Summary of All Grant Awards
The Waterman Fund fosters the spirit of wildness and strengthens stewardship and understanding of the alpine areas of northeastern North America to preserve their ecological, cultural, and recreational values. We pursue this mission through education, trail rehabilitation, and research. Since 2002, the Fund has been delighted to offer grants to support many worthy causes. The following is a sortable/searchable list of grants provided by the Fund.
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Some of Our Featured Grant Awards ›
| Year | Applicant | Description | Award ($) | Grant Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Katie Rhodes / Antioch University | Canary in the Alpine: Snowbank Community Research in the Adirondack Mountains of New York | 3,200 | Research |
| 2024 | Maine Appalachian Trail Club | AT Ridgerunners - the Key to Stewardship in Maine's Alpine Regions | 20,000 | Education |
| 2024 | Franconia Ridge Stewards | 10,000 | Education | |
| 2023 | Maine Appalachian Trail Club | AT Ridgerunners - the Key to Stewardship in Maine's Alpine Regions | 16,667 | Education |
| 2023 | Green Mountain Club | Camel’s Hump Alpine Zone Education and Stewardship | 11,214 | Education |
| 2023 | SUNY ESF- LNT | Recreation and Stewardship in the Northeast: Messaging and Hiker Ethics | 2,500 | Research |
| 2023 | Adirondack Mountain Club | ADK’s Commitment to Adirondack Alpine Stewardship | 15,000 | Education |
| 2023 | World Trails Network | Franconia Ridge Stewards | 10,000 | Education |
| 2022 | Mohonk Preserve | Promoting Low Impact Climbing | 2,600 | Education |
| 2022 | Maine Appalachian Trail Club | Trail Champions Campaign for the Maine Trail Center | 5,000 | Education |
| 2022 | Green Mountain Club | Mount Mansfield and Camel’s Hump Alpine Zone Education and Stewardship | 11,214 | Education |
| 2022 | Appalachian Mountain Club | A Mountain of Science and the Urgency of Looking Back to Conserve the Future | 7,000 | Research |
| 2022 | Heather Siart / University of Massachusetts, Amherst: Department of Environmental Conservation | Population and Host Plant Distribution of the White Mountain Fritillary (Boloria chariclea montinus) and the Potential for Climate Change Refugia | 7,200 | Research |
| 2021 | Adirondack Mountain Club | Alpine Stewardship on the Adirondack High Peaks | 9,455 | Education |
| 2021 | Green Mountain Club | Camel’s Hump and Mount Mansfield Alpine Zone Backcountry Education & Stewardship | 11,045 | Education |
| 2021 | Antioch University New England | GLORIA 2021: Alpine Vegetation Monitoring in the White Mountain National Forest | 5,863 | Research |
| 2021 | Paul Smith's College | Balancing Recreational Use and Wildlife Conservation in the Adirondack High Peaks | 10,000 | Research |
| 2021 | World Trails Network America | Franconia Ridge Summit Steward | 13,878 | Education |
| 2021 | Adirondack Mountain Club | Professional Trail Work on Boundary and Iroquois Peak | 15,000 | Trail Work |
| 2020 | Dartmouth Outing Club | Mount Moosilauke Alpine Research and Stewardship | 5,028 | Research |
| 2020 | Green Mountain Club | Camel’s Hump Alpine Zone Backcountry Education | 10,000 | Education |
| 2020 | Maine Appalachian Trail Club | Alpine Stewardship on Saddleback and Bigelow Mountains | 6,000 | Education |
| 2020 | Maine Appalachian Trail Club | Saddleback Mountain Trail Rehabilitation | 8,000 | Trail Work |
