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
2017 Invasive Lionfish Control and Management in the Coral Reef Systems of Southeast Florida Fish & Wildlife Foundation of Florida, Inc. Florida Keys north to Boynton Inlet, Southeast Florida $89,500.00
2017 Addressing Conservation-critical Information Needs of the Aleutian Tern in Western Alaska (AK) Alaska Department of Fish and Game Dillingham and Platinum, Western Alaska $75,000.00
2017 Centennial Volunteers Network Restoration along the Chicago River (IL) Friends of the Forest Preserves The project will occur on public land at nine sites entrusted to the oversight by the Forest Preserve District of Cook County: River Oaks, Whistler, Kickapoo, Beaubien, LaBagh, Forest Glen, Blue Star, Clayton Smith and Linne (new) forest preserves. $110,398.23
2017 Friends of Tennessee National Wildlife Refuge Peer-to-peer Workshop Friends of Tennessee National Wildlife Refuge, Inc. This project will take place at the Paris Landing State Park, Buchanan, Tennessee, on the Kentucky Lake of the Tennessee River system in Henry County, 17 miles east of the county seat Paris, Tennessee, in the western portion of Tennessee. $14,984.69
2017 Phillips Mill Fish Passage Project (NY) Save the Sound, Inc. Nissequogue River, Town of Smithtown, New York $99,999.32
2017 Wolf Lake Native Prairie Restoration and Public Use Enhancement (IL) Illinois Conservation Foundation Wolf Lake is located in Cook County at William W. Powers State Recreation Area,12949 S. Avenue O, Chicago, IL 60633 near the southeast Chicago community of Hegewisch. $165,599.13
2017 Assessing the Impacts of Noise Exposure on Southern Resident Killer Whale Foraging Efficiency (WA) Oceans Initiative San Juan Islands and Haro Strait, Washington $144,408.23
2017 The Promise and Perils of Pampas Grass Control on Maui University of Hawaii This project will take place on the Island of Maui, Hawaii, with aerial survey and control operations focused on the slopes of West Maui, an eroded shield volcano with many deeply-incised canyons and sheer cliff faces. $95,480.00
2017 Partnering with Non-Operating Landowners and Farmers to Improve Water Quality in the Great Lakes American Farmland Trust We will work in the Portage (585 miles2) and Toussaint (143 miles2) River basins in Northwest Ohio and the Genesee River watershed in Western New York. Both Ohio basins drain to Lake Erie. The Genesee River basin in New York drains into Lake Ontario (2,373 miles2 Within New York). $183,213.00
2017 Aquatic Connectivity and Riparian Corridor Enhancement in the Upper Clinch River Watershed (VA) Canaan Valley Institute Upper Clinch and Little River watersheds, Tazewell and Russell Counties, Virginia $64,995.83