HOME GRANTING PROGRAM PROJECTS LINKS     Click the links below to views projects that the Sage Environmental Program has funded or assisted: 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2010 ROUND 2               St. Mary's River Association - fish community analysis Cape Sable Important Bird Area - nature camps, environment club Ducks Unlimited Canada - wetland care project Ecology Action Centre (Coastal) - toward a Coastal Act Sackville Rivers Association - culvert survey project Mersey Tobeatic Research Institute - Atlantic Coastal Plain Flora project 2010 ROUND 1               Canadian Parks & Wilderness Society-NS - marine conservation initiatives Five Bridges Wilderness Heritage Trust - instructive walking guide Nature Conservancy of Canada - effectiveness of S.A.R. monitoring Nature Conservancy of Canada - conservation volunteers Nova Scotia Environmental Network - S.E.N.S.E. sustainability education series Conservation Council of New Brunswick - old-growth Acadian forest publication St. Margaret's Bay Stewardship Association - Troop Island conservation St. Mary's River Association - wind damage assessment Unama'ki Institute of Natural Resources - salmon habitat data Bluenose Coastal Action Foundation - Roseate Tern recovery Friends of First Lake - stormwater detox return to top 2009 ROUND 2               Cape Sable Important Bird Area - nature camps Clean Nova Scotia - wetland education Canadian Parks & Wilderness Society-NS - advancing Marine Protected Area designation Ecology Action Centre (Coastal) - bringing home coastal policy Friends of First Lake - stormwater outfall remediation Global Forest Watch Canada - survey of intact forests Margaree Salmon Association - kelt tracking Mersey-Tobeatic Research Institute - old forests (continued) Sackville Rivers Association - education and oil spill remediation Ecology Action Centre (Wilderness) - public lands campaign Sierra Club Atlantic - mining impacts on communities 2009 ROUND 1               Bluenose Coastal Action Foundation - LaHave Water Rescue Project Ecology Action Centre - NS Public Lands Coalition Nova Scotia Environmental Network - S.E.N.S.E. sustainability education series St. Margaret's Bay Stewardship Association - volunteer stewardship program St. Mary's River Association - estuary survey Nature Conservancy of Canada - volunteers program Nova Scotia Nature Trust - private lands conservation Canadian Parks & Wilderness Society - youth engagement in coastal management Mabou Harbour Coastal Management Planning Committee - riparian health assessment return to top ROUND 2 2008              Atlantic Canada Conservation Data Centre - ranking of NS forest ecosystems Canadian Parks & Wilderness Society-NS - film to promote NS marine protected areas planning Clean Annapolis River Project - rare flooded forests study Ecology Action Centre (Coastal) - bird conservation plan Ecology Action Centre (Marine) - nearshore marine protected areas assessment Ecology Action Centre (Public Lands) - Colin Stewart Forest Forum (ongoing) St. Margaret's Bay Stewardship Association - watershed management plan St. Mary's River Association - hydrological and channel history Sierra Club-Atlantic - mining impacts and community voices project ROUND 1 2008              Margaree Environmental Association - promotion of report on landscape protection Bluenose Coastal Action Foundation - study of effects of Bass on endangered Whitefish Ecology Action Centre - sustainable coastal strategy St. Ann's Harbour - aquaculture impact handbook L'sitkuk/Bear River First Nation - Mother Earth teachings Canadian Parks and WIlderness Society-NS - youth outreach Mersey Tobeatic Research Institute - collaboration on old growth forest protection Nova Scotia Nature Trust - coastal legacy project Saint Mary's University - deer/moose parasites Ecology Action Centre - Colin Stewart Forest Forum return to top ROUND 2 2007              Nova Scotia Nature Trust - outreach re habitat protection for endangered species (Blanding's Turtle, Eastern Ribbonsnake) ACAP Cape Breton - education re habitat protection for endangered Yellow Lampmussel Ecology Action Centre - capital fund Canadian Parks & Wilderness Society - study of the history of forest clear-cutting in Nova Scotia ROUND 1 2007              Bluenose Coastal Action Foundation - Mushamush River habitat restoration Clean Annapolis River Project - Broken Brooks project (culverts) Nature Nova Scotia - speakers for national "Time and Tide" conference Nature Conservancy of Canada - Cape Breton Coastal Landscape Plan Nature Conservancy of Canada - Twin Lakes Nature Preserve management plan Ecology Action Centre/North Mountain Old Forest Society - Acadian Forest restoration book Nova Scotia Salmon Association - lime for West River acid precipitation project Sackville Rivers Association - Halfway Brook improvements Stewards of St. Ann's Harbour Association - mussel aquaculture impact Young Naturalists Club - year two Maritime Aboriginal Peoples Council - Ikanawtiket ARISES seminar Bird Studies Canada - beach stewardship guide Sable Island Preservation Trust - SAR (Roseate Tern) L’sitkuk/Bear River First Nation - youth/SAR (American Eel) Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society-NS - Fundy horse mussel reefs Atlantic Salmon Federation - salmon conservation return to top 2006 ROUND 2               Ecology Action Centre - Colin Stewart Forest Forum Canadian Parks and WIlderness Society-NS - Colin Stewart Forest Forum 2006 ROUND 1               Mersey Tobeatic Research Institute - inventory of old-growth forest in SW NS Crescent Beach & Area Society - cribbing, planting for dune protection Clean Annapolis River Project - aquatic habitat, fencing Nova Scotia Museum & Halifax Field Naturalists - Young Naturalists Club Canadian Parks & Wilderness Society-NS - Colin Stewart Forest Forum Ecology Action Centre - review of NS Beaches Act Ecology Action Centre - building capital fund Eastern Shore Forest Watch - directory for woodlot owners Nova Scotia Nature Trust - St. Mary's River legacy project Nova Scotia Nature Trust - private lands conservation assessment L'sitkuk/Bear River First Nation - community environmental project, youth training return to top 2005 ROUND 2               Ecology Action Centre - assessment of government subsidies to the forestry industry Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society-NS - terrestrial conservation planning Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society-NS - Colin Stewart Forest Forum, initial focus on Protected Areas Five Bridges Heritage Wilderness Trust - pamphlet to display the natural features along trails Nova Scotia Salmon Association - lime for an acid-balancing machine on one of the most acidified rivers Species at Risk program - highlight the importance of habitat protection for mainland moose (CPAWS-NS) Tatamagouche Community Trust - planting of Acadian forest species to speed recover from clearcut damage LaHave River Salmon Association - radio tagging of spent salmon to study their navigation of the estuary enroute back to sea Sierra Club-Atlantic - raise awareness of the negative aspects of spraying herbicides on our forests Margaree Environmental Association - evaluate the model for land protection used in the Niagara Escarpment area of Ontario, as a possible model for the Mabou Ridge and similar parts of Cape Breton 2005 ROUND 1               Ecology Action Centre - Colin Stewart Forest Forum Nova Scotia Nature Trust - Shelter Cove protection Ecology Action Centre - ecological inputs to HRM Master Plan Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society-NS - Colin Stewart Forest Forum return to top