Plant 420 acres of longleaf pine and improve an additional 17,500 acres of existing longleaf habitat with prescribed fire within the Talladega Mountains Longleaf Pine Conservation Partnership area of north-central Alabama and northwest Georgia. Project will increase prescribed fire capacity with seasonal burn crews and establish longleaf on a recently aquired property adjoining the Talladega National Forest, benefitting red-cockaded woodpecker and other longleaf-dependent species.
NFWF Grant Profile
Conservation Program(s):
Longleaf Stewardship Fund
Project Title: Expanding Longleaf Pine Restoration in the Talladega Mountains (AL, GA)
Organization:
The Nature Conservancy
Project ID:
1903.20.067629
Description:
Award Amount:
$274000.00
Location:
North-central Alabama and northwest Georgia