Wildlife and Habitat Conservation

The Wildlife & Habitat Keystone addresses conservation needs for mammals, reptiles, amphibians, invertebrates, and plants, as well as landscape-level and issue-based conservation. Our goal in the Wildlife & Habitat Keystone is to find the best conservation investments, fund the best solutions, and deliver measurable results for wildlife. Under this mission statement, we have selected Initiatives that are focused on making a measureable impact on specific species and their habitats. Individual initiatives are listed at the right but are focused under three themes that we believe are critical for wildlife in America.

Wildlife and Habitat Funding Reports In its 25 year history, the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation has made more than $640 million in investments through more than 10,000 grants to more than 3,000 organizations and agencies in the United States and throughout the world. View visual data reports of Wildlife and Habitat Funding.

Imperiled Wildlife Species
Between 10-20 percent of North America's wildlife and plant diversity is in trouble and we are faced with the real risk that many of these species will go extinct in the next 100 years. The Foundation is dedicating a significant portion of its resources to reverse the decline and improve the status of selected species and their habitats. The Foundation is focusing resources on imperiled species and habitats that are a high priority for state or federal agencies and for which we believe our investment can make a measureable impact on wildlife resources that are of national importance.

Wildlife Movement and Migration
All across the Earth, the movement and migrations of wildlife are a part of our planet's pulse. Movement is essential for the survival of many of these species, but that movement is endangered in many parts of the globe and here in the U.S. The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation will focus a significant portion of our grant-making to maintain and enhance the movement opportunities that are essential to the survival of some of our most precious wildlife.

Climate Change and Adaptation
Climate change will affect our wildlife populations with many experts agreeing it will dramatically increase rates of wildlife extinctions as conditions shift, literally beneath the feet of our wildlife and native plants. While others are working to stabilize and reduce the volume of greenhouse gas emissions that are causing these changes, the Foundation is committed to supporting efforts to help America and our wildlife adapt to changing climate conditions across the landscape. In addition, innovations in renewable energy development offer new opportunities to create valuable environmental services from native habitat. Those added values create additional market incentives to keep habitat in place and improve conditions for the wildlife that depend upon it.

Grant Cycles

Preproposal: April 1, 2010
Full Proposal: June 1, 2010
Notification: November 30, 2010

Preproposal: September 1, 2010
Full Proposal: November 1, 2010
Notification: March 31, 2011

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