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Papahānaumokuākea Research and Conservation Fund

The Papahānaumokuākea Research and Conservation Fund provides coordinated and collaborative research and conservation in support of effectively managing the species and habitats in the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument.
Endemic reef fish at the mesophotic zone in the Northwest Hawaiian Island
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Fisheries Innovation Fund

The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation’s Fisheries Innovation Fund supports effective participation of fishermen and fishing communities in the implementation of sustainable fisheries in the United States. The Fisheries Innovation Fund houses multiple programs with distinct requests for proposals (RFP) to work towards sustainable fisheries in the United States: an Electronic Monitoring and Reporting Grant Program RFP released annually, and a New England Gear Innovation Fund RFP. There is also a Fisheries Innovation Fund RFP that was released annually from 2010 through 2019, and NFWF is exploring opportunities for future years of this RFP.
Copper rockfish in California
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Northeast Forests and Rivers Fund

Northeast Forests and Rivers Fund is dedicated to restoring and sustaining healthy forests and rivers that provide habitat for diverse native bird and freshwater fish populations in the Northeastern United States. The program annually awards competitive grants ranging from $75,000 to $300,000 each.
A wood turtle turns away from the camera, exposing its pink neck. It has a brown shell and rests on a mossy surface.
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Southwest Rivers Headwaters Fund

The Southwest Rivers Headwaters Fund is dedicated to restoring, protecting, and enhancing aquatic and riparian species and their habitats in the headwaters of the Rio Grande and Colorado River watersheds.
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Working for Wildlife

The Initiative will take advantage of timely opportunities to maintain and restore habitat connectivity between the Cascade Mountains and Kettle River Range in Washington for Canada lynx, Columbian sharp-tailed grouse, and mule deer.
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Desert Terminal Lakes Restoration Fund

Desert Terminal Lakes (DTL) funding was originally established by Public Law 101-171 in 2002 to provide water to a unique collection of at-risk natural desert terminal lakes in the northwestern Great Basin. Subsequent legislative amendments made clear that the freshwater lakes of concern include Pyramid, Summit, and Walker Lakes in Nevada and their associated watersheds.
Pyramid Lake
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Sky Island Grasslands

NFWF’s Sky Islands Grasslands Conservation Program works to restore high quality grasslands, ecosystem functioning, and self-sustaining populations of native species in the Southwest.
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Shasta Valley Regional Conservation Partnership Program

The Shasta Valley Regional Conservation Partnership Program (Shasta Valley Program) advances the recovery of the Southern Oregon/Northern California Coast (SONCC) coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch), a species listed as “threatened” under to the Federal Endangered Species Act, throughout the Shasta River watershed while building drought resilience among agricultural producers in the Shasta Valley.
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Hawai‘i Conservation Program

The National Fish and Wildlife Fund’s Hawai‘i Conservation Program aims to strategically protect and enhance essential habitats in Hawai‘i, from mauka to makai (from the mountains to the ocean), to reduce extinction risk and sustain resilient populations of native species.