Project Grant F19AP00710

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Coastal Program, under CFDA Program 15.630, awarded a $259,162 Cooperative Agreement to the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) on April 1, 2025. The goal of this project is to restore and enhance 185 acres of wetland habitat, including 7 acres of globally rare panne habitat, and 200 acres of upland habitat along 1.1 miles of Lake Michigan shoreline at Illinois Beach State Park. The project aims to control invasive species, increase native species...

The Finger Lakes Lake Ontario Watershed Protection Alliance will restore approximately two acres of spawning habitat in the eastern basin of Lake Ontario under a $712,621 cooperative agreement from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Working with partners including the Service, U.S. Geological Survey and New York Department of Environmental Conservation, the Alliance will place spawning bed material in the Black River mouth and Chaumont Bay. The project aims to benefit native fish species...

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 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, through its National Fish Habitat Partnership (CFDA 15.686) program, awarded a $100,000 Cooperative Agreement to Delmarva R C & D Inc., a non-profit conservation organization, to restore degraded salt marshes in the Maryland Coastal Bays. The project aims to improve fish habitat, water quality, and coastal resiliency by reversing human impacts on at least 114 acres of salt marsh. Key restoration techniques include sediment addition to nourish degraded...

The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) was awarded a $2 million Project Grant from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Program (CFDA 15.614) to restore 193 acres of native habitat at the Mad Horse Creek Wildlife Management Area. The restoration will include excavating tidal channels and removing invasive plant species from 59 acres of salt marsh. An additional 8.5 acres will be planted as high marsh and tidal...

This U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service cooperative agreement award of $400,000, under the National Wildlife Refuge System Enhancements program (CFDA 15.654), aims to improve water quality in the Portage River watershed and restore wetland habitat in northern Ohio. The key activities funded include: Restoring at least 7 acres of wetland on a former 9-hole golf course and a 51-acre agricultural property owned by The Nature Conservancy. Restoration work will involve decommissioning drainage tile,...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $197,420 Cooperative Agreement under the Coastal Program (CFDA 15.630) to Friends of the San Juans, a non-profit organization located in Friday Harbor, Washington. The primary goal of this project is to restore the Eastsound Waterfront Park on Orcas Island to improve feeding and rearing habitat for out-migrating juvenile Chinook salmon, increase forage fish spawning habitat, and enhance prey for other protected marine species like bocaccio rockfish...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service awarded $200,000 under the North American Wetlands Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.623) to the Idaho Department of Fish and Game on August 14, 2025, for restoration of degraded wetland habitat. The project will restore 683 acres of mine-contaminated wetland habitat at Grey's Meadow, a property within the Idaho Department of Fish and Game's Coeur d'Alene River Wildlife Area that was previously converted to agricultural use. The three-year...

This $1,421,821 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration (NRDAR) Program (CFDA 15.658) supports the acquisition and long-term stewardship of approximately 275 acres of land within the Onondaga Lake watershed in New York. The project aims to implement the preferred restoration alternative of land preservation to address natural resource damages, as outlined in the 2017 Onondaga...

Federal Grant Award Summary The U.S. Department of Interior Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) awarded $723,500 to the Inland Northwest Land Trust on June 30, 2025, under the North American Wetlands Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.623) to execute the Greater Spokane Wetlands Restoration Project. The project will restore approximately 93.3 acres of emergent, forested, and riverine wetlands along with 4.7 acres of upland habitat in the Channeled Scablands region of Washington. Additionally, the project...