National Fish and Wildlife Foundation - Projects in Alabama

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation - Projects in Alabama (2000 - 2012)

Award Fiscal Year

EZG# Project Title Grantee Project Description NFWF Award

NFWF Federal Funds

NFWF Non-Federal Funds

Grantee Matching

Funds

Total Project Funds Location

2013 34577Maximizing Florida Sea Turtle Nesting

Success - II

Sea Turtle Conservancy

Continue a successful program to increase sea turtle hatchling survivorship on Florida’s nesting beaches by correcting problematic lights on private properties with a history of sea turtle disorientations along the Panhandle to Tampa Bay. Anticipated results of this project include reducing problem lighting fixtures by 800, improving 1.14 miles of nesting habitat, reducing sea turtle disorientation by 80-100%, and educating residents on 30 properties.

$110,000 $0 $110,000 $110,000 $220,000 Alabama; Florida

2012 30892

Fishery Science & Management

Education for Gulf Fishermen

Gulf Fishermen's Association / Gulf

of Maine Research Institute

Build regional capacity to develop and deliver a fishery science and management education program for Gulf of Mexico fisheries stakeholders.

$125,000 $0 $125,000 $50,000 $175,000 Alabama; Florida; Louisiana; Texas

2012 32110

Stream Bank Restoration at Turkey Creek Preserve (AL)

Freshwater Land Trust

The Freshwater Land Trust (FWLT), in partnership with the US Fish and Wildlife Service, will remove a small poured concrete dam located within a 226 acre preserve on Turkey Creek, providing an additional ½ mile of habitat to the vermilion darter and other aquatic life. After the dam is removed, FWLT will revegetate .25 acres with 500 native trees, shrubs and grass plugs to stabilize the streambanks and provide important riparian and forestsed habitat.

$24,991 $0 $24,991 $38,320 $63,311 Alabama

2012 30533Southeastern

Grassland Birds Initiative - III

University of Tennessee

Restore grassland bird populations through national policy leadership and market-based incentives that deliver large-scale habitat solutions. Project will enhance capacity for the National Bobwhite Conservation Initiative, and the Center for Native Grasslands Management to ensure national coordination and leadership for a resident game bird and a strong producer-focused native grass initiative.

$372,558 $372,558 $636,354 $1,008,912

Alabama; Arkansas; Delaware; Florida; Georgia; Illinois;

Indiana; Kentucky; Louisiana; Maryland; Mississippi; Texas;

Virginia; West Virginia

2012 30642American

Oystercatcher Recovery - III

Manomet, Inc.

Continue and expand coordinated management and monitoring of American Oystercatchers in Massachusetts. Project will engage in four major activities: coastwide coordination, predation and disturbance management, reducing knowledge gaps and coordinated monitoring to measure success.

$133,510 $133,510 $287,763 $421,273

Alabama; Connecticut; Delaware; Florida; Georgia;

Louisiana; Maryland; Massachusetts; Mississippi;

Texas; Virginia

2012 32022

Longleaf Pine Ecosystem

Restoration and Outreach (AL,FL)

The Nature Conservancy

Provide technical and on-the-ground restoration assistance to family forest landowners interested in managing or restoring longleaf pine on their lands using prescribed fire. Project will plant longleaf on 100 acres and implement hydrologic and ground integrity restoration at Splinter Hill Bog Preserve, including a portion of the Carrigan Addition, showcasing restoration efforts during 2 field days.

$150,000 $100,000 $50,000 $175,000 $325,000 Alabama; Florida

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Grantee Matching

Funds


2012 32447

Engaging Limited Resource

Landowners in Longleaf

Restoration

Federation of Southern

Cooperatives/Land Assistance Fund,

Inc.

The Federation will build its capacity to engage socially disadvantaged landowners in longleaf pine restoration. Project will engage over 200 landowners and impact about 5,000 acres in Alabama.

$75,843 $53,000 $22,843 $201,595 $277,438 Alabama

2012 33383

Community Outreach for the

Cahaba River National Wildlife

Refuge (AL)

Friends of the Cahaba River

National Wildlife Refuge

Implement a community outreach program to promote the Friends group and the Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge. Project will produce a brochure and electronic newsletters and will include speaking engagements and a select mailing campaign.

$4,000 $4,000 $4,280 $8,280 Alabama

2012 30946Gulf-Wide Strategy

For Sea Turtle Recovery

Multiple Agencies Coordinate two Gulf-wide meetings to organize all partners around a detailed implementation strategy. $50,000 $0 $50,000 $0 $50,000 Alabama; Florida; Louisiana;

Mississippi; Texas

2012 29001

Red-Cockaded Woodpecker

Habitat Restoration (AL) -

II

National Wild Turkey Federation,

Inc.

Restore 1,200 acres of habitat within the Talladega National Forest by conducting mid-story hardwood removal in order to facilitate Red-cockaded Woodpecker (RCW) population expansion.

$75,000 $37,500 $37,500 $103,200 $178,200 Alabama

2012 29179

Whooping Crane Reintroduction to

Southeastern U.S. - II

Operation Migration-USA

Reintroduce whooping cranes to the Southeast US, potentially adding 45 cranes toward the goal of achieving a self-sustaining population. Project will use ultralight-aircraft to teach migration route

$86,300 $43,150 $43,150 $172,600 $258,900Alabama; Florida; Georgia;

Illinois; Kentucky; Tennessee; Wisconsin

2012 30122

Strengthening Bird Conservation within the Gulf Coastal Plain Ecosystem

The Longleaf Alliance, Inc.

Manage and restore critical bird habitat within the Gulf Coastal Plain Ecosystem. Project will use prescribed burning, mechanical treatment, invasive species control, and ecological monitoring on over 45,000 acres of public and private lands benefitting rare bird species.

$158,460 $79,230 $79,230 $158,460 $316,920 Alabama; Florida

2012 32438

Enon & Sehoy Plantations Red-

Cockaded Woodpecker

Recovery (AL)

Alabama Forest Resources Center

The Alabama Forest Resources Center will work towards the long-term goal of establishing a contiguous, viable population of 30 Red-cockaded Woodpecker (RCW) groups by 2015 on Enon and Sehoy plantations by providing RCW cavity inserts, and conducting translocations, monitoring, and other management techniques. Project will plant 125,000 longleaf seedlings on 250 acres, survey approximately 3,000 acres for American chaffseed, and hold at least three landowner outreach group meetings.

