{"id":16460,"date":"2022-01-05T17:30:31","date_gmt":"2022-01-05T22:30:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/?p=16460"},"modified":"2022-01-30T23:11:38","modified_gmt":"2022-01-31T04:11:38","slug":"five-grants-to-celebrate-national-bird-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/five-grants-to-celebrate-national-bird-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Grants to Celebrate National Bird Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Birds are a beautiful and important species for many ecosystems. Not only do they help keep away pests, but some members of the bird species also assist with pollinating. According to the organization <a href=\"https:\/\/www.birdlife.org\/news\/2019\/01\/04\/why-we-need-birds-far-more-than-they-need-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">BirdLife International<\/a>, here are a few of the other ways that birds play a special role on our planet: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Birds spread seeds.<\/li><li>They transform entire landscapes.<\/li><li>Birds also keep coral reefs alive.<\/li><li>They help with developments in science.<\/li><li>In addition, they provide waste disposal services.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>However, many species of birds are facing extinction in the current state of the world. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.audubon.org\/news\/what-do-birds-do-us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">National Audubon Society <\/a>predicts that&nbsp;around 1,200 species will battle extinction over the next 100 years. Luckily, many organizations such as this one are doing good work to protect animals and their homes, but this work requires funding that is not always easy to come by. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/grantwatch.com\">GrantWatch <\/a>has a category specifically for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grants-filter.php?recipient_id%5B%5D=Select+All&amp;recipient_id%5B%5D=1&amp;recipient_id%5B%5D=2&amp;recipient_id%5B%5D=3&amp;category_id%5B%5D=45\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pets\/Animals\/Wildlife<\/a> that includes many grants for research regarding animals and habitat restoration. These grants also include funding for many current and upcoming projects to help animals and wildlife. And in honor of National Bird Day on Jan. 5, GrantWatch is sharing five of the grants from this category specifically for helping birds. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Five Grants to Help Bird Organizations Take Flight<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Firstly, there are grants to U.S. and territories nonprofits, for-profits, government agencies, and individuals <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grant\/180336\/grants-to-usa-nonprofits-agencies-for-profits-and-other-partners-to-protect-wetland-bird-habitats.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">for projects to protect migratory bird habitats<\/a>. Required registrations must be completed prior to applying and may take several weeks to complete.<\/li><li>Grants of $500 to Wyoming organizations and individuals for wildlife conservation <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grant\/181882\/grants-to-wyoming-individuals-and-organizations-for-bird-and-wildlife-education-conservation-and-outreach.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">programs that promote the conservation of birds <\/a>and other wildlife through outreach, education, and stewardship. <\/li><li>There are also grants of up to $2,000 to California organizations for programs in the areas of conserving or restoring habitats and protecting species in eligible regions. Funding will be awarded in the areas of the study and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grant\/165018\/grants-to-california-organizations-for-projects-that-promote-protecting-and-studying-wild-birds.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">protection of wild birds<\/a>, environmental education, and community outreach. The geographical area should be within 50 miles of Sacramento.<\/li><li>In addition, there is funding of up to $2,500 to Oregon and California nonprofit organizations and individuals in eligible locations for projects that promote the appreciation of wildlife. Emphasis will be on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grant\/183134\/grants-to-oregon-and-california-nonprofits-and-individuals-to-promote-the-appreciation-of-birds-and-natural-resources.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">projects and initiatives focusing on the bird population<\/a> and other natural resources. Programs must benefit the Klamath Basin region.<\/li><li>Grants of up to $1,000 to Texas nonprofits, school-based groups, and civic organizations <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grant\/177902\/grants-to-texas-nonprofits-and-school-based-groups-in-eligible-counties-for-bird-habitat-conservation-and-education.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">for projects related to birding and bird habitat conservation<\/a>. Funding is to promote understanding, appreciation, and awareness of birds and all wildlife while protecting and preserving their natural habitats. Projects must be based in the Fort Worth area, including Denton, Johnson, Parker, and Tarrant counties.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Ways to Celebrate <a href=\"https:\/\/nationaldaycalendar.com\/national-bird-day-january-5\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">National Bird Day<\/a>:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Donate to a bird sanctuary or aviary.<\/li><li>Add bird feeders and shelters to your backyard. <\/li><li>Join a birdwatching club or buy a bird identifyer book and try it on your own. <\/li><li>Take the time to learn about your state bird. <\/li><li>Visit a zoo or bird sanctuary near you.<\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Birds are a beautiful and important species for many ecosystems. Not only do they help keep away pests, but some<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":141,"featured_media":16851,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sb_is_suggestion_mode":false,"_sb_show_suggestion_boards":false,"_sb_suggestion_history":"","_sb_update_block_changes":"","_is_real_time_mode":false,"_realtime_collaborators":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[124,118,147],"tags":[785,1228,242,145,1227,1028],"class_list":["post-16460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-grants","category-latest","tag-animals","tag-birds","tag-conservation","tag-environment","tag-national-bird-day","tag-wildlife"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.8.