GLOBAL JUSTICE ECOLOGY PROJECT INC

COMMUNITY LAND AND WATER COALITION, INC. - In March 2025, Save the Pine Barrens, Inc. changed its name to Community Land and Water Coalition, Inc. (CLWC), expanding its grassroots network to engage the public in land use planning to protect land and water resources and to inform residents about municipal hearings and permitting processes. CLWC prioritized Environmental Justice by supporting underserved communities in Southeastern Massachusettsincluding Carver, Wareham, Halifax, and Plymouthimpacted by sand mining, and strengthened Indigenous partnerships through Board member Linda Coombs of the Aquinnah Wampanoag Tribe, collaborating with Herring Pond Wampanoag Tribe, Inc. on outreach, public comments, and advocacy to protect Indigenous historic sites. The organization provided advocacy, research, and organizing support regarding the Plymouth Municipal Airport expansion, helping residents establish a Citizens Advisory Committee to increase transparency and accountability. CLWC expanded media and digital engagement by launching a new website (CommunityLandandWater.org), growing its newsletter list by 75% to 3,515 subscribers, producing podcasts, and circulating petitions through Action Network. Advocacy efforts included challenging mining and wetlands permits, providing expert testimony and legal support to ten resident groups in administrative hearings, continuing an appeal in a citizen suit addressing environmental damage, issuing enforcement demand letters, and using zoning laws to oppose a sand mine in Plymouth. CLWC also produced fact sheets on sand mining and conducted public education and municipal engagement, while expending no funds to influence legislation under IRC Section 501(c)(3) and operating without collecting funds or donations beyond support provided by GJEP.

STANDING TREES - At the federal level, Standing Trees worked to ensure that US Forest Service logging projects in the Green and White Mountain National Forests adhered to federal laws by submitting technical comments, recruiting news stories, educating the public and elected officials, and filing litigation. Standing Trees also worked with partners across the US to shape the implementation of Executive Order 14072, which directed the US Forest Service to inventory mature and old-growth forests on federal lands and develop policies to conserve those forests. At the state and local levels, Standing Trees submitted technical comments, recruited news stories, and educated the public and elected officials about the dangers of biomass electricity, as well as opportunities for improving long range management planning for state lands. Standing Trees also helped to implement Act 59, a new Vermont law that sets ambitious goals for land conservation in the state, and worked on a new law that would establish a statutory designation for state-managed "wildlands," off limits to timber harvest and road building.