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 Invasive Species Removal (Tamarisk) from the Santa Maria and Santa Clara Waterheds Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs Manzana Creek and the Sisquoc River are north of Santa Barbara and Lake Cachuma in Santa Barbara County, Southern California. The Sespe River is north of Ojai in Ventura County, Southern California. $60,000.98
2016 Chenier Plain Waterfowl Program (LA) Ducks Unlimited, Inc. The Chenier Plain Initiative Area is a rich and complex mixture of wetlands, uplands, and open water that extends roughly 200 miles from Vermilion Bay, Louisiana, to Galveston Bay, Texas. It runs from the expansive coastal marshes bordering the Gulf of Mexico shore, inland for 40 to 70 miles through $247,238.00
2016 Calcasieu Lake and Sabine National Wildlife Refuge Oyster Reef Restoration (LA) The Nature Conservancy This project will be implemented in West Cove of Calcasieu Lake in Cameron Parish, Louisiana. The reefs will be installed along the shoreline of Sabine National Wildlife Refuge (Latitude: 29° 52' 45.172" N, Longitude: 93° 23' 56.973" W). USFWS will be a strong partner in this project. $250,000.00
2016 Expanded Marketing Opportunities for the Bristol Bay Salmon Fishery through Fair Trade Certification (AK) Wildfish Marketing LLC Naknek and Ekuk, Alaska and Burlington, Washington $92,060.43
2016 Cherry Street Legacy Neighborhood Conservation (OH) Mercy St. Vincent Medical Center The Cherry Street Legacy neighborhood is located in downtown Toledo, Ohio, in Lucas County, on the shores of the Maumee River. The region is part of the Western Lake Erie Basin. $25,118.73
2016 Local Fish Fund: Removing Barriers to Entry for Young Fishermen in the Gulf of Alaska Groundfish Fishery (AK) Alaska Sustainable Fisheries Trust Sitka and broader Gulf of Alaska, Alaska $150,000.00
2016 Synergistic Conservation Strategies in the Highlands (NJ) - II New Jersey Audubon Society The project will take place within the Highlands Watershed cluster on lands within the Upper Paulin’s Kill, Lower Musconetcong and Lopatcong sub-watershed boundaries. $215,551.82
2016 Expanding Community-based Coral Reef Conservation in Eastern Indonesia Indonesia Locally Managed Marine Area Foundation East Biak Island, Supirori in West Biak, Tanah Merah Bay, Kei Islands, and Banda Islands in the Birds Head Seascape and Maluku Island regions, Eastern Indonesia $41,000.01
2016 Conservation Law Educational Programming for Law Students America's Wildlife Association for Resource Education AWARE will run the program out of its Washington, DC, office, but will support courses, internships, and other programming at various law schools around the country. $50,000.00
2016 A Collaboration to Model Water Quality Restoration in the Brandywine/Christina Basin (PA) Brandywine Red Clay Alliance The project will involve 3 to 5 municipalities in up to 3 target areas of the Brandywine, Red Clay, and/or White Clay watersheds in Chester County, PA. There will be an urban, a suburban, and an agricultural target area. $99,997.38