The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service received $280 million under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The Service is using this funding to complete several types of projects that stimulate employment and economic growth in communities nationwide.
Use the map below or the complete U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Project List (project status as of September 30, 2010) to locate projects in your area. If you have any questions that aren’t answered by the information on this site, or if you need help locating information related to our Recovery Act efforts, send us an email at recoveryact@fws.gov - we are happy to help!
Latest DOI Press Releases on U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Recovery Act Projects
Recovery Act-funded project creates first Gila trout season in Arizona
For Release: March 04, 2011
Contact: Melanie Dabovich; USFWS; (505) 248-6428
Mark Hart; AZGFD; (520) 388-4445
Heidi Schewel; USFS; (520) 388-8343
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Safford, AZ— The American Reinvestment and Recovery Act funded a project to stock more than a thousand Gila trout in native waterways in Arizona, creating the first-ever Gila trout season in the history of the state while continuing efforts to bring the native fish species from the brink of extinction. [...]
Gulf Coast Recovery Act Project Halted by Oil Spill Resumes at Florida’s Topsail Hill Preserve State Park
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today marked the resumption of an important habitat restoration project at Topsail Hill Preserve State Park near Destin, FL funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). The project, which was temporarily delayed by the response to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, is a joint effort with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), Division of Recreation and Parks, and Three Rivers Resource Conservation and Development Council.
Groundbreaking for restoration project at Long Beach West
Stratford, Conn. - A ceremony was held today to break ground for a project to restore Long Beach West, one of Connecticut’s longest stretches of barrier beach. The project, supported by nearly $1 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act stimulus funding, involves demolishing the dilapidated remnants of a former summer community, removing debris and contaminants, and ultimately re-establishing 35-acres of beach to its natural state for people and wildlife.
Recovery Act Funds Wetlands Restoration and Road Improvements at Santee National Wildlife Refuge
Summerton, S.C. – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced today the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded contracts for major wetlands restoration and road repairs at Santee National Wildlife Refuge totaling more than $1.8 million under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). One contract, for $1,105,742, is awarded to Shaw Environmental and Infrastructure Inc. of Alpharetta, Ga., for repairs to public roads in the refuge. The second contract, for $724,377, is awarded to Ducks Unlimited for improvements to the refuge’s impoundment system that will help it to better manage waterfowl.
Recovery Act Funds Three New Visitor Contact Stations at Central Arkansas National Wildlife Refuges
Augusta, Ark. – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced today the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has awarded a $2.8 million contract for three new visitor contact stations and a new maintenance building at central Arkansas national wildlife refuges under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). K-Con Inc., a small business in Charleston, S.C., will design and build the four new buildings under a contract for $2,815,365.
