Since its establishment in 1971, the Waterfowl Festival event has raised nearly $5.7 million for wildlife and habitat conservation, education and research. To date, the organization has invested nearly $4 million in habitat conservation, more than $1.2 million in environmental education, and more than $26,000 in wildlife research initiatives.
The following is a partial summary of projects supported, and partners with which we have collaborated, over the last decade:
Adkins Arboretum
- Native Plant Restoration and Wetland Habitat Enhancement
- Environmental Studies Internship Program
- Expansion of Native Landscape Education for Middle School Students
- Construction of Accessible Wetlands Viewing Boardwalk and Platform
- Arboretum Orientation and Outdoor Education for Children
Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
- Restoration of Interpretive Center Waterfowl Wetland Habitat
- Construction of Hiking Trails to Expand Wildlife Viewing for Refuge Visitors
Chesapeake Bay Environmental Center
- Waterfowl Conservation Education Programs for Visitors and Students
- Multi-Phase Lake Knapp Restoration Project
- Construction of Wildfowl Care Facility
Chesapeake Bay Foundation
- On-the-Water Field Trips for Local Elementary Students Aboard Skipjack Sailboat
Chesapeake Wildlife Heritage
- Chesapeake Wetlands and Buffer Restoration Projects
- Support for Sanctuaries in Non-Hunted Areas for Wintering Canada Geese
- Wood Duck Nesting Box Construction and Maintenance
Ducks Unlimited
- Delmarva Peninsula Habitat Landowner Stewardship Projects
- Multi-Phase Wetland Restoration at Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge
Eastern Shore Land Conservancy
- Landowner Stewardship Initiatives for Critical Farm and Habitat Properties
Echo Hill Outdoor School
- Estuarine Ecology Multi-Day Field Experience for Middle School Students
Environmental Concern
- Schoolyard Habitat Installation Projects for Teachers and Students
- ‘Wetlands on Wheels’ Mobile Nature Experience for Elementary School Students
- Environmentally Sensitive Erosion Control and Wetland Demonstration Project
Fair Hill Environmental Center
- Elementary School Environmental Education Programs
Horn Point Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
- Research Fellowship on Ecological Issues Facing Submerged Aquatic Vegetation
- Wetlands Workshops for High School Science Teachers
Jean duPont Shehan Audubon Sanctuary
- Wetlands Installation and Habitat Restoration
Living Shoreline Educational Programming at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum
Pickering Creek Audubon Environmental Center
- Conservation Education Field Trip Experience for Elementary School Students
- Birding and Fishing Watershed Ecology Program for High School Biology Students
- Lifetime of Stewardship Youth Educational Programming
Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art
- Chesapeake Bay Headwaters Ecosystem Studies for Students and Teachers