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N O R T H A M E R I C A N W E T L A N D S C O N S E R VAT I O N A C T : N AW C A
What is the source of the funds that NAWCA
allocates for wetlands projects?
I
nasmuch as Ducks Unlimited (DU)
is a world leader in wetland conserva-
tion, and our mission is to conserve
North America’s wetlands and associated
habitats for waterfowl and other wildlife,
What are “matching grants?”
These are grants that require applicants to match the federal dollars they receive. In the
case of NAWCA, each federal dollar must be matched with at least one dollar from a
non-federal source. Matching funds typically come from state agencies, private foundations, private landowners and non-profit organizations such as Ducks Unlimited.
Matching grants are important for generating the partnerships that are genuinely
committed to accomplishing the long-term objectives of wetland habitat conservation.
DU has been able to help NAWCA be
NAWCA IS A FEDERAL GRANTS PROGRAM THAT FUNDS WETLAND
NAWCA GREAT LAKES
HABITAT CONSERVATION PROJECTS THROUGHOUT NORTH AMERICA.
QUICK FACTS
NAWCA PROJECTS PROTECT, RESTORE AND ENHANCE HABITAT FOR
Acres Conserved: 173,562
NAWCA Funds: $14.3 million
Partner Funds: $35.2 million
successful in many ways. DU has been
What has NAWCA accomplished?
WATERFOWL AND OTHER WILDLIFE THAT DEPEND UPON WETLANDS.
responsible for designing and carrying
NAWCA grants have contributed to the conservation of approximately 23.2 million
acres of wetlands and associated uplands in more than 1,100 projects across North
America.
As of December 2004, more than $630.5 million of federal funds have been invested
through NAWCA. Partner matching contributions have totaled more than $1.9 billion.
What is NAWCA and what does it do?
out many of the wetland conservation
projects funded by NAWCA. Perhaps
most important, and thanks to our tens of
thousands of volunteers and hundreds of
thousands of members, DU is proud to
have been able to stimulate many of the
partnerships that have been most critical
to the past and continuing success of
NAWCA in restoring, conserving and
managing these habitats for waterfowl
and other wildlife across North America.
Where have all these NAWCA projects
been conducted?
Congress passed NAWCA to fund migratory bird habitat conservation throughout their
entire North American range, and the Council has traditionally allocated 50 percent of
the funds for projects in the United States, 45 percent for projects in Canada and 5 percent for projects in Mexico.
In the United States, the most extensive impact has been in North Dakota, with over
680,000 acres conserved as of March 2004. In Canada, approximately 70 percent of the
funding has gone to the prairie provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba.
Overall, approximately one half of the Act’s non-coastal funds have been used to fund
projects in the important waterfowl breeding grounds of the Prairie Pothole Region
(PPR).
assed by Congress in 1989, NAWCA
provides federal matching funds to
public-private partnerships for wetland
habitat conservation projects in North
America.
The Act is critical for successfully
implementing the habitat objectives of the
North American Waterfowl Management
Plan and other national and international
conservation plans for migratory birds
that use wetlands.
NAWCA allocates resources for longterm projects that protect, restore and/or
enhance wetlands and associated upland
habitats on both public and private lands.
P
The NAWCA grant program is itself a
public-private partnership. The U.S. Fish
& Wildlife Service administers the grant
program, while the North American
Wetlands Conservation Council establishes the policies that govern the grant
selection process.
The Secretary of Interior appoints the
U.S. members of the Council. The following organizations are represented on the
Council: four state wildlife agencies (one
from each flyway), five non-profit organizations (including Ducks Unlimited),
National Fish & Wildlife Foundation and
the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.
• What is NAWCA?
• How is it funded and what are
“matching grants?”
• What has NAWCA accomplished?
• Where are these NAWCA projects?
• What’s Ducks Unlimited’s role in
NAWCA?
Every federal dollar
appropriated under
NAWCA has been
matched by at least $3
in state/private dollars!
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What is Ducks
Unlimited’s role in
NAWCA?
NAWCA funds come from a number of sources, including general appropriations (federal tax revenue), interest earned on various federal accounts, federal excise taxes and
Migratory Bird Treaty Act fines.
