Expand the footprint of the Upper Greenbrier River Watershed restoration efforts from the headwaters located on public lands in the Monongahela National Forest to the downstream watersheds dominated by private lands, in one of the largest identified eastern brook trout patches on the river. Project will install three miles of livestock exclusion fencing, restore six miles of riparian forest buffer and implement best management practices for sediment reduction on 200 acres.
NFWF Grant Profile
Conservation Program(s):
Central Appalachia Habitat Stewardship Program
Project Title: Linking Stream Habitat on Public and Private Lands in the Upper Greenbrier River to Benefit Brook Trout (WV)
Organization:
Trout Unlimited, Inc.
Project ID:
0407.19.066366
Description:
Award Amount:
$95413.65
Location:
Upper Greenbrier River, Towns of Cass and Durbin, Pocahontas County, West Virginia