$135,000 $67,500 $67,500 $1,573,800 $1,708,800 Alabama

2011 26511

Comprehensive Reef Fish and

Headboat Individual Fishing Quotas within the

Gulf

Gulf of Mexico Reef Fish

Shareholders' Alliance

Protect reef fish through implementation of individual fishing quota systems and establish a pilot individual fishing quota program for head boat operators.

$200,002 $0 $200,002 $95,200 $295,202 Alabama; Florida; Louisiana; Mississippi; Texas

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Grantee Matching

Funds


2011 27571Prichard Reading Park Stream Bank Restoration (AL)

Marine Environmental

Sciences Consortium /

Dauphin Island Sea Lab

Restore stream and riparian habitat in Prichard, Alabama. Project will establish an educational site for showcasing appropriate technologies for managing buffer areas in an urban setting.

$22,955 $0 $22,955 $45,350 $68,305 Alabama

2011 27706Restoring Stream

Functions in Holland Creek (AL)

Auburn University

Stabilize streambanks to improve water quality and habitat in an impaired urban stream. Through this restoration, a Phase II Community will use stream enhancement techniques.

$39,100 $0 $39,100 $45,205 $84,305 Alabama

2011 23716American

Oystercatcher Recovery - II

Manomet, Inc.

Unite the major organizations working on oystercatcher conservation coastwide and in Massachusetts to improve nesting success through control of predation and disturbance.

$218,952 $218,952 $285,411 $504,363

Alabama; Delaware; Florida; Georgia; Louisiana; Maryland; Massachusetts; Mississippi;

Texas; Virginia

2011 25760Southeast

Grassland Birds Initiative - II


Work with partners to address policy barriers and opportunities for native grassland conservation and develop market-based solutions for landowners.

$421,999 $421,999 $667,739 $1,089,738

Alabama; Arkansas; Delaware; Florida; Georgia; Illinois;

Indiana; Kentucky; Louisiana; Maryland; Mississippi; Texas;

Virginia; West Virginia

2011 26491

Implementing the Gulf of Mexico

Regional Marine Protected Area Plan (FL) - II

Friends of Rookery Bay, Inc.

Implement three key elements of the newly created Gulf of Mexico Regional Marine Protected Area Plan focusing on managing for climate change, catastrophic event response, and outreach and training about the value of Marine Protected Areas.

$35,000 $35,000 $46,200 $81,200 Alabama; Florida; Louisiana; Mississippi; Texas

2011 25463

Extinction Risk and Climate Change

Vulnerability of US Cacti

International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural

Resources - US

Compile conservation status data and assess climate change vulnerability for southeastern cacti for status review and Red List Assessment. Project will prioritize cacti conservation efforts.

$30,000 $30,000 $84,500 $114,500Alabama; Florida; Georgia;

Louisiana; Mississippi; Virgin Islands

2011 26110

Perdido Bay/Pass Islands Protection and Restoration

(AL)

City of Orange Beach, Alabama

Acquire Walker and Gilchrest Islands and restore important bird habitats on these islands and Robinson Island.

$435,848 $0 $435,848 $193,226 $629,074 Alabama

2011 26241

Beach-Nesting Bird Conservation

in the Gulf of Mexico

American Bird Conservancy

Identify key colony locations and build a network to protect vulnerable beach-nesting birds along the Gulf coast.

$270,000 $0 $270,000 $100,000 $370,000 Alabama; Florida; Louisiana; Mississippi; Texas

2011 26283Restoration of Gulf Coast Shorebirds

and HabitatsConservian, Inc.

Restore and protect Gulf coast shorebird populations and coastal habitats impacted by Deepwater Horizon oil spill and clean-up.

$200,000 $0 $200,000 $91,500 $291,500 Alabama; Florida; Louisiana; Mississippi

2011 26321

Cooperative Marine Mammal

Stranding Network for Alabama




Increase capacity for improved stranding response for marine mammals. $148,563 $0 $148,563 $27,274 $175,837 Alabama

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Grantee Matching

Funds


2011 26446Oyster Restoration

in the Gulf of Mexico

The Nature Conservancy Restore oyster reefs in Louisiana and Alabama. $1,100,000 $0 $1,100,000 $272,026 $1,372,026 Alabama; Louisiana

2011 26953Conservation of Shorebirds in the

Gulf RegionManomet, Inc.

This project will restore and protect Gulf coast shorebird populations and habitats along the Atlantic coast and implement protection measures on American Oystercatcher and Piping Plover nesting sites

$647,861 $0 $647,861 $323,226 $971,087Alabama; Connecticut; Florida;

Louisiana; Massachusetts; Mississippi; Texas

2011 27180

U.S. Gulf Shorebird

Assessment and Management Plan

Conservian, Inc. Produce a Gulf-wide assessment on beach-nesting birds and their habitat from past and current data. $125,000 $0 $125,000 $0 $125,000 Alabama; Florida; Louisiana;

Mississippi; Texas

2011 28053

Longleaf Pine Conservation in

the East Gulf Coastal Plain


Integrate landowner outreach, natural resource professional training, and Longleaf Delivery Specialists to conserve longleaf pine in priority areas of Alabama, Mississippi, and Florida.

$189,000 $94,500 $94,500 $145,000 $334,000 Alabama; Florida; Mississippi

2011 23400

Oyster Reserve Establishment in

Mississippi Sound (AL)

Auburn University

Establish the first oyster reserve within Alabama’s coastal waters through a long-term lease agreement with a private oyster riparian right holder. This effort will serve as a regional source of larvae to benefit local oyster populations and improve coastal habitat by establishing new oyster reefs.

$53,068 $0 $53,068 $53,421 $106,489 Alabama

2011 23456

Alabama Longleaf Pine Restoration

on Private Lands - II

National Wildlife Federation

Restore longleaf pine habitat on approximately 2,750 acres on private lands in three priority regions. Project will affect another potential 6,000 acres through landowner outreach and assistance.

$237,377 $118,689 $118,689 $255,000 $492,377 Alabama

2011 23530

Alabama Multi-Site Longleaf Pine

Ecosystem Restoration


Restore approximately 456 acres of longleaf pine to three sites in Alabama. An additional 500 acres will be burned at these sites to improve native groundcover.

$67,361 $33,681 $33,680 $72,122 $139,483 Alabama

2011 23610

Eglin/Conecuh/Blackwater Longleaf Conservation and

Partnership Development (FL)


Continue the Gulf Coastal Plain Ecosystem Partnership to restore 5,185 acres of longleaf pine and use the partnership as a model to expand the partnership to include the Eglin Air Force Base/Blackwater State Forest/Conecuh National Forest Significant Geographic Area as identified by the Range-Wide Conservation Plan for Longleaf Pine.

