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2015 CONSERVATION INVESTMENTS UNITED STATES AND U.S. TERRITORIES deer, elkandpronghorn. species suchascutthroat trout, mule and swift fox, butalsomore common imperiled speciessuchassage grouse in western states benefit notonly NFWF’s conservation investments moves down aridge inMontana. On thecover: Aherd ofmuledeer The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation is dedicated to sustaining, restoring and enhancing the nation’s fish, wildlife, plants and habitats for current and future generations. NFWF will advance its mission through innovative public and private partnerships, and by investing financial resources and intellectual capital into science-based programs designed to address conservation priorities and achieve measurable outcomes. In Fiscal Year 2015, NFWF funded more than 800 conservation projects across the nation, generating an on- the-ground conservation impact of more than $378.1 million. UNITED STATES AND U.S. TERRITORIES CONTENTS

United States and U.S. Territories Fiscal Year 2015 Conservation Investments

Alabama 05 Montana 35

Alaska 06 Nebraska 37

Arizona 09 Nevada 37

Arkansas 10 New Hampshire 38

California 10 New Jersey 39

Colorado 14 New Mexico 40

Connecticut 16 New York 41

Delaware 17 North Carolina 43

District of Columbia 17 North Dakota 44

Florida 18 Ohio 45

Georgia 20 Oklahoma 45

Hawaii 21 Oregon 45

Idaho 22 Pennsylvania 48

Illinois 23 Rhode Island 51

Indiana 24 South Carolina 52 3 Iowa 24 South Dakota 53

Kansas 25 Tennessee 54

Kentucky 25 Texas 54

Louisiana 25 Utah 57

Maine 26 Vermont 57

Maryland 27 Virginia 58

Massachusetts 29 Washington 60

Michigan 31 West Virginia 62

Minnesota 32 Wisconsin 63

Mississippi 33 Wyoming 64

Missouri 34 U.S. Territories 65

United States and International Fiscal Year 2015 Conservation Investments 66

Gulf Environmental Benefit Fund Fiscal Year 2015 Project Commitments 70

Impact-Directed Environmental Accounts Fiscal Year 2015 Project Commitments 74 UNITED STATES AND U.S. TERRITORIES FISCAL YEAR 2015 YEAR FISCAL CONSERVATION INVESTMENTS UNITED STATES AND U.S. TERRITORIES ALABAMA Auburn University Cumberland River Compact Town Creek Watershed Tennessee/Cumberland Strategic Plan for Alabama Forest Resources Center Restoration at Auburn University Barrier Removal and Aquatic Connectivity Red-Cockaded Woodpecker and Longleaf Add three restorative features and education- Improvement (AL, KY, TN) Pine Restoration in Southeast Alabama al signage to the headwaters of a tributary Partner with The Nature Conservancy and Maintain, enhance and expand ongoing of Town Creek at Auburn University. The American Rivers to improve aquatic con- recovery efforts for red-cockaded wetland restoration and riparian habitat proj- nectivity in high-priority watersheds of the woodpeckers and other species on private ect will provide restoration and educational Cumberland and Tennessee River basins by quail plantations in southeast Alabama. activities for watershed residents, students strategically accelerating the momentum of $135,000 and visitors on water quantity, water quality barrier removals. and community engagement. $125,000 Alabama Forestry Association $46,780 Enhancing Longleaf Pine Ecosystems to FishAmerica Foundation Improve Black Pine Snake Habitat in Baldwin County Soil and Initiating Barotrauma and Mortality Alabama and Mississippi Water Conservation District Reduction Strategies with Gulf of Mexico Engage landowners to form community-based Gulf Coast Gully Restoration Initiative Recreational Anglers (AL, FL, LA, MS, TX) burning networks; enlist mentors to work Restore classic gullies in Baldwin County Advance the implementation of FishSmart best with landowners to provide training and using current engineering designs and practices designed to reduce mortality of fish on-the-ground experience; and provide ed- practices combined with natural restoration released during recreational fishing. Project will ucation and coordinating access to technical techniques. Project will result in signifi- distribute descending devices on recreational and cost-share assistance. Project partners cant reductions in sediment and nutrient for-hire vessels and select recreational anglers will restore 200 acres of longleaf pine and transport, peak discharge attenuation and to assess the adoption of best practices and enhance 7,000 acres of existing longleaf increased time of concentration. potential reduction of post-release mortality. habitat primarily by increasing the amount $200,000 $60,000 and frequency of prescribed burning in the 14 counties in Alabama and Mississippi his- CLS America Friends of the Cahaba River National torically occupied by the black pine snake. Electronic Reporting in the Gulf of Mexico Wildlife Refuge $149,804 Charter Boat Fleet (AL, FL, MS) Native Habitat Restoration at Cahaba River Implement electronic reporting in approxi- National Wildlife Refuge Alabama Forestry Association mately 275 recreational charter boat vessels Restore native habitat at two locations in the Incentives for Planting Shortleaf Pine in the Gulf of Mexico. Project will engage the Cahaba National Wildlife Refuge. Volunteers in the Alabama Cumberlands fishing industry, federal and state managers, will plant shade trees, shrubs and wildflow- Work with private landowners identified and scientists from Mississippi, Alabama and ers to compliment longleaf pine restoration during outreach efforts conducted through Florida to generate real-time, verifiable, and in the interior of the park. a related project to provide cost-share high-quality recreational fishing data. $6,000 5 incentives for site preparation and planting $1,700,000 of shortleaf pine. Incentives will overcome a Mississippi Land Trust major barrier to planting shortleaf pine and Conservian Veterans Prescribed Fire Crew (AL, MS) will result in the restoration of 1,136 acres Restoring Shorebird Populations and Train and outfit a six-person prescribed of shortleaf pine/upland savanna forest in Building Capacity on the Eastern Gulf (AL, MS) fire crew composed of military veterans the Cumberlands of Alabama. Expand Coastal Bird Conservation/Conservi- to conduct prescribed burns and other $150,000 an’s on-the-ground presence in Alabama and management activities in coastal Mississippi. Mississippi. Project will create a local volunteer Activities will take place on private and pub- Alabama Wildlife Federation steward base and assist with site manager and lic lands to include open wet pine savannas Catalyzing Private Landowner Contributions stakeholder relations. Strong partner relation- and upland longleaf pine. to Alabama Gulf Coast Conservation ships, science-based field expertise, and use $200,000 Use capacity building, expanded partnerships, of standardized monitoring methods and best technical assistance and outreach to increase management practices will help serve as a Mississippi State University landowner engagement and on-the-ground new “model of excellence” for comprehensive Gulf of Mexico Bird Monitoring Framework stewardship implementation on private lands shorebird management on the Gulf Coast. (AL, FL, LA, MS, TX) in Alabama’s Gulf Coast counties. Project will $100,000 Complete a structured decision-making effort create, maintain, enhance and/or eliminate to identify goals, objectives and values under- threats to habitats for shorebirds, waterbirds Conservian pinning a Gulf-wide bird monitoring program. and waterfowl, as well as terrestrial birds and U.S. Gulf Coast Beach-Nesting Bird Field The resulting bird monitoring framework wildlife whose properly managed habitat con- Monitoring Manual (AL, FL, LA, MS, TX) and decision support tools will provide a tributes to positive downstream Gulf Coast Build a standardized training manual for strong basis for increasing coordination and water quality. field personnel and site stewards engaged communication and the advancement of bird $83,590 in monitoring and protecting beach-nesting monitoring across the Gulf of Mexico. birds on the Gulf Coast. The field manual will $222,635 American Forest Foundation be directed toward those actually working on Shortleaf Restoration on Alabama Lauder- the ground with beach-nesting birds, and will Mobile County Soil and dale and Freedom Hills Forever Wild Tracts serve as the next logical step to implementing Water Conservation District Expand on an existing NFWF project and the recommendations of the U.S. Gulf Coast Mobile County Soil and Water Conservation partner with the implementation team Beach-Nesting Bird Assessment and District Habitat Incentive Program focused on shortleaf in the Alabama Cum- Management Guidelines. Improve, restore and rehabilitate land to berland Plateau by planting 1,193 acres of $75,000 control or eradicate invasives that are shortleaf pine on public lands in Lauderdale detrimental to gopher tortoises and and Colbert counties. ground-nesting birds. $150,000 $200,000 UNITED STATES AND U.S. TERRITORIES $325,000 ment projects across the GCPEPlandscape. on priority longleaf restoration and manage Plain Ecosystem Partnership (GCPEP)partners Continue to collaborate with theGulf Coastal FL) in theGCPEPLandscape (AL, Management onPublicandPrivate Lands Increasing Longleaf Restoration and The Longleaf Alliance $100,000 techniques for otherareas. the replication oftheseinventory and analysis develop methods and materials to facilitate significant longleaf pine geographic areas and forest ecosystem characteristics for four Research Station. Project will quantify current methods developed by Rocky Mountain high-resolution remote sensing and statistical data and established databases using novel, Work to integrate existing longleaf ecosystem GA) FL, and Condition(AL, Cost-EffectiveExtent MappingofLongleaf The Longleaf Alliance $31,886 quarterly publication. distribution oftheLongleaf Leader, a also willsupport the development and across thehistoric longleaf range. Project and enhance the longleaf pine ecosystem delivering conservation actions to restore responsible for organizing, planning and local implementation teams, which are of information among the 17multipartner responsible for coordination and exchange Maintain alongleaf consul position Assistance andOutreach Team CapacityandLandowner Technical Coordinating Local Implementation The Longleaf Alliance $1,000,000 benefits to longleaf-dependent species. easement. Project willprovide significant working forestlands viaaconservation protect approximately 205,000acres of Restore longleaf pineandpermanently Conservation/Restoration FL) (AL, Coastal Headwaters Forest, Longleaf The Conservation Fund $25,000 native plant species. about theimportance oflandscaping with area. Project willeducate thecommunity habitats, encouraging wildlife to usethe native plant speciesappropriate to specific Remove invasive plants andreseed with for theImportance ofNative Landscaping Habitat Restoration andCommunityOutreach Ruffner Mountain Nature Preserve’s Wildlife Ruffner Mountain Nature Coalition

- Provide 30red-cockaded woodpeckers annu Cooperative: MS) Years GA, FL, 13-14(AL, Support for theSouthernRange Translocation Red-Cockaded Woodpecker Translocation The Longleaf Alliance $200,000 throughout themountain longleaf pine range. towards restoring thehistorical fire regime and northwest Georgia. Project will be geared use ofprescribed fire, in northeast Alabama store longleaf pine habitats, primarily with the Further efforts by partners to expand and re Restoration Project GA) (AL, Talladega Mountains Longleaf Pine The Nature Conservancy $150,000 examples oflongleaf pine habitat. forest management, and provide well-managed with fire, engage private landowners in active leaf pine acreage, increase acres maintained leaf pine inAlabama.Project willincrease long to private landowners within the range oflong sistance and technical assistance and outreach Provide planting cost-share, prescribed fire as and Outreach inAlabama Strategic Longleaf PineRestoration The Nature Conservancy $250,000 expanding Gulfrestoration economy. and train young peopleto participate inthe a significant strategy for Gulf restoration, to continue to use conservation corps as and animals,buildorganizational strength long-term habitat healthfor native plants vation progress ontheground to improve natural resources. Project willmake conser undertake projects that restore andprotect demonstrations across theGulf region to and aVeterans Conservation Corps pilot Support two new Conservation Corps Program MS,TX) LA, FL, (AL, Gulf Conservation Corps Restoration The Nature Conservancy $311,000 the longleaf pine ecosystem onthe Fall Line. conservation activities on of over22,000 acres efforts inthe region. Project willimplement community support for longleaf conservation financial assistance to landowners, and build forest demonstrations, increase technical and program that willbuild on anetwork ofmodel using asuccessful outreach and education lands near Fort Benning Military Installation Promote longleaf pine conservation on private GA) (AL, Restoration onPrivate Landsonthe Fall Line Accelerate Longleaf PineEcosystem The Nature Conservancy $165,000 percent ofthe annual total SRTC allocation. per year), 15pairs from this grant willequal 27 of total SRTC available birds (averaged 55pairs (SRTC). Basedonprevious years (2004-2014) the Southern Range Translocation Cooperative ally for two years (total of60birds, 30pairs) to

------Southeastern Aquatic Biodiversity Conserva University ofGeorgia Research Foundation $25,000 forest restoration andeducation. ment agencies andnonprofit partners in volunteers, academic institutions, govern thrive. Project willengage abroad baseof by visitors andhelpnative flora and fauna forest environments that can beenjoyed to itsnatural state whilepromoting healthy Restore andrehabilitate Red Mountain Park and Sustainability Program Red Mountain Park Forest Management The Red Mountain Park Fund $30,000 the watersheds that sustain them. understands theimportance ofprotecting will develop aninformed populacethat greenspace inthenation. Project partners riparian zones onthelargest post-industrial restoration programs for three threatened Establish comprehensive ecosystem Riparian Restoration Educating CommunitiesThrough The Red Mountain Park Fund $492,553 small-vessel, fixed-gear fleet. of electronic monitoring regulations for the pling errors, and inform thedevelopment ing fisheries-dependent data, reduce sam the portion ofthe fleet capable of provid fixed-gear fisheries. Project willincrease 120 smallvessels in theGulfofAlaska’s Integrate electronic monitoring onup to At-Sea Monitoring ofFixed GearFisheries Integrating Electronic Monitoring inAlaska’s Alaska LonglineFishermen’s Association $30,001 development objectives. shared conservation andurban community engage non-traditional partners to achieve shared perspectives andleadership, and urban/rural youth ambassadors to promote life andconservation, mentor a cohort of ban youth andfamilies to engage withwild provide acontinuum ofopportunities forur already designated Urban Bird Treaty city, Restore 20milesofAnchorage streams inan Engagement to Conservation a Diversity ofPerspectives andCitizen Empowering Anchorage’s Youth to Bring Alaska Geographic Association $138,692 modeled other on successful initiatives. develop aframework for apublic-private fund and identify additional funding opportunities, priority geographies and priorityactions, conservation plans for the region to identify in the Southeast. Project willsynthesize existing improve stewardship offreshwater resources Aquatic Biodiversity Conservation Fund to help Develop abusiness plan for anew Southeastern tion OpportunityAnalysis (multiple states) ALASKA

------Aleutians East Borough Manomet Prince William Sound Community College, Establishing a Community Fishing Association Monitoring Shorebirds in the Yukon Delta University of Alaska in the Gulf of Alaska to Provide Long-Term National Wildlife Refuge South Central Alaska Natural Resource Fishing Community Access and Stability Complete the surveys designed under the Management Internship Program Enhance community sustainability by Program for Regional and International Shore- Prepare youth and returning veterans for developing a community fishing association bird Monitoring in the Yukon Delta National careers in natural resource management inclusive of fishing dependent communities Wildlife Refuge, a critical shorebird nesting professions. Project will include an instruc- throughout the Gulf of Alaska. Project will area. Project will help advance a broad scale tional component at Prince William Sound draft a community sustainability plan for use and multi-national effort to monitor the size Community College and hands-on training in the Gulf of Alaska Trawl Bycatch Manage- and trend of populations of shorebirds. and experiential learning at field locations ment program. $94,402 throughout southcentral Alaska. $95,000 $74,896 Native Village of Gambell Bering Sea Fishermen’s Association Supporting Marine Mammal Advisory Saltwater Capacity Building for Sustainable Manage- Councils on St. Lawrence Island Development of Open-Source Software ment of Kuskokwim River Chinook Salmon Further tribal harvest management on St. Law- for Electronic Monitoring Data Review Build capacity among community leaders rence Island through marine mammal advisory Develop a foundation of open-source in the Kuskokwim drainage by developing committees and tribal monitors. Project will software for review of electronic monitoring a shared knowledge base about salmon continue enforcement of local ordinances for data. Project will use an iterative design pro- population dynamics and management. subsistence Pacific walrus harvest and allow cess to expand on the capabilities of existing Project will include regional workshops on for the development of conservation and review software in order to create freely salmon ecology and population dynamics, management goals. available software that can be easily adapted critical sources of uncertainty for fishery $100,000 to different fisheries. management, and how models inform $88,000 decision-making. Native Village of White Mountain $83,000 Ichupak River Instream Flow Reservation Sea State and Fish Documentation Open-Source Software Platform for Ship- City of Gustavus Address strategies to protect the subsis- board Electronic Monitoring of Fisheries Mountain View Drainage Fish Barrier Removal tence economy for residents of the Golovin (AK, OR, WA) Construct a bridge to replace the Lukes Bay watershed. Project will gather instream Develop a suite of complementary software Driveway barrier culvert, one of five culverts flow data to use for establishing an instream applications that will support electronic in Mountain View Drainage that block or flow reservation with the State of Alaska. monitoring data acquisition, review, sum- impede upstream passage of salmon, trout $35,079 marization and archival. Project will create and char. Project will restore fish passage an entirely open source and freely available and natural flow, debris and sediment con- North Pacific Fisheries Association software platform that can be adapted to 7 veyance in the channel. Refining Electronic Monitoring for the specific needs of any given fishery. $36,000 Implementation on Small, Fixed-Gear Pacific $235,738 Cod Boats in Alaska Environment for the Americas Test and gather electronic monitoring data on Seward Association for the Advancement Celebrate Shorebirds (Celebra las Playeras): small pot boats fishing for Pacific cod in the of Marine Science (Alaska SeaLife Center) Engaging Latino Youth in Natural Resource Gulf of Alaska. Project will field-test two strat- Cook Inlet Beluga Ecosystem Data Portal Careers (AK, CA, CO, OR, WA) egies to estimate discard weights and further Development Gather data on the movements, habitat refine a strategy to improve data capture and Develop a publicly accessible data portal to use and conservation needs of migratory review efficiencies using electronic monitoring. improve management and public awareness shorebirds. Project will engage Latino $68,000 of Cook Inlet beluga whales. The portal will communities in learning about shorebirds serve as a tool for integrating and visualizing and their conservation, as well as about the Northern Research Technical Assistance Cook Inlet beluga sighting data with other federal lands that provide educational and Center (NORTAC) regional biological, physical and socio-eco- recreational opportunities. Pribilof Island Seabird Youth Network: nomic data. $80,000 Seabirds and Invasive Species $80,000 Develop integrated curricula for children to LGL Alaska Research Associates raise awareness about the importance of Southeast Alaska Watershed Coalition Photo-Identification of Beluga Whales Alaska’s biodiversity, the impact of introduced Improving Water Quality and in Upper Cook Inlet – VII invasive species, and what can be done to Restoring the Natural Habitat of Lower Continue to use photo-identification to prevent their introduction to the region. Jordan Creek in Juneau assess and monitor individual and popula- $45,000 Develop a manual for best management tion characteristics of endangered Cook Inlet practices for stormwater on Jordan Creek. Beluga Whales in order to better understand Oregon State University Project will include a demonstration project them and their lack of recovery. Project Seabird Bycatch Outreach to Alaska Longline to treat stormwater using an L-shape results will help managers learn more about Fisheries (AK, OR, WA) bioswale, a barrier fence to prevent snow Cook Inlet beluga whales’ use of critical Reach out to fisheries and provide seabird from being pushed into the stream, and the habitat, survival, reproduction, incidence bycatch reduction training sessions at target- restoration of riparian habitat by controlling of disease and trauma, and frequency of ed ports in an effort to reduce and maintain invasive plants and planting native trees and exposure to human activities that may be seabird bycatch at or below the lowest levels shrubs. impeding recovery. observed. Project will analyze 20 years of $27,186 $185,000 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminis- tration Groundfish Observer Program data to identify key sectors needed for outreach. $153,485 UNITED STATES AND U.S. TERRITORIES $100,000 miles ofsalmonhabitat. and provides fishpassage, openingup8.3 culvert that passes the100-year flood event in asubsistence area withanembedded Design andreplace afishpassage barrier Old Tyonek Creek FishPassage Restoration Tyonek Tribal Conservation District $25,000 management practices. with functioning construction designs and improved assessment data, and compliance through regional coordination, access to for freshwater and anadromous fishspecies improve fish passage and habitat integrity efforts in southeast Alaska. Project will projects to support salmonconservation Partnership to implement three conservation Work withthe Southeast Alaska Fish Habitat Southeast Alaska FishHabitat Partnership Salmon Habitat Conservation Through the Trout Unlimited $44,000 and similardirect-marketing arrangements. to engage incommunity supported fisheries formation and technical resources necessary Project willhelpfishermen gain access to in of direct-marketing arrangements increases. continue fishermenasthenumber to serve Improve LocalCatch.org sothat it can Scale Fishermen Nationwide (multiple states) Community Supported FisheriesandSmall- Supporting theVisibilityandViabilityof Third Sector New England $25,000 sponse to resource degradation from overuse. natural resources inthe Nabesna area in re and protect wildlife habitat, scenicquality and Recruit, train and lead Alaskan youth to restore Nabesna Area Restoration Project Alaskan Youth Restoring Alaska’s Parks: The Student Conservation Association $75,000 improve wildlife and fisheries habitat. integrate aquatic and terrestrial restorationto of Wales Island in southeast Alaska. Project will treat up to 200acres offorest stands on Prince Restore about1mileofinstream habitat and to Restore Staney Watershed Utilizing Young Growth The Nature Conservancy $75,000 of salmonand otheraquatic resources. cantly benefit management and conservation ping tools elsewhere in Alaska and willsignifi hydrography with stream and watershed map set the standard for integrating the update of entire Matanuska-Susitna Basin. Project will National Hydrographic Dataset Plus for the update theNational Hydrographic Dataset and platform as part ofa collaborative to effort Develop anintegrated hydrographic mapping Hydrographic MappingintheMat-Su Basin The Nature Conservancy

- - - - Implement aSnowDens-3D polarbear Operational Polar BearDenMapping Conservation Cooperative U.S. Forest Arctic Service, Landscape U.S. Department ofAgriculture, $100,000 career options inthefisheriesfield. aquatic habitat field and explore potential conservation experience inthefisheries and an eight-week, paidinternship andadiverse American FisheriesSociety, BLMwillprovide of LandManagement (BLM).Working with U.S. Department oftheInterior’s Bureau the summer2015at 13fieldofficesofthe Host 20highschoolstudent interns during (multiple states) Rearing theNext FisheriesCohort Bureau ofLandManagement U.S. Department oftheInterior, $80,405 sustainable harvest. to avoid future depletion and to promote management strategies for thesespecies identifying appropriate conservation and Project willprovide useful information for seals onbreeding sites intheNorthPacific. temporal structure ofringed andbearded Conduct agenetic analysis ofspatial and WA)Ice Seals(AK,CA, Assessing theGenetic Structure ofArctic Alaska FisheriesScienceCenter Oceanic andAtmospheric Administration, U.S. Department ofCommerce, National $215,000 studies. information collected from ongoing arctic Atmospheric Administration in 2014and in analysis created by theNational Oceanic and identified ashigh risk in an oilspillrisk Create atrajectory analysis planner in areas Planner inHigh-RiskAreas Establishing anArctic Trajectory Analysis Administration, Fisheries National Oceanicand Atmospheric U.S. Department ofCommerce, $60,000 will beginaninitialvulnerability assessment. Project willcontinue ongoing field workand the potential effects ofachangingclimate. of watersheds inPrince WilliamSoundto Conduct astudy to assessthevulnerability in PrinceWilliamSoundWatersheds Assessing theVulnerability to Climate U.S. Forest Service U.S. Department ofAgriculture, $98,367 efficiency through accurate mapping. sites by improving search andlocation help reduce disturbance to polarbearden bear management activities. Project will available to end-users interested inpolar a decision-supportframework andmake it snowdrift denninghabitat mapping tool in

$100,000 employment opportunities for local youths. of threatened eiders, and provide summer involvement inconservation, reduce take outreach programs that promote community monitoring eider nests. Project willinclude to increase reproductive successand by Alaska by using predator control methods Recover Steller’s and spectacled eiders in Steller’s andSpectacled EiderRecovery U.S. Fish andWildlife Service U.S. Department oftheInterior, $99,587 labor-intensive approaches. fisheries inAlaska withless costly andless merate andmanage subsistence andother a method that enhancestheabilityto enu counting chambers. Project willdemonstrate to redirect returning adultsalmoninto graduated-field fishguidance technology ies management: theuseofnon-lethal, Test aninnovative application forfisher to Monitor AdultSalmonReturns Evaluating Innovative Technology U.S. Fish andWildlife Service U.S. Department oftheInterior, $90,000 locations ofbreeding adults. etry component to locate at-sea foraging Wildlife Refuge by addingasatellite telem of Kittlitz’s murrelets on Kodiak National Continue asuccessful nesting ecology study Kodiak Refuge –III Nesting Ecology ofKittlitz’s Murrelet on Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge U.S. FishandWildlife Service, U.S. Department oftheInterior, $59,578 daily movements until departure. Seward Peninsula andtheirchicks, andtrack to 60transmitters to adultsbreeding onthe will monitor breeding productivity, attach up flight to wintering areas inMexico. Project Alaska usedby red knotspriorto anonstop Locate autumnstaging areas inwestern of theRed Knot inWestern Alaska Post-Breeding Migratory Movements Division ofMigratory Birds U.S. FishandWildlife Service, U.S. Department oftheInterior, $120,000 and conservation messages. and expand communication ofcritical safety tive youth in natural resources management, strategies, increase therole oflocal Alaska Na polar bearmanagement and conservation pand capacity to implement community-based both polarbears and humans. Project willex conflicts asuseof coastal habitats increases for Develop alocal strategy to reduce human-bear Management Capacityat Barter Island Building Polar BearConservation Arctic National Wildlife Refuge U.S. FishandWildlife Service, U.S. Department oftheInterior,

- - - - - University of Alaska Anchorage Arizona Conservation Corps U.S. Department of Agriculture, Alaska Native Science and Engineering Restoration of Public Use Trails in Saguaro U.S. Forest Service Program in Partnership with the U.S. Forest National Park and the City of Tucson’s “A” Improve Detection of Invasive Brown Trout Service and Lewis, Gunn and Livingston Mountain Park and Brook Trout in Apache Trout Habitat Alaska Research Associates Complete much-needed trail improvement Develop and implement environmental DNA Provide conservation career exploration and maintenance projects at Saguaro tools to determine distribution and occupancy through academic success and summer National Park and the City of Tucson’s “A” of invasive brown and brook trout throughout internships. Project will support students Mountain Park, utilizing a crew of six Apache trout habitat in the southwestern in the ANSEP Summer Bridge and Univer- members over a 10-week period. United States. Project will assess the efficacy of sity components who successfully com- $40,000 barriers to brown and brook trout movement, plete internships with U.S. Forest Service as well as the presence of these species after professionals, preparing them to apply and Arizona Wilderness Coalition wildfires and eradication efforts. compete for permanent federal job Preserving Arizona’s Desert Rivers $29,526 opportunities upon graduation. Restore two perennial stream corridors $75,000 offering high potential for habitat U.S. Department of the Interior, improvement. Project will provide habitat U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, University of California – Santa Cruz for yellow-billed cuckoo and other sensitive Arizona Fisheries Resources Office Endangered Seabird Population species at these valuable streams in the Apache Trout Conservation and Recovery Viability Analysis and Outcomes Monitoring Sonoran Desert. in Arizona (multiple states) $41,334 Conduct fish barrier monitoring and remove Protect threatened seabird species by non-native fishes from six recovery streams to developing population viability analysis Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum benefit native Apache trout populations. Proj- models for priority seabird species in Arizona Monarch Conservation Partnership ect will conduct population and habitat mon- the Pacific Ocean. Project will determine Facilitate the creation of the Arizona Mon- itoring to collect up-to-date population status where and how to establish new colo- arch Conservation Partnership as a network information that can be used to determine if a nies of threatened seabird species and of government agencies, NGOs, universities delisting package should be developed. will provide cost-effective monitoring of and citizen-scientists to advance monarch $100,000 seabird project outcomes to guide future butterfly conservation in its western range in conservation decisions. Arizona. Activities include Asclepias surveys, University of Idaho $174,934 seed collection, increasing Asclepias seed Dispersal patterns of Yuma Ridgway’s Rail availability and density, native plant propa- (AZ, CA) Wildlife Conservation Society gation and habitat improvement, monarch Study the effect and impact of solar Waterway Safety Committee for monitoring in breeding areas, and tagging technologies on rails. Project will attach the Protection of Marine Mammals monarchs to determine migration flyways. platform terminal transmitters to less than 30 and Subsistence Fishing $100,000 Yuma Ridgway’s rails to determine dispersal 9 Develop a Waterway Safety Committee, a distances, and the conditions under which multi-stakeholder group that includes the Conservation Legacy young birds move to find new habitat patches. key parties using a specific waterway, for The Arizona Conservation Corps San Pedro $52,000 the arctic. An Arctic Committee will ensure Project with the Bureau of Land Management the protection of marine mammals and Provide cut-stump treatment of tamarisk on Watershed Management Group subsistence activities. the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Save Sabino Creek: Community Education $101,238 Area with a youth crew of five members. and Restoration $5,000 Restore habitat and surface flow to Sabino Creek, located downstream of Sabino Canyon, ARIZONA Gila Watershed Partnership the most visited natural area in Tucson. Project American Conservation Experience Developing Riparian Resiliency and Future will create a long-term, multi-faceted program Cerbat Foothills Recreation Area Land Stewards Along the Upper Gila River including an educational and awareness Support a crew of seven youths and one Employ local youth in Arizona Conservation program with local residents, on-the-ground crew leader for a period of two weeks Corps crews to mechanically remove the in- restoration efforts in private and public spaces, to construct 3 miles of non-motorized vasive tamarisk and restore native habitat. and partner collaboration to protect and multiple-use trail within the Cerbat Foothills Project will create riparian habitat resilien- enhance shallow groundwater areas. Recreation Area. cy in advance of the anticipated arrival of $30,000 $10,000 the tamarisk leaf beetle, and provide career pathways for future land stewards. Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation American Conservation Experience $75,000 Filling Information Gaps and Developing Harquahala Peak Pack Trail Best Management Practices to Sustain (Harquahala Wilderness) Maintenance National Audubon Society Monarchs and Milkweed in Public Lands and Restoration Project Audubon Arizona’s River Pathways – II of the Western U.S. (multiple states) Collaborate and work with the Bureau of Engage hundreds of urban high-school Build capacity of public land managers to Land Management, Arizona Hassayampa students in riparian monitoring activities and implement conservation practices that benefit Field Office, to connect youths to public lands hire four summer interns annually. Project the western population of monarch butterflies through volunteer internship opportunities in will conduct surveys for the federally threat- by accounting for current management the Harquahala Wilderness. ened yellow-billed cuckoo at up to eight practices and addressing information gaps $20,000 priority drainages on public land in Arizona. on the distribution and management of milk- $62,350 weed. Project will develop best management practices and disseminate recommendations for monarch conservation on 250,000 acres of publicly managed lands. $104,181 UNITED STATES AND U.S. TERRITORIES $41,490 development internships. crews and long-term individualprofessional Project willusetrained conservation corps ship oftheJohnMuirNational Historic Site. various habitat restoration andsite steward Corps, NorthBay, to directly assist with Combine efforts withtheConservation Stewardship andRestoration John MuirNational Historic Site American Conservation Experience $68,000 municipalities and corporations. under contract withfederal and state agencies, include 18habitat restoration sites managed Southern San Mateo Counties. Project will Area Peninsula, encompassing Santa Clara and lands and creeks across the SanFrancisco Bay volunteers to enhance and restore natural Engage thousands ofstudent and community San Francisco Peninsula Stewardship Project Acterra $300,000 of river corridor that isopento thepublic. Arkansas’s longest privately owned stretch riparian corridor to theKingsRiver Preserve, quisition willadd over two milesofriver and significant segments oftheKingsRiver. Ac Complete thepurchase of608acres lining Kings River Nature Preserve Conservation –II The Nature Conservancy $1,860,170 lic accessopportunities. protecting water qualityandproviding pub along Beaver Lake harboring27rare species, Acquire 410acres ofcontiguous forestland Devil’s Eyebrow Protection –II The Nature Conservancy $100,000 ation’s National Pollinator Garden Network. clubs, nurseries and the National Wildlife Feder schools and schooldistricts, aswell asgarden outreach efforts in hundreds ofcities, towns, tion on behalf ofmonarchs. Project willsupport central flyway to take appropriate, effective ac Build capacity within cities and towns in the (multiple states) the Central Flyway Through UrbanOutreach Launching Monarch Butterfly Recovery in National Wildlife Federation $500 Foundation’s 2015Guy Bradley Award. recipient oftheNational Fishand Wildlife forcement Office, who was the federal level of theU.S. Fish and Wildlife Law En Service assistantHuggins, special agent incharge Officer’s AssociationDarwin in honorof Award funds to theArkansas Wildlife Guy Bradley Award 2015,Federal Level –I Arkansas Wildlife Officer’s Association CALIFORNIA ARKANSAS

------grams using volunteers and staff. Project will Restore theparkway through diverse pro River Parkway The Restoration oftheAmerican American River Parkway Foundation $111,750 third-party data review standards. validate logbookaccuracy, andhelpdevelop compare total costs, retention scenarios, catch handling requirements. Project will costs and operational protocols of different the Pacific groundfish fishery by defining Operationalize electronic monitoring for in theWest Coast Groundfish Fishery Operationalizing Electronic Monitoring Buccaneer Fishing $1,000 resources for 28years. who hasbeenprotecting wildlife andnatural California Department ofFishandWildlife, dation to Assistant Chief JohnBaker ofthe from theNational FishandWildlife Foun Award the2015State GuyBradley Award 2015 State GuyBradley Award John C.Baker $57,698 impacts from drought and human disturbance. conservation effort focusing on population long-term. Project willbegin Phase IVofthis lasting changes to support thespeciesin the success for Aechmophorus grebe and ensure Increase population numbers and breeding Colonies at SixNorthern California Lakes –IV Conservation ofAechmophorusGrebe Audubon California $47,000 resiliency ofaquatic species. quality andhabitat conditions, andimprove nutrients at thebarriersites, improve water increase fishmigration andimportofocean miles ofhigh-qualityhabitat. Project will high-priority barriers to openaccessto 11 Bay by advancing toward removal ofthree in several tributaries to theSanFrancisco Advance recovery ofsteelhead populations Tributaries to theSanFrancisco Bay Improving Habitat for Steelhead in American Rivers $183,600 restoration to attract broader investment. economic and natural benefits ofmeadow engaged inmeadow restoration and clarifying providing restoration training to key agencies restoration throughout the Sierra Nevada by Ensure the long-term successofmeadow and Investment Critical Next Steps: Capacity Amplifying American Rivers $50,000 and rebuild decaying parkway infrastructure. lutants, increase the presence of native plants remove invasive plants, reduce waterway pol

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- - a framework for conservation ofashy storm threats to thespecies.Project willprovide best practices to eliminate ormitigate plan that willaddress threats primary and Develop anashy storm petrel conservation Storm-Petrel Mexico) (CA, Conservation ActionPlan fortheAshy California Institute ofEnvironmental Studies $49,200 stewardship and restore wildlife habitat. Project willimprove public access,recreation, a critical trail system at New MelonesLake. engage young adults in the restoration of Partner withtheBureau ofReclamation to Habitat Restoration New MelonesRecreation and California Conservation Corps $12,500 potential for fires. Lake State Recreation Area to reduce the develop ashadedfuelbreak at theFolsom Folsom DamUnit,to engage young adultsto Partner withtheBureau ofReclamation, CCC-BOR Folsom Lake ShadedFuelBreak California Conservation Corps $31,069 that are usedto reach various audiences. products and arange ofprinted products tools, educational exhibits, multi-media will consist of outreach grants, socialmedia Settlements Restoration Program. Project on outreach activities for the Montrose Provide outreach products and support Montrose Settlement Restoration Program Restoration Program Outreach for the Long BeachResearch Foundation California State University $75,000 Chilean cordgrass andEuropean beachgrass. ordinated regional eradication program for dunes native communities aspartofa co Restore 100acres oftidalmarsh and coastal Marsh Restoration Humboldt Bay Dunesand Tidal California State Coastal Conservancy $35,000 the population ontheislandhas extirpated. tion size from 1975 to 2014anddetermine if factors. Project willassess trends inpopula species that hasbeenthreatened by several small andremote breeding colony for the Scripps’s murrelet onSanMiguelIsland,a Determine thecurrent population size of San MiguelIsland Decline ofScripps’s Murrelet at California Institute ofEnvironmental Studies $49,500 monitoring activities. from stakeholders to leadconservation and raising activitiesand obtain commitment petrel that willguideconservation andfund

- - - California Trout Conservation Legacy Environment for the Americas Fall River Native Trout Population Sampling Salt Ponds and Surveying Birds Celebrate Shorebirds (Celebra las Playeras): Monitoring and Assessment on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Don Engaging Latino Youth in Natural Resource Work with partners to establish a long-term Edwards National Wildlife Refuge Careers (AK, CA, CO, OR, WA) passive integrated transponder monitoring Engage an intern to conduct surveys for Gather data on the movements, habitat program to collect data on critical spawning shorebirds and waterfowl abundance, dis- use and conservation needs of migratory locations, migration patterns and genetically tribution and behavior. Ongoing studies at shorebirds. Project will engage Latino distinct native trout sub-populations. Project these ponds will increase understanding of communities in learning about shorebirds will tag and measure 800 native Fall River waterbird abundance in relation to salinity, and their conservation, as well as about the trout, analyze genetic samples, install depth and invertebrate composition, and federal lands that provide educational and additional passive integrated transponder will provide managers with key informa- recreational opportunities. detection arrays, produce management tion to optimize ponds for wintering and $80,000 recommendations, and coordinate quarterly migrating shorebirds. meetings to oversee the project. $6,250 Farallon Institute $50,000 Abundance Estimate for Northern Anchovy Council for Watershed Health in the Central-Southern California Current California Trout Grown In LA: Los Angeles River Native Initiate an abundance estimate for the Restoring Kern River Rainbow Trout and Plant Pipeline and Nursery Network central-southern Northern anchovy stock, Amphibian Habitat in Osa Creek and Meadow Address the critical shortage of native essential forage for a diversity of predators Restore 2,000 feet of stream habitat and plants needed for local ecosystem resto- and piscivorous seabirds in the California surrounding Osa Meadow habitat for moun- ration projects throughout the Los Angeles Current ecosystem. Project will share tain yellow-legged frogs and improve water River’s 834-square-mile watershed. The results with governing agencies and will quality for Kern River rainbow trout. Project project will establish a network of six pilot recommend approaches for sampling to en- will support assessment and permitting, teaching and research native plant nurseries hance full stock assessments in the future. baseline monitoring, design and planning, on vacant and underutilized park land in $22,501 field crew supervision, project coordination, disadvantaged communities. creation of a plant bank for revegetation $50,000 Farallones Marine Sanctuary Association and a literature review of carbon dynamics Seabird Protection Network – II in meadow systems. The next phase will County of Mono Reduce human disturbance to seabirds and complete restoration of Osa Meadow. California Environmental Quality other wildlife along the central California $50,000 Act Analysis of Water Transfers coast through an organized outreach and Prepare a California Environmental Quality education program combined with law en- Center for Ecosystem Act analysis of water transfers related to forcement and seabird management actions. Management and Restoration Walker Lake restoration, participate in a $161,186 Russian River Keystone Flow Improvement pilot water transaction project, and amend 11 Combine scientific and legal strategies with the Mono County General Plan to address Farmworker Institute of Education and outreach and on-the-ground projects to re- Walker Basin Restoration Program water Leadership Development (FIELD) duce the impact of diversions on coho salmon, transfers. Joshua Tree National Park’s Cottonwood/ thereby improving survival in the Russian River $470,518 Eagle Mountain District Assessment and watershed. Project will measure streamflow Restoration of Illegal Off-Road Routes at 22 locations, continue to monitor juvenile Ducks Unlimited Restore areas of Joshua Tree National Park af- coho survival and complete feasibility analyses Cullinan Ranch Revegetation fected by illegal off-road routes. The work will and/or designs at three locations. and Interpretive Sign Project incorporate 40 young corps members from $500,000 Enhance 10 acres of transition zone habi- rural communities in southern California. tat, directly benefiting the habitat quality $58,000 City and County of San Francisco of 1,575 acres of tidal wetlands at Cullinan Oak Woodland and Coastal Scrub Ranch, and provide improved outdoor edu- Feather River Rowing Club Restoration on Yerba Buena Island cation opportunities by installing numerous Forebay Aquatic Center Restoration Manage a bayside pygmy oak woodland on educational interpretive signs. Native plant and Clean Water Science Ambassador Yerba Buena Island by removing invasive restoration activities will be conducted in Restore riparian habitat of the Thermalito plants and restoring habitat for native plant areas disturbed by the Cullinan Ranch Res- Forebay and Feather River and establish an species, such as the fiesta flower that only toration Project, including transition zone outdoor classroom for disadvantaged schools. grows on the island. Project will integrate areas along levee slopes. Project will educate students about riparian island residents in the management and $100,000 habitats, fish and wildlife, water quality, the ecological stewardship of Yerba Buena Island. importance of stormwater management. $40,000 Earth Team $27,949 Sustainable Youth: Creating Green City of Los Angeles, Infrastructure Through Community-Based Full Frame Productions Department of Recreation and Parks Urban Forestry Seabird Disturbance Video Project Cabrillo Beach Pier Fishing Program – IV Recruit small teams (10-12) of low-income Produce a brief video for web distribu- Engage 450 youths from economically disad- students from three partner public schools tion to increase awareness of the impact vantaged communities in the south and east to work year long with Earth Team staff. and potential solutions of human-caused areas of Los Angeles, in 15 hands-on fishing Students will learn about the importance of disturbances on seabird colonies along the sessions. Project will raise awareness about urban forests, restore an artesian well on San Mateo County coastline, particularly safe fish consumption along the Los Angeles campus connected to the local water- during breeding season. This project is the coastline, explain the impact of human activ- shed and plant 1,000 trees in and around preferred restoration alternative identified in ity on the Palos Verdes Shelf ecosystem, and campus locations to improve community the Luckenbach Restoration Plan. provide a safe, hands-on fishing experience. livelihoods. $19,993 $15,000 $85,816 UNITED STATES AND U.S. TERRITORIES $35,580 throughout northwestern California. northern spotted owl, and Humboldt marten tial for sensitive species,includingthefisher, likelihood ofsite presence to habitats essen pogenic features. Theproject willrelate the sites basedon habitat, land-use andanthro model additionallikely target enforcement throughout northwestern California to ment data onillegal water uselocations toService utilize existing local law enforce Partner withtheU.S. FishandWildlife Targeted Water UseEnforcement Integral Ecology Research Center $135,127 study area. spotted owl at Hoopa Valley/Willow Creek Research barred owl impactonNorthern Spotted Owls–Hoopa Valley Research Barred OwlImpactsonNorthern Hoopa Valley Tribe $56,114 round stewardship andeducational events. engaging thelocal community through year- to become environmental stewards, and empowering community-based volunteers local waterways andbeaches,training and and improving water qualitythat impacts Project activitieswillincludemonitoring Creek Watershed inLosAngeles County. habitat instreams throughout theMalibu Focus onprotecting and restoring riparian Heal theBay’s Stream Team Program Heal theBay $7,800 propagation, site planting and weeding. volunteer trips for nursery construction, plant Project willfocus onorganizing and supervising monitoring and non-native weed removal. Island, which include habitat restoration, Continue restoration projects on Santa Barbara in theChannelIslands–II Seabird Restoration onSanta Barbara Island Restoration Education Institute Growing Solutions $50,000 treatment effects may be measured. and provide abaseline data set against which collect data to guide proper treatment design to monitoring and conservation. Project will able skillsinfield research techniques related paid internship positions while acquiring valu Provide opportunities for youth to serve in Monitoring intheWalker NV) Basin(CA, Vegetation andSage-Grouse Habitat Great BasinInstitute $30,000 encompass theMount Tamalpais region. of local, state andnational parklandsthat enjoyment ofthenearly10square miles Support conservation, stewardship and public Mount Tamalpais asanIntegrated Whole One Tam Stewardship Program: Managing Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy

- - - - Leader Program to leadtree planting events Create anUrbanForestry Volunteer Leader Program KYCC UrbanForestry Volunteer Koreatown Youth andCommunityCenter $271,710 the on-board human observer program. tronic monitoring systems asan alternative to Program. Project willevaluate the use ofelec Pacific Coast Groundfish Trawl Rationalization vessels inorder to monitor compliance in the Implement electronic monitoring on up to 32 West Coast Groundfish OR, Fleet (CA, WA) Integrating Electronic Monitoring into the Midwater Trawlers Cooperative $50,000 public involvement. integrate earlydetection/rapid response and of targeted invasive plants. Project will Work toward eradication and containment Collaborative Path to Eradication Mid Klamath Watershed Council $322,445 Busan Trustees. the second year asidentified bytheCosco and response to community concerns for performance monitoring, andreporting adaptive restoration, eelgrass transplant selection, project approvals andpermitting, Perform restoration site identification and Eelgrass Restoration Program –II Merkel andAssociates $15,000 Marina DelRey inCalifornia. with 22fishingtrips ontheBetty-O outof fish contamination and safe fishing practices ages 10-16,and100counselors aboutlocal Educate 500at-risk youths from LosAngeles, Marina DelRey Anglers Youth Fishing–IV Marina DelRey Anglers $20,015 Restoration Program EIS-Restoration Plan. identified by the 2005Montrose Settlements information to restoreas lost fishing services sumption practices. Project will provide public Educate at-risk youth on safe fishing and con SEA Lab’s FunFishingProgram Los Angeles Conservation Corps $26,018 Monica Mountains BackboneTrail system. Restore approximately 5milesoftheSanta Trail Restoration Santa Monica Mountains Backbone Los Angeles Conservation Corps $50,000 profile ofthelow-income neighborhood. the environmental andsocioeconomic South LosAngeles, thereby improving both resource-poor andlow-canopy areas of members. Project willbringtrees to ing children, youth and adultcommunity that galvanize the entire community, includ

- - - $93,207 restoring and creating quality breeding habitat. aucklets onAnoNuevo Island, Santa Cruz, by Increase the number ofbreeding rhinoceros Restoration –VI Año Nuevo IslandSeabird Habitat Oikonos –Ecosystem Knowledge $558,464 restoration is feasible. 250 acres ofburied reef habitat for which toring. Survey information identified about physical and biological modelingand moni Plan withalternatives and associated Finalize thePalos Verdes Shelf Reef Design Subtidal Reef Restoration –II Occidental College $13,522 of 29northern elephant sealweaners. ers, and provide for medical care and feeding truck caused by northern elephant seal wean Repair damage to compound, pen and rescue Seal Weaners and Rehabilitation ofNorthernElephant Emergency Fundingto SupportResponse Northcoast MarineMammalCenter $40,000 habitat and water conservation. community about landscaping for wildlife improving water quality and educating the with native vegetation and wildlife habitat, cultural runoff channel by replacing weeds enhance a1.25-milelong stormwater/agri project in Davis, California. Project will to anexisting community urban greening Add native vegetation and channel seeding and Enhancements North Davis RiparianGreenbelt Restoration Putah Creek Council $100,000 stranding region. of additional coverage inthe West Coast organizations that have identified needs Event. Project willprovide supportto those 2015 California SeaLionUnusualStranding Aide andsupporttheoverall response to the Event Support2015 California SeaLionUnusualStranding Pacific MarineMammalCenter $120,000 Klamath BasinRestoration Agreement. This work supports implementation ofthe re-introduction strategies for the upper basin. Klamath Basinthat willinform the overall anadromous fish life histories in the upper will involve investigations the necessary of monitoring and evaluation program which position willbethe lead staff person forthe fish into the upper Klamath Basin.The plan for there-introduction ofanadromous ment and writing ofan implementation Hire a staff planner to lead the develop Reintroduction OR) Planner(CA, Upper Klamath BasinAnadromous Oregon Department ofFishandWildlife

