ENVIRONMENT & RECREATION
OREGON NATURAL DESERT ASSOCIATION
Total: $50,000+
NewSun awarded funding in 2020 and 2024 to support ONDA’s Tribal Stewards program supporting tribal youth to work on restoration and stewardship projects across ancestral lands in central and eastern Oregon. We also awarded a matching grant the Pine and Robinson Creek River Restoration project.
RIOS TO RIVERS: PADDLE TRIBLAL WATERS
Total: $25,000
Seed funding to help launch the “Paddle Tribal Waters” initiative. The program is focused on teaching a group of Indigenous youth how to whitewater kayak in hopes of becoming the first people to ascend the Klamath River after the completion of the largest dam removal project in US history.
CENTRAL OREGON AVALANCHE CENTER
Total: $24,000
The Moon Mountain Weather Station, adjacent to the popular Tumalo Mountain backcountry terrain, provides weather data used to publish avalanche forecasts. The data is also available to state and federal agencies responsible for assessing fire danger and creating weather forecasts. Additional funding awarded for avalanche forecasting during the 2023/2024 winter season.
THE CONSERVATION ALLIANCE
Total: $32,000
The Conservation Alliance’s land and water conservation grant program focuses on protecting wildlife habitat and recreation access.
CENTRAL OREGON TRAIL ALLIANCE
Total: $20,000
Barnes Butte trail maintenance near Prineville; Crook County "Welcome to Central Oregon Trails” outreach; and funding for the pump tack at Phil’s Trails near Bend, OR.
All Environment / Recreation Donations
2024
Central Oregon Trail Alliance
Central Oregon Avalanche Center
Oregon Natural Desert Association
2023
Central Oregon Avalanche Center
Central Oregon Trail Alliance
Oregon Natural Desert Association
The Conservation Alliance
2016-2022
Central Oregon Avalanche Center
Central Oregon Trail Alliance
Oregon Natural Desert Association
Rios to Rivers
The Conservation Alliance
Trans Cascadia