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 Demonstrating Natural Stream Design (NY) Finger Lakes Resource Conservation and Development Council, Inc. The project is located within the New York State portion of the Chemung River Basin. Specifically, the project sites are located Chemung, Schuyler & Steuben Counties. $399,995.00
2009 Engaging Plain Farmers in Conservation (PA) Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Inc. The project area is the Lancaster Old Order Amish and Old Order Mennonite communities, centered around Intercourse, PA (lat & long: 40.0381 x -76.1067). Land ownership and site management is private. $500,000.00
2009 Amur Tiger Protection in the Russian Far East – 2009 Phoenix Fund Primorsky region, Amur tiger habitat in the south of the Russian Far East $70,000.00
2009 Restoring Habitat in the North Branch of the Clinton River (MI) Clinton River Watershed Council The dams are located on the N. Branch of the Clinton River which is a tributary of Lake St. Clair. These are the first barriers on the system and are both in Ray Township, of Macomb County, Michigan. $34,519.29
2009 Freshwater Creek Estuary Rehabilitation (CA) Northcoast Regional Land Trust 23 acres of historic brackish marsh located at the confluence of Wood Creek and Freshwater Slough. North of Myrtle Avenue, approximately three miles east of Eureka, California (95501). $33,320.00
2009 Prioritizing & Coordinating Rapid Response to Phragmites Invasion (MI) Michigan State University This project spans the Lake Michigan coastal zone and tributaries of seven counties in northwest Lower Michigan. $99,186.30
2009 Vernon Springs Dam Fish Passage (IA) Howard County Conservation Board Howard County, Iowa immediately upstream of the valley Avenue bridge.
HUC# Turkey River, 07060004
GPS Coordinates, x, 569840, y, 4799748
$31,500.00
2009 Big Springs Creek Assessment and Restoration (CA) The Regents of the University of California The Nature Conservancy will purchase fee title and easements on Busk Ranch, which abuts Big Springs Lake, and contains Big Springs Creek and several miles of the Shasta River, Siskiyou County, Ca. $100,000.00
2009 Bay Scallop Restoration in Tampa Bay (FL) Bay Shellfish Co. Pinellas County Coastal Waters in Bay scallop preferred habitat surveyed by FWRI. Thalassia dominated seagrass meadows along the Pinellas County shoreline. $78,870.00
2009 Eastern Pacific Hawksbill Initiative - II The Ocean Foundation This is a region-wide initiative that will involve activities in countries (as listed above) throughout the eastern Pacific Ocean. $59,815.00