Acquire and manage the 6,065-acre Canoochee Sandhills property in Georgia to create a new publicly accessible wildlife management area. Project will support viable gopher tortoise habitat to potentially avoid a federal listing of this candidate species, as well as allow for expansion of longleaf pine habitat on the property.
NFWF Grant Profile
Conservation Program(s):
Acres for America
Project Title: Acquisition of Canoochee Sandhills for Gopher Tortoise Conservation (GA)
Organization:
Georgia Department of Natural Resources
Project ID:
0701.18.061357
Description:
Award Amount:
$500000.00
Location:
Bulloch and Bryan Counties, Georgia