2005 Grant Recipients

Cockroach Bay User's Group of Sun City Center, FL, to produce educational panels for four informational kiosks on topics like clean boating practices, reducing the spread of invasive species, and the location of seagrass and manatee protection areas.

Committee for the Great Salt Pond of Block Island, RI, to print colorable placemats about the ecosystem and local boating-related regulations.

Community Boating Center of New Bedford, MA, to buy supplies for students to create posters on aquatic nuisance species to hang at community boating centers and to share with other concerned boaters and organizations in the community.

Conesus Lake Association of Lakeville, NY, to update and print 10,000 copies of its "Welcome to Lake Conesus" brochure to include information about cleaner boating practices and aquatic nuisance species.

Friends of the Gile Flowage of Pence, WI, to support the cost of building one informational kiosk, producing boater resource kits and conducting a boater survey.

Friends of the Cobbossee Watershed of Augusta, ME, to construct a boat wash station at Pleasant Pond to help prevent the spread of variable milfoil leaf.

Friends of the Green River Reservoir of Hyde Park, VT, to print and post a 3X3' aluminum sign on aquatic nuisance species which will be developed by a design student from a local technical school.

Lake Mead Boat Owners Association of Henderson, NV, to print 20,000 color flyers to help boaters identify and prevent the spread of zebra mussels.

Lake Region Angler Association, of Devil’s Lake, NV, to purchase two portable power washers and retrofit a stall at a local carwash to wash boats to help prevent an infection of aquatic nuisance species in Devil's Lake.

Lake Sunapee Protective Association of Sunapee, NH, to build a boat wash station and print brochures, signs and info cards to help prevent the further spread of variable water milfoil on Lake Sunapee.

League to Save Lake Tahoe of South Lake Tahoe, CA, to design and erect 15 signs on protecting Lake Tahoe from Eurasian water milfoil and curlyleaf pondweed.

Minnesota Lakes Association of Brainerd, MN, to print 6,000 info cards on zebra mussels to distribute in the five-county Central Lakes area.

Ohio River Foundation of Cleveland, OH, to develop and distribute 3,500 flyers on ANS of the Ohio River and to develop two web pages on the topic.

Pennsylvania Sea Grant of Chester, PA, to develop and print 8,000 zebra/quagga mussel watch cards, 8,000 snakehead watch cards, and 400 boat washing posters.

Puget Soundkeeper Alliance of Seattle, WA, to develop and print 2,000 copies of a new guide for do-it-yourself boaters in boat yards.

Rice County Coalition of Lake Associations of Faribault, MN, to produce eight metal waterproof signs about preventing the spread of aquatic nuisance species in Rice County.

Save the River, Upper St. Lawrence Riverkeeper of Potsdam, NY, to print student-designed posters about aquatic nuisance species, and purchase ID cards on aquatic nuisance species.

Shasta Roots and Shoots of Cottonwood, CA, to build two displays on aquatic nuisance species and three monofilament line recycling bins along the Sacramento River.

United States Coast Guard Auxiliary 5-4-45 of Easton, MD, to develop and print three new brochures and bookmarks on clean boating topics.

United States Coast Guard Auxiliary 07-08-81-87,89 of Bradenton, FL, to develop and print 1,600 laminated full-color cards with pictures and descriptions of aquatic nuisance species affecting Tampa Bay.

United States Coast Guard Auxiliary 8WR-01-06 of Loveland, CO, to print 12,000 copies of a three-panel color brochure called "It’s Your Water" which focuses on water quality issues that boaters can address, including aquatic nuisance species, litter and oil pollution.