News

1. Georgia River Network Announces Grant Program

2. Statewide Water Plan: Update and Georgia Water Coalition Review

3. Draft Statewide Water Plan Meetings and Deadlines

4. Help Energize Grassroots Efforts on the Water Plan

5. Act for Healthy Rivers Campaign

6. Nominate Your River as One of the Most Endangered Rivers of 2008

7. Georgia Center for Law in the Public Interest Becomes GreenLaw

Group Spotlight

8. Altamaha Riverkeeper Partners With Teva for RiversAlive

Workshops/Conferences/Calendar Items

9. Save the Date – GRN Conference - Rome

10. DNR Board Meetings – Albany

11. Ogeechee Canoochee Riverkeeper Event - Louisville

12. Altamaha Riverkeeper Event – Hawkinsville

13. UCR Patron Appreciation Dinner - Atlanta

14. Board Member Seminars - Athens

15. GreenLaw Environmental Heroes Celebration - Atlanta

16. Basic Grant Writing Workshop – Atlanta

17. Companies & Causes Day: September 19th – Atlanta

18. Georgia Lakes Society Annual Meeting – Jonesboro

19. Healthy Waters, Healthy People and AAS Facilitator Workshop – Red Top Mtn.

20. Save the Date: River Rally 08 – Huron, Ohio

21. Alliance For Justice Online Workshops

22. Fundraising Webinars

23. Stormwater Institute – Ohio

Resources

24. How To Raise Money From An Annual Phonathon

25. Volunteer Give and Take

26. Fundraising – Bequests

27. What’s in Your Water: The State of Public Notification in 11 U.S. States

28. The Importance of Protecting Vulnerable Streams and Wetlands at the Local Level

29. Boomers and the Future of Volunteering - A VolunteerMatch User Study

30. Book on Peachtree Creek

Fundraising Deadlines

31. Grants

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1. Georgia River Network / Turner Foundation Grant Program

Thanks to a grant from the Turner Foundation, Georgia River Network is pleased to offer a grants program for Georgia grassroots groups, for work that addresses water quality degradation from non-point source pollution. Grants will range from $2,000 to $10,000. Up to $80,000 will be awarded to groups through the grant program. Deadline for applications: October 1, 2007. Contact GRN if you would like us to review your proposal before the deadline. Funds will be disbursed to grantees in November. For more information, visit www.garivers.org or contact Dana Skelton at 706-549-4508.

2. Statewide Water Plan: Update and Georgia Water Coalition Review
The GWC Technical Team has thoroughly reviewed the Draft Statewide Water Plan. For a summary of the GWC analysis, contact April Ingle at ingle@garivers.org.

Attorney General’s Opinion - Statewide Water Plan Not A Rule!
In a letter addressed to Dr. Carol Couch, Director of the Environmental Protection Division (EPD) on August 21, Georgia’s Attorney General Thurbert Baker stated his opinion that the Comprehensive Statewide Water Management Plan (“the Plan”) should not be advanced as a rule under the Georgia Administrative Procedures Act. In his letter, Baker says the Plan cannot be a rule for two reasons. First, that the 2004 Comprehensive Statewide Water Planning Act contains “no express grant of authority for the Water Council to promulgate rules”. Second, that the legislature did not intend to have the plan issued as a rule based on the fact that the versions of HB 237 that included express rulemaking language authorizing EPD (rather than the Water Council) to declare the Plan as a rule were not adopted. Finally, because HB 237 does not give the Water Council rulemaking authority, the Georgia Administrative Procedures Act does not apply to the Plan. Because the Georgia Water Coalition believes sufficient clean water should be available fairly to all Georgia citizens and ensure a healthy environment, we believe the Water Plan should:

Protect downstream communities.
Require efficient water use everywhere, always.
Ensure water clean enough to drink and fish safe enough to eat.
Safeguard funds intended to keep water clean.
Provide for public input and local action.
If you are interested in downloading the plan or reading the public’s comments on the plan, follow this link: www.georgiawatercouncil.org.

