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National Fish Habitat Partnership
Bill Duncan

National Fish Habitat Partnership

Aug. 1, 2019
By U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Story summary:

  • Through the National Fish Habitat Partnership, the USFWS invests along with Federal, State, Tribal and privately raised funds to conserve fish habitat.

Quick Facts

USFWS Mission
To conserve, protect and enhance fish, wildlife, plants and their habitats 

Program Mission
The partnership is an investment strategy to maximize the impact of conservation dollars to address the nation’s biggest fish habitat challenges 

Eligibility
Federal governments, State governments, Local governments, Tribes, Nonprofits, Businesses 

What do they fund?
Streamside restoration, Streambank erosion control, Streamside revegetation, Fencing for habitat protection  

Length of funding
Variable 

Amount of funding
Variable 

Match 
Variable 

Timing
Contact the Reginal Fish Habitat Partnership Coordinator to join the partnership and discover project goal alignments

About

The National Fish Habitat Partnership focuses on conservation of vital fish habitat. Through the partnership, funds are leveraged in order to conduct fish habitat conservation in the priorities laid out in the National Fish Habitat Action Plan.

By reaching out to the FWS Region 3 (includes Missouri) Fish Habitat Partnership Coordinator you can determine how local terrestrial and aquatic conservation/restoration efforts help meet regional and national goals.

By becoming knowledgeable and active in the fish partnership you gain access to funding or the ability to raise funds to implement healthy watershed projects. Healthy watersheds lead to healthy fish populations.

Project Examples

Coal Creek, WY The Western Native Trout Initiative

This group of partners is working to secure financial resources to implement 12 projects that address the aging infrastructure to improve riparian habitat, remove barriers to fish and decrease sedimentation.

More Info/Resources

Contact Info

Region 3 – Midwest (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Ohio, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, and Wisconsin)
Great Plains Fish Habitat Partnership
Steve Krentz, Coordinator
steven_krentz@fws.gov
701-250-4419

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