- - - - Regents of the University of California – Davis Solano Land Trust The Nature Conservancy Developing a Killer Whale Standardized Rush Ranch Upper Spring Branch Creek Little Shasta River Restoration Health Assessment Protocol and Health Tri-Colored Blackbird, California Tiger Sala- Work with partners and a landowner to Index (CA, OR, WA) mander Habitat and Agricultural Enhance- design strategies for stream flow and habitat Identify indices and establish a standard- ment and Citizen-Scientist Activity restoration on the Little Shasta River, an ized health assessment for killer whales, Connect upland grasslands to tidal marsh important element to the recovery of sal- create a record-keeping database that will and connect people to the land, wildlife and monids, including coho and Chinook salmon be seamless with the National Oceanic and beneficial grazing practices. Project will focus as well as steelhead. Project will implement Atmospheric Administration’s new Marine on enhancing Upper Spring Branch Creek to planning activities that are necessary building Mammal Health Map System, and create an further the connection from the uplands to blocks to achieve this recovery. individual animal health index. Project tools the tidal marsh. $48,875 can be used with Southern resident and $69,000 reference killer whale populations to assess The Ocean Foundation individual animal and population fitness, The Bay Foundation Ocean Connectors South Bay Clean Up: identify spatial and temporal stresses, help Palos Verdes Kelp Forest Restoration – III Youth-Led Habitat Restoration and Clean guide research and assist with guidelines for Continue urchin suppression and compliance Up in South San Diego Bay potential intervention for individual animals. and response monitoring. Unusually high Engage a targeted population of 500 un- $60,000 densities of sea urchins will clear expanses of derserved urban youths and 100 adults in kelp forest, leaving reefs devoid of standing habitat protection, resource management Salmon River Restoration Council microalgae, which contributes to reduction in and coastal conservation. Planting of native Salmon River Mine-Tailing Restoration ecosystem structure and function. Project will vegetation, litter abatement and invasive and Coho Refuge focus on 54 acres of existing urchin barrens plant removal will be conducted over 5 acres Work toward restoring floodplains and along the Palos Verdes Peninsula. of critical upland, coastal wetland, beach mine tailings in the Salmon River to $739,439 and river corridor habitat. improve riparian habitat, improve salmon $25,500 rearing and refuge habitat, and reduce The Institute for Bird Populations water temperatures as part of a strategy Willow Flycatcher Recolonization Third Sector New England to ensure a long-term climate refuge for in Restored Meadows Supporting the Visibility and Viability of coho and spring-run Chinook salmon in Use automated broadcasting of willow Community Supported Fisheries and Small- the Klamath Basin. Project will assess flycatcher songs, to facilitate recolonization Scale Fishermen Nationwide (multiple states) restoration opportunities and constraints of restored meadows in high-priority willow Improve LocalCatch.org so that it can along with conceptual restoration designs flycatcher management areas. Project will continue to serve fishermen as the number for floodplain reaches. conduct surveys to fill important information of direct-marketing arrangements increases. $47,497 gaps, help a declining species reoccupy its Project will help fishermen gain access to in- habitat, and expand the number of willow formation and technical resources necessary 13 San Francisco Bay Wildlife Society flycatcher breeding sites. to engage in community supported fisheries Increasing Capacity Through Strategic $86,428 and similar direct-marketing arrangements. Plan and Membership Development $44,000 Undertake a one-day retreat involving the San The Los Angeles Rod and Reel Francisco Bay Wildlife Society board of direc- Club Foundation Triple HS/H. T. Harvey and Associates tors and key refuge personnel to jump-start a Youth Fishing Trips in Los Angeles Survey Protocol for the Valley Elderberry strategic plan and continue planning process. Conduct several youth fishing programs Longhorn Beetle $3,453 during the summer of 2015. Project will Assist the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service with charter four fishing boats to take at-risk developing a refined survey protocol for the Sanctuary Forest youth from Los Angeles on half-day excur- federally threatened valley elderberry long- Lost Coast Redwood and Salmon Initiative sions to learn about safe fishing practices. horn beetle, using ecological detection dogs. Place permanent protections on 5,300 $10,000 Project will efficiently detect and accurately acres of forestlands in Northern California’s identify larvae in elderberry shrubs while Humboldt and Mendocino counties. Project The Marine Mammal Center overcoming the limitations of other methods will protect land to provide a conservation Emergency Response to Stranded Otariids such as visual surveys. bridge linking 140,000 acres of already in Summer 2015 $100,000 protected, public and private lands. Provide urgently needed funding for person- $350,000 nel, supplies and vehicle operations to Trout Unlimited respond to the increased number of stranded Lahontan Cutthroat Trout Core Grant Shannon Peterson Ciotti eared seals being admitted to The Marine (CA, NV, OR) – II Trial Water Transactions in the California Mammal Center. Provide continued support for a Lahontan Portion of the Walker River Basin $66,506 cutthroat trout coordinator who hires, trains Complete one or more short-term water and supervises range-wide field crews, leases to serve as pilot or trial transactions The Nature Conservancy coordinates communication and collaboration toward potential expansion of the Walker Coastal Resilience in Los Angeles among agency and other stakeholders in Basin Restoration Program into California. Identify places in coastal Los Angeles where Lahontan cutthroat trout recovery, and Phase 1 will research and select the most conditions favor a nature-based approach works on public and private landowner appropriate, beneficial and feasible transac- to sea level rise adaptation, and deliver a outreach and education. Project continues tions with which to move forward. result benefiting environment, economy non-native trout eradication in Indepen- $33,529 and disadvantaged communities. Project will dence Lake, a priority Lahontan cutthroat engage regional stakeholders in the assess- trout lake system. ment of shoreline management, identifica- $331,006 tion of green infrastructure, and outreach. $86,899 UNITED STATES AND U.S. TERRITORIES $80,405 sustainable harvest. to avoid future depletion and to promote management strategies for thesespecies identifying appropriate conservation and Project willprovide useful information for seals on breeding sites in the North Pacific. temporal structure ofringed and bearded Conduct agenetic analysis ofspatial and WA)Ice Seals(AK,CA, Assessing theGenetic Structure ofArctic Alaska FisheriesScienceCenter Oceanic andAtmospheric Administration, U.S. Department ofCommerce, National $100,000 recovering from wildfire. tions in the San Bernardino National Forest Project willimpact4,166acres at sixloca milkweed species and five nectar species. out-planting, and direct seeding three local milkweed populations, propagating, National Forest by protecting existing monarch habitat in the San Bernardino success ofoccupied and suitable western Conserve, restore and monitor restoration and Local Native Milkweed SeedIncrease Restoration, Site Monitoring/Maintenance Western Monarch Habitat Conservation, SanBernardinoService, National Forest U.S. Department ofAgriculture, U.S. Forest $150,000 create and maintain wet meadow habitat. evaluate thehydrogeomorphic processes that occupied, restored and degraded meadows to Yosemite toad and Cascades frog, and assess ize habitat suitability requirements for the rely onwet meadows. Project willcharacter benefit conditions for native amphibians that Investigate meadow restoration designs that Nevada Amphibians Meadow Restoration for Sierra PacificService, Southwest Research Station U.S. Department ofAgriculture, U.S. Forest $50,133 study area. spotted owl at Hoopa Valley/Willow Creek Research barred owl impactonNorthern Spotted Owls Research Barred OwlImpactsonNorthern WS, NWRC and Plant HealthInspectionService, U.S. Department ofAgriculture, Animal $90,000 other meadow-associated flora and fauna. responses to native fish communitiesand which isadaptively managed to evaluate 360-acre meadow and 2milesofriver habitat, River watershed. Project willrestore the Stampede-Boca meadow intheLittle Truckee conditions for juvenile andadulttrout inthe Increase instream cover andimprove habitat Little Truckee River Meadow Restoration Trout Unlimited

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- Host 20high schoolstudent interns during (multiple states) Rearing theNext FisheriesCohort Bureau ofLandManagement U.S. Department oftheInterior, $29,730 standing ofthenatural world. broaden theircareer horizons andunder educators andvarious nonprofit groups to will alsointeract withprofessional scientists, monitoring andrestoration activities. They by theirschoolthrough involvement in to become stewards oftheriver running Engage students inSanJoaquinCounty in SanJoaquinCounty Education andEnvironmental Monitoring Enhancing Nature andCommunityThrough Waldo HoltSanJoaquinWildlife Conservancy $421,556 employ local disadvantaged young adults. sequester greenhouse gases, and train and infiltration, benefit air and water quality, landscaping. Project willimprove stormwater moval, tree planting, bioswale installation and Chicano Park through surface impervious re Create anew green gateway to historic Chicano Park Gateway Greening Urban Corps ofSanDiego County $52,000 young birds move to find new habitat patches. and theconditions under which distances, Ridgway’s rails to determine dispersal terminal transmitters to lessthan 30 Yuma nologies onrails. Project willattach platform Study the effect and impact ofsolar tech Rail (AZ,CA) Dispersal patterns of Yuma Ridgway’s University ofIdaho $174,934 to guidefuture conservation decisions. tive monitoring ofseabird project outcomes seabird speciesandwillprovide cost-effec how to establish new colonies ofthreatened Ocean. Project willdetermine where and els for priorityseabird speciesinthePacific developing population viability analysis mod Protect threatened seabird speciesby (multiple states) Analysis andOutcomes Monitoring Endangered Seabird Population Viability University ofCalifornia –Santa Cruz $100,000 fisheries field. explore potential career options in the the fisheriesand aquatic habitat field and and adiverse conservation experience in provide an eight-week, paid internship with American FisheriesSociety, BLMwill of Land Management (BLM).Working U.S. Department ofthe Interior’s Bureau the summer 2015at 13field officesof the

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- - Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation $92,750 for coho, Chinookandsteelhead. cold-water alonglower sanctuary BlueCreek will work withtheYurok Tribe to establish a Klamath Basin.Western Rivers Conservancy protect 47,097acres oflandintheLower effort to acquire, restore andpermanently for Klamath River salmonaspartofalarger Secure themost important thermalrefuge Blue Creek SalmonSanctuary Western Rivers Conservancy $50,000 practices andapplicable regulations. sustainable recreation, best management with thepublicaboutimportance of results instream modification byspeaking recreational uses(rock dambuilding)that the cumulative habitat impactsoftrash and of theSanGabrielRiver. Project willtarget corridors oftheeast, northandwest forks roaming outreach along high-use recreational Deploy acrew ofat-risk youths to conduct San Gabriel River Watershed Rangers Program Watershed Conservation Authority $59,966 the RioGrande River in southern Colorado. to improve riparianecosystem health along local nonprofit, academic and agency groups will include anumber ofpartnerships with ration in the RioGrande Natural Area. Project teer projects to complete native habitat resto Coordinate youth crews and a seriesofvolun in theRioGrande Natural Area Protecting andImproving RiparianHabitat Colorado Mountain Club $13,000 blestone removal innative grass areas. seeding, weed backfilling, removal and cob Project willincluderip-rap rock placement, repairs sustained from September 2013flood. areas: Lake Estes Trail andflood recovery take restoration work onthe following two leader for aperiodoftwo weeks to under Employ acrew ofnineyouths andonecrew Lake Estes Recovery Projects American Conservation Experience $104,181 of publicly managed lands. for monarch conservation on 250,000acres practices and disseminate recommendations weed. Project willdevelop best management on the distribution and management ofmilk practices and addressing information gaps flies by accounting forcurrent management fit the western population ofmonarch butter implement conservation practices that bene Build capacity ofpubliclandmanagers to of theWestern U.S. (multiple states) Monarchs andMilkweed inPublicLands Best Management Practices to Sustain Filling Information Gaps andDeveloping COLORADO

------Colorado Youth Corps Association Denver Botanic Gardens Resources First Foundation Oil Well Flats Trail Project Chatfield Riparian Restoration Engaging Private Landowners Assist the Bureau of Land Management in Restore 5.5 acres of degraded riparian habitat in Conservation (multiple states) achieving their goal of enhancing the Oil at the Chatfield location, about 15 miles Continue to build and expand the conser- Well Flats trail system to achieve economic, south of Denver. Project will take place along vation center websites for Colorado, Idaho, health and quality of life benefits for Canon Deer Creek, a tributary to the impaired South Texas and Virginia and the Conservation City through activities such as corridor Platte River, and will involve underserved Habitat Management Portal; resulting in an clearing, construction of new sustainable youths in an initiative to monitor water qual- increase in the adoption of best conservation tread, and installation of appropriate erosion ity and invasive species. An interpretive trail management practices that will provide the control structures. will educate visitors about the importance of essential ecosystem services of air and water $11,000 native ecosystems and restoration. purification, nutrient recycling, soil formation $35,000 and intact habitat for threatened, endan- Colorado Youth Corps Association gered or declining species on private lands. Penitente Canyon Trail Project Environment for the Americas $100,000 Assist the Bureau of Land Management Celebrate Shorebirds (Celebra las Playeras): in planning and implementing sustainable Engaging Latino Youth in Natural Resource Rocky Mountain Field Institute improvements to Penitente Canyon’s older Careers (AK, CA, CO, OR, WA) Fountain Creek Watershed Fire Restoration trail system, through such activities as trail Gather data on the movements, habitat Initiative – II system survey and design, maintenance use and conservation needs of migratory Complete fire restoration and flood mitiga- of existing sustainable trail infrastructure, shorebirds. Project will engage Latino tion work in both the Waldo Canyon Fire closure of user-created and unsustainable communities in learning about shorebirds burn scar and the Black Forest Fire burn sing-track trails, construction of new sustain- and their conservation, as well as about the scar. Work will promote healthy ecosystem able tread, corridor clearing, and installation federal lands that provide educational and recovery and community involvement. of appropriate erosion control structures. recreational opportunities. $32,102 $12,600 $80,000 The Greenway Foundation Colorado Youth Corps Association Groundwork Denver Sustainable South Platte River Initiative Trail Maintenance in North Fruita Desert New Stewards for Conservation at the Rocky Supplement flows in the South Platte River and Bangs Canyon Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge during the days of the year that the river Perform critical maintenance on the North Work with project partners to better engage currently receives no water from Chatfield Fruita Desert Special Management Area and the low-income Spanish-speaking popula- Reservoir. Project will restore the biology of Bangs Canyon Special Recreation Area. The tion of Commerce City with the resources this urban river through improved flows. trails in these areas undergo significant use available at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal $50,000 year-round and are critical for drawing users National Wildlife Refuge. to the region. $28,239 The Nature Conservancy 15 $7,000 Southern Great Plains Critical Larimer County Conservation Corps Habitat Restoration Colorado Youth Corps Association Sustaining Accessible Trails With Youth-Based Restore grassland via holistically managed Veteran Crew Tamarisk Removal in Dry Creek Projects in Rocky Mountain National Park grazing to improve habitat of declining Utilize veterans from the Southwest Con- Deploy youth crews into Rocky Mountain grassland bird species. servation Corps to remove tamarisk from National Park to improve accessibility trails $75,000 Dry Creek Basin. Removal of tamarisk will as an integral activity in conserving the be achieved through mechanical thinning park’s sensitive ecosystems while provid- Trout Unlimited followed by the application of herbicide to ing work preparedness for local youths. Upper Armstrong Creek Restoration remaining stumps. Project will employ 32 youths and improve Benefit native aquatic species by improving $11,000 accessibility to three popular trails while stream health in a heavily degraded valley sustaining the integrity of the park’s cultural bottom by constructing a new stream channel Colorado Youth Corps Association and natural resources. that reconnects with the historic floodplain. West Delores Fire Project $25,000 Project will restore 4 acres of degraded Create a shaded fuel break along a county riparian/wetland habitat, improve 0.8 miles of road and supply firewood to local commu- Resources First Foundation stream habitat, and directly benefit Colorado nities by hand-thinning of small diameter Engaging Landowners in Conservation River cutthroat trout, mountain sucker, north- Ponderosa pine and bucking downed materi- (multiple states) ern boreal toad and northern leopard frog. al. Project will directly support the priority Continue to build state conservation center $50,000 needs to reduce fire regime condition class web portals, for The Lone Star Conservation and prepare the area for the reintroduction Connection and The Idaho Conservation Wildlands Restoration Volunteers of fire as a critical ecosystem component. Center, to provide comprehensive in-depth Community Flood Restoration and Dam Re- $11,000 and region-specific conservation tools for moval on the North Fork Big Thompson River private landowners. Project will also con- Engage at least 300 volunteer-days to Conservation Legacy tinue to expand sage grouse conservation implement flood-plain reconnection, soft Wildfire Restoration Tree Planting on the information on the Conservation Habitat armor/bioengineering techniques, fisheries San Juan National Forest Management Portal. improvements and redirective measures Replant 700 acres of forest area devastated $100,000 where appropriate throughout a 2.5-mile by the Missionary Ridge Fire complex of riparian area. Project will integrate community 2002. Project will provide jobs for one intern engagement and low-income youth and 24 young adult SCC corps members, and education with fish passage reconnection, will plant 260,000 trees. aquatic and riparian habitat enhancement for $45,800 trout and water quality protection. $49,767 UNITED STATES AND U.S. TERRITORIES $5,815 research day and yoga at the refuge. history day, anurbanrefuge initiative, a use. Events will includeanartday, a natural and publishaninstructional guide for future Manage WAVE, adiverse seriesofevents, Historical andResearch Activities Managing aWAVE ofEnvironmental, Friends ofOuter Island $44,558 rivers andLongIslandSound. pollution problems that affect Connecticut thresholds andhelpmunicipalities resolve sources ofwater pollution,set water quality sheds inFairfield County. Project willidentify down surveys to build datasets inwater Conduct water qualitymonitoring andtrack and LongIslandSound Water QualityinFour ConnecticutRivers Tracking Down Pollution Sources Impacting Earthplace –TheNature Discovery Center $150,000 upstream spawning and nursery habitat. fish including river herring to critical a riverine migratory corridor for migratory of Stamford. Project willprovide accessto I-95 between the Town ofDarien and City to fish passage onthe Noroton River at bridgeModify culverts to restore 4.9miles Restoring FishPassage ontheNoroton River Connecticut Fund for theEnvironment $89,788 across Connecticut. enhance the quality ofwildlife habitat enhancement projects that willultimately land. The plan willbe the basisfor future opportunities and issues present on their ers willhelp inform themofmanagement properties. Working withthese landown develop forest management plans for their with local landowners across the state to Hire certified foresters to workclosely Technical Assistance inConnecticut Connecticut Forest and Park Association $104,181 managed lands. conservation on 250,000acres of publicly disseminate recommendations for monarch develop best management practices and management ofmilkweed. Project will information gaps on the distribution and management practices and addressing butterflies byaccounting forcurrent benefit the western population ofmonarch implement conservation practices that Build capacity ofpublic land managers to of theWestern U.S. (multiple states) Monarchs andMilkweed inPublicLands Best Management Practices to Sustain Filling Information Gaps andDeveloping Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation CONNECTICUT

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Assess 586road-stream crossings in seven Northwest Connecticut and Infrastructure Resiliency in Improving Eastern Brook Trout Habitat Housatonic Valley Association $49,994 stopover habitat for migratory songbirds. green spaces. Project provides quality multiple stakeholders in restoration of urban nity-based land stewardship that engages Employ an innovative model of commu in theNew Haven HarborWatershed Urban Oasesfor Migrating Songbirds National AudubonSociety $34,994 habitats andwildlife. about andconnection to LongIslandSound conservation and to increase knowledge classrooms to engage students inhands-on areas usingschoolgrounds asoutdoor living bird habitat for migratory songbirds inurban and Stamford. Project willprovide critical yard native wildlife habitats inNew Haven Create andexpand thenetwork ofschool Island Sound to Engage Students inConservation ofLong Creating aNetwork ofSchoolyard Habitats National AudubonSociety $249,669 that willdirectly benefit oystercatchers. extensive network ofchapters to conduct work impact ofpredators, and engage Audubon’s minimize harmful disturbances, reduce the oystercatcher nesting populations. Project will Address themost serious threats to American Oystercatchers (multiple states) Advancing Flyway Conservation ofAmerican National AudubonSociety $274,313 oystercatcher work to-date. Shorebird Initiative that has evolved from facilitate successfor the Atlantic Flyway plan and willbuild upon this approach to existing American oystercatcher business consolidate and increase the an success of by 10percent within 10years. Project will populations throughout the Atlantic Flyway percent by 2019and to increase shorebird coastwide within the United States by 30 population size ofAmerican oystercatchers Contribute directly to goal ofincreasing the Conservation (multiple states) and Decision-MakingTools for Shorebird American Oystercatcher Conservation Manomet $125,000 restoration and reduction offlood risks. based onthepotential for successful habitat will prioritize these crossings for replacement Hollenbeck River, and Sandy Brook. Project donia Brook, Salmon Kill,Furnace Brook, known to support Eastern brook trout: Mace potential flood risks in five target watersheds barriers to fish and wildlife movement and towns innorthwestern Connecticut to identify

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- Sea Research Foundation $148,754 other wildlife to feed, nest and take shelter. butterflies, resident and migratory birds, and coastal ecosystem to add habitat structure for restore the function and value ofthe 28acre pools at Stratford Point, Stratford. Project will Restore woodland, meadow and vernal Resiliency andFunction Restoring Coastal Habitats to Maintain Stratford Point LivingShoreline: Sacred HeartUniversity $91,233 Long IslandSound. to improve water qualityintheharborand flowing annuallyinto New Haven Harbor treat 710,000gallons ofpolluted stormwater installation of200city-wide bioswales to in New Haven. Project activitieswillsupport and maintain green infrastructure bioswales train community members whowillinstall Develop atool to optimize site selectionand Installation and Training GreenCitywide Infrastructure Siting, New Haven UrbanResources Initiative $33,936 maintain the soundasahealthy ecosystem. peers, publicofficialsand community to increase awareness andparticipation among and skillsto communicate information to ness aboutthreats to LongIslandSound Stamford. Project willincrease youth aware Park, located onacommercial harborin in aresidential neighborhood,andBoccuzzi Island Park, located onacoastal embayment diversity between two coastal sites: Cove tations comparing water qualityandspecies Support astudent-driven study andpresen Sound Coast and SpeciesDiversity AlongtheLongIsland Student UrbanField-StudyofWater Quality SoundWaters $9,980 up 400poundsofdebris. the healthofLongIslandSoundandpick 6,500 peopleto take apledge to improve community cleanup.Project willengage for theLongIslandSoundandconduct a educating visitors about how to be a steward Host anevent at theMystic Aquarium Through CommunityStewardship Sound Actions:Celebrate LongIslandSound Sea Research Foundation $13,734 seen at thecliniceachyear. October 2014,doubletheamount normally seals accepted from Mainefrom May to during therehabilitation of20 stranded Aquarium’s SealRescue Clinicaccumulated tions, equipment and food that theMystic Reimburse thecosts ofsupplies,medica tions for Mystic Aquarium2014Seal Rescue Emergency Supportfor Stranding Opera

- - - - Thames Valley Chapter of Trout Unlimited Wildlife Management Institute RESOLVE Fish Rehabilitation on the Versailles Pond Dam Enhancing Habitat for Early Successional Delaware River Restoration Circuit Rider – Replace degraded components of the Species (multiple states) Agriculture Technical Assistance – II Versailles Pond Dam Fishway in the Village Engage highly skilled and networked Increase effectiveness of Delaware River of Versailles. Project will restore passage for professionals in a public/private partnership Watershed Cluster organizations in working anadromous fish to 1.75 miles and 65 acres to reduce the decline in young forest habitat together and coordinating activities with key of spawning and nursery habitat. and support restoration efforts for American partners of the Delaware River Restoration $22,001 woodcock, golden-winged warbler, and New Fund, including agriculture companies and or- England cottontail. Project will increase ganizations, private consultants, conservation The Nature Conservancy – Connecticut American woodcock and New England districts and NRCS county and state office staff. Developing a Plan to Assess and cottontail population levels and work toward $55,360 Reduce Nitrogen in Saugatuck River halting the decline of golden-winged warbler. Watershed Communities $548,000 Sussex Conservation District Develop a nitrogen load model assessment Capturing an Opportunity: A Green Infra- and reduction plan for the Saugatuck River Wildlife Management Institute structure Retrofit Demonstration Project in Watershed, Fairfield County. Project will assess Restoring Young Forests To Benefit New Delaware’s Nanticoke River Watershed the feasibility, cost and effectiveness of tech- England Cottontail and American Woodcock Support a green infrastructure retrofit niques that represent the most cost-effective, (CT, NH) demonstration project at Seaford Village rapid and greenest approaches to measurably Promote and implement young forest manage- Shopping Center that will decrease quantity reducing nonpoint source Nitrogen loads into ment activities on private land in northern and and improve water quality of stormwater the watershed and Long Island Sound. southern New Hampshire and Connecticut flowing into Delaware’s Nanticoke River. $64,981 to benefit a suite of species, including New $172,522 England cottontail and American woodcock. The Trust for Public Land Project will provide technical assistance on The Nature Conservancy Johnson Oak Park private lands including lands owned by Wag- Chesapeake 4R Alliance: Strengthening and Partner with the City of Bridgeport to redesign ner Woodlands and Plum Creek Timberlands, Expanding the Network of Practitioners to and reconstruct Johnson Oak Park in Bridge- resulting in five new management plans and Deliver Advanced Nutrient Management and port. The transformation of the 4-acre site, improved management practices that will Natural Filter Practices on Delmarva (DE, MD) which abuts the Jettie S. Tisdale School, from increase habitat by 140 acres and assess 3,500 Provide assistance to soil conservation a dangerous and largely vacant urban lot to a acres for improved management of American districts and other partners by strengthening verdant, safe and vibrant community amenity woodcock and New England cottontail. and expanding the network of practitioners will provide recreational, economic and envi- $200,000 delivering conservation practices on Delmarva. ronmental benefits (including innovative green Project will work through the Chesapeake 4R infrastructure components) to the under- Alliance to engage current and new practi- DELAWARE served East End neighborhood of Bridgeport. tioners, including certified crop consultants 17 $50,000 Dewberry Consultants and professionals from the agricultural Watershed Assessment for the industry, coordinate outreach and training, Third Sector New England Bohemia River, Lower Elk River and Back and facilitate increased delivery and adop- Supporting the Visibility and Viability of Creek Watersheds tion of priority conservation practices. Community Supported Fisheries and Small- Develop a watershed-based plan that $48,419 Scale Fishermen Nationwide (multiple states) summarizes the visual assessment of current Improve LocalCatch.org so that it can watershed conditions, identifies and ranks Wildlife Management Institute continue to serve fishermen as the number water quality problems, identifies and Enhancing Habitat for Early Successional of direct-marketing arrangements increases. prioritizes water quality improvement proj- Species (multiple states) Project will help fishermen gain access to in- ects, develops feasibility concepts and cost Engage highly skilled and networked formation and technical resources necessary estimates for 25 prioritized projects. The -wa professionals in a public/private partnership to engage in community supported fisheries tershed assessment will be Clean Water Act to reduce the decline in young forest habitat and similar direct-marketing arrangements. Section 319(h) compliant and will address and support restoration efforts for American $44,000 the Environmental Protection Agency’s nine woodcock, golden-winged warbler, and New minimum watershed plan elements. England cottontail. Project will increase Trout Unlimited $48,196 American woodcock and New England Eastern Brook Trout Range-Wide Conser- cottontail population levels and work toward vation Portfolio and Focal Area Risk and Manomet halting the decline of golden-winged warbler. Opportunity Analysis (multiple states) American Oystercatcher Conservation and $548,000 Conduct a broad-scale assessment of exist- Decision-Making Tools for Shorebird ing Eastern brook trout diversity compared Conservation (multiple states) DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA to historical levels to set strategic goals, Contribute directly to goal of increasing the identify conservation needs, and identify risk population size of American oystercatchers Alice Ferguson Foundation to a changing climate. Project will develop coastwide within the United States by 30 Chesapeake Bay Trash Trawl (DC, MD) fine-scale assessments of priorities within percent by 2019 and to increase shorebird Use a manta trawl to sample the surface of four current focal areas while integrating populations throughout the Atlantic Flyway the Chesapeake Bay to collect samples of societal benefits, ecosystem services, and by 10 percent within 10 years. Project will microplastics, to better understand the level of potential conservation gains. consolidate and increase the success of an plastic pollution in the watershed. Project will $150,318 existing American oystercatcher business engage advocates, media and other stake- plan and will build upon this approach to holders in both the sampling and the subse- facilitate success for the Atlantic Flyway quent communications strategy to expand the Shorebird Initiative that has evolved from reach in public education and policymaking to oystercatcher work to-date. reduce and prevent trash pollution. $274,313 $30,601 UNITED STATES AND U.S. TERRITORIES $200,000 tions in order to preserve nesting sites. other interests onprioritybeachfront loca acquisition of conservation easements and vation in Florida. Project will evaluate the coastal easements for seaturtle conser Conduct afeasibility assessment for using Nesting Habitat Strategies to Protect and Enhance Sea Turtle Less-Than-Fee Beachfront Acquisition Alachua Conservation Trust $274,313 oystercatcher work to-date. Shorebird Initiative that has evolved from facilitate successfor the Atlantic Flyway plan and willbuild upon this approach to existing American oystercatcher business consolidate and increase the an success of by 10percent within 10years. Project will populations throughout the Atlantic Flyway percent by 2019and to increase shorebird coastwide within the United States by 30 population size ofAmerican oystercatchers Contribute directly to goal ofincreasing the Conservation (multiple states) Decision-Making Tools for Shorebird American Oystercatcher Conservation and Manomet $50,000 through hands-onurbanbird programming. to inspire conservation inour communities Anacostia River. Partners will work together restoration programs focused onthe Create water-quality improvement and Bird Education Partnership for Water QualityandUrban Earth Conservation Corps $500,000 through asub-watershed wideproject. degraded streams and wetland areas property and public space and to restore Catch and filter stormwater onprivate Fort Dupont Watershed Restoration Department ofEnergy andEnvironment $50,000 habitat andcommunity stewardship. environmental healthpotential ofincreasing social needsoftheneighborhoodwith nity green spacesto reflect the combined green space.Project willcreate commu River to designanddevelop athrivingnew Mayfair neighborhoodalongtheAnacostia D.C. Promise NeighborhoodInitiative inthe Green Spacesproject by partneringwiththe Replicate the successoftheCommunity River Basin Expansion to aThird Site intheAnacostia City Blossoms’CommunityGreen Space: City Blossoms FLORIDA

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- - Lighthouse Outstanding Natural Area. Proj realigned Lot17Trail located at Jupiter Inlet Construct 1mileoftrail onthenewly Jupiter Inlet Outstanding Natural Area American Conservation Experience $6,250 management efforts. tal Stewards willdirectly inform and benefit and the work carried out by the Environmen large impact on theEverglades ecosystem, National Park. These invasive snakes exerta detectability ofBurmese pythons inEverglades Contribute to aresearch project on the and Tegu Lizards intheEverglades Ecosystem Ecology and Management ofInvasive Pythons Conservation Legacy $1,700,000 high-quality recreational fishing data. Florida to generate real-time, verifiable, and and scientists from Mississippi,Alabamaand fishing industry, federal and state managers, in theGulfofMexico. Project willengage the mately 275recreational charter boat vessels Implement electronic reporting inapproxi Charter MS) Boat FL, Fleet (AL, Electronic Reporting intheGulfofMexico CLS America $60,890 aggressive invasive plant species. 2,320 citizen volunteers in the removal of15 al labor. Project willengage and educate over utilizing volunteer, intern, staff and contractu sive non-native plants in eight nature parks Restore 47acres ofhabitat by removing inva City ofGainesville Greenway Challenge City ofGainesville $2,129,088 in theFloridaKeys. stock enhancement from agrow-out facility bonefish survival, andimplement controlled identify release mechanismsthat maximize how to spawn andraise bonefish in captivity, ies insouthFlorida.Project willdetermine the recreational bonefish and tarponfisher conservation and restoration approach for Use stock enhancement aspartofabroader Bonefish and Tarpon Fisheries Restoration Bonefish and Tarpon Trust $25,000 ment needs. scrub-jay asasymbol ofhabitat manage ty engagement withthecharismatic Florida past 100 years. Project will extend communi declined by more than90percent inthe species, theFloridascrub-jay, whichhas success data for Florida’s onlyendemicbird entists in17 counties to collect breeding Train anddeploy more than280citizen-sci in Southwest Florida’s UniqueScrubHabitat Jay Watch: Growing AudubonCitizen Science Audubon Florida $15,000 species alongthetrail corridor. ect will also focus onremoving invasive plant ------post-release mortality. of best practices andpotential reductionof recreational anglers to assesstheadoption on recreational for-hire vessels andselect Project willdistribute descendingdevices of fish released during recreational fishing. best practices designed to reduce mortality Advance theimplementation ofFishSmart Recreational MS,TX) LA, Anglers FL, (AL, Reduction Strategies withGulfofMexico Initiating Barotrauma andMortality FishAmerica Foundation $75,000 and Management Guidelines. Gulf Coast Beach-Nesting Bird Assessment menting the recommendations ofthe U.S. will serve asthenext logical step to imple on theground withbeach-nesting birds, and be directed toward thoseactuallyworking birds on theGulfCoast. Thefieldmanualwill in monitoring andprotecting beach-nesting field personnel andsite stewards engaged Build astandardized training manualfor MS,TX) LA, FL, Monitoring Manual(AL, U.S. GulfCoast Beach-Nesting Bird Field Conservian $274,313 has evolved from oystercatcher work to-date. for theAtlantic Flyway Shorebird Initiative that build upon this approach to facilitate success American oystercatcher business plan and will idate and increase the success ofanexisting 10 percent within 10years. Project willconsol populations throughout the Atlantic Flywayby percent by 2019and to increase shorebird coastwide within the United States by 30 population size ofAmerican oystercatchers Contribute directly to goal ofincreasing the Conservation (multiple states) and Decision-MakingTools for Shorebird American Oystercatcher Conservation Manomet $4,950 building workshops andakeynote speaker. Friends/Refuges to includeupto 10skill Hold atwo-day workshop for the15Florida Conference andWorkshop Friends ofFloridaRefuges Peer-to-Peer Refuge Complex Friends ofCrystal River National Wildlife $75,000 cover for wildlife. landscapes to create biodiversity, food and and integration of native thickets into home stormwater to irrigate home food production, bioswales, porous paving and cisterns, use of retention and treatment of stormwater via educational program whichdemonstrates open to thepublic, and anaccompanying Create acompelling model residential yard, shed-Friendly Practices andUrbanAgriculture Creating a Residential Market for Water Florida HouseDemonstration Landscape: Florida HouseFoundation ofSarasota $60,000 -

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- Manomet Northwest Florida State College Foundation The Longleaf Alliance Shorebird Recovery Business Plan Student-Led Coastal and Estuarine Resto- Cost-Effective Mapping of Longleaf Extent Create a Florida shorebird recovery business ration in the Choctawhatchee Watershed and Condition (AL, FL, GA) plan built upon the work of the Atlantic Educate and train 3,000 K-12 students Work to integrate existing longleaf ecosystem Flyway Shorebird Conservation Business in Okaloosa and Walton County School data and established databases using novel, Strategy and the American Oystercatcher Districts. Students will restore 1.3 acres of high-resolution remote sensing and statistical Recovery Business Plan. The plan will strive dune habitat and 1.2 acres of salt marsh methods developed by Rocky Mountain to recover four imperiled species in the habitat in the coastal and estuarine areas Research Station. Project will quantify current state: American oystercatcher, snowy plover, around the Choctawhatchee Watershed forest ecosystem characteristics for four black skimmer and least tern. and use their newfound knowledge of significant longleaf pine geographic areas and $50,768 coastal and estuarine habitats to create develop methods and materials to facilitate educational outreach tools with guidance the replication of these inventory and analysis Miami Science Museum from outreach experts. techniques for other areas. Virginia Key North Point Maritime $40,000 $100,000 Hammock Restoration Engage 500 volunteers in restoring 3 acres Sea Turtle Conservancy The Longleaf Alliance of maritime hammock at Virginia Key, an Prioritizing Predation Management Increasing Longleaf Restoration and uninhabited barrier island located off the for Sea Turtles and Shorebirds Management on Public and Private Lands coast of downtown Miami. Volunteers will Develop a coordinated and informed in the GCPEP Landscape (AL, FL) also participate as citizen-scientists in approach to allocating limited amounts of Continue to collaborate with the Gulf Coastal measuring habitat health based on water annual funding toward predation control Plain Ecosystem Partnership (GCPEP) partners quality, marine debris and biodiversity. programs for sea turtles and shorebirds on priority longleaf restoration and manage- $24,383 throughout Florida. Project will facilitate ment projects across the GCPEP landscape. the transferability of this approach to other $325,000 Mississippi State University Gulf States where shorebird and sea turtle Gulf of Mexico Bird Monitoring Framework nesting is impacted by predation. The Longleaf Alliance (AL, FL, LA, MS, TX) $35,098 Red-Cockaded Woodpecker Translocation Complete a structured decision-making Support for the Southern Range Translocation effort to identify goals, objectives and values State University of New York College Cooperative: Years 13-14 (AL, FL, GA, MS) underpinning a Gulf-wide bird monitoring of Environmental Science and Forestry Provide 30 red-cockaded woodpeckers program. The resulting bird monitoring Management Experiments to Increase annually for two years (total of 60 birds, 30 framework and decision support tools Beach-Nesting Bird Abundance at Gulf pairs) to the Southern Range Translocation will provide a strong basis for increasing Islands National Seashore Cooperative (SRTC). Based on previous years coordination and communication and the Implement experimental vehicle speed (2004-2014) of total SRTC available birds advancement of bird monitoring across the reduction measures and provide shelters (averaged 55 pairs per year), 15 pairs from 19 Gulf of Mexico. for snowy plover chicks in order to increase this grant will equal 27 percent of the annual $222,635 the population of beach-nesting birds on total SRTC allocation. Gulf Islands National Seashore. The area $165,000 National Audubon Society contains large beach-nesting bird pop- Advancing Flyway Conservation of American ulations, including 20-25 percent of the The Nature Conservancy Oystercatchers (multiple states) Florida population of the snowy plover, but Gulf Conservation Corps Restoration Address the most serious threats to abundance is limited by poor reproductive Program (AL, FL, LA, MS, TX) American oystercatcher nesting populations. success related to predators and mortality Support two new Conservation Corps Project will minimize harmful disturbances, from vehicular collisions. and a Veterans Conservation Corps pilot reduce the impact of predators, and engage $105,000 demonstrations across the Gulf region to Audubon’s extensive network of chapters undertake projects that restore and protect to conduct work that will directly benefit The Conservation Fund natural resources. Project will make conser- oystercatchers. Coastal Headwaters Forest-Longleaf vation progress on the ground to improve $249,669 Conservation/Restoration (AL, FL) long-term habitat health for native plants Restore longleaf pine and permanently pro- and animals, build organizational strength Northwest Florida State College Foundation tect approximately 205,000 acres of working to continue to use conservation corps as Coastal Habitat Restoration in forestlands via a conservation easement. a significant strategy for Gulf restoration, Northwest Florida Project will provide significant benefits to and train young people to participate in the Implement a community-based habitat longleaf-dependent species. expanding Gulf restoration economy. restoration initiative that will restore 1.1 $1,000,000 $250,000 acres of oyster reef and salt marsh habitat over eight sites around Choctawhatchee The Everglades Foundation The Nature Conservancy Bay; manage exotic invasive plant species Cape Sable Restoration in Everglades Ocala Local Implementation Team – II on 200 acres of coastal and wetland habitat National Park Grow Implementation Team centered on by removing invasive plant species and Install structures at four canals at Cape Sable, the Ocala Landscape involving public and revegetating where appropriate; which is threatened by accelerated tidal ero- private partners to accelerate longleaf pine and educate and involve 8,210 citizens sion and the collapse of freshwater marsh soil. restoration, building on the success of through volunteer opportunities, youth The Cape contains critical wading bird habitat 2014-2015, and use Florida Longleaf technical training, educational handouts for the coastal Everglades and is the largest Ecosystem Geodatabase to set priorities for and public workshops. wintering shorebird habitat in North America. management and restoration. $70,237 $2,000,000 $250,000 UNITED STATES AND U.S. TERRITORIES $25,608 habitat to residential andmigratory birds. and theimportance ofproviding quality that bring awareness to bird conservation community aswell aseducational programs citizen scienceopportunities forthelocal will provide on-the-ground restoration and Chattahoochee River watershed. Project green spacesalongurbantributaries ofthe Create bird-friendly communities intwo in Atlanta’s UrbanTributaries Creating Bird-Friendly Communities Atlanta AudubonSociety $138,692 successful initiatives. for apublic-private fund modeled on other opportunities, and develop aframework priority actions, identify additional funding region to identify priority geographies and synthesize existing conservation plans for the resources in the Southeast. Project will to help improve stewardship offreshwater ern Aquatic Biodiversity Conservation Fund Develop abusiness plan for anew Southeast tion OpportunityAnalysis (multiple states) Southeastern Aquatic Biodiversity Conserva University ofGeorgia Research Foundation $418,000 for future events alongthecoastline. and recommend modifications, ifneeded, performance ofthat beachprofile template collection, theagencies willanalyze the for that area ofbeach.Following thedata mimics theoptimal seaturtlenesting beach beach nourishment project that better Design abeachprofile withineachproposed Nesting Beach to MimictheNative, Optimal Sea Turtle Beach Profile DesigninBeachNourishment U.S. FishandWildlife Service U.S. Department oftheInterior, $325,000 to the region. will aimto bring novel communication tools assistance program and educational outreach longleaf stands. Anew private lands financial fire and timber stand improvement in existing habitat restoration, as well asin prescribed ship Alliance Update partners in longleaf pine Support eight Apalachicola Regional Steward Apalachicola Longleaf Initiative –III The Nature Conservancy –Florida $300,000 Osceola Significant Geographic Area. public andprivate landsintheOkefenokee/ establishment andhazard fuelreduction on Facilitate public/private multi-state longleaf Hazard FuelReduction Project GA) (FL, tation Team Longleaf Pine Restoration and Okefenokee/Osceola Longleaf Implemen The Nature Conservancy GEORGIA

- - - - Restore 4acres ofwetlands along theChatta Chattahoochee Nature Center and Watershed Education Program at the Chattahoochee River Wetland Restoration Chattahoochee Nature Center $500 Foundation’s 2015Guy Bradley Award. recipient ofthe National Fishand Wildlife Enforcement Office, who was the federal-level the U.S. FishandWildlife Law Service assistantHuggins, specialagent incharge of Resources Foundation inhonor of Darwin Award fundsto theGeorgia Natural Guy Bradley Award 2015,Federal Level –II Georgia Natural Resources Foundation $100,000 invertebrate species. plant, mammal,amphibian, reptile, fishand been preserved to date providing habitat for protection area, where 6,000acres have types intheCumberlandPlateau priority 50 acres ofriparianhabitat andshortleaf and riparianforestland systems andrestore Protect 200acres ofbiodiverse shortleaf Restoration TN) (GA, Through Forestland Protection and Replenishing Freshwater to Nature Georgia LandTrust $40,000 natural world. and program participants to learn about the resulting in aliving classroom for park visitors will restore about 350linear feet ofcreek, natural channel design principles. Project the downstream portion ofthe creek using Creek by replacing afailed weir and restoring Eliminate stream bank erosion in Wildcat Wildcat Creek Restoration Dunwoody Nature Center $30,160 hikes, fieldtrips, signage andbrochures. education activities through interpretive Partners willutilize thisnatural resource for to thearea for education opportunities. andincreasingviewing, existing accessibility species, buildingtwo spurtrails for wildlife invasive plants andplanting bird-attractant residents ofwestern Georgia by removing conservation andeducation venue for Restore floodplain wetlands to create a Restoration Education Area Chattahoochee River Turkey Creek Conservation Legacy $40,000 test plots and deliver education programs. invasive species, restore native plants, create sensitive area. Project partners will remove invasive species from anenvironmentally practices for safely and efficiently removing establish teaching plots to demonstrate best hoochee Nature Center’s river boardwalk and

- Greening Youth Foundation $45,832 education, and general maintenance activities. rehabilitation along trout streams, interpretive dispersed recreation site assessments and restoration, black bearhabitat assessment, plant removal and eradication, trout habitat activities, native plant restoration, non-native engage sixyouth insustainable trail restoration resource management careers. Project will Introduce youths to conservation and natural Conservation Exposure Blue Ridge Diverse Youth Greening Youth Foundation $23,707 citizens anoutlet for self exploration of nature. natural resource issuesandprovide local will engage andeducate thecommunity on committed community volunteers. Project providing watershed training andrecruiting creating anew outdoor education area, Foster conservation stewardship through at Fannie Askew WilliamsPark Community Outdoor Education Area Golden Triangle RC&D $274,313 has evolved from oystercatcher work to-date. for theAtlantic Flyway Shorebird Initiative that build upon this approach to facilitate success American oystercatcher business plan and will idate and increase the success ofanexisting 10 percent within 10years. Project willconsol populations throughout the Atlantic Flywayby percent by 2019and to increase shorebird coastwide within the United States by 30 population size ofAmerican oystercatchers Contribute directly to goal ofincreasing the Conservation (multiple states) and Decision-MakingTools for Shorebird American Oystercatcher Conservation Manomet $25,000 eradication projects. the Caribbeanregion to assesspotential eradication andseabird biogeography within and host aworkshop withkey experts in protect nesting seabirds. Project will plan invasive specieseradication can effectively Identify suitable Caribbean islandswhere Caribbean Prioritization Workshop Island Conservation $49,000 Office of the NationalService. Park Specialist from theSoutheast Regional Preservation, and the Cultural Resources experts, TheGeorgia Trust for Historic preservation techniques from preservation that receives basic education on historic in conservation. Project willcreate a team some basic qualifications and an interest Luther King Jr. National Historic Site with Recruit five young adults local to the Martin Diverse Young Adults Historic Preservation Crew ofLocal,

- National Audubon Society The Nature Conservancy Trout Unlimited Advancing Flyway Conservation of American Accelerate Longleaf Pine Ecosystem Eastern Brook Trout Range-Wide Conser- Oystercatchers (multiple states) Restoration on Private Lands on the Fall Line vation Portfolio and Focal Area Risk and Address the most serious threats to American (AL, GA) Opportunity Analysis (multiple states) oystercatcher nesting populations. Project will Promote longleaf pine conservation on Conduct a broad-scale assessment of exist- minimize harmful disturbances, reduce the private lands near Fort Benning Military ing Eastern brook trout diversity compared impact of predators, and engage Audubon’s Installation using a successful outreach to historical levels to set strategic goals, extensive network of chapters to conduct work and education program that will build on a identify conservation needs, and identify risk that will directly benefit oystercatchers. network of model forest demonstrations, to a changing climate. Project will develop $249,669 increase technical and financial assistance to fine-scale assessments of priorities within landowners, and build community support four current focal areas while integrating Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife for longleaf conservation efforts in the societal benefits, ecosystem services, and Shoal Bass Conservation in the region. Project will implement conservation potential conservation gains. Chattahoochee, Flint Basin activities on over 22,000 acres. $150,318 Restore one of the most important springs in $311,000 the lower Flint River that provides substantial University of Georgia Research Foundation flow and cooling benefits to a key rearing area The Nature Conservancy Southeastern Aquatic Biodiversity Conserva- for shoal bass. Project will help foster under- Okefenokee/Osceola Longleaf Implemen- tion Opportunity Analysis (multiple states) standing of shoal bass spawning distribution tation Team Longleaf Pine Restoration and Develop a business plan for a new South- and behavior to help design effective conserva- Hazard Fuel Reduction Project (FL, GA) eastern Aquatic Biodiversity Conservation tion and management measures in the future. Facilitate public/private multi-state longleaf Fund to help improve stewardship of fresh- $266,765 establishment and hazard fuel reduction on water resources in the Southeast. Project public and private lands in the Okefenokee/ will synthesize existing conservation plans The Longleaf Alliance Osceola Significant Geographic Area. for the region to identify priority geogra- Building on Conservation Success and $300,000 phies and priority actions, identify additional Restoring the Longleaf Ecosystem in funding opportunities, and develop a frame- Southeast Georgia The Nature Conservancy work for a public-private fund modeled on Continue restoring priority areas to longleaf Talladega Mountains Longleaf Pine other successful initiatives. pine, identify private lands for restoration, offer Restoration Project (AL, GA) $138,692 restoration and management training oppor- Further efforts by partners to expand and re- tunities and share best practices widely within store longleaf pine habitats, primarily with the HAWAII Southeast Georgia. Project will initiate resto- use of prescribed fire, in northeast Alabama ration on a longstanding conservation priority and northwest Georgia. Project will be geared American Bird Conservancy area, Sansavilla Wildlife Management Area, and towards restoring the historical fire regime Saving Hawaii’s Imperiled Forest Birds – VII it will plant longleaf pine on another protected throughout the mountain longleaf pine range. Implement on-the-ground projects, raise 21 area, the Orianne Indigo Snake Preserve. $200,000 public awareness and attract new support $350,000 for Hawaiian birds as part of a long-term The South Fork Conservancy initiative to save Hawaii’s threatened native The Longleaf Alliance Who’s Home on the Confluence? birds. Project will outline critical next steps Cost-Effective Mapping of Longleaf Extent Collect and analyze data on plant and animal for the conservation of Palila and Maui and Condition (AL, FL, GA) populations and water quality at the degrad- parrotbills while reducing monitoring Work to integrate existing longleaf ecosystem ed confluence of the South and North forks activities for Millerbirds. data and established databases using novel, of Peachtree Creek. Project will build creek $291,588 high-resolution remote sensing and statistical access and engage underserved commu- methods developed by Rocky Mountain nities in monitoring and sustaining current Colorado State University Research Station. Project will quantify current restoration and green infrastructure efforts. Demography of Black-Footed forest ecosystem characteristics for four $28,910 and Laysan Albatross significant longleaf pine geographic areas and Assess survival, breeding probability and develop methods and materials to facilitate Trees Atlanta reproductive success for black-footed and the replication of these inventory and analysis Chosewood Park Forest Restoration Laysan albatrosses for Midway Atoll National techniques for other areas. Work with partners to restore 5.5 acres Wildlife Refuge, Laysan Island and Tern $100,000 of urban forest and parkland by removing Island. Project will evaluate the effectiveness invasive plants and planting native under- of current monitoring protocols, with The Longleaf Alliance story trees and shrubs in the park. Project respect to management objectives. Red-Cockaded Woodpecker Translocation activities will include the installation of an $39,000 Support for the Southern Range Translocation acidic cove forest and two bioswales. Cooperative: Years 13-14 (AL, FL, GA, MS) $50,000 Conservation Metrics Provide 30 red-cockaded woodpeckers Acoustic Surveys for ‘Ua‘u annually for two years (total of 60 birds, 30 Trees Atlanta and ‘A‘o in Hanakapiai pairs) to the Southern Range Translocation Hahn Forest Restoration at South Deploy automated acoustic and visual sen- Cooperative (SRTC). Based on previous years Peachtree Creek sors at a remote seabird breeding colony in (2004-2014) of total SRTC available birds Restore 2 acres of forest and 750 linear Hanakapiai, Kaua’i. Project will use sensors (averaged 55 pairs per year), 15 pairs from feet of creek bank within the Hahn Forest to document the status of seabirds through this grant will equal 27 percent of the annual at Emory University through invasive plant time and document non-native predators in total SRTC allocation. removal and native tree planting. Project the colony. $165,000 also will promote public education through $12,935 a school-assisted tree propagation project, volunteerism and a specialized tree walk. $25,080 UNITED STATES AND U.S. TERRITORIES $74,225 banks that contain pollutants. shore reefs, including the erosion ofstream contribute anumber ofstressors to the near sediment runoff in West Maui watersheds that Implement mitigation projects to reduce Control Sediment Transport neering Approaches inWest Mauito Help Application of Vegetative andBioengi Ridge to Reefs $395,248 human-wildlife conflict. unoccupied nesting habitat andhelpsolve a tunity to placeunwanted albatross in eggs hand. Project willpresent auniqueoppor Refuge onOahuandraise thechicks by Kauai to JamesCampbellNational Wildlife U.S. Navy’s Pacific Missile Range Facility on tross by translocating eggs themfrom the Prevent thedestruction ofup to 240alba Laysan Albatross Translocation Pacific RimConservation $75,000 Koolau mountain range. cane ti, at Poamoho at thesummitof tion program for thehighlyinvasive plant, Facilitate theimplementation ofaneradica Herbacea onOahu Detection andControl ofTibouchina Ohu Koolau $39,900 and diversity for seafood security. actions necessary to improve fishbiomass surveys to develop targeted management be usedtogether withongoing ecological the condition of ‘A‘alapapa reef. Project will in response to community concerns over ing data on fishing effort, catch and practices, efforts to address fishingimpacts by collect Work to address agap inthecommunity’s to ‘A‘alapapa Reef, Lanikai, Oahu Quantifying andAddressing FishingImpacts Reef Resilience andSeafood Security: Lanikai BeachandPark Foundation $57,000 cultural resources. activities that benefit thepark’s natural and National Park by engaging young people in Improve theecosystem ofHaleakala Summer Internship Program Haleakala National Park Service Hawaii Youth Conservation Corps: Kupu $110,000 fishing sector. and supportto theHawaiian commercial Project willoffer critical technical assistance a greater share ofproduct pricepremiums. improved accessto capital, andretention of operations through businessplanning, Improve theeconomic viabilityoffishing of Hawaii FishingOperations Building CapacityandEconomic Viability Feed TheHunger Foundation

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- - - of mitigating bycatch ofalbatrosses and other Conduct two studies to investigate methods in Hawaii LonglineFisheries Mitigating Seabird Bycatch Safina Center $272,600 numbers to successfully nest inthe area. result inareturn ofseabirds in increasing ecosystem and seabird colony. Project will 2017 to restore andconserve avital insular Johnston Atoll National Wildlife Refuge by Eradicate yellow crazy ants from 260-hectare Johnston Atoll National Wildlife Refuge Eradication of Yellow Crazy Ants on U.S. FishandWildlife Service U.S. Department oftheInterior, $60,000 ginger throughout the53.6-acre project site. Conduct systematic control ofHimalayan Ginger Control East MauiWatershed Partnership Invasive and Development Council Tri-Isle Resource Conservation $108,395 methods, training modules and baselinedata. produce aquality assurance plan, standardized the reefs ofWahikuli-Honokowai. Project will sured water quality monitoring program for Implement acommunity-based, quality-as Quality Monitoring Quality-Assured CommunityWater The Nature Conservancy $67,371 State ofHawaii DivisionofAquatic Resources. group isdeveloping incollaboration withthe ment efforts that the Polanui Hiu community Project willdirectly inform targeted manage accurate information on local fishing activities. by working with thecommunity to provide reef ecosystem and fisheries of Polanui, Hawaii Support the effective management of the coral Fisheries Resources ofPolanui, Maui Inform the Sustainable Use of the Coral Reef Fisheries andHuman-UseSurveys to The Nature Conservancy $50,000 menting 10 new sustainability measures. and engage 10property owners in imple about low-impact development alternatives of pollution. Project willspread knowledge properties in reducing land-based sources Management Plan by targeting shoreline plements the Wahikuli-Honokowai Watershed Advance watershed conservation that com Maui Watershed Reduce Land-BasedPollution inthe West Advancing Reef Sustainability to The Coral Reef Alliance $133,860 problematic seabird bycatch. applicable to pelagic longline fisheries with fishing gear ormethods that would be globally Project willidentify opportunities to change seabird species in Hawaii longline fisheries.

