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
2017 San Miguel Island Rat Feasibility Study The Nature Conservancy San Miguel Island, California $50,000.00
2017 Planning for Fish Passage at the Starr Mill Pond Dam (CT) The Nature Conservancy Starr Mill dam is the first dam on the Coginchaug River, Middleton, Connecticut $64,289.23
2017 Developing Incidental Groundwater Recharge Markets Legacy Philanthropy Works Teton Basin lies on the western border of Grand Teton National Park and just southwest of Yellowstone National Park. The basin includes some of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem's most important wildlife habitat and the largest privately owned wetland complex. $149,138.85
2017 Lesser Prairie Chicken Habitat Restoration – Trading Windmills for Solar Pumps to Support Recovery of a Threatened Species U.S. Forest Service The project is located on the Comanche National Grassland, Campo area of the Carrizo Unit, in areas within 2 miles of lesser prairie-chicken leks; work will be focused on windmills in or near habitat currently being used by the chicken. $75,000.00
2017 Creating the Sonoran Desert Cooperative Weed Management Area (AZ) Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Inc. Pima County, Arizona $99,909.48
2017 Creating a Dynamic Outdoor Environmental Education Experience at William L. Finley National Wildlife Refuge (OR) Friends of the Willamette Valley National Wildlife Refuge Complex This project will redesign a trail in Benton County Nearest to Corvallis Oregon, primarily serving residents of Benton, Lane, Linn, Polk, and Marion counties, as well as refuge visitors from across Oregon, the United States, and Internationally. The EE website will be universally available online. $15,000.00
2017 Improving Forest Management in the Allegheny Highlands to Benefit Key Bird Species (NY, PA) National Audubon Society, Inc. Upper Allegheny and Sinnemahoning watersheds in southwestern New York and northwestern Pennsylvania. $149,436.24
2017 Hellbender Nest Boxes as an Innovative Restoration Strategy and Tool for Engaging Landowners (VA) Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Copper Creek Drainage, Clinch River Basin, Scott and Tazewell Counties, Virginia $64,999.39
2017 Habitat Connectivity for Mule Deer, Canada Lynx, and Other Wildlife in the Okanagon Valley (WA) Conservation Northwest Okanogan Valley, Washington $235,000.00
2017 Stream and Floodplain Restoration Crediting and Prioritization in the Paxton Creek Watershed (PA) Center for Watershed Protection, Inc. The project is located within the Paxton Creek Watershed that includes Lower Paxton and Susquehanna Townships, Penbrook Borough, and the City of Harrisburg. The entire watershed is located in Dauphin County, PA. $49,971.83