NAWCA is not funded with duck stamp or hunting license sales.
NAWCA’s portion of the federal excise taxes may only be used to fund projects in the
U.S. Coastal Zone. These coastal funds have made up 35 percent of NAWCA funds
awarded to U.S. projects to 2004.
ILLINOIS
Rollins Savanna Wetland Restoration Project
Illinois Total:
INDIANA
NAWCA $
PARTNER $
ACRES
TOTAL $
50,000
513,060
773
563,060
$50,000
$513,060
773
$563,060
NAWCA $
PARTNER $
ACRES
Boot Lake Nature Preserve
50,000
747,240
146
797,240
Elkhart Environmental Center
50,000
94,255
34
144,255
400,000
1,210,000
847
1,610,000
S. Lake Michigan Coastal Wetlands
TOTAL $
S. Lake Michigan Coastal Wetlands II
1,000,000
4,239,715
1,238
5,239,715
S. Lake Michigan Coastal Wetlands III
1,000,000
2,310,850
1,169
3,310,850
$2,500,000
$17,686,428
16,696
$23,686,428
NAWCA $
PARTNER $
ACRES
TOTAL $
175,000
333,164
1,454
508,164
35,000
125,000
580
160,000
1,000,000
2,707,289
2,826
3,707,289
Indiana Total:
MICHIGAN
Crow Island Wetland Initiative
Maple River
Michigan Upper Peninsula Coastal Wetland
Mitchell Creek Preserve
22,000
22,500
125
44,500
North Arm Lake Bellaire Loon Nursery
50,000
272,184
31
322,184
Northern Lake Huron Marsh Protection
498,480
945,000
846
1,443,480
50,000
225,000
210
275,000
Round Island Point Preserve Project
Saginaw Bay Wetland Initiative
Saginaw Bay Wetland Initiative Ph. II
774,750
2,424,750
2,580
3,199,500
1,000,000
3,315,800
3,223
4,315,800
NEW YORK (continued)
20,000
20,707
18
40,707
242,720
46
292,701
Tug Hill Headwaters Conservation Project
650,000
4,825,000
44,548
5,475,000
Chautauqua Lake Outlet Greenway Project
45,000
47,720
77
92720
Mohawk Pool Wetland Enhancement Project
33,950
1,236,450
1,120
1,270,400
Sink Hole Marsh Enhancement Project
45,000
57,500
1,200
102,500
$3,215,202
$12,092,773
56,489
$15,307,975
NAWCA $
PARTNER $
ACRES
TOTAL $
New York Total:
OHIO
Adam Grimm Wetland Restoration Project
Metzger’s Marsh
Mosquito Creek/Grand River
32,335
100
50,335
755,000
908
1,455,000
170,000
180,000
850
350,000
5,376,348
3,052
6,376,348
Ohio Private Lands
150,000
353,000
1,700
503,000
Pickerel Creek
300,000
588,000
390
888,000
Pickerel Creek II
450,000
655,000
450
1,105,000
Winous Point Horseshoe Marsh Restoration
200,000
212,050
255
412,050
50,000
1,275,026
877
1,325,026
$ 3,038,000
$9,426,759
8,582
$12,464,759
NAWCA $
PARTNER $
ACRES
TOTAL $
NAWCA $
PARTNER $
ACRES
TOTAL $
1,000,000
2,168,800
901
3,168,800
460,000
1,044,341
1,950
1,504,341
69,000
70,000
450
139,000
878,000
3,255,170
14,539
4,133,170
NE Wetland & Native Grassland Project
Ohio Total:
PENNSYLVANIA
140,074
80
190,074
1,306,550
415
1,356,550
105,000
284,750
1,750
389,750
50,000
171,000
297
221,000
East Grand Traverse Bay Wetlands Initiative
1,000,000
3,050,000
1,104
4,050,000
Door Peninsula Coastal Initiative
Lake St. Clair/Western Lake Erie Watershed Project
1,000,000
2,511,672
4,196
3,511,672
Rock River Watershed
833,817
3,258,692
3,309
4,092,509
Sensiba Wildlife Area
50,000
3,616,000
243
3,666,000
