national fish and wildlife foundation - projects in ...€¦ · national fish and wildlife...

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation - Projects in Florida (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 36274 Big Bend Oyster Restoration (FL)

University of Florida, Institute of

Food & Agric. Sciences

The University of Florida, Institute of Food & Agricultural Sciences will obtain construction materials, design restoration sites, map each restoration site elevation in three-dimensions, and identify restoration materials for an oyster restoration project to be completed next year. A little over half an acre of oyster reef will be restored which will be strategically placed to help entrain fresh water inputs to buffer estuarine salinities in an additional 150 acres of oyster bars, salt marsh and other estuarine habitats inshore of the construction site.

$53,587 $53,587 $28,322 $81,909 Florida

2013 33198

Derelict Golden Crab Gear

Assessment and Removal in Florida

Florida Keys Commercial Fishermen's Association

Conduct pilot trap retrieval to remove legacy debris from golden crab fishery and assess if ghost fishing and impacts to protected deepwater coral warrant additional trap debris retrieval.

$50,000 $40,000 $10,000 $12,000 $62,000 Florida

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 29731 Panther Crossing Protection (FL)

The Nature Conservancy -

Florida

Protection of 1,278-acre Panther Crossing in Glades County, Florida, to conserve habitat crucial to the survival of the federally endangered Florida panther.

$200,000 $0 $200,000 $500,000 $700,000 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 32259

Oleta River State Park Hardwood

Hammock Restoration (FL)

Museum of Science, Inc. dba

Miami Science Museum

The Reclamation Project will restore approximately 1.1 acres of tropical hardwood hammock habitat at Oleta River State Park. Over 250 local volunteers will participate in the restoration of the native coastal wetlands and will engage thousands of Miami residents through participatory eco-art installations at schools, public buildings and retail stores.

$27,116 $0 $27,116 $42,050 $69,166 Florida

2012 32279

Bayou Texar Oyster Reef and

Marsh Grass Restoration (FL)

Keep Pensacola Beautiful, Inc.

Collect approximately 84 tons of oyster shell from local partner restaurants to be used as substrate to establish 79 oyster reefs (0.073 acres) along 1,200 linear feet of shoreline on the Bayou Texar in the Florida Pensacola Bay System (PBS). In addition, 4,520 square feet of native emergent marsh grasses will be planted to restore intertidal habitat.

$20,398 $0 $20,398 $64,224 $84,622 Florida

43


Award Fiscal Year


NFWF Federal Funds


Grantee Matching

Funds


2012 34461

Restoration of MacDill

Mangrove/Tidal Creek and MacDill

Lewis Lake (FL)

Southwest Florida Water

Management District

Restore approximately 34 acres of degraded black mangroves to functioning fisheries habitat on two selected estuarine restoration projects, MacDill Mangrove/Tidal Creek Project and MacDill Lewis Lake Project, as part of a greater restoration effort on MacDill Air Force Base.

$250,000 $250,000 $0 $250,000 Florida

2012 35088

Nationwide Seafarers'

Environmental Education

The Seamen's Church Institute

Educate seafarers calling at US ports by training port chaplains and distributing educational pamphlets to seafarers.

$99,530 $0 $99,530 $0 $99,530

California; Connecticut; Florida; Georgia; Maine; Maryland;

Massachusetts; New Jersey; New York; Pennsylvania; South

Carolina; Washington

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 30643

American Oystercatcher

Coastwide Aerial Survey

Manomet, Inc.Conduct a second comprehensive aerial survey of the entire winter range of the American Oystercatcher from New York to Texas.

$83,750 $83,750 $106,298 $190,048Connecticut; Delaware; Florida; Georgia; Louisiana; Maryland;

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

2012 32343

Longleaf Restoration on Florida State

Forests

Friends of Florida State Forests

Re-establish longleaf pines to specific areas on Blackwater River State Forest. $300,000 $215,000 $85,000 $380,000 $680,000 Florida

44


Award Fiscal Year


NFWF Federal Funds


Grantee Matching

Funds


2012 32371

Osceola National Forest Landowner

Incentive Programs for

Longleaf Restoration

Florida Forest Service

The Florida Forest Service will offer technical assistance and incentive payments to non-industrial private forest landowners for establishment and maintenance of longleaf on their lands. Project will treat approximately 1,800 acres of private land with a variety of longleaf ecosystem enhancements including planting over 500,000 longleaf trees, prescribed fire, mechanical underbrush reduction, timber stand improvement, native understory vegetation establishment, and noxious invasive weed eradication.

$150,000 $150,000 $150,000 $300,000 Florida

2012 26318Turtle-Friendly

Design for Beach Restoration (FL)

Martin County Board of County Commissioners

Test whether changes to the construction template for beach restoration projects reduces impacts to sea turtles typically documented for traditionally built beaches.

$634,780 $0 $634,780 $0 $634,780 Florida

2012 29268

Restoration Benefits to Wading

Bird Habitat in Florida Bay

The Everglades Foundation, Inc.

Improve habitat in eastern Florida Bay for Roseate Spoonbills and Reddish Egrets. Project will track effects and develop statistical tools for management.

$200,000 $0 $200,000 $50,000 $250,000 Florida

2012 30528

Evaluating Alternative Fishing Gears in the Gulf

of Mexico

Nova Southeastern

University

Evaluate two new fishing gears in the Gulf of Mexico as more environmentally-friendly alternatives to the pelagic longline gear now used to commercially harvest tunas and swordfish.

$379,978 $0 $379,978 $100,000 $479,978 Florida; Louisiana

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 31055 Angler Action Program (FL)

Snook Foundation, Inc.

Build a recreational angler communication system that involves real-time data for research and fishery management in Gulf and Atlantic waters.

$35,000 $0 $35,000 $35,000 $70,000 Florida

2012 29224

Alafia Bank Shoreline

Restoration and Management (FL) -

II

National Audubon Society, Inc.

Install 620 feet of breakwater oyster reef in linear wave attenuation device arrays to protect the Alafia Bank north shoreline and bird nesting habitat from storm wave and ship wake erosion.

$250,000 $0 $250,000 $150,000 $400,000 Florida

2012 29021

Longleaf Ecosystem Restoration Landowner

Incentive Program (FL)

Florida Forest Service

Increase the acreage of healthy longleaf pine ecosystems in Florida by offering non-industrial private forest landowners technical assistance and incentive payments for conducting approved longleaf restoration practices. More than 4,000 acres will be treated with longleaf enhancement techniques and over 1 million longleaf trees will be planted on 1,850 acres.

$363,500 $293,500 $70,000 $312,650 $676,150 Florida

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

45


Award Fiscal Year


NFWF Federal Funds


Grantee Matching

Funds


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 29610

Tampa Bay Community-Based

Seagrass Transplanting (FL)

Tampa Baywatch, Inc.

Implement a community-based seagrass transplanting project off the southern tip of MacDill Air Force Base in an area known to historically support seagrass. Project will establish 2 acres of seagrass meadows across an estuarine shelf and provide hands-on educational experiences for community and student volunteers.

$40,000 $0 $40,000 $43,840 $83,840 Florida

2012 29643

Determining Biotic Effects of Sediment

Contaminants

Tampa Bay Estuary Program

Determine relative impacts of sediment contaminants on Tampa Bay biota, focusing on McKay Bay. Project will develop watershed restoration actions to improve in-bay sediments & tidal flats.

$155,000 $0 $155,000 $194,226 $349,226 Florida

2012 29648

Tampa Bay Estuary Education and Restoration

Mini-Grants


Involve local citizens in hands-on Tampa Bay restoration and education activities. Project will result in measurable improvements in water quality, habitat restoration, and public education.

$25,000 $0 $25,000 $50,000 $75,000 Florida

2012 29702

Be Floridian Urban Fertilizer

Education Campaign - II (FL)


Continue the "Be Floridian" urban fertilizer education campaign in Pinellas County, Florida and expand the campaign to Manatee County and the City of Tampa. Project will result in a reduction of inorganic nitrogen entering Tampa Bay and improved water quality in Tampa Bay.

$75,000 $0 $75,000 $75,000 $150,000 Florida

2012 29785

Gamble Creek Saltwater Marsh

and Riparian Restoration (FL)

Manatee County Board of County Commissioners

Restore and enhance 145 acres of hammock, salt marsh, and riparian habitat along Gamble Creek, a tributary of the Manatee River. Project will remove invasive vegetation, return native vegetation to the site, and result in improved wildlife habitat and a reduction in eroded sediment flowing into Tampa Bay.

$70,200 $0 $70,200 $70,200 $140,400 Florida

2012 29812

Bullfrog Creek Preserve Riparian

Buffer Implementation

(FL)

Tampa Bay Conservancy, Inc.

Restore 4 acres of riparian buffer habitat, install other stream protection Best Management Practices, and initiate a partnership to help implement erosion control Best Management Practices at 3 existing low-flow stream crossings throughout the Tampa Bay watershed.

$22,180 $0 $22,180 $36,100 $58,280 Florida

2012 29840

Colonial Waterbird Management in Tampa Bay and Pinellas County


Manage, for a period of two years, 16 islands in Tampa Bay and Pinellas County, Florida comprising the Contractor’s Florida Coastal Islands Sanctuaries. Management of the 16 islands will include such tasks as surveying, posting, patrolling, removing fishing lines, and controlling predators.

$37,500 $0 $37,500 $37,500 $75,000 Florida

46


Award Fiscal Year


NFWF Federal Funds


Grantee Matching

Funds


2011 29108 Everglades Restoration (FL)

Everglades Coalition

Coordinate the work of 53 non-profit entities with state, federal, and local governments to create strategies for restoration work in the Everglades. Project will review Everglades restoration projects from the past three years, which have generated 10,500 jobs.

$5,000 $2,500 $2,500 $0 $5,000 Florida

2011 26839

Building Capacity for Management of Invasive Lionfish in

the Caribbean

Reef Environmental

Education Foundation

Translate and disseminate a best practices manual and organize and conduct hands-on training workshops for marine protected area/resource managers to address invasive lionfish in the wider Caribbean.

$37,600 $37,600 $45,600 $83,200 Florida

2011 29612

Reef Fish Monitoring from

Broward County to Martin County (FL)

Nova Southeastern

University

Train biologists to inventory biological and physical data, for a reef fishery-independent monitoring program. $18,000 $18,000 $0 $18,000 Florida

2011 29763

Accuracy Assessment and

Monitoring of Benthic Habitat in the Florida Keys

Nova Southeastern

University

Perform an independent accuracy assessment of Florida Keys shallow water benthic habitat map east of Islamorada in the middle Florida Keys.

$45,000 $45,000 $0 $45,000 Florida

2011 30397US Coral Reef Task Force Fall 2011 Meeting

National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration

Support the fall 2011 U.S. Coral Reef Task Force meeting in Florida. Funds will support some of the logistical expenses like transportation of members to event sites for the overall meeting.

$15,938 $15,938 $0 $15,938 Florida

2011 26493

Electronic Fishery Monitoring for Gulf

of Mexico Reef Fish

Ocean Conservancy, Inc.

Test electronic monitoring in the Gulf of Mexico fishery as a viable tool for accurately collecting data to ensure adherence to catch limits, including the region’s catch-share program.

$200,000 $80,000 $120,000 $126,000 $326,000 Florida; Texas

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

2011 26600

Designing a River Herring Catch

Share for the East Coast

University of New Hampshire

Develop a conceptual model for the first anadromous fish catch share in the United States. Project will gather existing information to design a river herring catch share.

$142,700 $57,080 $85,620 $1,500 $144,200

Connecticut; Delaware; District of Columbia; Florida; Georgia;

Maine; Maryland; Massachusetts; New

Hampshire; New Jersey; New York; North Carolina;

Pennsylvania; Rhode Island; South Carolina; Virginia

47


Award Fiscal Year


NFWF Federal Funds


Grantee Matching

Funds


2011 28426

Marine Debris Identification and

Removal in Biscayne Bay (FL)

University of Florida

Develop marine debris database for the south Florida reef tract and implement marine debris recovery and outreach efforts in sensitive and impacted areas of Biscayne Bay, Florida.

$14,775 $14,775 $14,775 Florida

2011 27814Bayview Park

Oyster Restoration (FL)

Pensacola Escambia Clean

Community Commission, Inc.

Collect oyster shell from partner restaurants and use the shell as substrate to create oyster habitat in Bayou Texar. Project will serve as a living shoreline demonstration site for the community.

$27,150 $0 $27,150 $46,507 $73,657 Florida

2011 28030

Oleta River Tropical Hardwood

Hammock Restoration (FL)

Museum of Science, Inc. dba

Miami Science Museum

Restore 1.5 acres of tropical hardwood hammock in Oleta River State Park. Project will engage community volunteers to plant over 6,500 native saplings, improving habitat for federally-listed flora and fauna in the Biscayne Bay watershed.

$24,991 $0 $24,991 $149,395 $174,386 Florida

2011 28622 Trade in Protected Species Campaign Urbanarts, Inc.

Involves designing, constructing, and installing public informational displays in the Southern District of Florida at selected international airports and international embarkation facilities for passengers departing the United States, in order to acquaint such travelers with international and domestic restrictions on the trade and transportation of protected species.

$92,000 $0 $92,000 $92,000 Florida

2011 29483Rookery Bay

Team OCEAN Program

Friends of Rookery Bay, Inc.

Boat-based volunteer program forging community partnerships (visitors, residents) providing education and interpretation of information regarding the stewardship and protection of natural resources.

$23,000 $0 $23,000 $0 $23,000 Florida

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


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 25340

Chassahowitzka Estuary

Submerged Aquatic Vegetation Conservation Plan

(FL)

University of South Florida

Map occurrence and distribution of four submerged aquatic vegetation seagrass species and cypress in the Chassahowizka National Wildlife Refuge estuary. Project will produce bird and animal population data and use geographic information system to assess climate change risk.

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

48


Award Fiscal Year


NFWF Federal Funds


Grantee Matching

Funds


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 28614

Co-operative Elementary School

Eco-System Education

Program (FL)

Friends of the Chassahowitzka National Wildlife Refuge Complex,

Inc.

Work with local school system science programs to introduce the refuge system and its importance to the future of our wildlife and environment. Students will learn about the importance and benefits of the salt marsh system and what effects climate change has on this system and the refuge system.

$10,000 $10,000 $11,060 $21,060 Florida

2011 26229Oyster Restoration in the Pensacola Bay System (FL)

Ecosystem Restoration

Support Organization, Inc.

Restore 15 acres of oyster reef and essential fish habitat along 2.4 miles of shoreline in the Pensacola Bay system.

$309,152 $0 $309,152 $226,171 $535,323 Florida

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 26271Maximizing Florida Sea Turtle Nesting

Success

Sea Turtle Conservancy

Increase sea turtle nesting success on Florida beaches by solving artificial lighting problems that disorient thousands of hatchlings each year.

$556,718 $0 $556,718 $115,000 $671,718 Florida

2011 26277

Predation Control to Maximize Sea

Turtle Nesting Success

Sea Turtle Conservancy Reduce predation of sea turtle nests. $200,015 $0 $200,015 $100,000 $300,015 Florida

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 26339

Yellow River Aquatic Preserve

Shoreline Restoration (FL)

Earth Ethics, Inc. Restore .3 miles of oyster reef and enhance shoreline within the Yellow River Aquatic Preserve. $397,120 $0 $397,120 $110,000 $507,120 Florida

2011 26904Lanark Reef

Shorebird Protection (FL)


Complete last land acquisition on Lanark Reef in the Florida Panhandle, an area of critical importance to shorebirds, seabirds, and other species.

$50,000 $0 $50,000 $10,000 $60,000 Florida

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

49


Award Fiscal Year


NFWF Federal Funds


Grantee Matching

Funds


2011 27342Florida Mobile

Aquarium for Sea Turtle Housing

Wildlife Foundation of Florida, Inc.

Acquire tanks, pumps, and other supplies for holding and treating sea turtles impacted by episodic events in Florida's coastal waters. Supplies would be transported as needed to impact sites.

$172,883 $0 $172,883 $0 $172,883 Florida

2011 27438Weak Hook Distribution

ProgramMultiple Fishermen

Reduce accidental bycatch of spawning Atlantic bluefin tuna by providing incentives to Gulf fishermen to replace long-lines with weak hooks.

$23,000 $0 $23,000 $23,000 Florida

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 24580

North Central Florida

Cooperative Species

Management Area

Bradford Soil and Water

Conservation District

Form a Cooperative Invasive Species Management Area in North Central Florida. Project will incorporate 13 counties and invasive plant control will be continued in Bradford County as a model system.

$20,000 $20,000 $24,000 $44,000 Florida

2011 23343Schultz Nature

Preserve Oyster Reef Creation (FL)


Tampa Bay Watch will facilitate a community-based oyster creation project to install 1,850 linear feet of new oyster shell communities on the shoreline of the Schultz Nature Preserve.

$60,350 $0 $60,350 $105,025 $165,375 Florida

2011 23951


Habitat Restoration (FL)

Florida Fish and Wildlife

Conservation Commission

Determine habitat features biologically important to wintering American Oystercatchers, and produce an integrated habitat conservation plan that maximizes resilience and benefit of oyster habitat for the American Oystercatcher.

$47,308 $0 $47,308 $48,880 $96,188 Florida

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 23703

Longleaf Reforestation in Blackwater River State Forest (FL)

Florida Division of Forestry

Plant over one million longleaf seedlings in the Eglin/Blackwater/Conecuh Significant Landscape Area. Project will result in the restoration of 1,400 acres of clear-cut sand, loblolly, and slash pine plantations to longleaf.

$250,000 $125,000 $125,000 $280,983 $530,983 Florida

2011 23726

Apalachicola Longleaf

Conservation Initiative (FL)


Plant 600 acres of longleaf (150,000 trees) on Torreya State Park, provide fire assistance on 10,800 acres, and plant 1,080 pounds of wiregrass seed mix. Project supports RWCP for longleaf pine.

$250,000 $125,000 $125,000 $250,000 $500,000 Florida

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

50


Award Fiscal Year


NFWF Federal Funds


Grantee Matching

Funds


2010 3616 Recovering Rufa Red Knots Manomet, Inc.

Employ science-driven, site-based conservation and rigorous success measures to recover the populations of the Rufa subspecies of Red Knots.

$314,713 $209,713 $105,000 $354,187 $668,900 Florida; Massachusetts; New Jersey

2010 18381American

Oystercatcher Recovery

Manomet, Inc.

Enhance reproductive output for approximately 100 nesting pairs of American Oystercatchers in Massachusetts, and stimulate a coordinated, comprehensive approach to conservation of beach-nesting shorebirds along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts.

$241,274 $241,274 $269,792 $511,066

Florida; Georgia; Maryland; Massachusetts; New Jersey;

North Carolina; South Carolina; Virginia

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 22502

Developing a Regional Plan for Marine Protected

Areas for the Southeast


Develop a regional Marine Protected Area plan and a functional network within coastal states of the Gulf of Mexico. Plan will highlight priority actions and common interests.

$35,000 $35,000 $45,000 $80,000 Florida; Georgia; Texas

2010 21105St. Marks

Pollinator Gardens (FL)

Apalachee Audubon Society

Create two butterfly gardens with interpretive displays describing the environmental importance of pollinators. Youth volunteers from high schools will plant native host and nectar plants to enhance over 2,675 square feet of habitat on the refuge.

