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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Discovering Our Urban Wildlife Refuges (MN) | Wilderness Inquiry | The majority of activities will take place on the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge, with a few off-site to increase visibility. The restoration project is located in Bloomington, MN at the terminus of Old Cedar Avenue and Long Meadow Lake (Old Cedar Avenue Bridge area). | $29,971.92 |
| 2016 | Park Restoration through Invasive Plant Management in the Mystic River Watershed (MA) | Mystic River Watershed Association, Inc. | The project is located in the Mystic River Reservation, Middlesex County, MA. This land is owned by the MA-DCR and includes Torbert MacDonald Park, Medford. This 66-acre riverside park includes upland forest, wetlands, open lawns and paths, surrounded by dense commercial and residential development. | $49,974.79 |
| 2016 | Cumberland Plateau Tennessee Working Woodlands | The Nature Conservancy | Large Tract (approximately 2,000 acres and above) Private Lands in the Cumberland Plateau, Tennessee | $99,999.74 |
| 2016 | Next Generation Commercial Fishing Crew Apprenticeship Program (RI) | East Farm Commercial Fisheries Center | Narragansett and South Kingstown, Rhode Island | $96,589.00 |
| 2016 | Middle Rio Grande Pilot Water Transactions (NM) | National Audubon Society, Inc. | Upper Rio Chama: lease of pre-1907 agricultural water rights. Middle Rio Grande: lease of pre-1907 agricultural water rights, purchase of pueblo water, for environmental use in the Middle Rio Grande. |
$21,500.00 |
| 2016 | Longleaf Restoration on Coosa Wildlife Management Area and Surrounding Areas (AL) | American Forest Foundation | The Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources will site prep and plant 700 acres of longleaf pine on the Coosa WMA near the border of Coosa and Chilton Counties. | $93,554.54 |
| 2016 | Wetland Restoration in Southern Sodus Coastal Wetlands (NY) | The Nature Conservancy | Southern Sodus Wetlands in Wayne County, New York | $140,708.95 |
| 2016 | Building Capacity to Empower Virginia Women Landowners for Conservation | Dana York DBA Green Earth Connection | In 2015, Learning Circles were held in Augusta, Fauquier and Dinwiddie counties with landowners representing more then 10 different Virginia counties, including Clarke, Culpepper, Fairfax, Loudoun, Rapahannock, Orange, and Rockingham. | $50,000.00 |
| 2016 | Groundwork New Orleans Green Infrastructure Skills Training Program (LA) | Groundwork New Orleans | New Orleans/ Jean Lafitte National Park sites such as French Quarter Visitors Center, Barataria Preserve and Chalmette Battlefield. | $59,999.47 |
| 2016 | Restoring Monarch Butterfly Habitat in the Anoka Sandplain and Twin Cities Metro (MN) | Great River Greening | The project area includes the Anoka Sandplain ecoregion and adjacent areas within the Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area within eastcentral Minnesota. Counties: Morrison, Stearns, Benton, Sherburne, Isanti, Chisago, Wright, Hennepin, Anoka, Ramsey, Washington, Carver, Scott, Dakota. | $110,916.30 |