3. Draft Statewide Water Plan Meetings and Deadlines
For a copy of the draft plan, visit www.georgiawatercouncil.org.

Water Council Meeting - September 20 (to vote on revisions, all day meeting)

Public Comment Period - October 1 - 30

Public Hearings - October 15 - 19 (in 12 cities around the state, see dates below)

Water Council Meeting - November 9 (to vote on more changes, all day meeting)

Public Comment Period - November 16 - November 30

Public Hearings - November 16 - November 30 (12 hearings proposed, Water Council will decide at the November 9 meeting).

Final Plan issued - December 13

Final Water Council meeting - December 21 (last meeting to approve the Plan)

Legislative Meetings

The House and Senate Natural Resources and Environment Committees will hold joint meetings on September 10 and September 17 in Atlanta to discuss the draft Statewide Water Management Plan. The meeting on Monday, September 17, 2007 is at 1:00 pm in the Capitol Education Center Auditorium.

EPD Public Hearings
Attend and voice your concerns about the water plan.

October 15: Fort Valley, Statesboro, & Augusta

Fort Valley: 6:00 pm

Fort Valley State University

Pettigrew Center, 1005 State University Drive, Fort Valley, GA 31030

Statesboro: 6:00 pm

Georgia Southern University, Nessmith - Lane Building

Assembly Hall/Auditorium, Plant Drive, Statesboro, GA 30460

Augusta: 6:00 pm

Augusta Technical College, Information Technology Center

3200 Augusta Tech Drive, Augusta, GA 30906

October 16: Gainesville & Albany

Oakwood (Gainesville): 6:00 pm

Gainesville State College, Continuing Education Auditorium, Continuing Education Building

3820 Mundy Mill Road, Oakwood, GA 30566

Albany: 6:00 pm

Albany State University Criminal Justice Building, Room 111

504 College Drive, Albany, GA 31705

October 17, 2007: Savannah & Waycross

Savannah: 6:00 pm

Armstrong Atlantic State University, Armstrong Center

13040 Abercorn Street, Savannah, Georgia 31401

Waycross: 6:00 pm

Okefenokee Technical College, Miller Lecture Hall

1701 Carswell Avenue, Waycross, GA 31503

October 18, 2007: Rome & Athens

Rome: 6:00 pm

The Forum, 2 Government Plaza, Rome, GA 30162

Athens: 6:00 pm

University of Georgia's Georgia Center for Continuing Education,
Masters Hall, 1197 South Lumpkin Street, Athens, GA 30602

October 19, 2007: Valdosta, Columbus, & Atlanta

Valdosta: 6:00 pm

James H. Rainwater Conference Center,

Valdosta Lowndes County Conference Center & Tourism Authority,

Conference Room A, One Meeting Place, Valdosta, GA 31601

Columbus: 6:00 pm

Columbus State University, Elizabeth Bradley Turner Center Auditorium,

Corner of East Lindsey Drive and College Drive, Columbus, GA 31907

Atlanta: 6:00 pm

Atlanta Technical College, Cleveland L. Dennard Building

1560 Metropolitan Parkway, SW, Atlanta, GA 30310

4. Help Energize Grassroots Efforts on the Water Plan
The Georgia Water Coalition is kicking off a grassroots campaign to educate and activate GWC partner organizations’ members about GWC concerns and positions on the draft statewide water plan. Partners will be hosting local meetings across the state from now through October. Tentative locations and leaders for these meetings have been determined and dates will be finalized in the coming weeks. Please get involved in the organization of a local meeting in your area and publicize these meetings in your organizations newsletters to ensure a robust turnout of your members.

Locations and Leaders:
Rome - Sept 18
Joe Cook or (706) 232-2724 or Jennette Gayer (404) 892-3573

Athens, Foundry Park Inn - Oct 11

April Ingle, (706) 549-4508

Gwinnett County - Nov. (TBA)
Shana Udvardy, (404) 876-2900

Cobb County - Nov. (TBA)
Shana Udvardy, (404) 876-2900

Augusta - TBA
Frank Carl, (706) 364-5253

Brunswick – TBA
Dave Kyler, (912) 638-3612

Columbus - Sept. 11
Shana Udvardy, (404) 876-2900

Sautee Nacoochee Community Center - Oct 9
Jennette Gayer or Audrey Moylan, (404) 892-3573

Gainesville – TBA
Darcie Holcomb, (770) 531-1064

Macon – TBA
Shana Udvardy, (404) 876-2900

Savannah - TBA
Patty McIntosh, (912) 447-5910

Statesboro - TBA
Chandra Brown, (912) 764-2017

Waycross - Oct 13
Gordon Rogers, (912) 778-3126

Please contact Sarah Barmeyer (sbarmeyer@gwf.org) if you are interested in participating in a meeting near you or hosting your own meeting. Also, please let Sarah know if your organization is having a meeting and would like GWC to attend and talk about the statewide water plan.

