NFWF Grant Profile

Conservation Program(s):

Chesapeake Bay Small Watershed Grants

Project Title: Women for the Land: Voices for Soil and Water Conservation in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed (PA, VA)

Organization:

American Farmland Trust

Project ID:

0603.17.057431

Description:

Provide direct on-farm technical assistance to graduates of American Farmland Trust’s Women for the Land’s Learning Circles for conservation of the Chesapeake Bay.

Project will provide one-on-one assistance to 20 women landowners, implement nutrient and pasture management plans and ten livestock exclusions.

Award Amount:

$195056.15

Location:

This project will work in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed in the western portion of Chester County, Pennsylvania, the Middle River watershed in Augusta County, and Smith Creek watershed in Rockingham County, Virginia.