Deadline: 28-Feb-22
The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) is now accepting applications for the 2022 Sustain Our Great Lakes (SOGL) program to benefit fish, wildlife, habitat and water quality in the Great Lakes basin.
The program will award approximately $11.2 million in grants in 2022 to improve and enhance:
- stream, riparian and coastal habitats;
- water quality in the Great Lakes and its tributaries.
Program Priorities
All proposals must specifically address how projects will directly and measurably contribute to the accomplishment of program goals. Further information on the program goals can be found in NFWF’s Great Lakes Business Plan. In 2022, grant funding will be awarded in six categories:
- Restore and Enhance Stream and Riparian Habitat
- Restore and Enhance Coastal Habitats
- Expand Green Stormwater Infrastructure in Great Lakes Communities
- Maintain and Enhance Benefits of Habitat Restoration through Invasive Species Control
- Restore and Preserve Natural Areas and Biodiversity in Wisconsin’s Lake Michigan Watershed
- Accelerate Implementation of Conservation Practices and Regenerative Agriculture on Working Lands
Funding Categories
- Restore and Enhance Stream and Riparian Habitat: This category will direct approximately $2.2 million to projects that improve the quality and connectivity of stream and riparian habitat to benefit priority coldwater fish and improve water quality.
- Restore and Enhance Coastal Habitats: This category will direct approximately $1.1 million to projects that improve the quality and connectivity of Great Lakes coastal systems and habitats to benefit priority migratory shorebirds, waterfowl and breeding marsh birds.
- Expand Green Stormwater Infrastructure in Great Lakes Communities: The green stormwater infrastructure category will direct approximately $3 million to green infrastructure projects that slow, store and filter stormwater.
- Maintain and Enhance Benefits of Habitat Restoration through Invasive Species Control: The invasive species control category will direct approximately $2.5 million to support invasive species control efforts needed to sustain or enhance the benefits of previous habitat restorations.
- Restore and Preserve Natural Areas and Biodiversity in Wisconsin’s Lake Michigan Watershed: This category will direct at least $1.36 million to projects within Wisconsin’s Lake Michigan watershed that restore and preserve of a wide variety of habitats and natural landscapes in the region, including but not limited to prairies, grasslands, oak savannas, upland and lowland forests, wetlands and ephemeral ponds, beaches and dune systems.
- Accelerate Implementation of Conservation Practices and Regenerative Agriculture on Working Lands: This category will direct approximately $1.1 million in funding to projects that improve water quality, soil health, biodiversity and working land resilience by providing technical assistance to landowners with a focus on accelerating the planning and adoption of regenerative agriculture (RA) principles.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible applicants include non-profit 501(c) organizations, state government agencies, local governments, municipal governments, Tribal governments and organizations, and educational institutions.
- Ineligible applicants include federal government agencies, unincorporated individuals, and private for-profit businesses.
For more information, visit NFWF.
For more information, visit https://www.nfwf.org/sustain-our-great-lakes-2022-request-proposals
