The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) is pleased to announce that it has received a National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Central Appalachia Habitat Stewardship Program grant as part of a collaborative effort to restore freshwater mussel populations in the Clarion and Kiskiminetas rivers. Funds from this grant will be used for ongoing, comprehensive species … Read more
Kaiser Permanente is among the founding contributors to the Rose Community Foundation’s new Colorado Safe Futures Fund. The Colorado Safe Futures Fund will support public health approaches to reducing firearm-related harm across the state. Kaiser Permanente contributed $95,000 to the initial launch. Firearm-related harm includes issues like suicide and community violence, and its impacts are … Read more
HARRISBURG, Pa. (November 22) – The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) announced today that grant funding opportunities are available to fund stream habitat improvement projects in York and Lancaster Counties. Funding for the grant program is being provided by two sources, the Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station and the Muddy Run Pumped Storage Project. … Read more
New funding will enhance water quality, reduce erosion, and support local wildlife Centre County, PA — ClearWater Conservancy of Central Pennsylvania has been awarded a $99,700 grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) to install six acres of riparian forest buffers along waterways in the Susquehanna River Watershed. The funding will … Read more
Natalia Uribe-CastañedaUniversity of Central FloridaExecutive Branch Natalia Uribe-Castañeda is a University of Florida Ph.D. graduate from Colombia, who recently obtained her Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Ecology, under advisor Dr. Martin Main in UF’s School of Natural Resources and Environment (SNRE). Uribe-Castañeda’s dissertation, titled “Community Engagement in Coral Reef Restoration”, investigates strategies that organizations use to engage … Read more