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Recent Grant Listing:
Nearshore Marine Resource Conservation 2004 - 2010

2010 Marine Grants

Approved in FY2010

Total: $255,000.00

 

Hanalei Watershed Hui

For Integrated Resource Management Action and Community Resiliency Plan for Hanalei

$20,000.00

Hawaii Dept. of Land and Natural Resources for the Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement

For Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA) accreditation for Hawaii DLNR - Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement (DOCARE)

$60,000.00

Hui `O Ko`olaupoko

For improvement of water quality while building social capital via the engagement and education of Windward residents.

$75,000.00

Tri-Isle Resource Conservation and Development Council

For community outreach to fishing leaders and other user groups by the Maui Nui Marine Resource Council

$10,000.00

Tri-Isle Resource Conservation and Development Council

For Roi Round-up, a grassroots effort to conserve native fisheries through the removal of three introduced, invasive species, including roi (Peacock Grouper), toau (Blacktail Snapper), and taape (Blue-line Snapper.)

$10,000.00

University of Hawaii Foundation

For the Waikiki Ecosystem Restoration Project (Phase II)

$80,000.00

 

2009 Marine Grants

Approved in FY2009

Total: $987,856.00

Hawaii Community Foundation

For creation and facilitation of an Environmental Funders Group to increase the amount and effectiveness of environmental grantmaking in Hawaii

$25,000.00

Hawaii Community Foundation

For a challenge grant to support community coastal restoration projects in partnership with NOAA's Community-based Restoration Program

$250,000.00

Hawaii Seafood Council

For one-time support for capacity building for responsible fisheries and sustainable seafood community education and outreach

$55,000.00

Maui Historical Society

For a comprehensive catalog of the marine and land shells of Hawaii

$20,000.00

National Tropical Botanical Garden

For a community-led effort to improve marine resource management in Lawa`i Bay, Kauai

$30,000.00

Nature Conservancy of Hawaii

For the travel of top DOCARE officers to North Carolina to learn Best Practices and Accreditation

$20,000.00

Oahu Research Conservation and Development

For building community capacity for effective nearshore marine conservation in the Main Hawaiian Islands

$250,000.00

Oahu Research Conservation and Development

For Amplifying Involvement in Community-Based Marine Resources Management Through Capacity-Building: for more effective support to communities who are managing marine resources through capacity-building for HCSN and communities statewide.

$205,000.00

Tri-Isle Resource Conservation & Development

For building Malama Maunalua's capacity to restore Maunalua Bay and its adjacent watersheds

$37,500.00

University of Hawaii Foundation

For the University of Hawaii Sea Grant College Program's Community Based Coral Reef Awareness and Management in West Hawaii

$95,356.00

 

2008 Marine Grants

Approved FY2008

Total: $1,474,700.00

Hawaii Conservation Alliance Foundation

For HCA's Effective Conservation Scorecard

$20,000.00

Hawaii Wildlife Fund

For a final tie-off grant for building community capacity for effective nearshore marine conservation on Maui

$75,000.00

Malama Kai Foundation

For building community capacity for effective nearshore marine conservation on Hawaii Island

$100,000.00

The Nature Conservancy of Hawaii

For building community capacity for effective nearshore marine conservation in the Main Hawaiian Islands

$1,000,000.00

The Nature Conservancy of Hawaii

For the Fair Catch Campaign of social marketing supporting responsible nearshore ocean use in Hawaii

$130,000.00

University of Hawaii Foundation (Sea Grant College)

For the University of Hawaii Sea Grant College Program's Community Based Coral Reef Awareness and Management in West Hawaii

$79,700.00

University of Hawaii Foundation (Sea Grant College)

For work to restore Maunalua Bay and its adjacent watersheds

$70,000.00

2007 Marine Grants

Approved FY2007

Total: $1,545,087.00

Community Conservation Network

For building community capacity for effective marine conservation in Hawaii

$150,000.00

University of Hawaii Foundation

For the Department of Land and Natural Resources, Division of Aquatic Resources (DLNR-DAR) Law Fellowship

$100,000.00

Oceanic Institute

For operational expenses and an assessment of the differences in nearshore soft-bottom fish assemblages between a bay where lay-gillnets are banned (Kailua) and another where lay-gillnets are allowed (Waimanalo)

$500,000.00

Hawaii Audubon Society

For the Pacific Fisheries Coalition project

$100,000.00

Nature Conservancy of Hawaii

For the development and implementation of biological monitoring protocols at 11 community-based marine management sites in the main Hawaiian Islands

$300,000.00

Sea Grant College Program

For the Waikiki Ecosystem Restoration Project: An Aquarium Without Walls

$90,087.00

SeaWeb

For support of Fair Catch, a campaign in partnership with The Nature Conservancy and Malama Hawaii, designed to restore Hawaii's nearshore ocean by encouraging responsible fishing practices and supporting actions that protect reefs and fish

$305,000.00

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2006 Marine Grants

Total: $1,154,800.00

Bishop Museum

For the exhibition of photographs of the flora and fauna of the Northwest Hawaiian Islands at the Family Foundations Conference

$2,500.00

Conservation International

To enhance marine conservation efforts in Hawaii

$1,000,000.00

Environment Hawaii

For a cover-story package on Kawainui Marsh and expanded coverage of nearshore marine resource conservation issues

$45,000.00

Malama Kai Foundation

For capacity-building support to enhance the organization's ability to protect important coastal and marine resources

$25,000.00

SeaWeb

For a partnership between SeaWeb and The Nature Conservancy's Hawaiian Chapter to seek public support for proposed gill net restrictions

$50,000.00

State of Hawaii, Department of Land and Natural Resources

 

For printing and distribution of Getting involved in caring for Hawaii's coastal resources: a community guidebook

$10,000.00

University Of Hawaii Foundation

For development of methods to control alien algae on Hawaii's reefs - propagation of native sea urchins

$22,300.00

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2005 Marine Grants

Total: $1,549,552.24

Cape Kumukahi Foundation

For the Kapoho Reef Watch Project in East Hawaii

$10,000.00

Cascadia Times

For an in-depth examination of fisheries management in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

$17,000.00

Conservation International

To engage the tourism industry as a force for marine conservation in Hawaii

$23,047.24

Hawaii Wildlife Fund

To build community capacity for effective marine conservation on Maui

$225,000.00

Honolulu Academy of Arts

For an exhibition of photographic portraits of rare and endangered species in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

$20,000.00

Malama Kai Foundation

 

For educational activities to teach about reef ecosystems

$3,200.00

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

For the Coral Reef Conservation Fund

$300,000.00

Nature Conservancy of Hawaii

To build community capacity for effective marine conservation and to build a network of Marine Managed Areas in Hawaii

$900,000.00

Sea Grant College Program

For West Hawaii near shore marine resource conservation

$51,305.00

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2004 Marine Grants

Total:  $170,000.00

Hawaii Community Foundation

For the Environmental Grantmakers Association Fall Retreat to host day trips and overnight trips

$5,000.00

Honolulu Academy of Arts

For the production of photographic portraits of rare and endangered species in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

$25,000.00

Learning Education Technology Academy

To develop a web-based interactive multi-media presentation on 'How can we restore the ecosystem of Kailua Bay?'

 

$40,000.00

University of Hawaii Foundation

For the coastal mapping project for Windward Oahu

$100,000.00

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