The Elkhorn Slough Foundation was honored last week with the Governor's Environmental and Economic Leadership Award for Watershed Conservation and Management.

Congratulations to Mark Silberstein and his colleagues at the Elkhorn Slough Foundation for their receipt of this high honor!  Click here to find out more

The California Environmental Protection Agency hosts the award and says:
 

"The Governor’s Environmental and Economic Leadership Award  is California's highest environmental honor. The program recognizes individuals, organizations, and businesses that have demonstrated exceptional leadership and made notable, voluntary contributions in conserving California's precious resources, protecting and enhancing our environment, building public-private partnerships and strengthening the State's economy."

 

Save the date for the 2014 NERRS/NERRA Annual Meeting

We hope that you will be able to join us for the 2014 NERRS/NERRA Annual Meeting at the National Conservation Training Center in Shepardstown, WV the week of 

November 18 - 21, 2014.

It is a great time to connect with representatives from Friends and Foundations around the country as well as an opportunity to learn more about what is happening at the national level.  

Stay tuned for more information to follow including a link to the Annual Meeting official website coming later this month.  

Twitter and the I ♥ Estuaries campaign

Use Twitter to help spread the message of the I ♥ Estuaries campaign.

When:  Today, February 12 - Friday, February 14th

Who:  Find Twitter targets  in this document Twitter Valentines Day of Action

Hashtag:  #iheartestuaries. (This allows us to track tweets and participation.)

Sample tweets:  Find sample tweets in this document  Twitter Valentines Day of Action

For inspiration.....

We are excited to see what others are posting on their sites about the "I heart estuaries" campaign.  Check out the following and share with us what is happening at your organization/reserve!

Laudholm Trust / Wells Reserve

Jacques Cousteau NERR

Padilla Bay Foundation


 

Join us for the 2014 "I Heart Estuaries" campaign

This Valentine’s Day, we want show Congress and the Administration that there is lots of love for estuaries and that funding estuaries is funding our future.   Last year more than more than 10,000 people added their voices to letters and phone calls and we reached over 1 million twitter and facebook users to help raise awareness and mobilize Congress to support the NERRS program and your Reserve.  

We need your help to do it again this year!  

NERRA is joining forces again this year to celebrate Valentine’s Day through a joint, 3-day “I heart estuaries” campaign February 12-14.  For more information on the program and details on how you can help - please check out the Resources and Documents Page.  

PADILLA BAY FOUNDATION HAS AMAZING FUND RAISING OPPORTUNITY RIGHT NOW!!! HELP US HELP OUR RESERVE!!! A local community foundation has set up a new endowment fund with money we purposely raised to establish. In turn they were given an 'angel' investment of $100,000 dollars in order to hold both a live event festival for 7 non-profits (ours is one) as well as an online donation portal. The online portal is currently live. This event is called SKAGIT DAY OF GIVING. The event is held locally tomorrow afternoon/evening. We wanted our friends at Reserves to have an opportunity to help us raise funds if they so choose. Skagit Community Foundation is handling the event and the money. Please go to skagitcf.org and pull down the tab for EVENTS on their home page. That will show you a colorful rainbow logo with all 7 non-profits and a text block explaining the goals. Scroll over the logo circle and that activates the donation page. Just follow directions from there and you're done. The cyber donation window will close at midnight May 9th. If you happen to be traveling our way and find yourself near us, go to the party as well ... it's FREE! We miss our dear foundation and volunteer friends spread across the nation and wish all of you well. Warm regards, Kay Reinhardt - Administrator - Padilla Bay Foundation

Twitter and the I ♥ Estuaries campaign

Use Twitter to help spread the message of the I ♥ Estuaries campaign.

When:  Tuesday, February 12 - Thursday, February 14th
Who:  Find Twitter targets  in this document Twitter Valentines Day of Action
Hashtag:  #iheartestuaries. (This allows us to track tweets and participation.)
Sample tweets:  Find sample tweets in this document  Twitter Valentines Day of Action