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The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 4 awarded a $2 million Project Grant to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources to support coastal wetlands conservation efforts in Georgia from February 2021 through December 2021. The grant funding supports products and services delivered under the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Program (CFDA 15.614), which provides matching grants to coastal states for projects that conserve coastal wetlands. As the...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 4 awarded a $2 million Project Grant to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources through the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Program (CFDA 15.614). The grant will support conservation activities on the Todd Creek Tract in Georgia from February 2021 through December 2021. The Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Program provides matching grants to coastal states for wetlands conservation...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $2,100,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Golden Triangle Resource Conservation & Development Area, Inc. under the Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration (NRDAR) Program (CFDA 15.658) on March 10, 2025. The project aims to reduce water quality degradation within the Telogia Creek subbasin in Georgia through a combination of GIS data analysis and on-the-ground restoration activities. Key activities include...

This $1,200,000 federal Project Grant award from the USDA Forest Service under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance program (CFDA 10.664) will fund longleaf pine restoration and habitat enhancement projects on state, private, and tribal lands across the Southeast United States. The prime awardee, the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF), will work with sub-grantees including the American Bird Conservancy, The Nature Conservancy, The Longleaf Alliance, and the Land Trust For Louisiana to...

Under a $114,654 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service's Coastal Program (CFDA 15.630), the Land Trust for the Mississippi Coastal Plain will restore 80.39 acres of wet pine savanna habitat near the Mississippi Sandhill Crane Refuge. The project utilizes mechanical mulching, chemical mowing, and bush hogging techniques to establish alternative restoration methods and explore their ecological and economic viability. This effort builds on the...

The Georgia Forestry Commission received a $500,000 Project Grant under the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service's Inflation Reduction Act Landscape Scale Restoration program (CFDA 10.731). The grant, awarded on March 11, 2024, will fund the "GEORGIA UNDERSERVED LANDOWNER OUTREACH" project over a 5-year period through March 10, 2029. The project aims to support climate mitigation, forest resilience practices, and engagement of underserved forest landowners in emerging...

This $1,200,000 Project Grant was awarded on June 20, 2023 by the USDA Forest Service R8-Southern Region under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance program (CFDA 10.664) to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF). The grant supports the restoration and conservation of the longleaf pine ecosystem across public and private lands in West Georgia, East Alabama, South Georgia, and North Florida. Key activities include 20,000 acres of prescribed burning, 1,350 acres of longleaf pine...

The University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. was awarded a $999,998 project grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under the Sea Grant Support program (CFDA 11.417) to develop enhanced guidelines and a geospatial visualization tool for marsh spatial planning in coastal Georgia. The project will integrate previous coastal research, conduct field sampling, and develop a high-resolution hydrodynamic model for coastal Georgia marshes. Researchers will use field study...

This $400,000 Project Grant award, made on September 6, 2024 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service under the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) Federal Grant Program (CFDA 10.683), supports efforts to improve habitat connectivity and resiliency of montane longleaf pine ecosystems in northwest Georgia and northeast Alabama. The project, implemented by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and its sub-grantee The Nature Conservancy, will impact over 20,000 acres...

This $3.1 million Project Grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service through the North American Wetlands Conservation Fund (NAWCF) program will permanently protect 2,672 acres of habitat in Georgia. The awardee, the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, will use the funding to acquire fee title to 263 acres and conservation easements on 2,409 acres by the completion date of December 31, 2024. The purpose of the award is to benefit migratory birds and other...