NFWF Grant Profile

Conservation Program(s):
Monarch Butterfly and Pollinators Conservation Fund
Project Title: Providing Technical Assistance for Landowners using Prescribed Fire to Benefit Monarch Habitat (TX)
Organization:
Pheasants Forever, Inc.
Project ID:
2007.19.065852
Description:

Hire a Prescribed Fire Coordinator to provide technical assistance to private working lands through the development of a landscape-scale partnership that will educate and train private landowners and land managers in the use of prescribed fire to enhance habitat for monarchs and other pollinators on central Texas. Project will restore 6,600 acres of habitat, develop 30 conservation plans and facilitate 18 workshops reaching 500 landowners.

Award Amount:
$300000.00
Location:
Workshops will be held primarily in Central Texas, but the project will engage private landowners and managers from throughout the state.