North American Wetlands Conservation Act Mexico Standard Grants Program Application Instructions

The NAWCA Mexico program promotes partnerships between public agencies and groups interested in: 

1. protecting, improving, restoring, and managing an appropriate distribution and diversity of wetland ecosystems and other habitats for wetlands-associated migratory birds and other fish and wildlife in North America; 
2. maintaining and improving the current distributions of wetlands-associated migratory bird populations; and 
3. maintaining an abundance of waterfowl (ducks, geese, and swans) and other populations of wetlands-associated migratory birds consistent with the objectives of the North American Waterfowl Management Plan, U.S. Shorebird Conservation Plan, Waterbird Conservation Plan for the Americas, Partners in Flight Bird Conservation Plan, and other international obligations contained in the treaties and migratory bird conventions and other agreements with Canada, Mexico, and other countries.