$4,941 $4,941 $7,247 $12,188 Florida

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 19377Student Research at Merritt Island Refuge (FL) - II

Merritt Island Wildlife

Association

Teach the basics of scientific field research to 950 high school students by monitoring changes in vegetation, hydrology and wildlife on Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge. Students will develop interactive workshops about their field data and present them to approximately 600 students at James Madison Middle School during science days.

$4,914 $4,914 $20,800 $25,714 Florida

2010 25188

Maximizing Turtle Nesting Success and Increasing

Rehabilitation (FL)

Caribbean Conservation

Corporation, Inc.

Reduce predation and disorientation on Florida nesting beaches, and expand capacity at rehabilitation facilities. Project will enact predator controls, private lighting replacements, and rehabilitation expansion around Florida.

$1,574,154 $0 $1,574,154 $81,847 $1,656,001 Florida

51


Award Fiscal Year


NFWF Federal Funds


Grantee Matching

Funds


2010 25291

Response & Critical Care

Capacity/Injured Sea Birds (FL)

Suncoast Seabird Sanctuary, Inc.

Provide for the rescue,recovery and/or release of injured, malnourished or oiled birds on the west coast of Florida. $250,000 $0 $250,000 $0 $250,000 Florida

2010 25349

Deepwater Horizon Response: Florida

Beach Bird Stewardship


Use volunteer bird stewards to protect Florida shorebirds and seabirds from disturbance, and assist with monitoring and management of coastal habitat.

$117,852 $0 $117,852 $0 $117,852 Florida

2010 25413

Migratory Bird Habitat

Development in Coastal Florida

Counties

Florida Wildlife Federation, Inc.

Develop at least 1,000 acres of migratory shorebird and waterfowl habitat on private lands in northwest Florida. $25,235 $0 $25,235 $23,426 $48,661 Florida

2010 25470

Reduce Hatchling Disorientation on Priority Beaches

(FL)


Coordinate lighting fixture replacement on public lands that boarder priority sea turtle nesting beaches. Safer lighting fixtures will reduce hatchling mortality.

$494,360 $0 $494,360 $0 $494,360 Florida

2010 25535Atlantic Coast Sea

Turtle Recovery (FL)

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Increase sea turtle nesting and hatching success along Florida's Atlantic Coast. Project will include predator control, habitat improvement, and education and outreach.

$220,000 $0 $220,000 $0 $220,000 Florida

2010 25569

Turtle Exclusion Devices for the

Flynet Fishery (FL, NC)

Multiple Fishermen

Turtle Exclusion Devices will be produced and made available free of charge to Flynet Fishermen along the Southeast US. This incentive for voluntary conversion to turtle safe gear will reduce mortality of migrating sea turtle populations.

$110,000 $0 $110,000 $110,000 Florida; Georgia; North Carolina; South Carolina

2010 25590

Sea Turtle Nest Protection and


National Park Service

Improve nesting sea turtle success through habitat restoration and predator control activities. $80,000 $0 $80,000 $0 $80,000 Florida

2010 25658

Tallahassee Area Lakes Waterfowl Habitat Creation

(FL)


Create useable habitat for migrating and wintering waterfowl on Tallahassee-area lakes. Habitat will be created using herbicides and mechanical vegetation shredding.

$274,299 $0 $274,299 $0 $274,299 Florida

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 23314

Distribution and Resource Use by Loggerheads in

Florida

University of Florida, Archie

Carr Center

Assess distribution and resource use by loggerheads in Florida through stable isotope signatures to identify “hot spots” where Marine Protected Areas or time/area closures can be established.

$10,000 $0 $10,000 $5,000 $15,000 Florida

52


Award Fiscal Year


NFWF Federal Funds


Grantee Matching

Funds


2010 3356Oyster Restoration in the Pensacola Bay System (FL)

Florida Department of Environmental

Protection

Restore 12 acres of oyster reef habitat along two miles of shoreline in the Pensacola Bay System in Florida. Project will also benefit an additional 10 acres of oyster habitat adjacent to the site and help reduce shoreline erosion.

$70,000 $45,000 $25,000 $211,737 $281,737 Florida

2010 3570Sea Turtle Habitat

Light Pollution Reduction (FL)

Escambia County

Reduce the impacts of artificial lighting on loggerhead sea turtle nesting habitat on Santa Rosa Island in the Florida Panhandle. Core problem areas will be targeted around Pensacola Beach covering a total of 3.25 miles of linear beach.

$50,000 $33,000 $17,000 $60,000 $110,000 Florida

2010 18457Longleaf

Restoration Partnership – II

National Wild Turkey Federation,

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 3480

Shorebird Management in

Florida Panhandle State Parks

Florida Park Service

Implement priority management actions for the conservation of shorebirds and seabirds including expanding existing monitoring, predator control, and educational programs at five Florida Panhandle coastal state parks. Project will provide long-term protection of shorebirds and seabirds and their habitat.

$72,704 $36,352 $36,352 $166,515 $239,219 Florida

2010 3347

Structure and Diversity of Fish,

Frog, and Invertebrate

Assemblages in Golf Course Ponds

(FL)

The Conservancy of Southwest

Florida

Assess the structure and diversity of fish, frog, and invertebrate assemblages in ten golf course ponds in southwest Florida. Data from two ponds of different age and configuration from each of five golf courses will be compared to determine viability of golf course ponds as refuges for these populations.

$44,802 $44,802 $44,802 $89,604 Florida

2009 22464

Repairs to St. Johns River

Manatee Zone Markers (FL)

Frank Hommema dba Fishin Franks

Repair and or replace buoy markers and signs in the manatee conservation zone on the Saint Johns River in Saint Johns County, Florida. Project will alert boaters to reduce speed and avoid collisions with manatees.

$36,100 $0 $36,100 $36,100 Florida

2009 2385Deadman's Island

Restoration Project (FL)

City of Gulf Breeze, Florida

Protect shoreline by constructing a 1,240 foot natural oyster reef breakwater made from recycled oyster shell. Project will provide critical habitat for fish and wildlife.

$30,000 $0 $30,000 $30,000 $60,000 Florida

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

53


Award Fiscal Year


NFWF Federal Funds


Grantee Matching

Funds


2009 406


Management on the Florida Gulf

Coast

National Audubon Society

Audubon and cooperating land management partners will implement enhanced predator and disturbance management, map breeding American oystercatcher pairs and monitor reproductive success for 1 yr.

$25,000 $0 $25,000 $25,000 $50,000 Florida

2009 19279

Improving Shorebird Habitat on SW FL's City & County Beaches

Florida Audubon Society, Inc.

We will create a local government outreach program to improve habitat conditions for shorebirds in SW Florida, and evaluate this work as a model for export to other parts of the birds' range.

$100,000 $0 $100,000 $100,000 Florida

2009 304

Conservation of Loggerhead Sea

Turtles in Southeast U.S.


Maximize protection of and survey sea turtle nests on 60 miles of beaches in the southeast U.S. Conduct public outreach and form Southeast U.S. loggerhead working group, a new partnership.

$82,000 $82,000 $202,391 $284,391 Florida; Georgia; South Carolina

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 770 Merritt Island NWR Brochure (FL)


Association

Produce a brochure to increase utilization of Merritt Island NWR (MINWR). The brochure will generate income for Merritt Island Wildlife Association (MIWA) to further the Refuge mission.

$5,000 $5,000 $10,000 $15,000 Florida

2009 773

Friends of the Tampa Bay

National Wildlife Refuges Start-up

(FL)

Friends of the Tampa Bay

National Wildlife Refuges, Inc.

Establish a fully functioning Friends group dedicated to helping the National Wildlife Refuge System and the Tampa Bay National Wildlife Refuges.

$5,000 $5,000 $0 $5,000 Florida

2009 1265Crane Video

Camera Project (FL)

St. Marks Refuge Association

Set up two video cameras at the whooping crane enclosure to broadcast crane activity via a web cam in the vistor center. Project will help to protect the cranes by increasing local awareness and decreasing disturbance of the birds.

$5,000 $5,000 $5,000 $10,000 Florida

2009 18598 Live Oak Trail Accessibility (FL)

Friends of Lake Woodruff National Wildlife Refuge,

Inc.

Widen and resurface the Live Oak Trail at the Lake Woodruff National Wildlife Refuge with compacted crushed shell to better accommodate disabled visitors.

$5,000 $5,000 $6,926 $11,926 Florida

2009 18612Petes

Impoundment Wildlife Trail (FL)

Pelican Island Preservation Society, Inc.

Provide a trailhead kiosk, spotting scope and interpretive panels to facilitate visitor use and enjoyment of a 2 1/2 mile walking trail around Petes Impoundment on the Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge.

$4,932 $4,932 $4,000 $8,932 Florida

54


Award Fiscal Year


NFWF Federal Funds


Grantee Matching

Funds


2009 830Island Diversity: Education and

Conservation (FL)

Key West Botanical Garden

Society, Inc.

Partner with the Key West Tropical Forest and Botanical Garden, National Key Deer Refuge, and Key West High School to teach students about conservation and rare species on refuge islands.

$10,000 $10,000 $10,000 $20,000 Florida

2009 18742

Coral Reef Fish Spawning

Aggregation Research in the

Florida Keys



Identify and assess reef fish spawning aggregation sites using habitat and bathymetric mapping. Project will determine if remnant populations are using historical sites so that management boundaries can be adjusted as needed.

$136,294 $136,294 $0 $136,294 Florida

2009 2231

Regional Fertilizer Education

Campaign for Tampa Bay (FL)


Develop a regional educational campaign informing homeowners, retail outlets, and lawn care professionals about urban fertilizer use recommendations in Tampa Bay.

$74,154 $0 $74,154 $75,000 $149,154 Florida

2009 2237Boyd Hill Nature Preserve (FL)

Restoration - III

City of St. Petersburg, Florida

Remove exotic and invasive plants from 8.84 acres of upland habitat adjacent to Boyd Hill Nature Preserve. Project will also re-establish native plants and implement a three-year monitoring and maintenance plan.

$20,001 $20,001 $20,001 $40,002 Florida

2009 2244Whale Island Oyster Reef Creation (FL)


Lead a community-based effort to create 550 linear feet of new oyster shell bars along the shoreline of Whale Island within the Pinellas National Wildlife Refuge. Project will help stabilize the eroding island, provide habitat and promote water quality.

$40,200 $30,225 $9,975 $48,137 $88,337 Florida

2009 2391

Stewart Middle Magnet School (FL) Shoreline

Restoration

The School Board of Hillsborough County, Florida

Restore a 1,500 linear foot section of shoreline along Hillsborough River at Stewart Middle Magnet School. This project will remove exotic vegetation, correct erosion issues, and restore the shoreline with native vegetation.

$75,000 $60,000 $15,000 $100,000 $175,000 Florida

2009 2394Robinson Preserve

Coastal Uplands Enhancement (FL)

Manatee County Board of County Commissioners

Restore 14 acres of coastal upland habitat within Robinson Preserve in Manatee County, Florida, through planting of native species. Project will enhance and restore a remnant coastal uplands community of longleaf and South Florida slash pine.

$37,000 $0 $37,000 $37,000 $74,000 Florida

2009 2397

Allen's Creek Stormwater

Pollution Reduction (FL)

City of Largo

Reduce water pollution entering Allen’s Creek in Largo, Florida, by installing stormwater filter basket systems, holding community information sessions, and launching an educational website for the community. Project will assist with improving the long-term health and water quality of Tampa Bay by decreasing the amount of debris, sediment, nutrient and hydrocarbons entering a feeder creek.

$35,000 $0 $35,000 $35,000 $70,000 Florida

2009 2410Bay Scallop

Restoration in Tampa Bay (FL)

Bay Shellfish Co.

Determine the most effective bay scallop size to maximize survival and recruitment in Pinellas County waters. Project will help develop a restoration strategy for Tampa Bay, with the goal of supporting an abundant, widely distributed, and resilient bay scallop population capable of contributing to the Florida metapopulation.

$78,870 $78,870 $78,941 $157,811 Florida

55


Award Fiscal Year


NFWF Federal Funds


Grantee Matching

Funds


2009 2426

Wall Springs Park Ecosystem

Restoration (FL) - II

Pinellas County

Restore eight acres of sandhill and xeric hammock habitat on newly acquired property adjacent to Wall Springs County Park. Project will involve invasive species removal and replanting with native species.

$67,650 $0 $67,650 $1,866,200 $1,933,850 Florida

2009 18767

Study of Abundance and

Diversity of Native Bees (FL)


Study the effects of different seed mixtures and management practices on the abundance and diversity of native bees and assess pollination efficiency for specific crops.

$199,887 $67,221 $132,666 $0 $199,887 Florida

2009 19837Historic and

Cultural Display at St. Marks Refuge

St. Marks Refuge Association

Produce and install signs at or near several historic sites about the history and culture of the people and land of coastal Wakulla County. Project will also produce brochures to include additional information.

$15,000 $15,000 $16,784 $31,784 Florida

2009 2912Saving Sea Turtles

and Fisheries in the Gulf of Mexico

Environmental Defense Fund, Inc.

Convert 50 fishing vessels to environmentally preferable fishing practices. Project will limit interactions between fishing gear and endangered loggerhead sea turtles.

$174,000 $0 $174,000 $151,700 $325,700 Florida

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 454

Oyster Reef and Salt Marsh

Restoration in Choctawhatchee

Bay (FL)

Northwest Florida State College

Foundation, Inc.

Create oyster reef and salt marsh at four sites in Choctawhatchee Bay. Volunteers will work to provide habitat and shoreline stabilization, and encourage stewardship and education.

$50,000 $44,000 $6,000 $57,700 $107,700 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

2008 4550 Skink Microhabitat Requirements (FL) Nicholas Osman

Assess sand skink and bluetail mole skink microhabitat requirements and inter-population variability. Project will inform better management decisions while gaining insight into the evolution of Plestiodon fossorial specialization.

$5,000 $5,000 $0 $5,000 Florida

2008 6309 Wading Bird Prey and Foraging (FL) Samantha Lantz

Study prey availability and foraging success of wading birds in Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge. Project will determine environmental factors affecting foraging, prey availability, and restoration success.

$5,000 $5,000 $0 $5,000 Florida

2008 7569

Environmental Services from

Florida Ranchlands

World Wildlife Fund, Inc.

Develop and implement an operational pay for services program for working agricultural lands in the Northern Everglades region. Project will reduce nutrient loads to Lake Okeechobee and mitigate adverse changes in coastal estuaries.

$950,481 $950,481 $950,481 $1,900,962 Florida

56


Award Fiscal Year


NFWF Federal Funds


Grantee Matching

Funds


2008 6843Reef Fish

Research in Dry Tortugas (FL)



Four interrelated U.S.Geological Survey Partnership projects will address applied research questions dealing with restoring ecological integrity in coral ecosystems in marine reserves in Florida and U.S. Virgin Islands.

$285,239 $285,239 $98,801 $384,040 Florida

2008 6916

Reef Fest, Race to Reef, National

Monument Imagery

NOAA - National Marine Fisheries

Service

Promote the International Year of the Reef, track reef fish migrations through acoustics, and create web prototype conveying importance of marine biodiversity and the function of lesser known organisms in coral reef ecosystems in Hawaii.

$78,322 $75,250 $3,072 $0 $78,322 Florida; Hawaii

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 6539 Protecting America's Bats - III

Bat Conservation International, Inc.

Launch a long-term initiative to conserve critical populations of three imperiled bat species. Project will include assessments, site specific actions at key roosts, the development of conservation guidelines for two species and regional training events.

$225,950 $225,950 $452,927 $678,877

Florida; Georgia; Indiana; Kentucky; New York; North

Carolina; Tennessee; Texas; Virginia

2008 6555 Indialantic Beach Light Replacement Town of Indialantic

Replace approximately 14 harmful industrial lights that exceed dune height of nearby sea turtle beach. Project will reduce the impacts to hatchlings of endangered sea turtle populations from light pollution.

$93,094 $93,094 $0 $93,094 Florida

2008 6578

Minimizing Light Impacts on Sea Turtles: Shield Loan Program


Commission

Reduce light related impacts to sea turtle nesting beaches in areas impacted by the 2004 storms. Project will provide distribution of fixtures, bulbs, and alternative options for lighting.

$42,074 $42,074 $12,929 $55,003 Florida

2008 6603Palm Beach

County Coastal Lighting Survey

Palm Beach County

Department of Environmental

Resources Management

Conduct countywide surveys to assess changes in coastal lighting caused by a series of hurricanes. Project will identify problem areas and provide technical assistance to municipalities in taking corrective action to reduce coastal lighting.

$80,996 $80,996 $0 $80,996 Florida

2008 6943

Sea Turtle Hurricane

Restoration Lee County (FL)

Lee County Board of County

Commissioners

Restore sea turtle nesting habitat in Florida by blocking ambient light through use of light shields and restoration of beach vegetation. Project will reduce lighting problems and set an example for other counties.

$235,871 $235,871 $0 $235,871 Florida

2008 569

Alternative Gear to Reduce Debris in

the Florida Lobster Fishery



Evaluate if a new lobster fishing gear proposed by fishermen will reduce ecological impacts, ghost fishing, and trap debris. Project will assess impacts of casitas and investigate the costs and benefits of allowing them to be used in the lobster fishery.

$109,104 $109,104 $109,104 Florida

57


Award Fiscal Year


NFWF Federal Funds


Grantee Matching

Funds


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 6512

Start-Up for Supporters of St. Vincent Refuge

(FL)

Supporters of St. Vincent NWR, Inc.

Purchase infrastructure supplies necessary to increase membership in Friends group, produce outreach materials for use during special events, and create and maintain a website. The materials will support administrative needs, outreach and education.

$5,000 $5,000 $1,316 $6,316 Florida

2008 6537Student Research at Merritt Island

Refuge (FL)


Association

Provide opportunity for field research of habitat at various stages after prescribed fire for 700 high school students at Merritt Island Refuge. Students will develop interactive workshops and present results of research to 900 middle school students.

$8,694 $8,694 $17,818 $26,512 Florida

2008 28

Tampa Bay Estuary Program Mini-Grants (FL) -

II


Provide four to eight small grants specifically targeted at habitat or species restoration within the Tampa Bay watershed. Projects selected will address goals of Tampa Bay’s Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan.

$50,000 $0 $50,000 $50,000 $100,000 Florida

2008 95Feather Sound Tidal Wetland

Restoration (FL)


Restore approximately five acres of mangrove and marsh habitat to improve water quality in the Feather Sound region of western Old Tampa Bay. Project will implement the primary management recommendations to address poor seagrass recovery.

$346,090 $100,000 $246,090 $353,000 $699,090 Florida

2008 318Monitoring Key

Bird Nesting Colonies (FL) - IV


Continue managing and protecting colonial waterbird nesting sites at all known locations in the Tampa Bay watershed, encompassing 45 colony islands and an overall population of approximately 65,000 nesting pairs.

$55,000 $0 $55,000 $110,000 $165,000 Florida

2008 4470

Alafia Bank Shoreline

Restoration and Management (FL)


Restore a half acre of eroding shoreline of R. T. Paul Alafia Bank Bird Sanctuary, nesting habitat for about 50% of Florida's Roseate Spoonbills, and 30 other colonial waterbird species in the Tampa Bay watershed.

$249,500 $124,750 $124,750 $250,600 $500,100 Florida

2008 6899Habitat Education

on Southern Tampa Bay-III

Around the Bend Nature Tours

Continue providing field trips in habitat restoration studies to school groups of all ages in Manatee County. Students will participate in hands-on removal of exotic plants and site specific nature walks to benefit wildlife species.

