​Gulf Environmental Benefit Fund Projects

Following consultation with state and federal resource agencies, NFWF awarded more than $1 billion in funding from the Gulf Environmental Benefit Fund from 2013 through today. 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 $148 million from the Gulf Environmental Benefit Fund for 24 restoration projects in the state of Alabama.​

​Little Dauphin Island Restoration Assessment (2017)​

Dauphin Island Bird Habitat Acquisition and Enhancement Program (2017)

Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge Acquisition (2017)

Lightning Point Acquisition and Restoration Project (2016)​

Gulf Highlands Conservation Acquisition (2016)

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)

Mobile County Conservati​on Acquisition and Salt Aire Shoreline Restoration

Acquisition (2015)​

Restoration (2017)​

Mobile B​ay Shore Habitat Conservation and Acquisition Initiative 

Phase I (2015)

​Phase II (2017)​

Grand Bay Acquisition (2015)​

Alabama Artificial Reef and Habitat Enhancement (2015)

Enhanced Fisheries Monitoring in Alabama’s Marine Waters

Phase I (2014)​​

Phase II (2015)

Phase III (2016)

​​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)​

​Enhanced Assessment for Recovery of Gulf of Mexico Fisheries

Phase I (2013)
Phase II (2014)
Phase III (2015)
Phase IV (2016)
Phase V (2017)

Restoring Florida’s Shorebird and Seabird Populations (2016)

Recovery and Resilience of Oyster Reefs in the Big Bend of Florida (2016)

Enhancement of Sea Turtle Stranding Response Capacity in Florida (2016)

Water Quality Improvements to Enhance Fisheries Habitat in the Lower Choctawhatchee River Basin (2015)

Pensacola East Bay Oyster Habitat Restoration (2015)

Increased Capacity for Marine Mammal Response and Analysis (2015)

Florida Gulf Environmental Benefit Fund Restoration Strategy (2015)

Restoration of Florida’s Coastal Dune Lakes (2014)

Oyster Reef Habitat Restoration in Saint Andrew Bay (2014)

Florida Shorebird Conservation Initiative (2014)

Destin Harbor, Joe’s Bayou and Indian Bayou Water Quality Improvement (2014)

Boggy Bayou Watershed Water Quality Improvement (2014)

Benthic Habitat Mapping, Characterization and Assessment (2014)

Bayou Chico Restoration (2014)

Restoration and Management of Escribano Point Coastal Habitat

Phase I (2013)
Phase II (2014)

Government Street Regional Stormwater Pond at Corrine Jones Park (2013)

Eliminating Light Pollution at Sea Turtle Nesting Beaches

Phase I (2013)
Phase II (2015)

Comprehensive Panhandle Coastal Bird Conservation (2013)

Apalachicola Bay Oyster Restoration (2013)​

Mississippi River Mid-Basin Sediment Diversion Program Management (2016)

Mid-Breton Sediment Diversion: Engineering and Design (2016)

Adaptive Management: Louisiana River Diversions and Barrier Islands

Phase I (2014)
Phase II (2016)

Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion: Engineering and Design

Phase I (2014)
Phase II (2016)

Increase Atchafalaya Flow to Terrebonne: Planning, Engineering and Design

Planning (2013)
Engineering and Design (2016)

Camin​ada Beach and Dune Increment Engineering, Design and Construction

​Engineering and Design (2013)
Construction (2016)

Lower Mississippi River Sediment Diversions: Planning (2013)

East Timbalier Island: Engineering and Design (2013)​

Pascagoula River Corridor Acquisitions (2017)

Coastal Headwaters Protection Due Diligence (2017)​

Utilization of Dredge Material for Marsh Restoration in Coastal Mississippi

Phase I (2014)
Phase II (2017)

​Reef Fish Assessment for Mississippi Coastal and Nearshore Gulf Waters

Phase I (2014)
Phase II (2017) 

M​ississippi Coastal Restoration Plan

Phase I (2013)
Phase II (2017)​

Audu​bon Coastal Bird Stewardship Program in Mississippi

Phase I (2013)
Phase II (2016)

Acquisitions of Priority Tracts for Coastal Habitat Connectivity – Phase I (2016)

Marine Mammal and Sea Turtle Conservation, Recovery, and Monitoring (2016)​

Oyster Restoration and Management (2015)

Habitat Restoration: Federal Lands Program (2015)

Habitat Restoration and Conservation in Turkey Creek (2015)

Design Challenge for Improvement of Water Quality from Beach Outfalls (2015)​

Invasive Species Management on Coastal State Land (2014)

Mississippi Coastal Preserves Program (2013)

Coastal Streams and Habitat Initiative (2013)​​

G​alveston Island State Park Marsh Restoration & Protection

Phase I (2013)
Phase II (2015)
Phase III (2017)  

Phase I (2016)
Phase II (2017)

Hydrological Restoration of Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge Wetlands - Phase I (2017)

Engineering and Design (2017)

Construction (2018 - new)​

​Phase I (2014)
Phase II (2016)

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