Conservation Projects

Accomplishments by Year | Accomplishments by State | Accomplishments by Program
NAWCA Grants Projects Funding and Activities | State Projects

The partners of the Atlantic Coast Joint Venture have conserved significant acreages of wetland, wetland-associated and other important habitat for migratory birds from the inception of the joint venture in 1988 through the end of 2008. The following tables summarize these accomplishments by state and year. For those states that joined the joint venture after 1988, the accomplishments were only compiled since the date that state joined. These accomplishments represent acres protected, restored or enhanced in the joint venture area through the following funding sources or partner programs: North American Wetland Conservation Act grants, National Coastal Wetland Conservation Act grants, National Wildlife Refuge acquisitions, National Forest habitat conservation, Partners for Fish and Wildlife habitat restoration, Ducks Unlimited habitat conservation, The Nature Conservancy habitat conservation, State Fish and Wildlife agency projects, and Atlantic Coast Joint Venture funded projects. Although many of these projects were completed in Atlantic Coast Joint Venture Focus Areas, the total acres represent projects completed throughout the entirety of the Atlantic Coast Joint Venture area.

Photo of wetland habitat - Photo credit: North Carolina Coastal Federation

Yearly conservation accomplishments (acres) of all partners in the ACJV
Year	Protected	Restored	Enhanced	Total
1988	44,938	6,088	7,620	58,645
1989	35,259	7,211	11,536	54,007
1990	146,612	3,017	27,863	177,492
1991	115,369	8,677	25,626	149,672
1992	72,297	25,839	21,506	119,641
1993	122,494	6,452	34,405	163,351
1994	56,849	24,635	41,358	122,841
1995	37,736	30,830	25,425	93,992
1996	25,065	17,530	23,020	65,614
1997	36,665	11,716	12,318	60,698
1998	49,085	10,505	15,348	74,938
1999	177,401	34,185	11,800	223,386
2000	93,687	17,987	7,170	118,844
2001	175,012	28,044	17,053	220,109
2002	367,948	53,745	12,297	433,990
2003	141,686	32,211	18,565	192,461
2004	56,847	13,982	18,231	89,060
2005	1,021,904	7,502	19,137	1,048,543
2006	194,465	14,725	25,205	234,394
2007	336,449	21,951	48,828	407,228
2008	185,793	36,856	53,982	276,631
2009	287,587	37,782	138,951	464,320
Unknown	432,867	12,932	85,823	531,622

Total	4,214,015	464,398	703,066	5,381,479

The sources of information were: the International Tracking System (ITS) database records for the Atlantic Coast Joint Venture, the NAWCA databases maintained by the USFWS Division of Bird Habitat Conservation and the Atlantic Coast Joint Venture, the National Coastal Wetland Conservation Act grant FAIMS database and project files, the National Wildlife Refuge System Realty database of Lands Under the Control of the NWRs, the Ducks Unlimited, Inc. national accomplishment database, the USFWS habITS database, the Nature Conservancy accomplishment database, contributions from state Waterfowl Technical Committee members for activities accomplished by their agencies, contributions from National Forest Service biologists, contributions from regional and state Partners for Fish and Wildlife Coordinators, and other sources. Although significant efforts were made to avoid double-counting acreage accomplishments that were shared among these programs, limited information on some of these projects make it likely that some double-counting occurred.

Cumulative habitat accomplishments of all partners
participating in the joint venture by state
State	Protected	Restored	Enhanced	Total
CT	15,780	3,146	5,474	24,400
DE	16,399	10,183	129,085	155,668
FL	382,495	62,861	180,888	626,246
GA	126,441	16,567	27,778	170,788
MA	26,398	3,959	3,360	33,717
MA/ME	33	34	0	67
MD	179,133	101,980	29,740	310,853
ME	1,268,338	16,228	25,230	1,309,796
N/A	0	1250	0	1250
NC	485,020	76,679	92,239	653,939
NH	74,642	3,928	3,517	82,088
NJ	128,708	12,023	14,624	155,355
NY	422,550	41,256	31,241	495,047
PA	39,050	36,124	44,437	119,611
PR	28,203	1,729	2,352	32,284
RI	22,031	1,221	767	24,019
SC	570,244	18,878	56,136	645,259
VA	179,560	44,612	46,396	270,568
VI	301	0	0	301
VT	193,410	7,412	5,196	206,017
WV	26,528	1,807	4,165	32,501

Total	4,185,272	461,883	702,630	5,349,785

Cumulative habitat conservation accomplishments (acres)
within the ACJV by program
Program	Protected	Restored	Enhanced	Total
Coastal	111,182	6,411	0	117,594
DU	180,646	102,237	124,624	407,507
NAWCA	1,663,138	90,487	40,932	1,794,557
NWR	614,299	29,621	46,797	690,718
Other	7,178	7,504	57	14,339
PFFW	99,841	183,965	115,357	399,164
ST	606,534	49,027	367,599	886,601
TNC	1,408,577	0	0	1,408,577
USFS	1,359	232	2,035	3,626
WMI			12,265	12,265
Total	4,692,796	469,486	709,667	5,871,510

The sources of information were: the International Tracking System (ITS) database records for the Atlantic Coast Joint Venture, the NAWCA databases maintained by the USFWS Division of Bird Habitat Conservation and the Atlantic Coast Joint Venture, the National Coastal Wetland Conservation Act grant FAIMS database and project files, the National Wildlife Refuge System Realty database of Lands Under the Control of the NWRs, the Ducks Unlimited, Inc. national accomplishment database, the USFWS habITS database, the Nature Conservancy accomplishment database, contributions from state Waterfowl Technical Committee members for activities accomplished by their agencies, contributions from National Forest Service biologists, contributions from regional and state Partners for Fish and Wildlife Coordinators, and other sources. These cumulative habitat conservation accomplishments by programs includes some double counting where more than one program was involved in a project. For that reason the totals are higher than the year and state summaries above.

NAWCA Grants

Atlantic Coast Joint Venture Partners received 346 NAWCA grants (including 152 small and 194 standard grants) projects from 1989-2010 involving nearly 600 partners. The funding and activities are summarized below.

	Small 1997-2010	Standard 1989-2010	Total 1989-2010
Grant	$7.6M	$153.4M	$161M
Match	$34.3M	$565.5M	$599.8M
Non-match	$7.5M	$271.5M	$279M
Non-match Federal	$9.8M	$144.7M	$154.5M
Total	$59.2M	$1135.1M	$1194.3M

Acres Conserved	Small 1997-2010	Standard 1989-2010	Total 1989-2010
Fee	19,876	596,037	615,913
Easement	21,338	1,081,601	1,102,939
Restoration	8,183	74,171	82,354
Enhancement	14,118	25,229	39,347
Other	1,859	19,892	21,751
Total	65,720	1,797,000	1,862,720

Photo of the sun setting over the water - Photo credit: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service / Lamar Gore

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