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ELLEN LEA PAINE MEMORIAL NATURE FUND
The Adirondack Garden Club Ellen Lea Paine Memorial Nature Fund was established in 2005 to give financial assistance to individuals and not-for-profit organizations – including schools – involved in programs whose purpose is to study, protect and enjoy the natural environment within the Adirondack Park. The maximum amount per grant is $1500. A complete list of award recipients from 2005-2021 can be found HERE.
2021 ELLEN LEA PAINE MEMORIAL NATURE FUND RECIPIENTS
Adirondack Center for Loon Conservation to create a series of photographic murals depicting a year in the life of a loon. These will hang in the ADK Loon Center in Saranac Lake, NY.
Adirondack Land Trust for the purchase of two trail cameras at Coon Mountain Preserve to educate ourselves, and our community, the bounty of wildlife in the Champlain Valley. The photos will be accessible to all who follow ALT on social media.
Ausable Forks Elementary School Library to purchase new and interesting books for the students that represent the natural environment in which they live.
Champlain Area Trails for a Carts Vermont garden cart and construction materials.
Cornell Cooperative Extension- Essex County 4-H Youth Development Program for the FULL STEAM AHEAD Immersion week of Natural and Environmental Science where the youth will be introduced to our food system and nutrition education, as well as many other environmental activities.
Craigarden towards helping to enrich the community members’ connection with the natural environment through their community garden. Teaching the members about start with seed, growing a variety of vegetables, working with the chickens and sheep, and preparing the produce that can be easily replicated at home.
Essex County Historical Society for the repair of areas of the Colonial Garden and to purchase supplies needed for the repair.
Friends of Moody Pond towards the management objective for Eurasian watermilfoil in Moody Pond and to educate the pond community about EWM and how to prevent continued infestation and spread to other water bodies.
Friends of Poke-O-Moonshine to update the “Welcome to Poke-O-Moonshine” interpretive brochure for the mountain and for its Ranger Trail on the east side of Poke-O-Moonshine.
Keene Valley Congregational Church – Creation Justice Church Ministry towards purchasing and planting of native perennials and shrubs to improve birding habitat on the church’s property. It will create additional habitat for ground-nesting, over-wintering, and migrating birds, and provide food sources for the birds. Also, there will be less lawn required to mow thus reducing the CO2 from the mowers.
Lakeside School at Black Kettle Farm supporting the salary of a much-needed Kindergarten assistant teacher which will enable more experiencing the wonder of the natural world and its many cycles, and, to experience the “forest classroom.
Mace Chasm Farm for drip irrigation, seed nuts, and rootstock for the planting of native trees.
North Country School to help offset the cost of “Access Wild Places”, a pilot program to provide intentional outdoor experiences and mentorship to 10 students from the Hempstead Union Free School. “Without this opportunity, these students would have little or no access to the forests, lakes, mountains, and other wild places.”
Northern Lights School creating three raised beds for growing flowers, herbs, and annual vegetables for the education and consummation by the students and staff at their new location in Saranac Lake.
Paul Smith’s Adirondack Watershed Institute for designing a restoration plan and to purchase native grass seed to help improve habitat quality for Bobolink and Savannah Sparrow at Heaven Hill Farm, Lake Placid.
Paul Smith’s College Visitor Interpretive Center renovating and augmenting the flora in the Butterfly House. The rejuvenation of the plantings outside of the Butterfly House, and the installation of a water feature in the “turtle pond”.
Protect the Adirondacks to place the digital ad in 2021 advertising 100 great hiking trails in the Adirondack Park outside of the overused and crowded High Peaks Wilderness Area.
The Fort Ticonderoga Association to enhance and expand the Waterside Buffer Garden, adding native plants and the removal of non-native plants.
Applications for the coming year will be available beginning in February 2022.