Category Archives: Positive Action

Seattle Tilth

Mission: To inspire and educate people to safeguard our natural resources while building an equitable and sustainable local food system.

Organization Type: Not-For-Profit Corporation

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(206) 633-0451

Address

Seattle Tilth Association, 4649 Sunnyside Avenue N, Suite 100, Seattle, WA98103

Surfrider Foundation – Olympic Peninsula Chapter

According to the Surfrider Foundation webpage, their mission “is the protection and enjoyment of oceans, waves and beaches through a powerful activist network.”

Through educational, campaign and program initiatives, the many chapters of the Surfrider Foundation operate to protect our oceans waves and beaches.

For updates on the Olympic Peninsula Chapter (OPC) visit their blog.

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P.O. Box 759 Port Angeles WA 98362

Idaho OnePlan

As stated by their official website:

Idaho OnePlan provides data and software to help growers develop a single conservation farm plan that can be pre-endorsed by the various agencies, streamlining and simplifying the regulatory process that farmers face.

Idaho OnePlan is a multi-agency project to combine government regulations and current best management practices for agriculture into a single plan, integrating federal, state, and local regulations for:

•Nutrient, Pest and Waste Management

•Water Quality and Wetlands

•Air Quality

•Financial Assistance

•Endangered Species

•Petroleum Storage Tanks

Organization Type: Non-Government Organization

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(208) 332-1790

Address

650 State St. Room 145, Boise ID 83720

Washington Natural Resources Conservation Service

Description:

With the mission of “Helping People Help the Land,” the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) provides products and services that enable people to be good stewards of the Nation’s soil, water, and related natural resources on non-Federal lands.  With our help, people are better able to conserve, maintain, or improve their natural resources.  As a result of our technical and financial assistance, land managers and communities take a comprehensive approach to the use and protection of natural resources in rural, suburban, urban, and developing areas.

Since the 1930’s, NRCS has worked with conservation districts and others throughout the U.S. to help landowners, as well as Federal, State, Tribal, and local governments and community groups. NRCS has six mission goals: high quality, productive soils; clean and abundant water; healthy plant and animal communities; clean air; an adequate energy supply; and working farms and ranch lands. To achieve these goals, the Agency implements these strategies:

• Cooperative conservation: seeking and promoting cooperative efforts to achieve conservation goals.
• Watershed approach: providing information and assistance to encourage and enable locally-led, watershed-scale conservation.
• Market-based approach: facilitating the growth of market-based opportunities that encourage the private sector to invest in conservation on private lands.

In Washington:

Spokane, WA. (Feb. 14, 2013) — Private landowners and tribes working to increase crop residues, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and improve soil health on their farm, may apply for conservation financial and technical assistance, USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) announced today.

SPOKANE, Wash. (Feb. 6, 2013) – Today, USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) announced they are seeking project proposals for the Pacific Salmon Habitat Improvement Partnership (PSHIP) to assist with restoration of habitat and improve water quality for salmon in the Puget Sound. NRCS will work with federal, state, and local governments, tribes, and non-governmental organizations to identify willing landowners on working lands.

SPOKANE, Wash. (Feb. 6, 2013) – March 15 is the second application cut-off date for the Farm and Ranchland Protection Program (FRPP), USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) announced today. Since 1996, FRPP in Washington State has provided over $15 million in Federal funds combined with roughly $18 million from private and public sources for a total of $33 million to preserve over 9800 acres of rich farmland on 96 parcels  
For more information on these projects, click on the links.

 Washington NRCS, Olympia Chapter

 

Organization Type: Government Agency

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Telephone

(360) 704-7740

Address

1835 BLACK LAKE BLVD SW STE B OLYMPIA, WA 98512-5715

Our Children’s Trust

Our Children’s Trust is a nonprofit based in Oregon.

It’s purpose, as stated on their website, is “to protect earth’s natural systems for current and future generations. We are here to empower and support youth as they stand up for their lawful inheritance: a healthy planet. We are mothers, fathers, grandparents, aunts, uncles, teachers. We are adults, part of the ruling generation, and we care about the future of our children–and their children’s children.”

We stand on the brink of human-induced climate catastrophe. We will one day have to answer to our children and grandchildren for the choices we make at this pivotal moment.

Organization Type: Not-For-Profit Organization

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(541) 375-0158

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Mail: P.O. Box 5181, Eugene, OR 97405

Oregon Tilth

From their website: Oregon Tilth is a nonprofit research and education membership organization dedicated to biologically sound and socially equitable agriculture. Oregon Tilth offers educational events throughout the state of Oregon, and provides organic certification services to organic growers, processors, and handlers internationally.

Organization Type: Not-For-Profit Corporation

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(503) 378-0690

Address

260 SW Madison Ave., Suite 106, Corvallis, OR97333

1000 Friends of Oregon

Mission statement: Working with Oregonians to enhance our quality of life by building livable urban and rural communities, protecting family farms and forests, and conserving natural areas.

Organization Type: Non-Government Organization

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(503) 497-1000

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133 SW Second Ave., Suite 201, Portland, OR 97204

Surfrider Foundation – Northwest Straits Chapter

According to the Surfrider Foundation webpage, their mission “is the protection and enjoyment of oceans, waves and beaches through a powerful activist network.”

Through educational, campaign and program initiatives, the many chapters of the Surfrider Foundation operate to protect our oceans waves and beaches.

