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Investing in Wildlife and Habitat 



1992 Grants 



Explore Project, VA 



Red Votf Capiiiv Breeding Faciliiy 



Construct a facUity for two pairs of breeding red 

 wolves in Virgirtia. 



NFWF Grant of $10,000 matched by $10,000 in 

 outside funds. 



Frostburg State University, MD 



Siberian Tiger Research. 1992 



International research on the Siberian tiger 

 along the Siberian-Chinese border and devel- 

 opment of a protection plan for the endangered 

 tiger. 



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

 outside fiinds. 



Intematloiial Bear Specialist Group, MT 



Intemalional Bear Specialist Group 



Produce educational material addressing the 

 illegal international trade of bear parts. 



NFWF Grant of $10,000 matched by $10,000 in 

 outside funds. 



Montana Cooperative Wildlife Unit, MT 



Montana Gap Analysis Mapping 



Develop a CIS gap analy.sis for the State of 

 Montana. 



NFWF Grant of $60,000 matched by $103,152 

 in outside funds. 



National Council of Paper Industry for Air 

 & Stream Improvement, Inc., OR 



Elk and Thermal Cofer Research - W 



Research changing forest cover and its relation- 

 ship to Oregon's elk population. 



NFWF Grant of $ 17.500 matched by $62,500 in 

 outside funds. 



National Wild Turkey Federation, SC 



mid Turkey Reintroduction 



Assess the feasibility of expanding wild turkey 

 populations into northern Minnesota and Ari- 

 zona. 



NFWF Grant of $50,000 matched by $50.0(X) in 

 outside funds. 



National Wildlife Refuge Association 

 (NWRA), MD 



Refuge Association Brochure 



Develop a brochure explaining the national 

 wildlife refuge system and the purpose of 

 NWRA. 



NFWF Grant of $1,500 matched by $1,500 in 

 outside funds 



Northern Rockies Conservation Coopera- 

 tive, MT 



Wolves in Jasper National Park - II 



Investigate wolf ecology and the canid's impact 

 on big-game animals in Albena'sjasper National 

 Park. 



NFWF Giant of $8,500 matched by $8,500 in 

 outside funds. 



Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, 

 OR 



Oregon Fish and Wildlife Planning 



Develop a strategy for broadening public input 

 into the depattment and identifying its future 

 role in natural resource management. 



NFWF Grant of $10,000 matched by $10,000 in 

 outside funds- 



Quebec-Labrador Foundation/ Atlantic 

 Center for the Environment, MA 



Connecticut Riivr Sletmrdship 



Establish a process for identifv-ing and proteaing 

 criucal plant and wUdlife habitat along the 

 Connecticut River. 



NFWF Grant of $50,000 matched by $100.0(K) 

 in outside funds. 



Rocky Moimtain Elk Foimdation. MT 



Book Cliffs Acijiiisition 



Acquire a 6.042-acre ranch lying along Utah's 

 perennial Bitter Creek for preserving fish and 

 wildlife habitat, especially critical elk-calving 

 grounds. 



NFWT Grant of $100,000 matched by $200,000 

 in outside fiinds. 



Rocky Mountain Elk Foimdation, MT 



Mountain Fir Elk Habitat 



Secure 6,486 acres in Oregon for protecting elk 

 wintering ranges as well as steelhead and 

 salmon spawning grounds 



NFWF Grant of $100,000 matched by $200,000 

 in outside funds. 



U.S. Fish and WUdlife Service, Region 7, AK 



ArcticW^R Reward 



Establish a reward for the receipt of informa- 

 tion leading to the anest and conviction of the 

 arsonist who destroyed buildings on Alaska's 

 Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. 



NFWF Grant of $5,000. 



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



Arkansas Bailing Case 



Manage a court-ordered settlement generated 

 by a conviction of illegal waterfowl baiting in 

 Arkansas to benefit fish and wildlife in the 

 .state. 



NFWF accepted senlement of $12,500 to create 

 a fund for wildlife in Arkansas. 



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



Black-Fooled Ferret Collaring anil Intern 



Sponsor interns working on the black-footed 

 fen-et release effort in Wyoming, and purchase 

 radio collars for monitoring newly released 

 ferrets. 



NFWF provided i2\Aii from its BFF Fund. 



U.S. Fish and WUdlife Service, Research, 



NM 



Crane Herpes Research 



Research on avian herpes to benefit both 

 whooping and Mississippi sandhill cranes. 



N-FWF facilitated a $4,000 grant from the In- 

 ternational Crane Foundation. 



