National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation is administering the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Hurricane Sandy Coastal Resiliency Competitive Grant Program, which awarded $102.7 million in competitive matching grants to support 54 projects along the Atlantic coast. Learn more about featured projects below.

Four Years After Sandy: Updates from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF)

10/26/2016

The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) is investing $102.7 million in federal and partner funding for the Hurricane Sandy Coastal Resiliency Competitive Grant Program to incorporate innovative methods into 54 projects’ plans, designs, and/or restoration work that will strengthen coastal and inland areas in 12 states. The majority of NFWF projects continue to be early in the restoration process.

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Removing high-risk barriers improves resiliency for nine communities and wildlife in Massachusetts

10/21/2015

In June 2014, the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) awarded $4.48 million to the Massachusetts Department of Ecological Restoration (MA DER) to remove seven high-risk stream barriers, design three barrier removal plans, and identify 10 additional high-risk barriers throughout Massachusetts. The following communities will receive flood resiliency benefits from this project: Andover, Taunton, East Bridgewater, Ipswich, Scituate, Freetown/Fall River, Middleton, Pittsfield and Pepperell. 

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Delaware Bay beach restoration improves economy and resiliency for communities and wildlife

10/21/2015

In June 2014 the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) awarded $4.75 million to the American Littoral Society to restore six Delaware Bayshore wetland and beach sites in New Jersey’s Cape May and Cumberland Counties. The restored sites include Gandy’s/Money Island Beach, Roadway Beach, East Point Lighthouse Beach, Moores Beach/Thompson’s Beach, Reeds Beach, Pierces Point, South Reeds Beach, Cooks Beach, and North Pierces Point Beach. 

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