Develop and pilot a conservation incentive program that accelerates the adoption and establishment of riparian forest buffers by agricultural producers in the Susquehanna Basin of York County, Pennsylvania and Cecil and Harford counties in Maryland. Project will multiply the amount of implementation of agricultural best management practices, restore 160 acres of riparian forest habitat, and improve the in-stream habitat and passage specifically for the threatened Chesapeake logperch.
NFWF Grant Profile
Conservation Program(s):
Chesapeake Bay Small Watershed Grants
Project Title: Healthy Streams Farm Stewardship: Chesapeake Logperch Initiative (MD, PA)
Organization:
Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay, Inc.
Project ID:
0603.20.068960
Description:
Award Amount:
$487837.36
Location:
Susquehanna River watersheds in York, Lancaster, Chester Pennsylvania and Harford and Cecil Counties, Maryland