$241,248 $120,624 $120,624 $251,750 $492,998 Alabama; Florida

2011 23655

Longleaf Pine Restoration on Alabama State

Forests

Alabama Forestry Commission

Restore to longleaf pine a total of 667 acres on four state forests through site preparation, burning, and replanting with approximately 363,515 containerized longleaf pine seedlings.

$197,960 $98,980 $98,980 $197,960 $395,920 Alabama

2011 23514

Native Warm Season Grass

Establishment and Capacity Building

(AL)

Alabama Wildlife Federation

Establish a minimum of 100 acres of native warm season grass habitat on 10 demonstration sites in Alabama, break down implementation barriers, fill practical knowledge gaps, and accelerate adoption into the resource manager tool box.

$194,000 $97,000 $97,000 $218,075 $412,075 Alabama

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Grantee Matching

Funds


2011 23641

Southeastern American Kestrel

Strategic Plan and Management

Avian Research and Conservation

Institute, Inc.

Produce a strategic recovery plan for the Southeastern American Kestrel. Project will prioritize treatment sites, advise and coordinate habitat and nest-box management, measure success, perform and evaluate translocations, and select reintroduction sites.

$66,015 $33,008 $33,007 $70,399 $136,414 Alabama; Florida; Georgia; Mississippi

2010 22758Tapawingo Springs

Wetlands Restoration (AL)


Conduct riparian wetland habitat restoration of abandoned residential property concentrating on re-establishing wetland hydrology and native species and eradication of invasive species.

$14,980 $0 $14,980 $14,980 $29,960 Alabama

2010 22892Village Creek Trail

and Restoration (AL)


Construct and maintain a trail system along the Village Creek head waters. Project will include invasive plant removal, wetland enhancement, and bioswale construction.

$20,620 $0 $20,620 $21,976 $42,596 Alabama

2010 18445 Eastern Grassland Bird Initiative


Establish capacity to bring additional resources, partners, strategic guidance, and greater focus to the conservation of Northern Bobwhite and other declining grassland bird species.

$442,500 $392,500 $50,000 $503,500 $946,000

Alabama; Arkansas; Delaware; Florida; Georgia; Illinois; Indiana; Iowa; Kansas;

Kentucky; Louisiana; Maryland; Michigan; Minnesota;

Mississippi; Texas; Virginia; West Virginia; Wisconsin

2010 20305

Ex Situ Conservation of Four Imperiled Oak Species

Botanic Gardens Conservation International (U.S.), Inc.

Work to ensure that genetically diverse living collections of imperiled oak species are in place and safeguarded from climate change and disease threats. Project will work with the U.S. Forest Service and botanic gardens in the United States and Australia to collect material from populations of four species of imperiled oak and develop propagation protocols.

$15,000 $15,000 $15,000 $30,000Alabama; Arkansas; Florida; Georgia; Illinois; Louisiana;

Texas

2010 25329

Migratory Bird Habitat

Development in Coastal Alabama

Counties


Develop a projected minimum of 1,500 acres of migratory shorebird and waterfowl habitat on private lands in Baldwin and Mobile Counties in Alabama.

$219,564 $0 $219,564 $785,543 $1,005,107 Alabama

2010 25634

Turtle Exclusion Devices for the Skimmer Trawl

Fishery

Voucher Program

Produce and make available, free of charge, Turtle Exculsion Devices to Skimmer Trawl Fishermen in the Gulf of Mexico. This incentive for voluntary conversion to turtle safe gear will reduce mortality of sea turtle populations.

$350,000 $0 $350,000 $350,000 Alabama; Louisiana; Mississippi

2010 25650 Alabama Wetland Enhancement

Alabama Conservation and Natural Resources

Foundation, Inc.

Manipulate habitat in five wetland areas of Alabama. Project will include immediate establishment and retention of wetland areas for wetland/aquatic migratory birds.

$141,621 $0 $141,621 $0 $141,621 Alabama

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Grantee Matching

Funds


2010 30801

Turtle Bycatch Reduction in

Skimmer Trawl Fishery (AL)

Alabama Department of

Conservation and Natural Resources

Reduce bycatch of Kemps Ridley and Loggerhead sea turtles in Alabama state waters by the use of Turtle Excluder Devices in shrimp boats employing skimmer trawl gear.

$145,041 $0 $145,041 $0 $145,041 Alabama

2010 N/A

Sea Turtle Egg Relocation:

Coastal Alabama and Florida

N/A

In-kind contributions from Fed-Ex provided funding to protect sea turlte nests and eggs from potential impacts of the oil spill in the northern Gulf of Mexico. FedEx Custom Critical provided delivery expertise and specialized vehicles to transport more than 25,000 sea turtle eggs from Gulf beaches to Cape Canaveral, Florida, where hatchlings were released into the clean waters of the Atlantic.

N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Alabama; Florida

2010 18457Longleaf

Restoration Partnership – II


Inc.

Conduct a three-year public/private initiative that will restore 8,305 acres of longleaf pine in its natural range on private and public lands in Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and Florida. Project is part of a continued effort to help facilitate the restoration of longleaf pine across its native range in the Southeast.

$1,000,000 $500,000 $500,000 $1,000,000 $2,000,000 Alabama; Florida; Georgia; Mississippi

2010 18459

Reforestation of Longleaf Pine at Eufaula National Wildlife Refuge

(AL)

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Restore longleaf pine forest habitat on approximately 834 acres through site preparation, prescribed burning, and reforestation with containerized longleaf pine seedlings. Project will benefit migratory and resident avian species including northern bobwhite, brown-headed nuthatch, eastern wild turkey, and bachman's sparrow.

$77,556 $38,778 $38,778 $88,684 $166,240 Alabama

2009 2913

Reed Harvey Community

Greenway Wetland Park (AL)

Cawaco Resource Conservation and

Development Council, Inc.

Create a bio-retention park as an innovative stormwater treatment and retention solution in the floodplain of an urban tributary to Five Mile Creek. Project will improve water quality of stormwater delivered to Reed Harvey Park.

$27,500 $0 $27,500 $28,800 $56,300 Alabama

2009 2960

Margaret Yarbrough Elementary

Wetland Restoration (AL)

Auburn City Board of Education

Improve fish habitat and water quality along 1,430 feet of Saugahatchee Creek, preserve 15 acres of woodland wildlife and bird habitat, and educate students and adults.

