Scope and Contents Grant in support of a review of federal water resources policy (Rivers and Trails Project). Project initiatives included: identifying deficiencies in water resource programs in the northeast, developing recommendations to correct those weaknesses, and using political skills to effect positive changes in policy. The Foundation also provided support for the CLF’s “Connecticut Critical Lands Project”, a statewide legal services program to improve the management and conservation of Connecticut...

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Grant in support of studies on the cultivation of fungi by leaf-cutting ants.

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Funding toward a live public radio broadcast of the Cousteau Society’s “Involvement Day”, a conference addressing New England offshore environmental problems.

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Support of a study of world food production and distribution.

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The ALF is a nonprofit policy organization concerned with the conservation of productive land resources in the United States, particularly farmlands.

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Grant toward operating expenses for a non-profit organization established for education and research on free flowing rivers.

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A PhD candidate in the Botany Department of the University of Florida, Ronald Meyers conducted research on the ecological dynamics of low diversity Rapier palm swamps in the humid lowlands of Costa Rica.