Restore and enhance shortleaf pine ecosystems on the Skinner Mountain Forest Property located iin Fentress and Overton Counties, Tennessee. Project will establish 123 acres of shortleaf pine, enhance an additional 159 acres of existing shortleaf-hardwood forest through thinning and prescribed burning, and permanently protect 11,734 acres with a working forest conservation easement.
NFWF Grant Profile
Conservation Program(s):
Cumberland Plateau-Southern Appalachians Fund
Project Title: Skinner Mountain Forest Shortleaf Pine Restoration and Conservation (TN)
Organization:
The Conservation Fund, A Nonprofit Corporation
Project ID:
1904.18.059717
Description:
Award Amount:
$100000.00
Location:
Within 19 miles of Cookeville and Crossville, Tennessee, Skinner Mountain Forest is located in Fentress and Overton Counties. On the escarpment of the Cumberland Plateau, the Property is within the Forestland Stewards Initiative’s aquatic and terrestrial Daniel Boone National Forest focal area.