Commemorating 25 years of achievements in conservation

Supporting conservation in all 50 states and U.S. territories keeps the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) busy. It is no small feat to aim to protect and restore at-risk species, promote healthy oceans and estuaries, improve working landscapes for wildlife, advance sustainable fisheries and conserve water for wildlife and people - but that is just what NFWF has been doing since 1984.

Milestones with impact

The National Coastal Resilience Fund is just one of many programs the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation leads to restore, increase, and strengthen natural infrastructure such as coastal marshes, wetlands, and coral reefs to protect coastal communities.

Coastal communities and ecosystems are under threat from rising sea-levels, more intense storms, and changing rainfall patterns making the need for coastal resilience more pressing.  

The National Coastal Resilience Fund strategically invests in projects that construct or restore coastal habitats that increase the capacity of communities and habitats to withstand and recover from disruptions and adapt to changing environmental conditions. 

Last year, NFWF and The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded 109 coastal resilience grants to support natural infrastructure projects that restore and create vital coastal habitats across the country aimed at helping communities prepare for a changing climate.

Ducks Unlimited, a nonprofit dedicated to conserving, restoring, and protecting wetlands across North America, received one of those grants to build a living shoreline and 88,650 feet of earthen march terraces along Highway 1 in LaFourche Parish, Louisiana, to protect critical infrastructure while also providing fish and wildlife habitat. The project will bolster community resilience against future hurricanes, storms, and other flooding events through the creation of emergency marsh habitat.

All parties to the table

Progress of this scale rarely happens in a vacuum. NFWF specializes in bringing all parties to the table – individuals, government agencies, nonprofit organizations, and corporations, for a common goal. Shell USA, Inc. is proud to join NFWF to celebrate the 25^th anniversary of our collaboration. Since 1998, NFWF and Shell have worked together to protect and conserve priority habitats and species across the United States.

Over the past two-and-a-half decades, more than 365 projects funded by Shell along with other sponsors have generated more than $180 million in on-the-ground conservation impact, supporting the protection, restoration, and management of over 232,000 acres across the U.S.

Visit NFWF to see a detailed story map celebrating the 25-year partnership between Shell and NFWF.