Delaware Watershed National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Grants, 2021, Northeast U.S.

<span style='color:rgb(47, 79, 79); font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:medium;'>In 2018, the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation launched the Delaware Watershed Conservation Fund in partnership with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The fund represents the first step in implementing a strategy developed by partners with guidance from the Service to focus conservation in four key areas: clean water, habitat, recreation, and flow management. This map displays projects that have been awarded funding to date to help conserve and connect lands and waterways that support native fish, wildlife, and plants, and contribute to the vitality of the communities in the watershed.</span><div><div><span style='color:rgb(47, 79, 79); font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:medium;'><br /></span></div><div><font color='#000000' size='3' style='background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);'><span style='font-family:&quot;Segoe UI&quot;, system-ui, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, sans-serif;'>This dataset represents 32 projects that will use the collective $9.5 million available through the fund, combined with $12 million in matching funds, to move the needle in areas that are critical to the long-term health of the watershed. </span><span style='box-sizing:border-box; font-family:&quot;Segoe UI&quot;, system-ui, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, sans-serif; font-style:inherit; font-weight:inherit; margin:0px;'><span style='box-sizing:border-box; margin:0px; font-style:inherit; font-weight:inherit;'>In 2021, we prioritized funding projects that address racial and economic disparities in benefits from and access to nature to help remove those kinds of barriers. As a result, 47 percent of th</span><span style='box-sizing:border-box; margin:0px; font-style:inherit; font-weight:inherit;'>e 2021 </span><span style='box-sizing:border-box; margin:0px; font-style:inherit; font-weight:inherit;'>projects will impact a community in which residents have been denied access to nature and natural resources in the past.</span></span><span style='box-sizing:border-box; font-family:&quot;Segoe UI&quot;, system-ui, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, sans-serif; font-style:inherit; font-weight:inherit; margin:0px;'> </span></font><span style='color:rgb(47, 79, 79); font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:medium;'><br /></span></div></div>