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abandoned oil and gas field using matching funds from Exxon. The 

 endangered Leon Springs pupfish and other species dependent on 

 springs in this arid area will benefit. 



Wetland Restoration on Private Lands in New York: A Foundation 

 grant of $50,000 matched by $100,000 in non-Federal funding is 

 being used in New York to expand habitat restoration efforts in New 

 York. Wetland restoration along the Hudson River will provide fry 

 rearing habitats to increase stocks of striped bass in the river. 

 Additional wetland restoration projects in western New York will 

 help meet the Iroquois NWR objectives. Sora and Virginia rails, 

 pied billed grebes and other wetland dependent species were 

 recorded using restored sites the first year of project work. 

 Goals for this $150,000 funding source are to complete 100 

 restorations involving about 900 wetland acres for wildlife on 

 private lands, 



Northcentral Wetlands Restoration: In FY 1993-94 a $300,000 grant 

 will be matched by $600,000 private funds to create a $900,000 fund 

 administered by the Service. A total of 39 Soil and Water 

 Conservation Districts in 7 of the 8 States in the Service's Great 

 Lakes-Big Rivers Region are leading this project. The objectives 

 for this fund are to restore riparian, prairie pothole, and 

 floodplain wetlands in this region. The cooperating Districts are 

 responsible for raising private matching funds and doing wetland 

 restorations guided by cooperative agreements with the Service. 

 These habitats will improve conditions for breeding and migratory 

 waterfowl, neotropical migrants, shorebirds, wading birds and other 

 wildlife associated with wetland and floodplains habitats in the 

 region. 



Arctic Goose Conservation: Development of educational video to 

 support educational efforts in Alaska and the Pacific Flyway to 

 reduce man-caused mortality of several species of Arctic nesting 

 geese. Cooperators $27,200; Foundation $27,200; Total grant 

 $54,400 



Chincoteague Trailer Donation: Donation and refurbishment of two 

 fully equipped bunk trailers (at Foundation request) to 

 Chincoteague NWR for use as on-refuge housing. 



Interactive Video for National Wildlife Refuges: Development, 

 procurement and distribution of an interactive video system to 

 introduce the public to the Refuge System. Donated equipment value 

 $59,900. (Foundation assistance) 



Attwater Prairie Chicken Fund: Establish a fund for habitat 

 restoration and to aid recovery of the Attwater Prairie Chicken. 

 Grant $20,000 



Minnesota Valley Refuge Donation: Private donation (to the 

 Foundation) of a 26 acre inholding in Minnesota Valley NWR. The 

 donation was later transferred to the Service. The Foundation also 

 received a donation which included construction of a parking lot. 