$39,920 $0 $39,920 $20,550 $60,470 Alabama

2009 289Whooping Crane Reintroduction

Evaluation

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Develop a population-based evaluation framework and building capacity for applying data and project-related research to whooping crane conservation strategy. Project will inform implementation activities which will have the greatest positive impact on accelerating whooping crane recovery.

$245,022 $245,022 $536,214 $781,236

Alabama; Arkansas; Florida; Georgia; Illinois; Indiana; Iowa; Kentucky; Maryland; Michigan;

Minnesota; Missouri; North Carolina; Ohio; South Carolina;

Tennessee; Wisconsin

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2009 1218Recovery of

Eastern Shrubland-Dependent Birds

Wildlife Management

Institute

Restore populations of shrubland dependent birds through a program of technical assistance and land management activities on public and private lands

$457,673 $457,673 $461,375 $919,048

Alabama; Connecticut; Delaware; Illinois; Indiana;

Kentucky; Louisiana; Maine; Maryland; Massachusetts;

Michigan; Minnesota; Mississippi; Vermont; Virginia;

West Virginia; Wisconsin

2009 1047

Development of National-Scale

Oyster Reef Restoration Goals


Work with partners to develop quantitative goals for restoring oyster reefs to ecological health within eight marine ecoregions of the continental United States.

$100,000 $100,000 $100,000 $200,000

Alabama; California; Connecticut; Delaware; Florida; Georgia; Louisiana; Maryland;

Massachusetts; New Hampshire; New Jersey; New York; North Carolina; Rhode

Island; South Carolina; Texas; Virginia

2009 808

Alabama Beach Mouse Habitat

Restoration Program

Southeastern Wildlife

Conservation Group

Create an interpretive exhibit and dune grasses growing area at Spanish Fort Elementary. Grown dune grasses will be used for habitat restoration at Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge in support of the Alabama Beach Mouse.

$8,743 $8,743 $6,781 $15,524 Alabama

2009 15

Seagrass Restoration and

Protection in Florida and Alabama


Conduct restoration and protection activities over 70 acres of severely scarred seagrass beds in Florida’s St. Martins Marsh and the lower portion of Alabama’s Perdido Bay.

$76,583 $67,000 $9,583 $93,108 $169,691 Alabama; Florida

2009 121Conservation of Coastal Birds on the Gulf Coast III

Florida Keys Audubon Society

Conserve threatened birds on the Gulf coast by assisting partners to monitor post and protect critical breeding/migrating/wintering sites to reverse the impacts of human-created disturbance.


2009 413

Longleaf Pine Restoration in

National Forests (AL, FL)

Project Orianne Ltd.

Partner with the U.S. Forest Service to enhance wildlife habitat through restoration and management of longleaf pine ecosystems.

$198,923 $99,462 $99,462 $598,801 $797,724 Alabama; Florida

2009 453Quail Habitat

Restoration in the Southeast - IV

Quail Unlimited, Inc.

Increase bobwhite quail and related species populations through forest and farmland management on select sites in Alabama and Georgia through mid-story thinning, burning and landowner incentives.

$75,000 $37,500 $37,500 $150,000 $225,000 Alabama; Georgia

2008 7544

Vegetation Management and

Pasture Health (AL)

Tuskegee University

Use goats to improve soil quality, plant health, and land productivity on five farms in rural Alabama. Project will perform nutrient analyses, develop marketing strategies to ensure the viability of small producers, and produce an educational video.

$257,349 $257,349 $128,675 $386,024 Alabama

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2008 17226Gopher Tortoise

Habitat Credit Bank (GA, AL)

American Forest Foundation

Develop and implement a gopher tortoise habitat credit bank on family forestlands in portions of Georgia and Alabama. Project will provide recommendations for expanding the program to include more areas of the gopher tortoise range and other species.

$194,350 $194,350 $194,350 $388,700 Alabama; Georgia

2008 6581Environmental

Leadership Collaborative-IV

Environmental Leadership

Program, Inc.

Develop a national community of effective leaders who can advance innovative, equitable solutions to future conservation challenges.

$150,000 $150,000 $311,000 $461,000

Alabama; Connecticut; Florida; Georgia; Maine;

Massachusetts; New Hampshire; North Carolina;

Rhode Island; South Carolina; Tennessee

2008 7034Dune Plant Nursery and

Restoration (AL)

Murphy High School

Construct a sea oat nursery on the Murphy High School campus. High school students will build and maintain the nursery, plant sea oats on local beaches and barrier islands, and provide sea oats to other local community restoration projects.

$10,000 $0 $10,000 $8,000 $18,000 Alabama

2008 7036Seven Springs

Restoration (AL) - II


Restore a 4000 foot riparian buffer and stabilize the stream bank at the headwaters of Seven Springs. Local faith and scholastic communities will be engaged in experiential learning about the endangered Watercress Darter and its spring system habitat.

$32,000 $0 $32,000 $32,120 $64,120 Alabama

2008 575National

Monofilament Recycling Program

BoatU.S. Foundation for

Boating Safety and Clean Water

Since 2007, the BoatU.S. Foundation has built a nationwide monofilament recycling program, with over 700 locations. This proposal will grow and strengthen these efforts to encourage line recycling.

$170,664 $170,664 $170,644 $341,308

Alabama; Arizona; Arkansas; California; Connecticut;

Delaware; District of Columbia; Florida; Georgia; Illinois;

Indiana; Louisiana; Maine; Maryland; Massachusetts;

Michigan; Minnesota; Mississippi; Texas; Virginia;

Washington; Wisconsin

2008 6695

Midwest Fish Habitat

Partnership Capacity-Building

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service -

Region 3

Support the regional infrastructure of member Fish Habitat Partnerships to reach out to existing and potential stakeholders to build consensus in developing conservation strategies that will achieve aquatic species goals through habitat conservation.

$50,000 $50,000 $50,000 $100,000

Alabama; Illinois; Indiana; Iowa; Kentucky; Michigan; Minnesota;

Mississippi; Virginia; West Virginia; Wisconsin

2008 4472

Cahaba River NWR (AL) Longleaf

Restoration


Cahaba River NWR

Restore longleaf pine on 325 acres, including 50 on a former mine site, on the Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge. A total of 130,000 longleaf seedlings will be planted.

$137,000 $68,500 $68,500 $137,000 $274,000 Alabama

2008 6643Longleaf Pine Restoration

Initiative


Provide outreach and technical assistance to private landowners and state agency land managers throughout the region as a new, independent non-profit organization. Project will impact a minimum of 20,000 acres of longleaf.

