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 | Portfolio Effects in Historic Chinook Hatchery Practices on Prey Availability for Southern Resident Killer Whales | NMFS Northwest Fisheries Science Center | US and Canadian waters of the Salish Sea and surrounding coastal hatcheries | $103,432.41 |
| 2015 | Monarch Butterfly Flyways Project in Iowa (IA) | Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation | The target areas include two north-south corridors in Iowa. The first is in central Iowa along the 1-35 corridor and the second is in western Iowa following the Loess Hills-Missouri River corridor. | $249,998.40 |
| 2015 | Predator-proof Fencing to Protect Translocated Laysan Albatross Chicks at James Campbell National Wildlife Refuge (HI) | Pacific Rim Conservation | James Campbell National Wildlife Refuge, Kahuku, Oahu, Hawaii | $55,000.00 |
| 2015 | Pulling together to eradicate prioritized invasive weeds on the island of Hawaii (HI) | University of Hawaii | Target species are mapped across the island county of Hawaii, from the coastline to over 7,000 ft elevation. The primary focus in 2016 includes supressing four mid-elevation threats, at the borders of Pu`u Maka`ala Natural Area Reserve (NAR), Kahaule`a NAR, and Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. | $158,997.58 |
| 2015 | Wetland Restoration and Demonstrations in Alberta, Canada | Nature Conservancy of Canada | 10 sites will be carefully selected within five of NCC's key priority conservation areas in Alberta, Canada. These sites will coincide with North American Waterfowl Management Plan (NAWMP) target delivery areas. | $102,740.00 |
| 2015 | Oxford Region (PA) Multi-Municipal Stormwater Management Program | Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art | The project locations will include all portions of Elk Township, Lower Oxford Township, Oxford Borough, Upper Oxford Township and West Nottingham Township, which are in the Oxford Region in Chester County, Pennsylvania. These 5 municipalities total 61.26 square miles of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. | $49,999.59 |
| 2015 | Restoring Native Habitat and Ecosystem Function at Middlefork Savanna (IL) | Lake County Forest Preserve District | In southeastern Lake County, the middle fork of the North Branch of the Chicago River bisects the 670-acre Middlefork Savanna, protected and managed by the Lake County Forest Preserve District. | $171,442.00 |
| 2015 | Shoal Bass Conservation in the Chattahoochee-Flint Basin (GA) | Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies | The Chattahoochee-Flint river basin in Alabama and Georgia is home to the largest existing population of shoal bass. Shoal bass in the lower Flint River comprise the most stable and genetically intact population remaining. | $266,765.00 |
| 2015 | Eradication of Yellow Crazy Ants on Johnston Atoll National Wildlife Refuge (HI) | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Johnston Atoll NWR was established in 1926 “…as a refuge and breeding ground for native birds” and is the only nesting habitat available in over 750,000 square miles of open ocean for 15 seabird species, including two Birds of Conservation Concern (Christmas Shearwater and Blue-gray Noddy). | $272,600.00 |
| 2015 | New Melones Recreation and Habitat Restoration | California Conservation Corps | New Melones Lake Recreation Resource, Mid-Pacific-Central California Region, BOR, is located on Highway 49, approximately 8 miles north of Sonora and 6 miles south of Angels Camp, California. | $49,200.00 |