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ASF Announces Spring 2023 Grant Awards

  The Board of Directors of the Appalachian Stewardship Foundation is pleased to announce the grant recipients of the Spring 2023 round of granting.   Appalachian Mountain Advocates,  Lewisburg, West Virginia  $50,000 to support the Energy Accountability Project    Downstream Strategies, Morgantown, West Virginia $50,000 to support Microgrids in Small Towns in West Virginia   […]

ASF Response to January 16th, 2020 Dominion Post Article

In response to a recent article that appeared in the Dominion Post on January 16, 2020, the Appalachian Stewardship Foundation (ASF) would like to correct several inaccuracies. ASF is an independent 501(c)3 grantmaking foundation.  ASF activities are funded in the amount of $500,000 per year through 2021, and $300,000 thereafter by the terms of a settlement […]

ASF Announces Fall 2019 Grant Awards

The Board Of the Appalachian Stewardship Foundation is pleased to announce the recipients of our Fall 2019 round of funding.   Allegheny-Blue Ridge Alliance, Monterey, Virginia  $25,000 to support the Compliance Surveillance Initiative   WVU Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Design, Morgantown, West Virginia  $24,620 to support WV Climate Link   Wild Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia  $20,000 […]

ASF Announces Spring 2019 Grant Awards

The Board Of the Appalachian Stewardship Foundation is pleased to announce the recipients of our Spring 2019 round of funding.   Canaan Valley Institute, Davis, West Virginia  $38,347 to support Beaver Creek Restoration   Green Forests Work, Lexington, Kentucky  $60,000 to support restoration of the Mower Tract, Cheat Mountain WV   Appalachian Mountain Advocates, Lewisburg, West Virginia […]

ASF Announces Fall 2018 Grant Awards

      The Board Of the Appalachian Stewardship Foundation is pleased to announce the recipients of our Fall 2018 round of funding. West Virginia University, Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resource and Design, Morgantown, West Virginia  $41,074 to support Innovative Climate Change Science Education   Marshall University Sustainability Department, Huntington, West Virginia   $30,000 to support an […]

ASF Announces Spring 2018 Grant Awards

The Board Of the Appalachian Stewardship Foundation is pleased to announce the recipients of our Spring 2018 round of funding.   West Virginia Water Research Institute, Morgantown, West Virginia $34,437 to supportResearch into Macroinvertebrate Rebound in Treated AMD Tributaries in WV   Appalachian Mountain Advocates, Lewisburg, West Virginia   $25,000 to support the Energy Accountability […]

ASF highlighted in Climate change Workgroup blog

ASF Board member Larry Harris was recently featured in Trout Unlimited’s Climate Change Blog.  To read the piece click here.  

ASF Announces Fall 2017 Grant Awards

The Board Of the Appalachian Stewardship Foundation is pleased to announce the recipients of our Fall 2017 round of funding.   The Nature Conservancy, Elkins, West Virginia  $50,000 to support Allegheny Front Red Spruce Forest Restoration    Potomac Valley Audubon Society, Shepherdstown, West Virginia   $24,700 to support Bringing Solar to the Cold Spring Preserve    […]

Upcoming Energy Conference Co-hosted by ASF and WVU College of Law

The Emerging Energy Economy for West Virginia October 20, 2017  |  WVU College of Law Event Hall The energy industry in the U.S. is undergoing a significant transformation. Utilities are responding to the changing economics of electricity production and to the demands of their largest customers for a low-cost energy supply. Consumers, the environmental community, and […]

ASF Announces Spring 2017 Grant Awards

The Board Of the Appalachian Stewardship Foundation is pleased to announce the recipients of our Spring 2017 round of funding. Canaan Valley Institute, Davis, West Virginia  $35,044 to support Lambert Northeast Abandoned Mine Land  Restoration    West Virginia Water Research Institute, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia   $32,500 to support Swamp Run #2 Acid Mine Drainage Passive […]