FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

NEW! The Gulf of Maine Council on the Marine Environment and the National Marine Fisheries Service's Community-based Restoration Program
Habitat Restoration Grants Program
Letters of Intent are due by January 15, 2010
More information about this program, which funds projects focusing on restoration of habitats in streams, coastal wetlands, and subtidal coastal environments, can be found at the GOMC's Habitat Restoration Web Portal: http://restoration.gulfofmaine.org/

NEW! The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, in cooperation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Land Management, USDA Forest Service, and Trout Unlimited.
Bring Back the Natives
Due December 1, 2009
The BBN initiative funds on-the-ground efforts to restore, protect, and enhance native aquatic species to their historic range. Projects should involve partnerships between communities, agencies, private landowners, and organizations that seek to rehabilitate streamside and watershed habitats. Projects should focus on habitat needs of species such as fish, invertebrates, and amphibians that originally inhabited the waterways across the country.

American Rivers-NOAA COmmunity-Based Restoration Program Restoration Grants
American Rivers Stream Barrier Removal Grants
Due December 18, 2009
American Rivers seeks proposals for river restoration project grants as part of its partnership with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Community-based Restoration Program.
Program funding is provided through NOAA’s Open Rivers Initiative, which seeks to enable environmental and economic renewal in local communities through the removal of stream barriers.