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Sponsor interns working on the black-footed ferret release 

 effort in Wyoming, and purchase radio collars for monitoring 

 newly released ferrets. 



NFWF provided $21,431 from its BFF Fund 



D.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Research, NM 

 Crane Herpes Research 



Research on avian herpes to benefit both whooping and 

 Mississippi sandhill cranes. 



NFWF facilitated a $4,000 grant from the International Crane 

 Foundation. 



U.S. Fish and wildlife Service 

 Florida Panther Recovery Fund 



Support the recovery team's efforts to save the endangered 

 Florida panther, which includes captive breeding, research, 

 and habitat protection. 



NFWF Grant of $25,000 matched by $25,00 in outside funds. 



U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 6, MT 



Grizzly Conservation Challenge II 



Coordinate and fund high-priority grizzly protection projects 

 as directed by the Interagency Grizzly Bear Committee 

 throughout the western United States. 



NFWF Grant of $63,840 matched by $100,000 in outside funds. 



U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 4, NC 

 North Carolina Museum Settlement 



Manage a settlement involving a big-game hunter who used a 

 North Carolina museum to distribute illegally imported 

 endangered species. 



NFWF used the settlement of $80,000 to establish a state 

 wildlife protection fund. 



U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 6, NE 



Platte River Trust Fund 



Create a fund for the receipt of contributions to conservation 

 and restoration efforts along the Platte River, habitat for 

 sandhill cranes and endangered whooping cranes. 



U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Regions 2 and 4, GA 



Red-Cockaded Woodpecker Symposium III 



