Cooperative Agreement F20AC00386

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the North American Wetlands Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.623) will provide $9,106,239.99 to permanently protect 340.5 acres of wetlands and associated uplands through fee acquisition, and 1,106 acres through conservation easements. The award will also restore 480 acres and enhance 1,790.5 acres of wetlands and associated uplands, for a total of 4,086 acres affected. The primary awardee, Ducks Unlimited, Inc., will execute these...

This award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the North American Wetlands Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.623) will provide $4,503,500.00 to the Downeast Lakes Land Trust to permanently protect 1,082.7 acres of habitat for the benefit of migratory birds and other wildlife. The funds will be used for fee title acquisition to permanently conserve this critical wetland and associated upland habitat. This 2-year project grant, awarded on Jul 1, 2024, aligns with...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8 awarded $806,990 under the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Program (CFDA 15.614) to the California Coastal Conservancy and Humboldt County Resource Conservation District to implement the Mad River Slough - Wadulh Lagoon Restoration Project. The Project will restore 48.6 acres of diked, subsided agricultural wetlands to estuarine and palustrine wetland habitats including salt marsh, brackish marsh, mudflat,...

This $8,463,603 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service under the North American Wetlands Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.623) will permanently restore 2,934 acres of wetlands and associated uplands in South Florida for the benefit of migratory birds and other wildlife. The award was made to the non-profit organization Ducks Unlimited, Inc. based on their proposal dated July 7, 2025. The project will run from January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2028...

This award provided $861,899 from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the North American Wetlands Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.623) to enhance 3,005 acres and restore 40 acres of wetlands and associated uplands along coastal Louisiana. The purpose is to enhance and restore a total of 3,045 acres of habitat for the benefit of migratory birds and other wildlife. The award date is April 1, 2024, with a final completion date of March 31, 2028. The project is being...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the North American Wetlands Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.623) provides $202,219.00 to restore 197 wetland acres and 15 upland acres, and enhance 20 wetland acres in several counties in Wisconsin. The key activities to be conducted include removing drainage ditches, spoil banks, and berms, as well as planting warm season native prairie species. These restoration and enhancement efforts are intended to increase breeding,...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service awarded Ducks Unlimited, Inc. a $6,425,085 Project Grant under the North American Wetlands Conservation Fund program to enhance and restore wetlands habitat in coastal Louisiana. Specifically, the funding will support enhancing 3,980 acres and restoring 1,000 acres of wetlands and associated uplands, for a total of 4,980 acres, to benefit migratory birds and other wildlife. The award period is from April 1, 2022 through March 31, 2026....

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $6,975,799 Project Grant under the North American Wetlands Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.623) to Ducks Unlimited, Inc.'s Great Lakes / Atlantic Region Division. The purpose of this award is to protect, enhance, and restore 7,605 total acres of habitat for the benefit of migratory birds and other wildlife in Wisconsin. Specifically, the funding will permanently protect 796.5 acres through fee title acquisition and 294 acres through conservation...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the North American Wetlands Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.623) provides $201,600.00 to Pheasants Forever, Inc. to restore 24.9 acres of palustrine wetland habitat and enhance 63.3 acres of associated uplands on 88.19 acres of permanently protected waterfowl production areas. The habitat restoration and enhancement work will benefit breeding waterfowl and other wildlife on these permanently protected...

This federal Project Grant award, made under the North American Wetlands Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.623) program administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, provides $4,505,741.00 to enhance 3,000 acres of wetlands for the benefit of migratory birds and other wetland-dependent wildlife in the Pontchartrain Basin and Mississippi River Delta Basin of coastal Louisiana. The enhancement techniques include constructing earthen terraces in shallow, open water to enhance brackish coastal marsh,...