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
2011 American Oystercatcher Recovery - II Manomet, Inc. This project includes all Atlantic and Gulf coast states, and all of the major American Oystercatcher breeding and staging locations in Massachusetts. $218,952.00
2011 Sky Island Region Initiative for Invasive Plant Management (AZ, NM) Grant Soil & Water Conservation District The Sky Island Grasslands located in Hidalgo and Grant Counties in New Mexico and Cochise, Graham, and Greenlee Counties in Arizona. $138,315.89
2011 Hawksbill Conservation Along Pacific Nicaragua - II Wild Earth Allies Estero Padre Ramos is an estuary located on the Pacific Coast in Northwest Nicaragua. The primary hawksbill nesting areas (Venecia & Isla Tigra) are located within the northern mouth of the estuary. $50,000.00
2011 Gunnison Sage-Grouse Conservation on Private Lands in Colorado Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory dba Bird Conservancy of the Rockies Throughout GUSG range in CO with emphasis on the Gunnison Basin. $200,000.00
2011 Collective Tools for Bycatch Management on the Pacific Coast Ilwaco Fishermen and Marketing Cooperative We will work with fishermen from the west coast groundfish trawl fishery in California and Washington. We already have arrangements in Ilwaco, WA, Fort Bragg, CA, and the central coast of California. $100,000.00
2011 Oyster Restoration in the Gulf of Mexico The Nature Conservancy Oyster reef restoration projects will be completed in two Gulf states: Louisiana and Alabama. Scientific monitoring will be completed on constructed reefs. $1,100,000.00
2011 Catch Share New Entry System: Permit Bank and Sector Synergy Maine Center for Coastal Fisheries This project will involve the Northeast Coastal Communities Sector and a permit bank. Sector members hail from central and eastern Maine, and southern Massachusetts. $185,000.00
2011 Derelict Lobster Gear Assessment, Removal, and Prevention (NY) - II Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County This project will take place in the Long Island Sound adjacent to the ports of Mount Sinai and Mattituck. $49,969.00
2011 Conservation of Shorebirds in the Gulf Region Manomet, Inc. The training workshops project will be implemented in all of the Gulf coast states. The conservation of AMOY and PIPL will be implemented in coastal states between MA and NJ. $647,861.00
2011 Restoring Eastern Brook Trout to the Upper Connecticut River (NH, VT) Trout Unlimited, Inc. The projects proposed for funding are located on the Upper Connecticut River and its tributaries in Coos County, New Hampshire and Essex County, Vermont. $55,240.00