$24,900 $0 $24,900 $49,800 $74,700 Florida

58


Award Fiscal Year


NFWF Federal Funds


Grantee Matching

Funds


2008 6902Hagen Restoration

at Terra Ceia Preserve (FL)


Protection

Restore approximately 35 acres of pine flatwood and mesic hammock at Terra Ceia Preserve through exotic plant removal and replanting with native species. Volunteers from a local college will assist with project work.

$44,919 $0 $44,919 $46,851 $91,770 Florida

2008 7473

Restoring Fish Habitat in Tampa

Bay Tidal Wetlands


Develop fish-based measures of habitat quality to evaluate wetland restoration. New procedure will help managers to prioritize sites, plan restoration, and evaluate success.

$94,073 $94,073 $116,635 $210,708 Florida

2008 7662

Estuarine Habitat Restoration at

MacDill Air Force Base (FL)


Management District

Create and restore at least 70 acres of mangrove, salt marsh, and olighaline habitat at MacDill Air Force Base by re-establishing hydraulic connection with the Tampa Bay and removing invasive species.

$200,000 $100,000 $100,000 $610,000 $810,000 Florida

2008 6837Implementation of

Cogongrass Strategic Plan (FL)

Marion County Board of County Commissioners

Remove cogongrass on public and private lands. The project will treat existing infestations and educate landowners, land managers, and the public on issues, treatment, and prevention related to cogongrass.

$9,000 $9,000 $0 $9,000 Florida

2008 7640Bradford County Invasive Plant Control (FL)

Bradford County Conservation

District

Train and use volunteers to identify, map, and treat invasive plants, including cogongrass and tropical soda apple, in Bradford County. The project will reduce the spread of invasive plants to natural areas through treating 140 acres of wooded wetlands.

$17,600 $17,600 $24,440 $42,040 Florida

2008 5863

Deadman's Island Restoration in Pensacola Bay

(FL)

City of Gulf Breeze, Florida

Utilize the offshore placement of artificial vertical oyster reef structures along shoreline to reduce wave energy and place material to plant emergent salt marsh.

$183,000 $91,500 $91,500 $320,000 $503,000 Florida

2008 6597Charlotte Harbor

Melaleuca Control (FL)


Protection

Treat 7,000 acres of coastal habitat for invasive exotic species to benefit plant and animal species by improving habitat, eliminating competition and reestablishing fire regime.

$58,000 $0 $58,000 $275,596 $333,596 Florida

2008 6661Perdido River (FL)

Longleaf Pine Restoration - II


Restore 300 acres of longleaf pine along the lower Perdido River in Florida through the planting of 90,000 longleaf seedlings. An additional 260 acres of groundcover habitat will benefit through prescribed burns, hardwood control, and seed plantings.

$250,000 $125,000 $125,000 $250,000 $500,000 Florida

2008 5459Gulf Coast Urban

Education Initiative-II

Francis M. Weston Audubon Society

Continue to educate elementary students in Escambia County and Santa Rosa County, Florida about Gulf Coast bird conservation. Project will implement a comprehensive bird conservation curriculum.

$74,736 $37,236 $37,500 $106,791 $181,527 Florida

2008 7212

Apalachicola Red-cockaded

Woodpecker Monitoring V

Milliken Forestry Company, Inc.

Monitor 200 red-cockaded woodpecker clusters in the Apalachicola National Forest. Project will translocate 20 red-cockaded woodpeckers each year to populations on private, state, and federal lands throughout the Southeast.

$362,360 $181,180 $181,180 $27,700 $390,060 Florida

59


Award Fiscal Year


NFWF Federal Funds


Grantee Matching

Funds


2008 7231Whooping Crane Reintroduction to

Southeastern U.S.

Operation Migration-USA,

Inc.

Lead whooping crane chicks from Wisconsin to Florida with the aid of ultralight aircraft. Staff will raise captive-bred chicks, train them daily from birth until migration, and then provide a monitored habitat in their wintering ground.

$210,835 $105,417 $105,418 $363,102 $573,937 Florida

2008 7315 Bobwhite Conservation Plan

Tall Timbers Research Station

Identify areas with high restoration potential to support recovery of northern bobwhite quail populations in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi and Tennessee. Project will develop a spatially explicit plan and electronic model for application.

$58,665 $29,332 $29,333 $58,665 $117,330 Florida

2007 6562 Yellow River Ravines (FL)


Protect 11,313-acre Yellow River Ravines tract through fee simple acquisition. The property will connect two existing conservation lands to form a protected landscape of over 834,000 acres.

$1,075,000 $0 $1,075,000 $26,289,213 $27,364,213 Florida

2007 6322

Reef Saving Mooring Buoy

System Management (FL)

Broward County Environmental

Protection Department

Expand the Broward County mooring buoy system by twenty-one moorings. Project will maintain the entire buoy system for one year and publish a mooring buoy public information brochure.

$30,000 $30,000 $83,004 $113,004 Florida

2007 6631

Media Coordination for 2008 Coral Reef

Symposium

SeaWeb

Increase public support for coral conservation work by sharing research findings through scientists and journalists at the International Coral Reef Symposium. Project will focus on tangible changes of attitudes towards coral reefs.

$60,000 $60,000 $219,000 $279,000 Florida; Maryland


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 5561Managing

Landscapes for Native Biodiversity

Friends of the National Zoo

Monitor biodiversity in grasslands and shrublands while demonstrating to the public the advantages of controlling invasive plants while raising endangered ungulates. This project will be carried out by a consortium of five wildlife institutions.

$195,500 $195,500 $421,800 $617,300 California; Florida; Ohio; Texas; Virginia

2007 5673

Protecting America's Bats:

Priority Conservation W

Bat Conservation International, Inc.

Lead collaborative efforts to identify and protect essential bat habitats in caves and mines. The work will also promote and study artificial bat roosts and seek solutions to bat mortality at wind turbines.

$370,000 $370,000 $746,500 $1,116,500

Arizona; California; Florida; Georgia; Indiana; Kentucky; Mississippi; West Virginia;

Wisconsin

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 6478

Whooping Crane Eastern

Partnership (WCEP)

International Crane Foundation

Restore a second self supporting migratory population of Whooping Cranes in North America. $50,000 $0 $50,000 $50,000 $100,000 Florida

60


Award Fiscal Year


NFWF Federal Funds


Grantee Matching

Funds


2007 5927 Oyster Lake Restoration (FL)

Partnership for Community

Programs, Inc.

Restore 2.71 acres of Oyster Lake by removing invasive species and planting woody and herbaceous species and emergent vegetation. Project will reduce upstream flooding in the area.

$17,101 $0 $17,101 $30,657 $47,758 Florida

2007 6466Project

Greenshores Site II (FL)


Protection

Restore seven acres of oyster reef habitat and fourteen acres of salt marsh along the northern shoreline of Pensacola Bay. Project will also include the construction of a sidewalk, observation platforms, and a nature trail.

$19,923 $0 $19,923 $25,000 $44,923 Florida

2007 6665Ecosystem

Restoration at Liza Jackson Park (FL)

Okaloosa-Walton College

Restore approximately 1,000 feet of creek shoreline in Liza Jackson Park by reducing sediment and nutrient load into Santa Rosa Sound and bacterial pollution in Liza Jackson Park area. Project will also involve litter cleanup and invasive plant removal.

$20,000 $0 $20,000 $303,000 $323,000 Florida

2007 7143 Living Shoreline Restoration (FL) Walton College

Restore 0.3 acres of Mattie Kelly Park in Destin, Florida by removing invasive species and replanting native wetland species. Project will educate community members about wetland function and plant identification.

$20,000 $0 $20,000 $57,427 $77,427 Florida

2007 7308Northwest Florida

Grasses in Classes Program

Bay Area Resource Council

Construct 10 nurseries and participating schools and grow coastal plants for restoration projects. Project will train at least 10 teachers in propagation techniques of coastal plants and at least 20 volunteers in site assessment and recommendations.

$19,905 $0 $19,905 $42,495 $62,400 Florida

2007 4301Sea Turtle Light Disorientation

Prevention (FL)Collier County

Reduce nesting sea turtle disorientation by planting native light screening vegetation along the County and City beach accesses. Project will replace current electric pole lights along the City of Naples beach accesses with sea turtle friendly lighting.

$132,000 $132,000 $0 $132,000 Florida

2007 5695Indian River Turtle

Nesting Habitat Improvements

Indian River County

Re-vegetate dunes with native plants and retrofit street lights visible from nesting beaches. Project will improve post-hurricane beach habitat for sea turtles nesting in Indian River County, increase nesting activity and hatchling success.

$85,278 $85,278 $0 $85,278 Florida

2007 5777St. Lucie Turtle Nesting Habitat

Improvements (FL)St. Lucie County

Significantly reduce the harmful effects of artificial lighting on sea turtles by modifying problem lights and restoring dune vegetation.

$161,509 $161,509 $0 $161,509 Florida

2007 14593Emergency Trap

and Debris Removal Plan (FL)



Develop an emergency trap and debris removal plan for use after natural disasters. Project will codify the resulting plan into a Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission rule that will allow for a faster removal response in the wake of future disasters.

$26,286 $26,286 $33,373 $59,658 Florida

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

61


Award Fiscal Year


NFWF Federal Funds


Grantee Matching

Funds


2007 5500Recruitment for

Friends of Florida Panther Refuge

Friends of the Florida Panther

Refuge

Recruit and retain new members for the Friends of the Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge by producing outreach materials, a membership packet, and a quaterly newsletter. Project will triple membership within 12 months.

$4,748 $4,748 $0 $4,748 Florida

2007 4802Blackwater River Bagdad Mill Site Restoration (FL)

County of Santa Rosa, Florida

Restore three acres of wetland habitat at the Bagdad Mill Site on the Blackwater River in Florida, to provide essential habitat for species such as the Gulf sturgeon. Project will remove exotic and invasive vegetation and reintroduce native vegetation.

$20,000 $20,000 $36,817 $56,817 Florida

2007 5710

Lower Choctawhatchee

Bay Coastal Conservation (FL)

City of Fort Walton Beach

Begin a habitat restoration project by building an oyster reef, creating an oyster gardening program,and starting educational outreach for schools/residents.

$39,403 $39,403 $56,643 $96,046 Florida

2007 7274Escambia County

Sea Turtle Conservation (FL)

The Student Conservation

Association, Inc.

Conduct daily patrols to document, relocate, and safeguard marine turtle nests on Pensacola Beach. Project will ensure hatchlings from nests that experience disorientation from light pollution enter the Gulf of Mexico.

$19,240 $19,240 $20,158 $39,398 Florida

2007 7454Apalachicola Bay


Apalachicola Riverkeeper

Restore .5 acres of marsh, upland, and oyster reef habitat on Apalachicola Bay, Florida. Project will also mark off shallow boundaries of nearly 900 acres of seagrass beds with caution buoys to prevent boater damage and promote conservation awareness.

$64,500 $32,250 $32,250 $208,655 $273,155 Florida


on Southern Tampa Bay (FL)-II


Provide an opportunity for school groups of all ages to participate in habitat restoration studies in Manatee County utilizing hands-on methods for exotic plant removal and site specific nature walks to benefit wildlife species.

$23,616 $11,804 $11,812 $118,945 $142,561 Florida

2007 4449

Tampa Bay Longshore Bar

Seagrass Restoration (FL)


Re-establish 1,200 square meters of seagrass in Tampa Bay through the restoration of historic longshore bars in Florida. Project will construct, test, and compare four bar restoration techniques, which may be used as a model for long-term restoration.

$283,499 $283,499 $283,500 $566,999 Florida

2007 5547

Addressing Marine Wildlife

Entanglements (FL)


Reduce entanglement of Tampa Bay's marine wildlife by conducting fishing line cleanups, installing line recycling bins, and educating anglers about marine mammal interactions at Skyway pier.

$36,135 $18,067 $18,068 $57,850 $93,985 Florida

2007 5704

Bay Scallop Restoration in

Boca Ciega Bay (FL) -II

Mote Marine Laboratory, Inc.

Continue collaborative bay scallop restoration activity in Boca Ciega Bay by releasing hatchery-reared larvae. Project will increase population density to 5 scallops per 600 square meters in two years.

$45,325 $23,881 $21,444 $55,878 $101,203 Florida

2007 5706Assessment of

Seagrass Restoration (FL) II


Evaluate the success of seagrass transplantation as a conservation tool by monitoring two previously restored seagrass sites in Florida. Project will analyze density and study seagrass displacement as it relates to competing vegetation.

$86,496 $86,496 $86,500 $172,996 Florida

62


Award Fiscal Year


NFWF Federal Funds


Grantee Matching

Funds


2007 6939Tampa Bay Stewardship

Initiative (FL) - IV


Conduct environmental education initiatives, ecological EDventure days and summer camps. Project will incorporate saltmarsh restoration and oyster reef enhancements into school year and summer camp field trips.

$84,532 $42,266 $42,266 $137,208 $221,740 Florida

2007 6462

Central Florida Lygodium Strategy

Private Land Initiative


Expand implementation of an early detection and rapid response program by controlling approximately 100 acres of lygodium on private lands in coordination with the Central Florida Lygodium Strategy.

$40,000 $40,000 $62,932 $102,932 Florida

2007 4778Gulf Marine

Habitat Intern Program


Association, Inc.

Place 20 Student Conservation Association interns on public lands and coastal reserves to protect and restore marine habitats. Project will result in public education and the development of valuable career skills in resource management for the interns.

$60,000 $0 $60,000 $121,407 $181,407 Florida; Louisiana; Mississippi; Texas

2007 7496Longleaf

Restoration Partnership


Inc.

Restore 8,500 acres of longleaf pine in its natural range on private and public lands. Project will create partnerships between conservation experts and private landowners to allow the exchange of information and technical experience.

$1,326,120 $663,060 $663,060 $2,030,325 $3,356,445 Florida; Georgia; Mississippi

2007 4780Conservation of Coastal Birds on the Gulf Coast II


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.


2007 5415Swallow-tailed Kite

Research and Management- II


Institute, Inc.

Apply focused management and education actions to increase nesting success, productivity, and survival of Swallow-tailed Kites to protect the Southeastern population.

$85,000 $25,000 $60,000 $150,000 $235,000 Florida

2007 6102


Woodpecker Monitoring - IV


Monitor 100 red-cockaded woodpecker groups in the Apalachicola National Forest during the 2007 breeding season. Involve students and the public in the translocation of 20 woodpeckers from the National Forest to endangered populations elsewhere.

$61,725 $30,863 $30,862 $27,750 $89,475 Florida

2007 7211 Panhandle Birding Trail Outreach (FL)


Enhance habitat protection by increasing ecotourism in northwest Florida's Rural Area of Critical Economic Concern. Project will support habitat conservation and promote birdwatching along the Great Florida Birding Trail.

$39,446 $19,723 $19,723 $144,816 $184,262 Florida

2007 7431

Wood Stork Habitat Analysis

and Conservation (FL)


Use GIS to determine landscape features of wood stork colonies that fail or persist. Project will develop GIS tools for management and permitting to ensure a sustainable U.S. stork population.

$104,279 $52,139 $52,140 $104,279 $208,558 Florida

2006 7612

Support and Enhancement of the Florida Sea

Turtle



Collect data on dead, sick, or injured sea turtles using the Florida Sea Turtle Stranding and Salvage Network. Data will be used to write an analysis of 25 years of Florida stranding data and to conduct five workshops.

$47,970 $47,970 $18,011 $65,980 Florida

63


Award Fiscal Year


NFWF Federal Funds


Grantee Matching

Funds


2006 6800Robinson Preserve Tidal Restoration

(FL) Manatee County

Restore ten to twenty acres of coastal wetland habitat by removing three to five feet of soil fill, removing invasive plant species and planting native plants. Project will re-establish tidally influenced wetland and habitat for waterfowl.

$50,000 $50,000 $200,000 $250,000 Florida

2006 7001St. George Island Dune Restoration

(FL)

Sea Turtles at Risk, Inc.

This project will re-establish and protect a 4,000 foot section of the damaged St. George Island dune system by installing sand fence and planting native vegetation and protecting the dunes by constructing dune walkovers.

$28,350 $28,350 $65,070 $93,420 Florida

2006 5405Coral Reef

Nursery and Reef Restoration (FL)

University of Miami

Develop a volunteer and student-operated coral nursery in Miami. Project will enable public participation in reef conservation by salvaging damaged coral for propagation to be used for reef restoration and enhancement in the Florida reef system.

$21,756 $21,756 $25,758 $47,514 Florida

2006 3771 Captain Planet Partnership - IV

Captain Planet Foundation

Develop service learning conservation projects in public schools in the Southeast. This project will implement a school improvement process that uses the environment as an integrated context for learning.

$60,000 $60,000 $150,000 $210,000 Florida; Georgia; Kentucky; South Carolina

2006 5999 Lagoon Quest

East Coast Zoological Society

of Florida dba Brevard Zoo

Develop and conduct evaluation of the Lagoon Quest program to measure its effectiveness, to serve as a model evaluation and to inform a future longitudinal study to assess long-term impacts.

$54,290 $54,290 $125,959 $180,249 Florida

2006 17725Whooping Crane

Eastern Population Recovery(WI)

International Crane Foundation

Continue recovery of the Whooping Crane population in Eastern North America and develop a model for wild bird recovery. Project will monitor and care for all cohorts in the Wisconsin/Florida migratory and captive flocks.

$30,000 $30,000 $60,000 $90,000 Florida; Wisconsin

2006 4825Rinker Quarry

Wetland Reclamation (FL)

Rinker Materials Corporation

Enhance two acres of lakeshore and adjacent uplands at Rinker Wildlife and Conservation Lake at the quarry site by installing native plant species. Elementary, middle, and college students will participate in the planting and monitoring of wildlife.

$15,000 $15,000 $30,500 $45,500 Florida

2006 4873Light Management Program for Sea

Turtles, FLMartin County

Implement a light management program to address the post-hurricane effects of artificial lighting on nesting sea turtles in Martin County through public education/awareness and identification and modification of targeted lights.

$194,203 $194,203 $0 $194,203 Florida

2006 5172Charlotte County Sea Turtle Light

Impact ReductionCharlotte County

Implement a multi-faceted program to address the post-hurricane effects of artificial lights on sea turtles. Project will identify lighting impacts to nesting turtles and educate stakeholders through public communication and outreach programs.

$40,335 $40,335 $0 $40,335 Florida

64


Award Fiscal Year


NFWF Federal Funds


Grantee Matching

Funds


2006 11095

Brevard County Marine Turtle

Hurricane Mitigation

Brevard County

Implement a light management program to address the post-hurricane effects of artificial lighting on Brevard County beaches sea turtles, through proven technologies and techniques for reducing impacts of artificial light.

$315,914 $315,914 $0 $315,914 Florida

2006 4607Florida Bald Eagle

Conservation - MISC


Establish and manage a fund to support recovery efforts of the American bald eagle in Florida. Although the bald eagle has recovered in some states, it remains a federally-listed species in Florida.

$41,193 $0 $41,193 $0 $41,193 Florida

2006 4808Big Cypress

Preserve Panther Monitoring (FL)

National Park Service - Big

Cypress National Preserve

Provide additional telemetry equipment, temporary staffing for radio telemetry tracking, contract services for a houndsman, or veterinarian in the event of the necessity for aversive conditioning or removal of a Florida panther, and aircraft services.

$25,000 $0 $25,000 $0 $25,000 Florida

2006 5109

Analysis of Stakeholder

Knowledge FL Panther


A comprehensive review of the literature of social science research in the context of large carnivore management in the United States will yield important lessons for Florida panther recovery.