$110,000 $55,000 $55,000 $110,715 $220,715 Alabama

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2007 7262Environmental

Leadership Collaborative-III

Environmental Leadership

Program, Inc.

Support and train emerging leaders in Boston and the southeastern United States. Project will also continue to strengthen the Environmental Leadership Collaborative.

$150,000 $150,000 $318,903 $468,903

Alabama; Connecticut; Florida; Georgia; Maine;

Massachusetts; New Hampshire; North Carolina;

Rhode Island; South Carolina; Tennessee

2007 6057

Ivory-billed Woodpecker

Photo Documentation

Cornell University

Locate, photograph and study ivory-billed woodpeckers in 18 forest tracts in the southeastern U.S. Project will facilitate conservation management efforts, land acquisition, and future research, which will aid in the development of a recovery plan.

$56,330 $56,330 $142,054 $198,384Alabama; Arkansas; Florida;

Georgia; Louisiana; Mississippi; Texas

2007 7333Rebuilding Healthy Ecosystems in the

Gulf Coast


Conduct restoration activities on 10 acres of reef habitat, 15 acres of longleaf pine habitat and conduct protection activities on 500 acres of seagrass. These activites will protect coastal oyster reefs, seagrass beds and forests damaged by hurricanes.

$68,067 $68,067 $61,794 $129,861 Alabama; Mississippi

2007 5773Harvey Reed Park

Wetland Restoration (AL)

Cawaco Resource Conservation and

Development Council, Inc.

Restore 350 feet of riparian buffers at Harvey Reed Park to improve water quality and habitat for fish and wildlife. Project will revegetate with native plants, remove invasive plants and re-contour urban stream channel.

$10,000 $0 $10,000 $41,840 $51,840 Alabama

2007 7230Submerged

Aquatic Vegetation Gardening (AL)




Restore .25 acres of coastal wetlands habitat in Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge through submerged aquatic vegetation plantings. Project will benefit a host of diverse fauna including recreationally and economically important fish and crustaceans.

$20,000 $0 $20,000 $27,434 $47,434 Alabama

2007 7650Turkey Creek

Nature Preserve (AL)

Birmingham-Southern College

Reduce sediment run-off to improve water quality for endangered vermillion darter and imperiled rush darter at 700 acre Turkey Creek nature preserve in Alabama. Project will create native meadow garden and porous walkway to remediate degraded stream bank.

$20,000 $0 $20,000 $38,679 $58,679 Alabama

2007 14859Plankton & Plastic Surveys of U.S. Ocean Waters

American Chemistry Council

Conduct research on the amount, distribution and chemical condition of smaller plastic particles collected in U.S waters. Project will assess the presence, impacts, and prevention methods of plastics found in the ocean.

$68,456 $68,456 $191,971 $260,427Alabama; Alaska; California; Florida; Louisiana; Oregon;

Texas; Virginia

2007 6038

Cahaba River Refuge

Interpretive Trail (AL)

Friends of the Cahaba River


Create and install interpretive signage along an abandoned forest trail in the Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge. The signs will increase public awareness of the ecosystems in the area and engage visitors.

$5,000 $5,000 $5,171 $10,171 Alabama

2007 6672 Threats to Plant Biodiversity (AL)

Auburn University School of Forestry

& Wildlife Sciences

Examine the effects of urbanization and fire history on longleaf pine communities to determine threats to biodiversity in the Mountain Longleaf National Wildlife Refuge. Project will share information with stakeholders through events and publications.

$42,351 $42,351 $42,648 $84,999 Alabama

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2007 6573 Alabama Longleaf Pine Restoration

National Wildlife Federation

Establish 10,000 acres of longleaf pine in three years.Project will initiate a private forest landowner outreach, education, and technical assistance program in Alabama.

$100,000 $50,000 $50,000 $114,509 $214,509 Alabama

2007 6868Restoration of

Montane Longleaf Forest

School of Forestry and Wildlife

Science, Auburn University

Implement burn methods and stimulate regeneration in areas too far from trees for seed dispersal to restore mountain longleaf pine in Alabama. Each site will be evaluated before treatment and again at six, twelve, and eighteen months post-treatment.

$41,979 $20,989 $20,990 $42,000 $83,979 Alabama

2007 4780Conservation of Coastal Birds on the Gulf Coast II

National Audubon Society

Increase conservation efforts for threatened birds on the Gulf with the help of property owners and partners. Project aims to reverse impacts of development, human disturbance, predation, and storms.



Restoration in the Southeast - III


Increase northern bobwhite populations and address Northern Bobwhite Conservation Initiative goals through improved forest land management. Project will provide payments to landowners for practices beneficial to bobwhites.

$165,000 $82,500 $82,500 $945,959 $1,110,959 Alabama; Georgia

2006 7377Modeling Invasion Risk of Imported Vertebrates(AL)

Auburn University

Create a risk-assessment model for the introduction of vertebrate species imported into the United States using U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service live vertebrate importation data. Project will generate a list of imported vertebrates designated as high risk.

$9,563 $2,896 $6,667 $0 $9,563 Alabama

2006 14579 Upland Habitats Partnership - XI


Restore and enhance quail and other upland game bird habitats on United States Department of Agriculture-Forest Service and Department of Interior-Bureau of Land Management administered lands under the Answer The Call Initiative.

$160,000 $160,000 $320,000 $480,000

Alabama; Arizona; Arkansas; California; Kansas; Kentucky; New Mexico; Oregon; South

Carolina; Texas

2006 4919Mobile Bay

Western Shore Restoration (AL)

Murphy High School

Restore a half acre of marsh wetland along the western shore of Mobile Bay in Alabama. Project will work with high school students to plant five plots with native emergent grasses.

$4,750 $0 $4,750 $14,000 $18,750 Alabama

2006 6963 Seven Springs Restoration (AL)


Restore three acres of riparian buffer along Seven Springs in Birmingham, Alabama to increase the habitat area of the endangered Watercress Darter. Project partners will remove invasive vegetation, and replant the area with native grasses and shrubs.

$20,000 $0 $20,000 $68,783 $88,783 Alabama

2006 7438 Pell City Wetland Enhancement (AL)

Benjamin Moore & Co.

Restore approximately ten acres of wetland habitat on the banks of Fishing Creek. Project will reduce erosion by restoring a small pond currently being fed from a small stream.

