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
2011 Alternative Management for Chesapeake Bay Blue Crab Fishery Environmental Defense Fund, Inc. Will focus on blue crab populations in the Chesapeake Bay and will work with watermen, managers, and other stakeholders in Maryland and Virginia. $100,000.00
2011 Reducing Halibut Bycatch through Gear Modifications Buccaneer Fishing We will test gear in shelf and slope waters off of California, Oregon or Washington and disseminate information and recommendations to the fleet in all three states. $72,600.00
2011 Building Capacity for Management of Invasive Lionfish in the Caribbean Reef Environmental Education Foundation Distribution of the Best Practices Manual will occur throughout the Wider Caribbean. Training workshops will take place in the Bahamas, Mexico and US with participation from around the region. $37,599.96
2011 Avian Restoration at Joseph Davis State Park (NY) Buffalo Audubon Society, Inc. Joseph Davis State Park, Town of Lewiston, NY $196,152.34
2011 Evaluating Fish Use and Movement on Spread Creek (WY) U.S. Geological Survey Project will occur on Spread Creek, a tributary to the Upper Snake River north of Jackson, WY, which flows through predominantly federal lands (US Forest Service and National Park Service). $31,579.00
2010 Wilson Creek Habitat Restoration (WA) Kittitas Environmental Education Network The project is located at Helen McCabe State Park which is a 64 acre park at the corner of Thrall and Canyon Roads about 6 miles south of Ellensburg in Kitittas County. $14,993.35
2010 Retired Farmland Revegetation in Smith Valley, Nevada Smith Valley Conservation District Smith, Nevada. $234,999.58
2010 Turtle Bycatch Reduction in Skimmer Trawl Fishery (AL) Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Alabama Gulf of Mexico, specifically focusing on white and brown shrimping areas. $28,573.26
2010 American Oystercatcher Recovery Manomet, Inc. This project includes overall coordination for all Atlantic coastal states, and applied work at all of the major American Oystercatcher breeding and staging locations in Massachusetts. $241,274.48
2010 Nest Protection of Southeast Caribbean Sea Turtles WIDECAST: Wider Caribbean Sea Turtle Conservation Network, Inc. The area of scope includes the 50 km of coastline between Cahuita town (Cahuita National Park, in Costa Rica) and Changuinola beach (south of Changuinola River mouth, Panama). $25,000.00