- - - - $186,875 release 11-13birds eachyear. year inthecaptive breeding program and produce approximately 15`Alalachicks per the `Alala(orHawaiian crow). Project will propagation and reintroduction program for Group to implement anintensive captive Work withthe`AlalaRestoration Working to Hawaii Island Restoration ofthe`AlalaorHawaiian Crow Zoological Society ofSanDiego $174,934 future conservation decisions. itoring ofseabird project outcomes to guide species and willprovide cost-effective mon establish new colonies ofthreatened seabird Project willdetermine where and how to priority seabird species in thePacific Ocean. oping population viabilityanalysis models for Protect threatened seabird species by devel (multiple states) Analysis andOutcomes Monitoring Endangered Seabird Population Viability University ofCalifornia –Santa Cruz $12,000 mountain bike-specific flow trail. mountain bicycling trails and 0.5milesisa 8.3 milesare purpose-built cross-country Re-establish 8.8milesoftrail, ofwhich Croy Creek Trail Reconstruction Great Basin Institute $15,000 mountain bike-specific flow trail. mountain bikingtrails and0.5milesare a 8.3 milesare purpose-built,cross-country Re-establish 8.8milesoftrail, ofwhich Croy Creek Trail Maintenance andRestoration Great BasinInstitute $60,000 zation and reactions toachangingclimate. abundance andgenetic issues,habitat utili life histories, non-native pressures, trends in overall understanding oftrout movements, management efforts. Project willbenefit remaining strongholds andhelpguide future Yellowstone cutthroat trout inoneoftheir Address urgent data gaps concerning Range-Wide Prioritization Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout Friends oftheTeton River $34,410 Chinook salmon and Snake River steelhead. Idaho ground squirrels, bull trout, endangered will improve habitat for threatened Northern in theCouncil SummerWork Crew. The crew vation volunteerism and employ 16 students Engage 226K-12th grade students in conser Employment andConservation Leadership Team Program: Gateway to Natural Resource Council Rural Environmental Stewardship Council SchoolDistrict No.13 IDAHO

- - - - Idaho Department of Water Resources Trout Unlimited Friends of the Chicago River Idaho Water Transactions Program Rock Creek Restoration and Reconnection Chicago River Downtown Foundation Work with water users in the Upper Salmon and Improve stream connectivity to allow salmonid Habitat Project Teton river basins to improve tributary flows for species access to additional spawning and Install artificial substrates and habitat struc- the benefit of fish species. Project will identify rearing habitat in Rock Creek, and improve the tures on seawalls and other edifices along half and assess new transaction opportunities. overall health of the Big Wood River water- a mile of the Chicago River in downtown Chica- $260,575 shed. Project will include stream restoration go. Project will provide a foundation for plant and reconnection efforts that will enhance a life, algae and macroinvertebrates and improve Northwest Youth Corps depleted fishery. the quantity and quality of habitat for native Bureau of Reclamation-Lake Cascade $150,000 fish and other aquatic species in the Chicago Habitat Management and Youth Development River system by mimicking natural habitats. Create a youth conservation program based University of Idaho $175,000 on education, conservation and habitat Bi-State Interpretive Clean Water Trail (ID, WA) management. Project will provide eight Build an urban interpretive trail, themed Jo Daviess Conservation Foundation weeks of paid conservation work for crews around clean water and stormwater pollution Driftless Area Monarch Habitat Restoration to restore up to 35 acres of habitat around prevention. Project will allow planting riparian and Education Lake Cascade as part of a larger wetland native plants at several demonstration storm- Restore and maintain 94 acres of monarch restoration, erosion control and habitat water swale and riparian buffer demon- habitat on protected conservation lands in the improvement project. stration projects, developing an outdoor milkweed restoration corridor. Project will also $47,195 classroom and demonstration area for K-12 conduct outreach and education to local and and college/university students, and connect- regional landowners to establish additional Northwest Youth Corps ing community clean water-based projects in acres of monarch habitat on private lands. The Lake Cascade Habitat Management a cohesive outreach campaign. $83,640 and Youth Development Project $36,737 Allow five youths to experience an educa- Jo Daviess Conservation Foundation tional job training opportunity during the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation Invasive Species Strike Team and 2015 field season. Goals will include the Filling Information Gaps and Developing Cooperative Weed Management Area reduction of hazardous fuels, reduction of Best Management Practices to Sustain Eradicate invasive plant species on high-quality diseased trees, and introduction of partici- Monarchs and Milkweed in Public Lands protected natural areas in northwest Illinois. pants to land-management agencies. of the Western U.S. (multiple states) $106,169 $14,985 Build capacity of public land managers to im- plement conservation practices that benefit Lake County Forest Preserve District Resources First Foundation the western population of monarch butter- Restoring Native Habitat and Ecosystem Engaging Landowners in Conservation flies by accounting for current management Function at Middlefork Savanna (multiple states) practices and addressing information gaps Lead a public-private partnership to 23 Continue to build state conservation center on the distribution and management of restore wetland hydrology, control invasive web portals, for The Lone Star Conservation milkweed. Project will develop best manage- species and reestablish native species Connection and The Idaho Conservation Cen- ment practices and disseminate recom- on 178 acres along the north branch of ter, to provide comprehensive and region-spe- mendations for monarch conservation on the Chicago River at Middlefork Savanna. cific conservation tools for private landowners. 250,000 acres of publicly managed lands. Project will improve ecosystem function Project will also continue to expand sage $104,181 and enhance habitat complexity. grouse conservation information on the Con- $171,442 servation Habitat Management Portal. ILLINOIS $100,000 National Wildlife Federation Chicago Park District Launching Monarch Butterfly Recovery in Resources First Foundation Developing a Riverfront Park Along the Central Flyway Through Urban Outreach Engaging Private Landowners in Conservation the Chicago River (multiple states) (multiple states) Develop a 4-acre riverfront park along the Build capacity within cities and towns in the Continue to build and expand the conser- south branch of the Chicago River. The new central flyway to take appropriate, effective vation center websites for Colorado, Idaho, park will create access to the Chicago River, action on behalf of monarchs. Project will Texas and Virginia and the Conservation provide an underserved community with support outreach efforts in hundreds of Habitat Management Portal; resulting in an neighborhood green space, offer recreation cities, towns, schools and school districts, increase in the adoption of best conservation opportunities, and retain water on site as well as garden clubs, nurseries and the management practices that will provide the through the installation of green infrastruc- National Wildlife Federation’s National essential ecosystem services of air and water ture practices. Pollinator Garden Network. purification, nutrient recycling, soil formation $259,000 $100,000 and intact habitat for threatened, endan- gered or declining species on private lands. Forest Preserve District of Cook County South Suburban Mayors $100,000 Chicago Urban Treaty Alliance and Managers Association Restore 22 acres of migratory bird habitat in Creating Naturalized Water Retention The Youth Employment Program LaBagh Forest Preserve, as well as 16 acres in Along the Calumet River Corridor Upper Salmon Basin Habitat Restoration, Con- the Burnham Wildlife Corridor, and enhance Construct 6 acres of wetland habitat to servation Education and Youth Opportunity three small community stopover habitat sites improve stormwater retention in the city Provide youth crews and interns with surrounded by urban development on the of Blue Island as part of the larger Calumet experiential education in habitat restoration south side of the city. Project will host a series River Corridor Green Infrastructure Flood and conservation activities benefiting rare, of events that introduce people to birding Mitigation Program. Project will enable candidate and listed species in the Upper and nature, and will create a citizen-science greater on-site stormwater infiltration and Salmon Basin in central Idaho. tool to monitor migratory birds’ habitat use. reduce flooding and stormwater runoff. $82,190 $50,000 $235,295 UNITED STATES AND U.S. TERRITORIES $75,000 quality and provide wildlife habitat. preserves’ capacities to improve local water preserves (971acres total) ito enhance the Wetlands Project’s restored wetland nature Enhance natural habitats at three ofLittleRiver Metropolitan Fort Wayne and Nature Education for Conservation in Invasive SpeciesRemoval, LandStewardship Little River Wetlands Project $49,400 reconnect neighbors to their waterways. tiful, healthy asset to revitalize the city, and to for native plants and wildlife, creating abeau will improve water quality and increase habitat habitat along Pleasant Run waterway. Project Engage Indianapolis residents inrestoring Restoration AlongPleasant Run Waterways: Community-Based Habitat Reconnecting to OurIndianapolis Keep IndianapolisBeautiful $50,000 Marquette lagoons, andLake George. programs that willoccurat Wolf Lake, the expansion ofplace-basedoutreach local bodiesofwater. Project willsupport bers that foster community connections to to 4,500students and400community mem Provide environmental education programs ties intheLake Michigan Watershed Attitude Change inUnderserved Communi Advancing Watershed Education, Actionand Learning Center Indiana DunesEnvironmental $259,263 green stormwater infrastructure. raise public awareness and build support for capacity, expand neighborhood green space, will significantly increase stormwater storage owned properties in the cityofGary. Project ter infrastructure onpublic areas and city- Install 43,200square feet ofgreen stormwa Area ofConcern Infrastructure intheGrand Calumet River Implementing Green Stormwater City ofGary $75,000 landscapes to support monarch conservation. to utilize rights-of-way and other working tions by primarily focusing on opportunities authorities, and other interested organiza habitat restoration by utilities, transportation geted outreach. These activities will promote Working Group, related partnerships and tar west through theRights-of-Way at Habitat public and private sectors in the Upper Mid Mobilize monarch conservation across the Restoration Corridor(multiple states) Landscape Categories intheUpper Conservation Strategy Targeting Critical Collaborative, Industry-Driven Monarch of theUniversity ofIllinois The Board ofTrustees INDIANA

------Build capacity within citiesand towns in the (multiple states) the Central Flyway Through UrbanOutreach Launching Monarch Butterfly Recovery in National Wildlife Federation $227,400 wildlife habitat onIowa’s private lands. hance four existing programs that establish privately owned landinIowa. Project willen Establish monarch habitat on3,311acres of Establish Monarch Habitats of Agriculture andLandStewardship to Collaborating WithintheIowa Department and Development Pathfinders Resource Conservation $100,000 Garden Network. Wildlife Federation’s National Pollinator garden clubs, nurseries and theNational towns, schools and school districts, aswell as support outreach efforts inhundreds of cities, action onbehalf ofmonarchs. Project will central flyway to take appropriate, effective Build capacity within cities and towns inthe (multiple states) the Central Flyway Through UrbanOutreach Launching Monarch Butterfly Recovery in National Wildlife Federation $249,999 and 100-125satellite sites. 10 80-acre core monarch andpollinator sites lish, expand, restore, diversify andmanage south migration corridors. Project willestab than 7,000acres alongtwo majornorth- Create orimprove monarch habitat onmore Monarch Butterfly Flyways Project in Iowa Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation $57,259 sedge meadow and adjacent upland habitat. restore at least 83acres ofhigh quality fen, and establishing native species. Project will other species by removing invasive species upland habitat for pollinators, reptiles and Improve fen, sedge meadow and adjacent Fawn River Fen Restoration The Nature Conservancy $117,338 watersheds. located within the Trail Creek and White Ditch to restore and preserve critical boreal habitat Control invasive speciesand purchase land Habitat at AmblerFlatwoods Restoration andPreservation ofBoreal Shirley Heinze LandTrust $100,000 tion’s National Pollinator Garden Network. nurseries and the National Wildlife Federa and school districts, aswell asgarden clubs, efforts in hundreds ofcities, towns, schools half ofmonarchs. Project willsupport outreach central flyway to take effective action on be IOWA

- - - - sands ofacres ofpubliclandincounty parks enhance orcreate monarch habitat onthou native seedsuppliesthat willbeused to counties to develop regionally adapted public landsadjacent to roadways innine Establish over 400acres ofseedbanks on Supply ofCounty LandManagers Regionally Adapted Native Plant Seed Building theOrganizational Capacityand for Northeast Iowa Resource Conservation andDevelopment $250,000 multi-year enrollments to maximize benefits. Partnership. Private lands willbe put into into the Honey Beeand Monarch Butterfly acres ofprivate and 30acres ofpublic lands high-quality monarch habitat by enrolling 345 Project willrestore orenhance 375acres of private landowners in monarch conservation. and additional outreach events to engage demonstration sites, habitat tours, workshops the central flyway to facilitate 20 unique Hire acoordinating wildlife biologist in Partnership (multiple states) Honey BeeandMonarch Butterfly Pheasants Forever $50,000 invasive pests anddiseases. lost to theemerald ashborer andother planting initiative tobegin replacing trees work withcommunity partners to launcha train local volunteers as“tree stewards” and duct education andoutreach programs to Des Moines’urbanforest. Project willcon for the management, protection and care of in thecreation ofalong-term master plan lands andcityparks inDesMoines,resulting of trees, stumps andplanting sites onpublic Facilitate a community healthassessment Management Project Des MoinesUrbanForest Tree DesMoines $75,000 monarch conservation. and otherworking landscapes to support on opportunities to utilize rights-of-way ested organizations by primarily focusing transportation authorities,andother inter promote habitat restoration by utilities, and targeted outreach. Theseactivities will Habitat Working Group, related partnerships Midwest through theRights-of-Way at public andprivate sectors intheUpper Mobilize monarch conservation across the Restoration Corridor(multiple states) Landscape Categories intheUpper Conservation Strategy Targeting Critical Collaborative, Industry-Driven Monarch of theUniversity ofIllinois The Board ofTrustees $165,000 on 10,000acres ofagricultural lands. with milkweed andnectar seedfor plantings Conservation Reserve Program seedmixes and roadsides. Project willalsoenhance

- - - KANSAS Resources First Foundation LOUISIANA Engaging Private Landowners Burroughs Audubon of Greater Kansas City American Bird Conservancy in Conservation (multiple states) Kansas City Metropolitan Area Monarch Gulf Beach Nesting Bird Conservation Continue to build and expand the conser- Butterfly Conservation: A Multi-Sector Enhancement (LA, TX) vation center websites for Colorado, Idaho, Partnership (KS, MO) Increase protection, monitoring and public Texas and Virginia and the Conservation Implement a series of strategically chosen, on- awareness at important nesting locations of Habitat Management Portal; resulting in an the-ground native habitat restorations critical beach-nesting birds to facilitate continued and increase in the adoption of best conservation for monarch butterfly conservation. Project increased breeding success. These activities management practices that will provide the will result in 1,400 acres of restored monarch will aid in the recovery of at least two species essential ecosystem services of air and water habitat on both public and private lands, and that were among the top negatively impacted purification, nutrient recycling, soil formation will serve as a model regional effort to stimu- by the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: black skim- and intact habitat for threatened, endan- late native plantings and conservation. mers and least terns. Project will also directly gered or declining species on private lands. $229,868 contribute to setting goals for Wilson’s and $100,000 snowy plovers locally and region-wide. Kansas Grazing Lands Coalition $199,992 Kansas Grazing Lands Coalition Monarch KENTUCKY Conservation Partnership Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana Cumberland River Compact Work with private landowners and managers Community-Based Oyster Reef Restoration Tennessee/Cumberland Strategic Plan for to develop conservation plans to benefit Engage 500 volunteers and utilize 700 tons Barrier Removal and Aquatic Connectivity monarch butterflies on grazing lands. Project of shell from Coalition to Restore Coastal Improvement (AL, KY, TN) will result in 12,000 acres of improved or Louisiana’s Oyster Shell Recycling Program Partner with The Nature Conservancy and created habitat for the monarch butterfly to help construct a half-mile reef in Biloxi American Rivers to improve aquatic con- by restoring native mixed-grass and tallgrass Marsh in Breton Sound. Project will support nectivity in high-priority watersheds of the ecosystem functions. critical gaps in Gulf Coast conservation by Cumberland and Tennessee River basins by $125,000 demonstrating the effectiveness of using strategically accelerating the momentum of recycled oyster shell to build self-sustaining barrier removals. National Wildlife Federation oyster reefs along the Louisiana Coast. $125,000 Launching Monarch Butterfly Recovery in $249,973 the Central Flyway Through Urban Outreach The Nature Conservancy (multiple states) Conservian Upper Green River Riparian Corridor Build capacity within cities and towns in the U.S. Gulf Coast Beach-Nesting Bird Field Protection Project central flyway to take appropriate, effective Monitoring Manual (AL, FL, LA, MS, TX) Protect and restore approximately 2.5-5 lin- action on behalf of monarchs. Project will Build a standardized training manual for ear miles of critical riparian corridors along support outreach efforts in hundreds of field personnel and site stewards engaged the upper Green River and several key trib- 25 cities, towns, schools and school districts, in monitoring and protecting beach-nesting utaries within the NFWF Green River Fresh- as well as garden clubs, nurseries and the birds on the Gulf Coast. The field manual will water Focal Area in central Kentucky. Project National Wildlife Federation’s National Polli- be directed toward those actually working will improve habitat for a range of aquatic nator Garden Network. on the ground with beach-nesting birds, and and terrestrial species including freshwater $100,000 will serve as the next logical step to imple- mussels, fish, amphibians, grassland birds, menting the recommendations of the U.S. bats, bobwhite quail and pollinators. Pheasants Forever Gulf Coast Beach-Nesting Bird Assessment $100,000 Honey Bee and Monarch Butterfly and Management Guidelines. Partnership (multiple states) $75,000 University of Georgia Research Foundation Hire a coordinating wildlife biologist in Southeastern Aquatic Biodiversity Conserva- the central flyway to facilitate 20 unique Ducks Unlimited tion Opportunity Analysis (multiple states) demonstration sites, habitat tours, workshops Gulf Stewardship Program (LA, TX) Develop a business plan for a new South- and additional outreach events to engage Use increased staff time, technical assistance, eastern Aquatic Biodiversity Conservation private landowners in monarch conservation. programmatic support and increased adop- Fund to help improve stewardship of fresh- Project will restore or enhance 375 acres of tion of technology to restore, enhance and water resources in the Southeast. Project high-quality monarch habitat by enrolling 345 protect 8,600 acres of agriculture and coastal will synthesize existing conservation plans acres of private and 30 acres of public lands marsh lands. Project will assemble a diverse for the region to identify priority geogra- into the Honey Bee and Monarch Butterfly team to work with local National Resources phies and priority actions, identify additional Partnership. Private lands will be put into Conservation Service offices and landowners, funding opportunities, and develop a frame- multi-year enrollments to maximize benefits. supporting critical gaps in Gulf Coast conser- work for a public-private fund. $250,000 vation and catalyzing conservation solutions $138,692 through innovation and technology. Resources First Foundation $500,000 University of Kentucky Research Foundation Engaging Landowners in Conservation Restoring Previously Mined Private Lands in (multiple states) Ducks Unlimited the Cumberland Plateau (KY, TN) Continue to build state conservation center Marsh Creation, Waterfowl Habitat Restore 45 acres of previously mined private web portals, for The Lone Star Conservation Enhancement and Shoreline Stabilization land in Kentucky and Tennessee by planting Connection and The Idaho Conservation in Lafourche Parish native shortleaf pine, hickory and oak Center, to provide in-depth and region-spe- Restore up to 4 miles of embankment along species, and American chestnut that were cific conservation tools for private landown- both sides of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway historically present on the Cumberland Pla- ers. Project will also continue to expand in Lafourche Parish, near the city of Larose, teau. Project will benefit species including sage grouse conservation information on the where rates of erosion have doubled. bobwhite quail, golden-winged warbler, prai- Conservation Habitat Management Portal. $250,000 rie warbler, and cerulean warbler. $100,000 $149,384 UNITED STATES AND U.S. TERRITORIES $75,000 ernmental agencies andNGOs. research that supportsthemissions ofgov emphasis for graduate students onapplied decision makingandpolicyformulation. The tion biologyisusedinpublicandprivate and private industry onhow conserva agencies, nongovernmental agencies (NGOs) with management agencies, regulatory students willbeonreal-world experience biology. Theemphasisfor undergraduate in appliedandpolicy-relevant conservation Train undergraduate andgraduate students Training AppliedConservation Scholars Louisiana State University Agricultural Center $119,612 State University. University ofNew Orleans and Louisiana tality. Project willcombine efforts with the on oyster growth and natural oyster mor data sets to provide updated information Locate, review and analyze existing oyster Shellstock Budgets for Oyster Management of Wildlife andFisheries Louisiana Department $192,405 the baselinefor aGulf-wide program. nearshore andoffshore waters to establish for seaturtlemonitoring inLouisiana ulations. Project willinitiate apilot program changes indemographics ofseaturtlepop Utilize trawl capture methods to monitor Louisiana Nearshore andOffshore Waters Sea Turtle Population Monitoring in and Fisheries Louisiana Department ofWildlife $44,958 food, shelter andrest. and resident birds that usethisarea for provide habitat for generations ofmigratory of themaritime forest ontheridge andwill Wildlife Refuge. Project willreforest 15acres maritime forest at Bayou Sauvage National to restore andrenew theoncevibrant Coordinate aseriesofrestoration projects Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge time Forest Habitat Restoration Project at Restoring theRidge: ANew Orleans Mari Friends ofLouisianaWildlife Refuges $60,000 post-release mortality. of best practices andpotential reductionof recreational anglers to assesstheadoption on recreational for-hire vessels andselect Project willdistribute descendingdevices of fish released during recreational fishing. best practices designed to reduce mortality Advance theimplementation ofFishSmart Recreational MS,TX) LA, Anglers FL, (AL, Reduction Strategies withGulfofMexico Initiating Barotrauma andMortality FishAmerica Foundation

- - - - - effort to identify goals,objectives and values Complete astructured decision-making MS,TX) LA, FL, (AL, Gulf ofMexico Bird Monitoring Framework Mississippi State University $251,900 least 3,000acres oflongleaf pine. practitioners, all resultingin restoration of at technical workshops for longleaf restoration field days for private landowners, andhold team, supportlongleaf pinemanagement ongoing efforts ofthelocal implementation of Farm Billcost-share programs, guide Ecosystem Partnership to improve delivery Work withtheWest-Central Louisiana Pineywoods Longleaf Restoration Project –II The Nature Conservancy –Louisiana $250,000 expanding Gulf restoration economy. and train young people to participate in the a significant strategy for Gulf restoration, to continue to use conservation corps as and animals, build organizational strength long-term habitat health for native plants vation progress on theground to improve natural resources. Project willmake conser undertake projects that restore and protect demonstrations across the Gulf region to and aVeterans Conservation Corps pilot Support two new Conservation Corps Program MS,TX) LA, FL, (AL, Gulf Conservation Corps Restoration The Nature Conservancy $225,500 Department ofWildlife and Fisheries. tored and evaluated annually by the Louisiana press trees onthetract, which willbe moni volunteers willplant 20,000 native baldcy Area in Montegut, Louisiana. Partners and in Pointe-aux-Chenes Wildlife Management degraded coastal bald cypress forest marsh Restore thefirst 200acres ofa4,000acre Management Area Restoration at Pointe-aux-Chenes Wildlife Montegut BaldCypress Forest Marsh Restore theEarth Foundation $249,986 well asotherwildlife andestuarine species. various speciesofmarsh birds ofconcern, as acres ofthesurrounding marsh andbenefit Project willincrease theintegrity of200 acres ofmarsh at Audubon’s Rainey Sanctuary. Use acommercial dredge to restore 5-10 Rainey Preserve Wetland Restoration National AudubonSociety $222,635 Gulf ofMexico. advancement ofbird monitoring across the coordination and communication andthe will provide astrong basisfor increasing framework anddecisionsupporttools program. Theresulting bird monitoring underpinning aGulf-wide bird monitoring

- - - $60,000 gy and eliminating asource ofsedimentation. while alsorestoring natural stream morpholo salmon to 9milesofhigh-quality habitat access for Eastern brook trout and Atlantic taquis River watershed. Project willrestore an important headwater stream in the Pisca 51-foot bridge that crosses Blackstone Brook, Replace an8-foot concrete box culvert with a for Atlantic Salmon Blackstone Brook FishPassage Restoration Atlantic Salmon Federation (U.S.) $44,000 and similardirect-marketing arrangements. to engage incommunity supported fisheries formation and technical resources necessary Project willhelpfishermen gain access to in of direct-marketing arrangements increases. continue fishermenasthenumber to serve Improve LocalCatch.org sothat itcan Fishermen Nationwide (multiple states) munity Supported Fisheries andSmall-Scale Supporting the Visibility and Viability of Com Third Sector New England $274,313 oystercatcher work to-date. Shorebird Initiative that has evolved from facilitate successfor theAtlantic Flyway plan andwillbuilduponthisapproach to existing American oystercatcher business consolidate andincrease thesuccessofan by 10percent within10years. Project will populations throughout the Atlantic Flyway percent by 2019andto increase shorebird coastwide withintheUnited States by 30 population size ofAmerican oystercatchers Contribute directly to goal ofincreasing the Conservation (multiple states) and Decision-MakingTools for Shorebird American Oystercatcher Conservation Manomet $175,009 and fishermen’s business purposes. pendent data used for science,management ity, quantity and timeliness offisheries-de Maine seafood. Project willimprove the qual point-of-sale product differentiationfor Create atraceability system that enables of New England Groundfish Traceability andProduct Differentiation Enabling Boat-to-Plate Seafood Maine Coast Fishermen’s Association $95,000 and 53milesofriver and stream habitat. access to 2,320acres oflake and pond habitat ident aquatic species. Project willhelp restore American eel,sealamprey and numerous res Atlanticherring, salmon, American shad, Sabattus River to benefit alewives, blueback Restore fish passage at two dam sites in the on theSabattus River Restore FishPassage for River Herring Atlantic Salmon Federation (U.S.) MAINE

------Passamaquoddy Tribe – Pleasant Point Trout Unlimited Wildlife Management Institute Improving the Operating Efficiency of Fish Eastern Brook Trout Range-Wide Enhancing Habitat for Early Successional Ladders for River Herring Passage Conservation Portfolio and Focal Area Risk Species (multiple states) in the St. Croix River and Opportunity Analysis (multiple states) Engage highly skilled and networked Improve monitoring and passage of alewife Conduct a broad-scale assessment of existing professionals in a public-private partnership river herring across the Milltown Dam. Eastern brook trout diversity compared to to reduce the decline in young forest habitat Project will establish more robust and less historical levels to set strategic goals, identify and support restoration efforts for American labor-intensive monitoring techniques to conservation needs, and identify risk to a woodcock, golden-winged warbler, and New establish accurate river herring run counts changing climate. Project will develop fine- England cottontail. Project will increase and will gather data on barriers to fish scale assessments of priorities within four American woodcock and New England passage across the dam. current focal areas while integrating societal cottontail population levels and work toward $75,400 benefits, ecosystem services, and potential halting the decline of golden-winged warbler. conservation gains. $548,000 Penobscot Indian Nation $150,318 WaYS Forward: Restoring Native Habitat MARYLAND Provide employment, training and men- University of Massachusetts toring to six to nine Wabanaki youths. Measuring Reproductive Success of River Alice Ferguson Foundation Participants will monitor and control invasive Herring in New England Coastal Waters Chesapeake Bay Trash Trawl (DC, MD) plants in a habitat restoration project in the (MA, ME, NH) Use a manta trawl to sample the surface of Penobscot Experimental Forest, providing Combine historic techniques and newer the Chesapeake Bay to collect samples of tangible benefits to the U.S. Forest Service genetic methods to provide a more accurate microplastics, to better understand the level of and enabling native students to assess their and cost-effective methodology for plastic pollution in the watershed. Project will prospects in conservation science as a evaluating the spawning activity and juvenile engage advocates, media and other stakehold- full-time career. population size of river herring in key coastal ers in both the sampling and the subsequent $45,733 waters. The data collected will provide novel communications strategy to expand the reach and necessary data to enhance monitoring in public education and policymaking to Project SHARE and population modeling of the species and reduce and prevent trash pollution. Science-Based Habitat Restoration will directly link with ongoing bycatch, age $30,601 of the Upper Narraguagus River Watershed and growth, and productivity studies that Restore instream and riparian habitat on characterize the river herring populations. Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay 80 square miles of the upper Narraguagus $174,304 Healthy Streams Farm Stewardship River watershed in Hancock and Washington Program: Leveraging RCPP counties to benefit Atlantic salmon, Eastern University of New Hampshire Leverage U.S. Department of Agriculture fund- brook trout, river herring, and American eel. Improving Gulf of Maine Groundfish ing to accelerate farm conservation planning Project will replace six road-stream crossings, Fishing Opportunities Through Fishing Gear and implementation of best management 27 remove five remnant barriers to fish passage, Modifications (MA, ME, NH) practices. Project will provide assistance construct five large wood structures, and hold Reduce Atlantic cod bycatch by constructing, to farmers based on their willingness to at least two habitat restoration workshops distributing and evaluating raised gillnets implement riparian forest buffers and exclude attracting 100 participants. throughout the Gulf of Maine. Project will livestock from streams. $100,000 work with groundfish sectors and sector $302,986 managers to distribute and test the gear The Nature Conservancy among 20 regional fishermen in four Gulf of Baltimore Tree Trust Electronic Monitoring for New England’s Maine communities. Harris Creek Watershed Trees Groundfish Fishery (MA, ME, NH) $126,339 for Public Health Implement an electronic monitoring Expand the urban tree canopy and remove im- program on New England groundfish Vermont Center for Ecostudies pervious surface in Baltimore City. Project will fishing vessels from two or more sectors in Mapping Abundance and Estimating Popu- focus on the continuation of the installation of Fishing Year 2016. Project will achieve in- lation Size of Bicknell’s Thrush (ME, NH, VT) trees along streets in areas identified as con- dividual accountability and improve catch Produce two population estimates of Bick- crete-laden with critically low tree coverage. share monitoring. nell’s thrush and other montane forest birds $199,917 $300,000 in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont to predict how abundance, population size Blue Water Baltimore Third Sector New England and distribution may change in response to Deep Blue Supporting the Visibility and Viability of Com- forest succession and disturbance events. Seek a comprehensive approach to identifying munity Supported Fisheries and Small-Scale Project will fill critical information gaps and and implementing stormwater management Fishermen Nationwide (multiple states) help identify priority habitat areas for future practices within five targeted neighborhoods Improve LocalCatch.org so that it can conservation by recruiting 100 volunteers in Baltimore City. The Deep Blue program is an continue to serve fishermen as the number and monitoring 650 stream and forest sites. innovative partnership with the City of Balti- of direct-marketing arrangements increases. $78,588 more and the Neighborhood Design Center. Project will help fishermen gain access to in- $500,000 formation and technical resources necessary Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve to engage in community supported fisheries Salt Marsh Creation in the York River Carroll County Government, and similar direct-marketing arrangements. Create 5.5 acres of salt marsh habitat by Bureau of Resource Management $44,000 restoring tidal flow to an area impounded Iron-Enhanced Sand Filter to Accelerate since the 1890’s involving six organizations Phosphorus Removal in Stormwater in a new public-private partnership. Test an innovative performance enhance- $35,000 ment design to accelerate nutrient removal in stormwater. $351,868 UNITED STATES AND U.S. TERRITORIES $49,720 Agricultural Stormwater Cascading System. management conservation practice titled siting ofaninnovative agricultural best Create aDesign GuidanceManualfor the Queen Anne’s County System (ASCS)inHambleton Creek, Agricultural Stormwater Cascading Earth Data $48,196 prioritized projects. feasibility concepts andcost estimates for 25 and improvement projects, anddevelops identifies and ranks water quality problems Develop awatershed-based planthat Watersheds andDelaware inMaryland River, Lower Elk River, and BackCreek Watershed Assessment for theBohemia ConsultantsDewberry $50,000 without technical orfinancial assistance. nongovernmental organizations and producers tion best management practices installedby record the environmental impact ofconserva ment ofAgriculture’s procedures to verify and the final refinement Depart oftheMaryland soil conservation districts to help implement Provide technical assistance to Maryland’s 24 Procedure FieldSupport ResourceMaryland Improvement Conservation Partners $25,000 stormwater runoff by 200,000 gallons. Bay restoration efforts by annually reducing works. Project willcontribute to Chesapeake vation leadership roles within theirsocialnet empowering homeowners to assumeconser measures in 400homes in Baltimore City, Implement stormwater and energy efficiency and CommunityRestoration Project Retrofit Baltimore Resource Conservation Civic Works $31,633 states of West Virginia, and Maryland Virginia. CandO Canal towpath, which extends into the Beautify, remove vegetation and maintain the C&O CanalTowpath Cleanup(MD, VA, WV) Citizens Conservation Corps of West Virginia $200,000 to grazing systems. and wetland restoration projects, transition exclusion fencing, implement riparianbuffer Project willhelpfarmers install stream operations andenhancewildlife habitat. quality, increase productivity of farming management practices to improve water Work withfarmers to adopt agricultural best (MD, WV) Upper Potomac Farm Stewardship Program Chesapeake Bay Foundation

- - - - Engage the agricultural community, targeting of Woodchip Bioreactors onFarms Targeted Outreach to Increase theAdoption Breaking Down Barriers to Conservation: Earth Data $274,313 oystercatcher work to-date. Shorebird Initiative that has evolved from facilitate successfor theAtlantic Flyway plan andwillbuilduponthisapproach to existing American oystercatcher business consolidate andincrease thesuccessofan by 10percent within10years. Project will populations throughout the Atlantic Flyway percent by 2019andto increase shorebird coastwide withintheUnited States by 30 population size ofAmerican oystercatchers Contribute directly to goal ofincreasing the Conservation (multiple states) and Decision-MakingTools for Shorebird American Oystercatcher Conservation Manomet $36,110 and the monarch butterfly and its habitat. activities centered on urban watershed issues congregations in education and conservation leaders and engage the local Hispanic church Connect with local Baltimore Citychurch Refuge Partnership Action at Masonville Cove UrbanWildlife Hispanic Environmental Awareness and Living Classrooms Foundation $20,090 scaping community within Howard County. development ofamore robust BMPland residents. Project willalsoencourage the adoption andaims to include low-income implementation identified in studiesofBMP Project willattempt to eliminate barriers to pilot geographic area inHoward County. best management practices (BMPs) ina Increase the buy-in and adoption of residential CleanScape Communities Howard County $200,000 quality, and restore forests and streams. nutrient and sediment runoff, improve water powder and Bird River watersheds to reduce up streams intheMiddle River, Tidal Gun management practices, plant trees and clean Mobilize residents to install stormwater best Our Pride Clear Creeks: OurWater, OurHeritage, Gunpowder Valley Conservancy $49,998 practices could beinstalled. actors andotherinnovative conservation farms, andidentifying sites where biore intensive remote analysis oneight to ten and thebenefits ofbioreactors, conducting holding workshops to explain project goals in agricultural easement. Project willinclude landowners andfarmers whohave property

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shrub planting, forest improvement practices brook trout. Project willinclude tree and riparian buffers on streams containing Eastern and cerulean warbler habitat and restore on opportunities to improve golden-winged and Ridge, and Blue Ridge provinces, focusing mined land in the Allegheny Plateau, Valley Improve forest conditions on previously Previously MinedLandinWestern Maryland Restoring Forests andRiparianBuffers on DepartmentMaryland ofNatural Resources $499,937 Watershed Implementation Plan goals. Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum DailyLoad wildlife habitat, and help meet Maryland’s loadings in order to improve water quality, ority areas to reduce sediment and nutrient ment and permanent easements in high-pri riparian forest buffer enrollments, re-enroll innovative method to incentivize wetland and Pilot anitrogen incentive payment (NIP),an for RiparianForest Buffers and Wetlands Term Nutrient Reduction/Ecological Services Chesapeake Bay PilotProgram to Target Long- Nutrient Incentive Payment –AMaryland DepartmentMaryland ofAgriculture $174,850 Avon River andbuildcommunity support. Restore 20acres ofoyster reefs intheTred Management Strategies Restoration Through Innovative Nutrient Accelerating Long-Term Oyster Oyster Recovery Partnership $35,000 for migratory birds in the CityofBaltimore. lision hazards for birds, and create awareness Restore forest and shrub habitat, reduce col Essentials for aNew UrbanBird Treaty City Baltimore’s Birds, Habitat and People: Outward BoundBaltimore $25,000 environmental awareness. decisions due to an increased sense of residents to make environmentally friendly conservation efforts. Project willenable by engaging them inlocal habitat and wildlife connect residents to the natural environment the Brooklyn neighborhood in Baltimore and Improve environmental conditions within mental ConditionsinanUrbanCommunity grams andActivities toImprove Environ The UseofEnvironmental Education Pro National Aquarium $16,250 cal Survey’s Patuxent Wildlife Research Center. Provide satellite transmitters for U.S. Geologi Wildlife Research Center Satellite Transmitters for USGS– Patuxent Microwave Telemetry $120,000 development offorest stewardship plans. habitat, removal ofinvasive species, and for cerulean and golden-winged warbler

------Parks and People Foundation The BoatU.S. Foundation for Boating Safety Wildlife Management Institute Baltimore City’s Gwynns Falls Urban Water- and Clean Water Enhancing Habitat for Early Successional shed: Improving Water Quality and Access Preventing Commercial Fishing Debris by Species (multiple states) to Nature Through Green Infrastructure Educating Recreational Boaters Nationwide Engage highly skilled and networked Use best management practices to Educate recreational boaters about specific professionals in a public-private partner- improve water quality in Gywnns Falls, means of preventing entanglement with ship to reduce the decline in young forest while improving access to one of the largest fixed fishing gear and provide best practices habitat and support restoration efforts for urban woodland parks in the eastern to explain how to responsibly respond American woodcock, golden-winged war- United States. when entanglements occur. Project will bler, and New England cottontail. Project $153,738 explore the user conflicts between recre- will increase American woodcock and New ational boaters and the commercial fishing England cottontail population levels and Parks and People Foundation community and develop effective practices work toward halting the decline of gold- Building Resources and Nurturing Commu- and messages to enhance debris preven- en-winged warbler. nity Health and Environmental Stewardship tion efforts through boater education. $548,000 Support young people working 10 hours $105,699 per week during after-school hours under MASSACHUSETTS the supervision of an adult team leader The Nature Conservancy and an assistant team leader to complete Chesapeake 4R Alliance: Strengthening and American Rivers green projects. Expanding the Network of Practitioners to Assessing Fish Barrier Priority Modifications $49,000 Deliver Advanced Nutrient Management in the Connecticut River Tributaries of New and Natural Filter Practices on Delmarva Hampshire, Vermont and Massachusetts Parks and People Foundation (DE, MD) (MA, NH, VT) Sarah’s Hope Site Improvement Project Provide assistance to soil conservation dis- Identify priority removals of barriers to Support Sarah’s Hope Site Improvement tricts and other partners by strengthening fish passage and provide engineering Project, a green infrastructure retrofit in and expanding the network of practitioners designs for selected projects in the the Sandtown-Winchester community of delivering conservation practices on Connecticut River tributaries of New Baltimore. The effort is associated with the Delmarva. Project will work through the Hampshire, Vermont and Massachusetts. $1.3 million Baltimore City Department Chesapeake 4R Alliance to engage current Project will identify landowners, reach of General Services Capital Improvement and new practitioners, including certified out to them, and complete preliminary Program for Sarah’s Hope, the largest crop consultants and professionals from engineering studies to advance up to six homeless shelter designated for families in the agricultural industry, coordinate out- barrier removals that will, when imple- Baltimore City. reach and training, and facilitate increased mented, restore access and connectivity $200,000 delivery and adoption of priority conserva- to more than 60 miles of stream with tion practices. critical upstream habitat for native Eastern Smithsonian Institution $48,419 brook trout, river herring, and Atlantic 29 River Herring Spawning Run Monitoring salmon. Partners include the U.S. Fish and in Chesapeake Bay (MD, VA) Trout Unlimited Wildlife Service, Trout Unlimited, and the Provide scientifically rigorous imaging sonar Eastern Brook Trout Range-Wide Conser- Connecticut River Watershed Council. run counts of river herring in key Chesa- vation Portfolio and Focal Area Risk and $50,324 peake Bay spawning streams. Project will Opportunity Analysis (multiple states) augment run counts with watershed-scale Conduct a broad-scale assessment of exist- City of Revere habitat use surveys. ing Eastern brook trout diversity compared Oak Island Salt Marsh Restoration $96,873 to historical levels to set strategic goals, Restore 1.2 acres of salt marsh in a significant identify conservation needs, and identify urban estuary at the Oak Island site. This is Spa Creek Conservancy risk to a changing climate. Project will the preferred alternative restoration project Hawkins Cove Small-Watershed Restoration develop fine-scale assessments of priorities selected by the Island End River Trustee and Sustainability Program within four current focal areas while Council based on the 2009 settlement. Install nine upland Hawkins Cove watershed integrating societal benefits, ecosystem ser- $265,000 projects that include bioretention cells, vices, and potential conservation gains. filtration systems, bioswales, sand filters and $150,318 Connecticut River Watershed Council conservation landscaping. Volunteer services Getting Conservation on the Ground – -Out will come from engaging the two public hous- University of Maryland Environmental reach and Assistance for Limited Resource ing communities in the watershed. Finance Center Landowners in the Connecticut River $477,507 Municipal Stormwater Management Watershed (MA, NH, VT) Training and Outreach Center Provide design, technical and financial The Anne Arundel County Watershed Establish a Stormwater Management assistance to at least six private landown- Stewards Academy Training and Outreach Center that will help ers with working lands in Massachusetts, Riverwise Congregations communities bridge the gap in needed New Hampshire, and Vermont who are Engage underrepresented large/mega con- technical and financial resources through a unable to meet cost-share requirements for gregations in Anne Arundel County in storm- comprehensive training program that will improving riparian and instream habitats water restoration on congregation property provide pathways to financing, managing on their land. Project will target priority wa- and at the homes of its members. Project will programs and creating political and govern- tersheds by restoring 12 miles of riparian do this by designing and delivering a com- ment leadership at the local level. and instream habitat. pressed Watershed Steward course for up to $350,000 $64,540 75 people from congregations and supporting these Congregational Stewards to create green ministries in their congregations. $199,406 UNITED STATES AND U.S. TERRITORIES $41,344 the incidenceofderelict fishing gear. vide theeducational tools needed to reduce practices for recreational fishermenand pro Project willdemonstrate best management recreational potfishermen in New England. Create aseries ofeducational videos for Tools for Recreational Pot Fishermen Reducing Derelict GearThrough Educational Massachusetts DivisionofMarineFisheries $66,723 featureless andcomplex habitats. sonar onaknown numberofpotsover both lobster potdetection rate by usingside-scan pilot survey. Project willdevelop aderelict ern CapeCodBay usingaside-scan sonar Estimate derelict lobster potdensityin west Sandy andRocky Habitats inMassachusetts to Survey Derelict Lobster Potsodology in Development ofSide-Scan SonarMeth Massachusetts DivisionofMarineFisheries $274,313 oystercatcher work to-date. Shorebird Initiative that has evolved from facilitate successfor the Atlantic Flyway plan and willbuild upon this approach to existing American oystercatcher business consolidate and increase the an success of by 10percent within 10years. Project will populations throughout the Atlantic Flyway percent by 2019and to increase shorebird coastwide within the United States by 30 population size ofAmerican oystercatchers Contribute directly to goal ofincreasing the Conservation (multiple states) and Decision-MakingTools for Shorebird American Oystercatcher Conservation Manomet $166,216 monitoring program for upto seven vessels. the first year ofafullyfunctionalelectronic groundfish sectors. Project willdocument plementation effort inmultiple NewEngland Cod Fixed GearSector aspartofalarger im electronic monitoring program for theGB Develop andimplement aninnovative Groundfish Fishery Improve Monitoring intheNew England to Achieve IndividualAccountability and Implementing Electronic Monitoring Georges BankCodFixed GearSector $130,681 in New England. squidandgroundfishscup, whiting, fisheries fishermen to avoid bycatch “hotspots”in establish acommunication network allowing and yellowtail flounder bycatch. Project will to focus onthereduction ofwindowpane Create anadditional avoidance network NJ,England (MA, NY, RI) Mapping andAvoidance Network inNew and Yellowtail Flounder Bycatch Hotspot Development ofaRegional Windowpane of Suffolk County Cornell Cooperative Extension Association

- - - - Restore riparianforest buffers in four Stormwater Approach NH) (MA, to Improve Water QualityUsingaPrecision Expanding RiparianForest Buffers Merrimack River Watershed Council $300,000 ability and improve catch share monitoring. 2016. Project willachieve individual account from two ormore sectors inFishing Year on New England groundfish fishing vessels Implement an electronic monitoring program Groundfish ME,NH) (MA, Fishery Electronic Monitoring for New England’s The Nature Conservancy $25,000 management practices. community members aboutsustainable land landscaping, whileeducating volunteers and infrastructure andrehabilitate trees and beauty. Project willinstall green irrigation standards ofexcellence insustainability and acres intotal) upto theGreenway’s high Restore 12smalldeteriorating parks (1.3 Land Management inDowntown Boston Parks andPublicUnderstanding ofGreen Growing theGreenway: ExpandingGreen Conservancy Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway $39,126 the ConnecticutRiver watershed. to create anetwork ofconserved habitats in and urbanrestoration projects whichseek to participate inenvironmental education Engage students andcommunity members Education and Restoration and Partners Engaged inEnvironmental A CoalitionofAction: Youth,Community Regreen Springfield $50,000 newed community engagement oftheriver. water chestnut from 4milesofriver andre Project willseek95percent removal of the Mystic River in2015,2016and2017. remove theinvasive water chestnut from clubs, teams andbusinessesto paddleand Engage 2,000volunteers from membership, Water Chestnut Removal ontheMystic River Reclaiming the Mystic: CommunityInvasive Mystic River Watershed Association $103,971 over two years. demonstration sites by 10trained volunteers of 1,500mixed native seedlingsonnine in Massachusetts, resulting intheplanting counties in New Hampshire and Essex county in Hillsborough, MerrimackandRockingham assistance to landowners andmunicipalities Project willprovide training andtechnical ern brook trout andotheraquatic species. improve water qualityandhabitat for East sub-watersheds oftheMerrimackRiver to

