Grants

2022 National Public Lands Day Department of Defense Awards

In commemoration of National Public Lands Day (NPLD), the Department of Defense—through the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Environment and Energy Resilience and the Legacy Resource Management Program—offered $160,000 in funding for NPLD projects on military lands that are open for recreation.

The 2022 NPLD DoD Awards will provide up to $20,000 to selected installations to implement pollinator protection projects; climate adaptation/resilience habitat restoration projects; or natural and cultural resources management, restoration, or enhancement projects on or around National Public Lands Day on September 24, 2022.

Grants were awarded to the following recipients:

List of Grantees Awarded

Camp Ripley, Minnesota Army National Guard, Camp Ripley Main Entrance Pollinator Gardens
Hurlburt Field AFB, FL , Hurlburt Field Grace Brown Nature Trail Restoration 2022
Bellows Air Force Station, Hawaii, Mālama Bellows Air Force Station (BAFS) Burial Vault and Out-plant Native Hawaiian Plants
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH, Wright Memorial Tree Planting Event
Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center, Michigan
Joint Base Lewis-McChord Environmental Division, Fish & Wildlife, OR, Riparian Corridor Restoration at Chambers Lake, Joint Base Lewis-McChord
Naval Air Station Kingsville, TX , Naval Air Station Kingsville Native Pollinator Garden Installation at Visitor's Center
White Sands Missile Range - Garrison Environmental, NM, White Sands Missile Range Pollinator Garden and Backyard Habitat Manual
Naval Station Great Lakes, IL, Naval Station Great Lakes Pollinator Garden and Tree Planting
Mississippi National Guard, World War I Training Trench Loop Trail
Naval Submarine Base New London, CT, Admiral Fife Naval Recreation Area Natural Resource Enhancement and Pollinator Protection
Beale Air Force Base, CA, Beale Air Force Base Pollinator Trail
Army Natural Resources Program, Hawaii, Native Plant Shade House and Kahanahāiki Vegetation Restoration
Joint Base San Antonio Natural Resources Office, TX, Camp Bullis Sentinel Landscape Demonstration Garden