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Seabirds

The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation’s Seabirds Program enhances the viability of seabird populations by increasing their survival and reproduction to levels that will allow for long-term sustainability. The program currently focuses on the Pacific, one of the most globally significant regions for threatened seabirds.

Short Grass Prairie

NFWF's Short Grass Prairie Conservation Program supports habitat restoration and other conservation actions for the Lesser Prairie-Chicken, an “umbrella” species for numerous other grassland birds.

Short Grass Prairie Stewardship Fund

NFWF's Short Grass Prairie Stewardship Fund supports conservation activities that help establish viable populations of imperiled grassland birds through habitat restoration, enhancement and protection.

Sierra Nevada Meadow Restoration

NFWF's Sierra Nevada Meadow Restoration Conservation Program replenishes the health and biodiversity of mountain meadow regions. 

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.

Southeast Aquatics

The Southeast Aquatics Fund supports voluntary watershed-based restoration and management projects to improve the health of aquatic systems and secure populations of native freshwater aquatic species within targeted river basins and watersheds in the southeastern United States.

Southeast Michigan Resilience Fund

The Southeast Michigan Resilience Fund is a public-private partnership that improves natural habitats and resources for the benefit of communities, fish and wildlife in Southeast Michigan by reducing the impact of stormwater, improving water quality, and increasing the accessibility and usability of public green space and natural areas. These actions help communities prepare for changing environmental stressors, including loss of habitat, invasive species, nonpoint source pollution and other factors.

Southern Company Power of Flight Program

NFWF's Southern Company Power of Flight Program restores and revives the populations and habitats of birds in the southern U.S. through restoration and environmental education.

Southwest Rivers Program

The Southwest Rivers Program was formed through a partnership by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF), public agencies and corporations to develop new strategies and provide additional resources to existing efforts that address the pressing conservation needs of the region. The program is currently focusing on three watersheds; the Pecos watershed in eastern New Mexico and West Texas, the Rio Grande in New Mexico and southern Colorado, and the Colorado River watershed in Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah.

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.