Fifteen New U.S. and Canadian Groups Selected to Participate in Technology Project
Fifteen environmental organizations across the Southeast U.S. and in the Great Lakes region of the U.S. and Canada were selected in the Fall of 2008 to participate in our newest round of technology planning and assistance work supported by the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation.
Fifteen environmental organizations across the Southeast U.S. and in the Great Lakes region of the U.S. and Canada were selected in the Fall of 2008 to participate in our newest round of technology planning and assistance work supported by the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation. Selected groups develop overall technology plans, identify priorities within their plans, and provide assistance in securing and installing the hardware and software associated with their top priorities.
The fifteen organizations selected for 2008/09 are:
- Biodiversity Project, Illinois
- Catawba RiverKeeper Foundation, North Carolina
- Chikaming Open Lands, Michigan
- Coosa River Basin Initiative, Georgia
- Environmental Association for Great Lakes Education (EAGLE), Minnesota
- Flint River Watershed Coalition, Michigan
- Freshwater Future, Michigan
- GBA Foundation, Ontario
- Georgia River Network, Georgia
- Land Conservancy of West Michigan, Michigan
- Land Trust for the Mississippi Coastal Plain, Mississippi
- Michigan Nature Association, Michigan
- Sustainability Network, Ontario
- Thornapple River Watershed Group, Michigan
- Yellow Dog Watershed Preserve, Michigan
netCorps will help participating groups develop overall technology plans, identify priorities within their plans, and provide assistance and funding towards securing and installing the hardware and software associated with their top priorities.
In addition to these fifteen organizations, netCorps will be selecting fifteen new groups to participate in this work in 2009/10. Applications for the coming cycle will be available soon--click here to be notified when they are available. netCorps began this effort with Southeast environmental groups in 2005 and has worked with thirty environmental organizations through this project to date.
