Restoration Narratives
NEW FROM THE NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE
FOUNDATION
The 21st century will be the century of
restoration.
—Stephen Ambrose, historian and author
The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) is pleased
to send you Restoration Narratives, a story-filled, six-year progress
report on the Washington State Community Salmon Fund Grant Program.
In 2000, NFWF launched the program to support local efforts in
protecting, enhancing and restoring salmon habitat. The Community Salmon
Fund (CSF) is an innovative collaboration with landowners, businesses
and community groups committed to local conservation across the state.
As it has progressed, the program has grown to include co-funding
partnerships with King County, Pierce County and the Washington State
Salmon Recovery Funding Board, along with many others.
In the past 6 years, CSF has invested $47 million from NFWF and our
partners, awarding 284 grants for community-based salmon recovery
efforts. Over 20,000 local volunteers worked on projects that improved
fish passage and habitat on more than 1,000 miles of streams, rivers and
marine shorelines; with their help some 30,000 acres of complex
ecosystems have been restored. Restoration Narratives captures a sense
of these tangible outcomes, and celebrates the successes and the ongoing
commitments of state and federal agencies, local governments, community
groups and remarkable individuals.
NFWF teamed with NarrativeLab to create the publication, which was
made possible by a generous community support grant from the Boeing
Corporation. A pdf of the report is available at
www.nfwf.org/narratives.
If you would like more information about NFWF and/or the Community
Salmon Fund, please contact Cara Rose, Assistant Director, National Fish
and Wildlife Foundation - Western Partnership Office at cara.rose@nfwf.org. For information
about applying to the next round of CSF grants in your area, please
contact Brian Ferrasci-O'Malley, Associate, Evergreen Funding
Consultants at bferrasci-omalley@evergreenfc.com.
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