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 Strengthening and expanding the network of practitioners to deliver advanced nutrient management and natural filter practices on Delmarva The Nature Conservancy Project will take place on the Delmarva Peninsula, specifically within the following
watersheds: Choptank River, Nanticoke River, and Pocomoke River.
$49,319.26
2016 Applied Biodiversity Sciences Conservation Scholars Program Integrating Energy Development and Policy with the Conservation of Resources and Communities Texas A&M AgriLife Research The project focus is on the Texas Gulf Coast, however some internships may address Gulf of Mexico wide environmental concerns, particularly concerning pelagic species of fish, marine mammals and sea turtles. $179,860.30
2016 Cultivating Watershed Covenant Communities Interfaith Partners for the Chesapeake This work will take place at congregations in the Jones Falls Watershed. The specific congregations are not identified yet, but will emerge through the program. Letters of support from denominational leaders indicate great support for this project at their congregations in this watershed. $199,299.00
2016 Beyond the Tipping Point; Transforming an Underserved Community into Resource Stewards through Diffusion Innovation Lancaster Farmland Trust This project will take place in the following municipalities in Eastern Lancaster County, PA: East Earl Township, Terre Hill Borough and New Holland Borough. $187,661.82
2016 Water Quality Monitoring Initiative for Long Island Sound Embayments (NY) Save the Sound, Inc. Mamaroneck Harbor and Manhasset Bay, New York. $87,603.96
2016 River Smart Community Stormwater Education in the Farmington River Watershed (CT) Farmington River Watershed Association, Inc. Towns on the Pequabuck and Still Rivers such as Simsbury, Farmington, Avon, Barkhamsted, Winsted, and Bristol, CT $31,151.21
2016 Using eDNA Technology to Detect Eastern Hellbender Populations in Prioritized Watersheds of Pennsylvania Western Pennsylvania Conservancy Twenty-five larger order streams across Pennsylvania. $23,271.12
2016 American YouthWorks and US Forest Service Collaboration for Gulf Habitat Restoration (TX, LA) American YouthWorks The projects will take place in: the Winn Ranger District of Kisatchie National Forest (Winn Parish, Louisiana), the LBJ National Grasslands (Wise County, Texas) and the Caddo National Grasslands (Fannin County, Texas). $250,000.00
2016 Engaging Student Scientists for Long Island Sound (CT) - III Earthplace - The Nature Discovery Center, Inc. Fairfield County, Connecticut $32,822.38
2016 Increased Participation in Stormwater Management Programs- Behavior Change through Social Marketing in Aspen Hill, MD Rock Creek Conservancy We will be working in the community of Aspen Hill in Montgomery County, Maryland. $76,024.68