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
2009 Interpretive Pocket Guides for Willapa Refuge Visitors (WA) Friends of Willapa National Wildlife Refuge SW Washington, especially the Long Beach Peninsula is a high traffic tourist area. We want to capitalize on the tourist industry by making available pocket guides on refuge-specific flora and fauna. $4,995.00
2009 American Oystercatcher Conservation Initiative (NC) National Audubon Society, Inc. North Carolina coastal zone including Cape Fear River estuary, Lea and Hutaff Islands, Masonboro Island, eastern Pamlico Sound, North Carolina Outer Banks (Cape Hatteras & Lookout Natl. Seashores). $463,232.28
2009 Shasta Valley Water Trust Capacity Building (CA) Shasta Valley Resource Conservation District Any stream within Shasta Valley RCD boundaries, but primarily focus will be in the Shasta River and its tributaries, Siskiyou County, California. $20,470.00
2009 Steller’s Eider Conservation (AK) II – Survey & Nesting Studies U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Barrow Area, Alaska (North Slope Borough)
Bristol Bay, Alaska (North Aleutian Basin)
$77,000.00
2009 Conservation Demonstration Sites in Flooded Watersheds (IA, IL) Trees Forever, Inc. The project will be located within major watersheds in western Illinois and eastern, north central and central Iowa. Projects will be targeted to streams and upland areas which flooded in 2008. $60,000.00
2009 Chesapeake Club: Nonpoint Source Pollution Outreach Campaign Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation The Washington, D.C., Richmond and Hampton Roads media markets. The project is a partnership of leading water quality agencies in Virginia, Maryland and Washington, D.C. $500,000.00
2009 Bristol Bay Watersheds Anadromous Waters Protection (AK) The Nature Conservancy Nushagak River and Kvichak River watersheds in the Bristol Bay region of Southwest, Alaska. $100,000.00
2009 Photo-identification of Beluga Whales in Upper Cook Inlet (AK) LGL Alaska Research Associates, Inc. The project is located in Upper Cook Inlet, Southcentral Alaska. Field work will be conducted in the waters adjacent to Anchorage, and office work will be conducted in Anchorage. $299,500.00
2009 Innovative Stormwater Treatment in Fairfax, Virginia Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University In Fairfax County and the City of Fairfax, Virginia; we will focus on controls within headwater catchments of 3 impaired streams, Cameron Run, Difficult Run, and Accotink Creek. $311,720.15
2009 Central Upper Peninsula Cooperative Weed Management Area (MI) The Nature Conservancy Nature Conservancy and various private and state lands in Marquette, Alger, Delta, and Schoolcraft counties in Michigan. Federal lands include Hiawatha National Forest, Pictured Rocks NL, Seney NWR. $17,650.55