$5,000 $0 $5,000 $0 $5,000 Florida

2006 5110FL Panther-Human

Interactions Outreach Initiative

Friends of the Florida Panther

Refuge

Create outreach materials to communicate with a variety of stakeholders, including homeowners, local governments, ranchers, developers, Realtors, visitors to public lands, and others about how people can live and recreate safely in panther habitat.

$20,000 $0 $20,000 $0 $20,000 Florida

2006 4870 Guy Bradley Award, 2006-II Bruce Buckson

Recognize Major Bruce Buckson for his achievements in wildlife law enforcement. Major Buckson serves as the Law Enforcement Manatee Coordinator for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

$1,000 $0 $1,000 $0 $1,000 Florida

2006 5136Risk of Right

Whale and Vessel Interactions



Model risk of right whale and ship interaction in the southeastern United States critical habitats under several vessel management scenarios. Project will use aerial survey and vessel traffic data.

$70,000 $70,000 $0 $70,000 Florida

2006 5142State of Florida

Right Whale Coordinator II


Conservation Commission, Fish

and Wildlife Research Institute

(FWRI)

Continue to coordinate right whale recovery tasks within the state of Florida. Tasks include data collection and planning.

$75,641 $75,641 $0 $75,641 Florida

2006 7112

Enhance Right Whale

Disentanglement Response (GA)

Georgia Department of

Natural Resources

Enhance right whale disentanglement in the Southeast by conducting entanglement first response, assisting with disentanglements, and biopsy sampling of whales.

$50,000 $50,000 $10,000 $60,000 Florida; Georgia; South Carolina

2006 4691Birding at St. Marks Wildlife

Refuge (FL) - III

St. Francis Wildlife Association, Inc.

Engage ninety fourth grade students in environmental curriculum on bird watching and take three field trips to the St. Marks Wildlife Refuge for the third continuous year. Project will create a student guide to birds at the refuge.

$2,979 $2,979 $2,354 $5,333 Florida

65


Award Fiscal Year


NFWF Federal Funds


Grantee Matching

Funds


2006 5118

Environmental Education at Loxahatchee Refuge (FL)

Arthur R. Marshall, Jr. Foundation, Inc

Deliver hands-on interdisciplinary environmental education to 35 students from Palm Vista High School. Project will incorporate exotic species education and a presentation on exotic species by the students at a town hall meeting.

$5,000 $5,000 $6,000 $11,000 Florida

2006 5119Restoration of Sea

Beds at Ding Darling (FL)

Lee County District School Board

Restore injured sea grass beds at Ding Darling Wildlife Refuge. Project will involve 60 students who will restore scar areas at Ding Darling and receive training in habitat restoration and aquatic ecosystems.

$5,000 $5,000 $11,560 $16,560 Florida

2006 4160Perdido and Bay

Oyster Restoration (FL)


Protection

Restore five to six acres of oyster reef habitat in the Perdido and Pensacola Bay systems of Florida for essential fish habitat enhancement. Project will collect and dry oyster shells from restaurants and then deploy them to suitable oyster reef sites.

$40,000 $40,000 $46,548 $86,548 Florida

2006 5848Dune Recovery on St. George Island

(FL)

St. George Island Civic Club

Re-establish four 1,000 foot sections of the damaged St. George Island dune system through installation of a sand fence and planting native vegetation. Project will construct dune walkovers to protect dunes and provide sea turtle nesting habitat.

$33,055 $33,055 $49,352 $82,407 Florida

2006 4200

Health Assessment of Blue Crabs in

Tampa Bay (FL)



Conduct a blue crab health assessment in Tampa Bay, Florida to identify parasites, disease, and toxins and their relationship to environmental factors. Educational materials will be developed on blue crab diseases and safe fishery practices.

$50,288 $50,288 $61,639 $111,927 Florida

2006 4522Wolf Branch Creek


Ecosphere Restoration

Institute

Restore five to six acres of critical freshwater habitats utilized by wildlife. Project will result in a series of freshwater ponds ranging from ephemeral to permanent pool wetlands.

$25,000 $3,500 $21,500 $25,000 $50,000 Florida

2006 4523Clearwater

Invasive Species Removal (FL)-II

City of Clearwater

Remove exotic vegetation from approximately 105 acres to prevent the spread of undesirable species to surrounding ecosystems. Project will replant the area with native vegetation, and will educate the community by holding a volunteer planting event.

$99,835 $99,835 $99,835 $199,670 Florida

2006 4524

Assessing Wetland

Restoration Success (FL)

Eckerd College

Conduct a study of five restored mangrove sites of varied age in Tampa Bay, Florida, by assessing soil, water, plant nitrogen and plant species diversity. Research will help determine the success of restoring wetland function to these sites.

$89,777 $89,777 $355,582 $445,359 Florida

2006 4676 Youth for a Change (FL)-IV Earth Force, Inc.

Continue to support local educators with a year-long professional development program that will provide more than 900 students intensive, hands-on environmental educational experiences. Resource guides will also be distributed to more than 100 educators.

$136,200 $136,200 $137,262 $273,462 Florida

66


Award Fiscal Year


NFWF Federal Funds


Grantee Matching

Funds


2006 4775

Pinellas County Classroom

Teacher Grants (FL)-IV

Pinellas County Education Foundation

Continue to enable teachers to develop and implement innovative classroom projects that lead to the protection and conservation of Florida ecosystems, with a focus on coastal habitats. Project will allow for classroom projects to be shared among schools.

$60,000 $30,000 $30,000 $90,037 $150,037 Florida

2006 5032McKay Creek and

Chesnut Park Restoration (FL)

Pinellas County Board of County Commissioners

Restore the impacted native ecosystem, including globally imperiled scrub, on 60 acres at McKay Creek Greenway and 255 acres at Chesnut Park in Florida. Project will provide educational information and access for passive recreation.

$345,875 $345,875 $913,211 $1,259,086 Florida

2006 5034 Pinellas County Water Atlas (FL)-II

Pinellas County Department of Environmental Management

Continue to enhance the Pinellas County Water Atlas, an interactive website that provides information on local water resources, watershed planning, environmental events, and school curriculum. Project will implement an interactive adopt-a-pond webpage.

$37,700 $22,700 $15,000 $64,040 $101,740 Florida


Initiative (FL)- III


Continue community-based restoration projects around Tampa Bay including seagrass restoration, scallop restoration and monitoring, protection of colonial bird nests, and derelict crab trap removal. Restoration programs will provide education for youth.

$135,080 $135,080 $140,654 $275,734 Florida

2006 5981

Tropicana Field Stormwater

Enhancement (FL)

Rays Baseball Foundation

Create an exhibition area incorporating Booker Creek featuring native vegetation outside of the Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida. Project will educate visitors about natural ecosystems and water conservation through interactive stations

$225,000 $200,000 $25,000 $306,176 $531,176 Florida

2006 6186Monitoring Key

Bird Nesting Colonies (FL)-III

Audubon Florida

Continue to manage 40 coastal islands as habitat for 50,000 nesting pairs of 30 priority colonial waterbird species in Pinellas County, Florida. Project will implement a volunteer science program and analyze 25 years of historical census data.

$139,000 $139,000 $252,310 $391,310 Florida

2006 6960Effects of Saltern Restoration (FL) -

III

Preserving the Environment

through Ecological Research, Inc.

Continue monitoring the effects of saltern restoration in Florida on vegetation and selected wildlife species. Project will also develop a brochure to educate the public on salterns and their ecological characteristics.

$42,520 $42,520 $45,000 $87,520 Florida

2006 11066Mullet Key

Seagrass Scar Restoration (FL)


Restore 1.5 kilometers of seagrass in prop scars near Mullet Key, Florida. Project will monitor for additional scarring in areas with high boat traffic, and evaluate the efficacy of bird staking as a method for seagrass restoration.

$69,017 $69,017 $70,221 $139,238 Florida

2006 5323

Rough Toothed Dolphin

Rehabilitation-II (FL)

Marine Mammal Conservancy, Inc.

Rehabilitate, and release Rough Toothed Dolphins following a mass stranding of more than 80 individuals in Marathon, Florida. Project will conduct post-release monitoring of treated dolphins and provide cetacean treatment education opportunities.

$60,000 $60,000 $20,206 $80,206 Florida

67


Award Fiscal Year


NFWF Federal Funds


Grantee Matching

Funds


2006 4833Oil Platforms and

Yellowfin Tuna Movements (LA)


Determine yellowfin tuna distributions, movements and migrations relative to Gulf of Mexico petroleum structures. Project will obtain long term data that will be used to determine the extent that petroleum structures act as fish aggregating devices.

$54,718 $0 $54,718 $88,513 $143,231 Florida; Louisiana

2006 4014

St. Marks Headwaters (FL)

Longleaf Restoration

Leon County Parks & Recreation

Division

Restore 38 acres of longleaf pine and wiregrass in Leon County, Florida. Project will help protect the water quality of the St. Marks river system and provide recreational and educational opportunities to the public.

$25,625 $12,813 $12,812 $25,139 $50,764 Florida

2006 7542Apalachicola Bluffs (FL) Longleaf Pine

Restoration


Restore 577 acres of longleaf pine on the Apalachicola Bluffs and Ravines Preserve in Florida. Project will also reestablish the groundcover and fire regime characteristic to the sandhill ecosystem.

$249,101 $125,213 $123,888 $250,350 $499,451 Florida

2006 3754


Woodpecker Monitoring-III


Continue monitoring efforts of 100 red-cockaded woodpecker clusters in the Apalachicola National Forest. Project will result in the translocation of 20 woodpeckers to at-risk populations on private, state, and federal lands.

$62,285 $31,142 $31,143 $25,763 $88,048 Florida

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 6353Gulf Coast Urban

Education Initiative (FL)

Francis M. Weston Audubon Society

Educate urban elementary students in Escambia County about gulf coast bird conservation. Project will develop and implement an education curriculum and will enhance the bird conservation exhibits and facilities at the Roy Hyatt Environmental Center.

$70,062 $34,962 $35,100 $83,734 $153,796 Florida

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 7506Sandhills

Ecosystem Restoration (FL)


Inc.

Utilize mechanical and/or chemical timber stand improvement treatments to enhance 3,000 acres of longleaf pine and wiregrass habitat. Project will increase the population of red-cockaded woodpeckers at Eglin Air Force base from 275 to 350 breeding pairs.

$111,886 $55,944 $55,942 $162,500 $274,386 Florida

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 7627

Threats to Neonate Sea

Turtles in Atlantic - II



Characterize the distribution, densities, threats, and habitats of neonate sea turtles in Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico waters around Florida. Project will measure the proportion of turtles showing signs of plastic and tar ingestion.

$33,974 $33,974 $17,206 $51,180 Florida

68


Award Fiscal Year


NFWF Federal Funds


Grantee Matching

Funds


2005 17298Long-Term Study of Sea Turtles in

Florida Bay II



Compare and monitor the growth and condition of recaptured loggerhead, green, hawksbill, and Kemp's ridley turtles in Florida waters. Project will gather data on turtle movement into and out of Florida Bay.

$30,323 $30,323 $10,409 $40,732 Florida

2005 17470Charlotte Harbor

Smalltooth Sawfish Monitoring II



Monitor smalltooth sawfish in a south Florida estuary in order to analyze sawfish ecology and recommend management actions. Project will increase public awareness of the biology and endangered status of this species.

$54,963 $54,963 $19,218 $74,181 Florida

2005 17686 Florida Smalltooth Sawfish Education


Implement an education program to improve public awareness of the smalltooth sawfish and its endangered status. Project will produce information packets, install educational signs, improve online information and conduct workshops for educators.

$26,444 $26,444 $26,444 $52,888 Florida

2005 3916Investigation of the Ridge and Slough

Landscape

The Regents of the University of

Colorado

Clarify some of the hydrodynamic mechanisms that maintain the ridge and slough landscape, a crucial ecosystem that has been deteriorating since the drainage of the Everglades. Project will will enable more informed restoration decisions.

$15,000 $10,000 $5,000 $0 $15,000 Colorado; Florida

2005 3918

Fibropapillomatosis in the

Endangered Green Turtle

Washington University - St.

Louis

Identify environmental stressors associated with the increased prevalence of Fibropapillomatosis, an emergent infectious disease threatening Florida green turtles. Project will study the role of pesticides in the occurrence and severity of this disease.

$14,993 $9,993 $5,000 $0 $14,993 Florida; Missouri

2005 17827

Manatee Population

Composition and Habitat Use

Georgia Southern University

Research and Service

Foundation, Inc.

Determine the composition of the manatee population of Kings Bay in the Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge. Project will help minimize causes of manatee disturbance and injury as well as monitor the status of the population in this area.

$5,000 $1,500 $3,500 $0 $5,000 Florida; Georgia

2005 4264Key West

Stormwater Nutrient Removal

City of Key West

Install pollutant reduction system on stormwater inlets that outfall in Key West waters to enhance seagrass, corals and benthic communities. Partner in a public awareness campaign with stakeholders.

$25,388 $25,388 $25,388 $50,776 Florida

2005 17845 REEF Field Station Program

Reef Environmental


Educate, recruit, train and facilitate volunteer participation in fish surveying activities. Enable dive operators, divers, tourists, and marine protected area managers to become partners in marine conservation in the U.S. and Caribbean regions.

$18,500 $18,500 $22,481 $40,981 Florida

2005 5116

Year Five - Migratory

Whooping Crane Reintroductio


Inc.

Condition and imprint a new generation of Whooping cranes to accept and follow specially designed ultralight aircraft and then guide them along a new 1,200-mile migration corridor in eastern North America.


2005 6845Conservation of the Endangered

Miami Blue Butterfl


Continue the Endangered Miami Blue butterfly captive breeding program and monitor south Florida sites following reintroductions to evaluate restoration efforts.

$35,000 $35,000 $36,471 $71,471 Florida

69


Award Fiscal Year


NFWF Federal Funds


Grantee Matching

Funds


2005 7169Withlacoochee (FL) Sandhill Management

Friends of Florida State Forests

Augment existing prescribed fire program in the sandhill tracts of the state forest to improve habitat for red-cockaded woodpeckers and other important species.

$55,000 $55,000 $348,082 $403,082 Florida

2005 17645 Guy Bradley Award, 2005-I Paul Hoover Recognize Major Paul Hoover for achievements in

wildlife law enforcement. $1,000 $0 $1,000 $0 $1,000 Florida

2005 4132Southeast Right

Whale Stewardship

Marine Resources Council of East

Florida, Inc.

Educate coastal residents in Florida and Georgia about North Atlantic right whales and coordinate a network of volunteers to recognize and report right whale sightings.

$15,840 $15,840 $117,300 $133,140 Florida; Georgia; North Carolina; South Carolina

2005 17902North Atlantic Right Whale

Genetic MonitoringTrent University

Collect and analyze genetic data from North Atlantic right whales in the southeast U.S. critical habitat area to assess and monitor the status and recovery potential of the species.

$22,485 $22,485 $22,650 $45,135 Florida

2005 17931

Right Whale Disentanglement

Response Enhancement



Improve right whale disentanglement response efforts in the Southeastern United States by facilitating collaboration and training among responders.

$57,500 $57,500 $0 $57,500 Florida; Georgia

2005 4075

National Key Deer NWR (FL)

Restoration/Education

Friends and Volunteers of

Refuges (FAVOR), Florida Keys, Inc.

Restore two acres of an old quarry with native trees at the National Key Deer Refuge. Project will also include installing interpretive signs, placing identification tags near the trees, and providing native gardening education to the public.

$4,000 $4,000 $3,912 $7,912 Florida

2005 3702Service Learning in Crocodile Lake

NWR (FL)

The School Board of Broward County,

Florida

Engage 750 high school students in environmental education by teaching them to be environmental stewards through a public awareness campaign. Students will track water quality and crocodile nesting sites at the Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge.

$4,970 $4,970 $5,000 $9,970 Florida

2005 3703Birding at the St.

Marks Wildlife Refuge (FL)

St. Francis Wildlife Association, Inc.

Engage ninety fourth grade students in environmental curriculum on bird watching and take three field trips to the St. Marks Wildlife Refuge. Project will create a student guide to birds at the refuge.

$3,000 $3,000 $2,125 $5,125 Florida

2005 4186 Kids United for the Environment (FL)

Pelican Island Elementary

Bring awareness and appreciation for endangered coastal scrub habitat through education of 700 fourth and fifth grade students. Students will restore scrub habitat and prepare awareness reports for the Pelican Island Wildlife Refuge.

$3,000 $3,000 $2,710 $5,710 Florida

2005 4432 Effects of Saltern Restoration (FL) -II



Continue monitoring the effects of saltern restoration in Florida on vegetation and selected wildlife species. Project will also develop a brochure to educate the public on salterns and their ecological characteristics.

$24,400 $24,400 $40,000 $64,400 Florida

70


Award Fiscal Year


NFWF Federal Funds


Grantee Matching

Funds


2005 4679

Weedon Island Preserve

Interpretive Trail (FL)


Create and place interpretive signage along Weedon Island Preserve's trail system to educate visitors about the importance of coastal habitats, empowering them to make informed decisions about these resources.

$45,000 $45,000 $144,734 $189,734 Florida

2005 5023Tampa Bay Tidal Tributary Habitat

Initiative (FL)


Develop management targets and strategies for Tampa Bay tidal tributaries in order to improve protection and management of fish populations. A management strategy will be created for the more than 200 tidal tributaries in Tampa Bay.

$310,000 $310,000 $418,100 $728,100 Florida

2005 5539Tampa Bay Bird

Conservation Partnership (FL)


Create educational signage and conduct tours to educate the public on the conservation needs of three National Wildlife Refuges and the key bird species they support, in Tampa Bay, Florida. Project will also provide for the removal of invasive vegetation.

$199,000 $99,000 $100,000 $0 $199,000 Florida

2005 5868


Teacher Grants (FL)-III


Continue to enable teachers to develop and implement innovative classroom projects that lead to the protection and conservation of Florida ecosystems, with a focus on coastal habitats.

$22,347 $22,347 $50,000 $72,347 Florida

2005 6173 Pinellas County Water Atlas (FL)


Create a water atlas for Pinellas County to provide information for citizens and management agencies to use for watershed planning activities and other related efforts.

$25,000 $25,000 $43,940 $68,940 Florida

2005 7324Stormwater Education in

Tampa Bay (FL)

Florida Aquarium, Inc.

Develop community education projects and provide teacher workshops on stormwater and its negative effects on Tampa Bay. Curriculum and materials developed will provide suggestions on how stormwater can be controlled at home sites and in neighborhoods.

$36,399 $36,399 $86,000 $122,399 Florida

2005 17368Tampa Shoreline

Restoration Initiative (FL)- II

Mayor's Beautification

Program

Continue restoration of 100,000 linear feet of shoreline in Tampa, Florida, through volunteer-driven efforts. This project will also create an online Geographic Information System-based interactive restoration reporting and monitoring system.

$137,771 $137,771 $197,587 $335,358 Florida


on Southern Tampa Bay (FL)


Provide field trips and hands-on learning experiences to 100 classes and approximately 2,500 students. Hands-on methods for exotic plant removal and site specific nature walks will be used to introduce students to the concept of habitat restoration.

$23,500 $23,500 $48,010 $71,510 Florida

2005 17531

Bay Scallop Restoration in

Boca Ciega Bay (FL)


Accelerate restoration of the bay scallop in Boca Ciega Bay through introduction of scallop larvae at four locations in the Bay. Volunteers will monitor project sites for scallop establishment.