Superior Coastal Wetland Initiative
Skaff Parcel Protected Forever
18,000
700,000
1,000,000
Northwest Ohio Wetlands Initiative
50,000
Round Lake Headwaters Project
TOTAL $
49,981
50,000
Michigan Upper Peninsula Coastal Wetland Project II
ACRES
North Tonawanda Audubon Nature Preserve (Klydel Wetland)
Superior Township Wetlands Acquisition
Wigwam Bay
PARTNER $
Catatonk Creek Watershed
Silver River Wetlands Restoration
Wetlands Restoration in Farm, Urban, & Forest Lands
NAWCA $
(No Great Lakes watershed projects)
WISCONSIN
20,000
144,500
78
164,500
51,000
292,000
1,102
343,000
850,000
4,792,400
2,717
5,642,400
Wisconsin Glacial Habitat
500,000
2,120,200
4,736
2,620,200
1,000,000
4,711,000
1,418
5,711,000
Wisconsin Glacial Habitat II
50,000
585,000
130
635,000
1,000,000
3,749,534
1,807
4,749,534
Hutchinson Property on Lake Leelanau Narrows
30,500
212,500
43
243,000
Pigeon River Protection Project- Busch Acquisition
50,000
1,450,000
200
1,500,000
St. Mary’s River Bird Migration Corridor
St. Mary’s River Bird Migration Corridor II
Susan Creek Project
Grand River Watershed Project
Michigan Total:
MINNESOTA
Rice Portage Wetland Restoration
Minnesota Total
$9,744,547
$40,354,359
29,742
$50,098,906
NAWCA $
PARTNER $
ACRES
TOTAL $
268,000
572,901
2,004
840,901
$268,000
$527,901
2,004
$840,901
NAWCA $
PARTNER $
ACRES
TOTAL $
Montezuma Water
300,000
1,322,000
1,700
1,622,000
Northern Montezuma Wetlands
410,000
517,000
1,302
927,000
Northern Montezuma Wetlands II
392,271
1,328,978
450
1,721,249
Oak Orchard Iroquois Tonawanda Wetlands
219,500
220,500
849
440,000
Montezuma Wetlands Complex III
999,500
2,028,460
4,972
3,027,960
50,000
245,738
207
NEW YORK
Town of Grand Island Open Space Acquisition Project
295,738
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Uihlein WPA
790,000
1,799,300
2,993
2,589,300
Huiras Lake Natural Area Acquisition
50,000
343,500
143
393,500
Lowney-Rohan Wetland
12,500
45,500
101
58,000
SC Wisconsin Prairie Pothole Initiative
1,000,000
3,333,965
5,825
4,333,965
WI Glacial Habitat III
1,000,000
2,107,500
4,308
3,107,500
50,000
50,000
180
100,000
Glacial Habitat Restoration Area IV
1,000,000
2,133,280
3,494
3,133,280
SC Wisconsin Prairie Pothole Initiative II
Shallow Wetland Project
1,000,000
2,440,187
3,329
3,440,187
Superior Coastal Wetland Initiative II
999,800
2,212,948
5,918
3,212,748
Horicon Marsh Headwaters
683,142
1,366,285
1,868
2,049,427
17,500
22,500
100
40,000
1,163,000
2,347,500
7,122
3,510,500
Fox River NWR Wetland Restoration
SE Wisconsin Coastal Habitat
SE Wisconsin Coastal Habitat Initiative II
648,170
1,301,289
2,563
1,949,459
SE Wisconsin Coastal Habitat Initiative III
995,638
2,112,949
2,642
3,108,587
SE Wisconsin Coastal Habitat Initiative IV
Winnebago System- Rush Lake Initiative
Wisconsin Total:
GRAND TOTAL
998,400
2,043,500
2,041
3,041,900
1,000,000
2,589,816
6,065
3,589,816
$14,366,150
$35,200,530
72,370
$49,566,680
NAWCA $
PARTNER $
ACRES
TOTAL $
$33,231,899
$106,842,442
173,562
$140,119,341