NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION

PEOPLE & WILDLIFE
This male golden plover performs a distraction display at Alaska’s Yukon Delta National
Wildlife Refuge, where in 2015 NFWF funded an effort by Manomet Bird Observatory
to survey shorebird populations at critical nesting sites. The Manomet grant was
one of more than 35 awarded in 2015 that benefited not only wildlife, but the many
communities and cultures in Alaska that rely directly on natural resources. NFWF grants
funded research on arctic ice seals and Cook Inlet beluga whales, conservation of
salmon, and efforts to recruit and train young Alaska Natives to protect wildlife habitats.
A golden plover guards
its nest in Alaska.