Grants Library

The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation supports vital conservation projects across the United States and its territories. Please search our grants library for additional information on individual grants.

Year Name Organization Location Award Amount
2017 Tribal Wildfire Forest Restoration Fellowship Program Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians Los Padres Forest in Zaca Fire Scar area.
Other areas in Santa Barbara County for training opportunities.
$26,084.73
2017 Restoring Fire-Affected Riparian Habitat for Federally Listed Birds and other Wildlife Species in the Los Padres National Forest American Bird Conservancy Los Padres National Forest, CA. Zaca/Piru fire-affected watersheds. Select 2 of 6 riparian vegetation impaired Zaca watersheds: Alkali Canyon-Sisquoc River; West Fork, East Fork, Upper Santa Cruz Creek; Lower Mono Creek; Santa Barbara Canyon. Review all Zaca/Piru watersheds for restoration needs. $177,698.26
2017 Gulf Coast Conservation Initiative Coastal Prairie Grazing Lands Coalition The 600,000-acre initiative area located in Texas' Coastal Bend includes Mad Island + Guadalupe Delta WMAs, Mustang + Goose Island State Parks, Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, Padre Island National Seashore, Powderhorn Ranch, Welder Flats, + the Nueces Delta Preserve. $231,704.46
2017 Groundwork Buffalo and Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge: Engaging Urban Conservationists (NY) Groundwork Buffalo, Inc. Willert Park and a portion of the adjacent Central Business District, Buffalo, New York $32,632.16
2017 Sampling Unassessed Waters in Southwestern Pennsylvania (PA) California University of Pennsylvania Southwestern Pennsylvania. Possible locations could include sites in Bedford (Wills Creek Watershed) and Somerset Counties. $4,645.28
2017 Returning to the River: Youth-Powered Scholarship on the Schuylkill (PA) John Bartram Association Bartram's Garden, on the banks of the Schuylkill River in Southwest Philadelphia, Pennsylvania $33,539.00
2017 Implementing Eastern Brook Trout Surveys in the Black Creek, Lehigh River and Aquashicola Creek Watersheds of the Delaware River Basin II (PA) Trout Unlimited, Inc. Fishery surveys will be completed within the Lackawaxen River, Johnson Creek, Aquashicola Creek, Pohopoco Creek, Lehigh River, Jordan Creek, Ontelaunee Creek, and Black Creek HUC10 watersheds within the Delaware River basin. $21,996.82
2017 Toledo East Riverfront Restoration Phase I (OH) Metropolitan Park District of the Toledo Area Lucas County, City of Toledo $500,000.00
2017 Improving Habitat for At-Risk Species in the Alabama Cumberlands Alabama Forestry Foundation Project area is located in the Cumberland Region of north Alabama in all or parts of 18 counties including Blount, Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Fayette, Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, Marion, Marshall, Morgan, Tuscaloosa, Walker and Winston. $150,000.00
2017 Enhancing Monarch Habitat on Private Lands in Texas U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Region 2 Texas $246,411.40