About
The Colby Foundation provides grants and underwrites research.
Grants
and contracts for invasive species management are made to other not-for-profit scientific research and organizations with expertise in combating Eurasian
Water Milfoil, Variable Leaf Milfoil, Curly Pond Weed and other aquatic
invasives. Grant and underwriting
recipients include Paul Smith’s Adirondack Watershed Institute and other
scientific institutions serving the Adirondacks.
The Colby Foundation also underwrites the fees needed to support
volunteer efforts that test water for pollutants, both inorganic and
organic, in cooperation with organizations like the Adirondack Lake
Assessment Program and the New York State Federation of Lake
Associations.
The Colby Foundation underwrites the production and distribution of
educational materials on water quality and invasive species prevention.
These materials are provided at no cost to lake associations and
to users of public boat launch sites.
The Colby Foundation also offers lectures to interested watershed
management groups by organizing expert volunteers and by working in
cooperation with the Adirondack Park Invasive Plant Program, lake
associations, and other watershed management groups fighting invasive
aquatic plants.
Colby Foundation funding comes primarily from grants made by public
grant-making organizations
dedicated to management of invasive species, such as the Lake Champlain
Basin Program, the State of New York Department of Environmental
Conservation, and local municipalities.
Donations are accepted from other charitable organizations and
private donors