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 Impacts of Ghost Fishing to the American Lobster Fishery Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries Sites will be located in western Cape Cod Bay and outer Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts. These two areas represent different lobster stocks and have varying environmental and fishery conditions. $144,538.70
2009 Swimmable and Fishable Lafayette River (VA) Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Inc. The targeted project area is the Lafayette River watershed, located within the City of Norfolk, VA, and a tributary to the Elizabeth River. Latitude 36.89528 and Longitude 76.32333. $135,000.00
2009 Fishing Communities in Action: Reducing Marine Debris in Puerto Rico University of Puerto Rico at Aguadilla The program will cover approximately 5,500 meters of coastline and all 78 municipalities of Puerto Rico. $65,617.00
2009 Wetland Invasive Plant Education - Great Marsh (MA) Massachusetts Audubon Society, Inc. Parker River Refuge land: Newbury, Newburyport, Rowley; nearby state-owned & private lands in Salisbury & Newburyport for which the Refuge has approval to remove invasives. Essex County, Massachusetts $10,000.00
2009 Deschutes (OR) Water Exchange - BPA VIII Deschutes River Conservancy Deschutes River Basin, Oregon $239,264.37
2009 Flow Restoration in the Umatilla Basin The Freshwater Trust Our offices are in Portland, Oregon with projects throughout the state. This project will be focused on the Umatilla Basin and Union County in the Grande Ronde Basin. $117,622.47
2009 Pulling Together to Eradicate Common Crupina (WA) - IV Washington State North shore of Lake Chelan, in the Lake Chelan Sawtooth Wilderness, Chelan County, Washington. U.S. Forest Service and private land. $25,133.52
2009 Virginia Barrier Islands Predator Management The Nature Conservancy Nine of 14 barrier islands owned by The Nature Conservancy, United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the Commonwealth of Virginia, located in Accomack and Northampton Counties on the Eastern Shore. $61,400.00
2009 American Oystercatcher Management on the Florida Gulf Coast National Audubon Society, Inc. Florida Gulf Coast: Charlotte, Sarasota, Manatee, Pasco, Hernando, Citrus, Levy Counties $25,000.00
2009 Friends of the Tampa Bay National Wildlife Refuges Start-up (FL) Friends of the Tampa Bay National Wildlife Refuges, Inc. The Tampa Bay Refuges include Egmont Key in District 11, Pinellas Refuges in District 10, and Passage Key in District 13. $5,000.00