- - - Eastern Brook Trout Range-Wide Conser Trout Unlimited $44,000 and similardirect-marketing arrangements. to engage incommunity supported fisheries formation and technical resources necessary Project willhelpfishermen gain access to in of direct-marketing arrangements increases. continue fishermenasthenumber to serve Improve LocalCatch.org sothat itcan Fishermen Nationwide (multiple states) munity Supported Fisheries andSmall-scale Supporting the Visibility and Viability of Com Third Sector New England $25,000 and surrounding neighborhoods. ployment and economic activity inMattapan mitigation benefits whilealso generating em Project willprovide important stormwater in thelow-income neighborhood Roxbury. of tions to create Boston’s newest urban farm variety ofcommunity development organiza Work with Boston officials,local citizens a and Tommy’s Rock Farm The Trust for PublicLand $174,304 growth, andproductivity. with ongoing studies ofbycatch, age and modeling ofthespeciesandwilldirectly link will to enhancemonitoring andpopulation herring inkey coastal waters. Data collected activity andjuvenile population size ofriver methodology for evaluating thespawning Provide amore accurate and cost-effective ME,NH) (MA, Herring inNew EnglandCoastal Waters Measuring Reproductive SuccessofRiver University ofMassachusetts $134,429 brooks by using 400volunteers. along 4,000 feet ofchannel inKinne and Skunk the effects ofinstalling large woody habitat cold-water species,and install and monitor for brook trout, sculpin and other native 30 milesofinterconnected cold-water habitat setts. Project will restore access to more than National Wildand Scenic River in Massachu to theMiddle Branch ofthe Westfield River,a undersized culverts on Kinne Brook, atributary ing road-stream crossings and replacing two Restore aquatic and riparian habitat by design Kinne Brook Aquatic Connectivity Restoration Trout Unlimited $150,318 potential conservation gains. societal benefits, ecosystem and services, four current focal areas whileintegrating fine-scale assessments ofprioritieswithin to achangingclimate. Project willdevelop identify conservation needs,andidentify risk to historical levels to set strategic goals, ing Eastern brook trout diversity compared Conduct abroad-scale assessment ofexist Opportunity Analysis (multiple states) vation Portfolio and Focal Area Riskand ------University of New Hampshire Huron Pines Resource Conservation Oceana County Road Commission Improving Gulf of Maine Groundfish and Development Council Reconnecting the North Branch Fishing Opportunities Through Fishing Gear Protecting and Reconnecting Alpena’s of the White River Modifications (MA, ME, NH) Coastal Wetlands and Rare Species Replace a failing culvert with a timber Reduce Atlantic cod bycatch by constructing, Restore more than 350 acres of wetland and bridge to improve connectivity and reduce distributing and evaluating raised gillnets shoreline habitat near Alpena by controlling sediment inputs along the North Branch throughout the Gulf of Maine. Project will invasive species, planting native buffers, and of the White River. Project will reconnect work with groundfish sectors and sector reconnecting upland and wetland habitat 8 miles of stream to improve passage for managers to distribute and test the gear complexes. Project will improve habitat for brook trout and other aquatic organisms, among 20 regional fishermen in four Gulf of rare coastal species, reduce nutrient inputs and it will reduce sediment inputs by 35 Maine communities. to Lake Huron, and improve resilience of the tons per year. $126,339 natural community. $70,000 $115,000 Wildlife Management Institute SEEDS Enhancing Habitat for Early Successional Huron Pines Resource Conservation 21st Century Conservation and Service Corps, Species (multiple states) and Development Council Metamorphosis! Helping to Turn Youth Into Engage highly skilled and networked pro- Restoring Fish Habitat and Enhancing Water the Next Generation of Conservationists fessionals in a public-private partnership to Quality in the Au Gres River Watershed Provide jobs for two crews of six restoring reduce the decline in young forest habitat Replace five road/stream crossings, install and protecting wildlife habitat and native and support restoration efforts for American instream habitat structures, and implement plant communities through seeding, woodcock, golden-winged warbler, and New conservation practices on agricultural lands planting, weeding, installation of barriers England cottontail. Project will increase Amer- in the Au Gres River Watershed. Project will and informational signs, conducting wildlife ican woodcock and New England cottontail reconnect 15 upstream miles, reduce sedi- surveys, and helping with the construction population levels and work toward halting the ment inputs and improve habitat for brook of a non-motorized trail and pedestrian decline of golden-winged warbler. trout, Lake Huron migratory fish and other boardwalk. Youth will receive mentorship $548,000 aquatic species. and training from land managers and $235,000 volunteers. $42,142 MICHIGAN Manistee County Government Creating Early Successional Forest to Maximize Restoring Aquatic Organism Passage Superior Watershed Partnership Forest Productivity for Wildlife (MI, MN, WI) and Stream Function in Arquilla Creek Enhancing Monarch Butterfly Habitat Plan and create early successional forest on Remove the final passage barrier in a por- in the Hiawatha National Forest public and private lands in Minnesota and tion of the upper Manistee River drainage Restore monarch habitat in the Central Wisconsin that meets the habitat needs of by replacing a perched culvert with a timber Upper Peninsula of Michigan in cooperation the golden-winged warbler, American wood- bridge along Arquilla Creek. Project will with the Hiawatha National Forest and other 31 cock and over 50 other species of conserva- restore stream function, improve aquatic project partners through non-native invasive tion concern. Project will contact more than habitat and reconnect 3 stream miles to species removal on 83 acres, plant 26,000 600 private landowners to create over 1,000 allow passage by brook trout and other native milkweed and nectar plants, and har- acres of habitat and establish plans for 3,000 aquatic organisms. vest 50 pounds of native plant seeds. Project acres within golden-winged warbler and $90,000 will improve peninsular and open coastal American woodcock focal areas. sites along the Upper Peninsula’s primary $399,907 Mason-Lake Conservation District migratory flyway. Improving Connectivity and Habitat $59,321 Conservation Resource Alliance on the Pere Marquette River Restoration of Aquatic Connectivity and Restore a former log-roll site and replace The Board of Trustees of the Stream Channel Configuration in Northern three failing road-stream crossings along University of Illinois Lower Michigan the Pere Marquette River and its tributaries. Collaborative, Industry-Driven Monarch Remove 23 passage barriers, stabilize 1,000 Project will significantly reduce sediment Conservation Strategy Targeting Critical feet of stream bank, and install woody hab- input, reconnect 14 miles to allow passage Landscape Categories in the Upper itat structures along 2,400 feet of stream in of fish and other aquatic organisms, and Restoration Corridor (multiple states) four northern Michigan watersheds. Project enhance two miles of drowned river-mouth Mobilize monarch conservation across the will create 1,800 feet of new stream chan- wetland habitat. public and private sectors in the Upper nel, reduce sediment inputs by 180 tons $424,888 Midwest through the Rights-of-Way at per year, and reconnect 24 stream miles Habitat Working Group, related partnerships for the passage of brook trout and other National Wildlife Federation and targeted outreach. These activities will aquatic organisms. Launching Monarch Butterfly Recovery in promote habitat restoration by utilities, $500,000 the Central Flyway Through Urban Outreach transportation authorities, and other inter- (multiple states) ested organizations by primarily focusing Great Lakes Fishery Commission Build capacity within cities and towns in the on opportunities to utilize rights-of-way Strategic Coordination of an Aquatic Habitat central flyway to take appropriate, effective and other working landscapes to support Connectivity Collaborative (MI, Canada) action on behalf of monarchs. Project will monarch conservation. Provide strategic coordination to the Great support outreach efforts in hundreds of $75,000 Lakes Region Aquatic Habitat Connectivity cities, towns, schools and school districts, as Collaborative. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife well as garden clubs, nurseries and the Na- Service will provide technical coordination. tional Wildlife Federation’s National Pollinator $60,000 Garden Network. $100,000 UNITED STATES AND U.S. TERRITORIES $1,000 Bradley federal level recipient. in honorofAgent LeoSuazo, the2014Guy Award fundsto theCentershot Ministries 2014 GuyBradley Award –Federal Level Centershot Ministries $399,907 American woodcock focal areas. acres withingolden-winged warbler and acres ofhabitat andestablish plansfor 3,000 600 private landowners to create over 1,000 tion concern. Project will contact more than cock andover 50otherspeciesofconserva the golden-winged warbler, American wood Wisconsin that meets the habitat needsof public andprivate landsinMinnesota and Plan andcreate earlysuccessionalforest on Forest Productivity for Wildlife (MI, MN, WI) Creating Early Successional Forest to Maximize American Bird Conservancy $548,000 decline ofgolden-winged warbler. population levels and work toward halting the ican woodcock and New England cottontail England cottontail. Project will increase Amer woodcock, golden-winged warbler, and New and support restoration efforts forAmerican reduce the decline in young forest habitat fessionals in apublic-private partnership to Engage highly skilled and networked pro Species (multiple states) Enhancing Habitat for Early Successional Wildlife Management Institute $75,000 using environmental DNAtechniques. survey 30lakes for aquatic invasive species insula and innorthern Wisconsin. Project will management areas inMichigan’s Upper Pen tional boundaries offive cooperative weed education and management across jurisdic Expand collaboration around invasive species Sustainability (MI,WI) Upper Peninsula Invasives Council:Building and Development Council Upper Peninsula Resource Conservation $881,628 function ofanimperiled coastal wetland. contribute to thelong-term ecosystem control ofinvasive Phragmites australis, and habitat for coastal wildlife, improve long-term a diked management unit, which willprovide acres ofwetlands through theimprovement of in western Lake Erie.Project willrestore 65 improve 946acres ofcoastal wetland habitat wetland habitat aspartofthe larger effort to Continue to restore and enhance coastal Restoration –II Erie Marsh Preserve Coastal Wetlands The Nature Conservancy –Michigan MINNESOTA

------of theRestoring Relations Youth Corps communities through thedevelopment Support Native American youth and Restoring Relations Youth Corps Conservation Corps $60,000 minority urban youth. local volunteers, and engage 68at-risk and derserved areas inSaint Paul, engage 1,000 will develop 125new natural acres in un engagement and youth jobtraining. Project traditional partnerships, local volunteer communities through new parks, non Bring conservation to underserved in MinneapolisSaint Paul Conservation for Underserved Great River Greening $5,000 interactive sharingsessions. group members, includingspeakers and Host a2-day workshop for Regional Friends Refuge Peer-to-Peer Coaching Friends ofSherburneNational Wildlife National Wildlife Refuge Friends ofSherburne $9,604 and study. wildlife observation and sample collection will provide wetland accessfor education, of afloating dock, gangway and trail. Project Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge consisting Construct awetlands education dock at the at SherburneNational Wildlife Refuge Constructing a Wetlands Education Dock National Wildlife Refuge Friends ofSherburne $10,000 outdoor setting. with nature andenhancelearninginan vide families withopportunities to connect garden, andaphoto blind.Project willpro area for children, aninterpretive pollinator Install three projects: anature discovery Area at RiceLake National Wildlife Refuge Constructing anInteractive Nature Discovery Friends ofRiceLake Refuge $37,501 national strategies for milkweed restoration. ties onandnearpubliclands to helpinform Collect key information onmilkweed densi Milkweed Density Estimation (MN, OK, TX) Monarch Conservation Science Partnership– Conservation Legacy $25,000 cultural values. connecting the youth to theirheritage and the St.Paul-Minneapolis metro area while experience for Native American youth in which willprovide jobs andconservation

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- - Complete arestoration project, pilot an and Sustaining UrbanBird Treaty Goals Revisiting, Expanding Reviving, National AudubonSociety $280,000 aquatic organisms. improve habitat for brook trout andother cesses, restore coniferous bankcover, and Project willimprove geomorphological pro installation ofinstream habitat structures. bilization, planting of native vegetation, and Restore 1mileofstream through banksta of BlackhoofRiver Fish Habitat andWatershed Restoration Minnesota Trout Unlimited $51,352 plants: milkweed andprairie clovers. propagating two speciesofnative flowering ect willfocus protecting onpreserving, and creating neededhabitat for pollinators. Proj wide range ofpeopleandcommunities in Provide education to andengage witha (MN, ND, SD) Citizen-Scientists Restore Pollinator Habitat On theFrontlines ofConservation: Minnesota Landscape Arboretum Foundation $250,000 multi-year enrollments to maximize benefits. Partnership. Private lands willbe put into into the Honey Beeand Monarch Butterfly acres ofprivate and 30acres ofpublic lands high-quality monarch habitat by enrolling 345 Project willrestore orenhance 375acres of private landowners in monarch conservation. and additional outreach events to engage demonstration sites, habitat tours, workshops the central flyway to facilitate 20 unique Hire acoordinating wildlife biologist in Butterfly Partnership (multiple states) Honey BeeandMonarch Pheasants Forever $100,000 Garden Network. tional Wildlife Federation’s National Pollinator well asgarden clubs, nurseries and the Na cities, towns, schools and school districts, as support outreach efforts inhundreds of action onbehalf ofmonarchs. Project will central flyway to take appropriate, effective Build capacity within cities and towns inthe (multiple states) the Central Flyway Through UrbanOutreach Launching Monarch Butterfly Recovery in National Wildlife Federation $35,000 implementing sound conservation practices. efforts to educate citizens about birds while engage at-risk youth, and celebrate municipal corridor, pilot an urban birding program to create bird habitat in the Mississippi River at-risk youth to remove invasive species and bird-friendly communities. Project willengage create amunicipal recognition program for sota Valley National Wildlife Refuge, and urban education program with the Minne

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- - - - Prairie Pothole Partners MISSISSIPPI FishAmerica Foundation Northern Friends Peer-to-Peer Initiating Barotrauma and Mortality Alabama Forestry Association Mentoring Workshop (MN, ND, SD) Reduction Strategies with Gulf of Mexico Enhancing Longleaf Pine Ecosystems Host a mentoring workshop with engaging and Recreational Anglers (AL, FL, LA, MS, TX) to Improve Black Pine Snake Habitat in educational sessions designed to foster capac- Advance the implementation of FishSmart Alabama and Mississippi ity building, encourage sharing and create a best practices designed to reduce mortality Engage landowners to form communi- network of Friends in the upper Midwest. of fish released during recreational fishing. ty-based burning networks and enlist mentors $5,000 Project will distribute descending devices to work with landowners to provide training on recreational for-hire vessels and select and on-the-ground experience as well as The Board of Trustees recreational anglers to assess the adoption providing education and coordinating access of the University of Illinois of best practices and potential reduction of to technical and cost-share assistance. Project Collaborative, Industry-Driven Monarch post-release mortality. partners will restore 200 acres of longleaf Conservation Strategy Targeting Critical $60,000 pine and enhance 7,000 acres of existing Landscape Categories in the Upper Resto- longleaf habitat primarily by increasing the ration Corridor (multiple states) Friends of Noxubee Refuge amount and frequency of prescribed burning Mobilize monarch conservation across the Rookery Cam 360 at Noxubee National in the 14 counties in Alabama and Mississippi public and private sectors in the Upper Wildlife Refuge historically occupied by the black pine snake. Midwest through the Rights-of-Way at Install a rookery cam over Bluff Lake and a $149,804 Habitat Working Group, related partnerships waterfowl rookery. The camera will allow and targeted outreach. These activities will viewers to see numerous species and will CLS America promote habitat restoration by utilities, serve as a tool for increasing education, Electronic Reporting in the Gulf transportation authorities, and other inter- research, partnerships and membership of Mexico Charter Boat Fleet (AL, FL, MS) ested organizations by primarily focusing recruitment at the refuge. Implement electronic reporting in approxi- on opportunities to utilize rights-of-way $8,030 mately 275 recreational charter boat vessels and other working landscapes to support in the Gulf of Mexico. Project will engage the monarch conservation. Institute for Marine Mammal Studies fishing industry, federal and state managers, $75,000 Survey of Incidental Sea Turtle Catch and scientists from Mississippi, Alabama and by Recreational Anglers Florida to generate real-time, verifiable, and The Food Group Characterize the recreational fishery at -ac high-quality recreational fishing data. City of Roseville Urban cess points in Mississippi to assess the rate $1,700,000 Orchard Demonstration Project of incidentally caught turtles and identify Plan and install a community orchard demon- potential drivers of these interactions. Proj- Conservian stration program in an urban location. Project ect will use angler count data, surveys and Restoring Shorebird Populations and Build- will provide long-term fresh food access to rehabilitation data to quantify fishing effort ing Capacity on the Eastern Gulf (AL, MS) those in need, engage residents in learning and identify spatial and temporal factors 33 Expand Coastal Bird Conservation/Conser- and practicing tree care and harvesting related to angler behavior and common vian’s on-the-ground presence in Alabama techniques, improve the health of Roseville’s gear and bait types against records of turtle and Mississippi. Project will create a local residents and environment, and assem- hooking to infer how turtle interactions may volunteer steward base and assist with ble lessons learned for sharing with other be reduced in the Mississippi Sound and site manager/stakeholder relations. Strong communities interested in starting publicly other areas in the Gulf of Mexico. partner relationships, science-based field accessible edible landscapes. $94,490 expertise, and use of standardized mon- $40,500 itoring methods and best management Jackson County Board of Supervisors practices will help serve as a new “model Upper Mississippi River Pascagoula River Audubon Marsh Mitigation of excellence” for comprehensive shorebird Interpretive Association Develop and provide first-hand education- management on the Gulf Coast. Revving-Up the La Crosse District Friends al experiences to public and private land $100,000 Group for New Challenges managers about practical tidal wetland Allow the Friends group to lay the foun- mitigation methods and practices. Project Conservian dation for their organization’s future of will also provide opportunities for engage- U.S. Gulf Coast Beach-Nesting Bird Field creating opportunities, increasing capacity ment and interaction among local, state and Monitoring Manual (AL, FL, LA, MS, TX) and developing partnerships. federal natural resource agency partners Build a standardized training manual for $5,598 that together will direct what is expected to field personnel and site stewards engaged be large-scale marsh restoration associated in monitoring and protecting beach-nesting Wildlife Management Institute with RESTORE funding. birds on the Gulf Coast. The field manual will Enhancing Habitat for Early Successional $15,000 be directed toward those actually working Species (multiple states) on the ground with beach-nesting birds, and Engage highly skilled and networked pro- Land Trust for the Mississippi Coastal Plain will serve as the next logical step to imple- fessionals in a public-private partnership to Coastal Streambank and Wetland Habitat menting the recommendations of the U.S. reduce the decline in young forest habitat Restoration at Weeks Bayou Gulf Coast Beach-Nesting Bird Assessment and support restoration efforts for American Offer the coastal community a restored and Management Guidelines. woodcock, golden-winged warbler, and New green space for scientific and educational $75,000 England cottontail. Project will increase Amer- activities that will ultimately improve the ican woodcock and New England cottontail environment and quality of life in the com- population levels and work toward halting the munity. Project will provide opportunities decline of golden-winged warbler. to educate and inspire community youth $548,000 through environmental stewardship. $30,000 UNITED STATES AND U.S. TERRITORIES $165,000 the annualtotal SRTC allocation. pairs from thisgrant willequal27percent of previous years oftotal available birds, 15 Range Translocation Cooperative. Basedon annually for two years to theSouthern Provide 30red-cockaded woodpeckers Cooperative: MS) Years GA, FL, 13-14 (AL, Support for theSouthern Range Translocation Red-Cockaded Woodpecker Translocation The Longleaf Alliance $21,938 designed over theexhibit. ADA-accessible floating bridge that willbe ence thefeeling ofaquakingbogthrough an and thevisitingpublic.Visitors will experi as anoutdoor classroom for area schools environmental educational program to serve Create aQuakingBogwetland exhibit and Bog Educational Exhibit Crosby Arboretum Quaking The Crosby Arboretum Foundation $222,635 monitoring across theGulf ofMexico. communication and the advancement of bird strong basis for increasing coordination and and decision support tools willprovide a The resulting bird monitoring framework pinning aGulf-wide bird monitoring program. to identify goals, objectives and values under Complete astructured decision-making effort MS,TX) LA, FL, (AL, Gulf ofMexico Bird Monitoring Framework Mississippi State University $200,000 longleaf pine on federal, state and private lands. to include open wet pine savannas and upland cies habitat located on private and public lands on sensitive, threatened and endangered spe in coastal Mississippi. Activities will take place scribed burns and othermanagement activities composed ofmilitary veterans to conduct pre Train and outfit asix-person prescribed fire crew Veterans Prescribed Fire Crew MS) (AL, Mississippi LandTrust $249,200 participation throughout the region. for programs inorder to greatly increase owners withsign-upandimplementation Farm Billprograms. Project willassist land landowners aboutwater quality-oriented nator incoastal Mississippito helpeducate Place afull-time coastal watershed coordi Mississippi Coastal Watershed Initiative Mississippi LandTrust $250,000 through fee acquisition. federally endangered duskygopher frog, habitat that isessential to thesurvival ofthe lands, includingcritical upland forested Permanently protect 57acres ofprivate tat for theEndangered DuskyGopherFrog Protection ofUplandandConnectingHabi Land Trust for theMississippi Coastal Plain

------and aVeterans Conservation Corps pilot Support two new Conservation Corps Program MS,TX) LA, FL, (AL, Gulf Conservation Corps Restoration The Nature Conservancy $74,327 cultural andsocialeconomic lessons. mathematics, environmental ethics, science, where students willusethespaceto learn extension oftheMontessori classroom City Garden students that willprovide an Create anoutdoor learningspacefor Through Eighth Grade Students mental Institute for Pre-Kindergarten Creating anInnovative Outdoor Environ City Garden Montessori School $229,868 conservation. effort to stimulate native plantings and lands, andwillserve asamodelregional monarch habitat onbothpublicandprivate Project willresult in1,400acres ofrestored critical for monarch butterfly conservation. on-the-ground native habitat restorations Implement aseriesofstrategically chosen, Partnership (KS, MO) Butterfly Conservation: AMulti-Sector Kansas CityMetropolitan Area Monarch Burroughs AudubonofGreater Kansas City $138,692 priority geographies and priority actions. thesize existing conservation plans to identify resources in the Southeast. Project willsyn to help improve stewardship offreshwater ern Aquatic Biodiversity Conservation Fund Develop abusiness plan for anew Southeast tion OpportunityAnalysis (multiple states) Southeastern Aquatic Biodiversity Conserva University ofGeorgia Research Foundation $125,000 U.S. FishandWildlife Service. Sam Hamilton was the15thdirector ofthe ofSamD.and honorthememory Hamilton. ubee National Wildlife Refuge inMississippi acreage to addto theSamD. Hamilton Nox Purchase atract ofbottomland hardwood Land Acquisition Sam D. Hamilton Noxubee Refuge U.S. Fish andWildlife Service U.S. Department oftheInterior, $250,000 expanding Gulfrestoration economy. and train young peopleto participate inthe a significant strategy for Gulf restoration, to continue to use conservation corps as and animals,buildorganizational strength long-term habitat healthfor native plants vation progress ontheground to improve natural resources. Project willmake conser undertake projects that restore andprotect demonstrations across theGulf region to MISSOURI

------$49,803 tat today andfor thenext generation. plans to guiderestoration and care for habi in habitat stewardship andcreate detailed engage andeducate youth andneighbors will supportandbuildcapacity for partners, health oftheBlueRiver Watershed. Project and productive useoflandsignificant tothe Restore habitat andestablish compatible and Stewardship Kansas CityMunicipalFarm Restoration Heartland Conservation Alliance $154,500 for urbanmonarch conservation ecology. engagement, andserve asanational model milkweed, conduct community outreach and additions, improve theseedsupplyofnative through volunteer stewardship andstaffing establish monarch habitat, buildcapacity together local, state andfederal partners to the MississippiRiver. Project willbring within a19-milepollinator pathway along Create urbanmonarch butterfly habitat Byway Project The St.LouisRiverfront Butterfly City ofSt.Louis $250,000 ments to maximize benefits. lands willbeput into multi-year enroll and Monarch Butterfly Partnership. Private acres ofpublic lands into the Honey Bee by enrolling 345acres ofprivate and 30 375 acres of high-quality monarch habitat servation. Project will restore orenhance engage private landowners in monarch con shops and additional outreach events to demonstration sites, habitat tours, work the central flyway to facilitate 20 unique Hire acoordinating wildlife biologist in Partnership (multiple states) Honey BeeandMonarch Butterfly Pheasants Forever $100,000 nator Garden Network. National Wildlife Federation’s National Polli as well asgarden clubs, nurseries andthe cities, towns, schoolsandschooldistricts, support outreach efforts inhundreds of action onbehalfofmonarchs. Project will central flyway to take appropriate, effective Build capacity withincitiesand towns inthe (multiple states) the Central Flyway Through UrbanOutreach Launching Monarch Butterfly Recovery in National Wildlife Federation $250,000 Norfork lakes watersheds. activities inthe Table Rock,BullShoalsand Project willinvolve habitat enhancement three White River Reservoirs inMissouri. Improve reservoir habitat andfishingin River Reservoirs Habitat Improvement inMissouri’s White Missouri Department ofConservation

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- - - - The Board of Trustees of American Bird Conservancy Montana Conservation Corps the University of Illinois Implementing Highly Productive Grassland 21st Century Nature Corps Collaborative, Industry-Driven Monarch Management (MT, ND, SD, WY) Engage 56 diverse youth from urban, rural Conservation Strategy Targeting Critical Continue to assist landowners in conser- and tribal communities across Montana in Landscape Categories in the Upper vation planning and enrolling in Natural critical hands-on, habitat restoration proj- Restoration Corridor (multiple states) Resources Conservation Service programs ects on the Northern Great Plains and Rocky Mobilize monarch conservation across the where sustainable management practices Mountain Front portion of the Crown of the public and private sectors in the Upper for grasslands will result in habitat conserva- Continent ecosystem in Montana. Project Midwest through the Rights-of-Way at tion on private lands for at least 10 declining will equip youth with the knowledge, skills Habitat Working Group, related part- or at-risk bird species. Project will target up and values to serve as the next generation nerships and targeted outreach. These to 142,000 acres of priority grasslands. of conservationists. activities will promote habitat restoration $248,865 $55,000 by utilities, transportation authorities, and other interested organizations by primarily Bob Marshall Wilderness Foundation Montana Conservation Corps focusing on opportunities to utilize rights- Wilderness Conservation Corps, Acton and Four Dances Recreation Trails of-way and other working landscapes to Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex Partner with the Bureau of Land Manage- support monarch conservation. Employ youth crews to maintain trails, remove ment, Billing Field Office, to engage 11 youth $75,000 invasive species in critical habitat areas, and in projects to develop 3 miles of recreational conduct campsite impact monitoring in the trails at Four Dances Natural Area and Acton The Nature Conservancy Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex. Trail main- Recreation Area. The new trails will be Dunn Ranch and Pawnee Prairie tenance will mitigate sediment run off from developed in response to the high demand Restoration, Enhancement and Maintenance trails adjacent to rivers with habitat for endan- for additional hiking and mountain biking Restore approximately 75 acres, enhance gered westslope cutthroat and bull trout. opportunities in the Billings area. roughly 960 acres, and maintain around $50,000 $7,000 3,860 acres of prairie habitat at Dunn Ranch and Pawnee Prairies within the Chippewa Cree Tribe of the Montana Conservation Corps Grand River Grasslands of northern Mis- Rocky Boy’s Reservation Montana and Wyoming Tribal souri. Project will also result in the harvest, Rocky Boy Grassland Features Corps Partnership cleaning and planting more than 1,000 Identify and classify natural features Engage 20 Native youths, ages 16-25, pounds of milkweed and nectar seeds on associated with grasslands to contribute to through paid 21st Century Conservation 1,035 acres. grassland conservation decisions. Project Service Corps positions. Project will develop $104,154 findings will also address cultural protocol conservation work skills, learn about local and proprietary information. lands and cultural traditions, and practice U.S. Department of the Interior, $57,000 skills to be leaders and contributing U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service members of their crew and community. 35 Missouri Grasslands for Monarchs on Clark Fork Coalition $50,000 National Wildlife Refuges and Private Lands Community Water Marketing Program Along the I-35 Monarch Flyway Identify, implement and monitor water trans- Montana Conservation Corps Restore 293 acres of cropland to wet-mesic actions in the Clark Fork basin of Montana. Pompey’s Pillar National Monument bottomland prairie at Swan Lake National $159,439 and Billings Recreation Sites Wildlife Refuge and 40 acres of grassland Engage young people in conservation corps will be enhanced at Squaw Creek National Fort Peck Tribes programs to develop and protect natural, Refuge to benefit monarchs and other Evaluation of Swift Fox historic and cultural resources at Pompey’s pollinators. In addition to restoration, the and Sage Grouse Populations Pillar National Monument and other Bureau project will conduct habitat practices on Implement a program to survey and assess of Land Management recreational sites near private lands including field preparation, and current status of swift fox and sage grouse Billings, Montana. facilitate local seed collection for monarch on Fort Peck Reservation to identify potential $15,000 habitat restorations. conservation needs and restoration sites. $200,000 Project will be part of an international and Montana Conservation Corps multi-region, tribal and agency conservation Willow Creek Bitterbrush Restoration effort to conserve swift fox and sage grouse. Partner with Bureau of Land Management to MONTANA $150,000 engage five to seven youths in a 21st Century Alberta Conservation Association Conservation Service Corps restoration Restoring Connectivity for Pronghorn in the Friends of the Missouri Breaks Monument project to improve bitterbrush habitat for elk Northern Steppe in Montana and Alberta Restoring Central Montana’s Upper and deer in the upper Willow Creek water- Implement a project in the northern Missouri River Breaks National Monument shed of western Montana. sagebrush-steppe in northern Montana and Restore and improve vital riparian habitat $4,500 southern Canada that serves as the terminus in the Upper Missouri River Breaks National of the pronghorn range and where popula- Monument. Project will remove 80-100 Montana Department of Fish, tions of pronghorn have difficulty negotiating percent of salt cedar in target areas, plant Wildlife and Parks barbed wire fences. Project will provide at least 100 cottonwood saplings, and fence French Creek Fish Barrier Installation insights into which fence modifications at least two riparian exclosures to protect Install a fish barrier on French Creek, remove allow for the most successful movements by naturally occurring cottonwoods. non-native fish, and restore native westslope pronghorn and costs associated with those $149,952 cutthroat trout and Arctic grayling to 38 miles modifications. of stream. Project will help establish one of the $199,070 largest interconnected populations of west- slope cutthroat trout in the upper Missouri River drainage. $32,500 UNITED STATES AND U.S. TERRITORIES $73,371 the basin. cutthroat trout population persistence in non-native brook trout, aknown threat to tive fish barriers and physically removing Shields River basin by installing non-na cutthroat trout population in theUpper Protect and increase the Yellowstone Trout Conservation –II Shields River Yellowstone Cutthroat Park Conservation District $127,619 strategy for swift fox inthe study area. used to develop a20-year reintroduction and metapopulation modelswhichwillbe used to develop occupancy, connectivity, surrounding property. Project results willbe grassland habitat onfive triballandsand Use camera traps to survey swift fox in and Reintroduction Strategy Swift Fox Distribution Assessment Oregon State University $125,000 in away that iscompatible with grazing. tangible conservation benefits forsage grouse north-central Montana. Project willproduce applies proven methods on alarge scale in a concentrated fence-flagging initiative that sage grouse collisions with wire fences through Reduce extensive mortality associated with Livestock Grazing Between Sage Grouse Conservation and Fence-Flagging to Reduce Conflicts National Wildlife Federation $80,000 between humans and grizzly bears. tablish systems that willimprove relationships bear activity while working to educate and es survival and growth. Project willmonitor tem, an area that issignificant for grizzly bear in the Northern Continental Divide Ecosys manage athreatened grizzly bear population Provide tools for biologists to effectively Railway Corridor Grizzly BearManagement Alongthe Montana Outdoor Legacy Foundation $39,176 review and coordination on water transactions Assist Montana qualified local entities with Support for Water Transfers Capacity and Conservation Montana Department ofNatural Resources $180,000 Region ofMontana from being converted. proximately 30,000acres in the Prairie Pothole to cropland agriculture. Project willprotect ap wetland-grassland complexes from conversion landowners to protect prioritygrasslands and Offer 30-year conservation leases to private Priority Grasslands New Incentives to Conserve Montana’s Wildlife andParks Montana Department ofFish,

- - - - web portals, for TheLone Star Conservation Continue to build state conservation center (multiple states) Engaging Landowners inConservation Resources First Foundation $97,500 reconnect spawning and rearing habitats. restore riparianand hydrologic function and resilience to achanging climate. Project will and westslope cutthroat trout resistance and Remove existing stressors to increase bull trout Clark Fork Watershed Restoration Trout Unlimited $75,000 college students and community members. toring, and outreach and education with local ground restoration activities, ongoing moni located inBozeman. Project willinclude on-the- the future 55-acre Story MillCommunity Park, Create a30-acre nature at sanctuary the site of Story MillCommunityPark –II The Trust for PublicLand $75,000 sources to address water issues. making themost ofavailable programs/re in makingchanges to theiroperations or alist to overcome barriers producers face Use aweb portal andtransition agricultur Transition Agriculture Districts ofMontana Soil andWater Conservation $168,106 trends ofat-risk grassland bird species. habitat andhelpreverse negative population more than10,000acres ofmixed grass ect willleverage partnerfundingto enhance enrollment inconservation easements. Proj practices suchasgrazing management and habitat enhancement projects that include Increase landowners’ interest inenrolling in Great Plains(MT, ND, SD, WY) At-Risk Bird Conservation intheNorthern Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory $100,000 gered ordeclining specieson private lands. and intact habitat for threatened, endan purification, nutrient recycling, soil formation essential ecosystem ofairand services water management practices that will provide the increase intheadoption ofbest conservation Habitat Management Portal; resulting inan Texas and Virginia and the Conservation vation center websites for Colorado, Idaho, Continue to build and expand the conser in Conservation (multiple states) Engaging Private Landowners Resources First Foundation $100,000 the Conservation Habitat Management Portal. pand sage grouse conservation informationon landowners. Project willalsocontinue to ex region-specific conservation tools for private ter, to provide comprehensive in-depth and Connection and TheIdaho Conservation Cen

------with afish-passabledevice. Project willallow River innortheast Montana andreplace it Remove alarge fishbarrier onthe Redwater Nickwall FishBarrierRemoval Land Management, Montana State Office U.S. Department oftheInterior, Bureau of $75,000 make informed management decisions. land and non-game managers to help them provide quantitative baseline information to dace species innorthern Montana. Project will prescriptions for three sensitive and declining abundance and threats, and make management Investigate conservation status, distribution, Dace Research andConservation Land Management, Montana State Office U.S. Department oftheInterior, Bureau of $109,539 the protected reach. order to assure thedelivery ofwater in River Basin. Project willmonitor flows in water transactions inthe upper Columbia Develop and complete instream flow Montana Water Project Trout Unlimited $350,000 ness oftools used to protect both species. ferret and itsprey, and evaluate the effective the impactsofdisease, expand habitat for the Northern Great Plains. Project willmitigate and black-tailed prairie doghabitat within the Improve thestatus ofthe black-footed ferret Northern Great Plains(MT, SD, WY, Canada) Black-FootedConserving Ferrets inthe World Wildlife Fund $100,000 scapes that sustain native prairie ecosystems. will allow them to maintain working land the availability ofconservation programs that Region. Project willinform landowners about wetlands and grasslands in the Prairie Pothole cation program that illuminates the value of Launch acomprehensive outreach and edu and Education (MT, ND, SD) Prairie Pothole Region Community Outreach U.S. FishandWildlife Region Service, 6 U.S. Department oftheInterior, $100,000 explore career options in the fisheriesfield. in the fisheries and aquatic habitat field to ship and adiverse conservation experience BLM willprovide aneight-week, paid intern Working with American Fisheries Society, terior’s Bureau ofLand Management (BLM). field officesof the U.S.Department of theIn Host 20high school student interns at 13 (multiple states) Rearing theNext Fisheries Cohort Bureau ofLandManagement U.S. Department oftheInterior, $70,000 fish specieshave beendocumented. of theRedwater River, where over 21native fishes unimpededaccess to over 25miles

- - - - - Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation Nebraska Game and Parks Commission Great Basin Institute Filling Information Gaps and Developing Restoration of Pollinator Habitat in Nebraska Las Vegas Area Desert Cleanup Best Management Practices to Sustain Restore 140 acres of low-quality grasslands Assist Bureau of Land Management in manag- Monarchs and Milkweed in Public Lands of adjacent to the Cowboy Trail to high-quality ing public lands by removing illegally dumped the Western U.S. (multiple states) monarch habitat. Project will collaborate with waste materials from public lands adjacent to Build capacity of public land managers to im- multiple monarch conservation groups, facili- developed areas. Project will remove waste plement conservation practices that benefit tate workshops for plug planting, and maintain materials from sites and take them to a proper the western population of monarch butter- and monitor additional habitat acreage. waste disposal and recycling center. flies by accounting for current management $140,900 $3,000 practices and addressing information gaps on the distribution and management of Pheasants Forever Great Basin Institute milkweed. Project will develop best manage- Honey Bee and Monarch Butterfly Las Vegas Desert Cleanup ment practices and disseminate recom- Partnership (multiple states) Engage restoration crews to assist the mendations for monarch conservation on Hire a coordinating wildlife biologist in Bureau of Land Management in managing 250,000 acres of publicly managed lands. the central flyway to facilitate 20 unique public lands by removing illegally dumped $104,181 demonstration sites, habitat tours, workshops waste materials from public lands adjacent and additional outreach events to engage to developed areas. private landowners in monarch conservation. $5,000 NEBRASKA Project will restore or enhance 375 acres of Center for Rural Affairs high-quality monarch habitat by enrolling 345 Great Basin Institute Enhancing Partnerships acres of private and 30 acres of public lands Vegetation and Sage-Grouse Habitat in Sandhills Conservation into the Honey Bee and Monarch Butterfly Monitoring in the Walker Basin (CA, NV) Raise awareness of the conservation impor- Partnership. Private lands will be put into Provide opportunities for youth to serve in tance of Nebraska’s Sandhills mixed grass multi-year enrollments to maximize benefits. paid internship positions while acquiring prairie for grassland birds, endemic species $250,000 valuable skills in field research techniques and the High Plains Aquifer. Project will host related to monitoring and conservation. activities and develop resources to enable University of Nebraska Project will collect data to guide proper greater understanding and implementation The Nebraska Watershed Network and the treatment design and provide a baseline of best practices for Sandhills conservation. Lower Platte River Management Plan data set against which treatment effects $66,252 Fulfill components of the Lower Platte River may be measured. Management Plan by engaging citizens and $50,000 City of Omaha, Nebraska high school students from underrepresented Prospect Village Gardens populations in an environmental program Great Basin Institute Create community gardens on city-owned aimed at developing the capacity for commu- Wetlands Park Fuels Reduction, Cultural vacant lots in northeast Omaha, an identi- nity-based, environmental stewardship. Project Site Protection and Road Restoration 37 fied food desert. Project will build four to will empower the community to participate in Focus on the removal of invasive species six temporary community gardens and one environmental stewardship programs. such as tamarisk, planting of native seeds to two permanent community gardens with $39,997 and plants, and maintenance of trails and environmentally positive impacts in the roads within the Wetlands Park. Project will Prospect Village neighborhood. be conducted by youth through the Nevada NEVADA $39,490 Conservation Corps AmeriCorps program. Friends of Red Rock Canyon $13,500 National Wildlife Federation Southern Nevada Milkweed Mapping, Launching Monarch Butterfly Recovery in Seed Production and Distribution Project Humboldt Watershed the Central Flyway Through Urban Outreach Locate, map and collect seeds of native Cooperative Weed Management Area (multiple states) milkweed on federal and state partner lands in Humboldt Watershed Invasive Build capacity within cities and towns in the Southern Nevada, with a portion of the collect- Plant Management central flyway to take appropriate, effective ed seeds contributed to the Bureau of Land Work in partnership with several agencies on action on behalf of monarchs. Project will Management Seeds of Success Program and the Humboldt River to treat weeds and restore support outreach efforts in hundreds of planted on federal and state partner lands. treated areas to functioning vegetative commu- cities, towns, schools and school districts, as $135,347 nities creating more suitable wildlife habitat. well as garden clubs, nurseries and the Na- $70,000 tional Wildlife Federation’s National Pollinator Great Basin Institute Garden Network. Copper Basin, Shoshone Mason Valley Conservation District $100,000 and Hickison Campgrounds Developing the Next Generation Provide maintenance to trails and campgrounds of Conservationists in Mason Valley Nebraska Community Foundation FBO in the Bureau of Land Management Battle Control tall whitetop, a noxious weed on the Rainwater Basin Joint Venture Mountain District by engaging a five-person Walker River Corridor, using herbicides along Grassland and Wetland Enhancement youth Nevada Conservation Corps crew. 70 miles of the river. Youth will participate in in Nebraska’s Sandhills $10,000 weed control and assist with abandoned farm- Work to protect and restore habitat in land restoration in Mason and Smith Valleys. Nebraska’s Sandhills through wetland resto- Great Basin Institute $49,563 ration, grassland enhancement, and removal Pinyon-Juniper Removal Project of Eastern red cedar. Project will positively Utilize Nevada Conservation Corps youth Pitchfork Ranch impact 49,550 acres of wetland and grass- crews to restore 750 acres of critical greater Pitchfork Ranch Acquisition land habitat in Nebraska’s Sandhills on both sage-grouse habitat through the removal Acquire the Pitchfork Ranch property public and private lands. of Pinyon-Juniper encroachment in the and associated water rights in the Walker $300,000 Desatoya Mountains. Basin, Nevada. $49,838 $8,058,645 UNITED STATES AND U.S. TERRITORIES $75,000 invasion to surrounding lands. from about1,000acres andprevent further ly reduce oreradicate invasive fountaingrass green fountaingrass. Project willsubstantial and implement aproject to control invasive Nevada cooperative weed management area Assist inthedevelopment ofasouthern Fountaingrass Control Initiative Land Management, LasVegas FieldOffice U.S. Department oftheInterior, Bureau of $74,974 to enhancesage-grouse habitat. 10-person Nevada Conservation Corpcrew in NorthernNevada. Project willemploy a youth to restore forests andrangelands train andmentor native andnon-native and local Native American tribes to employ, Partner withtheNevada Conservation Corps Youth Restoration of Forests andRangelands Bureau ofLandManagement U.S. Department oftheInterior, $331,006 ty Lahontan cutthroat trout lake system. eradication in Independence Lake, a priori Project willalsocontinue non-native trout landowner outreach and education. recovery, and works onpublic and private stakeholders in Lahontan cutthroat trout collaboration among agency and other crews, coordinates communication and trains range-wide and supervises field cutthroat trout coordinator who hires, Provide continued support for aLahontan NV,(CA, OR)–II Lahontan Cutthroat Trout Core Grant Trout Unlimited $100,000 declining speciesonprivate lands. intact habitat for threatened, endangered or cation, nutrient recycling, soil formation and ecosystem ofairandwater services purifi ment practices that will provide the essential the adoption ofbest conservation manage agement Portal; resulting inanincrease in Virginia andtheConservation Habitat Man websites for Colorado, Idaho, Texas and Build andexpand theconservation center in Conservation (multiple states) Engaging Private Landowners Resources First Foundation $100,000 the Conservation Habitat Management Portal. pand sage grouse conservation informationon landowners. Project willalsocontinue to ex region-specific conservation tools for private ter, to provide comprehensive in-depth and Connection and TheIdaho Conservation Cen web portals, for TheLone Star Conservation Continue to build state conservation center (multiple states) Engaging Landowners inConservation Resources First Foundation

------Within theTruckee River Lahontan Cutthroat Trout Monitoring National FishHatchery Complex U.S. Fish andWildlife Lahontan Service, U.S. Department oftheInterior, $104,181 managed lands. conservation on 250,000acres of publicly disseminate recommendations for monarch develop best management practices and management ofmilkweed. Project will information gaps on the distribution and management practices and addressing butterflies by accounting forcurrent benefit the western population ofmonarch implement conservation practices that Build capacity ofpublic land managers to the Western U.S. (multiple states) Monarchs andMilkweed inPublic Landsof Best Management Practices to Sustain Filling Information Gaps andDeveloping Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation $20,000,000 water rights. M Ranch, including associated land and Acquire properties related to theFlying Acquisition ofFlyingMProperties March 16,1992 William Barron Hilton Trust U/D/T $1,500,000 River Ranch. Acquire water rights related to theWalker Walker River RanchWater Rights Acquisition West Fork Ranches $1,920,000 ration Program. by NFWFthrough theWalker BasinResto manage thelandsandproperties acquired independent 501(c)3nonprofit, whichwill Establish theWalker BasinConservancy, an Establishment ofWalker BasinConservancy Walker BasinConservancy $1,065,389 ion samples. ter levels, total dissolved solids and major various stream and lake sites, groundwa restoration efforts. Monitoring includes evaluate and track Walker River Basin infrastructure monitoring needed to Complete critical long-term hydrologic Walker River Basin Long-Term Hydrologic Monitoring inthe U.S. Geological Survey U.S. Department oftheInterior, $75,000 decisions for the recovery ofthe species. information to help guide management provide resource managers with valuable during the spawning season. Project will selection ofadult Lahontan cutthroat trout Observe themovement and habitat

- - $50,050 River watershed. National Forest and into the Connecticut tributaries flow offof the White Mountain in anEastern brook trout watershed whose niques to replace barriers to fishpassage Use natural stream simulation design tech Eastern Brook Trout Passage Connecticut River Watershed Council $50,324 nectivity to more than60milesof stream. removals that willrestore accessandcon neering studies to advance upto sixbarrier landowners, andcomplete preliminary engi and Massachusetts. Project willidentify tributaries ofNew Hampshire, Vermont selected projects intheConnecticutRiver passage andprovide engineeringdesignsfor Identify priority removals ofbarriers to fish NH,VT) (MA, Hampshire, Vermont andMassachusetts in theConnecticutRiver Tributaries ofNew Assessing FishBarrierPriorityModifications American Rivers $274,313 has evolved from oystercatcher work to-date. for theAtlantic Flyway Shorebird Initiative that build upon this approach to facilitate success American oystercatcher business plan and will idate and increase the success ofanexisting 10 percent within 10years. Project willconsol populations throughout the Atlantic Flywayby percent by 2019and to increase shorebird coastwide within the United States by 30 population size ofAmerican oystercatchers Contribute directly to goal ofincreasing the Conservation (multiple states) and Decision-MakingTools for Shorebird American Oystercatcher Conservation Manomet $65,000 brook trout and otheraquatic species. and riparian buffer habitat to benefit Eastern will open and connect .25milesofstream engineering and permitting assistance. Project iverian Brook in Haverhill by providing design, Replace an undersized, perched culvert on Ol Modifications onOliverian Brook Restoring ConnectivityThrough FishBarrier Connecticut River Watershed Council $64,540 miles ofriparian and instream habitat. will target priority watersheds by restoring 12 and instream habitats on their land. Project cost-share requirements for improving riparian shire, and Vermont whoare unable to meet working lands in Massachusetts, New Hamp tance to at least sixprivate landowners with Provide design, technical and financial assis River Watershed NH,VT) (MA, Resource Landowners intheConnecticut Outreach andAssistance for Limited Connecticut River Watershed Council NEW HAMPSHIRE

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- - - - - Merrimack River Watershed Council University of Massachusetts Wildlife Management Institute Expanding Riparian Forest Buffers to Measuring Reproductive Success of River Restoring Young Forests to Benefit New Improve Water Quality Using a Precision Herring in New England Coastal Waters England Cottontail and American Woodcock Stormwater Approach (MA, NH) (MA, ME, NH) (CT, NH) Restore riparian forest buffers in four Provide a more accurate and cost-effective Promote and implement young forest sub-watersheds of the Merrimack River to methodology for evaluating the spawning management activities on private land in improve water quality and habitat for East- activity and juvenile population size of river New Hampshire and Connecticut to ben- ern brook trout and other aquatic species. herring in key coastal waters. The project efit a suite of species, including New En- Project will provide training and technical will enhance monitoring and population gland cottontail and American woodcock. assistance to landowners and municipalities, modeling of the species and will link with Project will provide technical assistance on resulting in the planting of 1,500 mixed ongoing studies on bycatch, age and growth, private lands, resulting in five new man- native seedlings on nine demonstration sites and productivity. agement plans and improved management by 10 trained volunteers over two years. $174,304 practices that will increase habitat by 140 $103,971 acres and assess 3,500 acres for improved University of New Hampshire management. The Nature Conservancy Improving Gulf of Maine Groundfish $200,000 Electronic Monitoring for New England’s Fishing Opportunities Through Fishing Gear Groundfish Fishery (MA, ME, NH) Modifications (MA, ME, NH) NEW JERSEY Implement an electronic monitoring program Reduce Atlantic cod bycatch by constructing, on New England groundfish fishing vessels distributing and evaluating raised gillnets American Littoral Society from two or more sectors in Fishing Year throughout the Gulf of Maine. Project will Bridgeton Community Aquifer 2016. Project will achieve individual account- work with groundfish sectors and sector Initiative Project ability and improve catch share monitoring. managers to distribute and test the gear Develop a series of demonstration storm- $300,000 among 20 regional fishermen in four Gulf of water management projects along the Maine communities. Cohansey River, in a variety of academic and Third Sector New England $126,339 community settings. The demonstrations will Supporting the Visibility and Viability of Com- also address cleanup of the Cohansey River munity Supported Fisheries and Small-Scale University of New Hampshire and involve a major focus on community Fishermen Nationwide (multiple states) The Stewardship Network: New England – outreach and engagement. Improve LocalCatch.org so that it can Mobilizing Volunteers for Forest and Ripari- $120,654 continue to serve fishermen as the number an Habitat Restoration in New Hampshire of direct-marketing arrangements increases. Increase the capacity of local conservation or- Association of New Jersey Project will help fishermen gain access to in- ganizations, public agencies and local commu- Environmental Commissioners formation and technical resources necessary nities to work with volunteers on conservation Enhancing a Model for Local Green to engage in community supported fisheries of New Hampshire’s lands and waters. Infrastructure Practices and Inspiring Land 39 and similar direct-marketing arrangements. $100,000 Stewardship Practices in the Kirkwood-Co- $44,000 hansey Watershed Vermont Center for Ecostudies Increase the capacity of local government Trout Unlimited Mapping Abundance and Estimating Popu- to adopt green infrastructure and acceler- Connecticut and Merrimack lation Size of Bicknell’s Thrush (ME, NH, VT) ate adoption of such practices on private River Basins Reconnection (NH, VT) Produce two population estimates of lands. Project will protect and restore local Implement aquatic organism passage Bicknell’s thrush and other montane water quality by installing green infrastruc- assessment, prioritization and restoration forest birds in Maine, New Hampshire and ture as models for private landowners and of severe instream barriers that threaten Vermont to predict how abundance, pop- municipalities. the long term stability of high quality native ulation size and distribution may change $90,000 brook trout habitat within priority areas. in response to forest succession and Project will include a suite of assessment, disturbance events. Project will fill critical Burlington County Soil Conservation District design and implementation work located in information gaps and help identify priority Burlington and Camden County Soil Conserva- four major watersheds in the Connecticut habitat areas for future conservation by tion District Agricultural Soil Health Initiative and Merrimack River basins. recruiting 100 volunteers and monitoring Install multi-species crop mix and other $90,000 650 stream and forest sites. practices included in the Natural Resources $78,588 Conservation Service New Jersey Soil Health Trout Unlimited Initiative. Project will serve as demonstration Eastern Brook Trout Range-Wide Wildlife Management Institute farms (fields) to use as examples in a series Conservation Portfolio and Focal Area Risk Enhancing Habitat for Early Successional of outreach and educational events. and Opportunity Analysis (multiple states) Species (multiple states) $50,000 Conduct a broad-scale assessment of exist- Engage highly skilled and networked ing Eastern brook trout diversity compared professionals in a public-private partner- Cape Atlantic Soil Conservation District to historical levels to set strategic goals, ship to reduce the decline in young forest Cape Atlantic Soil Conservation District identify conservation needs, and identify risk habitat and support restoration efforts for Delaware Watershed Regional Conservation to a changing climate. Project will develop American woodcock, golden-winged warbler, Partnership Program Implementation fine-scale assessments of priorities within and New England cottontail. Project will Assist with the implementation of the four current focal areas while integrating increase American woodcock and New five-year Regional Conservation Partnership societal benefits, ecosystem services, and England cottontail population levels and Program in the Delaware River Watershed by potential conservation gains. work toward halting the decline of providing technical assistance and support $150,318 golden-winged warbler. for best management practice delivery to $548,000 improve water quality in portions of Atlantic, Cape May and Cumberland Counties. $335,000 UNITED STATES AND U.S. TERRITORIES $274,313 oystercatcher work to-date. Shorebird Initiative that has evolved from facilitate successfor the Atlantic Flyway plan and willbuild upon this approach to existing American oystercatcher business consolidate and increase the an success of by 10percent within 10years. Project will populations throughout the Atlantic Flyway percent by 2019and to increase shorebird coastwide within the United States by 30 population size ofAmerican oystercatchers Contribute directly to goal ofincreasing the Conservation (multiple states) and Decision-MakingTools for Shorebird American Oystercatcher Conservation Manomet $36,542 this distressed community. improved parkaesthetics, for thebenefit of stream anddownstream communities, and tour for schoolchildren, integration ofup canopy, awatershed issuespresentation/ volunteer events, increased urbantree communitying, outreach andinvolvement, adjacent to theriparianwoodland, job-train woodland restoration including bio-swales Planning andinstallation ofriparian Stormwater Infrastructure Improvements Riparian CorridorRestoration andGreen Reverend Evers Park andNewton Creek – Delaware Riverkeeper Network $130,681 in New England. squidandgroundfishscup, whiting, fisheries fishermen to avoid bycatch “hotspots”in establish acommunication network allowing and yellowtail flounder bycatch. Project will to focus onthereduction ofwindowpane Create anadditional avoidance network NJ,England (MA, NY, RI) Mapping andAvoidance Network inNew and Yellowtail Flounder Bycatch Hotspot Development ofaRegional Windowpane of Suffolk County Cornell Cooperative Extension Association $50,000 neighboring waterways. residents andthewater qualityof improve boththequalityoflife ofCamden sewer overflows andlocalized and flooding, combined sewer system, thereby reducing lons ofstormwater from thecity’s overtaxed benefits ofgreen infrastructure, remove gal will educate residents andvisitors aboutthe the doorstep ofCamdenCityHall.Project harvesting system in Roosevelt Plaza Park at tive andeducational “pop-up” rainwater Install ahighly-visible, unique,interac Infrastructure Demonstration Project Camden CityHallInteractive Green Cooper’s Ferry Partnership

