NFWF Grant Profile

Conservation Program(s):
Sustain our Great Lakes Program
Project Title: Monitoring Marsh Birds in the Great Lake Region to Restore Wetlands (IL, IN, MI, NY, WI, OH)
Organization:
National Audubon Society, Inc.
Project ID:
0501.23.081522
Description:

Restore 3,000 acres of wetland across 12 prioirty regions of Great Lakes coastal wetlands to protect the habitat of 14 species of marsh birds. The project will restore coastal wetland at high priority sites and build capacity of key landowning partners to incorporate marsh bird monitoring at sites with critical data gaps that support development of local marsh bird conservation networks.

Award Amount:
$1200000.00
Location:
Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, New York, Ohio, and Wisconsin