NFWF Grant Profile

Conservation Program(s):
Lower MS Alluvial Valley Fund
Project Title: Revising the Lower Mississippi Desired Forest Condition for Wildlife Report (AR, KY, LA, MO, MS, TN)
Organization:
Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Foundation
Project ID:
1907.20.067445
Description:

Update the Lower Mississippi Valley Joint Venture’s Desired Forest Condition for Wildlife report, which provides technical guidance to land managers on how to manage bottomland hardwood forests for the conservation of wildlife. Project will revise the report to integrate new science on the habitat needs of priority wildlife species, include updates from the Forest Resource Conservation Working Group, and add a section dedicated to the management of restored or young bottomland hardwood stands.

Award Amount:
$79254.00
Location:
Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley from the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers at Cairo, Illinois, to the northern Gulf of Mexico