2024 Impact
Taken together, programs like #TSNwebcasts, #TSNgloves, #TSNspring, #TSNevents, and #TSNjobs have reached stewards across 36 US states and two Canadian provinces in 2024.
Our Spring Challenge program this year had incredible impact, with over 13,000 participants nationwide and more than 58,000 hours of diverse stewardship activities reported – that’s the equivalent of nearly $2 million in work-hour value poured into local ecosystems.
Our Gloves for Good program has now delivered more than 37,000 pairs of lightly-used work gloves to nature’s caretakers, saving recipient organizations over $56,000 and spreading our positive impact across new partners and areas like Sky Islands Alliance (Tuscon, AZ) and the Venture Unknown Foundation (Anderson, SC).
We worked with our partners this spring to deliver 50,000 free hazelnut seedlings to sequester carbon, filter nutrients, and provide food across Michigan and Ohio.
TSN helped our Member Communities secure over $2,000,000 in funding in 2024, which will amplify their vital work for years to come.
In partnership with the California Natural Resources Agency and the Resources Legacy Fund, TSN was proud to help 70 Indigenous leaders, tribal members, and representatives from under-resourced organizations attend state-level stewardship meetings, deeply enriching those gatherings.
- OTHER GOOD NEWS:
- In January, we joyously returned to The Kellogg Events Center in East Lansing, MI for our first in-person TSN Conference since COVID sent us to a virtual format. Attendance matched pre-pandemic levels and it felt like we’d never left.
- TSN was delighted to have been featured as Zingerman’s Nonprofit Spotlight organization for May 2024.
TSN Member Community Highlights
In total, our 20+ vibrant and diverse TSN Member Communities engaged with over 600 partner groups across roughly 213,000 square miles of local ecosystem service area. The support TSN gives to each of these groups is as unique as they are, but we stand in awe of everything they’ve accomplished this year.
Healthier Ecosystems
Our groups had remarkable local impact in the management of invasive species, including BCK CISMA’s work to survey over 10,000 acres for mile-a-minute weed, Lake St. Clair CISMA’s vigilance against European frog-bit and water primrose, and CAKE CISMA’s perennial efforts on Bear Island against garlic mustard showing tremendous year-over-year success.
Expanded Reach
We welcomed two new Member Communities to our network, extending TSN’s reach into the Pacific Northwest and the East Coast with Columbia River Gorge Stewardship Network and Greater Baltimore Wilderness Coalition.
Stronger Connections
Both Central Wisconsin Invasives Partnership and Lake St. Clair CISMA put tremendous time and energy back into their communities, educating hundreds of adults and children about invasive species specifically and the value of stewardship in general.
Greater Capacity
South Central Invasives Partnership secured grant funding to bolster their outreach and education efforts, while Greater Baltimore Wilderness Coalition was awarded major project funding through The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to help restore the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
- The Great Lakes Islands Alliance just recently completed their 2024 Summit with an exciting mix of reliable supporters and new faces in attendance. Looking ahead, the GLIA Steering Committee has announced that the next Summit will take place on Beaver Island in Northern Lake Michigan in the fall of 2025.
- C.A.K.E. CISMA underwent a profound organizational rebuilding to position themselves for even greater impact in 2025, while California Landscape Stewardship Network unveiled and began to implement their 2024-2026 strategic roadmap.
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