Use the best available science to map fire adapted ecological systems, conduct a consensus-based stakeholder process to prioritize sites for prescribed burns, and implement prescribed burning in three high priority locations within the Cumberland Plateau and Mountains in Tennessee. Project will improve forest habitat on 2,000 acres with prescribed fire, drive habitat restoration management to the highest priority locations, and maximize the future investments of all land managers in the region.
NFWF Grant Profile
Conservation Program(s):
Cumberland Plateau-Southern Appalachians Fund
Project Title: Accelerating Restoration of Fire Adapted Habitats on the Cumberland Plateau and Mountains (TN)
Organization:
The Nature Conservancy
Project ID:
1904.18.059367
Description:
Award Amount:
$144161.93
Location:
The project consists of the 23 Tennessee counties that contain a portion of the Cumberland Plateau and Mountains ecoregion.