Events

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation's Fifth Annual Celebrating the Great Outdoors Event

The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation's fifth annual Celebrating the Great Outdoors benefit will be held at the Tudor Investment Campus in Greenwich, Connecticut on Saturday, September 20 from 6:00pm - 9:30pm. This year, we are honoring a true conservation hero, Harrison Ford, for his decades-long leadership in the environmental movement. Harrison Ford's public commitment of time, energy, and resources has brought worldwide focus to issues that face our nation's fish, wildlife, plants, and habitats.

Celebrating the Great Outdoors is a truly unique evening. This year, over 600 guests may participate in a ropes challenge course, zip line, and our very own "leap of faith" in addition to fly-casting, archery, the Big Air Dogs, an ATV obstacle course, and other exciting outdoor activities along with top competitors from ESPN's Great Outdoors Games. Afterwards, guests will enjoy cocktails, delicious BBQ, and a live auction of adventure travel packages. The evening will end with a bang - a fabulous fireworks display set to music.

Click here for sponsorship and ticket information. Or, contact Michelle Houston, Director of Special Events at (202) 857-5679, or via email: michelle.houston@nfwf.org.

Past Events

The Environmental Evaluators Network Forum
Thursday, June 12 – Friday, June 13
EPA East Headquarters
1201 Constitution Avenue NW
Washington, DC

EPA and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation co-sponsored a 2 day forum for evaluators involved with assessments of natural resource programs. The forum’s primary purpose was to initiate strategic partnerships to improve the field of environmental program evaluation. The forum will give these evaluators the opportunity to network, brainstorm the development of products for furthering the field, and obtain training in effective and innovative evaluation methodologies and practices. Environmental evaluation experts, both domestic and international, in government agencies, foundations, consulting organizations, and academia who are well poised to help foster the development of the next generation of environmental program evaluation protocols. 

Please visit the Enviornmental Evaluators Network for more information and to register.  

Celebrating the Great Outdoors
Tudor Investments Campus

Wednesday, September 26, 2007

On September 26, 2007, please join The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, ESPN Outdoors, and over 500 outdoor enthusiasts and conservation leaders to "Celebrate the Great Outdoors" in Greenwich, CT.  Your investment will support the highest wildlife conservation priorities in the nation. For further information, call James Smith, Special Events, 202-857-5679 or by email james.smith@nfwf.org. Learn more about this event.

Celebrating the Great Outdoors
Wednesday, September 27, 2006, 5:30 pm
Rumsey Playfield in New York City's Central Park
New York, NY

ESPN’s Dan Patrick will again host this jeans and boots night in Manhattan, along with personalities from ESPN Outdoors’ most popular sporting programs. Guests will enjoy great BBQ, ice cold beer, kickin’ live music and an auction featuring extraordinary adventure travel. If you’ve attended in the past, you already know what a uniquely fun evening this is. And if you haven’t yet joined us, now’s your chance!

The Environmental Evaluators Network Forum
Thursday, June 22 – Friday, June 23
EPA East Headquarters
1201 Constitution Avenue NW
Washington, DC

EPA and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation co-sponsored a 2 day forum for evaluators involved with assessments of natural resource programs. The forum’s primary purpose was to initiate strategic partnerships to improve the field of environmental program evaluation. The forum will give these evaluators the opportunity to network, brainstorm the development of products for furthering the field, and obtain training in effective and innovative evaluation methodologies and practices. Environmental evaluation experts, both domestic and international, in government agencies, foundations, consulting organizations, and academia who are well poised to help foster the development of the next generation of environmental program evaluation protocols. Individuals seeking more information should contact Matthew Birnbaum , the Foundation’s Conservation Science Officer for Evaluation. Matt can be reached at Matthew.Birnbaum@nfwf.org.

Puerto Rican Parrot Aviary and Recovery Effort
Thursday, May 25, 2006
El Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico
San Juan, Puerto Rico

The Board of Directors of Herencia and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation hosted event on Thursday, May 25th, 2006 at seven o'clock in the evening at El Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico. The event supported the Puerto Rican Parrot Aviary and Recovery Effort.

2006 Texas Legends Event
Thursday, May 18, 2006
The San Antonio Zoo
San Antonio, Texas

The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation honored the Caesar Kleberg legacy, including the Caesar Kleberg Foundation for Wildlife Conservation and the Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute with the 2006 Texas Legends Award on May 18, 2006 at the San Antonio Zoo. This event took place to support the Foundation’s multi-million dollar investment in protecting critical wildlife and habitat in Texas and throughout the nation.

The Nature Restoration Trust Symposium
Tuesday, May 9, 2006
PG&E Corporate Campus
San Ramon, California

The symposium featured a morning presentation of the findings of a programmatic evaluation of projects funded through the Nature Restoration Trust. Training to improve technical capacity was provided in the afternoon and a discussion ocurred regarding a new web portal tied into the Foundation’s website for fostering virtual networking among grantees and other members of the conservation community.

More Fish Atlanta
Thursday, April 20, 2006
Georgia Aquarium
Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta’s second National Fish and Wildlife Foundation VIP event was held at the newly opened Georgia Aquarium. In 2003 we honored President Jimmy Carter with our Chairman’s Award at the Carter Center. This spring we honored philanthropist R.E. Turner with the 2006 Chairman’s Award, James C. Kennedy, with the 2006 NGO Innovation Award, and Toyota, with the 2006 Track-Maker Award for their remarkable conservation achievements on the evening of Thursday, April 20th, 2006.