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
Unknown	432,867	12,932	85,823	531,622

Total	3,926,428	426,616	564,115	4,917,159

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	14,101	2,949	4,995	22,046
DE	16,361	8,976	122,535	147,873
FL	367,027	60,684	73,339	501,051
GA	102,652	14,138	27,754	144,546
MA	19,364	3,017	2,761	25,142
MA/ME	33	34	0	67
MD	168,932	100,909	27,234	297,075
ME	1,211,740	12,116	25,230	1,249,087
N/A	0	1250	0	1250
NC	460,459	68,266	76,119	604,845
NH	73,302	3,928	3,517	80,748
NJ	126,642	10,847	14,624	152,113
NY	348,043	40,726	31,006	419,776
PA	38,845	36,014	41,378	116,237
PR	27,758	1,313	1,883	30,955
RI	21,103	1,180	767	23,050
SC	545,143	16,932	55,594	617,670
VA	166,912	34,527	46,101	247,540
VI	301	0	0	301
VT	191,174	6,995	5,107	203,276
WV	26,528	1,807	4,165	32,501

Total	3,926,428	426,616	564,114	4,917,159

Cumulative habitat conservation accomplishments (acres)
within the ACJV by program
Program	Protected	Restored	Enhanced	Total
Coastal	101,136	6,111	0	107,248
DU	171,808	98,839	108,701	379,349
NAWCA	1,600,520	78,133	39,005	1,717,658
NWR	608,464	29,621	46,797	684,883
Other	7,178	7,504	57	14,339
PFW	56,433	163,117	112,260	331,811
ST	588,861	48,145	249,595	886,601
TNC	1,269,408	0	0	1,269,408
USFS	1,359	232	2,035	3,626
WMI			12,265	12,265
Total	4,405,209	431,704	570,716	5,407,190

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 206 NAWCA grants (including 119 small and 139 standard grants) projects from 1989-2007 involving nearly 500 partners. The funding and activities are summarized below.

	Small 1997-2007	Standard 1989-2007	Total 1989-2007
Grant	$5.3M	$114.9M	$120.2M
Match	$21.1M	$399.7M	$420.9M
Non-match	$7.5M	$121.8M	$129.3M
Non-match Federal	$9.8M	$119.4M	$129.2M
Total	$43.8M	$756M	$799.8M

Acres Conserved	Small 1997-2007	Standard 1989-2007	Total 1989-2007
Fee	5,761	508,198	513,959
Easement	19,096	1,037,423	1,056,519
Restoration	5,122	73,743	78,865
Enhancement	14,988	21,297	36,285
Other	0	17,916	17,916
Total	42,104	1,652,652	1,703,544

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

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