​NFWF’s partnership with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) supports innovative, large-scale nutrient and sediment reduction efforts, as well as community-based watershed restoration. Since 1998, NFWF grant programs sponsored by the agency have awarded approximately 1,400 grants, leveraging $79 million in EPA funds into more than $225.4 million for restoration projects benefiting our nation’s water quality. In FY2011, NFWF leveraged $18 million in EPA funds into more than $40.4 million through the Chesapeake Bay Stewardship Fund, the Sustain Our Great Lakes program (in partnership with FWS), the Long Island Sound Futures Fund and the Five-Star Restoration program.