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National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Conservation NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION CONSERVATION INVESTMENTS 2012 The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation works to protect and restore the health of ecosystems so our native species can thrive. Since our founding by Congress in 1984, we’ve become one of the largest conservation funders in the world. We bring public and private partners together to support science-based projects and community-driven solutions. In FY 2012, we awarded 505 grants with a total value of more than $192 million in conservation funding. 1 UNITED STATES Gulf of Maine Research Institute and market-based incentives that deliver Fishery Science & Management Education large-scale habitat solutions. Project will ALABAMA for Gulf Fishermen enhance capacity for the National Bobwhite Alabama Forest Resources Center Build regional capacity to develop and Conservation Initiative and the Center for Enon & Sehoy Plantations Red-Cockaded deliver a fishery science and management Native Grasslands Management to ensure Woodpecker Recovery (AL) education program for Gulf of Mexico national coordination and leadership for a Work towards the long-term goal of fisheries stakeholders. resident game bird and a strong producer- establishing a contiguous, viable population $125,000 focused native grass initiative. of 30 Red-cockaded Woodpecker groups by $372,558 2015 on Enon and Sehoy plantations by Manomet, Inc. providing cavity inserts, and conducting American Oystercatcher Recovery — III ALASKA translocations, monitoring and other Continue and expand coordinated Alaska Department of Fish and Game management techniques. Project will plant management and monitoring of American Annual Movements of Dusky Canada 125,000 longleaf seedlings on 250 acres, Oystercatchers in Massachusetts and along Geese Nesting in Alaska survey approximately 3,000 acres for the Atlantic and Gulf coasts. Use satellite telemetry to track movements American chaffseed and hold at least three $133,510 of dusky Canada geese in the Copper River landowner outreach group meetings. Delta of Alaska. Project results will aid in $135,000 National Wild Turkey Federation, Inc. Red-Cockaded Woodpecker Habitat broad scale management activities related Dog River Clearwater Revival Restoration (AL) — II to habitat use, harvest management and population inventory. Dog River Watershed Habitat Restoration Restore 1,200 acres of habitat within the and Education (AL) Talladega National Forest by conducting $62,700 Plant 12,000 native plants ultimately mid-story hardwood removal in order Alaska Marine Conservation Council restoring two acres of emergent fresh and to facilitate Red-cockaded Woodpecker Securing Community Opportunity in saltwater wetlands. This project also will population expansion. Kodiak’s Jig Fishery (AK) remove approximately 5,000 pounds of debris $75,000 Work with the network of community-based and transplant aquatic vegetation, improving fishery initiatives to strategically address water quality and revitalizing healthy habitats Operation Migration– USA barriers and create incentives needed for the for the Alabama Red Bellied Turtle and West Whooping Crane Reintroduction to jig fishery to fulfill its promise as a successful Indian Manatee. Southeastern U.S. — II local, entry-level fishery. $23,389 Reintroduce whooping cranes to the Southeast U.S., potentially adding 45 cranes $90,000 Federation of Southern Cooperatives/ toward the goal of achieving a self-sustaining Environment for the Americas, Inc. Land Assistance Fund, Inc. population. Project will use ultralight aircraft Celebra las Playeras: Engaging Latinos Engaging Limited Resource Landowners to teach migration route. in Natural Resource Careers and in Longleaf Restoration (AL) $172,599 Conservation Action Build capacity to engage socially Collaborate with the U.S. Forest Service disadvantaged landowners in longleaf The Longleaf Alliance, Inc. and the Bureau of Land Management on pine restoration. Project will engage over Strengthening Bird Conservation within Celebra las Playeras (Celebrate Shorebirds), 200 landowners and impact approximately the Gulf Coastal Plain Ecosystem a comprehensive approach to engage Latinos 5,000 acres in Alabama. Manage and restore critical bird habitat in natural resource careers and conservation $75,843 within the Gulf Coastal Plain Ecosystem. action through internships in Colorado, Project will use prescribed burning, California, Washington D.C. and Alaska Freshwater Land Trust mechanical treatment, invasive species Stream Bank Restoration at control and ecological monitoring on over $80,000 Turkey Creek Preserve (AL) 45,000 acres of public and private lands Institute for Seabird Research and Remove a small poured concrete dam located