Purchase seeds and plant new native prairie habitat to increase the amount of quality native prairie on public land to benefit monarchs, pollinators, birds, wildlife, water and soil and to improve management on remnant and previously restored prairie and savanna habitat throughout Iowa. Project will bring 2,000 acres under improved management and restore 415 acres of habitat through new prairie plantings.
NFWF Grant Profile
Conservation Program(s):
Monarch Butterfly and Pollinators Conservation Fund
Project Title: Increasing Native Prairie Habitat Abundance and Quality to Benefit Pollinators (IA)
Organization:
Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation
Project ID:
2007.19.065687
Description:
Award Amount:
$75000.00
Location:
Public lands located in the USFWS Wetland Management District on north central Iowa and the Loess Hills Region of western Iowa.