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Helping Ancient Fish Survive in Modern Times

Few freshwater fish capture the imagination quite like lake sturgeon.

Lake sturgeon in a river near the Great Lakes
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Restoring the Gulf’s Shorebirds and Seabirds

It’s been a tough couple of years for shorebirds and seabirds along the Gulf Coast.

A Wilson’s plover sheltering its chicks on a beach in Florida
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Preventing Conflicts Between People and Bears

In the mountains of northwestern Montana dealing with grizzly bears often requires a personal touch.

Young grizzly bear in Montana
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Restoring Land and Water for Wildlife

Many of the most important conservation projects in America today are unfolding on private lands. 

steelhead trout
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Fighting to Save an Iconic Species

Killer whales carry more toxins in their bodies than almost any other animal on the planet.

An adult female Southern Resident killer whale nursing her calf in waters off Washington state
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Iguaca – the endangered Puerto Rican parrot

​Just months after Hurricane Maria tore through Puerto Rico, the world’s few remaining Puerto Rican parrots delivered some good news to the scientists and co

Puerto Rican parrot
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Walmart’s Acres for America program preserves vanishing Southern forests

Forests are disappearing across the South.

Gopher tortoise
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Living Rocks

NFWF launched its Southeast Aquatics Fund to support watershed-based restoration projects to i

Alabama Rainbow mussel
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Natural buffers shield wildlife and communities from storms

Michael, Florence, Harvey, Maria, Irma, Sandy — these once innocuous names now evoke harsh memories for millions of people who live along the coast.

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Coalition preserves corridors for iconic wildlife on the move

The Blackfoot people knew the rugged wilderness of what is now northern Montana as the “Backbone of the Earth.” Later inhabitants would dub the region the “C

Grizzly bear and cubs