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- - learned from PhaseIandcontinuing to Build onthemomentum andlessons in theKirkwood-Cohansey Cluster –II Agricultural Best Management Practices New Jersey AudubonSociety $100,000 servation biologyandenvironmental policy. multidisciplinary coursework inecology, con ate andgraduate students andwillcombine biology. Program willfocus onundergradu generation of female leaders in conservation goal oftraining andsupporting thenext Biology at Princeton University withthe Department ofEcology andEvolutionary Develop auniquetraining program inthe Training Program Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Princeton University $77,500 illegal off-road vehicle useon sensitive lands. restoration, monitor sites and effectively limit and organize volunteer groups to maintain apply restoration practices to stabilize sites, state-owned lands. Project will blockaccess, the damage caused by off-road vehicles on Create amodel for preventing and restoring State Forest Off-Road Vehicle Restoration inWharton Pinelands Preservation Alliance $175,000 Conservation Partnership Program are met. objectives ofthe landowner and the Regional the resource concern and water quality will improve customer and to service ensure and for the Delaware Watershed. Project quality intheNew Jersey Highlands region agement practices, thereby improving water Implement additional agricultural best man Highlands Watersheds Lands Conservation inNew Jersey Delaware River Watershed Working and Development Program North Jersey Resource Conservation $33,550 expand on-going restoration projects. invasive plants. Project willcontinue and weeds suchaskudzu andothernon-native and outreach, andcontrol noxious emergent County, develop local capacity for education management area to includeallofCapeMay Expand thesuccessfully coordinated weed Restoration Task Force Expanding theCapeMay Habitat New Jersey AudubonSociety $107,391 feasible to producers intargeted focal areas. partners to make useofkey BMPs more partnerships withfederal, regional andlocal apply acquired information anduse strong water resources. New Jersey Audubon will impacts to streams, wetlands andground ment practices (BMPs). Project will reduce and producing agricultural best manage conduct outreach, enrolling landowners

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- - - - work toward halting the decline of England cottontail population levels and will increase American woodcock and New bler, and New England cottontail. Project American woodcock, golden-winged war habitat and support restoration efforts for ship to reduce the decline in young forest professionals inapublic-private partner Engage highly skilled and networked Species (multiple states) Enhancing Habitat for Early Successional Wildlife Management Institute $150,318 and potentialservices, conservation gains. grating societal benefits, ecosystem within four current focal areas while inte develop fine-scale assessments ofpriorities risk to achanging climate. Project will identify conservation needs, and identify to historical levels to set strategic goals, ing Eastern brook trout diversity compared Conduct abroad-scale assessment ofexist Opportunity Analysis (multiple states) vation Portfolio and Focal Area Riskand Eastern Brook Trout Range-Wide Conser Trout Unlimited $44,090 watershed issues. how therestoration effort fitsin with larger give young citizens abroad understanding of City ofAlbuquerque OpenSpace.Project will corridor over two years, inpartnership with flycatcher habitat intheRioGrande riparian Restore 10-18acres ofSouthwestern willow Education and Restoration Rio Grande RiparianCorridorEcology Conservation District Ciudad SoilandWater $10,000 tains-Desert Peaks National Monument. Bureau ofLandManagement Organ Moun Recreation Area at thenewly designated signage projects inthePicacho Mountain Complete prioritytrail maintenance and Recreation Area Trail Maintenance inPicacho Mountain Arizona Conservation Corps $3,364 future members ofAmigos. two poolsofpotential refuge visitors and duct interpretive tours. Project will target field experiences and role-playing to con Train selected volunteers through lectures, Awareness Outreach Volunteer Naturalist Training andRefuge Amigos delaSevilleta $548,000 golden-winged warbler. NEW MEXICO

------Conservation Legacy Rocky Mountain Youth Corps Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation Maintaining and Restoring Keystone Middle Rio Grande Urban Conservation Corps Filling Information Gaps and Developing Ecosystem Functions at Bandelier Inspire the next generation of conser- Best Management Practices to Sustain National Monument vationists by connecting youth to public Monarchs and Milkweed in Public Lands of Focus on the effects fires, prolonged lands and meaningful opportunities to the Western U.S. (multiple states) drought and beetle outbreaks are having play, learn, serve and work outside through Build capacity of public land managers to on the landscapes of northern New Mexico. conservation youth employment oppor- implement conservation practices that Project will seek to understand the patterns tunities. Project will focus on the highly benefit the western population of monarch of post-disturbance ecosystem recovery. urbanized Middle Rio Grande and utilizing butterflies by accounting for current $12,500 an array of federally protected public lands management practices and addressing including national wildlife refuges, national information gaps on the distribution and Conservation Legacy monuments, a national historic trail, and management of milkweed. Project will Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project: Building a national forest all within commuting develop best management practices and Partnerships with Reclamation to engage distance of the urban center. disseminate recommendations for monarch Navajo Youth in Vegetation Monitoring $50,000 conservation on 250,000 acres of publicly Engage a five-person Native American managed lands. crew in vegetation monitoring and habitat Rocky Mountain Youth Corps $104,181 assessment prior to construction of portions Sierra Vista National Recreation Trail of the Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project. Provide additional restoration activities on NEW YORK Project will support 10 weeks of crew work the Pine Loop Trail in the Organ Moun- (400 hours per crew member) to complete tains-Desert Peaks National Monument. American Littoral Society pre-project vegetation monitoring and hab- Project will develop water bars, cribbing and Long Island Sound Component of the 2015 itat assessments on 28 miles of right-of-way remove additional rocks from trail tread. New York Beach Cleanup in northwest New Mexico. $10,000 Organize beach cleanups for 80 miles of $40,143 shoreline in Queens, Suffolk, Nassau and Bronx Santa Fe Watershed Association counties, New York. Volunteers will receive First Choice Community Healthcare Santa Fe River Demonstration Rain Gardens education about how to prevent pollution and South Valley Community Farm and Indoor/ Plan, design and construct bio-retention basins the data from the cleanups will be used to de- Outdoor Learning Center in the Santa Fe River watershed to capture vise strategies for combating marine pollution. Reclaim a vacant lot and adjacent storm surface water runoff prior to it reaching the $6,000 drainage ponding area to reestablish the river bed in order to filter out contaminants agricultural tradition of the South Valley. including chemicals, minerals and sediment. Bronx River Alliance Project will engage community members in Project will support implementation efforts Engaging the Public in Reducing Floatable water conservation. with ongoing instruction and outreach, and Pollution in the Bronx River and Long $25,000 will engage community volunteers. Island Sound 41 $25,000 Collect floatable debris through eight paddle Resources First Foundation and pickup canoe trips, one on-shore trash Engaging Landowners in Conservation Talking Talons Youth Leadership collection at a boom site, and one on-shore (multiple states) Giving Youth Voice Through Participation coastal cleanup event. Project will collect 4,500 Continue to build state conservation center and Education in Conservation pounds of debris. web portals, for The Lone Star Conservation Employ, train and educate a Youth Conser- $10,000 Connection and The Idaho Conservation vation Crew by providing them with com- Center, to provide comprehensive in-depth pensation and resume-building experience. City of Glen Cove and region-specific conservation tools for Project will employ a Youth Summit and Summer Youth Marine Education Program private landowners. Project will also con- Recruitment Coordinator who will involve for Long Island Sound tinue to expand sage grouse conservation area high school and college level students Manage a summer youth marine information on the Conservation Habitat in conservation related discussions and education program for 500 campers and Management Portal. hands-on fieldwork. 116 counselors about the Long Island Sound $100,000 $50,000 environmental resources. Project will engage campers in hands-on activities and demon- Resources First Foundation WildEarth Guardians strations at local beaches, which will create Engaging Private Landowners Valle de Oro National Wildlife Refuge awareness of beach ecology and promote in Conservation (multiple states) Wetland and Native Riparian Habitat Resto- stewardship of the sound. Continue to build and expand the con- ration to Improve Migratory Bird Habitat $7,750 servation center websites for Colora- Reestablish natural ecosystems and pro- do, Idaho, Texas and Virginia and the cesses to benefit migratory and resident City Parks Foundation Conservation Habitat Management Portal; birds, wildlife and their associated habitats. Coastal Habitat Restoration at Alley Pond resulting in an increase in the adoption of Project will construct a series of trail sys- Restore tidal wetland, coastal forest, and best conservation management practices tems for recreation opportunities, so that vernal pool habitat at Alley Creek, Alley that will provide the essential ecosystem visitors may view wildlife in natural environ- Pond Park, Queens. Project will establish salt services of air and water purification, nu- ments in close proximity to an urban setting marsh habitat on 0.23 acres of tidal pools trient recycling, soil formation and intact and provide an educational component. to reduce marsh loss and fragmentation; habitat for threatened, endangered or $49,980 and remove invasive plants on 5.5 acres of declining species on private lands. coastal forest and vernal pools to expand $100,000 their size and ecological function for inverte- brates, amphibians and wildlife. $149,938 UNITED STATES AND U.S. TERRITORIES $10,000 events to generate community awareness. be on display in public spaces, festivals and repurposed into wildlife sculptures that will the collected debris to local artisans to be line. Project willdocument and deliver 750 volunteers along 10milesofshore Organize educational coastal cleanups for Cleanups Around LongIslandSound All for Wildlife: Discovering Art inCoastal Group for theEast End $30,000 of thecommunities around it. recreation and spiritual and physical health Lake and QuassaickCreek for the pleasure, access to amenities along the Muchattoes will build stewardship around and improve invest youth in theircommunities. Project that tangibly improve local streams and communities inenvironmental projects Engage youth from low-income, minority Three Rivers PublicPathways Groundwork HudsonValley $29,494 River and East River watersheds. Tibbetts Wetland and therefore the Harlem moval and other activities that will benefit become involved inplanting, invasive re which willstimulate eager students to group work, and outdoor projects service of classroom study, hands-on participatory water events. Project willbeacombination flow into local rivers during heavy storm into thesewer, thus reducing sewer over from Van Cortlandt Lake and Tibbetts Brook Reduce the amount ofwater that flows Wetland Stewardship intheBronx Friends ofVan CortlandtPark $99,954 strategic locations. woody material andgravel barrepair in stream bankstabilization, placement of Sands Creek. Restoration work willinclude tributaries oftheUpperDelaware River, one ofthemost productive trout spawning Improve water qualityandaquatic habitat in Branch oftheUpperDelaware River Sands Creek Restoration Project – West Friends oftheUpperDelaware River $130,681 in New England. squidandgroundfishscup, whiting, fisheries fishermen to avoid bycatch “hotspots”in establish acommunication network allowing and yellowtail flounder bycatch. Project will to focus onthereduction ofwindowpane Create anadditional avoidance network NJ,England (MA, NY, RI) Mapping andAvoidance Network inNew and Yellowtail Flounder Bycatch Hotspot Development ofaRegional Windowpane Extension Association ofSuffolk County Cornell Cooperative

- - - - physical, chemical and biological indicators Conduct water quality monitoring of Monitoring Program Hempstead Harbor2015Water Quality Incorporated Village ofSeaCliff, New York $10,000 mately 75,000annualvisitors. demonstration garden willengage approxi hold two lecture andfield workshops. The total ofnineclassesfrom three schools,and teers to install thenative habitat, engage a Sound. Project will engage five to 10 volun Hill withinformation abouttheLongIsland Install anative habitat garden at Sagamore Gardeners oftheSound National Audubon Society $249,669 that willdirectly benefit oystercatchers. extensive network ofchapters to conduct work impact ofpredators, and engage Audubon’s minimize harmful disturbances, reduce the oystercatcher nesting populations. Project will Address themost serious threats to American Oystercatchers (multiple states) Advancing Flyway Conservation ofAmerican National AudubonSociety $34,514 enters Long Island Sound. to help treat polluted stormwater before it about the benefits ofgreen infrastructure prove water quality by educating the public in Nassau County. Project willdirectly im velopment and installation of rain gardens dents, visitors and municipalities about de Deliver an educational program for resi Planting for Clean Water Program Conservation District Nassau County SoilandWater $274,313 to-date. that has evolved from oystercatcher work for the Atlantic Flyway Shorebird Initiative upon thisapproach to facilitate success oystercatcher business plan and willbuild crease thesuccess ofan existing American 10 years. Project willconsolidate and in the Atlantic Flyway by 10percent within crease shorebird populations throughout States by 30percent by 2019and to in catchers coastwide within theUnited the population size ofAmerican oyster Contribute directly to goal ofincreasing Conservation (multiple states) and Decision-MakingTools for Shorebird American Oystercatcher Conservation Manomet $45,000 ment efforts. disseminate areport to assist in manage declining water quality, and produce and water quality data, track improving and Harbor, New York. Project willcollect of pollution in outer and inner Hempstead

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- - - - Tioga County Soil and Water Trout Unlimited National Audubon Society Conservation District Spring Brook Aquatic Organism Passage Native Plants for Birds and People: Working Upper Susquehanna Coalition Improvement (NY) with Nurserymen to Promote Native Plants I-4 Program (NY, PA) Replace a road-stream crossing on the only Increase supply of native plants by engaging Work with seven watersheds and their com- State of New York designated trout stream that nursery owners in Audubon’s Local Roots munities to reduce stream channel nutrient accesses the Finger Lakes National Forest. Proj- marketing program and increase demand and sediment contributions through the ect will reconnect 4.4 upstream miles, increase for native plants through a communications survey. The project also will identify, design flood resiliency, and improve and expand po- campaign. Project will plant bird-friendly na- and implement practices and projects on tential habitat for brook trout reintroduction. tive-plant gardens in public and private spaces over 7,000 feet of stream corridor and build $211,350 for the benefit of birds and people alike. local capacity through direct education and $36,996 technical assistance to local governments. Trout Unlimited $199,291 Watershed Students and Stewards North Carolina Department Engage Trout in the Classroom students and of Environment and Natural Resources Tioga County Soil and teacher from underserved New York City Technical Solutions to Reduce Bycatch Water Conservation District (NYC) schools to travel to the NYC watershed in the North Carolina Shrimp Trawl Fishery USC Integrated Approach to Nutrient streams to release fingerling trout which Identify and test prototype bycatch Management (NY, PA) were raised in classrooms throughout the reduction devices capable of achieving Develop a coordinated, integrated and school year. Project will include the removal significant bycatch reduction compared comprehensive nutrient management plan- of invasive plant species, replanting of native to present-day shrimp trawl bycatch ning process which includes development plants, removal of litter from the riparian levels. Project will form an industry work of a resource team and the use of nutrient areas, and stream bank restoration. group to prioritize new bycatch reduction reduction tools. Project will improve the way $32,817 devices to be tested onboard commercial nutrients are managed, tracked and verified shrimp trawl vessels. in the field and on the farmstead in the Wildlife Management Institute $118,110 Upper Susquehanna River Watershed. Enhancing Habitat for Early Successional $317,520 Species (multiple states) Sandhills Area Land Trust Engage highly skilled and networked pro- Longleaf Restoration on Private Lands Town of Huntington, New York fessionals in a public-private partnership to in the North Carolina Sandhills SGA Green Infrastructure to Reduce Stormwater reduce the decline in young forest habitat Target a six-county region of the North Pollution at the Centerport Beach and support restoration efforts for American Carolina Sandhills for the purpose of longleaf Recreation Facility (NY) woodcock, golden-winged warbler, and New restoration on private lands. Working through Install 6,700 square feet of green infrastruc- England cottontail. Project will increase Amer- the Sandhills Partnership, the land trust will ture in the Town of Huntington, Village of ican woodcock and New England cottontail use its extensive network of collaborators to Centerport, New York. Project will treat population levels and work toward halting the provide education, outreach and technical 43 314,697 gallons of polluted stormwater flow- decline of golden-winged warbler. assistance to support private landowner ing from the Centerport Beach Recreation $548,000 engagement in longleaf restoration. Facility into Northport Bay to improve water $150,000 quality in the bay and Long Island Sound. NORTH CAROLINA $137,320 Tar River Land Conservancy Manomet Restoring Native Species and Creating Town of Mamaroneck American Oystercatcher Conservation Community Access, Ledge Creek Forest Green Infrastructure at Mamaroneck Town and Decision-Making Tools for Shorebird Conservation Area Center to Improve Water Quality in Long Conservation (multiple states) Restore 30 acres of abandoned farm fields Island Sound Contribute directly to goal of increasing the to native shortleaf pine and warm-season Install 8,400 square feet of green infrastruc- population size of American oystercatchers grasses to improve wildlife habitat and ture in the Town of Mamaroneck. Project coastwide within the United States by 30 protect water quality on the 220-acre Ledge will result in treatment of 698,662 gallons percent by 2019 and to increase shorebird Creek Forest Conservation Area located out- of polluted stormwater runoff and prevent populations throughout the Atlantic Flyway side Raleigh and Durham. Improvements will 319.6 pounds of floatables flowing annually by 10 percent within 10 years. Project will be made to invite and allow public access from the Mamaroneck Town Center into Ma- consolidate and increase the success of an to this Conservation Area for hiking, nature maroneck Harbor to improve water quality existing American oystercatcher business photography and educational tours by local in the harbor and Long Island Sound. plan and will build upon this approach to residents, visitors and school groups. $149,876 facilitate success for the Atlantic Flyway $33,050 Shorebird Initiative that has evolved from Trout Unlimited oystercatcher work to-date. The Nature Conservancy – Eastern Brook Trout Range-Wide Conser- $274,313 North Carolina Chapter vation Portfolio and Focal Area Risk and Cape Fear Arch Longleaf Initiative – II Opportunity Analysis (multiple states) National Audubon Society Increase the establishment of longleaf pine Conduct a broad-scale assessment of exist- Advancing Flyway Conservation of American habitat, enhance and maintain existing ing Eastern brook trout diversity compared Oystercatchers (multiple states) longleaf habitat, expand a nascent private to historical levels to set strategic goals, Address the most serious threats to American landowner outreach program, restore and identify conservation needs, and identify risk oystercatcher nesting populations. Project will enhance bottomland hardwood habitat, to a changing climate. Project will develop minimize harmful disturbances, reduce the and protect in perpetuity both upland and fine-scale assessments of priorities within impact of predators, and engage Audubon’s bottomland hardwood habitat. four current focal areas while integrating extensive network of chapters to conduct work $300,000 societal benefits, ecosystem services, and that will directly benefit oystercatchers. potential conservation gains. $249,669 $150,318 UNITED STATES AND U.S. TERRITORIES $68,561 where deemednecessary. include there-planting ofnative sea oats systems by native plant species. Project will the subsequent restoration ofthosesame rotundifolia from coastal ecosystems, and of thenon-native invasive speciesVitex Aim to achieve thecontrol anderadication Habitat Restoration Beach Vitex Eradication and Coastal University ofNorthCarolina –Wilmington $138,692 other successful initiatives. work for apublic-private fundmodeledon funding opportunities,anddevelop aframe phies andpriorityactions,identify additional for the region to identify priority geogra will synthesize existing conservation plans water resources intheSoutheast. Project Fund to helpimprove stewardship offresh eastern Aquatic Biodiversity Conservation Develop abusinessplanfor anew South tion OpportunityAnalysis (multiple states) Southeastern Aquatic Biodiversity Conserva University ofGeorgia Research Foundation $150,318 potential conservation gains. societal benefits, ecosystem and services, four current focal areas whileintegrating fine-scale assessments ofprioritieswithin to achangingclimate. Project willdevelop identify conservation needs,andidentify risk to historical levels to set strategic goals, ing Eastern brook trout diversity compared Conduct abroad-scale assessment ofexist and OpportunityAnalysis (multiple states) Conservation Portfolio and Focal Area Risk Eastern Brook Trout Range-Wide Trout Unlimited $54,078 and protect andrestore local ecosystems. integrate existing conservation programs, gramming, train future sustainability leaders, engagement to promote new wildlife pro Project willintegrate outreach andvolunteer reduce householdenvironmental impacts. aging residents to adopt behaviors that will resources within theTown ofCary, encour Promote conservation oflandand water GreenCary NeighborhoodProgram Working Together to Promote Conservation: Town ofCary $44,000 and similardirect-marketing arrangements. to engage incommunity supported fisheries formation and technical resources necessary Project willhelpfishermen gain access to in of direct-marketing arrangements increases. continue fishermenasthenumber to serve Improve LocalCatch.org sothat itcan Scale Fishermen Nationwide (multiple states) Community Supported FisheriesandSmall- Supporting theVisibilityandViabilityof Third Sector New England

------Management (MT, ND, SD, WY) Implementing HighlyProductive Grassland American Bird Conservancy $100,000 Garden Network. tional Wildlife Federation’s National Pollinator well asgarden clubs, nurseries and the Na cities, towns, schoolsand school districts, as support outreach efforts inhundreds of action onbehalf ofmonarchs. Project will central flyway to take appropriate, effective Build capacity within cities and towns inthe (multiple states) the Central Flyway Through UrbanOutreach Launching Monarch Butterfly Recovery in National Wildlife Federation $51,352 ering plants: milkweed and prairie clovers. and propagating two species ofnative flow Project willfocus protecting on preserving, creating needed habitat for pollinators. wide range ofpeople and communities in Provide education to and engage with a (MN, ND, SD) Citizen-Scientists Restore Pollinator Habitat On theFrontlines ofConservation: Minnesota Landscape Arboretum Foundation $500,000 the National Wildlife Refuge system. Fish andwildlife andbecome Service partof easements that willbedonated to theU.S. Project willacquire grassland andwetland South Dakota usingconservation easements. Prairie Pothole Region ofNorthDakota and of vital prairie andwetland habitat inthe Work withlandowners to protect 625acres and Wetlands (ND, SD) theMissouriCoteau GrasslandsConserving Ducks Unlimited $28,020 improved resource management. rotational grazing, resource protection and fencing installation and repair that willallow opportunities. activitieswillinclude Primary tural industry andoutdoor recreational vital to theregion’s water supply, agricul reservoirs andcanals intheDakotas that are Engage youth peopleintherestoration of and ShadehillReservoirs Buford-Trenton Project andDickinson of Reclamation LandsintheDakotas: Restoration andProtection ofBureau Conservation Corps $248,865 up to 142,000acres ofprioritygrasslands. ing orat-risk bird species.Project willtarget tion onprivate lands for at least ten declin for grasslands willresult inhabitat conserva where sustainable management practices Resources Conservation programs Service vation planningandenrolling inNatural Continue to assist landowners in conser NORTH DAKOTA

------Resources First Foundation $5,000 network ofFriends inthe upper Midwest. encourageity building, sharingand create a educational sessions designed to foster capac Host amentoring workshop with engaging and Workshop (MN,ND, SD) Northern FriendsPeer-to-Peer Mentoring Prairie Pothole Partners $250,000 ments to maximize benefits. lands willbeput into multi-year enroll and Monarch Butterfly Partnership. Private acres ofpublic lands into the Honey Bee by enrolling 345acres ofprivate and 30 375 acres ofhigh-quality monarch habitat servation. Project will restore orenhance engage private landowners in monarch con shops and additional outreach events to demonstration sites, habitat tours, work the central flyway to facilitate 20 unique Hire acoordinating wildlife biologist in Partnership (multiple states) Honey BeeandMonarch Butterfly Pheasants Forever $168,106 trends ofat-risk grassland bird species. habitat and helpreverse negative population more than10,000acres of mixed grass ect willleverage partnerfundingto enhance enrollment inconservation easements. Proj practices such as grazing management and habitat enhancement projects that include Increase landowners’ interest inenrolling in Great Plains(MT, ND, SD, WY) At-Risk Bird Conservation intheNorthern Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory $100,000 gered ordeclining specieson private lands. and intact habitat for threatened, endan purification, nutrient recycling, soil formation essential ecosystem ofairand services water management practices that will provide the increase intheadoption ofbest conservation Habitat Management Portal; resulting inan Texas and Virginia and the Conservation vation center websites for Colorado, Idaho, Continue to build and expand the conser in Conservation (multiple states) Engaging Private Landowners Resources First Foundation $100,000 Management Portal. information on theConservation Habitat tinue to expand sage grouse conservation private landowners. Project willalsocon and region-specific conservation tools for Center, to provide comprehensive in-depth Connection and TheIdaho Conservation web portals, for The Lone Star Conservation Continue to build state conservation center (multiple states) Engaging Landowners inConservation

------Standing Rock Indian Reservation Green Forests Work OKLAHOMA Ferret and Prairie Dog Habitat Management Reforesting Previously Mined Land Conservation Legacy on Standing Rock Reservation (ND, SD) Restore 53 acres of previously mined land to Monarch Conservation Science Partnership – Protect and enhance habitat and popula- native hardwood forest in the Egypt Valley Milkweed Density Estimation (MN, OK, TX) tions of black-footed ferrets and black-tailed Wildlife Management Area. Collect key information on milkweed densi- prairie dogs on 2.3 million acres of tribal and $34,500 ties on and near public lands to help inform private land in the Missouri Coteau Region national strategies for milkweed restoration. of North and South Dakota. Project will use Ohio Soybean Council $37,501 a multi-focal approach to engage diverse Development of Best Management stakeholders, build cooperation between Practices Manual for Producers National Wildlife Federation stakeholders, and drive conservation Develop a new manual to identify best man- Launching Monarch Butterfly Recovery in reinvestment in both species-specific and agement practices for use by Ohio producers the Central Flyway Through Urban Outreach general habitat programs on the Standing to assure water quality improvement in the (multiple states) Rock Indian Reservation. state. Project will also focus on delivering Build capacity within cities and towns in the $160,956 the information contained in the manual to central flyway to take appropriate, effective producers throughout the state. action on behalf of monarchs. Project will The Nature Conservancy $330,010 support outreach efforts in hundreds of Piping Plover Habitat Improvement cities, towns, schools and school districts, as in Central North Dakota Ohio State University well as garden clubs, nurseries and the Na- Enhance and restore over 50 acres of Resources for Nutrient Management Plan tional Wildlife Federation’s National Pollinator degraded piping plover habitat to a condi- Development in the Lake Erie Watershed Garden Network. tion which will support plover nesting by Provide additional personnel resources in $100,000 renovating gravel nesting sites, removing the western Lake Erie Watershed of Ohio to predator perches and eliminating encroach- work with farmers to develop nutrient man- Resources First Foundation ing vegetative species. agement plans that can help improve water Engaging Landowners in $50,968 quality and prevent harmful algal blooms. Conservation (multiple states) $531,142 Continue to build state conservation center Three Affiliated Tribes of Fort Berthold web portals, for The Lone Star Conservation Baseline Wildlife Surveys and Habitat Partners for Clean Streams Connection and The Idaho Conservation Cen- Assessment on Fort Berthold Indian Clean Your Streams: Preventing Trashy ter, to provide comprehensive in-depth and Reservation (ND) Drinking Water in Toledo region-specific conservation tools for private Implement baseline wildlife surveys and Organize more than 850 volunteers to landowners. identify key wildlife habitats for select remove more than 15,000 pounds of stream $100,000 species occurring on the Fort Berthold Res- litter from five major watersheds across ervation. Project will focus on assessing the northwest Ohio that feed into Maumee Bay. 45 University of Kansas Center for Research health and degree of threat to key habitats $36,274 Building Capacity for Milkweed/Monarch and identifying conservation measures Habitat Restoration in Eastern Oklahoma needed for their protection. Trout Unlimited Coordinate with seven Native American tribes $99,000 Eastern Brook Trout Range-Wide Conser- in eastern Oklahoma to increase capacity to vation Portfolio and Focal Area Risk and restore monarch habitats on tribal lands. Proj- U.S. Department of the Interior, Opportunity Analysis (multiple states) ect will provide the training needed to plant U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 6 Conduct a broad-scale assessment of exist- donated milkweed plugs, to collect, process, Prairie Pothole Region Community Outreach ing Eastern brook trout diversity compared store and propagate seeds of milkweed and and Education (MT, ND, SD) to historical levels to set strategic goals, native forbs, and will include the establish- Launch a comprehensive outreach and identify conservation needs, and identify risk ment of seed production plots, creation of education program that illuminates the to a changing climate. demonstration plots and the development of value of wetlands and grasslands in the $150,318 conservation plans. Prairie Pothole Region. Project will inform $248,007 landowners about the availability of con- Wildlife Management Institute servation programs that will allow them to Enhancing Habitat for Early Successional maintain working landscapes that sustain Species (multiple states) OREGON native prairie ecosystems. Engage highly skilled and networked pro- Audubon Society of Portland $100,000 fessionals in a public-private partnership to Increasing Awareness and Protecting reduce the decline in young forest habitat Portland Oregon Metropolitan Area Native and support restoration efforts for American OHIO Birds by Advancing Bird-Friendly Building woodcock, golden-winged warbler, and New Design and Lighting Guidelines Cleveland Museum of Natural History England cottontail. Raise awareness of migratory birds and the Mentor Marsh Invasive Plant Species Control $548,000 bird strike hazards they face in Portland’s Restore emergent marsh and swamp forest metropolitan region. Project will directly habitat in Mentor Marsh, a National Natural Winous Point Marsh Conservancy engage the architecture/developer commu- Landmark. Project will control 265 acres of Coastal Wetland Restoration in Lake Erie nity, work with iconic building owners to join Phragmites australis and then plant native Restore 175 acres of coastal wetland by a “light out” program and conduct other vegetation in treated areas to provide the rebuilding a former diked wetland in efforts to promote bird-friendly building structural diversity required by native flora western Lake Erie. The wetland will provide design and lighting practices. and fauna. additional habitat that is highly utilized by $50,000 $126,366 waterfowl, marshbirds and shorebirds. $950,000 UNITED STATES AND U.S. TERRITORIES $5,000 build stronger partnership with their refuges. and skillswithorganizational capacity and a workshop that willimprove their knowledge Refuge with Friends groups from Region 1for Meet at Tualatin River National Wildlife Peer-to-Peer Workshop Soaring Higher:Region One Wildlife Refuge Friends oftheTualatin River National $4,900 protection activities. more effectively support preservation and vides content management capabilities to access, allows for easy updating and pro Develop awebsite which enables mobile Website Redevelopment andOptimization Friends ofHaystack Rock $80,000 recreational opportunities. federal landsthat provide educational and munities inlearningaboutshorebirds and shorebirds. Project willengage Latino com use andconservation needsofmigratory Gather data onthemovements, habitat Careers CO, (AK,CA, OR,WA) Engaging Latino Youth inNatural Resource Celebrate Shorebirds (Celebra lasPlayeras): Environment for theAmericas $202,000 ESA listed steelhead and Chinook salmon. opening up 13milesofupstream habitat for of a5-foot concrete dam and passage barrier, Creek. The project alsoinvolves the removal Acquire water instream use in Whychus Whychus Creek Water Acquisition–III Deschutes River Conservancy $249,260 water rights transactions. Deschutes Basinthrough incentive-based Restore stream flows throughout Oregon’s Deschutes River Conservancy FY16 Deschutes River Conservancy $64,735 vancy’s AnnualWater LeasingProgram. River through theDeschutes River Conser to 10cfs ofwater to thelower Deschutes water to themiddleDeschutes River andup for upto 25cubicfeet persecond (cfs) of Support annualtemporary instream leases Annual Water LeasingProgram Deschutes River Conservancy $63,000 native salmonids. instream rearing and spawning habitat for address water quality impairment, simplified River-Floras Creek watershed. Project will watershed restoration projects in theNew Work with partners to implement 15 New River Watershed Aquatic Restoration Water Conservation District CountyCurry Soiland

- - - in northeast andsoutheast Portland by neediest andlowest income neighborhoods Increase theurbanforest canopy inthe Portland Eastside Greening Project Friends ofTrees $4,931 including fishpassage barriers. factors that have degraded thesystem, trout inIshTishCreek. Project willaddress and shortnosesuckers andnative redband Restore habitat for endangered Lost River in IshTishCreek Spring Reconnect andHabitat Restoration Klamath SoilandWater Conservation District $8,500 maintenance ofwater qualityinthearea. fish andwildlife speciesandassist inthe Point. Restoration willbenefit anarray of erosion on Upper Klamath Lake inModoc feasible restoration solution toshoreline Install two test plotsto determine themost Treatment Wetland Modoc Point Shoreline Restoration and Klamath SoilandWater Conservation District $154,941 sucker andshortnosesucker. and abundanceofredband trout, Lost River Basin. Project willimprove thedistribution priority areas withinthe UpperKlamath and riparianhabitat, andwater qualityin to improve stream connectivity, instream Reconnect SunCreek to theWood River Entrainment for Klamath FishSpecies Improving Habitat andReducing Klamath BasinRangeland Trust $38,927 Ocean Summit. nors AllianceonOceanHealth’s West Coast toservices supporttheWest Coast Gover Provide neutral facilitation and coordination West Coast OceanSummitFacilitation Kearns andWest $328,000 Basin Comprehensive Agreement. Agreement and therelated Upper Klamath portions oftheKlamath Basin Restoration Assist the Klamath Tribes with implementing Klamath BasinRestoration Support2015 General Klamath Tribal Administration $7,000 Cobble Beach. Yaquina HeadOutstanding Natural Area’s pool Cadet Rangers to educate visitors to Engage four highschoolstudents asTide Leadership Program High SchoolTidepoolGuideand Friends ofYaquina Lighthouses $25,000 and reduce tree costs for homeowners. neighborhoods that have low canopy cover owners. Project willidentify underserved offering tree planting subsidies tohome

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Northwest Youth Corps $31,084 sediment-reducing crossing features. improve stream bankstability, andconstruct improve gravel andsingle-track bike trails, gravel bike trail. Project participants will on acandidate first-in-the-nation scenic ments, and techniques for site enhancement about bulltrout habitat, speciesrequire by teaching conservation-employed youth habitat restoration withtrail maintenance, Integrate federally threatened bulltrout Blue Mountain Youth Ridefor BullTrout North Fork JohnDay Watershed Council $271,710 observer program. as analternative to theon-board human the use ofelectronic monitoring systems tionalization Program. Project will evaluate in thePacific Coast Groundfish Trawl Ra 32 vessels in order to monitor compliance Implement electronic monitoring onup to West Coast Groundfish OR, Fleet (CA, WA) Integrating Electronic Monitoring into the Midwater Trawlers Cooperative $50,915 credit,school while earningastipend. ural resources, train for ajob and receive high will have the opportunity to learn about nat Newport, Lincoln City, CoosBay and Bandon communities. Teenagers from Astoria, Seaside, in natural areas near and inOregon coastal and 18inhigh-priority conservation projects Engage 100teenagers between the ages of15 Oregon Coast Stewardship Project Northwest Youth Corps $25,000 American Conservation Corps. nities through thedevelopment ofaNative Strive to support Native American commu Conservation Corps Program Northwest Youth Corps: Native Northwest Youth Corps $10,000 land management. based around education, conservation and to create ayouth conservation program International Mountain Biking Association Partner with the Medford District BLMand and Youth Development Project 21st CSCMountain oftheRogue Trail Northwest Youth Corps $47,195 from minority and urban backgrounds. ment to provide job skillstraining for youth education, conservation and habitat manage southwestern Oregon. Project willcombine communities ofWimerand Rogue River in Restore over 40acres ofhabitat around the Management Project Valley Youth Development andVegetation Bureau ofLandManagement Rogue River

- - - - - Northwest Youth Corps Pacific Northwest Invasive Plant Council Rogue Workforce Partnership Portland Stewardship Corps Early Detection/Rapid Response Citizen- Preserving the Endemic Dwarf Woolly Serve 40 teenagers between the ages of 15 Science Invasive Plant Program (OR, WA) Meadowfoam and Vernal Pool Fairy Shrimp and 18 while they complete high priority Train citizen-scientists to identify, docu- Habitats on the Table Rocks conservation projects at Tualatin River and ment and eradicate invasive species. Proj- Restore habitat areas in the Rogue River Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuges, near ect will aid in helping to maintain healthy Basin with priority given to vernal pool and Portland. Project will provide training, ecosystems and habitat value throughout oak savanna restoration at the Table Rocks education and a stipend for diverse youth designated cooperative weed manage- Management Area. Project aims to support coming from varied and underrepresented ment areas, national forests and parks and special status plants and endemic species by communities in the Portland metro area. other targeted public lands. reducing the spread of invasive species. $100,000 $20,000 $74,480

Northwest Zen Sangha Partnership for the Umpqua Rivers Sea State Urban Landfill Restoration as Garry Camp Creek Whole Watershed Restoration Open-Source Software Platform for Oak Savanna and Forest in Portland Place 3,000 boulders throughout four miles Shipboard Electronic Monitoring of Fisheries Utilize invasive removal, native plantings, of mainstem Camp Creek in southwest Ore- (AK, OR, WA) stormwater management, pollution control gon to restore habitat for native salmonids. Develop a suite of complementary software and extensive community engagement and $49,280 applications that will support electronic moni- education to restore 3 acres of endangered toring data acquisition, review, summariza- native oak savanna and 4 acres of mixed ri- Phoenix School of Roseburg tion and archival. Project will create an open parian forest at the site of a former landfill Umpqua Natural Resources Pathway source and freely available software platform. in a highly distressed neighborhood. Recruit local youth to serve on Roseburg $235,738 $30,000 District Bureau of Land Management lands, performing technical field surveys The Blueprint Foundation Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife related to ecosystem restoration planning Omicron Theta Sigma Urban Youth-Driven Upper Klamath Basin Anadromous and wildlife habitat monitoring. Project Fish Habitat Restoration Initiative Re-Introduction Planner (CA, OR) will provide youth with the opportunity to Educate and empower minority youth Hire a staff planner to lead the development earn professional experience, complete regarding fish habitat protection practices. and writing of an implementation plan for the college credits and establish a pathway to Project will combine onsite competency reintroduction of anadromous fish into the a natural resources related career. development and citizen-scientist programs upper Klamath Basin. The position will initially $55,235 to promote watershed health. be the lead staff person for a monitoring and $49,691 evaluation program that will inform the over- Regents of the University of California – Davis all re-introduction strategies for the upper Developing a Killer Whale Standardized The Freshwater Trust basin. This work supports implementation of Health Assessment Protocol and Health Fifteenmile Action Plan to Stabilize 47 the Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement. Index (CA, OR, WA) Temperatures 2014 $120,000 Identify indices and establish a standard- Support development and implementation ized health assessment for killer whales, of the Fifteenmile Action Plan to Stabilize Oregon State University create a record keeping database that will Temperatures, a unique plan aimed at Seabird Bycatch Outreach to Alaska Longline be seamless with the National Oceanic and reducing stream temperatures lethal to Fisheries (AK, OR, WA) Atmospheric Administration’s new Marine fish by temporarily restoring streamflow to Reach out to fisheries and provide seabird Mammal Health Map System, and create an Fifteenmile Creek and its tributaries. bycatch reduction training sessions at individual animal health index. Project tools $57,740 targeted ports in an effort to reduce and can be used with Southern resident and maintain seabird bycatch at or below the reference killer whale populations to assess The Freshwater Trust lowest levels observed. Project will analyze individual animal and population fitness, Innovative Transactions to Restore Flows 20 years of National Oceanic and Atmo- identify spatial and temporal stresses, help (CTUIR Accord) – III spheric Administration Groundfish Observ- guide research and assist with guidelines for Implement voluntary, cooperative and er Program data to identify key sectors potential intervention for individual animals. market-based instream flow transactions needed for outreach. $60,000 throughout the CTUIR Accord areas within $153,485 the Columbia River Basin in Oregon. Resources First Foundation $92,250 Oregon Water Resources Department Engaging Landowners in Conservation Oregon Water Resources Department Flow (multiple states) The Freshwater Trust Restoration Program Support Continue to build state conservation center Innovative Transactions to Restore Flows – XIII Provide support for Oregon Water Resources web portals, for The Lone Star Conservation Implement voluntary, cooperative, mar- Department flow restoration staff and Oregon Connection and The Idaho Conservation ket-based instream flow transactions through- Qualified Local Entities on water transactions. Center, to provide comprehensive in-depth out the Columbia River Basin in Oregon. $14,745 and region-specific conservation tools for $190,084 private landowners. Project will also con- Oregon Water Resources Department tinue to expand sage grouse conservation The Nature Conservancy Water Transaction Coordination information on the Conservation Habitat Cottonwoods Wetland Restoration and Monitoring Management Portal. Restore 5 acres of off-channel rearing habitat Assist Oregon Qualified Local Entities on $100,000 for endangered Lost River and shortnose water transactions. Project will also provide suckers near Upper Klamath Lake. Project will for continued monitoring for an on-going fill a remnant agricultural toe drain with exca- transaction on the Lostine River. vated materials to provide an additional 3.8 $63,123 acres of restored emergent wetland habitat. $50,000 UNITED STATES AND U.S. TERRITORIES $331,006 trout lake system. dence Lake, apriorityLahontan cutthroat non-native trout eradication inIndepen and education. Project alsowill continue on publicandprivate landowner outreach hontan cutthroat trout recovery, and works among agency andotherstakeholders inLa ordinates communication and collaboration range-wideand supervises fieldcrews, co cutthroat trout coordinator whohires, trains Provide continued support for aLahontan NV,(CA, OR)–II Lahontan Cutthroat Trout Core Grant Trout Unlimited $10,000 implementation. the program, and develop pilot projects for water part of acquisition bea necessary determine thevalue ofwater rights should restoration ismost ecologically valuable, will prioritize where in the basin flow factor ofinadequate streamflows. Project the Rogue Basinto address the limiting ration and Water Transaction Program in Lead aneffort to develop aFlow Resto Pilot Project Development inthe Rogue Basin Flow Restoration PriorityAssessment and Trout Unlimited $60,000 sage grouse habitat. native grassland steppe speciescritical to spurge that are quickly encroaching upon including rush skeletonweed and leafy Project willtarget invasive plant species habitat located in Baker County Oregon. Restore and protect critical sage grouse Habitat Conservation Baker County Invasive Weed Sage Grouse Weed Management Area Tri-County Cooperative $60,375 in Nestucca watershed. Bureau ofLand Management forest stands analyze wildlife habitat data on several vation activities.Students willcollect and opportunities for local youth in conser Provide employment and educational Management Project Nestucca Wildlife Habitat Tillamook SchoolDistrict No.9 $44,000 and similardirect-marketing arrangements. to engage incommunity supported fisheries formation and technical resources necessary Project willhelpfishermen gain access to in of direct-marketing arrangements increases. continue fishermenasthenumber to serve Improve LocalCatch.org sothat itcan Scale Fishermen Nationwide (multiple states) Community Supported FisheriesandSmall- Supporting theVisibilityandViabilityof Third Sector New England

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- - - - by theTillamook-Nestucca FishPassage passage project identified andprioritized Work withpartners to launchapriorityfish Tillamook-Nestucca Fish Passage Partnership Trout Unlimited $35,000 redband trout. Klamath Lake andendangered suckers and riparian landmanagement to benefit Upper with Klamath Tribes to enactwater and Develop anetwork oflandowners to work Off-Project Water Settlement Upper Klamath Water Users Association Upper Klamath Water Users Association $45,222 gram and riparian management agreements. ment and management ofthe water use pro Create capacity for organizational develop Organizational Formation Support ofLandownerEntity Upper Klamath Landowners Corp. $174,934 future conservation decisions. itoring ofseabird project outcomes to guide species and willprovide cost-effective mon establish new colonies ofthreatened seabird Project willdetermine where and how to priority seabird species in thePacific Ocean. oping population viabilityanalysis models for Protect threatened seabird species by devel (multiple states) Analysis andOutcomes Monitoring Endangered Seabird Population Viability University ofCalifornia –Santa Cruz $100,000 explore potential careers in the fisheries field. an eight-week, paid internship to youths to American Fisheries Society, BLMwillprovide of Land Management (BLM).Working with U.S. Department ofthe Interior’s Bureau the summer 2015atthe 13field officesof Host 20high school student interns during (multiple states) Rearing theNext FisheriesCohort Bureau ofLandManagement U.S. Department oftheInterior, $40,000 monarch caterpillars andadults. producing plants to provide habitat for native milkweeds andothernative nectar Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest with meadows andothersuitable areas ofthe Enhance andrestore about500acres of National Forest Butterfly Habitat onthe Rogue River-Siskiyou Collaborative Restoration ofMonarch Agriculture, U.S Forest Service U.S. Department of $98,600 six anadromous fishspecies by 2025. percent ofhistorically available habitat for work toward restoring fishpassage to 95 high-priority trout andsalmonhabitat and Partnership. Project willopenup4milesof

- - - - $104,181 250,000 acres ofpubliclymanaged lands. mendations for monarch conservation on ment practices anddisseminate recom milkweed. Project willdevelop best manage on thedistribution andmanagement of practices andaddressing information gaps flies by accounting forcurrent management the western population ofmonarch butter plement conservation practices that benefit Build capacity of public land managers to im the Western U.S. (multiple states) Monarchs andMilkweed inPublicLandsof Best Management Practices to Sustain Filling Information Gaps andDeveloping Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation $7,000 engage in work readiness training. walks. Project willallow for local youth to through the interpretive trails and board maintenance and support learning projects Sandy Ridge Trail System sites through trail Support Wildwood Recreation and the Learning Through Work andPlay Wildwood Recreation: Youth Outdoor Woape $340,000 and Protection Partnership program. River Watershed Working Lands Conservation requirementsthe necessary ofthe Delaware practices on agricultural operations that meet nia. Project willimplement best management quality inportions ofBerks County, Pennsylva in theDelaware Watershed to improve water Regional Conservation Partnership Program Assist with theimplementation ofthe 5-year Conservation andProtection Partnership Delaware River Watershed Working Lands Berks County Conservation District $300,000 critical headwaters areas. management practices on targeted farms in water qualityby installing agricultural best of drinkingwater. Project willimprove to measurably improve the water quality associated withintense agriculture practices Reduce environmental water stressors Agriculture Best Management Practices Schuylkill ActionNetwork/Middle Schuylkill Berks County Conservancy $5,215 Fish Index ofBioticIntegrity. surements at samplesites to buildaregional on landuseandphysical andchemical mea will combine thisdata with GISinformation including thepresence ofwildtrout. Project to determine fish community composition, by tributaries ofthe UpperAllegheny River veys intributaries ofFrench Creek andnear Conduct at least 20fishbioassessment sur in theFrench Creek Watershed –II Comparing LandUseandFishCommunities Allegheny College PENNSYLVANIA ------Bradford County Conservation District Carnegie Institute Indiana University of Pennsylvania A Regional Approach to Post-Flood Habitat Restoration and Citizen Science Research Institute Emergency Stream Intervention in Northern Based Bird-Building Collision Monitoring Survey of Wild Trout in Unassessed Waters Tier Pennsylvania and Reduction in Pittsburgh of the Potato Creek Watershed Provide a pilot for the systemic approach Improve backyard habitat at 75 homes and Survey 40 previously unassessed streams in to train Pennsylvania State’s post-flood restore mixed-hardwood forests at Dead Man’s the Potato Creek watershed for wild trout responders in techniques to reestablish Hollow Conservation Area in McKeesport. populations. Project will help fisheries man- channel capacity, identify where and when Project will have citizen-scientists monitor for agers, by gathering information, establishing not to work and the necessity to maintain bird-building collisions throughout Pittsburgh adequate water quality protection and floodplain connection. and assist with the application of collision improving the likelihood that wild trout will $132,875 reducing window treatments at 150 homes. persist in the future. $40,000 $11,000 Bradford County Conservation District Comprehensive Watershed Conservation Chesapeake Bay Foundation Juniata College in Dairy and Livestock Landscapes of the Juniata River Basin Whole Farm Project: Assessing Streams for the Presence of Wild Chesapeake Bay Regional Conservation Partnership Program Brook Trout – II Implement stream, agricultural, and dirt Use a “whole farm” approach to target three Assess at least 40 streams in central and and gravel road projects in the Wysox Creek agriculturally impacted waters in the Juniata northwestern Pennsylvania, including the Lit- watershed (with priority being Parks and River Basin of Pennsylvania that would tle Juniata River watershed, the headwaters Bullard Creeks) to achieve water quality link implementation of best management region of Shaver Creek, the Standing Stone improvements which address local, state practices with incentives for habitat -im (Rothrock State Forest), and the Lost Creek and federal standards. provements such as forested buffers. Project watershed. Project will determine abundance $422,683 will include work with 15-20 farmers to im- of wild brook and brown trout in these plement an estimated 75 best management streams and the data will be used in the state Brandywine Valley Association practices that help resolve targeted issues. permitting process for new development. Expanding Water Quality Improvements $265,842 $11,000 in the Brandywine/Christina Basin Continue the restoration of the upper west Chester County Conservation District Juniata County Conservation District branch Brandywine and upper east branch Red Delaware River Watershed Working Lands Lost Creek Restoration Initiative: A Water- Clay watersheds through best management Conservation and Protection Partnership shed-Wide Community Collaboration to practices delivery. Project will improve water Implementation in Chester County Extend Eastern Brook Trout Range quality in a critical targeted subwatershed. Assist with the implementation of the Construct a watershed restoration site to $80,000 five-year Regional Conservation Partnership serve as a community showcase restoration Program in the Delaware Watershed by pro- project. Project will coincide with the Brian S. Auman/Landscape Architecture viding technical assistance and support for restoration project to raise awareness about 49 Upper Kish Creek Watershed: A Community implementation of best management prac- watershed enhancement opportunities and Watershed Restoration Strategy for the tices on agricultural operations that meet identify future project possibilities. Upper Kishacoquillas Watershed the necessary requirements of the program $199,990 Update Watershed Implementation Plan to improve water quality in portions of while developing a working model for out- Chester County. Lancaster Farmland Trust reach and collaboration with the plain sect $440,000 Assessing Agricultural Best Management Amish community. The project will employ a Practices and Modeling in East Lampeter participatory planning process emphasizing Ducks Unlimited Township, Lancaster County cross-cultural understanding. Presque Isle Coastal Wetland Restoration Conduct assessments on all farms within East $50,000 Restore 400 acres of coastal wetland Lampeter Township to determine baseline habitat at Presque Isle State Park through compliance and collect data about current Bucknell University the control of invasive species and planting best management practices, land use cover 2015 Bucknell Surveys of of native vegetation. Project will improve and agricultural operations. Project will use Pennsylvania Unassessed Waters – II habitat structure and complexity, hydrologic data collected during assessments to run a Survey at least 40 unassessed streams in connectivity, and water quality, which will MapShed model that will identify pollut- priority watersheds of central Pennsylvania benefit the park’s species of fish, amphibi- ant loading areas, focus areas for strategic for Eastern brook trout and other wild trout. ans, reptiles, marsh birds and native plants. improvements, and a list of agricultural best Project data will inform decisions made by $565,626 management practices to be implemented. state agencies regarding the management of $48,543 trout waters under Pennsylvania common- Green Forests Work wealth statutes. Flight 93 National Memorial Youth Initiative Lancaster Farmland Trust $11,000 Mined-Land Reforestation Project Data Driven BMP Implementation in the Partner with the Appalachian Regional UNT Mill Creek Watershed, Upper Leacock California University of Pennsylvania Reforestation Initiative and the Appalachian Township, Lancaster County – II Eastern Brook Trout Sampling in Westmore- Coal Country OSMRE/VISTA and DOI/VISTA Implement 20 terrain-specific best man- land and Fayette Counties – II Teams to create a youth leadership team to agement practices (BMPs) on four strategic Sample at least 20 previously unassessed assist with a three-day tree-planting event farms in Upper Leacock Township. The nutri- streams in priority areas along the Chestnut involving volunteers of all ages on reclaimed ent and sediment reductions associated with Ridge in southwestern Pennsylvania. Project mine lands at the Flight 93 National Memo- the implementation of BMPs will improve will identify, count and release fish, collect rial in Pennsylvania. water quality in the Mill Creek Watershed physical habitat data and water quality data, $25,000 and in the Chesapeake Bay. and use the data in the state permitting $198,920 process for new development. $4,968 UNITED STATES AND U.S. TERRITORIES $11,000 Eastern brook trout andotherwildtrout. mission. Project willdetermine presence of eas by thePennsylvania FishandBoat Com sites in2015that are considered priorityar Survey at least 40 previously unassessed Waters –II Survey ofBrook Trout inUnassessed Pennsylvania State University $499,463 objectives for ChiquesCreek. in meeting water-quality improvement municipalities andotherlocal stakeholders partnership that willassist landowners, Facilitate adiverse, dynamic,public-private Total Maximum DailyLoadApproach Support Pennsylvania’s PilotAlternative rative Watershed Restoration Initiative to Chiques Creek Re-Envisioned: ACollabo Pennsylvania State University $52,301 Stormwater Infrastructure. commercial landowners to adopt Green streams by engaging andencouraging new habitat andreduce pollutant loadingsto Improve water qualitybenefits, enhance Greater PhiladelphiaCommercial Properties Stormwater Infrastructure Investment on Beyond Early Adopters: Increasing Green Pennsylvania Environmental Council $49,108 the refuge, at schoolsand inneighborhoods. tive programs and habitat restorationat work ment project in Philadelphia, providing innova Implement acommunity conservation engage Stewardship andAction Philly Wild,NeighborhoodEnvironmental National AudubonSociety $113,176 comprehensive stream buffer models. best management practices that emphasize implementation and adoption ofriparian in Mifflin County. Project will focus on the Sect, farmers, residents and landowners agricultural communities, including thePlain assistance efforts to broader “underserved” Build upon previous outreach and technical Agricultural Communities Assistance: Juniata River Basin Continued Outreach and Technical Mifflin County Conservation District $5,500 thic macroinvertebrates and water quality. Allegheny watershed and provide data on ben data for stream classification in theUpper other wildtrout. Project willprovide important nia for the presence ofEastern brook trout and streams in north and north-central Pennsylva Sample at least 20previously unassessed Hole Creek Watersheds Pine, Headwaters Allegheny andWhite Deer Sampling UnassessedWaters intheUpper Lycoming College

