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
2013 Going X-Stream - The Rivanna River Makeover (VA) Rivanna Conservation Alliance, Inc. Projects will be located throughout and on the borders of the City of Charlottesville. Moores Creek is a primary site: 38.010036,-78.515858. The 5th Street Station is another: 38.010797,-78.50191 $153,359.80
2013 Cherry Valley Conservation Lands (PA) The Conservation Fund, A Nonprofit Corporation Straddles the Kittatinny Ridge in Monroe & Northampton Counties, PA. Majority is within the CVNWR. The AT traverses property for 5 miles. Half of property drains into a Class ‘A’ Wild Trout Stream. $500,000.00
2013 Imaging Sonar Run Counts of River Herring in Chesapeake Bay - II Smithsonian Institution Run counts will be conducted in Marshyhope Creek (Lower Eastern Shore) and Choptank River (Middle Shore). Proxy run data and DNA samples will be collected in Mattawoman Creek and Deer Creek. $100,710.57
2013 Nutrient and Sediment Reduction in Onondaga County (NY) Onondaga County Soil & Water Conservation District Project to be undertaken on agricultural land in the headwaters of the Upper Tioughnioga River sub-watershed of the Chesapeake Bay watershed. $59,496.00
2013 Sierra Valley Marsh Restoration (CA) Community Initiatives Uniquely situated where the Sierra Nevada, Great Basin, and Cascades converge, Sierra Valley rivals Lake Tahoe in size and supports the greatest concentration and diversity of birds in the Sierra. $500,000.00
2013 San Rafael River Native Fish Habitat Restoration (UT) Bureau of Land Management (merge parent) Lower San Rafael River, Emery County, Utah. USGS Hydrologic Unit 14060009, watershed area 2390 sq. miles. Latitude 38°51'30"N, Longitude 110°22'10"W. $79,088.40
2013 Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle Conservation (TX) - XI National Park Service - Padre Island National Seashore Activities will be conducted in Texas, Gulf of Mexico beaches, with emphasis on Padre Island National Seashore, the most important Kemp's ridley nesting beach in the U.S. $75,000.00
2013 Horicon National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center Natural Landscaping (WI) Friends of Horicon National Wildlife Refuge Project is located outside the Horicon National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center, N4274 Headquarters Road, Mayville, WI 53050 $4,996.65
2013 McKay Bay and North Shore Park Oyster Reef Creation and Enhancement (FL) Tampa Bay Watch, Inc. McKay Bay is an ecologically important estuary located in the heart of a heavily industrialized area in the City of Tampa in Hillsborough County, Florida. McKay Bay is a sub-basin of Tampa Bay. $105,000.00
2013 Landowners as Partners to Restore Early Successional Habitat (VT, NY) National Audubon Society, Inc. The funds will be used in NY’s St. Lawrence Valley and Fort Drum areas and VT’s Champlain Valley, all critical locales for efforts to restore ESH and protect GWWA in the Eastern United States. $195,000.00