From 1985 - 2003 the Commission solicited a wide range of grant proposals in the areas of:

• Environmental Protection and Conservation
• Planning and Studies
• Recreation
• Research
• Resource Management
• Wilderness
• Wildlife

through a grants application process.

In 2004  the Commission contracted for needs assessments in the areas of

• Education and Interpretation
• Recreation
• Land Management
• Conservation Biology

The assessments were completed in 2005 and can be downloaded from the page of the same name.

2006/7 Awards:

National Park Service:

• Hozameen Interpretive Program ($14,700)
• Ross Lake Riparian Habitat Creation ($12,400)
• Cheatgrass Mapping ($7,700)
• Bulletin Boards ($5,200)
• Visitor Data Analysis ($6,390)
• Propagation Techniques for Pinegrass ($6,400)
• Mitigation of Human Impact on Cat Island ($12,375)
• Hozameen Interpretive Shelter ($52,500)

Hozameen Interpretive Shelter (August 2006).

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British Columbia Ministry of the Environment:

• Interpretation Program ($22,000-CAN)
• Chittenden Meadows Burn ($10,000-CAN)
• Rare Species Plant inventory ($5,000 -CAN)
• Bear Pole Project ($20,000-CAN)
• Information Shelter for Lightning Lakes ($20,000-CAN)
• Rare Species Invertebrate Inventory ($10,000-CAN)

North Cascades Institute:

• Mountain School ($40,000)
• Educational Outreach into Canada ($40,000)

Student Conservation Association:

• 2006 Canada-US Conservation Crew ($27,097)

SEEC has contracted for the following projects in the area of transboundary ecosystem management:

• "Conference on High Altitude Archaelogy" Kitty Burnick ($15,000)
• "Juvenile Char Population and Temperature Monitoring"  BC Ministry of Environment ($50,000)
• "British Columbia Grizzly  Bear Outreach Project" Conservation Partnership Center ($20,000)