[MPWG] NFWF Grant Applications (fwd)

[Plant Conservation]

Dear MPWG Members,

I encourage you to consider submitting project proposals to NFWF.  MPWG
has several Committees that could assist you in bringing something
together.

Here is a list of the MPWG committees, the chair contact info, and a
general idea of the types of issues that would fall under each committee's
purview.  Please contact the Chairs and/or me if you have further
questions.

Conservation Committee - Trish Flaster <tflastersprint at earthlink.net>
	Focus: in situ research and sustainable production issues (habitat
settings)

Ethnobotany Committee - Trish Flaster <tflastersprint at earthlink.net>
	Focus: medicinal plant issues as they pertain to traditional
knowledge holders

Industry Committee - Michael McGuffin <mmcguffin at ahpa.org>
	Focus: sustainable production and the raw materials industry

Sustainability Committee - Edward Fletcher <efletcher at skybest.com>
	Focus: ex situ research and sustainable production (agronomic
settings)

Good luck!

Patricia S. De Angelis, Ph.D.
Botanist - Division of Scientific Authority
Chair - Plant Conservation Alliance - Medicinal Plant Working Group
US Fish & Wildlife Service
4401 N. Fairfax Dr., Suite 750
Arlington, VA  22203
703-358-1708 x1753
FAX: 703-358-2276
Working for the conservation and sustainable use of our green natural
resources.
<www.nps.gov/plants/medicinal>

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	"Jonathan Mawdsley" <Jonathan.Mawdsley at nfwf.org>
	Sent by: native-plants-bounces at lists.plantconservation.org
	06/10/2004 12:52 PM

		 To: <native-plants at lists.plantconservation.org>
		 cc: cfcremer at yahoo.com
		 Subject: [PCA] re: July deadline for NFWF grant program


Dear PCA friends,

Just a quick note to remind everyone that the next application deadline
for the Native Plant Conservation Initiative grants program will be July
15th, 2004.  This grant program is managed by the National Fish and
Wildlife Foundation in partnership with the Plant Conservation Alliance.


For more information about the grants program and to download an
application form, please visit our website,
http://www.nfwf.org/programs/npci.htm

Also wanted to let everyone know that Caroline Cremer, our program
manager for the past several years, has moved on to the H. John Heinz
III Center for Science, Economics, and the Environment.  We wish
Caroline all the best in her future endeavors.  At the same time, we are
welcoming Ellen Lippincott (ellen.lippincott at nfwf.org) who comes to us
from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.  Please feel free to
direct all of your inquiries regarding the NPCI grants program to
Ellen.

All the best,

Jonathan Mawdsley

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Jonathan R. Mawdsley, Ph.D.
Manager of Project Administration
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
1120 Connecticut Ave., NW, Suite 900
Washington, DC 20036 USA

Phone: (202) 857-0166
Fax: (202) 857-0162
E-mail: jonathan.mawdsley at nfwf.org
Web: www.nfwf.org