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
2009 Ash Meadows Ed-Ventures Program (NV) Death Valley Natural History Association Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge is 22,000 acre refuge managed by the US Fish and Wildlife Service. AMNWR is located 90 miles northwest of Las Vegas in the Amargosa Valley of Southern Nye County. $4,999.71
2009 Southern Indiana Early Detection and Rapid Response for Invasive Species Southern Indiana Cooperative Weed Management Area, Inc. Covers 37 counties of Southern Indiana Cooperative Weed Management Area - the southern third of Indiana. Includes 200,000+ acres of public land and much of Indiana's public and private forestland. $53,856.87
2009 Interpretive Panel and Trail Signage Improvement (SD) Friends of Maga Ta-Hohpi Environmental Center Maga Ta-Hohpi (meaning Duck's Nest in the Sioux language) WPA encompasses 2,200 acres of land located 8 miles west of Huron on U.S. Hwy 14. It is managed by the USFWS. $4,899.00
2009 American Oystercatcher Conservation (NJ) Rutgers University Foundation Inlets and barrier island beaches along the southern New Jersey coast (Ocean, Atlantic and Cape May counties) including the J. Cousteau NERR, the Forsythe NWR, and several state WMA and Parks $69,929.36
2009 The Birder's Conservation Commitment and Footprint Environment for the Americas The project may be implemented at any International Migratory Bird Day event. Events have been held in every state and on private, local, state, and federal lands, including zoos, parks, and refuges. $53,215.00
2009 Preserving the Native Grasslands of the Prairie Coteau The Nature Conservancy The Prairie Coteau is a long, wide plateau beginning in extreme southeast North Dakota, extending south through eastern South Dakota and terminating in southwestern Minnesota. $450,000.00
2009 Native Fish Conservation in the Colorado River Basin Trout Unlimited, Inc. This proposal targets Phase I, the Upper Colorado River Basin. This includes those portions of the river basin upstream of Lake Powell: Green, upper Colorado, Yampa, White, Gunnison, Dolores et al. $96,000.00
2009 Low-Impact Stormwater Management at the Science Museum of Virginia Science Museum of Virginia Foundation Fronting a major urban corridor, the Science Museum is near many water regulatory agencies and at the top of the sewershed for Shockoe Creek, a CSO watershed in the City. $700,000.00
2009 Dusky Canada Goose Artificial Nest Islands (AK) Ducks Unlimited, Inc. The Copper River Delta is adjacent to Prince William Sound in south central Alaska and is managed by the U.S. Forest Service. $79,456.50
2009 Thomas Creek Restoration (OR) Lakeview Soil and Water Conservation District This project is located on Thomas Creek west of Lakeview Oregon in the Goose Lake Basin. The Gover and Counts Ranches own two of the properties, with the final property located on USFS land. $45,000.00