Animals

Below are recent grants made to Animal organizations through the Foundation's competitive grantmaking program. To view current trends and projects as reported by Animal organizations, visit the Animal Field Notes page.

National Wildlife Federation           

Closing the Bacon Creek

$3,000 

The National Wildlife Federation is working to retire livestock grazing on 178,000 acres of the Bridger-Teton National Forest southeast of Grand Teton National Park. The agency has targeted this area as it contains more than 60,000 acres of critical winter range for elk and moose and has a long history of conflict between large predators and livestock. Grants funds will specifically be use to underwrite a portion of the incentive payment provided to the rancher to secure a new grazing location that does not have similar wildlife conflicts. (2007)