Projects & Grants

How Torrent Ducks in Venezuela are getting a helping hand from IWWA, the Walt Disney Company and Bronx Zoo to mention a few.

With the help of the IWWA, the USFWS and other conservation groups, Aleutian canada Geese get breeding assistance on Kuril Islands. Dr. Gerasimov goes to work re-establishing populations of a one time severely endangered species.

Drought reduces the amount of water available to a population of 500 Trumpeter Swans in Harriman State Park in Idaho. Acting after hearing 50 swans had already died, IWWA assisted in purchasing water to support suffering populations and allowed for feeding stations to be established.

Avian tuberculosis has been a problem in the conservation of certain species of waterfowl. Read what Dr. Gary Riggs and IWWA are doing to combat this continuing problem.

The Peregrine Fund and IWWA consider the Nene O Molak’I Nene program to be an important and needed program. See how we’re creating successes with regards to giving the Nene a better chance for survival.

St. Cloud State University in Minnesota focuses on breeding biology along with migration routes, stopover area, staging grounds and wintering grounds of Greater Sandhill Cranes with sandhill grant from IWWA.

Read about a development grant to increase fertility in the Mountain Blue Duck. IWWA and The Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust work together to help maintain the genetic diversity in current captive populations.

Every year, the IWWA Board of Directors utilizes the funds generated from the previous year’s conference auction and raffle to support worthy waterfowl projects. Learn how to successfully apply and secure funds for your project!

With the help of IWWA, the Washington Brant Foundation purchased a high quality mini video camera to capture educational footage for use in school and public presentations.

Read how a successful letter writing campaign to the Alaskan government secured protection for the Tule Goose. The IWWA as an organization, and many individual members, wrote letters to Alaskas Senators and Representatives in support of Tule legislation.

Lis Glassco Hudson was the ultimate mentor for many of today’s most successful zoo professionals and aviculturists. A fund was established after her death to help cover a percentage of air fare costs and other expenses incurred during the internship program. Read more on how this fund has helped aviculture interns since 2002.

IWWA lends support to the Masked Duck with a grant to observe wild birds. Observations should lead to better successes in establishing captive populations. Learn how grant recipient Brad Hazelton is planning on using the funds.

Read more about an internationally televised Swan Goose release in Russia made possible with funding from IWWA. See how a private donation of geese, and funding from IWWA, lead the Moscow Zoo to introduce a public awareness program to bring the species back to the Amur River Basin.

This important project will continue for several years until the IWWA has brought as many of the “once common” species back into private and public collections.

The deforestation taking place in Venezuela is increasing the difficulty for the Orinoco geese to breed and get their broods to the safety of water.

Learn more about how SeaWorld and IWWA have teamed to provide support to the White-Winged Wood Duck by establishing a breeding facility in Scotland Neck, North Carolina.

IWWA was made aware of the Spanish white-headed duck problem and approved measures to support the preservation of this species habitat. Thanks to the efforts of IWWA, the local government became more aware of the problems and took responsibility for continued habitat preservation for the Spanish white-headed duck.

See how a successful wetland fencing project in New Mexico was created when IWWA helped the Pueblo of Zuni secure a $10,000 USF&WS grant. The project helped balance the fight against cattle and their disastrous grazing on reservation wetlands.