Press Releases

A chestnut-collared longspur perches low among tall prairie grasses, facing right with soft green-gray grass blades blurred in the background.
NFWF and Walmart Foundation Launch Great Plains Grassland Fund with Funding from McDonald’s USA and Key Suppliers
AFWA and NFWF Honors its 2026 Guy Bradley Award Recipients
A herd of elk, including one antlered bull, moves across a sagebrush-covered hillside in a mountainous landscape. Rocky outcrops and rolling hills stretch into the distance beneath low clouds and mist, creating a muted autumn scene.
NFWF Announces $13.3 Million in Grants Through the Western Big Game Seasonal Habitat and Migration Corridors Fund
Close-up underwater photograph of a butterflyfish swimming beside a branching coral colony. The fish has a bright yellow body with a large black patch across its upper side, two white markings on the black area, and thin white stripes near its eye. Pale, knobby coral fills the right side of the image, while the blue-green reef background is softly out of focus.
NFWF Awards $2.1 Million to Advance Next Generation of Coral Reef Restoration
A bull elk stands on a grassy bank beside a mist-covered stream in a conifer forest. Soft morning light filters through the trees, illuminating drifting fog and highlighting the elk's large antlers against the shadowed woodland backdrop.
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Welcomes Cam Sholly to Leadership Team
A brightly colored palila bird with a golden-yellow head and chest, gray back, and white belly perches among the twisting branches of a leafy tree. The bird appears to be feeding on a green seed pod, surrounded by dense green foliage and patches of lichen.
NFWF Announces $1.2 Million in Grants to Conserve Hawai‘i’s Native Birds and Watersheds
White-tailed doe standing in a lush green meadow with a spotted fawn sheltered beneath her. Tall grasses and reeds surround the pair, while sunlit trees and soft-focus vegetation create a warm woodland backdrop.
NFWF and Partners Announce $5 Million in Grants to Restore Forests and Wetlands in the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley
A lark sparrow stands in short green grass, viewed in profile. The bird has a distinctive rusty-brown crown, bold black-and-white facial markings, a pale breast, and finely patterned brown wings. The softly blurred green background highlights the bird's detailed plumage and distinctive head pattern.
NFWF Announces Nearly $2.4 Million in Grants from the Grassland Resilience and Conservation Initiative
NFWF Announces $1.2 Million for Pecos River Watershed Restoration and Native Species Recovery
NFWF Awards $20 Million in Grants to Restore Longleaf Pine Habitat across the Southeast
RESTORE Colorado Program Announces $2.8 Million in Grants to Advance Wildlife and Habitat Restoration
Herd of pronghorn antelope standing alert in tall, golden prairie grass at sunset, with open plains, distant power lines, and wind turbines stretching across the horizon.
NFWF Announces $18.5 Million to Conserve Grasslands and Support Ranching Communities Across the Great Plains