Funding for research into the biogeochemical cycles of a tropical agro ecosystem of the Montverde community of Costa Rica.

Support of an analysis of the long-term impacts of the Mount St. Helens eruptions on forest productivity. In particular, the rate at which Douglas fir forests could recolonize an area after destruction by an eruption.

The AFT was formed in 1980 out of concern for the rapid depletion of the nation’s agricultural resource base. The Foundation supported efforts to preserve farmlands in Pleasant Valley, VT.

Grant in support of the completion of a book entitled “International Environmental Coordination: the Role of the United Nations”

Grant towards the operating expenses of LANAP, an organization based in Buenos Aries, Argentina, operating under the auspices of the Forest Institute for Ocean and Mountain Studies. Activities of LANAP include assistance in the formation of conservancy organizations and promotion of conservation legislation to foster the preservation of natural areas in Latin America

A grant was provided for a study of the impact of in-situ uranium mining techniques in Wyoming. This study addressed concerns that mining activities may contaminate aquifers with radioactive isotopes.

Support for the preparation and publication of a document describing the background, workings and performance of Act 250, Vermont’s land use and development law.

Funding toward an analysis of the economics of strip and deep mining for coal.

Grant towards the publication of studies of diatoms of Adak Island, Alaska.

Printing and dissemination of feasibility study of a national youth conservation corps.