Grant Program Environment

To conduct a public education campaign on the economics of climate change.

To assist in hiring a new executive director for the Vermont Natural Resources Council.

To counter the wise use movement’s attempt to portray environmentalists as domestic terrorists.

To develop definitive research results regarding the economics and profitability of using management intensive grazing as a means of stabilizing Vermont’s precarious dairy industry and moving its small farmers toward environmentally sound farming practices.

To support public education activities related to improving the management of Vermont’s Green Mountain National Forest.

To use volunteer-obtained data to increase public understanding of the air quality problem facing New England and the country.

To support the Vermont Livestock Project, which will start a program to promote economically viable concepts in the livestock industry through new programs at VTC.

To support the Vermont Grass Farmers Association.

To improve the ability of New Hampshire town officials and agencies to protect open space, particularly forest land.

To minimize or eliminate the use of polyvinyl chloride in consumer produce packaging.