NORTH AMERICAN WETLANDS CONSERVATION ACT: NAWCA
What is the source of the funds that NAWCA
allocates for wetlands projects?
What is Ducks
Unlimited’s role in
NAWCA?
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,
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.
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 CHESAPEAKE BAY
HABITAT CONSERVATION PROJECTS THROUGHOUT NORTH AMERICA.
QUICK FACTS
NAWCA PROJECTS PROTECT, RESTORE AND ENHANCE HABITAT FOR
Acres Conserved: 144
NAWCA Funds: $27.5 million
Partner Funds: $114 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 more
than 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
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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DELAWARE
Nanticoke River Wetlands
Delaware Total
MARYLAND
Blackwater NWR
Blackwater/Nanticoke Watershed Acq., Rest. & Enh.
Chester River
NAWCA $
PARTNER $
ACRES
TOTAL $
285,000
374,079
342
659,079
$285,000
$374,079
342
$659,079
NAWCA $
PARTNER $
ACRES
TOTAL $
1,080,000
1,875,000
2,298
2,955,000
700,000
2,194,000
2,811
2,894,000
1,337,000
1,614,100
530
2,951,100
Chester River Watershed Conservation I
1,000,000
7,611,696
5,140
8,611,696
Conquest Farm Acquisition, Restoration & Enhancement
1,000,000
2,091,300
561
3,091,300
Conquest Farm Acquisition, Restoration & Enhancement II
1,000,000
3,232,000
3,790
4,232,000
Dividing Creek
1,000,000
4,078,320
5,245
5,078,320
Heart of the Chesapeake I
1,000,000
10,653,000
19,318
11,653,000
Holley Beach Farm
1,000,000
13,200,000
304
14,200,000
664,000
664,000
2,425
1,328,000
50,000
165,000
40
215,000
1,000,000
1,744,980
4,323
2,744,980
17,500
24,641
120
42,141
$10,848,500
$49,148,037
46,905
$59,996,537
NAWCA $
PARTNER $
ACRES
TOTAL $
20,000
20,707
18
40,707
$20,000
$20,707
18
$40,707
NAWCA $
PARTNER $
ACRES
TOTAL $
$20,000
$60,000
106
$80,000
NAWCA $
PARTNER $
ACRES
TOTAL $
Island Creek Gun Club
Piney Creek Habitat Protection
Savanna Lake
Wolf Swamp Habitat Restoration
Maryland Total
NEW YORK
Catatonk Creek Watershed
New York Total
PENNSYLVANIA
Pennsylvania Total
VIRGINIA
Cedar Island Conservation Initiative
Crows Nest Acquisition I
Dutch Gap Conservation Area
50,000
88,859
48
138,859
1,000,000
18,600,000
1,500
19,600,000
1,890,175
530,000
1,310,175
1,058
Huntley Meadows Park Wetland Restoration
11,775
13,101
1,424
24,876
Lackey Farm Restoration & Conservation Project
49,620
65,618
74
115,238
Lilly Point Marsh
Lower Rappahannock River
North Landing River
200,000
932,000
800
1,132,000
1,700,000
2,572,326
1,560
4,272,326
626,604
722,920
3,837
1,349,524
North Landing River II
1,755,406
2,449,500
5,213
4,204,906
North Landing River III
819,737
1,126,600
1,720
1,946,337
1,000,000
5,336,258
4,650
6,336,258
Northern Accomack Habitat Protection Initiative
Phragmites Control in Rappahannock River Marshes
Southeast Virginia Watersheds Project
15,000
29,554
130
44,554
394,886
903,278
2,328
1,298,164
Southeast Virginia Watersheds Project II
502,974
2,411,528
1,247
2,914,502
Southern Tip Ecological Partnership I
918,736
2,478,900
2,550
3,397,636
Whitehurst Marsh
Whitehurst Marsh Acquisition II
Virginia Total
325,000
330,000
415
655,000
1,000,000
4,368,079
2,610
5,368,079
$10,899,738
$43,738,696
31,164
$54,688,434
MULTI-STATE PROJECTS
Chesapeake Bay Initiative (MD, DE, PA, VA)
NAWCA $
PARTNER $
ACRES
TOTAL $
10,653,750
1,000,000
9,653,750
18,289
Chesapeake Bay Initiative II (MD, DE, PA, VA, WV)
533,000
1,532,628
9,811
2,065,628
Chesapeake Bay Initiative III (MD, DE, PA, VA, WV)
1,000,000
2,006,410
17,400
3,006,410
Roanoake River Migratory Bird Initiative (VA, NC)
965,339
2,706,924
9,727
3,672,263
Sound Investment I (VA, NC)
1,000,000
2,354,991
5,946
3,354,991
Sound Investment II (VA, NC)
1,000,000
2,281,633
4,427
3,281,633
$5,498,339
$20,536,336
65,600
$26,034,675
Multi-State Total
GRAND TOTAL
NAWCA $
PARTNER $
ACRES
TOTAL $
$27,571,577
$113,877,855
144,135
$141,499,432