5. Act for Healthy Rivers Campaign

GRN would like you to consider becoming a partner of the Act for Healthy Rivers campaign. Act for Healthy Rivers is focused on passing a federal sewage Right-to-Know legislation. You can register your organization as a supporter of the campaign at: http://www.healthyrivers.org/node/add/organization. The legislative goal of Act for Healthy Rivers is to pass the Raw Sewage Overflow Community Right to Know Act (HR 2452) requiring all sewage plant operators to notify the public when sewage spills, overflows and untreated discharges occur. Act for Healthy Rivers also aims to be the clean water community's source for news, information and policy advice and expertise on sewage issues. For example, The Slog (Sewage + Blog = Slog) is a great forum for you to learn more about sewage spills and what groups across the country are doing to fight sewage and you too can share your expertise and experience with fighting sewage with others who are engaged in similar battles across the country. Joe Cook with the Coosa River Basin Initiative recently posted a story about his work fighting sewage on his river and the Georgia River Network will be sharing info there too. Check out what people have been writing so far at: http://HealthyRivers.org/slog. You can also take action and upload a photo showing congress what you think of sewage in your water and watch the “Flushie” video at http://actnow.healthyrivers.org.

6. Nominate Your River as One of the Most Endangered Rivers of 2008
Does a river you love face an uncertain future? Will its fate be determined by action in the coming year? If your river is facing sprawl, pollution, mining, diversion or other imminent threat, consider nominating it for the 2008 America’s Most Endangered Rivers report. Each year, this much-anticipated report shines a national spotlight on rivers around the country that face uncertain futures. The deadline for nominations is October 1, 2007. Get the nomination form here at http://www.americanrivers.org.

7. Georgia Center for Law in the Public Interest Becomes GreenLaw
The Georgia Center for Law in the Public Interest has been providing free, high-quality legal and technical assistance to Georgia’s environmental organizations and community groups for 15 years. They believe that the new name better communicates their mission. Visit http://green-law.org/.

8. Altamaha Riverkeeper Partners with Teva for RiversAlive

October is Rivers Alive month in Georgia, and in the Altamaha basin, watershed groups are coming together for one of the biggest cleanups in the state. The Altamaha Riverkeeper (ARK) was given the opportunity through the Riverkeeper Alliance to bring a river cleanup and concert by Los Angeles-based Musician Jay Nash to a college town in their watershed, sponsored by Teva shoes. ARK approached Upper Oconee Watershed Network, who was already involved in the Rivers Alive cleanup in October, so ARK and Teva teamed up with Rivers Alive and its other coordinators and sponsors (which include Keep Athens-Clarke County Beautiful and several Athens-based businesses, as well as national corporations such as Coca-Cola and CH2M Hill) to make Rivers Alive in Athens even better! The Teva-sponsored concert with Jay Nash was held in Athens on August 25th, but you haven’t missed the cleanup! On October 6th, Rivers Alive and folks from all over the watershed will meet in Dudley Park in Athens at 9 AM. To find out about a Rivers Alive cleanup in your area, go to www.riversalive.com/ra_cleanups07.htm.

9. Save the Date – GRN Conference – Rome
February 22-23, 2008, GRN’s 8th Annual Conference will be held on the beautiful Berry College campus in Rome, Georgia. Berry is situated on the world’s largest campus (28,000 acres!), much of which is protected under the Berry College Wildlife Management Area which showcases a rich mosaic of northwest Georgia habitats, including wide creek flood plains, open grassland, steep mountain slopes, old fields, wetlands, and mountaintop ridges. Rome is a sweet little town, full of Georgia history, plenty of hiking, shopping and boating opportunities, as well as the confluence of three of Georgia’s major rivers. We are excited about the new venue, the new town, and new friends. Hope to see you in Rome!

