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Habitat Protection, Management and Restoration
· Contaminants
remediation
· Conservation of international
wetlands
· Duck Stamp revenue
buys habitat and is a fun art contest
· Endangered Species Recovery Plans may include
habitat restoration
· National Wildlife
Refuge System (NWRS)
· Realty - buying or leasing habitat for
the NWR System
· National Fish
Habitat Initiative
· Habitattitude,
multiple-partner initiative to reduce introduced invasive
aquatic species
Partnerships,
Grants, and Financial Assistance for Habitat Conservation
· Coastal Grants
· Coastal partnerships with agencies,
organizations, and others
· Endangered Species Grants
· Federal Aid to States (PR&DG
funds)
· Fish and Wildlife Management
Assistance to Tribes, Military and others
· Fish passage restoration through
local partnerships
· International grants (Mexico, Latin America and Caribbean, Russia, elephants,
great apes, rhinoceros and tigers)
· Joint Ventures - five
Mountain/Prairie interagency partnership initiatives under
the North
American Waterfowl Management Plan (ex: prairie
pothole, playa lakes, Rainwater Basin)
· Invasive Species - interagency cooperation and Aquatic Nuisance Species Task
Force
· Neotropical Migratory Bird
Conservation Act matching grants (U.S., Latin America,
and Caribbean)
· North American Wetlands Conservation
Act (NAWCA) - wetland grants to
organizations and individuals (US, Mexico &
Canada)
· Partnering with landowners to cost-share habitat
restoration
Assessment
and Monitoring
· Coastal
Barrier Resource System management and mapping
· Coastal Program resources assessments, ex: Gulf
of Maine, New
York Bight,
and Texas coastal
· Contaminants and water quality standards
· Endangered Species
Recovery Plans may include monitoring of habitat
· Wetland maps and reports
Project
Planning, Permits, Technical Assistance and Review
· Clean Water Act, Section
404, Dredge and Fill project review
· Contaminants technical assistance for pesticides, oil spills
and Superfund sites
· Endangered Species consultation with Federal Agencies
and private landowners,
and other partners such as tribes and states
· Fish
and Wildlife Coordination Act consultation with Agencies
· Hydropower licensing review under
FERC(Federal Energy Reg. Comm.)
· International Habitat
Conservation Assistance
· NEPA (National Environmental Policy
Act) project reviews
· Transportation planning
· Wind Energy projects review
Education
and Getting Involved
· Adult courses in conservation - National Conservation
Training Center
· Birdscape magazine
· Educational
field trips, Friends of San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge
· Educational
programs, Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife
Refuge
· Endangered Species Bulletin
· Friends groups for Refuges
· Images - photographs and drawings
· Junior Duck Stamp Contest
· The Nature of Learning,
(formerly Earth Stewards) Promoting Education and Stewardship in the Community, National Wildlife Refuge System
· Schoolyard habitat
· Service's Kids/Educators Page
· Shorebirds Sister Schools Program
· Stop
Aquatic Hitchhikers! Protect Your Waters
· Take Pride in America things you can do and awards program
· Volunteer.Gov/gov for a listing of opportunities
within the Federal government
and USAFreedomCorps.gov for
a list of other conservation activities and to track your
volunteer activities
· Wetlands Kids & Educators Page
· Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds, information
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