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Texas Private LAJflK 



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the North American Waterfowl Management NFWF Grant of $50,000 matched by $50,000 in 

 Plan outside funds. 



MoRH THAN HAiF of the Lofie Star State's 

 wetlands are gone. Almost all its native 

 prairie grasslands have been mcxlified 

 or replaced by grazing and agriculwre 

 And forest fragmentation, along with 

 the loss of woodlands, has devastated 

 cnjcial habitats for Neotropical migra- 

 tory birds and an array of threatened 

 and endangered species. 



Because 97 percent of the state is 

 privately owned, the Texas Parks and 

 Wildlife Department has initiated a 

 major expansion of its statewide Private 

 Lands Enhancement Program, one of 

 the nation's most successful endeavors 

 to achieve comprehensive fish and 

 wildlife conservation on nonpublic 

 lands. 'With a $500,000 challenge grant 

 from the Foundation, the department 

 has launched an aggressive effort to 

 reach private landowners through 

 newsleners and ecosystem manage- 

 ment guides, demonstration projects, 

 and training workshops. The depart- 

 ment hopes to bring enrollment in the 

 Texas Private Lands Enhancement Pro- 

 gram up to 200,000 landowners who 

 are stewards for some 140 million 



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



Bear River Migratory' Bird Refuge 



Construct a 1.25-mile dike to reverse 

 channelization, promote the growth of emer- 

 gent vegetation, and restore productivity to a 

 600-acre wetland in Utah's Bear River Refuge. 



NFO(T Grant of $25,000 matched by $25,000 in 

 outside fiinds. 



U.S. Fish and 'Wildlife Service, Region 5, 

 MA 



Black Duck Joint Venture 



Produce, market, and distribute an educational 

 film on the black duck, a joint venture under 



NFWF Grant of $16,500 matched by $4,000 in 

 outside funds. 



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



Chase Lake Wetlands Fund 



Establish a Noith Dakota fund to be used for 

 high-priority habitat restoration or acquisition 

 in five western states. 



NFWF Grant of $25,000 inatched by $50,000 in 

 outside funds. 



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



Delia NWR Crevasse Project - U 



Construct seven new crevasses that will cap- 

 lure sediment and produce nearly 1,400 acres 

 of additional marsh in Louisiana's Delta National 

 Wildlife Refuge — ideal breeding habitat for 

 migratory songbirds and waterfowl. 



NFWF awarded $30,000 in federal funds to this 

 1991 projea. 



U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 3, 

 MN 



Grilman Wetland Restoration Fund 



Create a fund to restore Minnesota's 10.000th 

 wetland and other priority sites in Iowa and 

 Minnesota. 



NFWF Giant of $25,000 matched by $50,000 in 

 outside fiinds. 



U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 2, TX 



San Bernard Xational Wildlife Refuge Water 

 Storage 



Build a freshwater storage system for the San 

 Bernard NWR in coastal Texas. 



NFWF Grant of $25,000 matched by $50,000 in 

 outside funds. 



U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 2, TX 



Texas Fanners for Wetlands 



Restore 75.000 acres of wetlands on privately 

 held lands by the year 2000 with the aid of 

 cooperative agreements with landowners. 



U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 9, DC 



Waterfowl 2000 Neusletter - II 



Publish the Waterfowl 2000 magazine high- 

 lighting the North American Waterfowl Man- 

 agement Plan. 



NFWF Grant of $12,000. 



U.S. Fish and 'WUdllle Service, Region 5. 

 MA 



Water Chestnut Control on Refuges 



Purchase aquatic-weed harvesting equipment 

 to control exotic water chestnut, which is 

 choking New England waterways. 



NFWF facilitated a $100,000 conuibuuon to the 

 project. 



Walden Woods Project/The Isis FundAJ.S. 

 Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 5, MA 



Walden Woods Acquisition 



Protect 25 acres near the Sudbury River in 

 Massachusetts and the Great Meadows National 

 Wildlife Refuge bordering Walden Pond. 



NFWF Grant of $486,390 matched by $469,200 

 in outside funds. 



Western Network, NM 



Rio Grande Bosque Conservation 



Assess public attitudes toward the "bosque" 

 wetlands of the Rio Grande River, to craft a 

 management plan for this 150-mile stretch of 

 riparian wetlands in central New Mexico. 



NFWF Grant of $5,000 matched by $5,000 in 

 outside funds. 



Wisconsin Department of Natural Re- 

 sources, WI 



Wisconsin Small Wetland Restoration 



Restore small but significant wedands on pri- 

 vate lands throughout southwestern Wiscon- 



NFWF Grant of $40,000 matched by $40,000 in 

 outside funds. 



