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The Book Cliffs Acquisition 



In 1992, THE Foundation awarded a 

 $100,000 matching grant to the Rocky 

 Mountain Elk Foundation (RMEF) for 

 Book Cliffs. The grant is helping the 

 RMEF, The Nature Conservancy, the 

 Bureau of Land Management, and 

 Utah's Division of Wildlife Resources 

 of Utah's Department of Natural Re- 

 sources to purchase a 6,042-acre ranch 

 lying along Bitter Creek — an impor- 

 tant perennial stfeam that provides 

 water and cover for numerous species. 

 The ranch's higher elevations embrace 

 essential elk calving grounds, as well 

 as suitable habitat for reintroducing a 

 numh)er of species. 



This projea is part of an overall 

 effort to secure some 22.000 acres of 

 land in Utah's Book Cliffs region. In 

 addition to increasing the members 

 and species of wildlife here, the coop- 

 erative effort seeks to heal riparian 

 areas, restore fisheries, preserve his- 

 torical sites, and enliance pubbc recre- 

 ation opportunities. 



U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Regie 



Florida Panther Recoi'ery Fund 



1 4, GA University of Wisconsin - La Crosse, Wl 



Law Enforcement Conference 



Support the recovery team's efforts to save the Convene an international array of law en- 

 endangered Florida panther, which includes forcement experts to review and discuss the 

 captive breeding, research, and habitat protec- challenges of enforcing laws to conserve wild- 

 lion, life worldwide. 



NFWF Grant of $25,000 matched by $25,000 in NFWF Giant of $5,000 matched by $5,000 in 



outside funds. outside funds. 



U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 6, MX University of Wyoming, Zoology. WY 



Grizzlv Cunsen'ation Challenge - II Frame Dog Ecology and Ferrets 



Coordinate and fund high-priority grizzly Study the relationship tjerween black-footed 



protection projects as directed by the ferrets, prairie dogs, and ferret-eating bad- 



Interagency Grizzly Bear Committee through- gers — information critical to black-footed fer- 



out the western United States. ret recovery efforts in 'Wyoming. 



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 spe- 



NFWF used thesettlemenlof$80,000to establish 

 a state wildlife protection fund. 



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



Platte Rit-er Trust Fund 



Create a fund for the receipt of contributions to 

 conservation and restoration efforts along the 

 Platte River, habitat for sandfiill cranes and 

 endangered whooping cranes. 



NFWF established a $40,000 t 



[ fund- 



NFWF provided $12,000 from its BFF Fund. 



Wildlife Habitat Enhancement CounciL MD 



Cooper Rifer Restoration 



Facilitate public and private interests in a 

 cooperative effort to identif>', manage, enfiance, 

 and restore wildlife habitat along South 

 Carolina's Cooper River. 



NFWF Grant of $30,000 matched by $60,000 in 

 outside funds. 



World WUdllfe Fund - U.S., DC 



Habitat Consenation Planning Project 



Develop guidelines for applying biological 

 principles to Habitat Conservation Plans CHCP's I, 

 an important approach to conserving endan- 

 gered species and habitats. 



NFWF Grant of $20,000 matched by $30,000 in 

 outside fiinds. 



U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Regions 2 

 and 4, GA 



Red-Cockaded Woodpecker Symposium, HI 



Underwrite a symposium on the threatened 

 red-cockaded woodpecker and its management. 



NFWF Grant of $ 11 ,500 matched by $23,550 in 

 outside funds. 



