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 Detroit River–Western Lake Erie CWMA: Managing priority invasive species in coastal marshes (MI) The Nature Conservancy Lake Erie coastal wetlands, Monroe and Wayne counties, southeast Michigan, managed by Huron-Clinton Metropolitan Authority, Michigan DNR, Stoneco and Great Lakes Aggregates, City of Monroe, Wayne County, The Nature Conservancy, and River Raisin Institute – an area encompassing over 9,000 acres $231,109.21
2017 Restoring Northern Monarch Butterfly Breeding Habitat (Canada) Nature Conservancy of Canada Tall Grass Prairie Preserve, Manitoba and Southern Norfolk Sand Plain Ontario, Canada $80,000.00
2017 Decrease Sedimentation in Honokowai Watershed in West Maui to Benefit Nearshore Coral Reefs (HI) Ridge to Reefs, Inc. Honokowai and Wahikuli watersheds, Maui, Hawaii $185,000.00
2017 Installing Agricultural Best Management Practices in the Kirkwood-Cohansey (NJ) New Jersey Audubon Society Targeted outreach and implementation will be conducted in the Salem, Cohansey-Maurice, Cape May, Greater Hammonton, and Rancocas focus areas, as delineated in the William Penn Foundation's Kirkwood Cohansey Cluster Plan. Special consideration will go towards focus areas proposed in Phase II. $150,000.00
2017 Restoring Dynamic Forest Structure for Priority Birds in the Delaware River Watershed (PA) American Bird Conservancy 2,500 acres within approximately 80,000-acres of Delaware State Forest and 5000 acres within approximately 11500 acres of State Game Lands 180. $74,513.42
2017 One-on-One Farm Stewardship Program for Increased Agricultural Best Management Practices (MD, WV) Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Inc. CBF will work with agricultural producers of the Upper Potomac watershed. The region is a “hot spot” in terms of estimated delivered loads of nutrient and sediment pollution to the Chesapeake Bay.

MD counties: Carroll, Frederick, and Washington
WV counties: Berkeley and Jefferson.
$199,293.65
2017 Permanent Protection of Critical Habitat and Water Quality in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed (PA) Western Pennsylvania Conservancy This project will take place across several subwatersheds of the Chesapeake Bay in Pennsylvania, including the middle and upper Juniata River watershed, Bald Eagle Creek watershed and tributaries to the upper Potomac River. $184,604.69
2017 Southern California Conservation Corps Angeles National Forest Restoration Project (CA) American Conservation Experience Angeles National Forest $220,290.96
2017 Shore Protection Planning and Living Shoreline on Pamunkey River (VA) Pamunkey Indian Tribe The Pamunkey Indian Reservation is located along the Pamunkey River in King William County, Virginia. $199,544.00
2017 Assessment of Least Bell's Vireo and Southwestern Willow Flycatcher in Angeles National Forest (CA) U.S. Geological Survey San Francisquito Creek and relevant tributaries and Piru Creek from Pyramid Lake downstream to Lake Piru, Angeles National Forest $92,887.99