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Fishing for Energy
The Fishing for Energy partnership provides commercial fishermen with no-cost solutions to dispose of derelict and retired fishing gear and offers competitive grants to reduce the impacts of derelict fishing gear on the environment. By helping prevent and remove derelict gear, Fishing for Energy restores the quality of marine and coastal habitats, and supports the communities and industries that rely on these resources.Image
![A marine debris removal diver conducts an assessment of a derelict net conglomerate at Midway Atoll, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands | Credit: JIMAR/NOAA PIFSC](/sites/default/files/styles/related_content_314w_/public/2019-12/marine-debris-removal-diver-conducts-an-assessment-midway-atoll-1446x705.jpg?itok=bv-KLaiI)
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Five Star and Urban Waters Restoration Grant Program
The Five Star and Urban Waters Restoration Program seeks to develop nation-wide community stewardship of local natural resources, preserving these resources for future generations and enhancing habitat for local wildlife. Grants seek to address water quality issues in priority watersheds, such as erosion due to unstable streambanks, pollution from stormwater runoff, and degraded shorelines caused by development.Image
![Volunteers remove invasive water chestnut on the Charles River in Boston, Massachusetts](/sites/default/files/styles/related_content_314w_/public/2019-12/youth-in-canoe-1446x705.jpg?itok=iuQsIZnn)
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Forestland Stewards
Launched in 2013, the Forestland Stewards Partnership between International Paper and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) protects and enhances ecologically important forestlands and coastal savannas in ten southern states.Image
![Banded red-cockaded woodpecker in a tree](/sites/default/files/styles/related_content_314w_/public/2019-12/red-cockaded-woodpecker-1446x705.jpg?itok=IPLTYhKy)
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Greenpoint Community Environmental Fund
The Greenpoint Community Environmental Fund is designed to provide environmental improvements and address environmental areas of concern such as water quality, groundwater, open space, reduction of toxic pollution, and air quality in the Greenpoint, Brooklyn community.Image
![Greenpoint and Newtown Creek](/sites/default/files/styles/related_content_314w_/public/2019-12/credit_mitch_waxman.jpg?itok=qtK1Ys0p)
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Gulf Coast Conservation Grants Program
The Gulf Coast Conservation Grants Program will support conservation needs of the Gulf of Mexico through innovative restoration concepts and approaches, build capacity through strategic engagement of youth and veterans, and fund species and habitat projects.Image
![Great egret](/sites/default/files/styles/related_content_314w_/public/2019-12/great-egret-1446x705.jpg?itok=8kHm7pj3)
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Gulf Environmental Benefit Fund
In early 2013, a U.S. District Court approved two plea agreements resolving certain criminal cases against BP and Transocean which arose from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill. The agreements directed a total of $2.544 billion to NFWF to fund projects benefiting the natural resources of the Gulf Coast that were impacted by the spill.Image
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Guy Bradley Award
The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation's Guy Bradley Award, presented annually, recognizes individuals for achievements in wildlife law enforcement.Image
![Great egret](/sites/default/files/styles/related_content_314w_/public/2019-12/great-egret-1446x705.jpg?itok=8kHm7pj3)
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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.Image
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Hurricane Response Marine Debris Removal Fund
The Hurricane Response Marine Debris Removal Fund is a partnership between NFWF and the NOAA Marine Debris Program that awards grants to assess, remove and dispose of marine debris caused by severe storms. Grants are awarded based on the targeted debris’ existing or potential impact to coastal communities and resources, and to prevent further harm to sensitive marine habitats and species listed under the Endangered Species Act.Image
![Pathway to the beach in Florida](/sites/default/files/styles/related_content_314w_/public/2019-12/pathway-to-beach-in-florida-1446x705.jpg?itok=e36Kvdkj)
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Hurricane Sandy Coastal Resiliency Competitive Grant Program
The Hurricane Sandy Coastal Resiliency Competitive Grant Program is designed to restore key habitats and bolster natural systems, enabling them to withstand the impacts of future storms. Projects in Connecticut, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Virginia, and West Virginia are eligible for funding.Image
![Red knot, Delaware Bay](/sites/default/files/styles/related_content_314w_/public/2019-12/red-knot-1446x705.jpg?itok=vnxRDs9w)