{"id":10234,"date":"2025-05-30T14:23:39","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T18:23:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/units.fisheries.org\/habitat\/?p=10234"},"modified":"2025-05-30T14:23:41","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T18:23:41","slug":"u-s-fish-and-wildlife-service-and-partners-announce-more-than-23-4-million-for-fish-habitat-conservation-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/units.fisheries.org\/habitat\/u-s-fish-and-wildlife-service-and-partners-announce-more-than-23-4-million-for-fish-habitat-conservation-in-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Partners Announce More than $23.4 Million for Fish Habitat Conservation in 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

For Immediate Release: May 29, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contact: Ryan Roberts (rroberts@\ufb01shwildlife.org)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/a>U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Partners Announce More than $23.4 Million for Fish Habitat Conservation in 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n


(Washington, DC)<\/strong> – Through the National Fish Habitat Partnership (NFHP) (htps:\/\/\ufb01shhabitat.org)<\/a>, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and partners are providing more than $23.4 million to support 53 on-the-ground fish habitat conservation projects in 29 states. The USFWS is providing $5.9 million this year, with non-governmental organizations, state resource agencies, and other partners contributing an additional $20.4 million. This represents a 6.7:1 leveraged funding match for NFHP funding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


These projects empower and boost locally led conservation e\ufb00orts that restore and reconnect habitats to create more robust \ufb01sh populations, improved \ufb01shing opportunities, and healthier waterways. Twenty individual Fish Habitat Partnerships across the nation make up our national e\ufb00orts and work with a variety of partners, including private landowners, farmers and ranchers, Tribes, non-pro\ufb01t organizations, state, federal, and local government agencies, and many others to achieve \ufb01sh habitat conservation goals that protect, restore, and enhance habitat conditions locally for \ufb01sh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


In 2025, project types include removing barriers to \ufb01sh passage, reducing erosion from farm and ranchlands, restoring stream banks, combating the impacts of drought, and conducting monitoring and assessment work to identify conservation needs for \ufb01sh and their habitats. This year\u2019s projects meet local priorities through partnerships that span from restoring urban and suburban streams to reconnecting tidal wetlands, in states across the country from Alaska to Vermont. Projects target and address limiting factors to improve habitat, water quality, and bene\ufb01t our nation\u2019s \ufb01sheries resources. This funding will also support the coordination of individual Fish Habitat Partnerships and the operations of the National Fish Habitat Board to help establish national priorities under NFHP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


“Annually, the National Fish Habitat Partnership focuses on putting priority conservation projects on-the-ground through partnerships, which benefit both fish and the American people,” said Tim Schaeffer, Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission and Chair of the National Fish Habitat Board. <\/strong>“These locally-driven projects are designed to leave a conservation legacy for the protection, restoration and enhancement of fish habitat for future generations to enjoy in the outdoors.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n


View the full list of 2025 funded projects.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NFHP uses a nationally focused aquatic conservation strategy to maximize the reach of limited \ufb01sh habitat conservation dollars. Under NFHP, federal, state, tribal, and privately raised funds are leveraged through regional Fish Habitat Partnerships to address the nation\u2019s biggest \ufb01sh habitat challenges. The USFWS is a key partner in implementing the partnership, providing leadership and technical expertise on the local, regional, and national levels, as well as \ufb01nancial assistance directly to partners for on-the-ground conservation projects. Since 2006, the USFWS has provided over $65.6 million to conservation projects which leveraged at a 5:1 ratio to provide over $335 million in funding support for \ufb01sh habitat conservation projects that improve angling and recreational opportunities across the nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NFHP assembles the collective expertise of federal, state, and non-governmental organizations to identify and prioritize conservation work to achieve signi\ufb01cant bene\ufb01ts for \ufb01sh and other aquatic resources for the American people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information on all of our NFHP projects, please visit our Projects and Accomplishments Dashboard<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About the National Fish Habitat Partnership<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since 2006, NFHP has supported over 1,500 projects benefitting \ufb01sh habitat throughout all 50 states. This e\ufb00ort works to conserve \ufb01sh habitat nationwide, leveraging federal, state, tribal, and private funding resources to achieve the greatest e\ufb00ect on \ufb01sh populations through priority conservation projects of 20 Fish Habitat Partnerships that are organized around key \ufb01sh species, geographic areas, or important \ufb01sh habitats. In 2020, NFHP was recognized by Congress as part of the America\u2019s Conservation Enhancement (ACE) Act, and was reauthorized in 2024 through passage of the America’s Conservation Enhancement Reauthorization Act. NFHP guidance and policies are developed in conjunction with our partnerships and National Fish Habitat Board. For more information, visit: htps:\/\/\ufb01shhabitat.org\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For Immediate Release: May 29, 2025 Contact: Ryan Roberts (rroberts@\ufb01shwildlife.org) U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Partners Announce More than $23.4 Million for Fish Habitat Conservation in 2025 (Washington, DC) – Through […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9447,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[288,358],"class_list":["post-10234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-fish-habitat","tag-habitat"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/units.fisheries.org\/habitat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/units.fisheries.org\/habitat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/units.fisheries.org\/habitat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/units.fisheries.org\/habitat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/units.fisheries.org\/habitat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10234"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/units.fisheries.org\/habitat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10234\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10235,"href":"https:\/\/units.fisheries.org\/habitat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10234\/revisions\/10235"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/units.fisheries.org\/habitat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/units.fisheries.org\/habitat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/units.fisheries.org\/habitat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/units.fisheries.org\/habitat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}