The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, a
nonprofit group in Washington, D.C., recently announced the grant
winners of its “Bring Back the Natives’ campaign. The 26 projects
chosen in 13 states include local partnerships to preserve riparian
areas and bring back native fish throughout the West. In
Washington’s Olympic National Forest, for example, grant money will
help fund an apprenticeship program for displaced timber workers
and salmon fishermen who work to restore a watershed. The native
fish campaign itself is a cooperative project that includes the
foundation, the Bureau of Land Management, the Bureau of
Reclamation, the Forest Service and Trout Unlimited. Through
matching grants, it has invested more than $5 million in 114
projects during the past five years. For more information, contact
the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation at 202/857-0166 or on the
internet at
http://www.nfwf.org/bbn/bbn.htm
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Bring back the natives.
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