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Total
Grant |
2010
Allocation |
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Audubon Texas
Dallas, TX
Toward restoring quail and other bird populations by preserving grasslands and habitat in the greater Houston area
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2010 |
$ |
50,000 |
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$ |
50,000 |
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Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX
Toward improving public health through community outreach about environmental health hazards and educational programs for health care professionals about the effects of exposure to environmental toxins
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2008 |
$ |
300,000 |
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$ |
100,000 |
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Bayou Preservation Association, Inc.
Houston, TX
Toward improving water quality, implementing a model stream restoration project, providing information about area bayous and watersheds and improving regional watershed management
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2010 |
$ |
75,000 |
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$ |
75,000 |
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Buffalo Bayou Partnership
Houston, TX
Toward acquiring land to connect existing parks and trails from Shepherd Drive to the Port of Houston Turning Basin
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2008 |
$ |
1,500,000 |
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$ |
500,000 |
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City of Houston
Houston, TX
Toward adding instruments to mobile air monitoring equipment to increase the detection and analysis of air toxins and particulate matter, and toward maintaining the equipment and training staff to operate it
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2010 |
$ |
300,000 |
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$ |
300,000 |
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The Conservation Fund A Nonprofit Corporation
Arlington, VA
Toward conservation programs in the greater Houston area
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2009 |
$ |
100,000 |
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$ |
50,000 |
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Galveston Bay Foundation
Webster, TX
Toward preserving, protecting and enhancing Galveston Bay through advocacy, conservation, education and research
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2008 |
$ |
225,000 |
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$ |
75,000 |
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Gulf Coast Bird Observatory Inc.
Lake Jackson, TX
Toward protecting birds and their habitats around the Gulf of Mexico
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2010 |
$ |
150,000 |
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$ |
75,000 |
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Hermann Park Conservancy
Houston, TX
Toward implementing conservation, education, accessibility and user amenity improvements through the Green Pedestrian Trail project
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2008 |
$ |
1,500,000 |
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$ |
500,000 |
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Houston Parks Board
Houston, TX
Toward acquiring land and developing new parks along bayou corridors and in underserved neighborhoods
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2009 |
$ |
1,500,000 |
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$ |
750,000 |
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Legacy Land Trust Inc.
Houston, TX
Toward expanding educational programs and providing professional services to increase the preservation of wildlife habitat in the greater Houston area
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2008 |
$ |
175,000 |
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$ |
75,000 |
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Memorial Park Conservancy Inc.
Houston, TX
Toward improvements to the 1,500-acre park as indicated by the Conservation Master Plan
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2008 |
$ |
225,000 |
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$ |
75,000 |
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National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
Washington, DC
Toward increasing the Attwater's prairie chicken population in Texas from 75 to 1,000 by 2018
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2009 |
$ |
250,000 |
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$ |
100,000 |
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The Nature Discovery Center Inc.
Bellaire, TX
Toward improving traveling exhibitions presented in science education programs in Houston area schools
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2008 |
$ |
70,000 |
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$ |
30,000 |
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Public Citizen Foundation, Inc.
Austin, TX
Toward ReEnergize Houston, an internship program at three area colleges to engage students in the transition toward a clean energy economy and the adoption of campus sustainability policies, and toward developing issue papers to inform Texas Sunset Commission members about state environmental agencies
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2010 |
$ |
125,000 |
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$ |
125,000 |
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Scenic Texas, Inc.
Houston, TX
Toward enhancing the appearance of streets, thoroughfares and highways through public policy analysis, landscaping and tree preservation
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2008 |
$ |
225,000 |
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$ |
75,000 |
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SPARK
Houston, TX
Toward constructing community parks on Houston's public school campuses
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2008 |
$ |
225,000 |
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$ |
75,000 |
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Student Conservation Association, Inc.
Charlestown, New Hampshire
Toward recruiting, training and placing students to work with Houston area government agencies and nonprofit organizations as interns on conservation projects, and toward expanding the program to include City of Houston recreation centers and parks
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2008 |
$ |
225,000 |
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$ |
75,000 |
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