Site Preservation Grants
- Mount Sentinel Native Grassland Restoration,
U. of Montana HG and PG Club. Brian Steubs, of the University of Montana, was awarded $820 toward the restoration of native grasslands on the face of Mt. Sentinel in Missoula, MT. - Kirkridge Access Project, Watergap HG Club. The Watergap Hang Gliding Club was awarded a matching grant for $1823 toward the Club’s required portion of funds needed to support a road on the top of Kirkridge in Stewartsville, NJ.
- Snow King Launch Improvement, Jackson Hole Free Flight Club. Kevin and Melanie Pfister of the Jackson Hole Free Flight Club were awarded $787 to conduct launch improvement work at the Jackson Hole, Snow King Launch Site.
- Bidwell Park Environmental Review,Town of Chico, CA. In conjunction with Jon Stallman’s efforts, the town of Chico, CA, was awarded a grant of $1500 towards efforts to conduct an environmental review of the Bidwell Park Site. This is part of a larger effort to preserve the site and remove references to paragliding from restrictive city ordinances.
- Lake Elsinor Legal Assistance Fund,Lake Elsinor Hang Gliding Club. This was a third part of an ongoing effort over the past few years to assist the well known Lake Elsinore Hang Gliding Club raise addidtional site preservation funds of amount of $3121. This endoses the clubs strong efforts continue trying to support the site for future use.
- The Dunlap Flight Park Improvement Project,
Bay Area Paragliding Assoc. A grant award of $2650 was made to the Dunlap CA site for overall improvement of the site for Paragliding. This was done in assistance with much help from the Bay Area Paragliding Assoc. - Mingus Mt. Paragliding Launch Improvements,
Arizona Hang Gliding Association. Mingus Mountain in Arizona was helped with a matching grant of $8000 to complete a launch preservation project and develop the site appropriately to accomodate paragiding. This was coodingated thru Hal Haden and the Arizona Hang Gliding. Assoc.
Safety & Education Grants
- Adaptive Paragliding Training Protocol and Development Grant, Utah Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association. In conjunction with Mark Gaskill of the Utah Hang Gliding and Paragliding Assoc., a grant for $3402 was given to support the overall goal of developing and testing a formal paragliding and hang gliding instructional protocol for student pilots with various disabilities.
Competition Grants
- A matching grant of $1,616 to the US Women’s Hang Gliding World Team for entry fee’s alone.
- A matching grant of $780 to the US Hang Gliding World Team Comp for entry fees alone.
