National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) is investing $102.7 million in federal and partner funding for the Hurricane Sandy Coastal Resiliency Competitive Grant Program to incorporate innovative methods into 54 projects’ plans, designs, and/or restoration work that will strengthen coastal and inland areas in 12 states. The majority of NFWF projects continue to be early in the restoration process.

In June 2014, the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) awarded $4.48 million to the Massachusetts Department of Ecological Restoration (MA DER) to remove seven high-risk stream barriers, design three barrier removal plans, and identify 10 additional high-risk barriers throughout Massachusetts. The following communities will receive flood resiliency benefits from this project: Andover, Taunton, East Bridgewater, Ipswich, Scituate, Freetown/Fall River, Middleton, Pittsfield and Pepperell. 

Reconnecting 10 landlocked areas to the Allegany Reservoir improves resiliency for tribal community and wildlife

In June 2014 the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) awarded $4.75 million to the American Littoral Society to restore six Delaware Bayshore wetland and beach sites in New Jersey’s Cape May and Cumberland Counties. The restored sites include Gandy’s/Money Island Beach, Roadway Beach, East Point Lighthouse Beach, Moores Beach/Thompson’s Beach, Reeds Beach, Pierces Point, South Reeds Beach, Cooks Beach, and North Pierces Point Beach.