According to the webpage:

The Northwest Straits Chapter of the Surfrider Foundation (NWS) is based in Bellingham, WA.  We are a 501 (c)(3) non-profit environmental organization dedicated to the protection and enjoyment of the worlds oceans, waves, and beaches for all people, through conservation, activism, research and education.  We have several projects, events and campaigns, so come get involved!


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P.O. Box 2973 Bellingham, WA 98227

Just Garden Project

From Their Website: The Just Garden Project builds a just food system and a culture of gardening for all people. We do this by building gardens, educating gardeners, celebrating our community and engaging youth in our work. Through our programs we work to simultaneously end hunger and food related health issues by nurturing a culture of gardening for the generations to come.

Organization Type: Not-For-Profit Corporation

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(206) 633-0451

Address

4649 Sunnyside Avenue N. Suite 100 Seattle, WA 98103

Landscape Conservation Incentives

Description:

This is a list of Landscape Conservation Initiatives that the USDA has implemented since 2009. These initiatives enable NRCS to more effectively address priority natural resource concerns by delivering systems of practices, primarily to the most vulnerable lands within geographic focus areas.

Through these initiatives, NRCS seeks to accomplish:

  • Conservation beyond boundaries—Landscape-scale natural resource concerns, such as species conservation and water quality, cannot be treated effectively based on geo-political boundaries.  NRCS recognizes that natural resource concerns transcend farm, county, and state boundaries.
  • A science-based approach—Findings from the multi-agency Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP) indicate the most effective way to increase protection of natural resources is to target conservation to the most vulnerable or valuable areas and to apply a systems rather than a practice-by-practice approach.  Within individual initiatives, the best available university and government science resources are used to define initiative targeting approaches.
  • Build on existing locally-led efforts and partnerships—NRCS seeks to maximize the success of initiatives by leveraging partner interest and resources through programmatic and other tools.
  • Regulatory certainty for agricultural producers—Where applicable, NRCS is working with regulators so agricultural producers can have certainty that the voluntary conservation systems they implement are consistent with current and potential regulation, as well as sustained agricultural production.

These incentives are :

  • Bay Delta Initiative (BDI)                                                                                                     Improving water quantity and quality in the Bay Delta area of California for over 23 million people and irrigation water to four million acres of farmland.
  • Chesapeake Bay Watershed Initiative (CBWI)                                                                      Supporting rural economies, protecting wildlife habitat and improving water quality in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed.
  • Everglades Initiative (EI)                                                                                                       Improving water quality, controlling invasive plant species, improving wildlife and fish habitat and supporting rural economies in the Florida Everglades region.
  • Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI)                                                                            Restoring and protecting watersheds in eight states surrounding the Great Lakes that provide drinking water for over 40 million Americans and drive a $62 billion annual economy of fishing, boating and recreational activities.
  • Gulf of Mexico Initiative (GoMI)                                                                                         Improving water quality, increasing water conservation and enhancing wildlife habitat within watersheds draining into the Gulf of Mexico in the states of Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas.
  • Illinois River and Eucha-Spavinaw Lake Initiative (IRWI)                                                   Reducing nutrients, bacteria and sediment and enhancing the economic viability of agricultural operations within the Illinois River Sub-Basin and Eucha-Spavinaw Lake Watershed of Arkansas and Oklahoma.
  • Lesser Prairie Chicken Initiative (LPCI)                                                                              Expanding Lesser prairie-chicken habitat and benefiting the long-term sustainability of producers’ agricultural operations in high priority habitat areas in the current range in the states of Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas.
  • Longleaf Pine Initiative (LLPI)                                                                                              Enhancing critical wildlife habitat and improving the health, sustainability and profitability of privately owned Longleaf pine forests in the southeastern United States.
  • Migratory Bird Habitat Initiative (MBHI)                                                                                Providing food, water and critical habitat for bird populations, supporting local economies by attracting hunters and bird watchers, and expanding opportunities for improved wildlife management.
  • Mississippi River Basin Healthy Watershed Initiative (MRBI)                                               Improving water quality, restoring wetlands, and enhancing wildlife habitat and agricultural profitability in priority small watersheds of the Mississippi River in the states of Arkansas, Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, Tennessee, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.
  • New England / New York Forestry Initiative (NENYI)                                                               Helping keep forests as forests in the New England region that provide clean drinking water, support rural economies and protect wildlife habitat.
  • North Central Wetlands Conservation Initiative (NCWCI)                                              Protecting wetlands and improving water quality, flood water retention and fish and wildlife habitat in the Prairie Pothole Region of Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota.
  • Ogallala Aquifer Initiative (OAI)                                                                                         Reducing aquifer water use, improving water quality and enhancing the economic viability of croplands and rangelands in Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, New Mexico, Texas, South Dakota and Wyoming
  • Red River Initiative (RRI)                                                                                                Decreasing water quantity flowing into the Red River and its tributaries to reduce flooding potential, increasing water quality, and restoring wildlife habitat for migratory species.
  • Sage Grouse Initiative (SGI)                                                                                               Conserving Greater sage-grouse population by restoring its habitat and improving the productivity of ranching operations in 11 western states.
  • West Maui Coral Reef Initiative (WMCRI)                                                                        Reducing pollution to improve coastal water quality and coral reef ecosystem health in the Ka’anapali-Kahekili watershed of Hawaii.
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