Conduct riparian buffer improvements and site-specific and media-based education efforts to diverse audiences throughout the five watersheds of the French Broad River basin. Project will engage 130 community members in live-staking workshops, 350 students in educational programming and 150 volunteers in the removal of invasive species on 5 acres and plant native species on riparian habitat.
NFWF Grant Profile
Conservation Program(s):
Five Star and Nature Restoration Trust
Project Title: Cultivating River Stewards of the French Broad Basin (NC)
Organization:
Haywood Waterways Association, Inc.
Project ID:
1301.20.067522
Description:
Award Amount:
$27899.62
Location:
This project will occur in the French Broad River Watershed of western North Carolina. It will occur at eight sites in Haywood County (Maggie Valley, Waynesville), Buncombe County (Asheville-2), Madison County (Marshall), Transylvania County (Brevard, Rosman), and Yancey County.