NFWF Grant Profile

Conservation Program(s):
Chesapeake Bay Small Watershed Grants
Project Title: Expanding Brook Trout Patch Size and Improving Water Quality in the North River Watershed (VA)
Organization:
Trout Unlimited, Inc.
Project ID:
0603.19.065931
Description:

Restore 1 mile of instream habitat, install 7,000 feet of exclusion fencing, and establish 19 acres of riparian buffer in spring fed streams in the Mossy Creek and Briery Branch subwatersheds of Upper North River. Project will increase and expand eastern brook trout patches and improve water quality in the Shenandoah Valley while providing technical assistance to landowners working to implement restoration projects on their properties.

Award Amount:
$178383.61
Location:
Rockingham and Augusta Counties, Virginia in the North River Watershed