National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to provide grants to protect fish and wildlife affected by oil spill

The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation is looking for proposals from groups along the Gulf of Mexico for conservation projects that will benefit fish and wildlife populations that were affected by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

The grants will be awarded to organizations that are helping to safeguard fish and wildlife most affected by the spill, such as oysters, tuna and other fish species, marine mammals, sea turtles, and coastal birds.

The grants are being funded by the Recovered Oil Fund for Wildlife, a program established from BP’s share of net revenue from the sale of oil recovered from the spill site.

Priority will be given to projects in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida, but proposals outside the affected region that benefit Gulf fish and wildlife populations will also be considered.

Applicants have to submit a pre-proposal by November 1^st.

You can find the guidelines for the program at www.nfwf.org.

This is the second grant phase of the Recovered Oil Fund for Wildlife, which was created in June.

To date, more than $8 million has been awarded for on-the-ground actions that directly benefit the Gulf’s sea turtle and bird populations.

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