------protect important native species. Project must precede trail buildingto delineate and Conduct botanic andbioticsurveys that Kentucky Hollow Restoration Pittsburgh Botanic Garden $40,000 green infrastructure system. will guide thedevelopment ofadistributed Watershed Coalition will be created that and aggressive collaboration, a Negley Run series offour community water workshops borhoods within the watershed. Through a of LarimerProject withthe otherneigh ucation program through the Living Waters Replicate the community outreach and ed and CommunityOutreach Project Negley RunWatershed Coalition The Kingsley Association $22,000 and other wild trout. vania for the presence ofEastern brook trout Susquehanna River in north central Pennsyl Sample at least 40 unnamed tributaries of the Susquehanna River Basin –II Wild Trout Samplinginthe Susquehanna University $299,984 landowner enrollment. ment practices, and provide outreach to drive technical assistance costs for best manage servation Partnership Program efforts, cover buffers. Project willmanage Regional Con a whole farm basis,with afocus onforested agriculture best management practices on Leverage federal funding to implement in MiddleSchuylkillCluster Leveraging USDA Fundsfor Water Quality Stroud Water Research Center $200,000 American Farmland Trust. Stroud Water Research Center andoneby awards to theregion, onesponsored by Regional Conservation Partnership Program forested buffers. Project willdeliver two a wholefarm basis,includingafocus on agriculture best management practices on Leverage federal fundingto implement Quality intheBrandywine-Christina Cluster Leveraging Farm BillFundsfor Water Stroud Water Research Center $499,990 forested buffers, andperform related tasks. opment of applications, incent inclusionof project identification, planningand devel Lancaster County. Project willaccelerate Conservation Partnership Program for Provide technical assistance for theRegional Partnership Program inLancaster County Delivering NFWF’s Regional Conservation Stroud Water Research Center $33,858 treatment system. work andadesignfor anacidminedrainage will allow accessfor site clean-up,survey

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- and sediment contributions through the munities to reduce stream channelnutrient Work withseven watersheds andtheircom I-4 Program (NY, PA) Upper Susquehanna Coalition Conservation District Tioga County SoilandWater $200,000 downstream waters. reduce sediment andnutrient delivery to Project willopen10.8milesofhabitat and Run and select twoculverts for replacement. Inventory andrank culverts onSaltSpring and Sediment Reduction Salt SpringRunAquatic Organism Passage Tioga County Conservation District $100,000 and community greening projects. Refuge’s environmental education program enhance theJohnHeinzNational Wildlife through projects hands-onservice to Engage 108highschoolandcollege students and Interns at HeinzNational Wildlife Refuge Student Conservation Association Crews The Student Conservation Association $54,251 the Jenkintown Creek. McKinley Schoollocated onatributary to and includeriparianplantings at the vernal pools,enhancewooded wetlands, Restore eroded streambanks, enhance ley Elementary SchoolStream Restoration Jenkintown Creek Restoration Project: McKin Watershed Partnership Tookany/Tacony-Frankford $75,600 trating suburban stormwater flows. improve water qualityby reducing andinfil the Abington Meeting House. Project will of theJenkintown Creek headwaters near establish ariparianbuffer along350 feet Install abioretention area, rain garden and Abington Meeting House Jenkintown Creek Restoration Project: Partnership Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed $317,520 the Upper Susquehanna River Watershed. verified in the field and on the farmsteadin the way nutrients are managed, tracked and nutrient reduction tools. Project willimprove opment ofaresource team and the use of ment planning process whichincludes devel Develop acomprehensive nutrient manage Management (NY, PA) USC Integrated Approach to Nutrient Water Conservation District Tioga County Soiland $199,291 technical assistance to local governments. local capacity through direct education and over 7,000feet ofstream corridor andbuild and implement practices andprojects on survey. Theproject alsowillidentify, design

- - - - - Trout Unlimited Western Pennsylvania Conservancy Wrightsville Borough Eastern Brook Trout Range-Wide Conser- Completing Native Brook Trout Habitat Wrightsville Borough Riverfront vation Portfolio and Focal Area Risk and Restoration Through Riparian Restoration Restoration Project Opportunity Analysis (multiple states) in the Upper Kettle Creek Watershed Construct water quality improvements and Conduct a broad-scale assessment of exist- Work to implement restoration activities landscape restoration/reforestation for River- ing Eastern brook trout diversity compared identified during our work in the upper Kettle front Park bordering the Lower Susquehanna to historical levels to set strategic goals, Creek Watershed in the past three years. Res- River. Project will restore native wetlands, forest identify conservation needs, and identify toration projects will include riparian reforesta- and meadow areas, as well as construct new risk to a changing climate. Project will tion at locations directly impacting streams bioretention facilities within the urban park. develop fine-scale assessments of priorities that support native Eastern brook trout. $200,000 within four current focal areas while $29,860 integrating societal benefits, ecosystem ser- RHODE ISLAND vices, and potential conservation gains. Western Pennsylvania Conservancy $150,318 Permanent Protection of Critical Habitat Commercial Fisheries Research Foundation and Water Quality in Pennsylvania’s Developing New Market Opportunities Trout Unlimited Chesapeake Bay Watershed for Scup, an Underutilized Species Restoring Brook Trout Habitat in Kettle Creek Permanently protect riparian buffers, in the Northeast Build the capacity of the Kettle Creek wetlands, forestland and prime agricultural Facilitate the market development of scup, a Watershed Association to implement on- land in priority watersheds in Pennsylvania’s locally underutilized species in New England. the-ground restoration projects. Project Chesapeake Bay watershed over the next two Project will compile baseline marketing will result in a prioritized list of fish passage years by partnering with private landowners information to determine new domestic and barriers and the selection, design and per- to acquire conservation easements on work- foreign market opportunities and evaluate mitting for 10 stream bank stabilization, five ing farms and forests. Project will focus on the best consumer marketing approaches. riparian restoration, and two dirt and gravel the Juniata River, West Branch Susquehanna $59,684 road improvement projects. River, Potomac River, and certain smaller-or- $43,656 der tributaries to the Susquehanna River. Cornell Cooperative Extension Association $196,988 of Suffolk County Trout Unlimited Development of a Regional Windowpane Surveying Unassessed Streams in Priority Western Pennsylvania Conservancy and Yellowtail Flounder Bycatch Hotspot Watersheds of the Delaware River Basin – II Sinnemahoning-Portage Creek and Potomac Mapping and Avoidance Network in New Complete fishery surveys on at least 40 River Unassessed Waters Sampling England (MA, NJ, NY, RI) previously unassessed streams in the Bear, Sample a minimum of 75 previously unas- Create an additional avoidance network to Tobyhanna, Stony, Lizard and Mahoning Creek sessed streams for the presence of Eastern focus on the reduction of windowpane and watersheds in the Delaware River basin. brook trout and other wild trout in the yellowtail flounder bycatch. Project will establish Project will collect important data in priority Sinnemahoning-Portage Creek watershed a communication network allowing fishermen 51 watersheds so they can be classified for use in of the West Branch Susquehanna and in the to avoid bycatch “hot spots” in scup, whiting, the state permitting process for development. Evitts, Willis, and Pigeonroost Creek sub-water- squid and groundfish fisheries in New England. $11,000 sheds of the Potomac River. Project will collect $130,681 important data for use in the state permitting Trout Unlimited process for development and GIS mapping of Manomet Surveying Unassessed Streams in Priority newly discovered salmonid populations. American Oystercatcher Conservation Watersheds of the West Branch Susquehanna $21,000 and Decision-Making Tools for Shorebird Headwaters – II Conservation (multiple states) Complete at least 20 fishery surveys, using Wildlife Management Institute Contribute directly to goal of increasing the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission Enhancing Habitat for Early Successional population size of American oystercatchers protocols, focused in the following water- Species (multiple states) coastwide within the United States by 30 sheds: West Branch Susquehanna River, Engage highly skilled and networked pro- percent by 2019 and to increase shorebird Chest Creek and Clearfield Creek. Project fessionals in a public/private partnership to populations throughout the Atlantic Flyway will collect important data for use in the reduce the decline in young forest habitat by 10 percent within 10 years. Project will state permitting process for development and support restoration efforts for American consolidate and increase the success of an and potentially identify seed populations woodcock, golden-winged warbler, and New existing American oystercatcher business of Eastern brook trout for abandoned mine England cottontail. Project will increase Amer- plan and will build upon this approach to land restoration. ican woodcock and New England cottontail facilitate success for the Atlantic Flyway $5,500 population levels and work toward halting the Shorebird Initiative that has evolved from decline of golden-winged warbler. oystercatcher work to-date. Upper Gwynedd Township $548,000 $274,313 Green Infrastructure and Stream Buffer Restoration in the Wissahickon Wissahickon Valley Watershed Association Third Sector New England Watershed Headwaters Wissahickon Headwaters Stream and Supporting the Visibility and Viability of Install green stormwater infrastructure to Riparian Restoration Community Supported Fisheries and Small- capture flows from impervious areas at various Design, permit, create construction plans Scale Fishermen Nationwide (multiple states) locations within the headwaters of the Wissa- and establish bid forms for the restoration Improve LocalCatch.org so that it can hickon Watershed, an important tributary to of a stable stream channel and floodplain re- continue to serve fishermen as the number the Schuykill River in suburban Philadelphia. connection for the Wissahickon headwaters. of direct-marketing arrangements increases. $300,000 Restoration will result in reduced sedimen- Project will help fishermen gain access to in- tation and nutrient loading, restored creek formation and technical resources necessary connection of the stream and floodplain, to engage in community supported fisheries and enhanced stormwater infiltration. and similar direct-marketing arrangements. $190,000 $44,000 UNITED STATES AND U.S. TERRITORIES $100,000 pine ecosystem. ed withinthehistoric range ofthe longleaf longleaf planting. Allproperties will be locat hardwood midstory control and165acres of acres ofprescribed 418 acres burning, of and Atlantic Coastal Plainecoregions, 5,028 on 14SouthCarolina properties intheMid- Manage andrestore longleaf pinestands Longleaf Conservation Milliken SouthCarolina Coastal Plain Congaree LandTrust $250,000 ment for landowner use. outreach activities, and purchase burn equip coordinator position, continue education/ pine habitat onprivate land, continue funding Establish orenhance 1,350acres oflongleaf Partnership –III Sandhills Longleaf PineConservation Conservation District Chesterfield County SoilandWater $50,000 stormwater to theWoonasquatucket River. and anelementary schoolthat contribute Project willstudy, modelandretrofit homes surrounding Riverside Park inProvidence. demonstration project intheneighborhood Create agreen infrastructure retrofit Wildlife Refuge Green Infrastructure Demofor Urban Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council $548,000 of golden-winged warbler. levels and work toward halting thedecline and New England cottontail population Project willincrease American woodcock warbler, and New England cottontail. for American woodcock, golden-winged habitat and support restoration efforts ship to reduce the decline in young forest professionals in apublic/private partner Engage highly skilled and networked Species (multiple states) Enhancing Habitat for Early Successional Wildlife Management Institute $150,318 potential conservation gains. societal benefits, ecosystem and services, four current focal areas whileintegrating fine-scale assessments ofprioritieswithin to achanging climate. Project willdevelop identify conservation needs,andidentify risk to historical levels to set strategic goals, ing Eastern brook trout diversity compared Conduct abroad-scale assessment ofexist and OpportunityAnalysis (multiple states) Conservation Portfolio and Focal Area Risk Eastern Brook Trout Range-Wide Trout Unlimited SOUTH CAROLINA

- - - - Santee andCooperRivers inthecoastal nently protect critical landsbetween the Restore longleaf pinehabitats andperma Cooper-Santee Longleaf Conservation Lowcountry OpenLandTrust $118,730 blueback herring population trends. and run count data willbe used to assess herring runs into theSantee Cooper System help complete thepicture ofblueback sonar. Project willprovide data that will counts in the Cooper River, usingimaging system by monitoring annual springrun herring throughout theSantee Cooper Support effective management ofblueback in theCooperRiver Assessing BluebackHerringRunCounts S.C. Department ofNatural Resources $25,000 biodiversity andwater quality. ing more aware oftheirrole asstewards of Scout troops, and area residents inbecom private schoolstudents, Boy Scout andGirl nature preserves to engage publicand native flora, faunaandaquatic life ofthe file, community-based inventory ofthe Coordinate ayear-long Bio-Blitz,ahigh-pro Black Creek Bio-Blitz Pee DeeLandTrust $249,669 that willdirectly benefit oystercatchers. extensive network ofchapters to conduct work impact ofpredators, and engage Audubon’s minimize harmful disturbances, reduce the oystercatcher nesting populations. Project will Address themost serious threats to American Oystercatchers (multiple states) Advancing Flyway Conservation ofAmerican National AudubonSociety $274,313 has evolved from oystercatcher work to-date. for theAtlantic Flyway Shorebird Initiative that build upon this approach to facilitate success American oystercatcher business plan and will idate and increase the successofanexisting 10 percent within 10years. Project willconsol populations throughout the Atlantic Flywayby percent by 2019and to increase shorebird coastwide within the United States by 30 population size ofAmerican oystercatchers Contribute directly to goal ofincreasing the Conservation (multiple states) and Decision-MakingTools for Shorebird American Oystercatcher Conservation Manomet $100,000 western edge ofthecorridor. greenbelt ofprotected properties alongthe Cooper river watersheds withacontiguous water quality associated with the Santee and Francis MarionNational Forest andprotect will buffer andenhancethe vast landsofthe land complexes, andworking farms. Project diverse wildlife habitat, healthy forests, wet plain ofSouthCarolina. Theselandsharbor

- - - - - maintenance intheWinyah Bay area, which Investigate longleaf pine restoration and Cooperative –TNC Winyah Bay Longleaf Conservation The Nature Conservancy –SouthCarolina $250,000 management through fires and herbicide. academies and assist in longleaf planting and source professionals through workshops and Educate private landowners and natural re SoLoACE Longleaf Partnership –II The Longleaf Alliance $49,324 boat collision cannot be avoided. ability ofsevering crab trap floats when a commercial crabbers to reduce the prob will engage both recreational boaters and annual derelict fishing gear accrual. Project engineer solutions to reduce the rate of Carolina asaresult ofvessel strikes and Characterize crab trap float lossesin South reational Boaters andCommercial Crabbers South Carolina Through Engagement ofRec Reducing Derelict Crab Trap Generation in S.C. Department ofNatural Resources $150,318 and potentialservices, conservation gains. grating societal benefits, ecosystem within four current focal areas while inte develop fine-scale assessments ofpriorities risk to achanging climate. Project will identify conservation needs, and identify to historical levels to set strategic goals, ing Eastern brook trout diversity compared Conduct abroad-scale assessment ofexist and OpportunityAnalysis (multiple states) Conservation Portfolio and Focal Area Risk Eastern Brook Trout Range-Wide Trout Unlimited $44,000 and similardirect-marketing arrangements. to engage incommunity supported fisheries formation and technical resources necessary Project willhelpfishermen gain access to in of direct-marketing arrangements increases. continue fishermenasthenumber to serve Improve LocalCatch.org sothat it can Scale Fishermen Nationwide (multiple states) Community Supported FisheriesandSmall- Supporting theVisibilityandViabilityof Third Sector New England $100,000 collection andmapping. restoration, invasive work, education, data nating partnerprojects involving longleaf conservation cooperative work by coordi counties. Project will expand longleaf includes Georgetown andWilliamsburg

------University of Georgia Research Foundation National Wildlife Federation Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory Southeastern Aquatic Biodiversity Conserva- Launching Monarch Butterfly Recovery in At-Risk Bird Conservation in the Northern tion Opportunity Analysis (multiple states) the Central Flyway Through Urban Outreach Great Plains (MT, ND, SD, WY) Develop a business plan for a new South- (multiple states) Increase landowners’ interest in enrolling in eastern Aquatic Biodiversity Conservation Build capacity within cities and towns in the habitat enhancement projects that include Fund to help improve stewardship of fresh- central flyway to take appropriate, effective practices such as grazing management and water resources in the Southeast. Project action on behalf of monarchs. Project will enrollment in conservation easements. Proj- will synthesize existing conservation plans support outreach efforts in hundreds of ect will leverage partner funding to enhance for the region to identify priority geogra- cities, towns, schools and school districts, as more than 10,000 acres of mixed grass phies and priority actions, identify additional well as garden clubs, nurseries and the Na- habitat and help reverse negative population funding opportunities, and develop a frame- tional Wildlife Federation’s National Pollinator trends of at-risk grassland bird species. work for a public-private fund modeled on Garden Network. $168,106 other successful initiatives. $100,000 $138,692 South Dakota Grassland Coalition Pheasants Forever Enhancing Rangeland Ecology by Improving Honey Bee and Monarch Butterfly Ranch Management Options SOUTH DAKOTA Partnership (multiple states) Implement a rangeland improvement American Bird Conservancy Hire a coordinating wildlife biologist in project focused on enhancing ecological Implementing Highly Productive the central flyway to facilitate 20 unique function, habitat, forage quality, grazing Grassland Management (MT, ND, SD, WY) demonstration sites, habitat tours, work- distribution and management of South Da- Continue to assist landowners in conser- shops and additional outreach events to kota’s grazing lands while reducing negative vation planning and enrolling in programs engage private landowners in monarch con- impacts associated with poor fence designs, where sustainable management practices for servation. Project will restore or enhance inadequate water resources and inappropri- grasslands will result in habitat conservation 375 acres of high-quality monarch habitat ate grazing strategies. on private lands for at least 10 declining or by enrolling 345 acres of private and 30 $200,000 at-risk bird species. Project will target up to acres of public lands into the Honey Bee 142,000 acres of priority grasslands. and Monarch Butterfly Partnership. Private Standing Rock Indian Reservation $248,865 lands will be put into multi-year enroll- Ferret and Prairie Dog Habitat Management ments to maximize benefits. on Standing Rock Reservation (ND, SD) Conservation Corps $250,000 Protect and enhance habitat and populations Restoration and Protection of Bureau of black-footed ferrets and black-tailed prairie of Reclamation Lands in the Dakotas: Prairie Pothole Partners dogs on 2.3 million acres of tribal and private Buford-Trenton Project and Dickinson Northern Friends Peer-to-Peer Mentoring land in the Missouri Coteau Region of North and Shadehill Reservoirs Workshop (MN, ND, SD) and South Dakota. Project will use a multi-focal Engage youths in the restoration of reser- Host a mentoring workshop with engaging approach to engage diverse stakeholders, build 53 voirs and canals in the Dakotas that are vital and educational sessions designed to fos- cooperation between stakeholders, and drive to the region’s water supply, agricultural ter capacity building, encourage sharing conservation reinvestment in habitat programs industry and outdoor recreational opportu- and create a network of Friends in the on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation. nities. Primary activities will include fencing upper Midwest. $160,956 installation and repair at Dickinson and $5,000 Shadehill Reservoir lands. The Board of Trustees $28,020 Resources First Foundation of the University of Illinois Engaging Landowners in Conservation Collaborative, Industry-Driven Monarch Ducks Unlimited (multiple states) Conservation Strategy Targeting Critical Conserving the Missouri Coteau Grasslands Continue to build state conservation center Landscape Categories in the Upper Resto- and Wetlands (ND, SD) web portals, for The Lone Star Conservation ration Corridor (multiple states) Work with landowners to protect approxi- Connection and The Idaho Conservation Mobilize monarch conservation across the mately 625 acres of vital prairie and wetland Center, to provide comprehensive in-depth public and private sectors in the Upper Mid- habitat in the Prairie Pothole Region of and region-specific conservation tools for west through the Rights-of-Way at Habitat North Dakota and South Dakota using private landowners. Project will also con- Working Group, related partnerships and tar- conservation easements. Project will acquire tinue to expand sage grouse conservation geted outreach. These activities will promote grassland and wetland easements that will information on the Conservation Habitat habitat restoration by utilities, transportation be donated to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Management Portal. authorities, and other interested organiza- Service and become part of the National $100,000 tions by primarily focusing on opportunities Wildlife Refuge system. to utilize rights-of-way and other working $500,000 Resources First Foundation landscapes to support monarch conservation. Engaging Private Landowners $75,000 Lower Brule Sioux Tribe in Conservation (multiple states) Conserving Prairie Wildlife in Central Continue to build and expand the conser- U.S. Department of Agriculture, South Dakota vation center websites for Colorado, Idaho, U.S. Forest Service Implement a large multi-species project Texas and Virginia and the Conservation Wetland Restoration on the Fort Pierre focused on the conservation of grassland Habitat Management Portal; resulting in an National Grassland birds, pronghorn, black-tailed prairie dogs, increase in the adoption of best conservation Restore breached stockponds on the Fort black-footed ferrets and pollinators. Project management practices that will provide the Pierre National Grassland in central South will lead to increased knowledge and essential ecosystem services of air and water Dakota to facilitate livestock grazing, water- improved conservation of imperiled species, purification, nutrient recycling, soil formation fowl production, and recreational fishing identification of areas for targeted conserva- and intact habitat for threatened, endan- and hunting. tion, and increased tribal capacity. gered or declining species on private lands. $30,000 $250,000 $100,000 UNITED STATES AND U.S. TERRITORIES $100,000 and invertebrate species. for plant, mammal,amphibian, reptile, fish been preserved to date providing habitat protection area, where 6,000acres have types inthe Cumberland Plateau priority 50 acres ofriparianhabitat and shortleaf and riparian forestland systems and restore Protect 200acres ofbiodiverse shortleaf Restoration TN) (GA, Through Forestland Protection and Replenishing Freshwater to Nature Georgia LandTrust $125,000 barrier removals. strategically accelerating the momentum of Cumberland and Tennessee River basins by nectivity in high-priority watersheds ofthe American Rivers to improve aquatic con Partner with The Nature Conservancy and Improvement KY, (AL, TN) Barrier Removal andAquatic Connectivity Tennessee/Cumberland Strategic Planfor Cumberland River Compact $120,000 sustainable trail and asafe hiking environment. building trail structures in order to create a als. Project willinclude preventing erosion and tion using traditional skills and natural materi weeks to undertake extensive trail reconstruc Employ acrew of12youth for aperiodof17 Rehabilitation oftheAlumCave Trail American Conservation Experience $350,000 in thewild. ness oftools used to protect both species ret and itsprey, and evaluate the effective sylvatic plague, expand habitat for the fer Plains. Project willmitigate theimpactsof dog habitat within the Northern Great black-footed ferret and black-tailed prairie Improve thestatus oftheendangered Northern Great Plains(MT, SD, WY, Canada) Black-FootedConserving Ferrets inthe World Wildlife Fund $100,000 native prairie ecosystems. maintain working landscapes that sustain servation programs that willallow them to landowners about the availability ofcon Prairie Pothole Region. Project willinform value ofwetlands and grasslands in the education program that illuminates the Launch acomprehensive outreach and and Education (MT, ND, SD) Prairie Pothole Region Community Outreach U.S. Fish andWildlife Region Service, 6 U.S. Department oftheInterior, TENNESSEE

------pine-oak healthby demonstrating, promot Reverse decliningtrend inshortleaf and Plateau –II Shortleaf Restoration intheCumberland The Nature Conservancy $149,384 warbler, prairie warbler, and cerulean warbler. cies including bobwhite quail, golden-winged resistant American chestnuts to benefit spe oaks and hickories, and sixhundred blight planting mix,alongwith a variety of native will plant shortleaf pine ashalf ofthe total present on the Cumberland Plateau. Project and American chestnut that were historically native shortleaf pine, hickory and oakspecies, land in Kentucky and Tennessee by planting Restore 45acres ofpreviously mined private the CumberlandPlateau (KY, TN) Restoring Previously MinedPrivate Landsin University ofKentucky Research Foundation $138,692 other successful initiatives. work for apublic-private fundmodeledon funding opportunities,anddevelop aframe phies andpriorityactions,identify additional for theregion to identify priority geogra will synthesize existing conservation plans water resources intheSoutheast. Project Fund to helpimprove stewardship offresh eastern Aquatic Biodiversity Conservation Develop abusinessplanfor anew South tion OpportunityAnalysis (multiple states) Southeastern Aquatic Biodiversity Conserva University ofGeorgia Research Foundation $150,318 potential conservation gains. societal benefits, ecosystem and services, four current focal areas whileintegrating fine-scale assessments ofprioritieswithin to achangingclimate. Project willdevelop identify conservation needs,andidentify risk to historical levels to set strategic goals, ing Eastern brook trout diversity compared Conduct abroad-scale assessment ofexist Opportunity Analysis (multiple states) vation Portfolio and Focal Area Riskand Eastern Brook Trout Range-Wide Conser Trout Unlimited $20,000 water testing and habitat assessments. improvements to these water bodies through educate the public, but provide measurable nah Creek watersheds. Project willnot only habitatserving intheWolf River and Noncon related to improving water quality and pre sustainability with hands-on activities directly Educate the community about environmental Sustainable Collierville Town ofCollierville $100,000 Plateau, Tennessee. private andpubliclandsintheCumberland market-based conservation approaches on ration practices and combininginnovative ing andimplementing shortleaf resto ------Natural Heritage Center Nature Explore Classroom at ClearCreek City ofDenton $26,140 in SanAntonio, Texas. San Antonio MissionsNational Historic Park work withTexas Conservation Corps onthe young adultsfrom across thecountry to Recruit, train andequiptwo teams ofeight at SanAntonio Missions Texas Conservation Corps American YouthWorks $199,992 and least terns. Deepwater Horizon OilSpill: black skimmers among thetop negatively impacted by the recovery ofat least two speciesthat were ing success.These activities willaid in the facilitate continued and increased breed awareness at important nesting locationsto o Increase protection, monitoring and public Enhancement TX) (LA, Gulf BeachNesting Bird Conservation American Bird Conservancy $75,000 and Management Guidelines. Gulf Coast Beach-Nesting Bird Assessment menting the recommendations ofthe U.S. will serve asthenext logical step to imple on theground withbeach-nesting birds, and be directed toward thoseactuallyworking birds ontheGulfCoast. Thefieldmanualwill in monitoring andprotecting beach-nesting field personnel andsite stewards engaged Build astandardized training manualfor MS,TX) LA, FL, Monitoring Manual(AL, U.S. GulfCoast Beach-Nesting Bird Field Conservian $37,501 national strategies for milkweed restoration. ties onandnearpubliclands to helpinform Collect key information onmilkweed densi Milkweed Density Estimation (MN, OK, TX) Monarch Conservation Science Partnership– Conservation Legacy $35,000 surrounding RioGrande Valley area. vation throughout theCityofMcAllenand awareness ofnature spacesandconser a 20-acre urbansite, inaddition to raising Restore landat theMcAllenNature Center, Urban Bird Conservation City ofMcAllen $40,806 and diverse aquatic habitats. bottomland hardwood forest, upland prairie derserved populations to over 2,900acres of connect with nature. Project willconnect un to help preschool to first-grade children Clear Creek Natural Heritage Center, designed Construct the Nature Explore Classroom at TEXAS

- - - - - Ducks Unlimited Friends of Big Bend National Park National Wildlife Federation Gulf Stewardship Program (LA, TX) Rio Grande Village Wetlands Restoration Launching Monarch Butterfly Recovery in Use increased staff time, technical assistance, and Interpretation the Central Flyway Through Urban Outreach programmatic support and increased adop- Rehabilitate more than 55 acres of wetlands (multiple states) tion of technology to restore, enhance and along the Rio Grande river, providing an im- Build capacity within cities and towns in the protect 8,600 acres of agriculture and coastal proved home for nesting and migrating birds, central flyway to take appropriate, effective marsh lands. Project will assemble a diverse and properly interpret the area for visitors. action on behalf of monarchs. Project will team to work with local National Resources $35,000 support outreach efforts in hundreds of Conservation Service offices and landowners, cities, towns, schools and school districts, supporting critical gaps in Gulf Coast conser- Friends of Hagerman National Wildlife as well as garden clubs, nurseries and the vation and catalyzing conservation solutions Refuge Foundation National Wildlife Federation’s National through innovation and technology. Capacity Building: Developing Financial Savvy Pollinator Garden Network. $500,000 About Quickbooks and Point of Sale Software $100,000 Train Board of Directors and volunteers with an El Paso Community Foundation overview of the financial documents necessary National Wildlife Federation Supporting Watershed Protection and to the organization and the formats provided Midwest Association of Fish and Wildlife Walkability Through the Use of Permeable by Quickbooks, as well as specific training on Agencies Championing the Development of Pavers and an Urban Tree Canopy Assessment Quickbooks basics and use of point-of-sale Conservation Plans for Monarch Recovery in Conduct an urban tree canopy assessment software in the gift and book shop. Mid-America and permeable paver demonstration that will $1,884 Work with networks of state, federal and be the gateway to sustainably revitalizing our tribal governments, NGOs, industry and downtown and moving from gray to green Friends of Hagerman National Wildlife academia to facilitate the development of infrastructure. Refuge Foundation a regional monarch conservation plan and $21,792 Community Media Blitz for Friends strategy. Project will result in conservation of Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge actions to positively impact the monarch FishAmerica Foundation Implement a media blitz designed to inform butterfly in the central flyway. Initiating Barotrauma and Mortality the community about the Friends of Hag- $75,000 Reduction Strategies with Gulf of Mexico erman National Wildlife Refuge, increase Recreational Anglers (AL, FL, LA, MS, TX) interest in the refuge, inform the community National Wildlife Federation Advance the implementation of FishSmart best of volunteer opportunities, and increase the Texas Environmental Flows Initiative practices designed to reduce mortality of fish capacity of the Friends organization. Assessment, Negotiation and Analysis Support released during recreational fishing. Project will $5,000 Launch a water-transaction market in Texas distribute descending devices on recreational that benefits bays and estuaries by devel- for-hire vessels and select recreational anglers Greater Edwards Aquifer Alliance oping and executing a water transaction in to assess the adoption of best practices and Urban Edwards Aquifer Awareness at least one bay system and paving the way 55 potential reduction of post-release mortality. and Protection Project for viable transactions in two other systems. $60,000 Engage citizens and students in the creation Project will assess the reliability of candidate of 10 community rain gardens. Project water rights, assist in developing and nego- Friends of Aransas and Matagorda Island will establish protocol for identifying and tiating a successful transaction, and analyze National Wildlife Refuges implementing techniques to enhance the various options related to the Guadalupe Creating an Interpretive Pollinator Garden function of existing, state-mandated best Blanco River Authority. at the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge management practices and monitoring to $365,791 Plant a small pollinator garden, designed to assess water quality improvement. attract monarch butterflies and other native $52,650 North American Butterfly Association pollinators. A large interpretive sign will be Southernmost Monarch Waystations installed to educate the public on the im- Houston Wilderness Create 67 acres of native nectar plant and portance of pollinators and the relationship Bringing the Prairie Back to Houston milkweed habitat across Hidalgo County. Proj- between native plants and pollinators. Develop sustainable habitat restoration solu- ect will significantly increase the availability of $4,270 tions and alternatives to help communities native milkweed seeds and plants by survey- find, value and care for nature. ing and collecting on refuge tracts and build Friends of Balcones Canyonlands $40,000 capacity for new monarch habitat through National Wildlife Refuge stakeholder workshops and pilot projects. Nonprofit Management Education, Mississippi State University $199,271 Technological Training and Software Upgrades Gulf of Mexico Bird Monitoring Framework Send board members to attend online train- (AL, FL, LA, MS, TX) Parks and Wildlife Foundation of Texas ing courses covering nonprofit governance, Complete a structured decision-making ef- Restoring Habitat and Increasing social media management, accounting fort to identify goals, objectives and values Conservation Capacity for Monarch Butterflies programs, and new software for public underpinning a Gulf-wide bird monitoring Enhance or restore 14,910 acres of habitat outreach materials regarding conserva- program. The resulting bird monitoring for monarch butterflies within the mon- tion efforts for golden-cheeked warblers framework and decision support tools arch’s migratory flight path through Texas. and black-capped vireos. Software will be will provide a strong basis for increasing Restoration will occur on 160 acres of public purchased or upgraded with the purpose of coordination and communication and the land in five wildlife management areas and creating better brochures, flyers and online advancement of bird monitoring across the 14,750 acres of private land. ads as well as better managing budgets and Gulf of Mexico. $244,080 tracking merchandise inventory and sales for $222,635 special events. $4,764 UNITED STATES AND U.S. TERRITORIES $200,000 knowledge to policymatters and governance. better understand the application ofscientific integration ofnatural and socialsciences to conflictin decision making, resolution and servation Scholars Program to train students Continue Applied Biodiversity Sciences Con Scholars Program –II Applied Biodiversity SciencesConservation Texas A&MFoundation $300,000 longleaf conservation in Texas. Longleaf Implementation Team to promote extend organizational capacity for the Texas education and technical assistance, and ration andenhancement efforts, coordinate Focus onon-the-ground longleaf resto and Enhancement inTexas Accelerating Longleaf Restoration Texas A&MForest Service $100,000 gered ordeclining specieson private lands. and intact habitat for threatened, endan purification, nutrient recycling, soil formation essential ecosystem ofairand services water management practices that will provide the increase intheadoption ofbest conservation Habitat Management Portal; resulting inan Texas and Virginia and the Conservation vation center websites for Colorado, Idaho, Continue to build and expand the conser in Conservation (multiple states) Engaging Private Landowners Resources First Foundation $100,000 the Conservation Habitat Management Portal. pand sage grouse conservation informationon landowners. Project willalsocontinue to ex region-specific conservation tools for private ter, to provide comprehensive in-depth and Connection and TheIdaho Conservation Cen web portals, for TheLone Star Conservation Continue to build state conservation center (multiple states) Engaging Landowners inConservation Resources First Foundation $30,000 impact ofneighborhoodschools. enhance theenvironmental andeducational vide muchneededgreen infrastructure to Texas inspring2016.Thesegardens willpro school-based learninggardens inNorth Lead acommunity effort to establish three Conservation and Education inNorth Texas School Gardens: Strengthening REAL SchoolGardens $525,000 raptors, terns, skimmers andwading birds. wet prairies. Project willsupportwaterfowl, tidal bay shoreline, emergent wetlands and Bay inTexas to conserve 17,351acres of Acquire Powderhorn RanchonMatagorda Texas Powderhorn RanchLandAcquisition–II Parks andWildlife Foundation of Texas

------Evaluate barotrauma impairment and analyze Snapper intheGulfofMexico for Increasing Survival ofDiscarded Red Optimizing Rapid Recompression Strategies Texas A&MUniversity $9,957 pret metrics for eachanalysis conducted. Project willdefine, track, evaluate andinter for viabletransactions intwo other systems. at least onebay system andpaving theway oping andexecuting a water transaction in that benefits bays andestuaries by devel Launch awater transactions market in Texas Tracking andAnalysis Texas Environmental Flows Initiative Metric Texas State University $130,000 of whichare speciesofconcern. bird habitat for amultitudeofspecies,many coast. Project willcreate excellent migratory private landsontheupperandmiddleTexas Wildlife Management Area and important wetlands ontwo national wildlife refuges, a Create, restore andenhance2,055acres of and Restoration Texas Coastal Wetland Habitat Creation for theEnvironment Texas RiceIndustry Coalition $90,000 birds, wading birds andwaterfowl. water, creating exceptional habitat for shore control structures to holdshallow fresh farmland, construct levees andinstall water invasive andexotic speciesfrom former rice tional Wildlife Refuge. Project willeliminate moist soilunithabitat ontheAnahuacNa Create 252acres ofhighqualitywetlands/ National Wildlife Refuge Clark West Wetland Restoration onAnahuac for theEnvironment Texas RiceIndustry Coalition $248,873 ture andothers. plant productivity, salinity, water tempera benefits ofthe water right includingspecies, a given water right, and assess the ecological systems. Project willanalyze thereliability of the way for viabletransactions intwo other tion in at least one bay system andpaving developing andexecuting a water transac Texas that benefits bays andestuaries by Launch awater-transaction market in Benefit Analysis ofCandidate Water Rights Texas Environmental Flows Initiative Ecological Texas A&MUniversity $176,372 implementing descender devices. sion devices, and determine best practices for evaluate theutility oftwo rapid recompres impairment indices to release conditions, snapper. Project willlink barotrauma-related methods for reducing discard mortality ofred – – – SanMarcos CorpusChristi Corpus Christi

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------$250,000 expanding Gulfrestoration economy. and train young peopleto participate inthe a significant strategy for Gulf restoration, to continue to use conservation corps as and animals,buildorganizational strength long-term habitat healthfor native plants vation progress ontheground to improve natural resources. Project willmake conser undertake projects that restore andprotect demonstrations across theGulf region to and aVeterans Conservation Corps pilot Support two new Conservation Corps Program MS,TX) LA, FL, (AL, Gulf Conservation Corps Restoration The Nature Conservancy $120,000 parcels of6,715acres totaling 8river miles. ect willconnect two previously protected Neches River National Wildlife Refuge. Proj tract offorested river frontage withinthe Acquire 80acres that willprotect apivotal National Wildlife Refuge Dolan Tract Acquisition,NechesRiver The Conservation Fund $40,000 the ongoing stewardship ofLittleElm’s trees. events, fostering community involvement in in tree planting activities and grand opening Project willengage two local Boy Scout troops destrian trail that leads to Cottonwood Park. the 0.35-mileconcrete linear bicycle and pe install awater-efficient irrigation system along Plant 80 native and water-wise trees and at Cottonwood Park and Trail Tree Planting andStewardship Project Town ofLittleElm $27,000 urban youth. education and stewardship opportunities for as well asimprove access to environmental urban natural areas withinthecitylimits, enhance theoperations andinventory of of Houston’s parksystem. Thestrategy will resource management strategy for theCity students to enhanceandguideanatural ships andatwo-week crew ofhighschool Support two conservation citywide intern in Houston Parks Protection and Restoration Program Fish andWildlife Refuge Service Habitat The Student Conservation Association $303,442 tion scenarios, and negotiate transactions. assess thepotential viability ofspecific acquisi assess current water rights within the system, transactions intwo other systems. Project will one bay system and paving theway for viable and executing a water transaction in atleast that benefits bays and estuaries by developing Launch awater transactions market in Texas and Transaction Negotiation Acquisition ScenariosViabilityAssessment Texas Environmental Flows Initiative The Nature Conservancy

- - - - - Treefolks Resources First Foundation VERMONT Bastrop County Community Engaging Private Landowners American Rivers Reforestation Program in Conservation (multiple states) Assessing Fish Barrier Priority Modifications Provide free comprehensive reforestation Continue to build and expand the conser- in the Connecticut River Tributaries of New services to private landowners affected vation center websites for Colorado, Idaho, Hampshire, Vermont and Massachusetts by the devastating 2011 complex wildfire Texas and Virginia and the Conservation (MA, NH, VT) in Bastrop. Project will assist in planting Habitat Management Portal; resulting in an Identify priority removals of barriers to fish 420,000 native loblolly pine trees on private- increase in the adoption of best conservation passage and provide engineering designs for ly owned property to allow for county-wide management practices that will provide the selected projects in the Connecticut River recovery, and eventual restoration, of the essential ecosystem services of air and water tributaries of New Hampshire, Vermont and unique Lost Pines ecosystem. purification, nutrient recycling, soil formation Massachusetts. Project will identify land- $50,000 and intact habitat for threatened, endan- owners, reach out to them, and complete gered or declining species on private lands. preliminary engineering studies to advance University of Houston, Clear Lake $100,000 up to six barrier removals that will, when im- Environmental Institute of Houston plemented, restore access and connectivity Rain Barrel/Rain Garden Community River Restoration Adventures for Tomorrow to more than 60 miles of stream with critical Education Workshops 21st Century Conservation Service Corps upstream habitat for native Eastern brook Implement a series of community edu- Called to Action Along the Colorado River trout, river herring, and Atlantic salmon. cation workshops to address the many Improve the health and resiliency of the Partners include the U.S. Fish and Wildlife benefits of rain gardens and rain barrels riparian corridor along the Colorado River Service, Trout Unlimited, and the Connecti- for water conservation and pollution in the Glen Canyon National Recreation cut River Watershed Council. prevention. Project will save thousands of Area. Project will include a GPS-supported $50,324 gallons of water and reduce pollution from plant community survey along 112 miles of stormwater runoff. riparian habitat, followed by the creation of a Bennington County Conservation District $16,700 management plan and a series of restoration Batten Kill Watershed Invasive projects focused on protecting the health and Species Initiative diversity of critical river habitat. Spearhead an invasive species initiative in UTAH $43,253 the Vermont portion of the watershed by American Conservation Experience creating a cooperative weed management Beaver River Riparian Enhancement Project U.S. Department of the Interior, area, hiring a part-time coordinator, and Continue to enhance the riparian areas of Bureau of Land Management undertaking demonstration treatments. the Beaver River through removing and Rearing the Next Fisheries Cohort $36,721 treating areas of Tamarisk and Russian (multiple states) Olive. Project will be augmented by Native Host 20 high school student interns during the Connecticut River Watershed Council American youth volunteers that will further summer 2015 at 13 field offices of the U.S. 57 Getting Conservation on the Ground – -Out this important work and by doing so will Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land reach and Assistance for Limited Resource obtain valuable outdoor work skills and Management (BLM). Working with American Landowners in the Connecticut River training. Fisheries Society, BLM will provide an eight- Watershed (MA, NH, VT) $18400 week, paid internship for youths to explore Provide design, technical and financial assis- potential career options in the fisheries field. tance to at least six private landowners with Grand Staircase Escalante Partners $100,000 working lands in Massachusetts, New Hamp- Escalante Watershed Restoration – Youth shire, and Vermont who are unable to meet Corps Helping with Woody Invasive Control Utah State University/Utah cost-share requirements for improving riparian Engage 13 Native American and urban Conservation Corps and instream habitats on their land. Project youth in restoration work that will provide White River Clean-Up will target priority watersheds by restoring 12 a unique outdoor experience and conserva- Partner with the Bureau of Land Manag- miles of riparian and instream habitat. tion job training. 30 acres of the Escalante ment’s Vernal Field Office to remove Russian $64,540 river corridor will be restored by removing olive on 2.5 acres along the White River in invasive Russian olive trees, directly benefit- northeastern Utah. Project will take place Trout Unlimited ing native plant and animal species habitat. over three weeks in summer 2015 and will Connecticut and Merrimack River Basins $75,000 employ four UCC AmeriCorps members. Reconnection (NH, VT) $10,000 Implement aquatic organism passage Resources First Foundation assessment, prioritization and restoration Engaging Landowners in Conservation Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation of severe instream barriers that threaten (multiple states) Filling Information Gaps and Developing the long term stability of high quality native Continue to build state conservation center Best Management Practices to Sustain brook trout habitat within priority areas. web portals, for The Lone Star Conservation Monarchs and Milkweed in Public Lands of Project will include a suite of assessment, Connection and The Idaho Conservation the Western U.S. (multiple states) design and implementation work located in Center, to provide comprehensive in-depth Build capacity of public land managers to im- four major watersheds in the Connecticut and region-specific conservation tools for plement conservation practices that benefit and Merrimack River basins. private landowners. Project will also con- the western population of monarch butter- $90,000 tinue to expand sage grouse conservation flies by accounting for current management information on the Conservation Habitat practices and addressing information gaps Management Portal. on the distribution and management of $100,000 milkweed. Project will develop best manage- ment practices and disseminate recom- mendations for monarch conservation on 250,000 acres of publicly managed lands. $104,181 UNITED STATES AND U.S. TERRITORIES $53,000 fits for Eastern brook trout. with 50foot buffers and water-quality bene watershed, providing riparian connectivity waters offour rivers in the Memphremagog on 22cold-water streams that form thehead ect willprotect more than 8milesoffrontage National Natural Landmark in Vermont. Proj Management Area, and the Lake Willoughby to Willoughby State Forest, Bald HillWildlife easements, a2,965acre property adjacent Permanently protect, through conservation Conservation Easement Five Peaks, Four Rivers Vermont LandTrust $75,000 mile ofprotected river andstream frontage. permanent riparianbuffers, resulting inone trout andat least two projects willestablish high prioritywatersheds for Eastern brook River watersheds, that are rated asintact, the Wells, Waits andOmpompanoosuc Project willfocus onwatersheds, including conservation outcomes onprivate land. ships andtechnical expertise to increase landowner relationships, regional partner sheds ineast-central Vermont by leveraging Improve riparianhabitat in13sub-water Waters Conservation Initiative (VT) Central Vermont Clear Vermont LandTrust $78,588 650 stream and forest sites. recruiting 100volunteers and monitoring habitat areas for future conservation by information gaps and help identify priority disturbance events. Project willfillcritical in response to forest succession and ulation size and distribution may change Vermont to predict how abundance, pop forest birds in Maine, New Hampshire and Bicknell’s thrush and other montane Produce two population estimates of lation Size ofBicknell’s Thrush(ME,NH,VT) Mapping AbundanceandEstimating Popu Vermont Center for Ecostudies $150,318 vices, and potential conservation gains. integrating societal benefits, ecosystem ser within four current focal areas while develop fine-scale assessments ofpriorities risk to achanging climate. Project will identify conservation needs, and identify to historical levels to set strategic goals, ing Eastern brook trout diversity compared Conduct abroad-scale assessment ofexist Opportunity Analysis (multiple states) vation Portfolio and Focal Area Riskand Eastern Brook Trout Range-Wide Conser Trout Unlimited

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------professionals inapublic/private partner Engage highly skilled and networked Species (multiple states) Enhancing Habitat for Early Successional Wildlife Management Institute $49,335 project funding can be better targeted. investment ofrestoration and protection prioritize and design for eachsite sothat tidal waterways. Project willassess, plan, hazards at 14oftheproperties along assessment and identification of coastal implementation projects through site to deliver water quality and stewardship Middle Peninsula Public AccessAuthority Improve thetechnical capacity for the Access AuthorityProperties for Fourteen MiddlePeninsula Public Coastal Hazard Management Planning tute ofMarineScience College ofWilliamandMary, Virginia Insti $31,633 states of West Virginia, and Maryland Virginia. C&O Canal towpath, whichextends into the Beautify, remove vegetation and maintain the C&O CanalTowpath Cleanup(MD, VA, WV) Citizens Conservation Corps of West Virginia $200,000 targeted goals. public andprivate partners to accomplish its tributaries by working withanarray of and remediate impairments to theriver and stormwater pollutioninthecityofHampton, Hampton River watershed, helpmanage Spur oyster restoration efforts inVirginia’s Partnership to Restore Hampton Waterways Chesapeake Bay Foundation $199,529 community members. influence long-term behavior change among pollution reductions andhighest potential to the greatest opportunityfor stormwater tion willbe targeted inareas that present and theCityofRichmond.Implementa in theThomasJefferson SWCD area service best management practices on properties implementation ofgreen infrastructure within theJamesRiver Watershed through Reduce stormwater pollutionintwo areas Streams by Improving Your BackYard People: LearningHow to Protect Your Local Healthy Yards, LivingWaters, Healthy Alliance for theChesapeake Bay $548,000 en-winged warbler. work toward halting the decline of gold England cottontail population levels and will increase American woodcock and New bler, and New England cottontail. Project American woodcock, golden-winged war habitat and support restoration efforts for ship to reduce the decline in young forest VIRGINIA

