Tag Archives: Monitoring

The Council of Canadians: For Social Justice

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The Council of Canadians works to protect Canadian independence by promoting progressive policies on fair trade, clean water, energy security, public health care, and other issues of social and economic concern to Canadians.

They develop creative campaigns to put some of the country’s most important issues into the spotlight. We work with a network of over 70 volunteer chapters to organize speaking tours, days of action, conferences and demonstrations. The Council also produce research reports, create popular materials, and work with individuals and organizations across the country and around the world. They do all of this to ensure that governments know the kind of Canada we want.

The Council does not accept money from corporations or governments, and is sustained entirely by the volunteer energy and financial assistance of its members.

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Organization Type: Non-Government Organization

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(613) 233-2773

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The Council of Canadians 170 Laurier Avenue West, Suite 700 Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5V5

Willamette Riverkeeper

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The Willamette Riverkeeper is an organization that is dedicated solely to the protection and restoration of the Willamette River.

There are 165 other rivers, bays, inlets and waterbodies united with the Willamette Riverkeeper under the Waterkeeper Alliance.  Their strategies include, advocacy, monitoring, education and restoration.

Organization Type: Not-for-Profit

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(503) 223-6418

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Willamette Riverkeeper
 1515 SE Water Ave. #102 Portland, OR 97214

The Lower Columbia River Estuary Partnership

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The Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership’s focus is on the conservation and protection of the Columbia River Estuary.  They are a 501(c)3 non-profit organization supported by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Their Strategies include Habitat Restoration, Monitoring and Education.

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(503) 226-1565

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811 SW Naito Parkway Suite 410
 Portland, OR 97204

Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey Team (COASST)

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Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey Team (COASST)

Mission Statement:  COASST is a citizen science project of the University of Washington in partnership with state, tribal and federal agencies, environmental organizations, and community groups. COASST believes citizens of coastal communities are essential scientific partners in monitoring marine ecosystem health. By collaborating with citizens, natural resource management agencies and environmental organizations, COASST works to translate long-term monitoring into effective marine conservation solutions.

Their Vision is:

Realizing the pressing needs of marine natural resource management, coastal conservation, and the need for good science and a stewardship ethic among citizens, the Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey Team (COASST) sees a future in which all coastal communities contribute directly to monitoring local marine resources and ecosystem health through the establishment of a network of citizen scientists, each collecting rigorous and vital data. Through their collective efforts, and the translation of their individual data into baselines against which any impact—from human or natural origins—can be assessed, nearshore ecosystems worldwide will be actively known, managed, and protected.

Organization Type: Not-for-Profit Organization

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(206) 221-6893

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Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey Team (COASST),School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington Box 355020, 1122 NE Boat Street, Seattle, WA 98195-5020

Pacific Environment

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According to their web page “Pacific Environment protects the living environment of the Pacific Rim. We have partnered with local and indigenous communities in Russia, China, California, and the Alaskan Arctic for more than two decades. We believe that long term environmental and social progress originates from strengthening local communities and grassroots movements, complemented with sophisticated policy advocacy at international finance and governance institutions.

We mentor, train, campaign, build networks, and provide direct financial support to activist leaders and non-governmental organizations to help them protect their communities from environmental and health threats and hold international governments, corporations, and financing institutions accountable for their policies and actions.

Together with our partners, we’ve shielded tens of thousands of acres of old growth forest; won protections for endangered species; forced oil, gas, mining, and timber companies to heed local concerns; closed polluting factories along rivers; and changed the way some of the world’s most powerful financial institutions work.”

Organization Type: Non-Government Organization

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(415) 399-8850

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251 Kearny St, Second Floor, San Francisco, CA 94108-4530, USA

Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy

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The ACCAP serves as an informed intermediary between the scientific community and Alaskan governmental, industrial, and social interests. The Center, working with the University of Alaska-Fairbanks, aggregates and analyses data on natural systems and uses that data to model future climate concerns. This information is then reviewed and policy suggestions based thereon are published online and in white-papers.

Organization Type: Government Agency

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(907) 474-7812

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3352 College Road, Fairbanks, AK