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Five Grants to Celebrate National Bird Day<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"GrantWatch has a category specifically for Pets\/Animals\/Wildlife that includes many grants for research regarding animals and habitat restoration. And in honor of National Bird Day on Jan. 5, GrantWatch is sharing five of the grants from this category specifically for helping birds.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/five-grants-to-celebrate-national-bird-day\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Five Grants to Celebrate National Bird Day\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"GrantWatch has a category specifically for Pets\/Animals\/Wildlife that includes many grants for research regarding animals and habitat restoration. And in honor of National Bird Day on Jan. 5, GrantWatch is sharing five of the grants from this category specifically for helping birds.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/five-grants-to-celebrate-national-bird-day\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"GrantNews\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/GrantWatch\/162625900556850\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-01-05T22:30:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-01-31T04:11:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Add-a-heading-2.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"880\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mel\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@grantwatch\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@grantwatch\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Mel\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/five-grants-to-celebrate-national-bird-day\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/five-grants-to-celebrate-national-bird-day\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Mel\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/#\/schema\/person\/48d7eba2c444c78989643f4bacfe5b11\"},\"headline\":\"Five Grants to Celebrate National Bird Day\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-01-05T22:30:31+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-01-31T04:11:38+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/five-grants-to-celebrate-national-bird-day\/\"},\"wordCount\":492,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/five-grants-to-celebrate-national-bird-day\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Add-a-heading-2.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"animals\",\"birds\",\"conservation\",\"environment\",\"National Bird Day\",\"wildlife\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Community\",\"Grants\",\"Latest\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/five-grants-to-celebrate-national-bird-day\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/five-grants-to-celebrate-national-bird-day\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/five-grants-to-celebrate-national-bird-day\/\",\"name\":\"Five Grants to Celebrate National Bird Day\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/five-grants-to-celebrate-national-bird-day\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/five-grants-to-celebrate-national-bird-day\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Add-a-heading-2.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-01-05T22:30:31+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-01-31T04:11:38+00:00\",\"description\":\"GrantWatch has a category specifically for Pets\/Animals\/Wildlife that includes many grants for research regarding animals and habitat restoration. And in honor of National Bird Day on Jan. 5, GrantWatch is sharing five of the grants from this category specifically for helping birds.\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/five-grants-to-celebrate-national-bird-day\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/five-grants-to-celebrate-national-bird-day\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Add-a-heading-2.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Add-a-heading-2.jpg\",\"width\":880,\"height\":500},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/\",\"name\":\"GrantNews\",\"description\":\"Powered By GrantWatch\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/#organization\",\"name\":\"GrantWatch\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/GW.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/GW.jpg\",\"width\":400,\"height\":120,\"caption\":\"GrantWatch\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/GrantWatch\/162625900556850\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/grantwatch\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/grantswatch\/\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/grantwatch-com\",\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/applyforgrants\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC8YAavtZreMRWx67Zkt-Kkg\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/#\/schema\/person\/48d7eba2c444c78989643f4bacfe5b11\",\"name\":\"Mel\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c7bf7f3bdec028a5105e749048c3fc0187cfaa5c8e37d2bb40d407265496723f?s=96&d=identicon&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c7bf7f3bdec028a5105e749048c3fc0187cfaa5c8e37d2bb40d407265496723f?s=96&d=identicon&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Mel\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/author\/melissa\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Five Grants to Celebrate National Bird Day","description":"GrantWatch has a category specifically for Pets\/Animals\/Wildlife that includes many grants for research regarding animals and habitat restoration. And in honor of National Bird Day on Jan. 5, GrantWatch is sharing five of the grants from this category specifically for helping birds.