$20,000 $0 $20,000 $69,045 $89,045 Alabama

2006 7604 Five Mile Creek Restoration (AL)


Restore and enhance 3.5 acres along Five Mile Creek by removing invasive plant species and reintroducing native plant species in the riparian corridor. Project will work with local school students to repair the stream buffer and assist with monitoring.

$20,000 $0 $20,000 $36,493 $56,493 Alabama

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2006 5305

Old-growth Longleaf Pine on Horn Mountain

(AL)

Auburn University School of Forestry

& Wildlife Sciences

Describe age and stand structure of an old-growth mountain longleaf pine stand on Horn Mountain. The work will provide benchmark conditions for restoration efforts of montane longleaf pine.

$24,985 $24,985 $25,688 $50,673 Alabama

2006 6240Gulf State Park

(AL) Longleaf Pine Restoration

Alabama State Parks Division

Restore 200 acres of longleaf pine at Gulf State Park in Alabama. 109,000 trees will be planted as a result of the project.

$70,500 $43,500 $27,000 $95,000 $165,500 Alabama

2006 4147Mapping Migratory

Bird Stopover Areas in the South

University of Southern

Mississippi

Use weather radar to map where birds stop over during migration. Project will integrate stopover maps with land-cover/ownership maps to understand bird-habitat relationships and identify areas needing protection.

$33,833 $16,916 $16,916 $42,774 $76,607 Alabama; Florida; Georgia; Louisiana

2006 7246

Flying WILD Migratory Bird

Education in the South

Council For Environmental

Education

Establish a Southeastern training and distribution network of City Partner organizations for migratory bird education directed at urban youth.

$38,000 $19,000 $19,000 $60,000 $98,000 Alabama; Florida; Georgia

2006 16145Database for the

Southeast Aquatic Habitat Plan

Southeastern Association of Fish

and Wildlife Agencies

Develop and utilize data management tools to further implement priority regional conservation strategies developed under the Southeast Aquatic Habitat Plan. Project will include an initial geo-referenced database of the Tennessee Cumberland watersheds.

$90,000 $33,480 $56,520 $22,500 $112,500Alabama; Arkansas; Florida;

Georgia; Kentucky; Louisiana; Mississippi; Texas

2005 16722Equilibrium of

North American Fish Assemblages

Daniel McGarvey

Conduct an inter-regional study of North American stream fishes, in which recipient will characterize the equilibrium status of complete assemblages. Project will serve as a model for future inter-agency and interdisciplinary collaboration.

$10,000 $0 $10,000 $0 $10,000 Alabama

2005 18299CLEAN Children Linking w/ Env't

Across Nation (AL)

Cahaba River Society

Educate 220 fourth to twelfth grade students about environmental appreciation through outdoor field trips to the Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge. Project will engage in a restortation project on the refuge.

$5,000 $5,000 $8,635 $13,635 Alabama

2005 17398 Conservation of Weeks Bay (AL)-II

Weeks Bay Foundation Inc

Continue support for establishment of local land trust for Weeks Bay area. Project will also involve removal of exotic species in a white topped pitcher plant bog.

$60,000 $0 $60,000 $69,698 $129,698 Alabama

2005 7507Sandhills Longleaf Pine Ecosystem Restoration (AL)

Tukabatchee Area Council, Boy

Scouts of America

Restore 42 acres of longleaf pine on the Warner Scout Reservation in Alabama through prescribed burning and planting of seedlings. Emphasis will be given to areas that contain or are potential habitat for the endangered canebrake pitcher-plant.

$11,000 $5,500 $5,500 $15,007 $26,007 Alabama

2005 18229Eufaula (AL)

Longleaf Pine Restoration


Eufaula NWR

Restore 350 acres of longleaf pine within its historical range on the Eufala National Wildlife Refuge. Longleaf pine will be planted in mature loblolly pine understory.

$58,915 $29,457 $29,458 $96,648 $155,563 Alabama


Restoration in the Southeast-II


Continue to improve northern bobwhite and other grassland/shrubland associated species habitat in Alabama, Georgia, and Mississippi through integrated habitat management and public education programs.

$100,000 $50,000 $50,000 $453,405 $553,405 Alabama; Georgia; Mississippi

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2005 17498

Red-Cockaded Woodpecker

Habitat Restoration (AL)


Inc.

Restore approximately 1,200 acres of longleaf pine on Talladega National Forest in Alabama. Project will improve habitat for red-cockaded woodpecker and bobwhite quail.

$75,222 $37,611 $37,612 $115,316 $190,538 Alabama

2005 7607

Coordinating Conservation

Actions in Western U.S.

Western Association of Fish


Provide forums for identification and coordination of priority multi-state conservation actions identified in Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategies for members of recipient organization.

$100,000 $36,977 $63,023 $136,300 $236,300

Alabama; Arizona; California; Colorado; Hawaii; Idaho;

Kansas; Montana; Nebraska; Nevada; New Mexico; North Dakota; Oklahoma; South

Carolina; Texas; Utah; Washington; Wyoming

2005 17967SCWCSs and

Southeast Aquatic Habitat Plan

Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency

Provide leadership and coordination towards incorporating State Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategies into a Southeast Aquatic Habitat Plan. Project will integrate aquatic conservation strategies across state boundaries in the southeast.

$59,205 $2,484 $56,721 $22,215 $81,420Alabama; Arkansas; Florida;

Georgia; Kentucky; Louisiana; Mississippi; Texas

2005 17984

Coordinating Conservation

Actions in Southeast US

Southeastern Association of Fish


Provide a forum for identification and coordination of priority multi-state conservation actions identified in State Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategies from the Southeast.

$90,316 $35,942 $54,374 $55,100 $145,416

Alabama; Arkansas; Florida; Georgia; Kentucky; Louisiana; Maryland; Mississippi; Texas; Virgin Islands; Virginia; West

Virginia

2004 5788Bear Creek (AL) Mussel Recovery

II

Geological Survey of Alabama

Create four sediment-monitoring stations on Bear Creek and visit them monthly for a year to pinpoint areas in need of erosion control. The grantee will partner with state agencies who will use these findings to assist with BMP implementation.

$21,998 $0 $21,998 $10,794 $32,792 Alabama

2004 17691Mobile Bay (AL)

Oyster Gardening Program




Restore oyster reefs at Denton Island and enhance oyster restoration efforts at Mon Luis Island in Alabama. Project will also conduct workshops to help educate volunteers about the role of oysters in Mobile Bay.

$9,100 $9,100 $8,250 $17,350 Alabama

2004 4477Cahaba River

Mountain Longleaf Pine Reforestation


Restore 185 acres of mountain longleaf pine habitat on the Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge. Lands will be managed for long-term protection and functionality of the mountain longleaf pine ecosystem.

