ConocoPhillips SPIRIT of Conservation Program

Since 2005, the ConocoPhillips SPIRIT of Conservation Program has awarded 105 grants worth more than $12.6 million to conservation groups in 13 states and five countries. Grantees matched this funding with an additional $27.5 million, for a total conservation investment of $40.1 million. As a result of these investments, more than 315,000 acres of critical fish and wildlife habitat have been conserved, restored or enhanced.​

Current funding priorities for this program include the following strategies:

• Remove or modify migration barriers: remove or modify fences and other impediments to facilitate wildlife passage; construct or improve wildlife passage structures; implement innovative wildlife habitat connectivity techniques
• Restore grasslands, sagelands and wetlands: conduct restoration activities to expand or improve patch size and connectivity; remove/modify structures or remove encroaching woody vegetation that negatively impact grassland-nesting birds; restore wetland hydroperiods more beneficial to resident and migrating wildlife
• Protect key habitats along migratory routes: Support fee title acquisitions or conservation easements for parcels with priority migration bottlenecks, other important habitat linkage/connectivity functions, or important breeding, wintering or stopover sites 
• Provide technical assistance on working lands: Help working land managers/producers develop management plans, implement conservation practices, and enroll in Farm Bill programs to improve working lands function and enhance migration pathways across an array of land ownership