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/five-grants-to-celebrate-national-bird-day\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Five Grants to Celebrate National Bird Day","og_description":"GrantWatch has a category specifically for Pets\/Animals\/Wildlife that includes many grants for research regarding animals and habitat restoration. And in honor of National Bird Day on Jan. 5, GrantWatch is sharing five of the grants from this category specifically for helping birds.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/five-grants-to-celebrate-national-bird-day\/","og_site_name":"GrantNews","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/GrantWatch\/162625900556850","article_published_time":"2022-01-05T22:30:31+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-01-31T04:11:38+00:00","og_image":[{"width":880,"height":500,"url":"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Add-a-heading-2.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Mel","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@grantwatch","twitter_site":"@grantwatch","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Mel","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/five-grants-to-celebrate-national-bird-day\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/five-grants-to-celebrate-national-bird-day\/"},"author":{"name":"Mel","@id":"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/#\/schema\/person\/48d7eba2c444c78989643f4bacfe5b11"},"headline":"Five Grants to Celebrate National Bird Day","datePublished":"2022-01-05T22:30:31+00:00","dateModified":"2022-01-31T04:11:38+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/five-grants-to-celebrate-national-bird-day\/"},"wordCount":492,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/five-grants-to-celebrate-national-bird-day\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Add-a-heading-2.jpg","keywords":["animals","birds","conservation","environment","National Bird Day","wildlife"],"articleSection":["Community","Grants","Latest"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/five-grants-to-celebrate-national-bird-day\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/five-grants-to-celebrate-national-bird-day\/","url":"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/five-grants-to-celebrate-national-bird-day\/","name":"Five Grants to Celebrate National Bird Day","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/five-grants-to-celebrate-national-bird-day\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/five-grants-to-celebrate-national-bird-day\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Add-a-heading-2.jpg","datePublished":"2022-01-05T22:30:31+00:00","dateModified":"2022-01-31T04:11:38+00:00","description":"GrantWatch has a category specifically for Pets\/Animals\/Wildlife that includes many grants for research regarding animals and habitat restoration. And in honor of National Bird Day on Jan. 5, GrantWatch is sharing five of the grants from this category specifically for helping birds.","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/five-grants-to-celebrate-national-bird-day\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/five-grants-to-celebrate-national-bird-day\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Add-a-heading-2.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Add-a-heading-2.jpg","width":880,"height":500},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/","name":"GrantNews","description":"Powered By GrantWatch","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/#organization","name":"GrantWatch","url":"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/GW.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/GW.jpg","width":400,"height":120,"caption":"GrantWatch"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/GrantWatch\/162625900556850","https:\/\/x.com\/grantwatch","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/grantswatch\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/grantwatch-com","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/applyforgrants","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC8YAavtZreMRWx67Zkt-Kkg"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/#\/schema\/person\/48d7eba2c444c78989643f4bacfe5b11","name":"Mel","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c7bf7f3bdec028a5105e749048c3fc0187cfaa5c8e37d2bb40d407265496723f?s=96&d=identicon&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c7bf7f3bdec028a5105e749048c3fc0187cfaa5c8e37d2bb40d407265496723f?s=96&d=identicon&r=g","caption":"Mel"},"url":"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/author\/melissa\/"}]}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Add-a-heading-2.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pck2w8-4hu","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":51699,"url":"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/its-time-to-clean-up-with-conservation-grants\/","url_meta":{"origin":16460,"position":0},"title":"It&#8217;s Time to Clean Up with Conservation Grants","author":"Lori","date":"September 12, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Let's clean up with conservation grants! Conservation efforts must be a priority for us as a global society. There are, of course, untold numbers of people and organizations that contribute much of their time and resources (financial and in-kind support) to ensure that conservation and clean-up efforts remain steadfast. See\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Business&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Business","link":"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/business\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Its-Time-to-Clean-Up.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Its-Time-to-Clean-Up.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Its-Time-to-Clean-Up.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Its-Time-to-Clean-Up.