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 2006. 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
Unknown	432,867	12,932	85,823	531,622

Total	3,404,186	367,810	461,304	4,233,300

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	11,209	2,949	4,255	18,413
DE	15,805	7,868	104,657	128,331
FL	309,9556	39,327	39,380	388,662
GA	78,229	12,846	27,409	118,484
MA	17,245	2,215	1,104	20,564
MD	158,619	98,386	24,104	281,116
ME	1,172,649	11,138	13,755	1,197,541
N/A	0	1,250	0	1,250
NC	429,654	60,730	73,058	563,442
NH	62,794	3,555	2,323	68,672
NJ	122,683	8,576	12,937	144,197
NY	162,066	40,108	30,216	232,390
PA	30,380	20,341	19,430	70,153
PR	26,453	634	718	27,805
RI	15,403	1,097	720	17,220
SC	429,103	14,371	53,235	496,710
VA	143,501	33,593	45,095	222,189
VI	301	0	0	301
VT	189,041	6,638	4,748	200,427
WV	25,184	1,134	2,885	29,202

Total	3,404,186	367,810	461,305	4,233,300

Cumulative habitat conservation accomplishments (acres)
within the ACJV by program
Program	Protected	Restored	Enhanced	Total
Coastal	65,564	4,830	0	70,394
DU	145,541	95,186	98,882	339,609
NAWCA	1,515,471	75,630	35,451	1,626,552
NWR	602,787	29,621	46,798	679,206
Other	6,778	7,504	57	14,339
PFW	7,284	137,731	103,305	248,320
ST	572,885	19,294	176,012	768,191
TNC	888,313	0	0	888,313
USFS	1,359	232	2,035	3,626
Total	3,805,981	370,028	462,540	4,638,549

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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