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- - - - Ducks Unlimited $191,000 guidebook and workshop. the process willbedisseminated through a ing retrofits. Theknowledge gained from design and construction ofthree top-rank requirements. Project willalsoinclude the order to address TMDLpollutant reduction management practices for retrofitting in prioritize privately-owned stormwater best Develop procedures to identify and A County Perspective Large-Scale BMPRetrofits onPrivate Lands: Prioritization andImplementation of County of Albemarle $128,049 tance to inVirginia. theherringfishery unavailable for ariver ofhistorical impor tributary. Project willprovide data currently herring inthePamunkey River, aYork River Use sonar to monitor spawning stock of river in thePamunkey River Monitoring River HerringStocks Virginia Institute ofMarineScience College ofWilliamandMary, $50,000 meet thevision. with theidentification of specific projects to Island, andthecreation ofan overall vision, toward highschoolstudents onPresquile educational opportunities specifically geared both large-scale andself-led cleanupevents, removal andriparianbuffer restoration, watershed that focus oninvasive species ities willinclude volunteer work withinthe Capital Region Collaborative. Project activ River that have beenidentified byVirginia’s Advance therestoration goals for theJames the JamesRiver intheRichmondRegion Engaging theCommunityto Restore James River Association $49,908 and 3,000feet ofstream restoration. include rain garden/bio-filtration facilities design green infrastructure projects to Multi-criterion DecisionAssessment tool, and watershed assessment, develop a Plan. Project willconduct astream corridor Linville Creek Watershed Implementation Implement theactionsoutlinedin Restoration Initiative The Linville Creek Watershed Ecosystem Services $30,000 conversion, degradation and climate change. face ofcontinuing coastal wetland lossfrom reliable source ofwetlands for wildlife in the impacts ofsea-level risewhile providing a protect managed wetlands from thepotential species in southeast Virginia. Project will along withhundreds ofother fish and wildlife are critical to numerous migratory bird species Restore 1,300acres ofcoastal wetlands that and Resiliency Project Hog IslandCoastal Wetland Restoration

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James River Association Smithsonian Institution Trout Unlimited Maximizing Sediment Reductions in the James River Herring Spawning Run Monitoring Comprehensive Watershed Conservation River With Cost-Effective Strategies in Chesapeake Bay (MD, VA) in Agriculture and Livestock Landscapes Capitalize on an existing partnership as part Provide scientifically rigorous imaging sonar of Rockingham County of the Envision the James initiative to reduce run counts of river herring in key Chesa- Implement targeted, comprehensive, water- sediment through an innovative, communi- peake Bay spawning streams. Project will shed scale restoration in Rockingham Coun- ty-based, multi-faceted proposal. Project will augment run counts with watershed-scale ty. Project will improve water quality in three work with five soil and water conservation habitat use surveys. small watersheds identified as high-priority districts located in areas identified as pro- $96,873 for Eastern brook trout habitat restoration. ducing the highest sediment yields within $332,608 the James River watershed to implement The Student Conservation Association cost-effective projects that achieve maxi- Conservation Interns at Richmond National Trout Unlimited mum sediment reductions. Battlefield Park Eastern Brook Trout Range-Wide Conser- $498,780 Place five interns at the Richmond National vation Portfolio and Focal Area Risk and Battlefield park to work on important con- Opportunity Analysis (multiple states) Manomet servation issues. Conduct a broad-scale assessment of exist- American Oystercatcher Conservation $28,470 ing Eastern brook trout diversity compared and Decision-Making Tools for Shorebird to historical levels to set strategic goals, Conservation (multiple states) The Trust for Tomorrow identify conservation needs, and identify risk Contribute directly to goal of increasing the The Upper Rapidan Brook Trout Initiative to a changing climate. Project will develop population size of American oystercatchers Continue building a comprehensive partner- fine-scale assessments of priorities within coastwide within the United States by 30 ship with the goal of sustaining native pop- four current focal areas while integrating percent by 2019 and to increase shorebird ulations of Eastern brook trout. Project will societal benefits, ecosystem services, and populations throughout the Atlantic Flyway by work through the Technical Capacity Grants potential conservation gains. 10 percent within 10 years. Project will consol- Program to jump-start this initiative through $150,318 idate and increase the success of an existing the preparation of stream and riparian buf- American oystercatcher business plan and will fer restoration assessments and designs for University of Georgia Research Foundation build upon this approach to facilitate success the Kinsey Run Stream Restoration Project. Southeastern Aquatic Biodiversity Conserva- for the Atlantic Flyway Shorebird Initiative that $50,000 tion Opportunity Analysis (multiple states) has evolved from oystercatcher work to-date. Develop a business plan for a new Southeast- $274,313 Third Sector New England ern Aquatic Biodiversity Conservation Fund Supporting the Visibility and Viability of to help improve stewardship of freshwater Maymont Foundation Community Supported Fisheries and Small- resources in the Southeast. Project will Children’s Farm Water Quality Treatment Plan Scale Fishermen Nationwide (multiple states) synthesize existing conservation plans for the Provide the required nutrient and sedi- Improve LocalCatch.org so that it can region to identify priority geographies and 59 ment reductions through the water quality continue to serve fishermen as the number priority actions, identify additional funding treatment train which was proposed near of direct-marketing arrangements increases. opportunities, and develop a framework the Children’s Farm and Entrance Plaza. The Project will help fishermen gain access to in- for a public-private fund modeled on other treatment train will consider a bioretention formation and technical resources necessary successful initiatives. practice, followed by an infiltration step pool to engage in community supported fisheries $138,692 conveyance system, and ultimately drain to and similar direct-marketing arrangements. a floodplain wetland area. $44,000 University of Virginia $200,000 Conservation Interns and Conservation Town of Kilmarnock Scholars Support – II Northern Virginia Regional Commission Town of Kilmarnock Sediment Reduction Support summer conservation internships Shoreline and Tidal Marsh Restoration and Stream Restoration for University of Virginia (UVA) students at at Leesylvania State Park Restore nearly 1,000 linear feet of badly Virginia conservation organizations. Project Stabilize and protect approximately 800 feet eroded headwater streams using Regen- will also support a graduate-level Conser- of eroding shoreline along the Potomac River erative Stormwater Conveyance step-pool vation Scholar Fellowship for traditionally in Leesylvania State Park with a living shore- designs. In addition to improving physical under-represented groups through UVA’s line. In addition, project will restore .64 acres habitat and reducing immediate risks to infra- Department of Environmental Sciences, and of riparian buffer and create tidal marsh. structure, this restoration effort will annually will host an annual meeting of interns and $174,637 prevent 800 tons of sediment, 700 pounds graduate fellows from other universities of Nitrogen, and 280 pounds of Phosphorus participating in the National Conservation Resources First Foundation from flowing towards the Chesapeake Bay. Scholars Program. Engaging Private Landowners $200,000 $100,000 in Conservation (multiple states) Continue to build and expand the conser- Trout Unlimited Virginia Department of Forestry vation center websites for Colorado, Idaho, A Regional Approach to Conserving the Virginia’s Cooperative Initiative to Restore Texas and Virginia and the Conservation Aquatic Resources of the Potomac and Longleaf Pine Habitat Management Portal; resulting in an Shenandoah Headwaters (VA, WV) Develop, establish and improve longleaf on increase in the adoption of best conservation Accelerate the reduction of sediment and state-owned and protected private lands in management practices that will provide the nutrients entering the Chesapeake Bay via core areas in southeast Virginia. Project will essential ecosystem services of air and water the Potomac and Shenandoah rivers using include outreach and assistance to private purification, nutrient recycling, soil formation a regional approach by increasing both the forest landowners and work to develop and intact habitat for threatened, endan- participation in Farm Bill Conservation Pro- prescribed burning capacity on public and gered or declining species on private lands. grams, and the implementation of riparian private lands. $100,000 and instream restoration practices. $150,000 $403,899 UNITED STATES AND U.S. TERRITORIES $23,919 reservation’s first interpretive trail. Project willalsoincludedevelopment ofthe cultural andenvironmental learningspace. former agricultural ranch of334acres to a as partofamanagement planto convert a wildlife habitat, andhydrologic function, perches to improve water quality, fishand beaver damsupportstructures andhawk Restore riparianvegetation andinstall Indian Reservation Learning OpportunitiesontheColville Building Cultural andEnvironmental of theColvilleReservation Confederated Tribes $15,360 provide forage for sharp-tailed grouse. nesting and brood rearing habitat, as well as covered habitats that offer adequate hiding, in Washington State. Project willresult inre a threatened and culturally significant species and tribalpopulations ofsharp-tailed grouse, Enhance and restore Haley Creek to link state Native Grass and Forb Establishment Haley Creek Sharp-Tailed Grouse Area Colville Confederated Tribes $548,000 decline ofgolden-winged warbler. population levels and work toward halting the ican woodcock and New England cottontail England cottontail. Project will increase Amer woodcock, golden-winged warbler, and New and support restoration efforts forAmerican reduce the decline in young forest habitat fessionals in apublic/private partnership to Engage highly skilled and networked pro Species (multiple states) Enhancing Habitat for Early Successional Wildlife Management Institute $250,897 Trading Program. their market value inVirginia’s Water Quality and values associated nutrient andassess flow, water quality, financial cost, benefits management designandevaluate nutrient Bay Watershed to demonstrate nutrient farm anda900-acre farm intheChesapeake forestry conservation projects at a377-acre combinations. Project willestablish agro forest buffers andotheruplandtree-crop landusesuchasmultifunctionalriparian ry offset water qualitycredits from agroforest that advances nutrient trading ofnon-point tion through apublic-private partnership Accelerate nutrient management innova Bay Watershed Offsets inVirginia’s Region ofthe Chesapeake Production: Agroforestry Nonpoint Nutrient Conservation Credit for Agroforestry and State University Virginia Polytechnic Institute WASHINGTON

------Address critical habitat connectivity needs Coordination inthe Okanogan Valley Focal andPartner Species Monitoring, Community Outreach, Habitat Restoration, Conservation Northwest $25,000 Canal for salmonand steelhead populations. identified to move toward ahealthy Hood high-level priorities that these tools have tion ofmanagement tools andaddress the Advance thedevelopment andimplementa Canal Ecosystem Health Advancing SalmonRecovery andHood Long Live theKings $4,410 Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge. promoting themission ofthe Friends of collaboration amongst stakeholders and the Refuge and itspurpose whilefostering versary. Project willincrease awareness of ness National Wildlife Refuge’s 100th anni educational events celebrating the Dunge Design ayear-long, multi-faceted seriesof Wildlife Refuge Centennial Celebration Dungeness 100:TheDungeness National Wildlife Refuge Friends ofDungeness National $80,000 recreational opportunities. federal landsthat provide educational and munities inlearningaboutshorebirds and shorebirds. Project willengage Latino com use andconservation needsofmigratory Gather data onthemovements, habitat Careers CO, (AK,CA, OR,WA) Engaging Latino Youth inNatural Resource Celebrate Shorebirds (Celebra lasPlayeras): Environment for theAmericas $42,000 ration to drive academic excellence. ship campaigns and salmon habitat resto field investigations, community steward real-world content, outdoor classrooms, education inthecore curriculum, using teachers on fully integrating stormwater replication that coaches secondary-level Create amodel program for regional in MyNeighborhood Stormwater Pollution Solutions EarthCorps $211,550 livestock andhumans. habitats, andreduce wildlife conflicts with space, restore forest healthandwildlife will helpconserve working landsandopen mule deerandsharp-tailed grouse. Project to thelong-term recovery ofCanadalynx, ranges inWashington State, regions vital between theCascade andKettle mountain

------forage fishspawning sites, clam gardens and Salish Peoples placeandresource names, include usingGPS/GISto modeltraditional of Interior lands.Primary activitieswill areas to inform new signage onDepartment stories associated withconservation topic Gather andshare Coast SalishPeoples and Natural Heritage Tribal andIslandYouth to Conserve Cultural Youth Initiative: A Partnership withUrban San JuanIslandNational Historical Park San JuanIslandsNational Monument and Madrona Institute $50,000 killer whalepopulation. prey availability for the Southern resident will result insignificant improvements in Strait ofGeorgia. Resolving thisuncertainty marine waters ofPuget Sound and the steelhead are dying in the combined determine why juvenile Chinook, coho and tional effort involving over 40 entities to Coordinate acomprehensive, interna Project Coordination (WA, Canada) Salish SeaMarineSurvival Project - Long Live theKings $12,000 from cattle encroachment. build fencing to protect newly created habitat logs, block unauthorized stream crossings, and adding instream multi-log structures and single resiliency and enhance instream complexity by and westslope cutthrout trout. Project willadd Goat Creek to benefit bull trout, rainbow trout Restore 0.9milesofinstream critical habitat in for BullTrout andOtherSalmonids Restoration ofGoat Creek Complexity National Forest Foundation $271,710 observer program. as analternative to theon-board human the use of electronic monitoring systems tionalization Program. Project will evaluate in thePacific Coast Groundfish Trawl Ra 32 vessels in order to monitor compliance Implement electronic monitoring onup to West Coast Groundfish OR, Fleet (CA, WA) Integrating Electronic Monitoring into the Midwater Trawlers Cooperative $50,000 state andtribalentities. and opportunities to network with federal, including jobtraining innatural resources meaningful employment opportunities ically-disadvantaged youth withhands-on, private lands.Project willprovide econom outreach onUSDA Forest state Service, and monitoring, stewardship andcommunity Engage 16youth inhabitat restoration, Yakima BasinRestoration Stewards Mid-Columbia FisheriesEnhancement Group $44,750 salmon population monitoring.

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- - Okanogan Land Trust Resources First Foundation Trout Unlimited Working for Wildlife: Local Engaging Landowners in Conservation Columbia Cascade Water Transaction Strategy Habitat Conservation (multiple states) Identify, prioritize and develop water Use agricultural conservation easements in Continue to build state conservation center transactions in the Methow, Entiat, Yakima, the Tunk Valley to preserve migration paths web portals, for The Lone Star Conservation Okanogan, Wenatchee and Snake subbasins and enhance habitat connections for wildlife Connection and The Idaho Conservation Cen- of Washington, with a focus on bringing including lynx, mule deer and sharp-tailed ter, to provide comprehensive in-depth and larger projects closer to completion. grouse. Project will leverage resources and in- region-specific conservation tools for private $204,840 volve collaboration with diverse stakeholders. landowners. Project will also continue to ex- $268,535 pand sage grouse conservation information on Trout Unlimited the Conservation Habitat Management Portal. Okanogan Basin Water Transactions Oregon State University $100,000 Build upon the foundation of developing Seabird Bycatch Outreach to Alaska Longline and negotiating water transactions in the Fisheries (AK, OR, WA) Resources First Foundation Okanogan Basin of Washington. Reach out to fisheries and provide seabird Engaging Private Landowners $75,680 bycatch reduction training sessions at in Conservation (multiple states) targeted ports in an effort to reduce and Continue to expand conservation center web- U.S. Department of Commerce, National maintain seabird bycatch at or below the sites for Colorado, Idaho, Texas and Virginia Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, lowest levels observed. Project will analyze and the Conservation Habitat Management Alaska Fisheries Science Center 20 years of National Oceanic and Atmo- Portal, resulting in an increase in the adop- Assessing the Genetic Structure of Arctic Ice spheric Administration Groundfish Observ- tion of best conservation management prac- Seals (AK, CA, WA) er Program data to identify key sectors tices that will provide the essential ecosystem Conduct a genetic analysis of spatial and needed for outreach. services of air and water purification, nutrient temporal structure of ringed and bearded $153,485 recycling, soil formation and intact habitat for seals on breeding sites in the North Pacific. declining species on private lands. Project will provide useful information for Pacific Northwest Invasive Plant Council $100,000 identifying appropriate conservation and Early Detection/Rapid Response Citizen- management strategies for these species Science Invasive Plant Program (OR, WA) Sea State to avoid future depletion and to promote Train citizen-scientists to identify, document Open-Source Software Platform for sustainable harvest. and eradicate invasive species. Project Shipboard Electronic Monitoring of Fisheries $80,405 will aid in helping to maintain healthy (AK, OR, WA) ecosystems and habitat value throughout Develop a suite of complementary software U.S. Department of Commerce, National designated cooperative weed management applications that will support electronic Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, areas, national forests and parks and other monitoring data acquisition, review, sum- Northwest Fisheries Science Center targeted public lands. marization and archival. Project will create Portfolio Effects in Historic Chinook Hatchery 61 $20,000 an entirely open source and freely available Practices on Prey Availability for Southern software platform that can be adapted to Resident Killer Whales (WA, Canada) Port of Ilwaco the specific needs of any given fishery. Conduct the first synthesis of coastwide Strengthening Resilience of Commercial $235,738 hatchery practices of Chinook salmon, Fisheries in Ilwaco via the Development 1950-present, and identify trends and of a Community Fishing Association Skagit Fisheries Enhancement Group changes in variance that may be used to Assess the feasibility of establishing a Upper Skagit Knotweed and Invasive Weed target particular actions that would result Community Fishing Association in the Port of Control Program in increases in a more robust prey base for Ilwaco. Project will facilitate organizational Implement a strategic approach to controlling killer whales. capacity and help maintain dockside infra- noxious weeds in the Upper Skagit watershed. $117,296 structure and fishing access in the community. $45,000 $49,999 U.S. Department of Commerce, National The Trust for Public Land Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Regents of the University of California – Davis Hood Canal Landscape Conservation Initiative Northwest Fisheries Science Center Developing a Killer Whale Standardized Protect 6,361 acres of priority forest and Understanding Noise Exposure, Sound Health Assessment Protocol and Health riparian habitat in northwest Washington State Use and Subsurface Behavior of Southern Index (CA, OR, WA) to safeguard habitat and provide connectivity Resident Killer Whales Identify indices and establish a standard- for federally threatened fish species, support Investigate fine-scale details of sub-surface ized health assessment for killer whales, the local economy and enhance outdoor acoustic and movement behavior during create a record keeping database that will recreation opportunities. difference activities, especially those be seamless with the National Oceanic and $450,000 predictive of foraging to then determine Atmospheric Administration’s new Marine potential effects of vessel and noise on Mammal Health Map System, and create an Third Sector New England Southern resident killer whale behaviors. individual animal health index. Project tools Supporting the Visibility and Viability of Com- Results will inform adaptive management can be used with Southern resident and munity Supported Fisheries and Small-Scale and mitigation measures needed to reduce reference killer whale populations to assess Fishermen Nationwide (multiple states) sound exposure, vessel impacts, their individual animal and population fitness, Improve LocalCatch.org so that it can effects on killer whale behavior and habitat, identify spatial and temporal stresses, help continue to serve fishermen as the number and evaluate existing regulations. guide research and assist with guidelines for of direct-marketing arrangements increases. $112,000 potential intervention for individual animals. Project will help fishermen gain access to in- $60,000 formation and technical resources necessary to engage in community supported fisheries and similar direct-marketing arrangements. $44,000 UNITED STATES AND U.S. TERRITORIES $100,000 conservation work. specifically women, choosing careers in increase thenumber ofundergraduates, University ofWashington. Project willhelp participating as conservation scholars atthe nificantly increase the numberof students Continue leveraging an existing grant tosig Training Women inConservation Science–II University ofWashington $36,737 tional andoutreach campaign. projects inacohesive, multi-media educa connecting community clean water-based for K-12 andcollege/university students, and outdoor classroom anddemonstration area demonstration projects, developing an of ripariannative plants at several buffer tion prevention. Project willallow planting around cleanwater andstormwater pollu Build anurbaninterpretive trail, themed Bi-State Interpretive Clean Water Trail (ID, WA) University ofIdaho $36,737 dia educational and outreach campaign. water-based projects in acohesive, multi-me students, and connecting community clean stration area for K-12 and college/university oping anoutdoor classroom and demon riparian buffer demonstration projects, devel several demonstration stormwater swale and will allow planting riparian native plantsat point source) pollution prevention. Project around cleanwater and stormwater (non- Build an urban interpretive trail, themed Bi-State Interpretive Clean Water Trail (ID, WA) University ofIdaho $174,934 guide future conservation decisions. monitoring ofseabird project outcomes to seabird species and willprovide cost-effective how to establish new colonies ofthreatened Ocean. Project willdetermine where and for priorityseabird speciesinthePacific developing population viabilityanalysis models Protect threatened seabird speciesby (multiple states) Analysis andOutcomes Monitoring Endangered Seabird Population Viability University ofCalifornia –Santa Cruz $180,000 Basin ecoregion. or seedsourced from solely the Columbia produced using locally collected seed and/ shrubs grow and mature. Seedlings willbe ideal shrub-steppe habitat conditions as understory grassland vegetation to create shrub seedlings inareas with high-quality Planting sagebrush and other native Reach National Monument High-Quality Shrub-Steppe onHanford Restoring, Expanding andConnecting National Wildlife Refuge Complex and Wildlife Mid-ColumbiaRiver Service, U.S. Department oftheInterior, U.S. Fish

------Condition (WA, Canada) Prey Availability andContaminants onBody Whales: Research ontheImpactsofSeasonal Northern andSouthernResident Killer Vancouver AquariumMarine ScienceCentre $46,689 groups, tribesandbusinesses. districts, irrigation districts, community tively withwillinglandowners, conservation the Okanogan Basin.WWT works collabora transactions, focused onsalmon recovery in Identify, develop andimplement water Acquisitions Columbia Water Transactions Program Washington Water Trust $181,052 nesses. irrigators, conservation districts and busi landowners, community groups, tribes, basins. Project team willwork withwilling in theWenatchee, Methow and Yakima transactions, focused on salmon recovery Identify, develop and implement water – General Acquisitions Columbia BasinWater Transactions Program Washington Water Trust $30,000 linkage corridor. grouse andmuledeerwithintheOkanogan pendent ecosystem, to benefit sharp-tailed Carter Mountain Wildlife Area, afire-de Restore shrub-steppe habitat withinthe Improvement Carter Mountain Wildlife Area Habitat Washington Department ofFishandWildlife $13,6814 Management Partnership. Trout Unlimited and Walla Walla Watershed acquisitions by Washington Water Trust, coordination and management of water right Assist in the selection, assessment, Acquisition Program Washington State Water Rights Washington Department ofEcology $75,444 Transactions Program. Basin aspartoftheColumbiaWater the Washington portionofthe Walla Walla Implement water rights transactions in Watershed Management Partnership Management Partnership Walla Walla Watershed $250,000 relation to prey abundance. intra-annual variations inbody condition in photogrammetry to determine annual and killer whalebody condition using aerial ton State. Themulti-year study willassess Columbia, Vancouver Island and Washing whales offthe coasts ofsouthern British on Northern and Southern resident killer out aconservation-focusedCarry study

- - - - $104,181 250,000 acres ofpubliclymanaged lands. mendations for monarch conservation on ment practices anddisseminate recom milkweed. Project willdevelop best manage on thedistribution andmanagement of practices andaddressing information gaps flies by accounting forcurrent management the western population ofmonarch butter plement conservation practices that benefit Build capacity of public land managers to im the Western U.S. (multiple states) Monarchs andMilkweed inPublicLandsof Best Management Practices to Sustain Filling Information Gaps andDeveloping Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation $54,125 recovery funding in future years. financial assistance requests for salmon which can be used to support EQIP landowners in targeted sub-watersheds listGenerate ofprioritized a“backlog” Conservation Service for Salmon Recovery Technical Assistance to Natural Resources Washington Water Trust $81,500 treatment plant. by treated effluent from alocal waste water Irrigation for the nursery willbe provided cies for local green infrastructure projects. into aplant nursery to cultivate native spe Transform brownfield an impervious site Branching InNative Nursery and Development Council Eastern Panhandle Planning $31,633 states of West Virginia, and Maryland Virginia. C&O Canal towpath, whichextends into the Beautify, remove vegetation and maintain the C&O CanalTowpath Cleanup(MD, VA, WV) Citizens Conservation Corps of West Virginia $200,000 projects, transition to grazing systems. ment riparian buffer and wetland restoration farmers install stream exclusion fencing, imple and enhance wildlife habitat. Project willhelp ity, increase productivity of farming operations management practices to improve water qual Work with farmers to adopt agricultural best (MD, WV) Upper Potomac Farm Stewardship Program Chesapeake Bay Foundation $49,549 points ontheCacapon River. projects. Project willincludetwo boat access the designoffour green infrastructure pilot opportunities in Wardensville, including Evaluate andprioritize green infrastructure Infrastructure Assessment andPilotProject Wardensville CommunityGreen Biohabitats WEST VIRGINIA

------Friends of the 500th Bad River Watershed Association Minnesota Landscape Arboretum Foundation Endangered Cheat Mountain Fish Passage Barrier Removal and Sedimen- On the Frontlines of Conservation: Salamander Overpass tation Control in the Bad River Watershed Citizen-Scientists Restore Pollinator Habitat Construct a boardwalk to protect the Replace five road–stream crossings to (MN, ND, SD) endangered Cheat Mountain salamander by enhance habitat for native brook trout Provide education to and engage with a allowing them to safely under. The boardwalk and other aquatic organisms. Project will wide range of people and communities in will also be used for educational activities, reconnect more than 19 miles of upstream creating needed habitat for pollinators. as well as for monitoring the boardwalk for habitat and reduce sediment inputs by 68 Project will focus on preserving, protecting Cheat Mountain salamander activity. tons per year. and propagating two species of native flow- $7,650 $229,160 ering plants: milkweed and prairie clovers. $51,352 Trout Unlimited Ducks Unlimited A Regional Approach to Conserving the Northern Pike and Waterfowl Habitat National Wildlife Federation Aquatic Resources of the Potomac and Enhancement in Sensiba Marsh Launching Monarch Butterfly Recovery in Shenandoah Headwaters (VA, WV) Repair a failing dike to enhance the hydrol- the Central Flyway Through Urban Outreach Accelerate the reduction of sediment and ogy and habitat structure of the Suamico (multiple states) nutrients entering the Chesapeake Bay via River Area Coastal Wetland. Repairs will Build capacity within cities and towns in the the Potomac and Shenandoah rivers using allow sustainable and efficient water-level central flyway to take appropriate, effective a regional approach by increasing both the management, enriching the wetland’s action on behalf of monarchs. Project will participation in Farm Bill Conservation ecological value by decreasing monotypic support outreach efforts in hundreds of Programs, and the implementation of riparian invasive species and allowing northern pike cities, towns, schools and school districts, as and instream restoration practices. and other fish access to spawning areas. well as garden clubs, nurseries and the Na- $403,899 $163,279 tional Wildlife Federation’s National Pollinator Garden Network. Trout Unlimited Friends of Horicon National Wildlife Refuge $100,000 Eastern Brook Trout Range-Wide Building an Innovative Nature Exploration Conservation Portfolio and Focal Area Risk Area at Horicon National Wildlife Refuge Ozaukee County, Wisconsin and Opportunity Analysis (multiple states) Enhance visitor experiences for children Restoring Aquatic Connectivity on Mineral Conduct a broad-scale assessment of exist- and families with the installation of Springs Creek ing Eastern brook trout diversity compared innovative exploration areas along a new Remove two passage barriers along Mineral to historical levels to set strategic goals, visitor center trail. Project will provide Springs Creek to restore the aquatic connec- identify conservation needs, and identify risk children with hands-on experiences and tion between Lake Michigan and one mile to a changing climate. Project will develop help them develop an awareness and of stream and wetland habitat. Project will fine-scale assessments of priorities within passion for the natural world. improve instream and riparian habitat and four current focal areas while integrating $10,000 allow northern pike and other Lake Michigan 63 societal benefits, ecosystem services, and fish to access to high-quality upstream potential conservation gains. Friends of Trempealeau Refuge spawning habitat. $150,318 Constructing a Natural Playscape $185,000 Outdoor Classroom at Trempealeau Wildlife Management Institute National Wildlife Refuge The Board of Trustees of the University Enhancing Habitat for Early Successional Construct a natural playscape to extend and of Illinois Species (multiple states) compliment the outdoor learning experi- Collaborative, Industry-Driven Monarch Engage highly skilled and networked ence. Project will increase imagination and Conservation Strategy Targeting Critical professionals in a public/private partnership learning by stimulating curiosity, creativity Landscape Categories in the Upper to reduce the decline in young forest habitat and discovery of visitors to the refuge. Restoration Corridor (multiple states) and support restoration efforts for American $10,000 Mobilize monarch conservation across the woodcock, golden-winged warbler, and New public and private sectors in the Upper England cottontail. Project will increase Great Lakes Community Conservation Corps Midwest through the Rights-of-Way at Hab- American woodcock and New England cotton- Bureau of Land Management itat Working Group, related partnerships tail population levels and work toward halting Island Restoration Initiative and targeted outreach. These activities will the decline of golden-winged warbler. Recruit urban, minority youth from promote habitat restoration by utilities, $548,000 high-poverty neighborhoods in the cities transportation authorities, and other inter- of Milwaukee and Racine to serve in ested organizations by primarily focusing 20 Corps member positions designated on opportunities to utilize rights-of-way WISCONSIN as next-generation conservationists. and other working landscapes to support American Bird Conservancy Participants will work over 18 months to monarch conservation. Creating Early Successional Forest to Maximize improve access to and maintain 10 acres $75,000 Forest Productivity for Wildlife (MI, MN, WI) collectively within the native ecosystem of Plan and create early successional forest on Bureau of Land Management islands in the Trout Unlimited public and private lands in Minnesota and Milwaukee River and nearby inland lakes. Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest Wisconsin that meets the habitat needs of $20,000 Coldwater Habitat Reconnection the golden-winged warbler, American wood- Replace seven culverts to improve aquatic cock and over 50 other species of conserva- habitat connectivity on and adjacent to the tion concern. Project will contact more than Nicolet National Forest. Project will recon- 600 private landowners to create over 1,000 nect 30 stream miles to improve passage by acres of habitat and establish plans for 3,000 brook trout and other aquatic organisms. acres within golden-winged warbler and $275,000 American woodcock focal areas. $399,907 UNITED STATES AND U.S. TERRITORIES $75,000 the creation ofasustainable trail network. accumulated trail damage and work toward centennialService in2016. Project willreverse most popular destination, for the National Park visitor complex at Jenny Lake, Grand Teton’s Restore trails, bridges, key destinations a and Lake 2015Backcountry Restoration Inspiring Journeys: AnInitiative forJenny Grand Teton National Park Foundation $248,865 acres ofprioritygrasslands. species. Project willtarget up to 142,000 lands for at least ten declining orat-risk bird will result in habitat conservation onprivate tainable management practices for grasslands Conservation programs Service where sus planning and enrolling in Natural Resources Continue to assist landowners in conservation Management (MT, ND, SD, WY) Implementing HighlyProductive Grassland American Bird Conservancy $548,000 the decline ofgolden-winged warbler. tail population levels and work toward halting American woodcock and New England cotton England cottontail. Project willincrease woodcock, golden-winged warbler, and New and support restoration efforts forAmerican to reduce the decline in young forest habitat professionals in apublic/private partnership Engage highly skilled and networked Species (multiple states) Enhancing Habitat for Early Successional Wildlife Management Institute $27,100 northern endofthearboretum. which hasalready beendetected onthe are ashandvulnerable to emerald ashborer, chest height inthe38-acre arboretum that greater than10centimeters indiameter at address thethreats of40percent oftrees Wisconsin plant communities. Project will tum asanurbanoasiswithdiverse native ported strategy for maintaining thearbore Plan, acost-effective and community-sup Implement theStrategic UrbanForestry Centennial Arboretum Forestry PlanintheMilwaukee Rotary Implementation oftheStrategic Urban Urban Ecology Center $75,000 using environmental DNAtechniques. will survey 30lakes for aquatic invasive species Peninsula and in northern Wisconsin. Project management areas inMichigan’s Upper tional boundaries offive cooperative weed education and management across jurisdic Expand collaboration around invasive species Sustainability (MI,WI) Upper Peninsula Invasives Council:Building and Development Council Upper Peninsula Resource Conservation WYOMING

- - - - - landowners to implement best management Increase infrastructure whichwillallow and Management Shirley BasinHabitat Enhancement Medicine Bow Conservation District $168,106 grassland bird species. verse negative population trends ofat-risk acres ofmixed grass habitat and help re funding to enhance more than 10,000 easements. Project willleverage partner agement and enrollment in conservation include practices such asgrazing man in habitat enhancement projects that Increase landowners’ interest in enrolling Great Plains(MT, ND, SD, WY) At-Risk Bird Conservation intheNorthern Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory $100,000 gered ordeclining specieson private lands. and intact habitat for threatened, endan purification, nutrient recycling, soil formation essential ecosystem ofairand services water management practices that will provide the increase intheadoption ofbest conservation Habitat Management Portal; resulting inan Texas and Virginia and the Conservation vation center websites for Colorado, Idaho, Continue to build and expand the conser in Conservation (multiple states) Engaging Private Landowners Resources First Foundation $100,000 Management Portal. information ontheConservation Habitat tinue to expand sage grouse conservation private landowners. Project willalsocon and region-specific conservation tools for Center, to provide comprehensive in-depth Connection andTheIdahoConservation web portals, for TheLoneStar Conservation Continue to build state conservation center (multiple states) Engaging Landowners inConservation Resources First Foundation $50,000 members oftheircrew andcommunity. practice skills to beleaders and contributing about local landsandcultural traditions, and develop conservation work skills,learn Corps positions. Service Project will through paid 21st Century Conservation Engage 20Native youths, ages 16-25, Corps Partnership Montana andWyoming Tribal Montana Conservation Corps $60,000 agricultural production. hawk andswift fox, whilemaintaining species suchassage-grouse, ferrugious healthy anddiverse landscape for critical Bow, Wyoming. Project willpromote a practices ontwo ranches nearMedicine

- - - - - $11,500 are over 12,000years old. rock arttradition, and the oldest panels petroglyphs belong to the Early Hunting petroglyphs and their cultural context. The interpret the Whoopup Canyon ACEC for public educational guided tours that conservation work along the routes used Assist BLMto complete maintenance and Whoop UpACEC University ofWyoming $100,000 fisheries field. explore potential career options in the the fisheriesand aquatic habitat field and and adiverse conservation experience in provide an eight-week, paid internship with American FisheriesSociety, BLMwill of Land Management (BLM).Working U.S. Department ofthe Interior’s Bureau the summer 2015at 13field officesof the Host 20high schoolstudent interns during (multiple states) Rearing theNext FisheriesCohort Bureau ofLandManagement U.S. Department oftheInterior, $350,000 in thewild. ness oftools used to protect both species ret and itsprey, and evaluate the effective sylvatic plague, expand habitat for the fer Plains. Project willmitigate theimpactsof dog habitat within the Northern Great black-footed ferret and black-tailed prairie Improve thestatus oftheendangered Northern Great Plains(MT, SD, WY, Canada) Black-FootedConserving Ferrets inthe World Wildlife Fund $6,000 damage dueto runoffanduse. experience andareduction of resource to enhancepublicsafety, arenewed visitor Bridge andScab Creek Trails. Project willaim for 14milesofmaintenance ontheWarren Employ four AmeriCorps crew members Warren Bridge andScab Creek Trails Conservation Corps Utah State University/Utah $6,000 values for thissite. public lands,recreational andaesthetic ments. Project willrestore 320acres of dump cleanupandcampground enhance Employ four AmeriCorps crew members for Enhancements Dump Clean-UpandCampsite Conservation Corps Utah State University/Utah

- - - Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation GUAM Sociedad Ambiente Marino Filling Information Gaps and Developing Actual Status of Endangered Species University of California – Santa Cruz Best Management Practices to Sustain Act-Listed Elkhorn Coral, Staghorn Coral Endangered Seabird Population Viability Monarchs and Milkweed in Public Lands of and Star Corals Across the Northeast Analysis and Outcomes Monitoring the Western U.S. (multiple states) Reserves and Culebra Island (multiple states) Build capacity of public land managers to im- Support a quantitative characterization of Protect threatened seabird species by devel- plement conservation practices that benefit remnant populations of imperiled corals oping population viability analysis models for the western population of monarch butter- from six localities across the Northeast priority seabird species in the Pacific Ocean. flies by accounting for current management Reserves and Culebra Island. Project will Project will determine where and how to practices and addressing information gaps advance knowledge and will help fill critical establish new colonies of threatened seabird on the distribution and management of information gaps about five of the seven species and will provide cost-effective mon- milkweed. Project will develop best manage- Endangered Species Act-listed species itoring of seabird project outcomes to guide ment practices and disseminate recom- across the U.S. Caribbean. future conservation decisions. mendations for monarch conservation on $74,984 $174,934 250,000 acres of publicly managed lands. $104,181 Villanova University NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS A Toolkit for Managing River Inputs to Coral Reefs U.S. TERRITORIES University of California – Santa Cruz Create a cost-effective, transferrable and Endangered Seabird Population Viability easy-to-use toolkit consisting of models AMERICAN SAMOA Analysis and Outcomes Monitoring and a management guide that will support (multiple states) American Samoa Department watershed management. Project will use a Protect threatened seabird species by of Marine and Wildlife Resources multi-tiered sequential approach combining developing population viability analysis mod- Rain Garden Installations for the Priority analyses of instantaneous water quality and els for priority seabird species in the Pacific Watersheds of American Samoa coral health, riparian buffer efficacy, and the Ocean. Project will determine where and Engage local communities to install rain record of historic land use in coral and sedi- how to establish new colonies of threatened gardens in four priority watersheds on the ment cores to identify land-based sources of seabird species and will provide cost-effec- islands of Tutuila and Aunu’u. Project will re- pollution and to reduce specific acute and/ tive monitoring of seabird project outcomes duce land-based sources of pollution to coral or chronic stressors on coral reefs in the to guide future conservation decisions. reefs while improving surface water quality. Guánica watershed. $174,934 $44,310 $125,454

Conservation Metrics PUERTO RICO VIRGIN ISLANDS Acoustic Monitoring of Seabirds Manomet on Ta’u Island – II Horsley Witten Group 65 American Oystercatcher Conservation Analyze acoustic data collected in the Stabilization of Green Cay Gut to Significantly and Decision-Making Tools for Shorebird National Park of American Samoa on Ta‘u Reduce Sediment Loadings to St. Croix East Conservation (multiple states) Island to describe acoustic activity of four End Marine Park and Chenay Bay – VI Contribute directly to goal of increasing seabird species thought to breed within the Coordinate a multi-agency effort to implement the population size of American oyster- park. Project will document the diversity of a stream restoration project to stabilize an catchers coastwide within the United species breeding in the park and compare actively eroding headcut on the East End of States by 30 percent by 2019 and to in- rates of activity across the eight survey sites. St. Croix that was identified as a significant crease shorebird populations throughout $24,080 contributor of sediment to the East End the Atlantic Flyway by 10 percent within Marine Park. Project will involve obtaining the 10 years. Project will consolidate and in- San Diego State University necessary permits, securing additional funding crease the success of an existing American Research Foundation and overseeing construction activities. oystercatcher business plan and will build Capacity Building for On-Island Impact $131,400 upon this approach to facilitate success Assessment of Sediment Load Reduction for the Atlantic Flyway Shorebird Initiative in Faga’alu Watershed that has evolved from oystercatcher work Build capacity for sediment load reduction to-date. monitoring in the Faga’alu watershed. Proj- $274,313 ect will provide an assessment of the impact of mitigation activities recently completed to Protectores de Cuencas address run-off from an active quarry. Reduction and Control of Sediment-Laden $45,262 Runoff at Playa Jaboncillo, Guánica Implement sediment control practices University of California – Santa Cruz in Guánica, Puerto Rico to reduce runoff Endangered Seabird Population Viability to coral reefs from a public beach park. Analysis and Outcomes Monitoring Project will result in several restoration (multiple states) projects that will reduce beach contam- Protect threatened seabird species by devel- ination and improve capacity of local oping population viability analysis models for managers to provide maintenance and priority seabird species in the Pacific Ocean. sustain outcomes. Project will determine where and how to $77,986 establish new colonies of threatened seabird species and will provide cost-effective mon- itoring of seabird project outcomes to guide future conservation decisions. $174,934 UNITED STATES AND U.S. TERRITORIES FISCAL YEAR 2015 YEAR FISCAL CONSERVATION INVESTMENTS UNITED STATES AND INTERNATIONAL ASIA, INDIA AND THE PACIFIC PT Pet Norton Consulting International Alberta Wilderness Association Indonesia In-Country Services for National Healthy Silver Sagebrush and Resilient Conservation International Foundation Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Ranching in Alberta Spreading the Reach of Community-Based Provide in-country coordination services to Develop and implement ranch planning and Coral Reef Management in Milne Bay, Papua facilitate the National Oceanic and Atmo- document oral history of ecosystem changes New Guinea spheric Administration’s partnership with and management approaches on ranches. Develop and deliver efficient approaches USAID and the Indonesia Ministry of Marine Project will lead to restored/maintained habitat for coral reef conservation and fisheries Affairs to build capacity for MPA manage- for at-risk species to meet recovery needs, and management with scientifically valid, ment and fisheries management. positive working relationships between conser- easy-to-use guidance. Project will create $84,600 vation organizations and local communities with and distribute management guidance tools respect to habitat protection and endangered designed for community-use to enable them University of California – Santa Cruz species recovery. to make informed decisions about their Endangered Seabird Population Viability $25,000 marine resources and initiate cost-effective Analysis and Outcomes Monitoring management actions. (multiple) Great Lakes Fishery Commission $49,650 Protect threatened seabird species by Strategic Coordination of an Aquatic Habitat developing spatially explicit population Connectivity Collaborative (MI, Canada) Conservation International Foundation viability analysis models for priority seabird Provide strategic coordination to the Great Strengthening Community-Based Coral Reef species in the Pacific. Project will deter- Lakes Region Aquatic Habitat Connectivity Management in the Solomon Islands mine where and how to establish new Collaborative. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Disseminate newly available guidance for colonies of threatened seabird species and Service will provide technical coordination. communities to engage in marine area will provide cost-effective monitoring of $60,000 management in the Solomon Islands. seabird project outcomes to guide future Project will empower communities to make conservation decisions. Long Live the Kings informed marine management decisions to $174,934 Salish Sea Marine Survival Project strengthen the health and resiliency of their Coordination (WA, Canada) coral reef ecosystems and resources. Wildlife Conservation Society Coordinate the Salish Sea Marine Survival $49,687 Building Provincial and Community Capacity Project: a comprehensive, international effort for Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries Man- involving over 40 entities to determine why Indonesia Locally Managed Marine agement in New Ireland, Papua New Guinea juvenile Chinook, coho and steelhead are Area Foundation Continue and extend efforts to build dying in the combined marine waters of Puget Expanding the Delivery of Coral Reef provincial and community capacity for Sound and the Strait of Georgia. Resolving this Conservation Support in Eastern Indonesia sustainable small-scale fisheries manage- uncertainty, especially for stocks such as Fraser Provide coral reef conservation outreach ment in New Ireland Province, Papua New River Chinook, Puget Sound Chinook, and to and management support to over 100 com- Guinea. Project will improve awareness some extent, steelhead, will result in signifi- 67 munities in Eastern Indonesia. Project will and appreciation among stakeholders for cant improvements in prey availability for the create a sustainable approach to reaching fisheries management strategies, improve Southern resident killer whale population. a broader number of communities that are capacity of stakeholders to co-manage their $50,000 interested in engaging in local management. marine resources, and, ultimately, improve $41,000 fisheries yield. Long Point World Biosphere $74,994 Reserve Foundation Marine Applied Research Restoring Hydraulic Connectivity Between Integrating Resiliency Information into Coral Zoological Society of London Long Point Bay and Big Creek Marsh Reef Management Planning in Pohnpei Helping Conserve Tigers in the Dangku Restore hydraulic connections between the (Micronesia) Landscape, Indonesia Long Point Bay and the Big Creek Marsh, Inform the protected area planning process Improve law enforcement activities across the a significant Great Lakes coastal wetland. in Pohnpei by integrating information on Dangku Landscape through the use of a spatial Project will restore water circulation and silt historic and projected future exposure to monitoring and reporting tool and conduct re- dispersion, allow storm surges from the bay climate disturbances with the recent resilience search into tiger populations and movements into the marsh, improve hundreds of hect- assessments. Project will combine information across the landscape using camera trapping ares of fish spawning habitat, and provide on exposure to climate disturbances with and GPS-tracking of individual tigers. safe passage for amphibians and reptiles. resilience potential to help managers and con- $175,000 $200,000 servationists in Pohnpei to assess vulnerability and preferentially protect sites with lower Manomet relative vulnerability. CANADA American Oystercatcher Conservation $50,000 Alberta Conservation Association and Decision-Making Tools for Shorebird Restoring Connectivity for Pronghorn in the Conservation (multiple) Philippine Tropical Forest Northern Steppe in Montana and Alberta Contribute directly to goal of increasing the Conservation Foundation Implement a project in the northern population size of American oystercatchers Philippines In-Country Coordination Services sagebrush-steppe in northern Montana and coastwide within the United States by 30 Coordinate in-country services to support southern Canada that serves as the ter- percent by 2019 and to increase shorebird the National Oceanic and Atmospheric minus of the pronghorn range and where populations throughout the Atlantic Flyway by Administration-USAID partnership efforts in populations of pronghorn have difficulty 10 percent within 10 years. Project will consol- the Philippines that strengthen the gover- negotiating barbed wire fences. Project will idate and increase the success of an existing nance and resilience of coastal ecosystems provide insights into which fence modifica- American oystercatcher business plan and will and fisheries. tions allow for the most successful move- build upon this approach to facilitate success $31,850 ments by pronghorn and costs associated for the Atlantic Flyway Shorebird Initiative that with those modifications. has evolved from oystercatcher work to-date. $199,070 $274,313 UNITED STATES AND INTERNATIONAL $250,000 to the abundance ofprey. al variations in body condition in vary relation der to determine how annual and intra-annu condition usingaerial photogrammetry in or multi-year study willassesskillerwhale body Vancouver Island and Washington State. The off the coasts ofsouthern British Columbia, Northern and Southern resident killerwhales outaconservation-focusedCarry study on Condition (WA, Canada) Prey Availability andContaminants onBody Whales: Research ontheImpactsofSeasonal Northern andSouthernResident Killer Vancouver AquariumMarine ScienceCentre $44,000 direct marketing arrangements. in community supported fisheriesand similar and technical resources to necessary engage help fishermen gain access to the information keting arrangements increases. Project will serve fishermen asthe number ofdirect-mar managed more efficiently and continue to Improve LocalCatch.org sothat itcan be (multiple) Small-Scale FishermenNationwide of CommunitySupported Fisheriesand Supporting theVisibilityandViability Third Sector New England $75,401 will gather data onbarriers to fishpassage. tablish accurate river herringruncounts and labor-intensive monitoring techniques to es Project willestablish more robust andless river herringacross theMilltown Dam. Improve monitoring andpassage ofalewife in the St.Croix River of FishLadders for River HerringPassage Improving the Operating Efficiency Passamaquoddy Tribe, Pleasant Point $117,296 in amore robust prey base for killerwhales. ticular actions that would result in increases es in variance that may be usedto target par 1950-present, and identify trends and chang hatchery practices ofChinook salmon, Conduct the first synthesis of coastwide Resident Killer Whales (WA, Canada) Practices onPrey Availability for Southern Portfolio Effects inHistoric Chinook Hatchery Northwest FisheriesScienceCenter Oceanic andAtmospheric Administration, U.S. Department ofCommerce, National $55,043 the grasslands. existing planswritten foradjacent regionsin tivity priorities. Project will complement the restoration/conservation sites and connec plan that allows for identification ofpriority ed Natural Area Conservation Plansinto one Merge andexpand two existing butoutdat Pastures inSaskatchewan Investing inPlanningandCommunity Nature Conservancy ofCanada

------black-footed ferret and black-tailed prairie Improve thestatus ofthe endangered Northern Great Plains(MT, SD, WY, Canada) Black-FootedConserving Ferrets inthe World Wildlife Fund $12,000 of eradicating rats. elucidate theshortandlonger term impacts will monitor seabirds andotherwildlife to an important bird area, rodent-free. Project National Trust to help keep theDogIsland, Strengthen thecapacity oftheAnguilla LesserAntillesMonitoring, Dog IslandRestoration: Post-Eradication Fauna andFlora International $162,869 Reserve andneighboringHaiti. the Jaragua-Bahoruco-Enriquillo Biosphere biodiversity conservation initiatives within tion aspartofa comprehensive portfolio of Hispaniolan black-capped petrel conserva Jaragua can sustain afullleadership role in ager willincrease capacity suchthat Grupo go, Dominican Republic. Theproject man support aproject manager inSanto Domin Work withGrupoJaragua to develop and to Conserve theBlack-Capped Petrel Building CapacityintheCaribbean BirdLife International $19,000 to effective enforcement. marcation that are actingasanimpediment the Caribbeanandfill gaps de inboundary priority capacity buildingneedsidentified in and maintenance. Project willaddress high construction ofdemarcation buoys, signage countries andfive priorityareas in the Train management field staff from three St. Lucia,Vincent andGrenadines) MarineProtectedCaribbean Areas (Bahamas, Demarcation oftheBoundariesFive Priority Bahamas National Trust $286,542 shearwater and other seabird species. mal-proof fence to protect pink-footed restoration and construction ofameso-mam of other threats. Project willuse vegetation of habitat loss,fisheries bycatch and a range islands and at seaby reducing the impacts Protect priorityseabirds on their breeding Eliminating Threats to PrioritySeabirds –VI American Bird Conservancy $350,000 used to protect both species in the wild. prey, and evaluate the effectiveness of tools plague, expand habitat for the ferret and its Project willmitigate the impacts of sylvatic dog habitat within the Northern Great Plains. THE CARIBBEAN LATIN AMERICA AND

- - - - - Build uponprevious National Oceanicand Caribbean MPA Partnership Gulf andCaribbeanFisheriesInstitute $69,000 management to prepare new laws. educating local communities and workwith protective measures for seaturtles by assessment. Project willbeginto develop on hotspotsidentified ina country-wide Analyze bycatch mitigation needsbased (Haiti) –II Hawksbill SeaTurtle Bycatch Assessment de laBiodiversite Marine(FoProBiM) Fondation pourlaProtection $102,310 nesting beach monitoring data. for standardized bycatch assessments and veloped regional information sharing platform Network. Project outcomes willinclude ade the Eastern Pacific Leatherback Conservation cific leatherback conservation actions through Strengthen regional integration ofeastern Pa Leatherback Conservation (multiple) Strengthening Regional Eastern Pacific Fauna andFlora International $32,500 enforcement needs. and include asite-specific assessment of enforcement, reinforce best practices strengthen local agency partnerships for in two countries/territories. Project will management and coral reef conservation and build capacity for more effective three Caribbean marineprotected areas Deliver tailored enforcement training for Saint Lucia Reef Management intheBahamasand Enhancing Enforcement Capacityfor Coral MPA Enforcement International $274,313 has evolved from oystercatcher work to-date. for the Atlantic Flyway Shorebird Initiative that build upon this approach to facilitate success American oystercatcher business plan and will idate and increase the successofanexisting 10 percent within 10years. Project willconsol populations throughout the Atlantic Flywayby percent by 2019and to increase shorebird coastwide within the United States by 30 population size ofAmerican oystercatchers Contribute directly to goal ofincreasing the Conservation (multiple) and Decision-MakingTools for Shorebird American Oystercatcher Conservation Manomet $117,000 logistical supportandproject coordination. will includewebsite maintenance, travel management planning.Additionalactivities monitoring, enforcement, SocMon,and desired follow-up onsustainable financing, priority CaribbeanMPAs. Project willaddress to-peer capacity buildingactivitieswith Atmospheric Administration fundedpeer-

