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
2015 Chesapeake Bay Trash Trawl (MD,DC) Alice Ferguson Foundation Sampling will occur in the main stem of the Chesapeake Bay between the Patapsco River and Point Lookout in Maryland, and the Anacostia River in Washington, DC. Outreach activities will occur across the region and globally via online campaigns. $30,600.13
2015 Rio Grande Riparian Corridor Ecology Education and Restoration (NM) Ciudad Soil & Water Conservation District The project will be implemented on City of Albuquerque Open Space property, in Bernalillo County, within the Albuquerque basin of the Rio Grande watershed. The site for the first year is near the City's Shining River parking area, in the riparian zone known as the bosque. $42,076.73
2015 Capacity Building for On-Island Impact Assessment of Sediment Load Reduction in Faga'alu Watershed, American Samoa San Diego State University Research Foundation Faga'alu watershed, Tutuila, American Samoa
$52,261.00
2015 Beyond Early Adopters: Increasing Green Stormwater Infrastructure Investment on Greater Philadelphia Commercial Properties (PA) Pennsylvania Environmental Council, Inc. Philadelphia Metropolitan Area including Upstream Suburban Philadelphia Cluster Counties (Bucks, Montgomery, Delaware) as well as Chester County. IFMA-GPC includes members in metropolitan region potentially outside of cluster watersheds including members in Southern NJ counties. $29,821.14
2015 Green Infrastructure at Mamaroneck Town Center to Improve Water Quality in Long Island Sound (NY) Town of Mamaroneck Mamaroneck Town Center at the West Basin of Mamaroneck Harbor, NY. $149,876.00
2015 Assessing Streams for the Presence of Wild Brook Trout II (PA) Juniata College Central Pennsylvania HUC-10 watersheds selected in coordination with the PAFBC. Ideally we anticipate targeting streams in the Little Juniata River Basin, the Lost Creek Watershed and Rothrock State Forest (Shavers Creek and Standing Stone Headwaters Region). $11,000.00
2015 2015 Bucknell Surveys of PA Unassessed Waters II (PA) Bucknell University We will work in streams that are as yet undetermined in central and norther PA. We will finalize sampling sites in consultation with the PA Fish and Boat Commission. $11,000.00
2015 Reducing Derelict Crab Trap Generation in South Carolina Through Engagement of Recreational Boaters and Commercial Crabbers South Carolina Department of Natural Resources Statewide, but with emphasis in the Stono River, Charleston County, South Carolina. $42,864.71
2015 Coastal Habitat Restoration at Alley Pond (NY) City Parks Foundation Alley Creek, Alley Pond Park, Little Neck Bay, NY $149,938.00
2015 Building an Innovative Nature Exploration area at Horicon National Wildlife Refuge (WI) Friends of Horicon National Wildlife Refuge The project is located at the Horicon National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center, W4279 Headquarters Road, Mayville, WI 53050. It is located about 3.5 miles south of SH 49 on CTH Z. The Wonder Trail will begin inside the VC and progress across the parking lot to the 1/2 mile loop trail. $9,999.47