$20,493 $20,493 $31,575 $52,068 Florida


Distance Learning (FL)-IV

PossibleNow.com, Inc.

Continue to implement and update a community-developed system of real-time environmental data collection and integrate the system into K-12 Florida public school curriculum, fully supporting state education standards.

$250,000 $250,000 $250,000 $500,000 Florida

71


Award Fiscal Year


NFWF Federal Funds


Grantee Matching

Funds


2005 17826Protecting Bird

Colonies Through Partnerships-II


Continue to protect about 150,000 colonial waterbirds of 30 species that nest in Tampa Bay by using volunteers in bird colony protection activities and conducting public outreach.

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


Initiative (FL) - II


Continue community-based restoration projects around Tampa Bay including Seagrass Restoration, Scallop Restoration and Monitoring, Protection of Colonial Bird Nesting Islands, Derelict Crab Trap Removal, and Education through Restoration programs.

$110,770 $77,770 $33,000 $117,537 $228,307 Florida

2005 18023Tampa Bay

Documentary Film (FL)


Create a one-hour documentary chronicling the decline and rebirth of Tampa Bay and issue a call to action to maintain recent progress. The documentary will be aired on public television, reaching approximately 250,000 people.

$41,000 $41,000 $46,582 $87,582 Florida

2005 18100 Youth for a Change (FL)-III Earth Force, Inc.

Continue to support local educators with a year-long professional development program that will provide more than 900 students intensive, hands-on environmental educational experiences. Resource guides will also be distributed to more than 100 educators.

$106,907 $67,191 $39,716 $190,609 $297,516 Florida

2005 18287Rough-toothed

Dolphin Rehabilitation (FL)


Rehabilitate and release three or more rough-toothed dolphins following a mass stranding of 37 individuals near Huchinson Island. Project will conduct post-release monitoring of treated dolphins and provide cetacean treatment education opportunities.

$100,000 $100,000 $40,270 $140,270 Florida

2005 17753Cooperative

Invasive Species Management (FL)

Marion County Parks Department

Bring local, state, and federal agencies, landowners, and NGOs together to organize a coordinated strategic attack on cogongrass in the Florida horse country and Ocala National Forest.

$12,000 $12,000 $12,000 $24,000 Florida

2005 17313

Enhancing Outdoor

Recreation and Education (FL)


Enhance facilities for Refuge's public use, environmental education, and recreation programs. Project will better prepare Refuge to accept visitors and to educate public about need to protect the area's wildlife and habitats.

$40,810 $32,638 $8,172 $0 $40,810 Florida

2005 5314

Project GreenShores Site Two Restoration

(FL)


Protection

Restore approximately 21 acres of shoreline habitat in Pensacola Bay. Project will create emergent salt marsh and oyster reef habitat, provide shoreline stabilization and improve water quality.

$75,000 $0 $75,000 $75,000 $150,000 Florida

2005 6417West Bay (FL)

Seagrass Restoration

St. Andrew Bay Environmental Study Team

(BEST)

Conduct baseline studies and develop a management strategy for the restoration and management of over 700 acres of saltmarsh, tidal creek, and seagrass habitat in West Bay.

$80,000 $0 $80,000 $112,719 $192,719 Florida

2005 16786 The Coastal Classroom

Mary Brogan Museum of Art and

Science

Provide meaningful experiences to promote greater understanding of wetland conservation and restoration for the people of Florida's Gulf Coast counties.

$25,000 $0 $25,000 $99,188 $124,188 Florida

72


Award Fiscal Year


NFWF Federal Funds


Grantee Matching

Funds


2005 17374

Bayshore Boulevard (FL)

Habitat Restoration


Install 310 oyster domes at Bayshore Boulevard in Tampa, Florida. The domes will provide substrate for oyster colonization, encouraging biological filtration and foraging areas for fish and wildlife.

$26,000 $0 $26,000 $26,094 $52,094 Florida

2005 16900Pebble Hill/Tall

Timbers Longleaf Reforestation

Tall Timbers Research, Inc.

Restore 150 acres of longleaf pine on sites at the Tall Timbers Research Station in Florida and the Pebble Hill Plantation in Georgia. Project will provide habitat for red-cockaded woodpeckers, northern bobwhite quail, and gopher tortoises.

$27,401 $13,700 $13,701 $29,955 $57,356 Florida; Georgia

2005 16901Perdido River (FL)

Longleaf Pine Restoration


Restore approximately 168 acres of longleaf pine habitat on the Perdido River Nature Preserve in Florida. Over 67,000 longleaf seedlings will be planted as a result of this project.

$87,993 $43,996 $43,997 $87,493 $175,486 Florida

2005 4150Swallow-tailed Kite

Research and Management


Institute, Inc.

Develop management recommendations for the U.S. swallow-tailed kite population across its entire range. Project will conduct research to better understand the U.S. population's migratory route and wintering range.

$41,300 $8,150 $33,150 $86,300 $127,600 Florida; Georgia


Interpretive Center Exhibits (FL)

Friends of St. Andrews State

Park, Inc.

Create educational exhibits on shorebird and migrating bird species in St. Andrews State Park, Florida. Project will help protect dune habitat, woodlands, marshes and sea grass beds within the park and throughout the Florida panhandle.

$20,000 $10,000 $10,000 $131,623 $151,623 Florida

2005 17289

Apalachicola Red-Cockaded

Woodpecker Monitoring-II


Continue monitoring efforts of 100 red-cockaded woodpecker clusters in the Apalachicola National Forest. Project will result in the translocation of 20 woodpeckers to at-risk populations on private, state, and federal lands.

$60,530 $30,265 $30,265 $25,200 $85,730 Florida

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

and Wildlife Agencies

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 4960Analysis of Coral

Diseases in Florida & Caribbean

Joshua Voss

Examine environmental and coral community factors that may influence coral diseases. Project will investigate effect of disease outbreaks on coral population and community structure, and analyze microbial community variation in a specific coral disease.

$10,000 $5,000 $5,000 $0 $10,000 Florida

73


Award Fiscal Year


NFWF Federal Funds


Grantee Matching

Funds


2004 18000Sustainable Atala

Butterfly Populations (FL)

Sandra Koi

Reestablish naturally sustainable populations of the native coontie plant, larval host plant for the atala butterfly. Project will restore plants to state park and forest sites within historical range, and potentially other federal land sites.

$10,000 $10,000 $0 $10,000 Florida

2004 16470Juvenile Shark Food Habits in

Florida Estuaries

Aleczandre Cole-Corde

Investigate the responses of sharks to altered watershed conditions and the ultimate effect on their prey species. Project will provide insight into shark population biology and support conservation of shark species.

$5,000 $0 $5,000 $0 $5,000 Florida

2004 16569

Gag Grouper Life History and Population Dynamics

Florida State University Research

Foundation, Inc.

Investigate the population structure of grouper, an important food fish that has been overexploited by fishing pressure. Project will help determine efficacy of using marine reserves as a management tool for this species.

$15,000 $5,000 $10,000 $0 $15,000 Florida

2004 16570

Methodology for Tree Island Condition

Assessment

Pamela Pannozzo

Develop a rapid assessment protocol for determining the spatial pattern of tree island condition. Project will set forth indicators of tree island condition, methods for using indicators in the field, and a scored index.

$15,000 $15,000 $0 $15,000 Florida

2004 6354Reef Assessment Capacity-Building in the Caribbean

Ocean Research and Education

Foundation

Train reef workers from three or more Caribbean islands in the well-established Atlantic and Gulf Rapid Reef Assessment Program method of assessing and monitoring coral reefs. Project will also monitor the effects of a Caribbean coral bleaching event.

$25,450 $25,450 $25,450 $50,900 Florida

2004 16877Discover Coral Reefs School Program (FL)

Reef Relief, Inc.

Increase community awareness through education and stewardship activities in order to aid in the protection of Florida Keys coral reefs. Project provides a four-part program to all fourth grade students in the Florida Keys.

$16,126 $16,126 $20,485 $36,611 Florida

2004 18275Impact of Sport

Divers on Lobsters and Reefs (FL)

North Carolina State University

Conduct a series of collaborative field research studies during South Florida's July 2005 2-day sport lobster season. Project will quantify the impact of sport divers on lobsters and coral reef habitats in the Florida Keys.

$40,692 $40,692 $55,687 $96,379 Florida

2004 3933 Clam Bayou (FL) Restoration City of Sanibel

Restore Clam Bayou in Sanibel, Florida, to a healthy estuarine system that supports productive marine fisheries and wildlife habitat by restoring a historic tidal connection.

$100,000 $100,000 $464,926 $564,926 Florida

2004 15927Mangrove

Conservation Initiative (FL)

The Conservancy of Southwest

Florida

Educate the public about the importance of mangrove forests and seagrass beds to the water quality and the fish and wildlife resources of the western Everglades through hands-on conservation efforts, community outreach, and educational programs.

$87,000 $87,000 $337,675 $424,675 Florida

74


Award Fiscal Year


NFWF Federal Funds


Grantee Matching

Funds


2004 18262Project

GreenShores (FL)-IV



Continue to support the restoration of approximately one mile of shoreline in Pensacola Bay, Florida by planting native shoreline vegetation, conducting invasive species control and contructing an oyster reef.

$140,000 $140,000 $300,000 $440,000 Florida

2004 18263Everglades Tree

Island Restoration (FL)



Remove invasive, exotic Brazilian pepper and revegetate with native trees to improve wildlife habitat in the upland island areas of the Everglades Wildlife Management Area.

$69,300 $69,300 $266,501 $335,801 Florida

2004 4092Manatee Feeding Habitats in Warm-Water Areas (FL)

Wildlife Trust, Inc.

Study how concentrations of manatees in warm-water areas affect the health and survival of seagrass, one of their main foods and a critical component to the marine ecosystem.

$33,800 $0 $33,800 $0 $33,800 Florida

2004 4671Non-Lethal Boat

Strikes of Manatees (FL)

U.S. Geological Survey

Develop monitoring protocols to estimate the number of boat strikes on manatees occurring in northwest Florida. Project will attempt to determine the effect of new slow speed zones on boat strikes.

$36,195 $0 $36,195 $0 $36,195 Florida

2004 15487

Bonefish and Tarpon

Conservation in South Florida

University of Miami, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric

Science

Work with professional guides, anglers, and scientists to conserve and manage bonefish and tarpon populations in southern Florida. Project will develop a technically-sound methodology for stock assessments.

$56,990 $56,990 $104,970 $161,959 Florida

2004 16460Lee County (FL)

Law Enforcement Equipment

Lee CountyPurchase night vision monoculars and stabilizing binoculars that will assist with manatee law enforcement activities.

$18,568 $0 $18,568 $0 $18,568 Florida

2004 16547Manatee Photo-

Identification Database (FL)


Obtain, analyze, and store photos of individual manatees in southwestern Florida. Database will allow scientists to track these manatees over time and geographic areas.

$53,675 $0 $53,675 $0 $53,675 Florida

2004 16810

Leatherback Sea Turtles

Internesting Habitat (FL)

Marinelife Center of Juno Beach

Test telemetry methods in combination with remote sensing to delineate internesting habitat for endangered leatherback sea turtle populations in southern Florida.

$20,000 $20,000 $0 $20,000 Florida

2004 16812Manatee Habitat

Conservation Workshop (FL)


Host a workshop in Jupiter, Florida, to develop an action plan to address the loss of manatee habitat. $20,000 $0 $20,000 $41,050 $61,050 Florida

2004 17245Juvenile Bonefish

Critical Habitat Identification


Survey and assess potential habitats and habitat use for juvenile bonefish in south Florida to determine habitat importance to adult populations. Information will be integrated into habitat management plans.

$67,245 $67,245 $70,000 $137,245 Florida

2004 17450Evaluation of Manatee Boat

Speed Zones (FL)Wildlife Trust, Inc.

Investigate how manatee encounters with boats, manatee behavior, and manatee distribution and abundance are affected by the implementation of a newly designated speed zone in Lemon Bay, Florida.

$47,173 $0 $47,173 $0 $47,173 Florida

75


Award Fiscal Year


NFWF Federal Funds


Grantee Matching

Funds


2004 17513

Florida Manatee Education and

Outreach Assessment

Responsive Management

Conduct a survey of current manatee education and outreach efforts in Florida in order to identify overlaps and gaps, target audiences, information needs, and best strategies to educate and inform audiences.

$33,648 $0 $33,648 $0 $33,648 Florida

2004 17517

Assessing Boating Patterns in

Manatee Zones (FL)


Evaluate newly established boat speed zones in Lemon Bay, Florida, to determine if they reduce the number of manatee mortalities from boat strikes.

$38,177 $0 $38,177 $0 $38,177 Florida

2004 18324Post-Release

Monitoring of Cold-Stressed Juvenile

Wildlife Trust, Inc.

Conduct a post-release monitoring study of young, cold-stressed manatees in the Tampa Bay region to determine if this class of animal warrants closer attention to enhance manatee recovery.

$40,000 $40,000 $120,649 $160,649 Florida

2004 16621

Manatee River Watershed (FL)

Wetland Restoration


Protection

Restore 1.5 acres and enhance 4 acres of wetlands at a 30 acre site near Terra Ceia Bay. Project will provide significant wildlife habitat and improve water quality.

$10,000 $10,000 $5,400 $15,400 Florida

2004 16451State of Florida

Right Whale Coordinator



Coordinate right whale recovery tasks within the state of Florida. Project activites include data collection and planning.

$53,700 $53,700 $0 $53,700 Florida

2004 4413

Lake Woodruff NWR (FL) Upland

Habitat Restoration

Friends of Lake Woodruff National Wildlife Refuge,

Inc.

Restore a seven-acre plot formerly used as a commercial fernery to native upland habitat on Lake Woodruff National Wildlife Refuge. Interpretive signs will be posted to educate the public on upland habitats.

$5,000 $5,000 $0 $5,000 Florida

2004 17545

Lower Suwannee/Cedar Keys NWRs (FL)

Education

FAVOR - Lower Suwannee and

Cedar Keys

Provide opportunities for local 5th grade classes and teachers to take field trips to Cedar Keys and Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuges. Refuge staff and Friends volunteers will present interepretive and educational programs to the classes.

$1,750 $1,750 $0 $1,750 Florida

2004 17628Merritt Island NWR

(FL) Friends Membership Drive


Association

Provide capacity building support to the Merritt Island Wildlife Association to raise awareness for the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge. Project staff will conduct a membership drive and public relations campaigns.

$5,000 $5,000 $0 $5,000 Florida

2004 5944 Key Kids in Nature! (FL)-II



Expand the education program at the Florida Keys National Wildlife Refuges to five new schools and homeschooled children while creating new program partnerships. Program includes refuge field trips and pre- and post-trip in-class lessons.

$3,000 $3,000 $5,576 $8,576 Florida

2004 14868 Kids United for the Environment (FL)

School District of Indian River

County

Educate 700 elementary students about local endangered coastal scrub habitat. Students will work to restore scrub habitat adjacent to school property and participate in education and restoration projects at Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge.

$5,000 $5,000 $2,380 $7,380 Florida

76


Award Fiscal Year


NFWF Federal Funds


Grantee Matching

Funds


2004 16576Birding at St. Marks Wildlife Refuge (FL)

St. Francis of Assisi Wildlife

Association, Inc.

Develop and test a fourth grade curriculum focused on resident and migratory bird species at the St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge and surrounding habitats. Project will include classroom presentations, birding trips, and student presentations.

$4,988 $4,988 $3,298 $8,286 Florida

2004 6084Black Point

Wildlife Drive (FL) Enhancement


Association

Construct bird observation blinds, improve existing viewing sites, and install interpretive signage and spotting scopes at Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge. Project will increase and enhance birding opportunities at the refuge.

$75,515 $32,515 $43,000 $75,515 $151,030 Florida

2004 5376Invasive Species

Task Force Project (FL)

Hillsborough County

Remove 15 acres of invasive plant species from the Sun City Heritage Park in Hillsborough County, Florida. $14,850 $14,850 $21,121 $35,971 Florida

2004 5604 Effects of Saltern Restoration (FL)



Measure the effects of saltern restoration in Florida on vegetation and selected wildlife species. Project will also develop a brochure to educate the public on salterns and their ecological characteristics.

$27,610 $27,610 $42,000 $69,610 Florida

2004 5613Protecting Bird

Colonies Through Partnerships (FL)


Monitor and protect 22 species of colonial nesting birds in Tampa Bay, Florida, through the development and strengthening of strategic partnerships, whereby agencies and companies own and manage colony islands.

$45,000 $45,000 $65,843 $110,843 Florida

2004 5921

Hillsborough County (FL) Seagrass

Management Plan

Environmental Protection

Commission of Hillsborough

County

Develop a comprehensive management plan and action plan to address priority seagrass management issues within Hillsborough County waters.

$25,072 $25,072 $41,745 $66,817 Florida

2004 6017

Pinellas County (FL) Marine Education Booklets

Clearwater Marine Aquarium

Produce a 24-page educational booklet highlighting successful rehabilitation efforts by the Clearwater Marine Aquarium. The booklets will contain biology and conservation information and will be distributed to students and teachers throughout Pinellas County.

$14,200 $14,200 $14,160 $28,360 Florida


Distance Learning (FL)-III

Pinellas County

Continue to implement and update a community-developed system of real-time environmental data collection and integrate the system into K-12 Florida public school curriculum, fully supporting state education standards.

$247,185 $247,185 $247,000 $494,185 Florida

2004 10331Feather Sound (FL) Seagrass

Recovery


Develop a management strategy to address the causes of slow seagrass recovery in Feather Sound. Project will examine potential causes previously identified in order to define and recommend specific actions for promoting seagrass restoration.

$164,000 $164,000 $190,781 $354,781 Florida

77


Award Fiscal Year


NFWF Federal Funds


Grantee Matching

Funds


2004 15868

Water Environment Leadership

Program (FL)


Educate community leaders and citizens on water-related environmental resource issues in the Tampa Bay area. Project will help encourage active leadership and engage citizens in cooperative ventures aimed toward water resource protection.

$100,100 $85,100 $15,000 $100,500 $200,600 Florida

2004 16180 Going Green! (FL) Earth Force, Inc.

Recruit, train, and support four local educators with a year-long professional development program that provides students with leadership skills, resources, and knowledge to improve the environment.

$20,720 $20,720 $60,720 $81,440 Florida

2004 16181

Environmental Landscape

Education in Tampa Bay

Hillsborough County

Educate homeowners on landscape practices that improve stormwater management and water quality in the Tampa Bay watershed through a demonstration garden and educational videos and brochures.

$34,515 $34,515 $84,445 $118,960 Florida

2004 16200Wall Springs Park

Ecosystem Restoration (FL)

Pinellas County Park Department

Restore 200 acres of environmentally sensitive upland habitat, including sandhill and wetland habitats at coastal Wall Springs Park, by removing invasive plant species. Project will also install educational signage.

$159,290 $159,290 $1,006,999 $1,166,289 Florida

2004 16201Oiled Wildlife

Response Mobile Van Unit (FL)

Save Our Seabirds Inc.

Tow a mobile response unit for the emergency treatment of oiled wildlife in Tampa Bay. Van will also be used to transport volunteers for wildlife rescues and educate the public.

$12,000 $0 $12,000 $12,010 $24,010 Florida

2004 16202 Pinebrook Canal Restoration (FL)

City of Pinellas Park

Restore the 1.5-mile Pinebrook Canal in Pinellas Park, Florida, through the implementation of an herbicide spraying program to eliminate invasive aquatic plant species in the canal.

