NFWF Grant Profile

Restore grassland and shortleaf pine habitats, treat native hemlocks for the invasive hemlock woolly adelgid along creeks flowing to the Soak Creek State Scenic River, and engage young conservationists and landowners through educational events in Bledsoe and Rhea counties in Tennessee. Project will burn 338 acres of early successional habitat, plant 60,000 shortleaf pine seedlings, and treat 48 acres of hemlock, benefitting prairie warbler and other grassland birds, as well as aquatic species.