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Partners for New Hampshire’s Fish and Wildlife

Partners for New Hampshire’s Fish and Wildlife is a partnership between Eversource and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation dedicated to restoring and sustaining healthy forests and rivers in New Hampshire. Eversource, through its subsidiary Northern Pass Transmission LLC, has committed $3 million to the partnership. NFWF has committed an additional $1.5 million. These funds may be further leveraged by other public and private sources that are anticipated to flow to the program.

Innovative Nutrient and Sediment Reduction Grants

The Innovative Nutrient and Sediment Reduction Program will catalyze, strengthen and mature regional-scale partnerships based on evidence that collaboratives of this scale are effective mechanisms for achieving and sustaining water quality improvements by inspiring engagement, improving capacity and advancing impact over time.

Klamath Coho Habitat Restoration Program (Bureau of Reclamation)

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s (Reclamation) Klamath River Coho Restoration Program (Klamath Program) enhances the survival and recovery of the Southern Oregon/Northern California Coast (SONCC) coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch), a species listed as “threatened” under the Federal Endangered Species Act and its critical habitat within the mainstem Klamath River and its tributaries between Bogus Creek and the mainstem Salmon River.

Long Island Sound Futures Fund

The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation’s Long Island Sound Futures Fund supports projects to fully restore the health and living resources of Long Island Sound. It operates within a partnership of federal and state agencies, foundations, non-governmental organizations, educational institutions, user groups, and individuals dedicated to restoring and protecting the Sound.

Trinity River Restoration Program (Bureau of Reclamation)

The Trinity River Restoration Program (Trinity Program) is a partnership with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) to support local and regional on-the-ground actions that reduce fine sediment delivery or improve habitat connectivity in degraded watersheds in the Trinity Basin.

America’s Ecosystem Restoration Initiative

Intended to streamline grant funding opportunities for voluntary conservation and restoration projects around the U.S., the America’s Ecosystem Restoration Initiative consolidates funding from multiple federal agencies and the private sector to enable applicants to develop and implement projects that address shared funder priorities and span public, private, and Tribal lands.

Klamath Basin Restoration Program

NFWF has been active in conservation activities throughout the Klamath Basin for 30 years, awarding funds to help stabilize and increase populations of native and anadromous fish. These projects have been carried out by diverse organizations and entities including local, state, federal, and tribal governments and agencies, non-profit organizations, irrigation districts, watershed councils, and academic institutions.

Sacramento District California In-Lieu Fee Program

​The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation’s Sacramento District California In-Lieu Fee Program provides a mitigation option that can be used by permittees to compensate for authorized impacts to aquatic resources. The Program covers the geographic area under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District within the State of California (Program Area).

Monarch Butterfly and Pollinators Conservation Fund

The Monarch Butterfly and Pollinators Conservation Fund supports work that advances the conservation of the monarch butterfly and other at-risk native insect pollinators. Originally named the Monarch Butterfly Conservation Fund, the fund added the term ‘Pollinators’ to its title in 2018 to reflect an increased focus on a broader set of priority species.

Sustain Our Great Lakes Program

Sustain Our Great Lakes is a public–private partnership designed to sustain, restore and protect fish, wildlife and habitat in the basin by leveraging funding, building conservation capacity, and focusing partners and resources toward key ecological issues. The program achieves this mission, in part, by awarding grants for on-the-ground habitat restoration and enhancement.