10. DNR Board Meetings – DNR Board Room, Albany

Next committee meetings are scheduled for September 25 and the Board meeting for September 26 in Albany. For details on DNR Board Meetings, visit http://www.gadnr.org/ (bottom left corner of home page). To view the schedule, visit http://gadnr.org/documents/sched-agenda.html.

11. Ogeechee Canoochee Riverkeeper Event - Louisville
" At waters edge..." event benefiting the Ogeechee-Canoochee Riverkeeper

October 20, 2007 at Ogeechee Old Town Plantation, Louisville, Georgia
Message from Janisse Ray - Georgia's own award-winning author of "Ecology of a Cracker Childhood", Keynote Address from Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Chairman of the Waterkeeper Alliance, Summer Supper by Lee Epting Catering from Athens, Georgia

For more information about the event schedule, sponsorships and tickets contact: Melanie Hendrix, mhendix@ocrk.org or call 912-764-2017 or checkout the website at http://www:ocrk.org.

12. Altamaha Riverkeeper Event – Hawkinsville
September 29, 2007 Altamaha Riverkeeper Celebration
Noon - Four at Way's Landing on the Ocmulgee River Lunch at noon followed by river tours. For more information, visit www.altamahariverkeeper.org or call 912-437-8164.

13. Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper Patron Appreciation Dinner – Atlanta
September 19, 2007 at Park Tavern in Piedmont Park
Visit www.ucriverkeeper.org for details.

14. Board Member Seminars - Athens
The Nonprofit Program of the Terry College of Business, University of Georgia, announces its Board Member Seminars for Fall Semester. The popular seminars, which are available without charge to nonprofit board members, will be held on the following Wednesdays: Oct. 10, and Nov. 14. The seminars are held from 8:30 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. at the Tate Center on the UGA campus and cover the following topics: Responsibilities of Board Members, Strategic Planning, Working with Volunteers, and Fund Raising. Boards may send up to four members at one time. To register, contact the Nonprofit Office at 706-542-3750 (after August 20) or send an email to nonprofit@terry.uga.edu. Visit http://www.terry.uga.edu/management/non_profit/.

15. GreenLaw Environmental Heroes Celebration - Atlanta

September 27, 2007 from 6:00-8:00 pm at Rhodes Hall

A celebration to honor environmental heroes and the recipients of the Doremus Award for Excellence in Environmental Law. Visit http://www.green-law.org.

16. Basic Grant Writing Workshop - Atlanta
Locating Sources and Writing Winning Proposals - Turn organizational needs into fundable ideas, and present them in competitive proposals to foundations and corporations. Participants will learn to craft competitive grant proposals to foundations, government agencies and corporations. Topics will include organizing information and needs, reviewing proposal format and components, and understanding the process for ascertaining and meeting funders' proposal needs. Recommended for those with minimal experience in writing proposals. Date: 9/20/07 from 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Register for this course at http://www.gcn.org/BasicGrantWritingSept07.aspx.

17. Companies & Causes Day: September 19th - Atlanta
Full-day workshops on building business/nonprofit alliances and networking luncheon featuring speakers from The Home Depot, InterContinental Hotels Group, Turner Broadcasting System and Cause Marketing Forum. 8:30 to 4:30 pm at the Cobb Galleria Centre. Registration $495 after 9/1. To register, visit http://www.causemarketingforum.com/companies_and_causes.asp or call (914) 921-3914.

18. Georgia Lakes Society Annual Meeting - Jonesboro
October 6, 2007 in Clayton County at the JW Smith Center
Visit www.georgialakes.org.

19. Healthy Water, Healthy People Facilitator and Adopt-A-Stream Workshop

Sept. 28-29 at Red Top Mt. State Park - Participants in this two-day, hands-on workshop will receive the Healthy Water, Healthy People Educators Guide, the HWHP Testing Kit Manual, a HWHP Facilitator Handbook, Georgia Adopt-A-Stream Train the Trainer Handbook and all Georgia Adopt-A-Stream Publications. All participants will be qualified to lead their own Healthy Water, Healthy People and Adopt-A-Stream workshops in their own watershed. This is a great opportunity to get training in both of these programs in a two-day workshop. Please contact Monica Kilpatrick at monica_kilpatrick@dnr.state.ga.us or 404.362.6536 to register.