| 2019 | Museum of the White Mountains | Walking in the Whites: Why Do We Hike? | 4,000 | Education |
| 2019 | Maine Appalachian Trail Club | Saddleback and Bigelow Mountain Stewardship | 5,000 | Education |
| 2019 | Adirondack Mountain Club | Professional Trail Work in the Adirondack Alpine Zone | 15,000 | Trail Work |
| 2019 | Green Mountain Club | Alpine Zone Informational Signage and Trail Rehabilitation | 7,000 | Trail Work |
| 2018 | Adirondack Mountain Club | Alpine Trail Work | 3,210 | Trail Work |
| 2018 | Green Mountain Club | Trail Work | 3,248 | Trail Work |
| 2018 | Jill Weiss | Summary of Stewardship Programs | 2,500 | Education |
| 2018 | Min Kook Kim | Monitoring Trampling on Cadillac Mtn | 2,250 | Research |
| 2018 | Maine Natural History Observatory | Breeding Bird Study | 3,500 | Research |
| 2018 | World Trails Network | Franconia Ridge internship | 4,500 | Education |
| 2017 | Adirondack Mountain Club | Cascade Mountain Interpretive Signs | 1,851 | Education |
| 2017 | Maine Appalachian Trail Club | Alpine Stewardship on Bigelow and Saddleback Mountains | 1,000 | Education |
| 2017 | SUNY Brockport | Snowed Communities on Mt. Washington, NH | 2,865 | Research |
| 2017 | New Hampshire Audubon | Census of American Pipit | 3,500 | Research |
| 2016 | Maine Appalachian Trail Club | Field Guide to Alpine Plants | 1,000 | Education |
| 2016 | Sam Kilburn | Assessing trail conditions in White Mountains | 2,840 | Trail Work |
| 2016 | Acadia National Park | Cadillac Mountain trail rehab | 3,200 | Trail Work |
| 2016 | Adirondack Mountain Club | Summit Steward Program | 5,000 | Education |
| 2016 | Green Mountain Club | Mansfield trail work | 2,075 | Trail Work |
| 2015 | Appalachian Mountain Club | Northern Presidential Alpine Teen Trail Crew Project | 2,500 | Trail Work |
| 2015 | Dartmouth Outing Club | Moosilauke Beaver Brook Trail Restoration | 2,000 | Trail Work |
| 2015 | Green Mountain Club | Photo-Monitoring in Mount Mansfield’s Alpine Zone | 2,000 | Research |
| 2015 | MacKenzie | Ridges in a Warming Climate: Monitoring Plant Phenology in Acadia National Park | 1,800 | Research |
| 2015 | Maine Appalachian Trail Club | Caretaking on Bigelow and Saddleback Mountains | 1,000 | Education |
| 2015 | Monadnock Ecological Research and Education Project | How to: Manual for Gathering Data on Alpine Stewardship Programs in the Northeast | 500 | Education |
| 2015 | Randolph Mountain Club | Rehabilitate Spur Trail: Crag Camp to Lowes Path | 2,000 | Trail Work |
| 2015 | Nancy Slack | Invasive dandelions (Taraxacum offinale) in snowbed communities on the cone of Mt. Washington: Research and Control | 1,200 | Research |
| 2015 | Whitefield School | Using Leave No Trace to Save Our Alpine Environment, One Child at a Time | 2,000 | Education |
| 2014 | Acadia National Park | Sargent Mtn South Ridge Trail Rehab | 2,000 | Trailwork |
| 2014 | Nancy Slack | lichens, bryophytes, alpine snowbeds+ | 1,000 | Research |
| 2014 | Beyond Ktaadn | Alpine Arthropods of Uapishka Plateau | 4,000 | Research |
| 2014 | Appalachian Mountain Club | Establish GLORIA Site in White Mtns | 2,500 | Research |
| 2014 | White Mtn National Forest | Trailhead Steward Program | 3,700 | Education |
| 2014 | Maine Nat Hist Observatory | Baxter Park/Alpine Flora Inventory/Citizen Sc | 4,000 | Research |
| 2013 | The Rey Center | Welch Ledges-Beech Street School | 1,561 | Education |
