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
2009 Thornton River Dam Removal (VA) Trout Unlimited, Inc. The project site is approximately 1 km downstream of the confluence of the North Fork and South Fork of the Thornton River on the main stem Thornton River, in Sperryville, VA. $72,933.00
2009 Upper Potomac Watershed Farm Stewardship II (MD, PA, WV) Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Inc. Antietam Creek & Monocacy River, Carroll & Frederick Counties, MD; Antietam Creek, Franklin Co., PA; South Branch of Potomac River, Pendleton Co., WV; & Opequon Creek & Elks Run, Jefferson Co., WV. $100,000.00
2009 Kirwan Creek Watershed Management Plan Implementation (MD) Queen Anne's County Kirwan & Goodhands Creeks are situated on Kent Island, draining to Prospect Bay along Maryland's Eastern Shore.
Queen Anne's County - Chester, Maryland
Long/Lat -76.2730/38.9571
Kent Narrows 12-dig
$170,000.00
2009 Marine Debris and Contaminant Exposure to Aquatic Life University of Maryland, Baltimore County Field collection of marine debris will be done in the Baltimore-Washington D.C. metropolitan area, in urbanized watersheds and at outlets to Chesapeake Bay. UMBC is centrally located in this region. $59,706.98
2009 Tributary Water Conservation in Idaho - VIII Idaho Department of Water Resources Upper Salmon River Basin - from the headwaters to the confluence with the North Fork Salmon River. $191,747.14
2009 Outdoor Education and Guide Training for Rural Alaskans Origin Institute Wild lands in rural Alaska. We have worked primarily working in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge. $10,000.00
2009 Pulling Together to Eradicate Common Crupina (WA) - IV Washington State North shore of Lake Chelan, in the Lake Chelan Sawtooth Wilderness, Chelan County, Washington. U.S. Forest Service and private land. $25,133.52
2009 American Oystercatcher Conservation (NJ) Rutgers University Foundation Inlets and barrier island beaches along the southern New Jersey coast (Ocean, Atlantic and Cape May counties) including the J. Cousteau NERR, the Forsythe NWR, and several state WMA and Parks $69,929.36
2009 The Birder's Conservation Commitment and Footprint Environment for the Americas The project may be implemented at any International Migratory Bird Day event. Events have been held in every state and on private, local, state, and federal lands, including zoos, parks, and refuges. $53,215.00
2009 Preserving the Native Grasslands of the Prairie Coteau The Nature Conservancy The Prairie Coteau is a long, wide plateau beginning in extreme southeast North Dakota, extending south through eastern South Dakota and terminating in southwestern Minnesota. $450,000.00