Gulf Environmental Benefit Fund Projects
Following consultation with state and federal resource agencies, NFWF has awarded nearly $1.3 billion in funding from the Gulf Environmental Benefit Fund since 2013. The projects listed below are designed to protect, restore and enhance natural and living resources across the Gulf Coast.
Alabama
NFWF has awarded more than $195 million from the Gulf Environmental Benefit Fund for 32 restoration projects in the state of Alabama.
Enhanced Fisheries Monitoring in Alabama’s Marine Waters
Alabama Artificial Reef and Habitat Enhancement
Phase I (2015)
Phase II (2018 - new)
Lightning Point Acquisition and Restoration Project
Phase I (2016)
Phase II (2018 - new)
Restoration of the North Side of Dauphin Island - Phase I (2018 - new)
Deer River Shoreline Stabilization -
Phase I (2018- new)
Bon Secour River Headwater Restoration - Phase I (2018- new)
Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge Acquisitions
Phase II (2018 - new)
Dauphin Island Causeway Shoreline Restoration Engineering and Design (2018 - new)
Little Dauphin Island Restoration Assessment (2017)
Dauphin Island Bird Habitat Acquisition and Enhancement Program (2017)
Fowl River Watershed Restoration: Coastal Spits and Wetlands Project – Phase I (2016)
Dauphin Island Conservation Acquisition (2016)
Bon Secour – Oyster Bay Wetland Acquisition Project (2016)
Alabama Coastal Bird Stewardship Program (2016)
Grand Bay Acquisition (2015)
Coastal Habitat Restoration Planning Initiative (2014)
Alabama Marine Mammal Conservation and Recovery Program (2014)
Alabama Barrier Island Restoration Assessment (2014)
Restoration and Enhancement of Oyster Reefs in Alabama (2013)
Fowl River Watershed Restoration (2013)
D’Olive Watershed Restoration (2013)
Florida
NFWF has awarded more than $160 million from the Gulf Environmental Benefit Fund for 33 restoration projects in the state of Florida.
Pensacola East Bay Oyster Habitat Restoration
Phase I (2015)
Phase II (2018 - new)
Restoration of Florida’s Coastal Dune Lakes
Phase I (2014)
Phase II (2018 - new)
Lower Suwannee and Gulf Watershed
Conservation Easement (2018- new)
Eliminating Light Pollution at Sea Turtle Nesting Beaches
Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge Acquisitions (2018 - new)
Long Term Sea Turtle Predation Management (2018 - new)
Southwest Florida Wading Bird Nesting Island Enhancement (2018 - new)
Assessment for Recovery of Gulf of Mexico
Fisheries
Restoration and Management of Escribano Point Coastal Habitat
Louisiana
NFWF has awarded more than $625 million from the Gulf Environmental Benefit Fund for 13 projects in the state of Louisiana.
Adaptive Management: Louisiana River Diversions and Barrier Islands
Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion: Engineering and Design
Increase Atchafalaya Flow to Terrebonne: Planning, Engineering and Design
Caminada Beach and Dune Increment Engineering, Design and Construction
Mississippi
NFWF has awarded more than $140 million from the Gulf Environmental Benefit Fund for 18 projects in the state of Mississippi.
Pascagoula River Corridor Acquisitions (2017)
Coastal Headwaters Protection Due Diligence (2017)
Utilization of Dredge Material for Marsh Restoration in Coastal Mississippi
Reef Fish Assessment for Mississippi Coastal and Nearshore Gulf Waters
Mississippi Coastal Restoration Plan
Audubon Coastal Bird Stewardship Program in Mississippi
Texas
NFWF has awarded nearly $150 million from the Gulf Environmental Benefit Fund for 47 projects in the state of Texas.
Phase I (2013)
Phase II (2015)
Phase III (2017)
Follets Island land Acquisition and Conservation Program
Phase I (2016)
Phase II (2017)
Hydrological Restoration of Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge Wetlands - Phase I (2017)