Expand technical assistance capacity among the collaborative partners in the headwaters of the Chesapeake Bay in Virginia to improve water quality and habitat for native eastern brook trout. Project will install 15 miles of exclusion fencing, establish 80 acres of new riparian forest buffer, exclude livestock from and protect 151 acres, and restore and stabilize 14 miles of streambanks and 1.5 miles of eroding streambanks.
NFWF Grant Profile
Conservation Program(s):
Chesapeake Bay Innovative Nutrient and Sediment Reduction
Project Title: Accelerating Sediment Reductions Through Collaborative Technical Assistance in Virginia Headwaters
Organization:
Trout Unlimited, Inc.
Project ID:
0602.20.067738
Description:
Award Amount:
$949141.99
Location:
Western region of Virginia in the Upper James and Shenandoah River watersheds, Highland, Bath, Augusta, Rockingham, Page, Shenandoah, Frederick, and Clarke counties