NFWF Grant Profile

Conservation Program(s):

Conservation Partners

Project Title: Evaluating, Implementing, and Communicating the Opportunities to use Grazing as a Management Tool to Maximize Habitat for Wetland and Grassland Dependent Birds in Nebraska’s Rainwater Basin

Organization:

Nebraska Community Foundation FBO Rainwater Basin Joint Venture

Project ID:

2004.15.049522

Award Amount:

$180795.00

Location:

The Rainwater Basin is the focal point of the Central Flyway. During spring migration the Central Flyway constricts through this 6,100 square mile landscape in south-central Nebraska. This landscape corresponds to the Nebraska portion of the Central Loess Plains Major Land Resource Area.