20. Save the Date: River Rally 08 – Huron Ohio
May 2-5, 2008. Visit www.rivernetwork.org.

21. Alliance for Justice Online Workshop
Workshops last one-hour and will begin at 2:00 PM. You can register online or by calling Kyle Murphy at (202) 822-6070. Workshop Registration is $25.

Election Rules for Nonprofits Web Workshop (09/19) - Want to know the role your organization can play during an election year? This session explains the federal tax rules regarding permissible electioneering activities for 501(c)(3)s, particularly voter registration drives, candidate questionnaires, candidate forums and legislative scorecards. Visit http://www.afj.org/.

22. Fundraising Webinars
Oct 15th - How Small Groups Can Raise Big Money
Nov 9th - How to Raise $50K in 6 Weeks
Cost: $150 per site/per webinar (more than one person can view the webinar at a single location; with a data projector your entire staff and board can participate!) For more information and to register please visit http://grassrootsfundraising.org/howto/webinar.html.

23. Stormwater Institute – Ohio

Center for Watershed Protection’s Stormwater Institute will take place October 9-11, 2007, at the Maumee Bay Resort & Conference Center in Toledo, OH. The Stormwater Institute is an intensive training program for stormwater professionals from local governments, nonprofits, and the private sector that will focus on: strengthening the technical skills needed to develop and run effective programs for stormwater management, illicit discharge detection and elimination, erosion and sediment control, pollution prevention, and watershed education particularly for the Western Lake Erie Basin project area; providing practical guidance on municipal stormwater program setup, design and administration, including staffing, budgeting, financing and resources; and offering a forum for interaction among local, state, and federal stormwater department and agency staff in the region that will result in enhanced communication across these different levels of government after the Stormwater Institute. While the Institute will largely focus on the issues particular to the Maumee Bay and surrounding region, participants from all parts of the country will find this training valuable. For more information and to register, visit http://www.cwp.org/SI07/index.html.

24. How To Raise Money From An Annual Phonathon
Article by Doreen Der-Mcleod
The Sept/Oct issue of the Grassroots Fundraising Journal is out, and this feature article is posted free online at www.grassrootsfundraising.org.

25. Volunteer Give and Take
Do you ask volunteers for your event to buy a ticket?
Read Kim Klein’s answer at http://www.grassrootsfundraising.org/howto/dearkim.html#1.

26. Fundraising - Bequests
You can link to this River Network article via our website at http://www.garivers.org/resources/tools/fundraising.html.

27. What’s in Your Water: The State of Public Notification in 11 U.S. States
This report by American Rivers finds that only one state of eleven examined has adequate public notification requirements for sewage spills. Visit http://blog.americanrivers.org/wordpress/index.php/2007/08/21/states-vary-on-sewage-right-to-know-policy/.

28. Center Releases Latest Article in the Wetlands and Watersheds Article Series: "The Importance of Protecting Vulnerable Streams and Wetlands at the Local Level"
More than half of the stream network in the contiguous U.S. is comprised of small headwaters that provide a host of ecological benefits. Article 6 in the series, "The Importance of Protecting Vulnerable Streams and Wetlands at the Local Level," makes the case for expanded local protection of vulnerable streams and wetlands that may not be fully protected by state or federal law due to their perceived isolation from perennial or navigable waters. This article summarizes state and local approaches to closing this gap. Center for Watershed Protection makes this article available on their website at http://www.cwp.org/.

29. Boomers and the Future of Volunteering - A VolunteerMatch User Study
Why do boomers and older adults volunteer? Why don't they? Where do they volunteer? And for how long? To get a closer look at the first wave of boomers who are just now entering their 60's and their views on volunteering, VolunteerMatch asked them about their attitudes and experiences. Visit http://www.volunteermatch.org/nonprofits/resources/greatexpectations/.

30. Book on Peachtree Creek
In 1990, Atlantan David Kaufman decided to explore Peachtree Creek from its headwaters to its confluence with the Chattahoochee River. For thirteen years he paddled the creek, photographed it, and researched its history as the Atlanta area's major watershed. The University of Georgia Press is proud to publish Kaufman's account of his travels, Peachtree Creek: A Natural and Unnatural History of Atlanta's Watershed, a compelling mix of urban travelogue, local history, and call for conservation. Through his expeditions down Peachtree Creek and its five tributaries—North Fork, South Fork, Clear Creek, Nancy Creek, and Tanyard Creek—Kaufman takes readers through such places as Piedmont and Chastain Parks, which, aside from the polluted water, are beautiful, even bucolic. Other stretches of creek, like those draining Midtown and Atlantic Station, are channeled into massive culverts and choked with discarded waste from the city. Kaufman reveals fascinating aspects of Atlanta by examining how Peachtree Creek shaped and was shaped by the history of the area. Street names like Moore's Mill Road and Howell Mill Road take on new meaning. He explains the dynamics of water run off that cause the creek to go from a trickle to a torrent in a matter of hours. Kaufman asks how a waterway that was once people's source of water, power, and livelihood became, at its worst, an open sewer and flooding hazard. Portraying some of our worst mishandling of the environment, Kaufman suggests ways to a more sustainable stewardship of Peachtree Creek. $34.95. Available at bookstores, at www.ugapress.org, and by calling 1-800-266-5842.

31. Fundraising Deadlines
The following foundations are either new to our list of grants or have upcoming deadlines to submit proposals. To view grant makers that give throughout the year, visit our website at http://www.garivers.org/resources/tools/grants.html.

Abelard Foundation East is a family foundation with a forty-year history of progressive funding. The Foundation is committed to supporting social change organizations which reflect, through membership or grassroots participation, the communities in which they are based; expand community control over economic, social and environmental decisions affecting the community's well-being; and build a strong informed voice on public policy issues. The Foundation's eastern office reviews applications for organizations east of the Mississippi. The eastern office accepts proposals throughout the year. However, applications mailed by March 15th will be reviewed for the spring meeting and applications mailed by September 15th will be reviewed for the fall meeting. Visit lhttp://foundationcenter.org/grantmaker/abelardeast/.

Beldon Fund - Beldon funds projects that emphasize "Human Health and the Environment". The Beldon Fund seeks to build a national consensus to achieve and sustain a healthy planet by supporting nonprofit advocacy organizations. The Fund's Human Health and the Environment program supports projects throughout the United States that engage new constituencies in exposing the connection between toxic chemicals and human health and in promoting public policies that prevent or eliminate environmental risks to people's health. Letters of inquiry will be accepted between September 26 and October 24, 2007. Visit www.beldon.org for more information.

BoatU.S. Foundation (Safe Boating Grants) is dedicated to promoting safe and environmentally sensitive boating. Grants of up to $4,000 are provided to local volunteer organizations for the promotion of boating safety education and clean boating education. Visit http://www.boatus.com/foundation/Grants/index.htm. Deadline: November 1 each year.

ConAgra Foods Foundation works to improve the quality of life in communities where ConAgra employees work and live. The Foundation focuses its resources in the areas of arts and culture; civic and community betterment; education; health and human services; and hunger, nutrition and food safety. Nonprofit organizations in communities with company facilities throughout the United States are eligible to apply. Consult your local phone directory or contact your Chamber of Commerce to find out if ConAgra Foods operates in your community. Applications are due the last working day of January, April, July and October. Visit http://www.conagrafoods.com/. Click "Corporate Responsibility". Click "Community".

Conservation Alliance funds projects that seek to protect a specific wild land or waterway for its habitat and recreational values. The campaign should engage grassroots citizen action in support of the conservation effort. They do not fund general education or scientific research projects. All projects should be quantifiable with specific goals, objectives, and action plans, and should include a clear measure for evaluating success. The project should have a good chance of closure or significant measurable results over a fairly short term (one to three years). To apply, you must have a member of Alliance first nominate you. Nominations due May 1 and November 1 annually. You can learn more at the website: http://www.conservationalliance.com/grants/how_to_apply.

Department of Agriculture: Solid Waste Management Grant Program This program supports projects to reduce or eliminate pollution of water resources in rural areas, and to improve planning and management of solid waste sites in rural areas. Applications will be accepted from October 1 through December 31 of each calendar year. Visit http://www.usda.gov/rus/water/SWMG.htm.

