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 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 Southern Indiana Early Detection and Rapid Response for Invasive Species Southern Indiana Cooperative Weed Management Area, Inc. Covers 37 counties of Southern Indiana Cooperative Weed Management Area - the southern third of Indiana. Includes 200,000+ acres of public land and much of Indiana's public and private forestland. $53,856.87
2009 Interpretive Panel and Trail Signage Improvement (SD) Friends of Maga Ta-Hohpi Environmental Center Maga Ta-Hohpi (meaning Duck's Nest in the Sioux language) WPA encompasses 2,200 acres of land located 8 miles west of Huron on U.S. Hwy 14. It is managed by the USFWS. $4,899.00
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
2009 Native Fish Conservation in the Colorado River Basin Trout Unlimited, Inc. This proposal targets Phase I, the Upper Colorado River Basin. This includes those portions of the river basin upstream of Lake Powell: Green, upper Colorado, Yampa, White, Gunnison, Dolores et al. $96,000.00
2009 Low-Impact Stormwater Management at the Science Museum of Virginia Science Museum of Virginia Foundation Fronting a major urban corridor, the Science Museum is near many water regulatory agencies and at the top of the sewershed for Shockoe Creek, a CSO watershed in the City. $700,000.00