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 Evaluation and Creation of Alternative Gulf Oyster Habitat (LA) Environmental Defense Fund, Inc. The 850 square kilometer project area targets a population of natural oyster reefs around Marsh Island in south central Louisiana, an area that was sheltered from the oil spill. $291,800.00
2011 Community-based Fisheries Trust Network Ecotrust National in scope, including 7 community-based fishing organizations and 2 support organizations in Alaska, coastal Oregon, northern and southern California and, New England (Gulf of Maine/Cape Cod). $200,000.00
2011 Designing a River Herring Catch Share for the East Coast University of New Hampshire States represented by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission for river herring management. $142,691.22
2011 Improved Reserve Management through Community Participation (PR) University of Puerto Rico The Tres Palmas Marine Reserve (204 acres) is located in the northwest corner of Puerto Rico, in the municipality of Rincón. Project draws participants from the municipality of Rincón. $16,973.75
2011 Maggie Creek Fish Barrier (NV) Bureau of Land Management - Elko Field Office The proposed barrier site is located in an intermittent stream reach approximately 8 miles north of Interstate 80 and about 20 miles west of Elko, Nevada in T. 34 N., R. 51 E., Sec. 26 NW¼ SE ¼ MDM. $100,001.50
2010 Codiga Restoration Site Maintenance and Monitoring (WA) People For Puget Sound Codiga Park is located on the east bank of the Duwamish River off of 50th Place South at the foot of the South 129th Street overpass of Interstate 5 in Tukwila. -122.27020 W, 47.48977 N $26,545.00
2010 Newaukum Creek Riparian Restoration (WA) King County Department of Natural Resources The project is proposed on several parcels adjacent to Newaukum Creek (which enters the Green River at RM 41) on the Enumclaw Plateau in King County, WA, ~15 miles NW of Mt. Rainier National Park. $56,978.77
2010 Assessing Sustainability of Maine River Herring Runs Maine Department of Marine Resources Maine $400,483.02
2010 Grassland and Riparian Restoration in Mexico's San Pedro Basin The Nature Conservancy The San Pedro River flows north from Sonora, Mexico to Arizona and covers 500,000+ acres in Mexico. The Nature Conservancy purchased Rancho Los Fresnos in Mexico, now operated by Naturalia and BIDA. $192,321.46
2010 Protecting the Tenderfoot Lands (MT) Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation This project is located in the Tenderfoot Creek drainage of the Smith River Watershed in the Lewis and Clark National Forest in Meagher County Montana. $58,511.00