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 Women for the Land: Voices for Soil and Water Conservation in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed (PA, VA) American Farmland Trust This project will work in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed in the western portion of Chester County, Pennsylvania, the Middle River watershed in Augusta County, and Smith Creek watershed in Rockingham County, Virginia. $195,056.15
2017 Developing Strategies to Prevent and Address Species Introductions in Angeles National Forest (CA) U.S. Forest Service Copper, Ranch, and Sayre fire scar areas in Angeles National Forest $91,800.00
2017 Cost-Share and Technical Assistance for Installation of Stormwater Best Management Practices (VA) Virginia Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts The program will be administered through the 30 Soil and Water Conservation Districts located wholly or partially in Virginia's Chesapeake Bay Watershed. Project sites will be strictly limited to within the boundaries of the watershed and will be excluded in localities that do not belong to an SWCD. $750,000.00
2017 Improving Prioritization of Restoration Activities Pre and Post Fire in Angeles National Forest (CA) TerrainWorks Copper, Ranch, and Sayre fire scar areas in Angeles National Forest $117,284.51
2017 Helping Private Landowners Improve Mature Forest Habitat for Birds in the Lower Kennebec River (ME) Maine Audubon Society Lower Kennebec River, Franklin, Oxford and Somerset Counties, Maine $92,977.46
2017 Developing the Massachusetts Shellfish Initiative Cape Cod Commercial Fishermen's Alliance 59 coastal towns in Massachusetts, with a focus on the southeast region where majority of shellfish activity is currently taking place. $100,000.00
2017 H. Smith Richardson Wildlife Preserve Restoration Project (CT) Connecticut Audubon Society Westport, Connecticut $145,780.00
2017 Integrating Seabird Data into Fisheries Management in Alaska (AK) Farallon Institute Anchorage, Alaska; Port Townsend, Washington, Petaluma, California; Homer Alaska; Seattle, Washington $99,999.12
2017 Improving Fish Passage in Mill Creek and the Cal-Sag Channel (IL) Friends of the Chicago River Mill Creek is located in the Forest Preserves of Cook County and it runs through McClaughry Springs Forest Preserve before flowing into the Cal-Sag just east of Route 45 LaGrange Road in Palos Park. The disconnection is at Mile 6 of the Cal-Sag Trail. Its headwaters are at 126th St. and 90th Ave. $248,326.47
2017 Collaborative Watershed Planning for the Ten Mile River (CT, NY) Housatonic Valley Association, Inc. The Ten Mile River watershed: Eastern Dutchess County, New York; and western Litchfield County, Connecticut $64,357.56