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":74566,"url":"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/protect-rehabilitate-sustain-nonprofit-grants-for-local-wildlife\/","url_meta":{"origin":16460,"position":1},"title":"Protect, Rehabilitate, Sustain: Nonprofit Grants for Local Wildlife","author":"GrantWatch Staff Writer","date":"March 5, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Grants for Local Wildlife help protect, rehabilitate, and sustain fragile wildlife habitats and ecosystems. Step outside at dawn and you will hear it. Birds calling. Leaves shifting. Life moving quietly beside us. Our local wildlife communities are not distant or abstract. They live in our parks, along our shorelines, and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Education&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Education","link":"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/education\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Woman wearing a hard hat walks through a forest while taking notes on a clipboard, representing environmental fieldwork and conservation efforts, with text overlay: \u201cProtect Wildlife Ecosystems with Grants.\u201d","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/204_img-950x650_14.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/204_img-950x650_14.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/204_img-950x650_14.webp?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/204_img-950x650_14.webp?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":11073,"url":"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/pecos-river-gets-1-5-million-in-conservation-grants-grants-directly-from-grantwatch\/","url_meta":{"origin":16460,"position":2},"title":"$1.5 Million in Conservation Grants Awarded &#038; Other Grants Still Available","author":"Lianne Hikind","date":"June 18, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Conservation projects are critical to the maintenance of environmental habitats. Discover the grant funding currently available.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Community&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Community","link":"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/community\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Conservation Southwest","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Conservation-Sothwest-pexels-pixabay-258118.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Conservation-Sothwest-pexels-pixabay-258118.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Conservation-Sothwest-pexels-pixabay-258118.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Conservation-Sothwest-pexels-pixabay-258118.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2364,"url":"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/not-so-killer-whales\/","url_meta":{"origin":16460,"position":3},"title":"Not So Killer Whales","author":"grantnews","date":"January 14, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"There are entire species that are imminently close to extinction. One such species are the Orcas, otherwise known as the Southern Resident Killer Whale. They are endangered and rapidly disappearing, and in desperate need of protection. Killer Whales are protected under the Marine Mammal Protection Act, with Southern Resident Killer\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Latest&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Latest","link":"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/latest\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/orcas.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/orcas.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/orcas.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/orcas.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":46341,"url":"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/how-environmental-conservation-agricultural-grants-save-bees\/","url_meta":{"origin":16460,"position":4},"title":"How Environmental Conservation &amp; Agricultural Grants Save Bees","author":"Danika","date":"June 25, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Planet Earth is our home. Because of this, environmental conservation and agricultural organizations work diligently to preserve and protect our planet. These projects require funding to operate. However, donations and government budgeting do not always cover all of the costs associated with these projects. Because of this, grant funding opportunities\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Business&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Business","link":"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/business\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/How-Environment-Agriculture-Grants-Save-Bees.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/How-Environment-Agriculture-Grants-Save-Bees.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/How-Environment-Agriculture-Grants-Save-Bees.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/How-Environment-Agriculture-Grants-Save-Bees.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":69697,"url":"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/how-can-grants-help-maintain-animal-and-fishery-wildlife\/","url_meta":{"origin":16460,"position":5},"title":"How Can Grants Help Maintain Animal and Fishery Wildlife?","author":"Lori","date":"December 1, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"How Can Grants Help Maintain Animal and Fishery Wildlife? From wetlands to grasslands, forests, and deep-water habitats, every environment plays a role in supporting the species we depend on. Protecting animal wildlife isn't a passive responsibility. We need conservation actions to help preserve our animal and fishery wildlife. While the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Business&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Business","link":"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/business\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"A smiling hiker wearing a hat and backpack stands near a river surrounded by grasses, elk, and waterfowl, with the text \u201cFunding and In-Kind Grants to Protect Water Habitats\u201d displayed over the landscape.","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/135_img-950x650_5.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/135_img-950x650_5.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/135_img-950x650_5.webp?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/135_img-950x650_5.webp?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/141"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16460"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16460\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17364,"href":"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16460\/revisions\/17364"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}