Urban Wildlife Refuge Partnership

The purpose of this modification is to provide $200,000 in U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) funds to the Five Star-Urban Waters grant program managed by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF). This funding will be used by NFWF to support an Urban Refuge focal area in the competitive Five Star-Urban Waters grant program. Funding from FWS will be leveraged by funds already committed by U.S. Forest Service (USFS), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and numerous non-federal corporate partners. Through this program, NFWF will solicit projects from state and local governments, non-profit organizations, Tribes, and academic institutions to support migratory bird conservation activities at Urban Wildlife Refuges with an emphasis on urban bird conservation.