U.S. Fish & Wildlife ServiceIn 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. 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. 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 e 2021 projects will impact a community in which residents have been denied access to nature and natural resources in the past.ArcGIS FeatureLayerhttps://hub.arcgis.com/datasets/161ceb9c7e3049c8be85a15893bcba6f_0engU.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Open DataPublicDelaware Watershed National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Grants, 2021, FWS North Atlantic-Appalachian Region [United States]Web servicesUnited States2021