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The Atlantic Coastal Fish Habitat Partnership (ACFHP) received funding from the National Fish Habitat Partnership (NFHP) for ACFHP operations and two habitat restoration projects. Both habitat restoration projects receiving FY14 NFHP funding, through the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, are oyster reef restoration projects.…

Thanks to the hard work and cooperation amongst our Federal, state, conservation organizations, and local partners it has been an exciting and productive year in the Atlantic Coastal Fish Habitat Partnership (ACFHP)!  We have made great strides in building our project funding and endorsement programs, strengthening our par…

  In 2012, three Fish Habitat Partnerships -- the Eastern Brook Trout Joint Venture (EBTJV), the Atlantic Coastal Fish Habitat Partnership (ACFHP), and the Southeast Aquatic Resources Partnership (SARP) -- formed an alliance to promote a more cohesive implementation of the National Fish Habitat Action Plan, which hel…

The Fall issue of the Coastal Fish Habitat Partnerships (FHPs) Newsletter is now available at: http://hosted.verticalresponse.com/1478605/5c2ff18795/577381587/4b8c446273/   This edition showcases different collaborative fish habitat projects on the east, west and Alaska coasts, including the following:   Restoring N…

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) has announced National Fish Habitat Partnership (NFHP) projects approved to receive USFWS‐NFHP FY2013 funding. The following two project proposals submitted to the Atlantic Coastal Fish Habitat Partnership (ACFHP) were approved to receive funding:     Expanding Mari…

The summer issue of the Coastal Fish Habitat Partnerships Newsletter is now available at: hosted.verticalresponse.com/1478605/95643238a5/577445689/4b8c446273/   This edition showcases different collaborative fish habitat projects on the east, west, and Alaska coasts, including the following:   Grape Creek Projec…

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and the Atlantic Coastal Fish Habitat Partnership (ACFHP) are requesting project applications to restore and conserve habitat necessary to support coastal, estuarine dependent, and diadromous fish species. Federal funding available under the National Fish Habitat Partnership (NFHP)…

Want to read about an exciting volunteer supported oyster restoration project in Jamaica Bay, New York?  Or listen to a podcast about the importance of coral reefs and what you can do to help protect them?  How about watching a video on innovative estuarine research going on in Waquoit Bay, Massachusetts?   Visit t…