Awardees of the 2003-2004 Gulf of Maine Council Action Plan Grants Program The Gulf of Maine Council on the Marine Environment is pleased to announce the awardees of the 2003-2004 Gulf of Maine Council Action Plan Grants Program:
Grand Manan Whale and Seabird Research Station, NB, $9,846.00 Harbour Porpoise Release Program: Reducing the incidental mortality of a threatened species through community stewardship. Center for Student Coastal Research (with Cohasset Middle High School), MA, $3,500.00 Prof. Development for Monitoring Bacteria in Cohasset Harbor: How to Enable Students to conduct studies to meet rigorous scientific review. Maine Rivers, ME, $10,000.00 Alewives: Their History and Function in Maine's Riverine Systems and the Gulf of Maine Ecosystem. Conservation Council of New Brunswick, Inc. NB $10,000.00 Return the Tides Campaign: Outreach and Action. Newburyport Public Schools, MA, $9,490.00 Salt Marsh Science Project at Joppa Flats. Nature Conservancy of Canada, NB, $10,000.00 Musquash Estuary Stewardship Program. Salem Sound Coastwatch, MA, $9,700.00 Coastal Habitat Invasives Monitoring Program. Salem, MA Marine Environmental Research Institute, ME, $10,000.00 A Multidisciplinary Investigation of Toxic Contaminants in Atlantic Coast Seals: Planning & Design for Project Expansion into Downeast Maine and the Bay of Fundy, Canada. Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine, MA, $9,730.00 Seabird Ecological Assessment Network (SEANET): Developing a Citizen Science Tool for Environmental Monitoring. Association to Preserve Cape Cod, MA, $10,000.00 Volunteer Monitoring of Salt Marshes on Cape Cod. Sebasticook River Watershed Association, ME, $10,000.00 Sebasticook River Aquatic Community Survey. Blue Ocean Society for Maine Conservation, NH, $9,518.00 Jeffreys Ledge Monitoring and Education Project.
Aquaculture Education and Research Center, NH, $10,000.00 Shellfish Stewards. Lobster Conservancy, ME, $10,000.00 Oil Spill Response and Recovery at Lobster Nurseries in Casco Bay.
The Council is working to secure funding for future grant rounds. If you would like to be informed by email of future RFPs from the Gulf of Maine Council, please enter your contact information in the People Finder on the Council’s Web site.