benefitting rare bird species. Conservation within a 226 acre preserve on Turkey Creek, $158,460 Conservation and Enhancement of providing an additional half-mile of habitat Middleton Island Seabird Habitat (AK) to the vermilion darter and other aquatic life. The Nature Conservancy Acquire acreage and infrastructure on In addition, project will revegetate .25 acres Longleaf Pine Ecosystem Restoration Middleton Island, Alaska, and secure the with 500 native trees, shrubs and grass plugs and Outreach (AL, FL) future of a unique facility for research to stabilize the streambanks and provide Provide technical and on-the-ground and conservation. important riparian and forested habitat. restoration assistance to family forest $25,000 $24,991 landowners interested in managing or restoring longleaf pine on their lands using Institute for Seabird Research Friends of the Cahaba River prescribed fire. Project will plant longleaf and Conservation National Wildlife Refuge on 100 acres and implement hydrologic and Middleton Island Seabird Research Community Outreach for the Cahaba ground integrity restoration at Splinter Hill and Monitoring (AK) River National Wildlife Refuge (AL) Bog Preserve, including a portion of the Continue Alaskan seabird monitoring and Implement a community outreach program Carrigan Addition, showcasing restoration research nutritional ecology, life-history to promote the Friends group and the Cahaba efforts during two field days. regulation, and prey (forage fish) dynamics River National Wildlife Refuge. Project will $150,000 of black-legged kittiwake, pelagic cormorant, produce a brochure and electronic newsletters rhinoceros auklet, tufted puffin and and will include speaking engagements and University of Tennessee glaucous-winged gull. Project results will a select mailing campaign. Southeastern Grassland Birds Initiative — III be incorporated into marine resource $4,000 Restore grassland bird populations planning and management processes. through national conservation leadership $38,000 2 3 Island Conservation Metlakatla Indian Community Prince William Sound Science and Assessing Invasive Rat Impacts on Island Invasive Species Control and Education on Technology Institute Ecosystems in the Aleutians (AK) Annette Island (AK) Black Turnstone: A Population Decline or Conduct ecosystem monitoring on Rat Island, Conduct control work on target species, Prince William Sound Stopover Shift? Alaska, five years post rat eradication. Project create a Cooperative Weed Management Identify the migration pathways and will inform future land management decisions Area, publish data from control work on stopover areas of black turnstone (Arenaria on islands in Alaska containing rats. public database, create a campaign to assist elanocephala) in Prince William Sound. $99,450 the public in identifying and reporting Project results will aid resource managers invasive species, and encourage use of a with updated population data. Island Institute vehicle wash system to prevent the spread $75,000 Community Fisheries Network Capacity of invasive species. Project will establish a Building and Expansion comprehensive long-term invasive species Regents of the University of California Expand and strengthen the community control program. Standardized Low-Cost Monitoring of fishery network in order to continue building $75,000 Conservation Success Pilot Project capacity and disseminating innovations that Pilot a standardized, third-party, monitoring improve the long-term sustainability of North Dakota State University program for National Fish and Wildlife community fisheries. Thermal Control of Insect Emergence in Foundation on two seabird conservation $87,847 Arctic Tundra Ponds (AK) projects. The pilot program will test the use Obtain data needed to build predictive of a novel low cost technique. Kenai Watershed Forum models of insect emergence from tundra $298,050 Stream Watch: Education and Habitat ponds at Barrow, Alaska. Project will Restoration Volunteers (AK) supplement other data to aid in forecasting San Francisco State University Train volunteers to provide peer-to-peer the future quality of avian nesting habitat. Invasive Tunicate Impacts on salmon habitat stewardship education to $92,212 Pacific Herring in Southeast Alaska river users and complete habitat restoration Evaluate and model the impact of the invasive and /or protection projects on the Kenai North Pacific Fisheries Association, Inc. tunicate Didemnum vexillum on Pacific Peninsula of Alaska. Electronic Monitoring for Small Boats in Alaska herring in southeast Alaska. Project results $37,038 Build on existing electronic monitoring will aid resource managers in prioritizing practices to develop a system that can provide areas for evaluation and protection. LGL Alaska Research Associates, Inc. accurate, reliable data
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