Grants Library
The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation supports vital conservation projects across the United States and its territories. Please search our grants library for additional information on individual grants.
| Year | Name | Organization | Location | Award Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Phase 2: Data Driven BMP Implementation in the UNT Mill Creek Watershed, Upper Leacock Township, Lancaster County, PA (PA) | Lancaster Farmland Trust | The project will take place in the UNT Mill Creek in Upper Leacock Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. | $198,920.00 |
| 2015 | Constructing an Interactive Nature Discovery Area at Rice Lake National Wildlife Refuge (MN) | Friends of Rice Lake Refuge, Inc. | Several locations within Rice Lake National Wildlife Refuge, McGregor, MN. Construct interpretive habitat/pollinator garden at refuge visitor center, provide nature learning elements at Mandy Lake for a Children's Discovery Area, and construct photo blind at Rice River South Trail. | $0.00 |
| 2015 | Iron-Enhanced Sand Filter to Accelerate Phosphorous Removal in Stormwater (MD) | Carroll County Government - Bureau of Resource Management | The enhanced filter will be implemented and tested at the Carroll County Maintenance Center in Westminster, MD. The site, 94% industrial drainage, flows to the Double Pipe Creek watershed. Coordinates: 39.613451, -77.00573. | $351,867.26 |
| 2015 | Planting for Clean Water Program (NY) | Nassau County Soil and Water Conservation District | Village of Bayville, Village of Centre Island, Cedarmere Preserve, Rosyln, New York | $34,513.50 |
| 2015 | Graze Kickapoo (WI) | Winrock International Institute of Agriculture Development | The Kickapoo River Watershed is both a Mississippi River Basin Healthy Watersheds Initiative and Driftless Area Initiative priority. Dramatic slopes, world-class trout streams, conservation and dairying history, strong organizations and nearby markets will help it be a model watershed for grazing. | $199,890.38 |
| 2015 | Harris Creek Watershed Trees for Public Health (MD) | Baltimore Tree Trust | This project is located within the Harris Creek watershed in Baltimore City in the Ellwood Park, Madison Eastend, Milton-Monfrot neighborhoods. This is a highly urban location that is covered by impervious surface on approximately 90% of the targeted area. | $199,916.68 |
| 2015 | Farmer-led Water Quality and Farm Sustainability Initiative (WI) | Clean Lakes Alliance | Our project is located in the Rock River Basin within the larger Upper Mississippi River Basin with a specific focus on the Yahara Watershed (Wisconsin, U.S.). Over 60% of the Rock River Basin is made up of agricultural land, meaning the decisions we make as farmers are crucial to the water quality. | $65,000.00 |
| 2015 | Montana Rangelands Partnership: Providing the Technical Expertise for Whole Ranch Planning and Rangeland Monitoring to Protect and Enhance Montana's Rangelands | Soil and Water Conservation Districts of Montana, Inc. | One technician serving Phillips, Valley, and McCone Counties, MT. Additional project locations considered if resources allow. | $332,992.36 |
| 2015 | Lahontan Cutthroat Trout Conservation Work (CA,NV,OR) | Trout Unlimited, Inc. | Specific projects in West Walker River headwaters, CA and Independence Lake, part of Truckee River system in CA; range-wide projects relevant to range-wide field crew and TU staff may fall anywhere in the LCT range (CA, OR, NV) as determined by Steering Committee each year | $235,600.18 |
| 2015 | Farallon National Wildlife Refuge Invasive House Mouse Eradication: Environmental Compliance (CA) | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge Complex | The South Farallon Islands are within the Farallon National Wildlife Refuge, located at 37.7 degrees N, 123.0 degrees W, 27 miles west of San Francisco, California. These small, rocky, rugged islands have a total area of about 120 acres and a high point of about 350 feet above sea level. | $170,000.00 |