Education Program
$50,000

Laura Devaney, President
ANROE is the state's only network of environmental and nature educators. ANROE will leverage their proven volunteer network with additional staff help as they expand with paid staff. They will enhance membership and outreach services while fostering new relationships and building upon existing partnerships throughout Alaska.

National Wildlife Federation, Alaska Field Office (NWF)
Alaska Youth for Environmental Action
$30,000-1999
$30,000-2000

Alaska Youth for Environmental Action is an emergent organization designed to cultivate a responsible conservation ethic among the Alaskans who will play the most pivotal role in determining Alaska's future: our young people. This group will build leadership and provide a mechanism for youth to get effectively engaged in conservation concerns and activism.

One/Northwest
Alaska Network Project Trainer
$30,000-1999
$40,000-2000

Denise Joines, Executive Director
Online Networking for the Environment will provide strategic, communications consultancy for Alaska conservation organizations in order to use electronic technology more effectively. These efforts will enhance and expand the ability of citizen activists to share vital information on their communities and the ecosystems they care about.

Alaska Natural Resource & Outdoor Education Program (ANROE)
$50,000-2000
Laura Devaney, President
ANROE is the state's only network of environmental and nature educators. ANROE will leverage their proven volunteer network with additional staff help as they expand with paid staff. They will enhance membership and outreach services while fostering new relationships and building upon existing partnerships throughout Alaska.

Sustainable Community Development Grants

Alaska Wilderness Recreation & Tourism Association	$8,500
User guides & environmental education program for Prince William Sound.
Calypso Farm & Ecology Center	$11,000
Calypso community shared agriculture project.
City of Bettles	$10,000
Planning for prosperity.
Copper River Watershed Project	$12,000
Community-based tourism & backcountry planning.
Friends of Mat-Su	$10,000
Visual preference survey for Mat-Su Valley.
The Great Land Trust , Inc.	$12,000
Institutionalizing sustainable development in Southcentral Alaska : adoption & implementation of Anchorage's comprehensive plan.
Greenstar, Inc.	$4,300
Promoting waste reduction & recycling through community events.
Haines Chamber of Commerce	$11,655
Chilkoot River corridor strategic planning project.
Icy Strait Business Council	$3,000
Kick-off conference for Icy Strait Business Council.
Kachemak Heritage Land Trust	$10,000
Sustaining the Homer Town Square project.

Watchable Wildlife Conservation Trust

Kachemak Heritage Land Trust	$1,250
Re-printing of Living with Moose in Alaska brochure.
Cristal Czarnecki	$1,500
Habitat enhancement and viewing signs for bats in Cordova.
Department of Interior	$1,000
Salmon viewing platform at Campbell Creek in Anchorage.

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