- - - National Audubon Society California Institute of Advancing Flyway Conservation of American Environmental Studies Oystercatchers (multiple) Conservation Action Plan for the Ashy Address the most serious threats to American Storm-Petrel (CA, Mexico) oystercatcher nesting populations. Project will Develop an ashy storm petrel conservation minimize harmful disturbances, reduce the plan that will address primary threats and impact of predators, and engage Audubon’s best practices to eliminate or mitigate extensive network of chapters to conduct work threats to the species. Project will provide that will directly benefit oystercatchers. a framework for conservation of ashy storm $249,669 petrel that will guide conservation and fund- raising activities and obtain commitment The Ocean Foundation from stakeholders to lead conservation and Poaching and Bycatch Reduction to Recover monitoring activities. Eastern Pacific Hawksbill Turtles in El Salvador $49,500 and Nicaragua Improve Eastern Pacific hawksbill popula- Fauna & Flora International tions through bycatch reduction and nesting Strengthening Regional Eastern Pacific beach protection. Project will protect hawks- Leatherback Conservation (multiple) bill nests and maximize hatchling recruit- Strengthen regional integration of eastern ment at Bahia Jiquilisco, a major nesting site Pacific leatherback conservation actions for hawksbills in the eastern Pacific. Project through the Eastern Pacific Leatherback will reduce bycatch in artisanal lobster gill- Conservation Network. Project outcomes net fisheries in El Salvador and Nicaragua. will include a developed regional infor- $149,944 mation sharing platform for standardized bycatch assessments and nesting beach University of California – Santa Cruz monitoring data. Endangered Seabird Population Viability $102,310 Analysis and Outcomes Monitoring (multiple) Fondo Mexicano para la Conservación Protect threatened seabird species by de- de la Naturaleza veloping spatially explicit population viability Seabird Restoration on Baja California analysis models for priority seabird species in Pacific Islands, Mexico – II the Pacific. Project will determine where and Complete seabird restoration actions how to establish new colonies of threatened for Cassin’s auklet, Brandt’s cormorant, seabird species and will provide cost-effective double-crested cormorant, California brown 69 monitoring of seabird project outcomes to pelican, ashy storm petrel, and Scripps’s sur- guide future conservation decisions. relet on seven Baja California Pacific islands $174,934 in Mexico. Restoration activities will occur on Coronado, Todos Santos, San Martín, San Jeronimo, Natividad, Asunción and San OTHER INTERNATIONAL Roque Islands. The Nature Conservancy $765,036 Build Coral Reef Resource Practitioner Skills, Knowledge and Comfort with Tools Used to Grupo de Ecologia y Conservacion Implement Coastal Ecosystem Adaptation de Islas, A.C. Strategies in the Western Indian Ocean Seabird Conservation on Guadalupe Island, Design and provide participatory, hands-on México – II training on tools to help coral reef managers Monitor and protect seabird populations from at least eight countries in the Western on Guadalupe Island. Project will increase Indian Ocean region to build management available breeding sites on the island by capacity. Project will train up to 25 managers employing techniques to encourage seabirds as pilot to be sustained with support from to nest in places that are free from feral cats. the Reef Resilience Network. Project will also incorporate environmental $30,000 education related to the minimization of reintroduced feral cats on the island. $400,000 MEXICO American Bird Conservancy Protecting Townsend’s Shearwaters on Isla Socorro, Mexico – IV Restore the sole breeding habitat for the Townsend’s shearwater and other endan- gered species on Isla Socorro, Mexico by removing non-native sheep and cats. Project will monitor nesting activities of the critically endangered Townsend’s shearwater and other native and threatened wildlife to de- termine their response to cat removal. $249,061 UNITED STATES AND INTERNATIONAL awarded approximately million $400 to projects in Gulf States. plea agreements. Since inception its in 2013, NFWF has during Fiscal Year 2015 in accordance with the terms of the following projects under the Gulf Environmental Benefit Fund and administer these funds. Funding was committed to the established the Gulf Environmental Benefit Fund to receive resources injured as aresult of the spill. NFWF has designated to fund projects benefitting Gulf Coast natural to make certain monetary payments to NFWF that are those cases require BP and Transocean, among other things, criminal violations of federal law.The plea agreements in Inc. and Transocean Deepwater, Inc. each pled guilty to spill in the Gulf of Mexico, BP Exploration and Production, In the wake of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil FISCAL YEAR 2015 YEAR COMMITMENTS FISCAL PROJECT GULF ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFIT FUND ALABAMA Multifaceted Fisheries and Ecosystem Destin Harbor, Joe’s Bayou, and Indian Monitoring in Alabama’s Marine Waters Bayou Water Quality Improvement Alabama Barrier Island Alabama Department of Conservation and City of Destin Restoration Assessment Natural Resources, Marine Resources Division Restore and maintain the ecological integrity U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District Monitor recreationally and commercially of Joe’s Bayou, Indian Bayou, and Destin Develop a science-based feasibility study of important reef and estuarine species in Harbor in southwestern portion of Choc- Dauphin Island to effectively evaluate the waters of interest to Alabama through tawhatchee Bay through the accelerated costs and benefits associated with a variety fishery-independent (trawls, bottom long implementation of the final six projects of restoration activities and alternatives. The lines, vertical lines) and fishery-dependent identified in the City of Destin’s Master study will include modeling the island to eval- surveys (recreational red snapper harvest, Stormwater Management Plan. The projects uate options for the beneficial use of dredged commercial blue crab harvest rates). Data will result in greatly improved benthic habitat material and other sand placement activities; will be used to improve ecosystem-based quality, increased biological diversity and and the most resilient and sustainable management capabilities, assess the recovery productivity, and improved water quality to restoration activities to ensure the long-term of reef fish stocks in association with other assist seagrass recovery in the Bay. ecological functioning of the barrier island. fisheries restoration efforts, and improve and $3,593,600 $4,197,600 expand single-species stock assessments for managed fish species. The project also will Enhanced Assessment of Gulf of Mexico Alabama Marine Mammal Conservation incorporate habitat characterization through Fisheries – Phase II and Recovery Program side-scanning sonar, water-quality monitoring Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Com- Marine Environmental Sciences Consortium and acoustic tracking of tagged fish species. mission, Fish and Wildlife Research Institute /Dauphin Island Sea Lab $1,800,000 Improve marine fisheries data collection Support marine mammal recovery and for enhancement of stock assessments and conservation in the northern Gulf of Mexico fisheries management of important species by building capacity and enhancing function FLORIDA along the Florida Gulf Coast. of the Alabama Marine Mammal Stranding Bayou Chico Restoration $2,709,715 Network. The project will increase recovery Escambia County of populations impacted by natural and Complete a suite of stormwater treatment and Florida Gulf Environmental Benefit anthropogenic factors by improving marine stream restoration projects intended to assist Fund Restoration Strategy mammal stranding response, data collec- in the restoration of Bayou Chico, consistent Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation tion, analyses and reporting for Alabama with priority restoration activities identified Commission waters, and by enhancing mutual aid and in the Florida Department of Environmental Develop a comprehensive vision for collaboration to augment capability of Na- Protection’s restoration plan for the Bayou. -Ex investment of Gulf Environmental Benefit tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra- pected outcomes include restored and greatly Fund resources in Florida in a manner that tion’s Marine Mammal Health and Stranding improved benthic habitat quality; increased achieves meaningful conservation outcomes Response Program and U.S. Fish and Wildlife biological diversity and productivity; and for habitats, species and related resources 71 Service efforts in the region. improved water quality in the Bayou. of the type impacted by the Deepwater $1,281,600 $11,032,250 Horizon oil spill. $1,691,431 Coastal Habitat Restoration Benthic Habitat Mapping, Planning Initiative Characterization and Assessment Florida Gulf Environmental Benefit Mobile Bay National Estuary Program University of South Florida Fund Restoration Strategy – Restoration Mobile Bay National Esturary Program will Provide critical information on the extent Planning for the Florida Panhandle produce high-resolution maps of Alabama’s and species utilization of offshore fishery Northwest Florida Water Management District coastal habitats; develop comprehensive habitats along the West Florida Continental Update the Northwest Florida Water Man- management plans for priority intertidal Shelf. The project will identify essential agement District’s exisiting watershed plans watersheds based on science and community habitats of reef fish species and two turtle for each of the major estuarine watersheds input; prepare a habitat restoration plan species using towed cameras and multi- of the Florida Panhandle for integration focusing on streams/rivers and riparian buf- beam/side-scan sonar technologies along into the Florida Gulf Environmental Benefit fers, wetlands, and intertidal marshes and the West Florida Shelf from Panama City, Restoration Strategy. The plans will establish flats – the three most stressed coastal hab- Florida to the Dry Tortuga Islands. goals and objectives for each watershed and itats; and develop an inventory of priority $4,477,863 will include and describe priority projects to restoration and conservation opportunities support accomplishment of the established for the Alabama coast. Boggy Bayou Watershed Water Quality goals and objectives. $2,839,900 Improvement – 31st St./First Baptist $695,000 Church Stormwater Improvements D’Olive Watershed Restoration City of Niceville (Amendment) Implement one of several major elements Mobile Bay National Estuary Program of the City of Niceville’s existing plans for Amendment to 2013 project award to address comprehensive stormwater management increased costs associated with restoration and habitat restoration to improve and activities in the D’Olive watershed following maintain water quality and wildlife habitat historic rain event in coastal Alabama in 2014. in Boggy Bayou and Choctawhatchee Bay. Project will restore highly-degraded streams to This project will install sediment collection limit sediment loading from the watershed to and treatment facilities at the outfall into D’Olive and Mobile Bays. Boggy Bayou located on 31st Street at First $5,587,501 Baptist Church. $370,057 GULF ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFIT FUND $2,387,445 nesting shorebird success. in adjacent beachdunehabitat to increase conducting supplemental predator removal removal, introduction ofprescribed fire, and following invasive speciestreatment and supplemental planting of rare plant species removal ofinvasive woody plants, andthe habitats. Thiswillbeaccomplished by benefit ofshorebirds andnearshore benthic ter discharge to theGulfofMexico for the Florida state parks to improve groundwa watershed ofcoastal dunelakes at three ecological processes to wetlands inthe Restore structure, speciesdiversity and Environmental Protection Florida Department of Restoration ofFlorida’s Coastal DuneLakes $1,973,500 acres ofdegraded seagrass habitat. and promote theexpansion ofover 200 reef habitat inWest Bay designedto protect Create 2.67acres ofnon-contiguous oyster Commission Florida FishandWildlife Conservation in theSaint Andrew Bay Oyster Reef Habitat Restoration $758,234 Santa Rosa and Escambia counties. Pinellas, Franklin, Gulf, Bay, Walton, Okaloosa, ing shorebird populations in Collier, Sarasota, shorebirds and seabirds, and monitor winter Steward beach-nesting and rooftop-nesting National AudubonSociety Florida Shorebird Conservation Initiative $731,566 nest management. monitoring, posting, stewarding and rooftop by theDeepwater Horizon Spillthrough shorebird and seabird populations affected Replenish andprotect Florida’s GulfCoast Conservation Commission Florida FishandWildlife Florida Shorebird Conservation Initiative $1,786,467 submerged aquatic vegetation communities. rine andwatershed restoration projects on activities, andassesstheimpactsof estua prioritize restoration activities, identify new Vegetation Recovery Potential model to will develop aGIS-based Submerged Aquatic wanee. TheSubmerged Habitat Assessment tawhatchee, St.Andrew, Econfina andSu Bend regions: Perdido, Pensacola, Choc estuaries inFlorida’s Panhandle andBig aquatic vegetation recovery insixpriority stressors andlimiting factors to submerged Assess, mapandmodelnatural andhuman mission, FishandWildlife Research Institute Florida FishandWildlife Conservation Com Habitat Assessment Fund Restoration Strategy –Submerged Florida GulfEnvironmental Benefit

------watersheds ofcoastal dune lakes at three ecological processes to wetlands in the Restore structure, speciesdiversity and Atlanta Botanical Garden Restoration ofFlorida’s Coastal DuneLakes $4,582,500 lation structures. influencing red snapper and reef fish popu reducing scientific uncertainty of factors will provide data necessary resolution for and fishery-dependent components that waters through biological, environmental coastal Mississippi and nearshore Gulf Perform an assessment ofreef fish in Environmental Quality Mississippi Department of Coastal and Near-Shore GulfWaters Reef FishAssessment for Mississippi $2,676,700 coastal environment. tem functioning and ensure asustainable niques that willenhance natural ecosys mechanical and chemical control tech areas and state parks, utilizing fire and coastal preserves, wildlife management state lands in coastal Mississippi, including Remove and manage invasive specieson Environmental Quality Mississippi Department of Management onCoastal State Lands Invasive Species $13,247,800 island restoration projects. operation ofriver diversions and barrier support the development, design and provide data, modeling and analyses to islands inLouisiana. This project will related to river diversions and barrier Conduct adaptive management activities Restoration Authority Louisiana Coastal Protection and Diversions andBarrierIslands Adaptive Management: LouisianaRiver $657,955 of prescribed fire. treatment and removal and introduction plant species following invasive species and thesupplemental planting ofrare by removal ofinvasive woody plants, benthic habitats. This will be accomplished the benefit ofshorebirds and nearshore ter discharge to theGulf ofMexico for Florida state parksto improve groundwa MISSISSIPPI LOUISIANA

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- - - Bayside AcquisitionandProtection Coastal Heritage Preserve Initiative: $4,343,572 tion easement on 930adjacent acres. Wildlife Refuge. Facilitate adonated conserva al habitat to become partofAnahauc National emergent wetlands, tidal flats and other coast Acquire 1,011acres containing estuarine The Conservation Fund Marsh Acquisition Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge Coastal $21,582,200 and estuaries ofthe Mississippi Gulf Coast. integrity and sustainability ofpriority bays ecosystem function and theecological Watershed. The effort willenhance overall Louis Bay, BackBay Biloxi, and the Escatawpa ration and creation ofmarsh habitatSt within Use dredge material inthesustainable resto Environmental Quality Mississippi Department of Restoration inCoastal Mississippi Utilization of Dredge Material forMarsh $125,000 ies, birds and othermarsh-associated species. protect and restore coastal habitats for fisher leasing and budget estimation. The project will project permitting, coastal planning, land Provide preliminary for engineering services Ducks Unlimited Engineering &Design Restoration Project –PhaseI: Greens Lake Protection andMarsh $1,587,000 Egery Flats adjacent to CopanoBay. 6-by-3-foot box culverts intwo locations at by replacing two 24-inchculverts withthree submerged aquatic vegetation andtidal flats to about600acres ofemergent marsh, Restore hydrology andreduce salinity Coastal BendBays andEstuaries Program Egery Flats Marsh Restoration $130,300 intertidal andhighmarsh complex. estuarine marsh habitat inDollarBay to restore approximately 30acres ofdegraded tinued erosion andhabitat conversion, and western shoreline ofMosesLake from con shoreline andadjacent habitat alongthe ect to protect upto 4,000feet ofvulnerable Conduct engineeringanddesignfor aproj Galveston Bay Foundation Enhancement andRestoration Dollar Bay-Moses Lake Shoreline $2,632,500 ment strategies. begin implementation ofearlylandmanage designated 54-acre mitigation reserve, and the protection andmanagement ofthe Purchase 99acres ofcoastal habitat, secure The Artist Boat TEXAS

------Nueces Bay Rookery Islands Restoration Project Coastal Bend Bays and Estuaries Program Restore three rookery islands in Nueces Bay by placing material between the islands’ current shorelines and existing geotextile tubes to create an additional 1.22 acres of nesting habitat for populations of colonial water birds such as black skimmers, roseate spoonbills and egrets. $1,145,000

Oyster Lake Shoreline Protection and Restoration Galveston Bay Foundation Protect and restore coastal wetlands within Oyster Lake and West Bay by reducing wave energies and restoring marsh along the shoreline between the two systems. $1,200,000

Powderhorn Ranch Land Acquisition – Phase II Parks and Wildlife Foundation of Texas Acquire the second parcel from The Nature Conservancy and The Conservation Fund for the second phase of the Powder- horn Ranch Acquisition. $11,000,000

Virginia Point Shoreline Protection and Estuarine Restoration Texas General Land Office Protect coastal wetlands, prairies and other important habitats within the Virginia Point 73 Preserve from severe erosion. Gradually restore approximately 25 acres of intertidal wetland habitat, establishing a stable tran- sitional shoreline between terrestrial and aquatic habitats. $2,000,000

West Galveston Bay Conservation Corridor Habitat Preservation Scenic Galveston Acquire and permanently protect a tract of land containing approximately 3,200 acres of estuarine emergent marsh, open water, prairie depressional wetlands and upland prairie. $4,075,000 IDEA licenses, and conservation and mitigation plans. from orders, court settlements of legalcases, regulatory permits, resources and the environment. These funds originate primarily funds arising from legal and regulatory actions involving natural NFWF’s IDEA department serves as amanager and trustee for FISCAL YEAR 2015 YEAR COMMITMENTS FISCAL PROJECT ENVIRONMENTAL ACCOUNTS (IDEA) IMPACT-DIRECTED

ALASKA Bajada Ecology Corvus Ecological Consulting Raven Studies in the Chemehuevi DWMA Raven Studies in the Chuckwalla Desert Wild- Alaska Department of Fish and Game Research on the interaction between desert life Management Area and Superior-Cronese Round Island Support, Walrus Islands tortoises and common ravens in the Cheme- Desert Wildlife Management Area and Fort State Game Sanctuary huevi Desert Wildlife Management Area. Irwin Conservation Area Fund staff time to carry out duties related $92,223, Mitigation Research on the interaction between desert to four components: (1) Pacific walrus tortoises and common ravens in the Chuck- disturbance monitoring and enforcement, Bay Area Air Quality Management District walla Desert Wildlife Management Area and (2) visitor education and interpretation on Reduction in Emissions from Lawn and Superior-Cronese Desert Wildlife Manage- walrus viewing conservation measures, (3) Garden Equipment in Alameda and Contra ment Area and Fort Irwin Conservation Area. instruction and training for Bristol Bay Native Costa Counties $256,047, Mitigation Association Bristol Bay Summer Youth Stew- Replace commercial internal combustion ardship Program interns and 4) collection of lawn and garden equipment with cordless, County of San Luis Obispo mortality based and beach cast ivory. battery-electric, zero-emission and Avila to Harford Pier Pathway $3,500, Other low-emission lawn and garden equipment in Construction of a bike/pedestrian corridor Alameda and Contra Costa Counties, and connecting Avila Beach to Harford Pier. Alaska Department of Fish and Game evaluate and quantify resulting reductions in $172,000, State Civil Case Western Arctic Caribou Herd emissions and health benefits. Telemetry Program $470,000, Federal Criminal Case Desert Tortoise Preserve Committee Use VHF and satellite telemetry techniques Initial Land Management and Maintenance to estimate population size, adult mortality, California Department of Fish and Wildlife – Manzana Wind calf production and recruitment, sex and age Wister Pond Operation and Maintenance Manage mitigation land at Manzana Wind in composition, movement patterns, and dis- Operate and maintain Wister Pond in the the short-term in Kern County. tribution of Western arctic herd caribou on long-term in San Diego County. $66,360, Mitigation the Kobuk River. The Western Arctic Caribou $80,458, Mitigation Herd, the largest in Alaska, is a critically im- Earth Island Institute portant subsistence resources for dozens of California Department of Fish and Wildlife Atascadero and Maria Ygnacio Creek villages. The herd has recently declined and Wister Pond Water Source Fish Passage Restoration Design the impact of this decline on subsistence Purchase up to 500 acre-feet of water an- Conduct surveys and develop fish passage de- users will be extensive. nually from the Imperial Irrigation District to signs for six major barriers on Atascadero and $4,500, Federal Criminal Case benefit Wister Pond in San Diego County. Maria Ygnacio Creeks in Santa Barbara County. $20,340, Mitigation $370,768, Federal Criminal Case Bristol Bay Native Association Bristol Bay Summer Youth Stewardship California State Parks Friends of Sonny Bono Program 2014 Morro Shoulderband Snail Habitat - Salton Sea National Wildlife 75 Provide Alaska Native students with the Annual Management Refuge Fund Activities opportunity to experience the science and Manage mitigation land for Morro Shoulder- Enhance the public’s awareness, appre- research of natural resources management. band Snail habitat in the short-term in San ciation, and enjoyment of the Salton Sea $5,708, Other Luis Obispo County. National Wildlife Refuge’s biological resources $6,679, Mitigation by providing opportunities for compatible CALIFORNIA wildlife-dependent recreational uses. California State Parks $2,000, Federal Criminal Case American River Conservancy McGrath Restoration Activities – V Spivey Pond Invasive Species Management Undertake McGrath Lake restoration activities. Great Basin Institute and Habitat Enhancement $40,000, Federal Civil Case Hopper Mountain National Wildlife Refuge Remove and manage invasive plants at the Complex Condor Tracking Project Spivey Pond red-legged frog reproductive California State Parks Collect data for the management of the habitat site in Pollock Pines. Pond edges Santa Clara River Estuary Habitat Resto- free-flying population of California condors, and basking habitat will be increased and ration and Enhancement Feasibility Study which reside in the Hopper Mountain Na- improved through habitat management activ- Complete task 3 of the Santa Clara River tional Wildlife Refuge Complex, by engaging ities, including planting of local native species. Habitat Restoration and Enhancement AmeriCorps in tracking this population using $27,883, State Criminal Case Feasibility Study. radio telemetry and by ground truthing GPS $25,000, Federal Civil Case transmitter data. Audubon California $30,000, Federal Criminal Case Lake Isabella Willow Flycatcher Restoration Central Coast Aquarium Restore 1,150 acres of Southwestern willow San Luis Marine Science Education Facility Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes Center flycatcher habitat lost from the long-term Build and furnish a marine science education 2015-2016 Dunes Center Education, operations of the Lake Isabella reservoir, in facility in San Luis Obispo for school and Outreach and Volunteer Program cooperation with the U.S. Army Corps of Engi- public education and outreach activities, as Fund an education coordinator, support neers and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. part of the Avila Beach Restoration Plan and and expand the organization’s visibility and $81,111, Mitigation as requested by the California Department name recognition in the region; allow for of Fish and Game. the distribution of marketing materials -de Audubon California $50,000, State Civil Case veloped in 2014; provide the Dunes Center Sonoma Creek Wetland Enhancement Project with the funding needed to create a recre- Enhance 260 acres of impounded tidal wet- City of Guadalupe ational map; and expand outreach to the land in the Sonoma Creek Marsh to benefit Guadalupe – Office of Spill Prevention region’s Latino communities. The project species and improve water quality in the San and Response Trust Activities will also support Visitor Serving Task Force Francisco Bay Estuary. Fund grant committee expenses. coordination activities. $175,000, Federal Criminal Case $32, State Civil Case $166,557, State Civil Case IDEA $421,588, and benches, achildren’s playground. . restoration areas, apicnicarea with tables educational talks, a raptor pole,native plant spaces, loopedwalking trail, rest areas for form, ADA-accessible boardwalk andparking Dunes through aninterpretive viewing plat ecosystem within theGuadalupe-Nipomo Offer interactive education about this special Amenities Opportunities andVisitService Kathleen’s Canyon Overlook Interpretive of SanLuisObispoCounty The LandConservancy $115,387, owned by Phillips 66. lupine areas at State Park-managed property Black Lake property andcritical Nipomo revegetation at theLandConservancy’s Control veldt grass andpromote native 2015 Invasive SpeciesRemoval Project of SanLuisObispoCounty The LandConservancy $84,000, the Tehachapi andTransverse Ranges. the southernCalifornia region, focusing on outreach andeducation to hunters within Implement aprogram to provide non-lead and Education Non-Lead AmmunitionOutreach Institute for Wildlife Studies $187,717, in SanLuisObispoCounty. Solar Ranchintheshort-term andlong-term Manage mitigation land atCalifornia Valley California Valley SolarRanch Land Management at HPR II $5,500, habitat mitigation. its suitability for flat-tailed horned lizard of one parcel in Imperial County to determine Complete ahabitat assessment and mapping Habitat Assessment andMapping Heritage Environmental Consultants $18,686, the long-term in San Diego County, California. Manage mitigation land at in Greenhill Ranch of Greenhills Ranch Long-term LandManagement Habitat Restoration Sciences $8,136, the long-term inSanDiego County. Manage mitigation land at JAL Preserve in Long-term LandManagement ofJAL Preserve Habitat Restoration Sciences $121,700, portion ofanew exhibit for theDunes Center. implement the fabrication and installation Provide administrative staffing needed to Dunes Center Exhibit Guadalupe-Nipomo DunesCenter Mitigation Mitigation Mitigation Mitigation State CivilCase State Civil Case State CivilCase Mitigation

- to thedesert tortoise andfor therecovery Complete publiceducation to reduce threats Education Program Desert Tortoise Information and Youth The LivingDesert $15,000, Klamath Basin. for coho inthe Stanshaw Creek area ofthe will begin addressing thelimiting factors based on thewater rights evaluation. Project Ensure proposed alternatives are implemented Assessment Stanshaw Creek Water Conservation Mid Klamath Watershed Council $66,446, off-channel rearing habitat. fish passage into upstream channels and tributaries in California for anadromous lower reaches of72mid Klamath sub-basin Create fish passage at themouths and inthe Improvement Project Mid Klamath Tributary FishPassage Mid Klamath Watershed Council $50,188, of Klamath River tributaries. plantings withinpoolsofthelower reaches ment ofsmallwoody debrisandwillow Enhance cover complexity through place Enhancement Project –II Mid Klamath CohoRearing Habitat Mid Klamath Watershed Council $148,160, off-channel sites. Construct oneandmonitor 14coho Monitoring Project Coho Habitat Enhancement and Mid Klamath Watershed Council $20,000, for Chinooksalmonhabitat inReach 1. development offlow-habitat relationships Conduct fielddata collection and coordinate Analysis PilotProject Upper SanJoaquinRiver 2-0Flow Habitat McBain Associates $50,000, Channel IslandsofCalifornia. reserves ofthenorthernSanta Barbara 10 historic sites insideandoutsidemarine motely Operated Vehicle videotaken at the Post-process andanalyze deepwater Re Islands MarineProtect Areas (MPAs) Collected from Santa Barbara Channel Post-Processing andAnalysis ofData Marine AppliedResearch andExploration $175,000, Ridgway’s rail) in the San Francisco Bay Estuary. fit theCalifornia clapper rail (alsoknown asthe Acquire 5.2acres offilled tidal marsh to bene Corte Madera Ecological Reserve Expansion Marin AudubonSociety $41,586, of thispopulation inthewildCalifornia. Mitigation Other Federal CriminalCase Mitigation Mitigation Mitigation Mitigation Federal CriminalCase

- - - $17,663, in Madera County. also known asTract 4870,inthelong-term Manage mitigation land at Point Millerton, at Point Millerton Long-term LandManagement Point Millerton Ranch $37,490, flow scheduling tasks required oftheRA. additional data inthe andanalytics regular improve user-friendliness andincorporate Program Technical Committee Advisory to andtheSanJoaquinRiver Restoration on behalfoftherestoration administrator Develop animproved flow scheduling tool Flow SchedulingTool Development Newfields Companies $69,955, Counties, California. the long-term in SanBernardino and Imperial Manage mitigation land atHidden Valley in at HiddenValley Long-term LandManagement Mojave DesertLandTrust $20,014, the public. accessible to researchers, volunteers and in Camarillo, where the videowillbeeasily Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology Mountain National Wildlife Refuge to the to stream nest-camera video from Hopper Set-up the equipment and systems needed of theCalifornia Condor Web-Based VideoNest Monitoring Santa Barbara Zoo $15,000, connectivity between thesehabitats. complexity ofthesystem, andimprove the essential habitats, increase the structural Project willenhancethe qualityofthese during peakflows inthewinter andspring. the summerandslow water refuge habitat itats willprovide cold water refuge habitat in at priorityside/off-channel sites. Thesehab and large wood andbrushbundleadditions plexity, withmanualmodifications andsmall creasing cover, pooldepth andhabitat com Improve critical coho rearing habitat by in Enhancement Project Salmon River CohoRearing Habitat Salmon River Restoration Council $8,600, which may beaffected by suchaccidents. occuring andthereby protect local habitat reduce thechancesofseriouspieraccidents outdated machinery. Thisreplacement will Avila andHarford Piers to replace existing Purchase alattice boom crane foruseon Port ofSanLuisPierCrane Purchase Port ofSanLuisHarborDistrict State CivilCase Mitigation Other Mitigation Federal CriminalCase Mitigation

- - - Scott River Water Trust Topic Productions Yurok Tribe French Creek Coho Enhancement Through Raven Documentary Film Lower Klamath Coho Rearing Flow Augmentation Produce public education materials, Habitat Case Studies Enhance in-stream conditions for coho including a 30-minute film discussing the Create high quality winter rearing habitat for salmon through seasonal water leases in the story of the relationship between the natal and non-natal juvenile coho salmon in French Creek drainage and maintain a pos- desert, the tortoise and the raven, and a priority coastal tributary of the Klamath itive and constructive working relationship provide marketing assistance. River. Project tasks include (1) creating a with landowners and water-users. $800, Mitigation 3.4-acre off-channel habitat feature in lower $48,620, Mitigation Terwer Creek, (2) rehabilitating associated Transition Habitat Conservancy riparian habitats (7.4 acres) to increase hab- Scott River Watershed Council Black Mountain Signing with Some itat resiliency and productivity, and (3) con- Juvenile Coho Habitat Improvement Using Restoration Project ducting physical and biological assessments Beaver Dams Install “open route” signs and “closed route” of constructed off-channel features to devel- Work with beaver to increase the quality signs in the areas of the Bureau of Land Man- op case studies for the Lower Klamath sites and quantity of juvenile coho salmon sum- agement’s Barstow Resource Area closest to a to help document coho recovery actions and mer and winter rearing habitat in the Scott golden eagle nest site and implement rehabil- assess restoration effectiveness. Project will River and its tributaries. itation using methods like vertical mulching, provide immediate and long-term benefits $28,454, Mitigation ripping and re-seeding, or other techniques. to natal and non-natal coho populations $50,000, Mitigation and collect/share valuable monitoring data Shasta Valley Resource Conservation District to help further understanding of project Novy/Rice Fish Passage Project Design Transition Habitat Conservancy performance and to help guide future coho Design proposed rock diversion structure, Long-Term Land Management at recovery actions. fish screen and pipeline project. Fremont-Kramer $18,983, Mitigation $125,194, Mitigation Manage mitigation land at Fremont-Kramer in the long-term in San Bernardino County. COLORADO Siskiyou Resource Conservation District $97,488, Mitigation Sugar Creek Off-Channel Enhancement A. Lawrence Kolz for Coho Salmon Urban Wildlands Group Electrofishing Standardization for Upper Partner with the California Department of Laguna Mountain Skipper Captive Rearing Colorado River Fish and WIldlife and the U.S. Fish and Wild- Determine whether captive propagation is a Provide technical assistance to standardize life Service to construct an off-channel pond viable technique to produce “surplus” indi- Upper Colorado River Fish Recovery Program’s on lower Sugar Creek, a key coho salmon viduals for release into suitable habitat. electrofishing fleet. bearing tributary to the Scott River, to provide $4,462, Other $1,000, Species Recovery improved winter and summer rearing habitat for juvenile coho. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal Aqua Systems 2000 77 $63,323, Mitigation and Plant Health Inspection Service Inline Cleaners for Public Service Company Raven Management for Desert of New Mexico Fish Diversion Sonoma Land Trust Tortoise Protection Install inline cleaners and trash rack extension Sears Point Tidal Wetland Restoration Project Conduct wildlife damage management activi- for Public Service Company of New Mexico Restore 955 acres of tidal marsh in the San ties to control ravens for the protection of the Fish Diversion to benefit fish in the San Juan Francisco Bay Estuary and construct 125 marsh federally listed desert tortoise in the Mojave River basin. mounds to hasten marsh development. and Colorado Deserts located within California. $99,000, Species Recovery $150,000, Federal Criminal Case $35,000, Mitigation Pat Martinez Southwest Ecology West Virginia University Electrofishing Standardization for the Upper Conservation Corridors for Desert Tortoises Research Corporation Colorado River Complete monitoring studies of the desert California Condor Flight Response in a Provide technical assistance to standardize tortoise in California’s Mojave Desert to ad- Variable Meteorological and Topographic Upper Colorado River Fish Recovery Program’s dress genetic and demographic connectivity; Environment electrofishing fleet. changes in the health status of populations in Record movements of California condors to $575, Species Recovery response to changes associated with develop- understand how their flight behavior (espe- ment projects; and the effects of climate and cially altitude above ground level) responds Stantec Consulting habitat on connectivity between populations. to variations in topography and weather. Feasibility of Yampa River Walton Creek $1,593,703, Mitigation $30,000, Mitigation Confluence Reconstruction Investigate the feasibility of performing bank SunPower Corporation Westervelt Ecological Services realignment on the Yampa River above and Initial Land Management at Consultant Services for the Sacramento into Steamboat Springs. California Valley Solar Ranch District California In-Lieu Fee Program $13,167, Species Recovery Manage mitigation land at California Valley Provide technical consultant services for Solar Ranch in the short-term in San Luis the Sacramento District California In-Lieu SWCA Environmental Consulting Obispo County. Fee Program. Upper Colorado Fish Recovery $96,458, Mitigation $19,673, Other Goal Development Assist the authorized agencies in develop- Thomas K. Moss Wishtoyo Foundation ing recovery goals for the four endangered Long-term Land Management McGrath Lake Feasibility Studies Colorado River fish species. Once developed, at Pletz Residence Conduct feasibility studies related to the these goals will be implemented by involved Manage mitigation land at Pletz Residence in Santa Clara River Estuary Habitat Restoration, agencies and stakeholders to facilitate man- the long-term in Monterey County. Enhancement, and Campground Relocation. agement plans and strategies for delisting. $4,870, Mitigation $75,000, Federal Civil Case $18,394, Species Recovery IDEA $4,200, for IllinoisLaw Enforcement divisions. Design andpublishaGinsengpocket guide Ginseng Conservation intheState ofIllinois Natural Resource Insight $39,650, Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge. ungulates from theKona Forest Unitof Fence conservation landsand remove feral at Kona Forest Unit Fence Maintenance andUngulate Control Ranch Ho’ilina $1,000, Miami International Airport. announcementCampaign publicservice in Produce andprint aProtected Species International Airport Protected SpeciesCampaignPSA inMiami Conservation Network WIDECAST: WiderCaribbeanSeaTurtle $6,731, boat andbringitto condition. serviceable Restore, maintain, andupgrade aforfeited Law Enforcement and Atmospheric Administration Officeof Boat Rehabilitation for theNational Oceanic Waterland Manufacturing $70,600, provide fish and bird forage structure. marshgrass and mangrove recruitment, and erosion, provide oyster substrate, promote The breakwater willprotect habitat from Install anear-shore breakwater at Bird Island. Reef Habitat Creation Alafia BankBird IslandOyster National AudubonSociety $12,000, capacity development. ments for Gulfspeciesand spatial modeling through completion of Red List Assess priorities and disaster preparedness Improve identification of conservation Gulf ofMexico (Nationwide) andRecoveringConserving Diversity inthe of Nature andNatural Resources -US International Union for Conservation $36,343, and raising fish in hatcheries for stocking. and management, in-stream flow acquisitions, strategies include research, habitat restoration Endangered Fish Recovery Program. Recovery Ongoing implementation ofthe San Juan River San JuanRiver FishRecovery Program Various Recipients ILLINOIS HAWAII FLORIDA OFDISTRICT COLUMBIA Federal CriminalCase Federal CriminalCase Federal CriminalCase Federal CriminalCase Federal CriminalCase Species Recovery Other

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Flint HillsNational Wildlife Refuge Installation ofPumpStation at Alexander Pump&Services $48,000, and the Swan River National Wildlife Refuge. Meadows, Lost Train National Wildlife Refuge River Drainage, specifically onMcGregor Conduct mitigation workwithin the Flathead Kerr Mitigation Work Swan Ecosystem Center $121,101, Restoration Stream and Wetland Design tion for Lost Trail National Wildlife Refuge Provide project management and coordina Restoration Project Lost Trail National Wildlife Refuge River DesignGroup $1,700, Mill Brook fishpassage develop pre-restoration assessment ofGoff Brook fishladdder by target species,and Branch Brook, monitor useoftheBranch Restore fishpassage for sea-runfishesin Maine Rivers Restoration ofFish Passage in Two Coastal Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve $303,608, catadromous fish to the Kennebec River. Facilitate therestoration ofanadromous and Kennebec River Restoration Fund State ofMaine $12,443, of wildlife inspectors. identification tosupport enforcement efforts successful method willbeusedfor genetic skeletons usedinjewelry andart.The DNA from CITES-protected blackcoral Develop method to extract andsequence from Skeleton Fragments DNA-Based Identification ofBlack Corals Development ofaMethod for University ofLouisianaat Lafayette $38,001, cies’ habitat, includingFederal Trust species. order to benefit grassland andaquatic spe brush ecosystem structure andfunctionin Restore mixed-grass prairie andsandsage Conservation viaPrairie Restoration Comanche Pool LesserPrairie Chicken Prairie Resource Foundation Comanche Pool $60,000, National Wildlife Refuge. 500 acres ofwetlands withintheFlint Hills Install electricpumpfor supplyingwater to MONTANA MAINE LOUISIANA KANSAS Federal CriminalCase Federal CriminalCase Federal CriminalCase Mitigation Mitigation Mitigation Mitigation

- - - Expand citizen oil-spill response andpro and Education –II SpillSpotters: Coastal Stewardship American Littoral Society $1,059,379, System inNevada. benefit oftheNational Wildlife Refuge lands, waters, orinterests inthem,for the the acquisitionofsuitable replacement Assist the U.S. FishandWildlife with Service Land andWater AcquisitionFund Nevada National Wildlife Refuge Various Recipients $2,100, replacing control structures. will include repairing ditch banks and delivery to Sprig Pond. Project activities wetlands by providing improved water Enhance approximately 1,200acres of Habitat Improvement Carson Lake andPasture Wetland Ducks Unlimited $150,000, predator exclosures and predator removal. quality and management strategies, including ent sources among sites that vary in habitat proportions of nests and chicks lost to differ adult survival, nest and chick survival, and the growth rate. Project willcompare weekly strategies in promoting ahigh population the effectiveness of different management determine the effect of habitat quality and success of piping plovers in New Jersey and and habitat interact to limitreproductive Understand the degree to which predators in PipingPlovers inNew Jersey Factors Limiting Reproductive Success of Environmental Science&Forestry State University ofNew York, College $21,986, following fielddata collection. will process andanalyze data intheweeks responding to red knotarrival in2015,and during the4-week window (May-June) cor one small(100,000market oysters) farm (production of500,000market oysters) and Project willcollect fielddata at onelarge on foraging efficiency ofindividualknots. quantify the effect that thoseactivities have with specificaquaculture activities;and foraging red knots;linkforaging behaviors Conduct focused behavioral observations of of Red Knots inDelaware Bay Oyster Aquaculture onForaging Efficiency Identifying theImpacts ofCommercial Rutgers University Foundation $55,300, coastal wildlife andhabitat. learning aboutandprotecting New Jersey’s technology andtraining to thework of tection network by addingSandyimpacts, NEW JERSEY NEVADA Federal CriminalCase Federal CriminalCase Federal CriminalCase Federal CriminalCase Other

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Martin, Ottaway, van Hemmen & Dolan Center for Educational Innovation - Public Research Foundation of the City Maritime Waste Stream Management Education Association University of New York Studies (NJ, NC) Brooklyn Native Wildlife Restoration Project Intertidal Wetland Project Complete a multi-source survey and analysis at MS 126 K Develop conceptual designs,with com- of maritime waste stream management from Create Wildlife Demonstration Sites using munity participation, for construction of ships. The resulting report will provide a con- native plants, shrubs and shade trees at two intertidal wetlands at two shoreline sites on solidated state of the art status of Maritime locations at MS 126. Newtown Creek, the foot of North Henry Waste Management for ships, with a special $24,998, Other Street; and either the end of Apollo Street focus on Oily Water Separator systems. or at the Greenpoint Manufacturing and $160,000, Federal Criminal Case City Parks Foundation Development Center building, with one of Greening Greenpoint: An Urban Forestry Plan these plans then pursued to completion of Implement a full inventory of trees and asso- an engineered design. Project will poten- NEW MEXICO ciated canopy cover, develop a comprehen- tially increase the number and linear extent All American Technical Team sive urban forestry plan on the neighborhood of sites with intact standing bulkhead that Installation of Inline Cleaners for Public scale, and implement the plan, which will support suspended wetland habitat units Service Company of New Mexico Fish Diversion plant new trees and protect existing trees and increased populations of filter-feeding Install inline cleaners for the Public Service to maintain and increase canopy cover and ribbed mussels that improve water quality. Company of New Mexico Fish Diversion. reduce the amount of impervious surface. $130,178, Other $35,793, Species Recovery Project will plant 500 new trees that will cap- ture 787,500 gallons of stormwater annually, State University of New York – Brockport sequester 13,000 pounds of carbon dioxide, Population and Habitat Characteristics of NEW YORK install 325 tree guards around existing trees, the Pugnose Shiner in Embayments of the Brooklyn Greenway Initiative remove up to 25,000 square feet of impervi- St. Lawrence River West Street Watershed Stormwater Project ous concrete and reduce local air pollution. Perform research to advance understanding Install 54 right-of-way bioswales and green $1,950,719, Other of habitat conditions of the pugnose shiner street bump-outs covering 4,845 square feet population in the St. Lawrence River on 11 streets that slope toward the East River Greenpoint Chamber of Commerce $123,635, Mitigation between Manhattan Avenue and Franklin Curb Your Litter: Greenpoint Street in the West Street watershed. Project Implement a 3-step process to reduce the U.S. Geological Survey, will capture 6,411,631 gallons of stormwater volume of litter and other waste in the en- Great Lakes Science Center annually and benefit 10,910 people by reduc- tire neighborhood through an assessment of Evaluation of Threatened, Endangered and ing chronic flooding and sewer backups. current conditions, a coordinated education Declining Species of the Major Tributaries to $1,917,717, Other and outreach campaign and the implemen- St. Lawrence River (USGS) – II tation of infrastructure upgrades to replace Continue characterizing the locations and Brooklyn Public Library and/or complement current containers. distributions of threatened and endangered 79 Greenpoint Library Environmental Project will train a core group of 15 students fish species within the aquatic habitat in and Education Center as mentors to engage students and citizens adjacent to the St. Lawrence River. Retrofit the Greenpoint Library to LEED in the issue, leading to the installation of five $318,400, Mitigation Silver standards by adding a floor to house a 3-bin solar compactors and 2-bin recyclers, community environmental education center along with new litter containers on under- Various Recipients providing over 50 hours of access each week served streets. St. Lawrence Fish Enhancement, Mitigation and 300 programs yearly to promote environ- $569,145, Other and Research Fund Activities mental awareness, installing 8,500 square feet Address impacts to fish resources in the Lake of intensive green roof, and replacing 10,700 Greenpoint Waterfront Association Ontario/St. Lawrence River basin. square feet of impervious surfaces with per- for Parks and Planning $435,992, Mitigation meable pavers and rain gardens. Project will Greenpoint Environmental Public capture, store and treat 85% more stormwater Panel Forums NORTH CAROLINA annually than current levels and store 70,000 Organize and conduct four public panel dis- gallons of rainwater annually. cussions in partnership with local ecological Martin, Ottaway, van Hemmen & Dolan $5,000,000, Other and environmental advocacy organizations. Maritime Waste Stream Management $12,400, Other Studies (NJ, NC) Cardno Complete a multi-source survey and analysis Technical Assistance for the Greenpoint National Wildlife Federation of maritime waste stream management Chamber of Commerce Greenpoint Eco-Schools: Creating a Legacy from ships. The resulting report will provide Assist the Greenpoint Chamber of Com- of Sustainability a consolidated state of the art status of merce in completing a Quality Assurance Reduce water use, energy use and solid Maritime Waste Management for ships with Project Plan for its “Curb Your Litter” project waste at four public schools using the Eco- a special focus on OWS systems. under the Greenpoint Community Environ- Schools USA model to build environmental $160,000, Federal Criminal Case mental Fund. awareness, leadership and stewardship $3,850, Other among more than 1,800 students, 125 staff North Carolina Department and thousands of community residents. of Environment and Natural Resources Carleton University Project will reduce solid waste by 25%, Water Quality Monitoring for River Herring St. Lawrence River Fish Habitat water use by at least 5% and energy use by Monitor trends in water quality through- Conservation Strategy: Evaluation of Habitat at least 10%, providing measurable environ- out Albemarle Sound and its tributaries to Enhancements and Development of Novel mental benefits to the community. enhance fisheries management for river Restoration Approaches – Carleton – II $1,646,777, Other herring and all finfish species. Continue to develop the St. Lawrence Fish $10,500, Federal Criminal Case Habitat Conservation Strategy. $118,560, Mitigation IDEA $20,000, caused by gas exploration inUtah. of biggame inthe critical winter range Address impactsfrom surface disturbance Price-San Rafael Utah Wildlife Habitat Utah Division ofWildlife Resources $5,000, waterfowl andshorebird use. depth. Project willimprove conditions for managers can control water to theoptimal water control structures willbeinstalled, so be usedto buildthisdike andat least four imately 16,000cubicyards ofmaterial will fowl Management Area (FBWMA). Approx Repair theJ-dike at Farmington Bay Water Area J-Dike Project Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Utah DivisionofWildlife Resources $59,980, and population processes. tus to statistically quantify habitat conditions graphic andhabitat monitoring for rare cac Continue to conduct range-wide demo Rare Cactus Monitoring intheUinta Basin–III SWCA Environmental Consulting $11,787, and population processes. tus to statistically quantify habitat conditions graphic andhabitat monitoring for rare cac Continue to conduct range-wide demo Rare Cactus Monitoring inthe Uinta Basin–II SWCA Environmental Consulting $84,663, ship with landowners and agencies. the Southwest on various projects inpartner Support habitat consultant work throughout Land AcquisitionConsulting Thomas E.Smith $45,000, North Dakota andeastern Wyoming. portion willserve western SouthDakota, a raptor rehabilitation facility. The rehab educational avian ambassadors, andcreate Build afacility for anexpanded group of Facility Construction Black HillsRaptor Center (BHRC) Black HillsRaptor Center $17,000, eagle exhibit penat theDakota Zoo. pens, andreplace thetop meshonthe Repair eagleflight pen,addtwo receiving Eagle Flight Pen Repair andReplacement Dakota Zoological Society UTAH TEXAS SOUTH DAKOTA NORTH DAKOTA Federal CriminalCase Mitigation Mitigation Federal CriminalCase Federal CriminalCase Mitigation Mitigation

------Support for the2016Atlantic White Cedar Great DismalSwamp Fund North Carolina State University $64,418, catastrophic events. in relation to anthropogenic andnatural benthic macro-algae andseagrass health will analyze seagrass standing stock, key south-central Puerto Rican rivers. Project to riverine turbidityeffects ofspecified Assess seagrass sustainability inrelation Other High-Turbidity Sites Coast Areas Impacted by River Runoffand Health ofPuerto Rican Seagrasses inSouth Quantitatively Assessingthe Status and and Environment Foundation Greater CaribbeanEnergy $21,076, the engineering plans for the Faga’alu Quarry. Fill in any gaps infunding for implementing Implemention American SamoaFaga’alu Design Quarry Samoa MaritimeCompany $2,107, Support for eagle rehabilitation in Wyoming. Eagle Rehabilitation andConservation Teton Raptor Center $29,000, and Puget Soundregion. replication throughout the watershed documented andshared for wider conservation practices. Project willbe through theimplementation ofon-farm Creek watershed to improve water quality Work withfarmers intheNewaukum Creek Watershed Quality Improvement intheNewaukum Conservation ActionsLeading to Water American Farmland Trust $2,500, Wildlife Service’s Great DismalSwamp. symposium onbehalfoftheU.S. Fishand PUERTO RICO AMERICAN SAMOA INTERNATIONAL WYOMING WASHINGTON VIRGINIA Federal CriminalCase Federal CivilCase Federal CriminalCase Federal CriminalCase Federal CivilCase

in southernPuerto Rico. run-off for thebenefit ofseagrass habitats reduce stormwater, sediment andnutrient enhancement through green infrastructure to Establish vegetative buffers andhabitat Location inSouthernPuerto Rico Habitats at anAnthropogenically-Impacted Advancing theConservation ofSeagrass Institute for Socio-Ecological Research $80,917, ated withanthropogenic stressors. and distribution, as well asbacteria associ algal nutrient content, seagrass abundance spatio-temporal variability in water quality, Bay and at ElTuque in Ponce to provide ducted monthly at ManglillonearGuanica pollution. Multiple analyses will be con blooms that may beanindicator ofcoastal areas that have been subject to algal ecological characteristics in two seagrass bacteriology, environmental conditions and Monitor water quality parameters including of Puerto Rico Over Seagrass Habitats ontheSouthCoast Study ofPollution andMacroalgal Blooms HJR Reefscaping $15,000, a group ofexperts. basic principlesofastrategy, andsetting up on mainthreats, developing astructure and status quoofsturgeons inRussia,agreeing will includeworking to understand the restoration of sturgeons. Project activities Develop anactionplan for conservation and Conservation Strategy Development ofRussia’s Sturgeon World Wildlife Fund $150,982, the coast surrounding Guánica Bay. program to restore vegetation buffers along Bay at LaPieza; and establish areforestation and the dirtroadsionary adjacent to Guanica parking lotoftheSan Jacinto Boating conces areas in Guánica, stabilize the public dirt Delimit public access areas inpublic beach Habitats inGuánica Bay Sediment Discharges Into Nearshore Seagrass Coastal Areas to Mitigate Erosion and Restoration of Vegetation Buffers Along Protectores deCuencas $112,090, ASIA, INDIA AND THE PACIFIC Federal CivilCase Other Federal CivilCase Federal CivilCase

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