$20,108 $10,054 $10,054 $20,108 $40,216 Alabama

2004 16311

Longleaf Pine Restoration and

Carbon Sequestration

Auburn University

Restore 500 acres of longleaf pine on private lands in Mississippi, Alabama, and the Florida panhandle. Project will provide cost-shares and technical assistance to cooperating landowners.

$134,880 $0 $134,880 $174,882 $309,762 Alabama; Florida; Mississippi

2004 7568 Juvenile Raptor Restoration (AL)-II

The Wildlife Center

Continue to create more complete audio and visual records of juvenile raptors native to the Southeast and expand informational materials for wildlife rehabilitators, conservation officers, landowners, and the general public.

$12,500 $6,250 $6,250 $12,500 $25,000 Alabama

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2004 16210Conservation of Coastal Birds on the Gulf Coast

National Audubon Society, Inc.

Enhance and establish long-term bird conservation efforts for threatened or declining beach-nesting bird species on the Gulf Coast, from western Florida to coastal Mississippi.


2004 17425

East Gulf Joint Venture Habitat Conservation

Tools

Auburn University

Develop science-based, landscape-scale mapping and decision support tools that improve the ability of joint venture partners to effectively plan and deliver conservation of priority bird habitats throughout the East Gulf Coastal Plain.


2003 14429 Upland Habitat Partnership-VIII


Continue to support habitat improvement projects for quail and other wildlife on public and private lands throughout the country. Projects will improve nesting, brood rearing, winter cover, and food for quail and other wildlife.

$140,200 $140,200 $1,029,239 $1,169,439

Alabama; Arizona; California; Colorado; Georgia; Indiana;

Kansas; Kentucky; New Mexico; Oregon; South

Carolina; Texas

2003 13888 Alabama Mussel Enforcement


Purchase surveillance equipment to enhance the ability of law enforcement units to eliminate illegal take of undersized mussels for sale on the commercial market.

$29,971 $0 $29,971 $0 $29,971 Alabama

2003 15772Mobile River Basin

(AL) Mussel Recovery

World Wildlife Fund, Inc.

Assist freshwater mussel recovery efforts in the Mobile River Basin of Alabama through propagation, site evaluation and planning and broodstock location.

$75,000 $75,000 $150,000 $225,000 Alabama

2003 15775Mobile Basin

Imperiled Mussel Recovery


Conduct strategic conservation planning, biological inventory and stream restoration projects in significant watersheds across the Mobile River Basin, which flow through portions of Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi and Tennessee.

$66,405 $66,405 $101,781 $168,186 Alabama; Georgia; Mississippi

2003 16313 American Chestnut Conservation-III

American Chestnut Foundation

Expand and strengthen the Chestnut Breeding Program for regional adaptability in the Southern Appalachians with existing and new partnerships, and expand public awareness and recruitment of volunteers in Alabama and Georgia.

$78,000 $78,000 $312,000 $390,000Alabama; Georgia; North Carolina; South Carolina;

Tennessee; Virginia

2003 16107Classification of

Montane Longleaf Pine Forest

Jacksonville State University

Identify landscape-level land units with vegetation, soil, and landform variables through ordination and classification techniques and discriminant analysis for longleaf pine forest in Alabama. Predictive models will be produced for each land unit.

$18,123 $18,123 $19,440 $37,563 Alabama

2003 16527 Ardhi Vilinda Youth Program (AL)

Brownfield Institute Corporation

Provide at-risk 1st-12th grade youth access to opportunities to nature-related educational programs utilizing the Mountain Longleaf National Wildlife Refuge. Project will provide start-up support to solidify partnerships and establish the program.

$5,000 $5,000 $0 $5,000 Alabama

2003 14616Turtle

Management on Refuges

University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc.

Develop management programs to benefit eleven species of threatened or endangered tortoises and freshwater turtles that are found on ten National Wildlife Refuges.

$59,922 $59,922 $67,417 $127,339

Alabama; Louisiana; Massachusetts; Michigan; New Jersey; New Mexico; New York;

South Carolina

2003 4266 Conservation of Weeks Bay (AL)

Weeks Bay Foundation Inc

Facilitate education, research, land acquisition, and resource protection activities at the Weeks Bay Estuarine Reserve in Alabama.

$50,000 $0 $50,000 $50,000 $100,000 Alabama

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2003 14168Marvel Slab Low-

Head Dam Removal (AL)

World Wildlife Fund, Inc.

Remove the Marvel Slab dam on the Cahaba River in Alabama. Project will renew interaction of populations of at-risk endemic species, reduce habitat fragmentation, and re-establish the historic run of the river.

$15,000 $0 $15,000 $92,643 $107,643 Alabama

2003 5287 Juvenile Raptor Restoration (AL)

The Wildlife Center

Develop and disseminate a highly effective new technique to aid in restoring downed juvenile raptors to their parents. A public education program will be developed to promote the protection of nesting raptors in urban and suburban areas nationwide.

$25,000 $12,500 $12,500 $25,000 $50,000 Alabama


Restoration in the Southeast


Develop and improve habitat for quail and other upland game birds on 17,000 acres of public and private lands in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and Mississippi. Project will improve nesting cover, brood rearing sites, winter cover, and food supplies.

$90,000 $45,000 $45,000 $291,193 $381,193 Alabama; Florida; Georgia; Mississippi

2002 12751

Saving our Southern Rivers: Education and

Training

Southeast Watershed Forum

Publish a special edition newsletter focusing on stream restoration success stories and develop a trainer's training program for stream habitat restoration and watershed protection.

$24,473 $24,473 $37,594 $62,066 Alabama; Florida; Georgia; Kentucky; Mississippi; Virginia

2002 3898Incentives for Longleaf Pine Restoration

Environmental Defense Fund, Inc.

Work with federal and private partners on longleaf pine conservation through a model for longleaf pine that demonstrates its economic benefits. Develop Safe Harbors program endangered gopher tortoise habitat on private lands.

$64,000 $19,500 $44,500 $53,351 $117,351 Alabama; Georgia; Mississippi

2002 4997Riparian Habitat

Restoration in TN and AL


Region 4

Work with private landowners through the Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program to restore 13.3 miles of degraded riparian habitat found along privately-owned streambanks in Tennessee and Alabama.

$105,000 $105,000 $161,986 $266,986 Alabama; Tennessee

2002 16672Cumberland Plateau Land Protection-II

Chattowah Open Land Trust, Inc.

