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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Kickapoo Boots-on-the-Ground Collaborative | Southwest Badger Resource Conservation & Development Council | This project will occur on private properties in the Kickapoo River Watershed - a high priority of the Mississippi River Basin Healthy Watershed Initiative. This Driftless Area project drains 768 sq miles of land boasting 250+ miles of trout waters, agriculture land use of 50% and forest land 48%. | $200,000.00 |
| 2016 | Phosphorus Reduction in the Sugar, Silver, and Renard Creek Watersheds | Door County Soil & Water Conservation Department | Sugar Creek (WBIC 100500) is located in the townships of Gardner, Brussels and Union of Door County, Wisconsin. Two adjacent watersheds, Silver Creek and Renards Creek are also included in this project. The watershed areas equate to approximately 26 square miles and outlet to the bay of Green Bay. | $52,424.08 |
| 2015 | Increasing Farm Profitability and Conservation in the Turkey River Watershed (IA) | Resource Conservation and Development for Northeast Iowa, Inc. | The project location is the Turkey River Watershed in Northeast Iowa. This watershed is over 1 million acres draining directly into the Upper Mississippi River. This watershed has a history of poor water quality and flooding. | $46,248.01 |
| 2014 | Conservation Plans to Restore Heath of the Gulf Coast (TX) | Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board | A 32 county area from Texas’ border with Louisiana to its border with Mexico. | $320,315.18 |
| 2014 | West Michigan Fruit Belt Conservation Alliance | Conservation Resource Alliance | The Fruit Belt in Northwest lower Michigan. | $180,000.00 |
| 2013 | Waterloo/Bee/Duck Creek Watershed (IA, MN) | Allamakee County Soil and Water Conservation District | This watershed is 30,610 ac in northwestern Allamakee Cty, IA and southwestern Houston Cty, MN. Bee Creek is called Waterloo Creek when it enters IA and Duck Creek flows into Waterloo Creek from MN | $119,517.68 |
| 2013 | Targeted Landowner Outreach and Conservation Implementation (MN) | Root River Soil and Water Conservation District | Priority subwatersheds within the Driftless Area of Houston County, MN. | $125,000.00 |
| 2013 | Landowner Assistance for Russian River Coho Salmon Recovery (CA) | Gold Ridge Resource Conservation District | Project area is the middle and lower Russian River watershed and adjacent coastal drainages within Sonoma County, CA, areas which have been deemed critical to the recovery of CCC coho salmon. | $210,735.99 |
| 2013 | New England Cottontail Habitat Restoration Project (NH) | New Hampshire Association of Conservation Districts | The majority of this project will occur in Hillsborough County, NH, with some work in Merrimack and Rockingham Counties. | $65,000.00 |
| 2013 | Cover Crop Implementation for Nutrient Reduction (IA) | Sac County Soil and Water Conservation District | This project will focus on the North Raccoon River Watershed in northwest Iowa, with emphasis being placed on the northern half of the watershed where significant nitrogen loading occurs. | $109,518.40 |