Foster's Community Grants, a program of the Foster's Group, a global company headquartered in Melbourne, Australia, provides support to nonprofit organizations in the U.S. and Australia for community-building projects. Grants are provided in the following focus areas: wellness, including both physical and mental health; culture, including artistic, sporting, and educational activities; and the environment, including all aspects of the natural environment. For the second funding cycle in 2007, applications will be accepted from August 1 to September 19. Visit http://www.fosters.com.au/about/fosterscommunitygrants.htm.

The Fund for Wild Nature provides grants to grassroots projects in the United States, Canada, and Mexico for campaigns to save and restore native species and wild ecosystems, including actions to defend wilderness and biological diversity. The Fund seeks proposals with visionary as well as realistic goals to create tangible change. Special attention is given to ecological issues not currently receiving sufficient public attention and funding. The Fund supports advocacy, litigation, public policy work, development of citizen science, and similar endeavors. The remaining application deadlines for 2007 are April 27 and November 2. Visit http://www.fundwildnature.org/.

The Georgia-Pacific Foundation supports a wide range of organizations that improve the quality of life in communities where Georgia-Pacific operates, and where company employees live and work. (A map of the Georgia-Pacific facilities and locations is available online at: www.gp.com/facilitydirectory/index.asp.) The Foundation’s areas of interest include: education, community enrichment, and the environment. Grant applications are accepted between January 1 and October 31, annually. Visit http://www.gp.com/center/community/index.html.

Keep Georgia Beautiful Foundation funds grant requests to support fair and balanced environmental education in Georgia. It is anticipated that the average grant awarded will be $2,000. Apply by September 28, 2007. Visit http://www.kgbf.org/.

The Laura Jane Musser Fund supports nonprofit organizations nationally in the areas of solving environmental problems/encouraging environmental stewardship and promoting intercultural harmony. Support in all three categories is generally provided for projects that are new, or within the first three years of operation. Grants typically range from $1,000 to $35,000. The application deadline for the environment category is November 28, 2007. Visit the Fund's website for detailed information on each funding category at http://www.musserfund.org/stewardship.php.

Norman Foundation supports efforts that strengthen the ability of communities to determine their own economic, environmental and social well-being, and that help people control those forces that affect their lives. Support is provided for efforts to promote economic justice and development through community organizing; to prevent the disposal of toxics in communities, and to link environmental issues with economic and social justice; and to promote civil rights by fighting discrimination and violence and working for equity. Current civil rights priorities are education equity and criminal justice reform. Letters of inquiry are due November 15, 2007 in the area of environmental justice. Nonprofit organizations throughout the Unites States are eligible to apply. Visit http://www.normanfdn.org.

Temper of the Times Foundation promotes the use of standard marketing concepts to increase environmental awareness. Recognizing that organizations working to protect the environment generally have limited access to paid media, the Foundation provides funds to underwrite advertising designed to promote the conservation and restoration of native wildlife, plants, and ecosystems in the United States. Projects with measurable short-term effects on wildland ecosystem conservation will be prioritized over those that are purely educational in nature. Grants may be used to fund the production of print, radio, or television ads; to pay for advertising space or airtime; or to produce or distribute pamphlets, books, videos, or press packets. The application deadline is October 15, 2007. For more information, visit http://www.temperfund.org.

Tom's of Maine Corporate Giving Program provides support for nonprofit organizations nationally and internationally, with priority given to organizations impacting Maine. The company's areas of interest are the environment, human needs, the arts, and education. They are shifting their grant focus away from project-based grants (although they will still fund some projects) towards core mission and leadership grants. Application deadline is October 15. Visit http://www.tomsofmaine.com/toms/community/grant_guidelines.asp for more information.

Town Creek Foundation - The Foundation supports programs that engage citizens in challenging the unsustainable use of natural resources and in protecting biological diversity. Strategies supported are grassroots activism, monitoring the enforcement of environmental laws, public policy advocacy, collaborative opportunities, media outreach, and model or demonstration projects fostering sustainable policies and practices. Deadlines are November 19, 2007 and March 14, 2008. Visit www.towncreekfdn.org.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and North American Wetlands Conservation Council seek proposals for small grants for wetlands-associated conservation projects. Deadline: November 30, 2007. Funds: $2 million for 40 awards of up to $75,000 each. Eligibility: Individuals and organizations, such as higher education institutions. Areas: Activities include wetlands acquisition and restoration. Visit www.fws.gov/birdhabitat/Grants/NAWCA/index.shtm.

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