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