Increase enrollment in and implementation of agricultural and forest best management practices - such as riparian buffers, filter strips, pollinator habitat, cover crops, and livestock fencing- to improve streams, wetlands, and groundwater resources in the Kirkwood-Cohansey Aquifer area. Project will implement 500 acres of agricultural best management practices, restore two miles of riparian buffer, and conduct outreach to 2,500 individuals.
NFWF Grant Profile
Conservation Program(s):
Delaware River Restoration Fund
Project Title: Installing Agricultural Best Management Practices in the Kirkwood-Cohansey (NJ)
Organization:
New Jersey Audubon Society
Project ID:
0403.17.056770
Description:
Award Amount:
$150000.00
Location:
Targeted outreach and implementation will be conducted in the Salem, Cohansey-Maurice, Cape May, Greater Hammonton, and Rancocas focus areas, as delineated in the William Penn Foundation's Kirkwood Cohansey Cluster Plan. Special consideration will go towards focus areas proposed in Phase II.