Norm Winn Memorial Projects

Greater Yellowstone Coalition (Geographic Focus: Montana) was awarded $20,000 to fund a pilot project in Custer-Gallatin National Forest to quickly and strategically install low-tech, process-based restoration efforts immediately post-wildfire to facilitate rapid riverscape recovery.

Environment America Research Policy Center (Geographic Focus: Oregon) was awarded $20,000 to support an expansive educational program to alert citizens of the importance of coastal underwater forests of kelp and eel grass ecosystems, which would also include a focus from youth input to state legislators.

Pacific Northwest Forest Climate Alliance (Geographic Focus: Oregon) was awarded $15,000, which will fund the development of grassroots organizations to protect mature and old growth forests in the Pacific Northwest from logging through strengthening the Northwest Forest Management Plan.

Washington Conservation Action Education Fund (Geographic Focus: Eastern Washington) was awarded $20,000 that will support engagement with state leaders to influence updates to the Sustainable Harvest Calculation, which sets timber harvest levels on state lands for the next decade. The goal is to ensure that the calculation prioritizes climate change, watersheds, and ecosystem health.

Cascades Wolverine Project (Geographic Focus: Eastern Washington) was awarded $20,000 that will be used for wolverine monitoring in North-Eastern Cascade mountains, mainly in the Chelan and Methow watersheds.