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 Prairie City: Conservation Youth Crew (OR) North Fork John Day Watershed Council Squaw Creek and Logan Valley in the Malheur National Forest. $42,021.83
2016 Horse Creek Wood Loading Project (CA) Mid Klamath Watershed Council The project is located in Horse Creek from mile 1.7 to mile 3.1 from its confluence with the Klamath River. The project is located in Siskiyou County, California, near the town of Horse Creek on Highway 96. $99,428.15
2016 Milwaukee River Beerline Woodland Restoration (WI) River Revitalization Foundation The project is located along the Milwaukee river within the city of Milwaukee. The area is very densely populated. $30,636.40
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