$24,200 $0 $24,200 $44,333 $68,533 Florida

2004 16275Spotted Seatrout Spawning Habitat Evaluation (FL)


Determine spotted seatrout essential spawning habitat usage in Florida using an array of acoustic data loggers and data from an ongoing mobile hydrophone survey.

$84,733 $84,733 $88,755 $173,487 Florida

2004 16301

Long-Term Assessment of

Seagrass Restoration (FL)


Assess long-term data from seagrass restoration projects in Tampa Bay, Florida to improve knowledge and develop future restoration techniques.

$200,448 $200,448 $300,200 $500,648 Florida

2004 16302Reducing the Risk

of Caulerpa in Tampa Bay

University of Central Florida

Reduce the likelihood that the highly invasive aquarium strain of the green alga Caulerpa taxifolia will become established in Tampa Bay. Efforts will include surveys of the watershed and aquarium distributers and DNA sequencing.

$28,133 $28,133 $47,667 $75,800 Florida

2004 16677Ft. Desoto Park

Habitat Conversion Study (FL)


Conduct an integrated, multi-disciplinary study on the natural seagrass restoration in a 200-acre estuary in Florida after local circulation patterns are restored following the removal of a causeway in Ft. Desoto Park.

$59,043 $59,043 $131,516 $190,559 Florida

78


Award Fiscal Year


NFWF Federal Funds


Grantee Matching

Funds


2004 17020 Youth for a Change (FL)-II Earth Force, Inc.

Continue to support 20 local educators with a year-long professional development program that will provide 640 students with the civic action leadership skills, resources, and knowledge to make changes to improve their local environment.

$40,000 $20,000 $20,000 $40,000 $80,000 Florida

2004 17037


Teacher Grants (FL)-II


Continue to enable teachers to develop and implement innovative classroom projects that lead to the protection and conservation of Florida ecosystems, with a focus on coastal habitats.

$25,577 $10,577 $15,000 $41,373 $66,950 Florida

2004 17139City of Clearwater Invasive Species

Control (FL)City of Clearwater

Eradicate invasive plant species on public properties, preserves, parks, and right-of-ways. Project will also educate and assist residents with identifying invasive plant species.

$106,000 $106,000 $107,405 $213,405 Florida

2004 17268

Brooker Creek Preserve (FL)

Interpretive Signage

Pinellas County Environmental Lands Division

Produce interpretive signage for trails surrounding the Brooker Creek Preserve Environmental Education Center. Project will educate visitors on the importance of conserving, restoring, and enhancing natural resources in the Tampa Bay area.

$42,400 $21,200 $21,200 $219,616 $262,016 Florida

2004 17326Tampa Bay Stewardship Initiative (FL)


Conduct projects around Tampa Bay through the Scallop Restoration and Monitoring, Protection of Colonial Bird Nesting Islands, Derelict Crab Trap Removal, and Education through Restoration programs.

$81,915 $41,000 $40,915 $91,872 $173,787 Florida

2004 16225Northwest Florida

Longleaf Pine Restoration


Restore approximately 254 acres of longleaf pine/wire grass habitat on three Nature Conservancy preserves located in the Florida panhandle.

$80,000 $22,000 $58,000 $80,000 $160,000 Florida

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 16208

Red Hills Red-Cockaded

Woodpecker Conservation

Tall Timbers Research, Inc.

Perform on-the-ground habitat and population management of red-cockaded woodpeckers in the Red Hills region of northern Florida and southern Georgia. Key landowners will participate in long-term habitat management agreements.

$40,700 $20,350 $20,350 $56,033 $96,733 Florida; Georgia

2004 16210Conservation of Coastal Birds on the Gulf Coast


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 4085

Reproductive Movements & Behaviors in Turtles (FL)



Continue research on the reproductive status, breeding periodicity, migrations, and inter-nesting behavior of adult loggerhead turtles in the Florida Keys to identify and protect migratory and breeding areas.

$52,884 $52,884 $18,317 $71,201 Florida

79


Award Fiscal Year


NFWF Federal Funds


Grantee Matching

Funds


2003 5121Long-term Study of

Sea Turtles in Florida Bay



Continue a long-term in-water study to collect data on growth, abundance, and size frequency distributions of sea turtles in the Florida keys to assess populations and track recovery.

$28,600 $28,600 $15,289 $43,889 Florida

2003 15533Sea Turtle

Mortality Study in Florida



Enhance Florida's ability to document, analyze, and report on sea turtles strandings and deaths in order to identify and address mortality factors.

$9,693 $9,693 $3,333 $13,026 Florida

2003 15963Monitoring

Smalltooth Sawfish in Charlotte Harbor



Provide data on habitat use, relative abundance, juvenile recruitment, and temporal and spatial distributions of smalltooth sawfish in Charlotte Harbor. Project will serve as a template to monitor other sawfish populations throughout Florida estuaries.

$58,000 $58,000 $26,119 $84,119 Florida

2003 16064Marine Turtle In-Water Research

Program in Florida



Inventory and map existing in-water research projects dealing with marine turtles. Project will identify available database and information gaps for integration in a Geographic Information System, in order to coordinate data collection among index sites.

$92,464 $92,464 $30,986 $123,450 Florida

2003 17243Threats to

Neonate Sea Turtles in Atlantic



Locate and describe areas of the Atlantic Ocean near Florida that serve as developmental habitat for neonate sea turtles. Project will quantify threats and gather life-history information to aid management efforts.

$50,350 $50,350 $16,783 $67,133 Florida

2003 16348Federal Court Role

in Fisheries Management (FL)

David Joyce

Evaluate the role of the federal court system in domestic fisheries management by analyzing a current case on New England groundfish. Prepare a publishable-quality law review on the reliance of federal courts to enforce conservation mandates.

$10,000 $0 $10,000 $0 $10,000 Florida

2003 16135Endangered

Whooping Crane Reintroduction-II


Inc.

Lead whooping cranes on 1,200-mile migration path from Necedah National Wildlife Refuge in Wisconsin to Chassahowitzka National Wildlife Refuge in Florida. Also conduct educational programs and outreach for students, teachers, and the public.

$50,000 $25,000 $25,000 $79,137 $129,137 Florida; Wisconsin

2003 14758

Coral Reef Conservation

through Outreach Education

Florida State University

Update the 1996 Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute's 1996 bilingual traveling exhibition "Nuestros Arrecifes: Unidos por el Caribe/Our Reefs: Caribbean Connections" to include ecological and societal changes. Target audience is the wider Caribbean.

$14,200 $14,200 $15,192 $29,392 Florida

2003 15025

Historical Baselines in

Caribbean Coral Reefs


Gather, compile, and disseminate historical Florida Keys and Virgin Islands coral reef ecosystem data, ranging from scientific studies to photographs to oral histories, to provide an accurate historical baseline upon which to assess conservation efforts.

$30,000 $30,000 $41,575 $71,575 Florida

80


Award Fiscal Year


NFWF Federal Funds


Grantee Matching

Funds


2003 7384Crandon Park (FL)

Buoy Protection Zone

Bart Eroncig Memorial

Foundation

Install 72 StormSoft buoys to demarcate the Crandon Park Buoy Protection Zone, which encircles a fossilized mangrove reef on the West Point and Bear Cut preserves in Florida. Buoys will help protect the marine habitat and species.

$10,000 $10,000 $0 $10,000 Florida

2003 15156Everglades Trail

(FL) Enhancements

Friends of Arthur R. Marshall

Loxahatchee National Wildlife

Refuge

Establish a route to connect 24 public use locations throughout the Everglades and develop kiosks with interpretive signs and other education materials to increase public understanding and appreciation of the ecosystem.

$54,250 $54,250 $88,985 $143,235 Florida

2003 5462

Manatee Conservation

Through Health Assessments


Develop improved methods and diagnostic indicators for evaluating the health status of manatees before, during, and after rehabilitation. This information will be used to improve health assessments of rescued manatees and the survival record.

$50,000 $50,000 $76,215 $126,215 Florida

2003 14399Sea Urchin

Restoration in the Florida Keys


Restore sea urchin populations with an experimental technique in the Florida Keys, which will ultimately improve the health of coral reefs. Project will also sponsor a conference on sea urchin biology and restoration, reef ecology, and oceanography.

$40,000 $40,000 $11,206 $51,206 Florida

2003 14611Removal of

Introduced Nile Monitors in Florida

University of Tampa

Remove the Nile monitor, an introduced carnivorous lizard that preys on native species, from Cape Coral, Florida. $30,919 $30,919 $74,835 $105,754 Florida

2003 16174 Florida Bald Eagle Conservation


Support the recovery of the threatened bald eagle in Florida by rehabilitating injured birds, releasing and monitoring rehabilitated birds, conducting community outreach programs, and sharing eagle injury and mortality data.

$24,800 $0 $24,800 $126,360 $151,160 Florida

2003 7110Project

GreenShores (FL) III



Restore degraded estuary habitat in Pensacola Bay, Florida including 32 acres of oyster reefs, emergent marshes, and seagrass meadows. Project will include the purchase and installation of educational signage.

$5,000 $5,000 $5,000 $10,000 Florida

2003 7528Okeechobee (FL)

Habitat Restoration

Waste Management

Enhance 25 acres of a lake and wetland area through the installation of nest boxes, removal of exotic plants, and reintroduction of native plants. Project is part of an education effort led by the Boy Scouts and local schools.

$10,000 $10,000 $0 $10,000 Florida

2003 15218 Cape Florida Restoration

American Littoral Society

Control invasive plants and plant 27,500 saw palmettos on 28 acres of state park lands in Key Biscayne, Florida. Project is part of a larger restoration effort that began after a hurricane decimated the park in 1992.

$10,000 $10,000 $81,444 $91,444 Florida

81


Award Fiscal Year


NFWF Federal Funds


Grantee Matching

Funds


2003 17590Ballard Elementary

School Habitat Restoration (FL)

City of Sarasota - Sarasota Bay

National Estuary Program

Remove non-native vegetation and restore brackish intertidal wetlands within the Sarasota Bay National Estuary Program boundaries on Wares Creek, next to Ballard Elementary School. Students will be educated on estuarine ecology and assist in planting.

$4,994 $4,994 $0 $4,994 Florida

2003 5674Right Whale Informational

Signs for Mariners



Improve vessel strike mitigation efforts and improve reporting of entangled whales through the development and strategic posting of educational signs near calving grounds in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina.

$36,581 $36,581 $0 $36,581 Florida; Georgia

2003 7285Measuring the

Effects of Vessels on Right Whales

Georgia Department of

Natural Resources

Analyze right whale behavior in proximity to ships using observations and non-invasive multi-sensor digital tags. Information gathered in the project will be useful in future vessel traffic management decisions.

$125,700 $125,700 $0 $125,700 Florida

2003 15640Loxahatchee NWR

(FL) Everglades Day-II

Audubon Society of the Everglades

Continue to educate the public about the Florida Everglades through the annual Everglades Day event at the Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge. Event will be expanded to provide programming to the local Spanish-speaking community.

$5,000 $5,000 $0 $5,000 Florida

2003 16052Ding Darling NWR (FL) Environmental

Education

Ding Darling Wildlife Society

Promote the Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge through the presentation of new environmental education curriculum to local students, teachers, and parents. Project will provide busing for students to the Refuge and educational supplies.

$5,000 $5,000 $0 $5,000 Florida

2003 16212 Key Kids in Nature! (FL)



Develop curriculum to distribute to schools near the Florida Keys National Wildlife Refuges. Program will include teacher workshop, in-class and outdoor components including visits to nearby refuges, and take-home poster activities and guides.

$4,300 $4,300 $4,500 $8,800 Florida

2003 4017Tampa Bay

Environmental Journal-II

Tampa Bay Regional Planning

Council

Produce the second year of a quarterly environmental journal for Tampa Bay that will focus on issues, programs, and activities involving the Tampa Bay estuary, its watershed, and the region's environmental resources.

$47,500 $0 $47,500 $60,914 $108,414 Florida

2003 5465Pinellas County (FL) Distance

Learning-IIPinellas County

Continue to implement and update the community-developed system of real-time environmental data collection and integrate the system into the K-12 public school curriculum, fully supporting state education standards.

$250,000 $250,000 $422,450 $672,450 Florida

2003 5943


Teacher Grants (FL)


Enable teachers to develop and implement innovative classroom projects that lead to the protection and conservation of Florida ecosystems, with a focus on coastal habitats.

$24,388 $24,388 $24,387 $48,775 Florida

82


Award Fiscal Year


NFWF Federal Funds


Grantee Matching

Funds


2003 7191Oiled Wildlife

Response System (FL)


Create a mobile response unit for the emergency treatment of oiled wildlife in Tampa Bay. Unit will also be used to train volunteers and educate the public.

$5,850 $5,850 $5,850 $11,700 Florida

2003 7344Terra Ceia Upland



Management District

Restore 200 acres of upland coastal pine flatwoods and hammocks in the Terra Ceia State Buffer Preserve in Florida. Invasive species such as Brazilian pepper and Australian pine will be eradicated from the preserve.

$300,000 $300,000 $300,338 $600,338 Florida

2003 14768 Wonderful Water Exhibit (FL)

Great Explorations, Inc.

Design, develop, and build an interactive exhibit to help children and adults realize the vital importance of water resources in Tampa Bay. Exhibit will focus on water systems, quality, conservation, and alternative sources.

$100,000 $100,000 $202,861 $302,861 Florida

2003 14769Comprehensive Bird Protection Program (FL)

Audubon of Florida

Monitor and protect 25 species of colonially nesting birds at 50 sites in Pinellas County, Florida, and other areas of Tampa Bay. Program will also develop plans for habitat restoration projects and provide public education.

$48,160 $0 $48,160 $48,160 $96,320 Florida

2003 14770 Adopt-A-Pond (FL)


Educate and train homeowners to restore and maintain their stormwater ponds to improve water quality, reduce run-off, and enhance wildlife habitat. This will be accomplished by removing invasive plants and replanting native species.

$13,750 $13,750 $32,736 $46,486 Florida


Mobile Outreach Program (FL)

Science Center of Pinellas County,

Inc.

Facilitate environmental education outreach to Pinellas County schools and organizations, utilizing interactive programs focusing on wetlands and watersheds. Project also offers field studies on local ecosystems.

$23,000 $0 $23,000 $26,000 $49,000 Florida

2003 14772 Youth for a Change (FL) Earth Force, Inc.

Recruit, train, and support two local educators with a year-long professional development program that will provide 64 students, ages 10-15, with the civic action leadership skills, resources, and knowledge to make changes to improve the environment.

$10,360 $0 $10,360 $41,440 $51,800 Florida

2003 14773

Brooker Creek Environmental

Education Center (FL)


Design and construct interactive environmental education exhibits at the Brooker Creek Nature Preserve Education Center in Florida to raise awareness about natural Florida and human interactions with this environment.

$271,000 $271,000 $1,885,705 $2,156,705 Florida

2003 15179

Environmental Education

Database for Tampa Bay

Pinellas County Environmental

Foundation

Compile a database of all environmental education programs in the Tampa Bay watershed and identify gaps, overlaps, and the key providers to assist the Pinellas County Environmental Foundation select education projects.

$15,500 $15,500 $0 $15,500 Florida

2003 15554

Bay Grasses in Classes

Operations Manual (FL)


Create an operations manual and curriculum handbook for teachers involved in the Bay Grasses in Classes Program in Tampa Bay, Florida. Manual will establish step-by-step procedures to construct and plant a wetland nursery at bay area schools.

$6,700 $6,700 $6,745 $13,445 Florida

83


Award Fiscal Year


NFWF Federal Funds


Grantee Matching

Funds


2003 15572Tampa Shoreline

Restoration Initiative (FL)

Mayor's Beautification

Program

Restore 100,000 linear feet of shoreline in Tampa, Florida, through volunteer-driven efforts. Project will also create a city shoreline restoration master plan and database.

$90,790 $90,790 $903,239 $994,029 Florida

2003 15573Newman Branch

Creek Habitat Restoration (FL)

PEER, Inc.Restore 12 acres of coastal low-salinity habitat essential to the fisheries in Tampa Bay, which has been disappearing at a rapid rate.

$85,150 $85,150 $247,689 $332,839 Florida

2003 16176


Mini-Grant Support (FL)


Provide mini-grants to community-based groups to restore Tampa Bay, Florida. $50,000 $0 $50,000 $106,075 $156,075 Florida

2003 16195Florida Birding

Festival Education Program

Florida Birding Festival

Provide funding to the Florida Birding Festival to expand the education program to include Standards-Based Instructional Model for environmental science and FCAT accountability for Florida students in grades K-12.

$4,980 $4,980 $50,000 $54,980 Florida

2003 17688

Fire and Population

Dynamics of Catesbys Lily (FL)


Study the population biology, dispersal, and microhabitat requirements of the state threatened Catesby's lily. Results will be used for managing habitat containing this species.

$29,742 $29,742 $33,425 $63,167 Florida

2003 14857Remote

Videography of Florida Panthers

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Florida Panther

NWR

Install and maintain a remote video camera on the Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge. Footage will be used to monitor the Florida panther and to increase awareness of its conservation needs.

$3,080 $3,080 $13,752 $16,832 Florida

2003 14941 Loxahatchee NWR (FL) Fishing Pier


Construct an elevated fishing pier at the Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge in Florida to protect anglers from alligators and alleviate congestion between anglers and boaters near the boat ramp.

$36,200 $36,200 $37,179 $73,379 Florida

2003 15154

Key Deer Refuge (FL) Scenic

Highway Revitalization


Remove exotic woody vegetation to improve key deer habitat along Scenic Highway US-1 on Big Pine Key, Florida.

$60,000 $60,000 $80,000 $140,000 Florida

2003 17186 Sendler Pavilion (FL) Development


Association

Maximize the educational impact of the Sendler Pavilion Educational Outpost in Florida, which is visited by 3,000 students annually. Project will construct restroom facilities, thereby allowing larger student groups to visit the pavilion longer.

$23,375 $23,375 $23,375 $46,750 Florida

2003 15142Indian River (FL)

Shoreline Restoration

Marine Resources Council

Restore over 4 miles of shoreline (230 acres) in the Indian River Lagoon, remove Brazilian pepper, and replant mangroves, thereby improving water quality and benefiting aquatic species. The community will be involved and educated about native species.

$34,500 $34,500 $104,228 $138,728 Florida

84


Award Fiscal Year


NFWF Federal Funds


Grantee Matching

Funds


2003 14156

Project Greenshores

Shoreline Restoration (FL)-II



Create and restore three acres of oyster reefs, seagrass beds, and twelve acres of emergent saltmarsh and shoreline buffer habitat in one of Florida's high priority conservation areas.

$75,000 $37,500 $37,500 $108,347 $183,347 Florida

2003 14191

Oyster Reef Restoration in

Charlotte Harbor (FL)

Florida Gulf Coast University

Collaborate with local and regional schools and governments to educate and engage the general public and high school and college students with the community-based restoration of oyster reefs in lower Charlotte Harbor.

$42,372 $20,000 $22,372 $49,414 $91,786 Florida

2003 15625 Discover Coral Reefs (FL) Reef Relief, Inc.

Develop a conservation education program directed at 4th graders in Monroe County, Florida, that focuses on the importance of coral reefs in the marine environment and efforts to conserve them.

$10,000 $5,000 $5,000 $10,000 $20,000 Florida

2003 17726Restoration of the

Hickory Mound Impoundment (FL)



Restore a 2-mile, degraded levee section on a 1,800-ac brackish impoundment along the Gulf of Mexico. Project will provide habitat for wetland-dependent fish and wildlife.

