OUR SERVICES
We have secured
$300,000+ in grants for non-profits
Grant Writing and Project Design
Laguna Madre Environmental Consulting can help your organization design the right program that will get the results you are looking for. We will work with your organization to set clear goals, manageable and realistic deliverables, and a budget that will work for your organization. Nicole Ekstrom has over 15 years of experience writing grants and has secured $300,000+ in funding for non-profit organizations. She has a 75+% grant acquisition rate. Click here to see a summary of the grants she has received for non-profit organizations over the years.
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Grant Management
Let Laguna Madre Environmental Consulting help you with managing current or upcoming grants! We have extensive experience managing grants ranging from federal, state, and foundation grants. We will work with your organization to manage your grant so that you can meet grant deliverables, submit required grant reports on time, and accurately track grant budgets.
​Environmental Reports
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Laguna Madre Environmental Consulting can assist your organization with environmental reporting. Below are some reports Founder and CEO Nicole Ekstrom has authored and co-authored:
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Palos Verdes Reef Restoration Project – CEQA/NEPA Reports/Environmental Impact Report- Coastal Environments
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San Dieguito Wetlands – Del Mar Beach Profile Reports – Coastal Environments
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Coastal Heritage Preserve Long Term Prospectus Habitat Management and Public Access Plan– Artist Boat
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Coastal Heritage Preserve Long Term Maintenance and Habitat Management Plan for the Mitigation Preservation Area – Artist Boat
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Coastal Heritage Preserve Baseline Inventory Protocol – Artist Boat
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Coastal Heritage Preserve Habitat Management Plan – Artist Boat
Environmental Education
Program Design
We can assist you with designing and implementing and environmental education program that fits your curriculum needs. Nicole Ekstrom has authored and co-authored
the following environmental education programs:
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Coastal Waters Institute Teacher Professional Development 5-day Workshop – Artist Boat
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Coastal Impacts Technology Program Watershed Education Training (WET) Workshop – Artist Boat
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Environmental Curriculum Integrating Science, Math, and Art for the Galveston Bay Watershed, 220 pp. – Artist Boat
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Environmental Curriculum Integrating Science, Math, and Art for the Costal Bend & Bays Watershed, 232 pp. – Artist Boat
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Learning About Non-Point Source Pollution and Best Management Practices – Artist Boat
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Changing Circumstances: Through the Lens of the Gulf of Mexico: An Eco-Creative Curriculum Literacy Through Photography at Fotofest – Artist Boat
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Family Fish Camps at the Bahia Grande Unit of the Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge – Friends of Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge
Coastal Habitat Restoration
Nicole has found funding for and/or directly managed the restoration of close to
40 acres
Laguna Madre Environmental Consulting’s Founder and CEO Nicole Ekstrom has extensive experience with restoring coastal habitats, ranging from sand dunes, coastal prairie, and salt marsh. We can assist with plant selection, restoration site design, and provide techniques to make plantings successful. We can also assist with butterfly garden or native plant demonstration project designs.
of coastal habitats on the Texas coast