Use conservation easements and a conservation buyer program to protect 6,000 acres of land in northwest Georgia, northeast Alabama, and southern Tennessee's most diverse watersheds.

$50,000 $50,000 $100,000 $150,000 Alabama; Georgia; Tennessee

2002 11848Mussel Population

Dynamics and Demography

USDA-Forest Service - Center for Bottomland

Hardwoods Research

Research populations trends for eight mussel species by obtaining detailed biology and life history information. Project will help determine how habitat change, management, and harvest will affect growth and viability of mussel populations.

$18,093 $0 $18,093 $0 $18,093 Alabama; Mississippi

2002 12192

Gopher Tortoise Conservation on Managed Lands

(AL)

Auburn UniversityEvaluate the relationship between population density and population success of the federally-threatened gopher tortoise in southwestern Alabama.

$39,928 $39,928 $82,212 $122,140 Alabama

2002 14018 Bear Creek (AL) Mussel Recovery

Geological Survey of Alabama

Work with partners to identify land use and water quality factors contributing to the decline of mussel populations in the lower Bear Creek system. Results will be combined with historical data to develop management plans.

$18,400 $0 $18,400 $0 $18,400 Alabama

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2002 14962Savanna Habitat

Restoration (MS/AL)


Restore 500 acres of wet pine savanna habitat in the Sandhill Crane National Wildlife Refuge in Mississippi and the Grand Bay National Wildlife Refuge in Alabama.

$39,950 $19,975 $19,975 $12,968 $52,918 Alabama

2002 12674


Conservation Interns

The Student Conservation

Association, Inc.

Place 35 conservation interns from diverse backgrounds underrepresented in conservation careers in positions at National Wildlife Refuges across the country.

$50,000 $50,000 $50,000 $100,000

Alabama; Alaska; California; Florida; Georgia; Louisiana;

Maryland; Mississippi; Texas; Virginia; Wyoming

2001 15001Wildlife Habitat

and Viewing Improvement-II

Buckmasters American Deer

Foundation

Continue to work in partnership with the USDA-Forest Service to improve 1,900 acres of wildlife habitat in the eastern United States through mowing, prescribed burning, native planting, brushing, and disking.

$4,000 $0 $4,000 $0 $4,000Alabama; Florida; Kentucky; Michigan; New Hampshire;

Wisconsin

2001 11953Cumberland Plateau Land

Protection

Chattowah Open Land Trust, Inc.

Protect 6,755 acres through conservation easements along the Coosa and Paint Rock rivers in the Ridge, Valley, and Cumberland Plateau regions. Project will also conduct workshops about conservation easements in eight counties.

$40,000 $40,000 $80,000 $120,000 Alabama; Georgia; Tennessee

2001 10676 Prescribed Burns in Alabama


Conduct workshops and monitor demonstration prescribed burns on coastal wetland habitat. Project will improved habitat on public and private lands and educate private landowners on the ecological importance of prescribed burns.

$14,825 $5,616 $9,209 $0 $14,825 Alabama

2001 11572 Dauphin Island (AL) Acquisition-II

Dauphin Island Bird Sanctuaries,

Inc.

Protect 20 maritime forest lots through conservation easements and fee acquisitions in Tupelo-Gum Swamp. Lots serve as a critical stopover point for numerous migratory bird species.

$75,000 $0 $75,000 $280,836 $355,836 Alabama

2000 10950 Grouper Spawning Aggregation Study

University of Florida

Conduct research on the grouper spawning aggregations in the Gulf of Mexico. This project will provide valuable information for better management of these commercially and recreationally important species.

$14,564 $14,564 $74,564 $89,128 Alabama; Florida

2000 8459 Central Hardwoods Joint Venture

American Bird Conservancy

Hire a coordinator for the Central Hardwoods Bird Consevation Region to work with an interim committee representing federal and state agencies and non-governmental organizations to develop a Joint Venture and implement bird conservation strategies.

$15,000 $15,000 $33,800 $48,800Alabama; Illinois; Indiana; Kentucky; Missouri; Ohio;

Oklahoma; Tennessee

2000 11781Land Trust for

Working Forests (AL)

Alabama Forest Resources Center

Build a land trust to prevent forest fragmentation, promote land stewardship and Best Management Practices on forest land, improve the quality and quantity of forests and wildlife resources, and improve water resources in Alabama.

$50,000 $50,000 $100,000 $150,000 Alabama

2000 11236Longleaf Pine

Forest Restoration (GA)

Auburn University

Work with private landowners to maintain or improve 3,000 acres of existing stands of natural longleaf pine habitat through management and protection. Project will enhance habitat connectivity and increase forest cover for native wildlife.

$100,000 $100,000 $655,760 $755,760 Alabama; Florida; Georgia

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2000 12132Camp

Tukabatchee (AL) Restoration

Boy Scouts of America

Prepare a management plan for a 1,000-acre boy scout campground in the Bridge Creek watershed in Alabama and complete wetland and riparian restoration on 200 of these acres.

$10,000 $10,000 $0 $10,000 Alabama

2000 8851Cat Island (AL)

Heronry Restoration




Restore nesting vegetation destroyed by Hurricane Georges along the 13-acre Cat Island in the Mississippi Sound. Project will improve colonial nesting habitat of herons and egrets and will reduce leeching of nutrients into nearby oyster reefs.

$11,500 $5,750 $5,750 $21,238 $32,738 Alabama

2000 9407 Dauphin Island (AL) Acquisition-I

Friends of Dauphin Island Audubon

Sanctuary

Acquire up to ten acres of critical neotropical migratory bird habitat on Dauphin Island, which provides critical staging, resting, and foraging habitats for birds crossing the Gulf of Mexico.

$91,000 $0 $91,000 $136,300 $227,300 Alabama

2000 10948Mobile Bay Oyster

Reef Enhancement

Alabama Department of

Marine Resources

Restore and protect oyster and finfish habitat in Mobile Bay and Mississippi Sound by placing concrete structures around historic oyster habitat sites and placing oyster clutch material inside those rings.

$100,000 $0 $100,000 $262,500 $362,500 Alabama

$15,322,593 $7,382,222 $7,940,371 $21,195,983 $36,518,576

Total # of Projects (2000-2012): 139Total NFWF Award: $15,322,593

Total NFWF Federal Funds: $7,382,222Total NFWF Non-Federal Funds: $7,940,371

Total Grantee Matching Funds: $21,195,983Total Project Funds: $36,518,576

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