Increase private landowner technical assistance in the Cumberland Plateau region of Tennessee to restore and enhance forest and freshwater habitats. Project will engage 450 landowners to establish or enhance more than 1,000 acres of shortleaf pine-oak and riparian forest and implement best management practices on 350 acres of agricultural land to improve forest habitat and water quality, benefitting northern bobwhite and prairie warbler, as well as freshwater fishes and mussels.
NFWF Grant Profile
Conservation Program(s):
Cumberland Plateau-Southern Appalachians Fund
Project Title: Accelerating Forest Restoration and Management in the Cumberland Plateau (TN)
Organization:
Pheasants Forever, Inc.
Project ID:
1904.20.068893
Description:
Award Amount:
$261578.77
Location:
Tennessee NRCS Area 3