$100,000 $0 $100,000 $1,300,107 $1,400,107 Florida

2003 17758Smalltooth Sawfish

Conservation in Florida


Study the movements, migrations, and habitat use of smalltooth sawfish using satellite telemetry and data from fishing guides. Data will be used to identify priority conservation areas in Florida for this species.

$61,400 $30,700 $30,700 $152,104 $213,504 Florida

2003 7447

Apalachicola NF Red-Cockaded Woodpecker Monitoring

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service -

Region 4

Enhance red-cockaded woodpecker monitoring efforts in the Apalachicola National Forest, the only population considered to be "recovered." Increasing monitoring may result in increased availability of birds for translocation to other populations.

$60,000 $25,000 $35,000 $25,000 $85,000 Florida

2003 14877Great Florida Birding Trail:

Panhandle Section


Promote bird conservation in Florida through the development of a list of priority birding sites, with an accompanying trail map, website, and highway signage, and the distribution of these materials to birding tourists.

$20,000 $10,000 $10,000 $228,437 $248,437 Florida

2003 16297Quail Habitat

Restoration in the Southeast

Quail Unlimited, Inc.

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 14989Effect of Exotic

Fern in Northern Everglades (FL)

Florida Atlantic University

Examine the impact of the exotic Old World climbing fern on the insect biodiversity of Bayhead Tree islands. Project will concentrate on ant fauna and help explain how exotic plants affect the insect fauna of native habitats.

$10,000 $10,000 $0 $10,000 Florida

2002 13462Endangered

Whooping Crane Reintroduction


Inc.

Purchase an ultralight plane and trailer as part of the experimental Whooping Crane Reintroduction program that teaches captive-reared whooping cranes a new migratory path in the eastern United States.

$15,000 $0 $15,000 $30,425 $45,425 Florida; Wisconsin

85


Award Fiscal Year


NFWF Federal Funds


Grantee Matching

Funds



Habitat Enhancement (FL)


Inc.

Assist the Chassahowitzka National Wildlife Refuge restore approximately 500 acres of prime foraging habitat for the endangered whooping crane as part of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's experimental reintroduction program.

$80,000 $40,000 $40,000 $0 $80,000 Florida

2002 13093

Atlantic and Gulf Rapid Reef Assessment

Program

Ocean Research and Education

Foundation

Analyze Atlantic and Gulf Rapid Reef Assessment program data on the health of Caribbean coral reefs, including algae and fish. An updated database will be made available to a wide audience, including reef managers and policy makers.

$24,970 $24,970 $35,000 $59,970 Florida

2002 13165Propagation of

Caribbean Corals and Education (FL)


Produce 75 daughter colonies of Caribbean Acropora coral and use farmed fragments for reef restoration. Project will also establish an outreach and education program to educate students and the public about propagation and coral conservation.

$20,000 $20,000 $20,000 $40,000 Florida

2002 13852Florida Keys

Boater Education for Clean Water

Reef Relief, Inc.

Develop the "Pump It, Don't Dump It" public awareness and boater education program to increase the use of boat sewage pump-out facilities and facilitate compliance with regulations.

$15,000 $15,000 $60,000 $75,000 Florida

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 135072001 Space Coast

Birding and Wildlife Festival

Brevard Nature Alliance, Inc.

Hold the fifth annual Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival to showcase the unique nature, wildlife, and space alliance in Brevard County, Florida.

$2,500 $0 $2,500 $7,699 $10,199 Florida

2002 14346

Monofilament Recovery and

Recycling Program (FL)

Bay Area Resource Council

Install monofilament line recycling stations at boat ramps, marinas, and fishing piers throughout Santa Rosa and Escambia counties, Florida, in order to reduce the amount of discarded monofilament line in and along local water bodies.

$4,899 $0 $4,899 $6,467 $11,366 Florida

2002 12739

Paisley Woods/Shockley

Pasture (FL) Restoration

East Central Florida RC&D

Council

Enhance habitat for the red-cockaded woodpecker, a federally endangered species, by restoring a recently acquired 212-acre pasture to a longleaf pine forest.

$19,326 $19,326 $8,319 $27,645 Florida

2002 14234 Upland Habitat Partnership-VII


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.

$155,000 $155,000 $309,237 $464,237

Arizona; Arkansas; California; Colorado; Florida; Kansas;

Kentucky; Mississippi; Texas; Utah

2002 13842 Freshwater Mussel Valuation

Southwick Associates

Develop replacement costs for freshwater mussels to serve as a basis for restitutions to be paid by parties responsible for mussel kills. Project will be done in conjunction with the 2002 update to the 1974 Fish Valuation Report.

$33,308 $0 $33,308 $0 $33,308 Florida

86


Award Fiscal Year


NFWF Federal Funds


Grantee Matching

Funds


2002 3942Satellite Tracking of Juvenile Green

Turtles


Tag and track endangered juvenile green turtles using satellite telemetry off the coast of east-central Florida in order to provide an understanding of their migrations.

$13,961 $13,961 $30,000 $43,961 Florida

2002 13156

White-Crowned Pigeon

Conservation in Paradise (FL)


Institute, Inc.

Assess foraging area and temporal foraging patterns of white-crowned pigeons to prioritize land acquisition and cooperative management strategies.

$25,000 $25,000 $50,000 $75,000 Florida

2002 4600Mosquito Lagoon

(FL) Intertidal Reef Restoration


Restore 30 oyster reefs extending over 200 acres in Mosquito Lagoon, Florida. Over 120 students will build and deploy restoration mats, monitor oyster recruitment, and assist in making lesson plans and hands-on demonstration projects for younger students

$12,655 $12,655 $10,800 $23,455 Florida

2002 4215 Florida Keys Visitor Center Film

National Marine Sanctuary Foundation

Produce a film on the South Florida ecosystem for public presentation that will highlight the complexity and fragility of the Keys resources and address issues such as biodiversity, preservation responsibilities, and management.

$386,533 $0 $386,533 $0 $386,533 Florida

2002 13281Taxonomic Status

of the Key Silverside (FL)

University of North Carolina -

Wilmington

Provide rigorous evaluation of the status of the Key silverside as an evolutionarily significant unit, to evaluate the current need for protection for the species and make suggestions for management and protection of critical habitat, as warranted.

$28,581 $0 $28,581 $0 $28,581 Florida

2002 13302 Florida Keys Vessel Pump-out County of Monroe

Provide pump-out facilities at anchorage sites that handle live-aboard boat sewage which facilitate education and enforcement strategies aimed at reducing boating impacts. Effectiveness will be evaluated through water quality monitoring.

$119,874 $0 $119,874 $0 $119,874 Florida

2002 13336

Florida Keys Underwater

Monofilament Clean-Up


Remove underwater and shoreline monofilament fishing lines and quantify the amount of debris collected. Project will also produce and distribute a fact sheet on hazards to wildlife associated with monofilament fishing lines.

$16,721 $0 $16,721 $0 $16,721 Florida

2002 13425

Structural Improvements for Wild Bird Center

(FL)

Marathon Wild Bird Center, Inc.

Purchase an X-ray machine and support the design of a flight training aviary. Structural improvements will aid in rehabilitation of injured wild neotropical migratory bird species, many of which are endangered, threatened, or of special concern.

$10,000 $0 $10,000 $0 $10,000 Florida

2002 13957Marine Reserve

(FL) Evaluation for Spiny Lobster



Measure the age structure of spiny lobsters in protected and non-protected areas. Age/growth information will be used by fishery managers to evaluate current fishing-effort limitation programs and better understand lobster age and growth differences.

$48,560 $0 $48,560 $0 $48,560 Florida


(FL) Everglades Day 2002

Audubon Society of the Everglades

Educate the public about the Florida Everglades and its conservation through the annual Everglades Day event at the Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.

$3,800 $3,800 $0 $3,800 Florida

87


Award Fiscal Year


NFWF Federal Funds


Grantee Matching

Funds



Education and Outreach (FL)


Inc.

Design and implement an education and outreach program focused on whooping crane conservation and Chassahowitzka National Wildlife Refuge. Program elements include developing and enhancing outreach materials such as brochures and portable displays.

$5,000 $5,000 $0 $5,000 Florida

2002 13886Merritt Island NWR (FL) Conservation

Education


Association

Increase and expand conservation education opportunities at the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge by establishing a pavilion to be used in providing conservation education programs to area students.

$5,000 $5,000 $0 $5,000 Florida

2002 14173Pelican Island (FL) Centennial Wildlife

Festival


Celebrate the 100th anniversary of the establishment of Pelican Island as the first national wildlife refuge. Celebration will include a two-day wildlife festival with seminars, demonstrations, and activities focused on wildlife at the refuge.

$5,000 $5,000 $0 $5,000 Florida


Migration and Education


Inc.

Purchase an ultralight plane to teach reintroduced, federally endangered whooping cranes to migrate during winter months. Also, an environmental education component will be implemented during scheduled stops along the migration path.

$24,500 $12,250 $12,250 $24,500 $49,000 Florida; Wisconsin

2002 13679

Pelican Island NWR (FL) Centennial

Interpretation


Pelican Island NWR

Construct educational panels as part of the National Wildlife Refuge System's centennial celebration to educate the public about the importance of the Refuge System and recognize the System's first national wildlife refuge, Pelican Island.

$39,000 $19,500 $19,500 $42,337 $81,337 Florida

2002 6760

Manatee and Seagrass Protection Program

Cockroach Bay Users Group, Inc.

Educate boaters about manatee-safe boating in order to reduce boat-related manatee deaths and impacts to manatee seagrass habitat. Pilot program will be implemented within Tampa Bay to encourage boaters to slow down in waters less than six feet deep.

$20,076 $20,076 $12,660 $32,736 Florida

2002 13419Colonial Waterbird

Protection and Restoration (FL)

Audubon of Florida

Continue the comprehensive monitoring and protection of 25 species of colonially nesting birds at 43 sites in Pinellas County and Tampa Bay, Florida. Plans will also be developed for priority habitat restoration and education projects.

$49,500 $45,000 $4,500 $49,500 $99,000 Florida

2002 13420Pinellas County

(FL) Island Restoration


Protection

Enhance five islands within the Pinellas County Aquatic Preserve, totaling 21 acres of coastal and wetland habitat, by removing exotic plants and replanting natives. Project will also educate the public about conservation with signage and a brochure.

$36,637 $18,500 $18,137 $44,144 $80,781 Florida

2002 13421 Tampa Bay (FL) Kids Take Action

University of South Florida Foundation

Empower students from five Florida counties to protect and improve water quality in the Tampa Bay area. Project consists of an educational supplement, daily newspapers, online resources, community educational venues, and teacher training.

$13,000 $6,500 $6,500 $19,300 $32,300 Florida

88


Award Fiscal Year


NFWF Federal Funds


Grantee Matching

Funds


2002 13439

Recording Manatee

Movements in Tampa Bay Using

GPS



Investigate manatee use of artifical warm-water sources by tracking manatee behavior and movements around Tampa Bay power plants with GPS marine archival tags. Project will define fine-scale manatee/habitat associations around these plants.

$29,412 $6,412 $23,000 $29,412 $58,824 Florida

2002 13441

Spud-Busting Student Field Experience in Tampa Bay


Provide environmental education for grades 4-8 through field experience in the Tampa Bay estuary. Project will teach students about exotic and native species as they conduct hands-on removal of the exotic air potato.

$7,200 $7,200 $12,360 $19,560 Florida

2002 13490 Florida Birding Festival-V


Support the 2002 Florida Birding Festival and Nature Expo in Pinellas County. Festival will help develop nature tourism for the county and support the Pinellas County Environmental Foundation's conservation programs.

$82,678 $0 $82,678 $0 $82,678 Florida

2002 13715Tampa Bay

Environmental Journal

Tampa Bay Regional Planning

Council

Produce a quarterly environmental journal for Tampa Bay citizens that will focus on issues, programs, and activities involving the Tampa Bay estuary, its watershed, and the region's environmental resources.

$42,645 $0 $42,645 $33,750 $76,395 Florida

2002 14010 Evaluation of an Oyster Reef (FL)


Develop a method of monitoring and scientific evaluation of an oyster reef containing two different substrates offshore of Pinellas County, Florida. Project will also implement a local shell recycling program.

$42,107 $42,107 $48,304 $90,411 Florida

2002 14011

Efficacy of Regulation and Education for

Boaters



Research the effectiveness of boater outreach and education compared to boating regulations in Tampa Bay, Florida. Project is the last year of a multi-year study on manatee-safe boating behaviors.

$39,035 $39,035 $70,595 $109,630 Florida

2002 14037 Bayside Field Studies (FL)


Develop a new environmental field studies program for high school students. Students will experience hands-on enrichment in the Tampa Bay watershed, focusing on aquatic habitats while utilizing a restored spoil island.

$17,074 $17,074 $149,500 $166,574 Florida

2002 14038Effectiveness of

Bycatch Reduction Devices

University of North Florida

Evaluate the capture performance of 15 standard crab pots to that of 15 pots equipped with bycatch reduction devices designed to prevent adult diamondback terrapins from entering the pot.

$20,413 $0 $20,413 $21,830 $42,243 Florida

2002 14039Howard Park

Beach (FL) Sea Oats

Pinellas County Park Department

Restore five acres of sand dune through the planting of 10,000 sea oats at Howard Park in Florida. Project will also educate schools groups and the public through the installation of interpretive signage.

$6,780 $6,780 $15,201 $21,980 Florida


(FL) Spring on the Flats-IV


Foundation

Support fourth annual catch and release fishing tournament to support the Pinellas County Environmental Fund's conservation work in the Tampa Bay region.

$31,251 $0 $31,251 $0 $31,251 Florida

89


Award Fiscal Year


NFWF Federal Funds


Grantee Matching

Funds


2002 14382Guide to Natural Areas in Tampa

Bay (FL)

Wildlife Fellowship, Inc.

Produce a guidebook for the public about publicly owned natural areas in Tampa Bay, Florida. Guidebook will include location, ecological significance, management needs, and volunteer opportunities.

$10,000 $0 $10,000 $14,059 $24,059 Florida

2002 14383Ballast Water and Invasive Aquatic Species Study



Survey non-indigenous harmful microalgae collected from water and sediments of ships' ballast tanks and the Port of Tampa, Florida. Data will be used to create a database and determine the routes of introduction of these species.

$158,251 $158,251 $218,154 $376,405 Florida

2002 14384Florida Scrub Jay

Habitat Restoration

Hillsborough County Resource

Management

Restore 405 acres of xeric scrub habitat in southern Hillsborough County, Florida, that have been degraded by fire suppression. Project will ensure the proper management of the endangered Florida scrub jays found on these sites.

$93,974 $0 $93,974 $105,609 $199,583 Florida

2002 14408International

Pectinid Workshop (FL)


Host the 14th International Pectinid Workshop in April 2003 in Florida. Workshop will focus on the conservation and utilization of scallop species of the world.

$5,000 $5,000 $7,996 $12,996 Florida

2002 14520Boyd Hill Nature

Preserve Restoration-II


Eradicate invasive plant species, mainly Brazilian pepper, from the Boyd Hill Nature Park in Florida. Native vegetation will be reestablished and a five-year monitoring program will be initiated.

$300,000 $0 $300,000 $300,000 $600,000 Florida

2002 14761Invasive Marine

Species Workshop Sponsorship


Sponsor a two-day workshop focusing on the status of invasive species research, outreach, and management from national and statewide perspectives. Workshop will identify key challenges to effective management of marine invasives.

$2,000 $2,000 $2,123 $4,123 Florida

2002 18002Juvenile Red Drum

Habitat Identification (FL)


Track the juvenile red drum in Tampa Bay, Florida, with acoustic transmitters. Project will collect data on habitat preference, site utilization, preferred environmental conditions, and movement.

$86,730 $86,730 $184,609 $271,339 Florida

2002 15536

Cooperative Management

Efforts for Invasives

Federal Interagency

Committee for the Management of

Noxious and Exotic Weeds

Continue to assist the Federal Interagency Committee for the Management of Noxious and Exotic Weeds in their outreach activities.

$63,232 $63,232 $0 $63,232 District of Columbia; Florida

2002 12939Grouper Spawning Site Identification

(FL)

Florida State University

Characterize the spawning habitat, abundance, movement patterns, and demographic patterns for dominant species in the Madison Swanson and Steamboat Lumps fishery reserves in the eastern Gulf of Mexico.

$32,893 $16,000 $16,893 $66,000 $98,893 Florida

2002 18345Reducing Longline Fisheries Bycatch-

2002

Regents of the University of

California

Continue to evaluate methods to reduce billfish bycatch mortality in Gulf of Mexico commercial longline fisheries. Project will be carried out in partnership with Mote Marine Lab in Florida and examine the use of less damaging gear types and methods.

$70,040 $32,367 $37,673 $12,445 $82,485 California; Florida

90


Award Fiscal Year


NFWF Federal Funds


Grantee Matching

Funds


2002 12674

National Wildlife Refuge

Conservation Interns


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

2002 14903Pelican Island (FL)

Centennial Trail and Tower


Pelican Island NWR

Build a boardwalk and observation tower for visitors to the Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge, the first national wildlife refuge created in 1903, as part of the National Wildlife Refuge System's centennial.

$60,000 $40,000 $20,000 $22,406 $82,406 Florida

2001 13513Bobwhite Quail Monitoring and Field Buffers


Evaluate bobwhite quail population ecology and reproductive success to determine limiting factors to growth. Project will also provide incentive payments to agricultural producers to establish native warm season grass field buffers for bobwhite quail.

$35,000 $35,000 $38,029 $73,029 Florida; Georgia

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 12369 Chuck Yeager Award, 2000-III Richard T. Paul

Award Richard T. Paul for his leadership and dedicatation to the conservation of birds and coastal habitat around the Tampa Bay, Florida region.

$15,000 $0 $15,000 $0 $15,000 Florida

2001 14592 Chuck Yeager Award, 2000-II Pinellas County

Award Jacob F. Stowers for his vision and leadership of the Pinellas County Environmental Foundation, a model environmental foundation that actively pursues sustainable partnerships among government, business, and the community.

$10,000 $0 $10,000 $0 $10,000 Florida

2001 8659 Great American Fish Count-IV

Reef Environmental


This project serves as a two-week outreach campaign to mobilize volunteer divers to conduct fish monitoring throughout the year. Locations throughout the country will attract national coverage, creating awareness for marine conservation.

$23,622 $23,622 $37,000 $60,622California; Florida; Georgia;

Hawaii; Massachusetts; Texas; Washington

2001 11968

Conservation Education for

Extension Agents (FL)


Cooperative Extension Service

Conduct three-day training program designed to teach Florida county extension agents about state environmental issues and provide them with exposure to national conservation education programs.

$12,991 $12,991 $36,667 $49,658 Florida

2001 15495

Adopt A Watershed Education Expansion

Adopt-A-Watershed, Inc.

Expand an integrated conservation education program for K-12 teachers and students focused on building greater understanding of watershed and conservation principles.

$100,000 $100,000 $240,768 $340,768

Delaware; District of Columbia; Florida; Maryland; New Jersey;

New York; North Carolina; Pennsylvania; Virginia; West

Virginia

2001 5477

Project Greenshores




Restore and enhance approximately one mile of shoreline in Pensacola Bay, Florida, by planting native seagrass and conducting invasive species control. Project area will be protected by the construction of an oyster reef buffer.

