Establish 850 acres of longleaf pine and enhance an additional 5,000 acres of existing longleaf habitat with prescribed fire and mid-story hardwood removal on public and private lands within the South-Lowcountry and ACE Basin in South Carolina. Project will conserve working forests with conservation easements and restore populations of gopher tortoises by hatching and releasing up to 100 juvenile tortoises on restored habitat.
NFWF Grant Profile
Conservation Program(s):
Longleaf Stewardship Fund
Project Title: South Lowcountry - ACE Basin Longleaf Ecosystem Restoration Partnership (SC) - VI
Organization:
The Longleaf Alliance, Inc.
Project ID:
1903.20.067499
Description:
Award Amount:
$286000.00
Location:
Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Beaufort, Colleton, Hampton, Jasper, western Orangeburg (between the forks of the Edisto River) and southern McCormick counties, South Carolina