| 2013 | Nancy Slack | lichens, bryophytes, alpine snowbeds+ | 892 | Research |
| 2013 | Mount Washington Observatory | museum exhibit | 5,000 | Education |
| 2013 | Antioch University/MERE | Host Alpine Stewardship Gathering | 2,500 | Gathering |
| 2013 | Maine Appalachian Trail Club | Bigelow Mountain Caretaker | 2,500 | Education |
| 2012 | The Rey Center | stewards, science | 2,275 | Education |
| 2012 | Nancy Slack | lichens, bryophytes, alpine snowbeds+ | 1,500 | Research |
| 2012 | Appalachian Mountain Club | bibliography | 5,440 | Research |
| 2012 | Antioch University/MERE | steward | 3,675 | Education |
| 2011 | Zoe LInton | Wampahoofus children's book - alpine interp | 500 | Education |
| 2011 | Maine Appalachian Trail Club | Horns Pond Caretaker | 2,000 | Education |
| 2011 | Green Mountain Club | NEASG | 2,000 | Gathering |
| 2011 | Dartmouth Outing Club | Moosilauke steward | 2,000 | Education |
| 2011 | Beyond Ktaadn | wolverine/marten research & NEASG travel | 800 | Research |
| 2011 | Antioch University/MERE | New MERE coordinator position | 4,080 | Education |
| 2010 | Beyond Ktaadn | Laurentian initiative, book | 6,000 | Research |
| 2010 | Wildlife Conservation Society | alpine moss and lichen inventory | 4,140 | Research |
| 2010 | Green Mountain Club | interpretive alpine signs | 1,360 | Education |
| 2010 | Appalachian Mountain Club | plant cam | 2,500 | Research |
| 2009 | Antioch University/MERE | Mt. Monadnock Stewardship Program | 5,000 | Education |
| 2009 | Adirondack Mountain Club | NEASG | 2,500 | Gathering |
| 2009 | Coastal Mountains Land Trust | interpretive signage | 1,500 | Education |
| 2009 | Dartmouth Outing Club | Beaver Brook/Mt. Moosilauke summit trail | 2,000 | Trail Work |
| 2008 | Maine Appalachian Trail Club | overall alpine program support | 2,000 | Education |
| 2008 | Adirondack Mountain Club | summit steward coordinator | 6,000 | Education |
| 2008 | Vermont Center for Ecostudies | alpine butterfly monitoring | 7,000 | Research |
| 2007 | Randolph Mountain Club | Lowe's path | 2,000 | Trailwork |
| 2007 | Acadia National Park | NEASG | 2,000 | Gathering |
| 2007 | Appalachian Mountain Club | alpine phenology | 3,000 | Research |
| 2007 | Adirondack Mountain Club | botanical steward | 4,000 | Research |
| 2006 | Adirondack Mountain Club | alpine zone signage | 1,950 | Education |
| 2006 | The Rey Center | mountain for learning, signs | 2,500 | Education |
| 2006 | Dartmouth Outing Club | alpine steward | 1,000 | Education |
| 2006 | Appalachian Trail Conference | photo monitoring | 2,134 | Research |
| 2005 | Green Mountain Club | bilingual alpine display | 1,750 | Education |
| 2005 | Dartmouth Outing Club | alpine steward | 1,250 | Education |
| 2005 | White Mountain National Forest | Welch/Dickey restoration | 2,400 | Trail Work |
| 2005 | Maine Appalachian Trail Club | alpine education | 3,000 | Education |
| 2004 | Adirondack Mountain Club | photopoint monitoring | 2,500 | Research |
| 2004 | Green Mountain Club | group outreach program | 1,000 | Education |
| 2004 | Appalachian Mountain Club | NEASG | 800 | Gathering |
| 2003 | Appalachian Mountain Club | Grafton Loop trail | 2,500 | Trail Work |
| 2003 | Dartmouth Outing Club | alpine steward | 2,500 | Education |
| 2003 | Green Mountain Club | alpine ecology program | 2,500 | Education |
| 2002 | Randolph Mountain Club | Crag Camp display | 1,200 | Education |