$55,625 $55,625 $128,000 $183,625 Florida

91


Award Fiscal Year


NFWF Federal Funds


Grantee Matching

Funds



(FL) Cypress Restoration

Arthur R. Marshall Foundation

Restore 15 acres of cypress swamp habitat on the Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge. Project will serve as both a demonstration area for a larger 400-acre cypress restoration and a source for cypress seeds for other restorations.

$30,000 $30,000 $221,300 $251,300 Florida

2001 11629Florida Scrub

Interagency Fire Strike Team-II


Lead a Fire Strike Team to reduce the backlog of unburned scrub that threatens the survival of the Florida scrub jay and 23 other federally listed species. Project will complete prescribed burns on 1,750 acres.

$15,000 $15,000 $30,000 $45,000 Florida

2001 12838Charlotte Harbor (FL) Seagrass

Restoration

Charlotte Marine Research Team

Restore seagrass areas in Charlotte Harbor that have been degraded by boat propellers. Project will test a restoration technique that involves injecting fertilizers to spur plant growth.

$22,000 $22,000 $23,760 $45,760 Florida

2001 12220Conservation Biology of the Lemon Shark

University of Miami

Compare data from lemon shark nurseries in the Bahamas and Florida to quantify the requirements of juvenile lemon sharks in terms of habitat type and prey populations. Project will also determine the shark's habitat selection mechanisms.

$35,000 $35,000 $70,000 $105,000 Florida

2001 8744Bonefish

Conservation in South Florida

University of Miami, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric

Science

Link professional guides, anglers, and scientists in a program to address bonefish decline and habitat degradation. Project will revise a current survey for bonefish and improving tag-recapture methods and population monitoring practices.

$50,000 $35,000 $15,000 $86,200 $136,200 Florida

2001 11596Eastern Migratory Whooping Crane Reintroduction-II


Conduct the first trial migration of whooping cranes from Wisconsin to Florida to begin the reintroduction of the endangered migratory whooping crane to the eastern United States.


2001 12406Red-Cockaded Woodpecker

Conservation (FL)

Tall Timbers Research Station

Support efforts to establish Safe Harbor agreements on all properties that have red-cockaded woodpeckers or their habitat within the Red Hills region. Project will also expand current populations through artificial nests and translocation.

$11,000 $11,000 $21,000 $32,000 Florida

2001 14142Suwannee River

(FL) Gulf Sturgeon Habitat


Identify and characterize essential winter feeding habitats of the threatened Gulf sturgeon in the Gulf of Mexico by using satellite tagging technology. Sturgeon will be tagged and habitats will be physically, geologically and biologically mapped.

$27,805 $27,805 $58,600 $86,405 Florida

2001 12128Indian River Lagoon (FL) Restoration

Marine Resources Council of East

Florida

Restore 146 acres of shoreline in the Indian River Lagoon in Florida. Project will remove invasive Brazilian pepper and plant mangroves, spartina grass, and other native species.

$10,000 $10,000 $85,129 $95,129 Florida

2001 12191

Choctawhatchee Bay (FL)

Conservation Education


Foundation, Inc.

Promote awareness in the general public and private landowners of the socio-economic importance of salt marshes for the Choctawhatchee Bay ecosystem by implementing an educational program that utilizes planting demonstrations.

$10,000 $10,000 $0 $10,000 Florida

92


Award Fiscal Year


NFWF Federal Funds


Grantee Matching

Funds


2001 12268Perico Bayou and Palma Sola Bay (FL) Restoration



Remove exotic plants and plant native plants along a tidal cut in a causeway barrier that was opened to restore tidal flow between Perico Bayou and Palma Sola Bay in Bradenton in order to increase in water quality and benefit aquatic species.

$10,000 $10,000 $0 $10,000 Florida

2001 13060 Chipola River (FL) Restoration

Jackson Academy of Applied

Technology

Conserve 1,000 acres of wetlands and riparian habitat within Jackson County in southwest Florida. Native trees will be planted on 20 acres. Also, students and the community will be educated on local conservation issues.

$10,000 $10,000 $57,189 $67,189 Florida

2001 15003Cortez (FL)

Wetland Restoration



Restore 2.5 acres of wetlands along Sarasota Bay in western Florida through the removal of exotic vegetation and revegetation with native plants. Project will also reconnect a saltwater lagoon to the bay to enhance juvenile fish habitat.

$10,000 $10,000 $0 $10,000 Florida

2001 12680Merritt Island NWR

(FL) Outreach Initiative


Association

Expand outreach efforts for increasing membership, volunteer involvement in refuge programs, and community visibility for the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge in Florida.

$4,089 $4,089 $0 $4,089 Florida

2001 12810Building Friends

Group Capacity in Florida


Increase the effectiveness of the Association of Friends of Florida National Wildlife Refuges through a training program that aims to build the skills of Board members of the ten national wildlife refuge support groups that make up this state network.

$1,649 $1,649 $0 $1,649 Florida

2001 16676Florida NWRs Friends Group

Start-Up

FAVOR - Lower Suwannee and

Cedar Keys

Provide organizational start-up and project support for the Friends and Volunteers of Refuges-Lower Suwannee and Cedar Keys NWRs. Project will develop outreach tools, including a Friends newsletter, brochure, and portable display.

$5,000 $5,000 $0 $5,000 Florida

2001 13659Plant-Pollinator Conservation in the Southeast

The Bee Works, LLC

Identify the status and diversity of pollinators in the plant communities of the endangered longleaf pine/wiregrass ecosystem of Florida and Georgia. Project will assist resource managers and conservationists to restore and protect these areas.

$25,000 $25,000 $60,199 $85,199 Florida; Georgia

2001 16139Native Orchid

Reintroduction in Southern Florida

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Florida Panther

NWR

Reverse the decline of native orchid populations in southern Florida wetlands by collecting, propagating, and planting seeds of the leafless, cowhorn, shell, butterfly, and other rare and endangered orchids.

$13,912 $13,912 $25,440 $39,352 Florida

2001 5312Monitoring Gopher

Tortoise Relocation (FL)


Evaluate the potential effects of tortoise translocation on populations by comparing individual movements, activities, and physiological responses of recently restocked gopher tortoises versus individuals in "natural" populations.

$21,932 $0 $21,932 $41,672 $63,604 Florida

2001 11650

Exotic Plant Removal in Tampa

Bay Watershed (FL)

Hillsborough County

Expand an invasive exotic plant control program that removes plants from Hillsborough County properties located in the Alafia River Basin near Tampa Bay, Florida.

$30,000 $0 $30,000 $65,000 $95,000 Florida

93


Award Fiscal Year


NFWF Federal Funds


Grantee Matching

Funds


2001 11652Native and Exotic Anuran Species Monitoring (FL)

Tampa Audubon Society

Monitor frog populations and distributions on Pinellas County, Florida, parks and preserves. Data will be used by county and state land managers to improve management practices.

$30,000 $0 $30,000 $30,000 $60,000 Florida

2001 11653Water Walk (FL)

Conservation Education

Pier Aquarium, Inc.

Design and install interpretive kiosks along the St. Petersburg municipal pier. Education materials will contain information on Tampa Bay conservation and environmental issues with a focus on sustainable communities.

$50,000 $0 $50,000 $80,712 $130,712 Florida

2001 11654

Estuarine Research

Conference Student

Sponsorship

Estuarine Research Federation

Support the 16th biennial Estuarine Research Federation conference to be held in St. Petersburg in November 2001. Project will subsidize the registration fees of students presenting research on or residing in the Tampa Bay region.

$25,000 $0 $25,000 $25,000 $50,000 Florida

2001 12095

Exotic Plant Removal in

Cockroach Bay (FL)

Hillsborough County

Eradicate Brazilian pepper and Australian pine found on state-owned buffer islands located in Hillsborough County's Cockroach Bay Aquatic Preserve.

$24,000 $24,000 $25,000 $49,000 Florida

2001 12096Assessing Optimal Seagrass Planting

Strategies


Perform a series of experimental seagrass plantings in Tampa Bay to identify the optimal planting techniques to be used during future seagrass restoration efforts.

$61,000 $61,000 $61,000 $122,000 Florida

2001 12098Public Education

Exhibit on Invasive Species


Design, produce, and install an exhibit on invasive species impacting natural ecosystems in southwest Florida and the southeastern United States, with particular emphasis on Tampa Bay.

$82,482 $82,482 $82,500 $164,982 Florida

2001 12101 Fishing Pier Signage (FL)


Install 1,300 fishing pier signs as part of a comprehensive fishermen education program that uses pier signs, brochures, and media events to reduce the number of seabirds that are injured or killed from entanglement with fishhooks and line.

$60,231 $60,231 $85,810 $146,041 Florida

2001 12102Ft. Desoto (FL)

Bridge Construction


Install two 40-foot bridge crossings to restore tidal circulation patterns to two bays at Ft. Desoto Park isolated during dredging and filling activities in the 1950s.

$250,000 $250,000 $416,250 $666,250 Florida

2001 12475Boyd Hill Nature

Park (FL) Restoration


Mechanically remove exotic Brazilian pepper tree from 25 non-contiguous acres within Boyd Hill Nature Park. $40,698 $0 $40,698 $40,750 $81,448 Florida

2001 12477Tampa Bay (FL)

Seagrass Restoration


With multi-agency support, assess causes and factors which may be hindering successful restoration of seagrass in several identified "problem areas" along the western shore of Old Tampa Bay and define actions to restore 2,000 acres.

$149,600 $149,600 $131,149 $280,749 Florida

2001 12480Clearwater Marine

Aquarium (FL) Caretta Cruiser


Support for a customized van painted to promote sea turtle conservation. This van will be used for educational presentations at schools in the Tampa Bay area during the week and "turtle walk" patrols on weekends.

$28,150 $0 $28,150 $30,630 $58,780 Florida

94


Award Fiscal Year


NFWF Federal Funds


Grantee Matching

Funds


2001 12723Pinellas County (FL) Distance

LearningPinellas County

Grantee will design, install, and implement the nation's most advanced, community-developed system of real-time environmental data collection and integrate the system into the K-12 public school curriculum, fully supporting state education standards.

$464,421 $464,421 $1,070,338 $1,534,759 Florida

2001 13680 Alligator Lake (FL) Restoration


Restore the native vegetation within the uplands of Alligator Lake Preserve in Pinellas County and develop an environmental education trail on the portion of the property adjacent to Ruth Eckerd Hall.

$28,500 $0 $28,500 $60,000 $88,500 Florida

2001 13730Development of a 3-D Water Quality

Model


Develop a water quality model to include primary production, chlorophyll, nutrients, dissolved oxygen, turbidity, and other biogeochemical quantities and integrate it with an existing three-dimensional hydrodynamic model of Tampa Bay.

$35,466 $35,466 $40,626 $76,092 Florida

2001 13912City of Largo (FL) Coastal Habitat

Restoration

City of Largo Parks and Recreation

Restore and enhance 18 acres of urban upland and wetland habitat. When completed, overall park will have 30 restored acres, a birder's observation platform, bike trails, and other passive recreational opportunities.

$99,500 $0 $99,500 $118,500 $218,000 Florida

2001 15841 Florida Birding Festival-IV


Support for the 2001 Florida Birding Festival and Nature Expo in Pinellas County, which was created to help develop nature tourism for the county and provide revenue for the Pinellas County Environmental Foundation's conservation programs.

$5,000 $0 $5,000 $23,452 $28,452 Florida

2001 11768East Rocky Creek

(FL) Sediment Control


Foundation, Inc.

Stabilize an eroding ravine on Eglin Air Force Base in Florida. Project will enhance 12 miles of stream habitat for the federally-listed Okaloosa darter and other wildlife.

$7,500 $7,500 $11,000 $18,500 Florida

2001 11969 Sanibel Island (FL) Restoration City of Sanibel

Restore 200 acres of freshwater wetlands at the Sanibel Gardens Preserve on the west coast of Florida by removing invasive exotic plants and fill roads.

$100,000 $50,000 $50,000 $200,000 $300,000 Florida

2001 14112Choctawhatchee

Bay (FL) Shoreline Restoration


Foundation, Inc.

Demonstrate to private landowners conservation-friendly alternatives to bulkheading for erosion control. Project will also restore two acres of tidal saltmarshes.

$17,653 $0 $17,653 $35,308 $52,961 Florida

2001 12243Marsh Rabbit

Habitat Restoration in FL

Florida Keys Environmental

Restoration Trust Fund

Determine the population status and habitat management needs of the federally-endangered Lower Keys marsh rabbit within the National Key Deer Refuge and the Great White Heron National Wildlife Refuge.

$19,263 $19,263 $28,945 $48,208 Florida

2000 11865Bobwhite Quail

Monitoring in the Southeast


Study movement, habitat use, reproductive success, and recruitment of bobwhite quail in the southern United States and determine growth-limiting factors. Project includes economic and ecological cost/benefit analysis of field border management.

$57,384 $28,692 $28,692 $69,634 $127,018 Florida; Georgia; Mississippi

95


Award Fiscal Year


NFWF Federal Funds


Grantee Matching

Funds


2000 10754Fisheries Impact on Coral Habitat

(FL)

NOAA - National Marine Fisheries

Service

Survey the Florida Middle Ground coral reef system for damage caused by illegal commercial fishing activity. Results of the survey will be used to improve management measures on the reef.

$50,000 $50,000 $50,062 $100,062 Florida

2000 10950 Grouper Spawning Aggregation Study


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 11052Oysters as

Indicators of Ecosystem Health

Florida Gulf Coast University

Conduct study with the Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, using oysters as indicator species to quantify the freshwater inflow needs of Rookery Bay. Project will be used to guide future decisions about upstream freshwater use.

$44,918 $44,918 $45,000 $89,918 Florida

2000 117132000 Space Coast

Birding and Wildlife Festival

Brevard Nature Alliance, Inc.

Print event materials for the fourth annual Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival in Brevard County, Florida. The yearly festival draws thousands of visitors with environmental exhibits and activities.

$2,500 $0 $2,500 $4,000 $6,500 Florida

2000 11340 Whooping Crane Reintroduction


Conduct trial migration of sandhill cranes starting in Wisconsin and ending in Florida. This will eventually lead to the reintroduction of a migratory whooping crane population in the eastern United States.


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

2000 8739Frannies Preserve

(FL) Invasive Species Control

Sanibel Captiva Conservation Foundation

Eradicate invasive plant species from Frannie's Preserve, a 167-acre tract of undeveloped land along the Sanibel River that contains some of the most important wetland and riparian areas on Sanibel Island, Florida.

$5,000 $5,000 $43,691 $48,691 Florida

2000 11758Pepper Cove (FL)

Impoundment Restoration

Brevard County Environmentally

Endangered Lands

Restore wildlife habitat on Pepper Cove, a 10-acre impoundment and historic salt marsh in Brevard County, Florida by re-connecting it to the Indian River Lagoon, an estuary of national significance.

$11,744 $11,744 $38,000 $49,744 Florida

2000 8710Eastern Migratory Whooping Crane

Fund


Establish fund to support recovery efforts for the endangered whooping crane, and more specifically, to restore an eastern migratory population. Other recovery activities in accordance with the Whooping Crane Recovery Plan may be funded.

$66,157 $0 $66,157 $0 $66,157 Florida; Wisconsin

2000 11133South Florida Native Plant Conservation

Institute for Regional

Conservation

Provide various partners in southern Florida with the tools needed to protect the biological diversity of the region. Project includes a floristic inventory, assessment, and evaluation, as well as training for land managers.

$17,500 $17,500 $39,300 $56,800 Florida

96


Award Fiscal Year


NFWF Federal Funds


Grantee Matching

Funds


2000 5386High School

Wetland Nursery Program (FL)


Work with local middle and high school students to establish salt marsh nurseries. These nurseries will provide a source of native wetland plants to be used in habitat restoration projects throughout the Tampa Bay estuary.

$32,972 $0 $32,972 $32,930 $65,902 Florida


(FL) Bird Conservation


Develop a comprehensive bird colony protection program in Pinellas County by improving habitat at colonial waterbird nesting sites. Project activities include posting nesting sites, fishing line removal, predator management, and public outreach.

$15,200 $0 $15,200 $18,000 $33,200 Florida

2000 10823 Florida Birding Festival-III


Support for the third annual Florida Birding Festival and Nature Expo in Pinellas County. The festival will take place in Clearwater and help develop nature tourism for the entire county.

$5,000 $0 $5,000 $56,068 $61,068 Florida

2000 11304 Dunedin Park (FL) Restoration


Remove Brazilian pepper from a portion of the 85-acre Hammock Park in Dunedin, Florida, and replant native vegetation.

$1,610 $0 $1,610 $2,124 $3,734 Florida

2000 12135

Comprehensive Bird Protection

Program for Tampa

Audubon of Florida

Monitor and protect breeding bird populations at 30 coastal colony sites by posting signage, monitoring nests, patrolling, managing habitat and predators, performing fishing line cleanups, and conducting education and outreach.

$40,000 $0 $40,000 $40,000 $80,000 Florida

2000 12136Fish Restoration

and Harmful Algal Bloom Videos


Produce two 30-minute instructional television programs for middle school students and the general public on the topics of Fish Restoration Programs in Tampa Bay and Harmful Algal Bloom Research in Florida.

$12,081 $0 $12,081 $15,563 $27,644 Florida


(FL) Spring on the Flats


Foundation

Support for an annual fishing tournament in Tampa Bay which will deliver marine education programs to the public and support conservation projects through the Pinellas County Environmental Fund.

$29,583 $0 $29,583 $0 $29,583 Florida

2000 15123Egmont Key NWR

(FL) Exotic Removal


Egmont Key NWR

Remove invasive exotic trees and shrubs, particularly Australian pine and Brazilian pepper, on 30 acres of Egmont Key National Wildlife Refuge. Restoring the area to a native plant community will provide habitat for 25 threatened or endangered species.

$17,500 $0 $17,500 $41,575 $59,075 Florida

2000 11146 Florida Keys Green Sweep

The Nature Conservancy - Florida Keys

Recruit, train, and coordinate volunteers for high-priority invasive exotic plant control and native plant restoration while raising awareness of problems associated with invasive exotic species and the benefits of planting natives.

$16,702 $16,702 $30,000 $46,702 Florida

2000 11762Ocala NF (FL) Cogon Grass Eradication-II

USDA-Forest Service - Ocala NF

Continue to eradicate cogon grass, a noxious plant, from federal, state, county, and private lands within and adjacent to the Ocala National Forest in Florida.

$8,571 $8,571 $14,621 $23,192 Florida

2000 11219 Loxahatchee (FL) Weed Control

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service-

A.R.M. Loxahatchee NWR

Restore marshlands by eradicating invasive plants at Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge. Project will directly benefit native plant communities.

$20,000 $20,000 $75,000 $95,000 Florida

97


Award Fiscal Year


NFWF Federal Funds


Grantee Matching

Funds


2000 11870Crocodile Lake

Refuge (FL) Restoration

Florida Keys Environmental

Restoration Trust Fund

Remove and restore .75 miles of filled roadway that runs through mangrove wetlands and tidal creek habitat. Two areas of the removed roadway will be modified as nesting berms for the American crocodile.

$17,000 $17,000 $61,480 $78,480 Florida

$45,142,277 $25,075,138 $20,067,139 $80,870,738 $126,013,015

Total # of Projects (2000-2012): 526Total NFWF Award: $45,142,277

Total NFWF Federal Funds: $25,075,138Total NFWF Non-Federal Funds: $20,067,139

Total Grantee Matching Funds: $80,870,738Total Project Funds: $126,013,015

98

national fish and wildlife foundation - projects in ...€¦ · national fish and wildlife...

Documents