Restoration

Ducks Unlimited received a $75,000 grant to continue protecting regional waterways and the environment through wetland restoration and enhancement at the Santee National Wildlife Refuge in South Carolina, part of a $10 million commitment from Duke Energy.

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife has announced the selection of four projects to receive funding for habitat restoration projects within California's Northern Coastal watersheds most impacted by unregulated cannabis cultivation.

The once open water bays and ponds where these projects were created now host a mosaic of habitats, including tidal mudflats, emergent fresh marsh and woody vegetation. It has provided estuary habitat for larval marine fisheries, freshwater fish, a variety of migratory and resident birds, nesting habitat for alligators and habitat for terrestrial mammals such as white-tailed deer and rabbits.

The Nebraska Environment Trust (NET) has awarded Ducks Unlimited four grants to restore miles of degraded wetland habitat along the North Platte and South Platte rivers, helping to provide more food and shelter for the millions of birds that funnel through Nebraska each spring and fall.

Thanks to a grant from the Shell Marine Habitat Program through the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF), the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) has completed restoration of the Bayou Platte Waterbird Rookery at Marsh Island Refuge.

The Northern Bobwhite Restoration Initiative, led by New Jersey Audubon (NJA), realized the second of three scheduled releases of wild Northern Bobwhite quail in early April, when 81 birds were released at the Pine Island Cranberry study site.

The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation announcement Nov. 17 of $100 million in additional funding for Gulf Coast restoration adds an array of projects beneficial for Gulf communities and the natural resources they depend on.

The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) on Nov. 17 announced about $13.2 million in grants for eight Texas projects that will use criminal settlement funds from the BP oil spill to add land to coastal wildlife refuges, restore threatened marshes, and protect vital habitat from erosion.

Audubon Florida applauded this week's U.S. Department of Transportation (Department) announcement of $20 million of funding for construction of the Tamiami Trail 2.6 mile bridge, long-recognized as one of the central needs of Everglades restoration.

The N.M. Office of Natural Resources Trustee and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announce the selection of seven restoration projects to be implemented in southwestern New Mexico that focus on birds and provide a maximum benefit to regional wildlife resources.

The Board of the Elephant Butte Irrigation District (EBID) in New Mexico has adopted a new policy to permit voluntary sale and transfer of Rio Grande Project water rights to aid in the restoration of native riparian habitat below Percha Dam to the New Mexico-Texas state line.