Grant in support of a nonvascular plant inventory project in Vermont. The final report entitled: “A Preliminary Bryophyte and Lichen Inventory of two Vermont Natural Areas" is included in the folder. A grant was also made in support of an experimental program for sea lamprey control in the Poultney River.

Grant in support of the purchase of land contiguous to the Las Cruces preserve in Costa Rica, as well as reforestation efforts on this preserve (see also box 6 and 13).

Funding in support of a project to study land-cover and land-use change in the Yucatan.

Grants in support of an organization with the mission of working worldwide to enlist the broadcast media to education people about the benefits of family planning.

Grant in support of a study of habitat requirements of the bare-necked umbrellabird (Cephalopterus glabricollis) in Costa Rica.

Grant in support of data analysis from a road inventory project in the San Francisco Peaks in northern Arizona. Information obtained through this project will be used to support recommendations to the U.S. Forest Service about road closures and roadside restoration. A subsequent grant was used to fund GIS analysis and publication of findings. Request for a grant in support of a community conservation volunteer program.

Request for support of an analysis of communities of Pteridophyta (ferns and related plants) in Cuba. Grant never activitated.

Funds in support of travel expenses for a Connecticut College botany student (Keith Bowman), for participation in a project with Dr. Lizzaralde, a CC professor of botany, to study the ethnobotany of the Bari in Venezuela.

Grant in support of land protection efforts in Ecuador. The goal of the Jocotoco Foundation is to protect land of critical importance to Ecuador’s avifauna.

Grant in support of a project entitled, “An Ecosystem Approach to the Conservation and Management of Endangered Coastal and Saltmarsh Habitats in Massachusetts”.