Pàah Áama connects Native youth in California’s Klamath Basin to their ancestral waterways. Using paddling as a restorative activity and an entry point to activism, the group is preparing participants to paddle the undammed Klamath River from source to sea.

With Rose funding, BCPP developed the Non-Toxic Black Beauty Project, a website with a database of safe, Black-owned beauty brands and a Red List of harmful chemicals. Over 140,000 individuals have downloaded the application.

Antiquated water policies and climate change threaten nearly half of Oregon’s Columbia Basin cold water habitats. Rose grantee WaterWatch of Oregon secures legal protections for tributaries, safeguarding cold water inputs and enhancing climate resilience.

A Community Voice used its Rose grant to unite residents and politicians for the Blight to Bioswales project, which works with New Orleans' most vulnerable residents, to develop plans to install bioswales and rain gardens for impending floods that disproportionately impact their neighborhoods.