Provide targeted outreach and technical assistance to landowners to implement riparian, instream habitat and water quality projects in priority eastern brook trout sub-watersheds of the the Middle and Upper Connecticut River. Project will plant riparian buffers on four acres to reduce stream temperatures and increase wildlife habitat, and create one mile of restored instream habitat through large wood and log jam additions that increase structural complexity.
NFWF Grant Profile
Conservation Program(s):
New England Forests and Rivers Fund
Project Title: Restoring Riparian and Instream Habitat for Trout in the Connecticut River Watershed (MA, NH, VT)
Organization:
Connecticut River Watershed Council dba Connecticut River Conservancy
Project ID:
0405.18.061317
Description:
Award Amount:
$151564.50
Location:
Tributaries of the Middle and Upper Connecticut River, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont