NFWF Grant Profile

Conservation Program(s):
Cumberland Plateau-Southern Appalachians Fund
Project Title: Restoring Forest Habitat for Wildlife in the Cumberland Plateau (KY, TN)
Organization:
The Ruffed Grouse Society
Project ID:
1904.21.071316
Description:

Improve forest health through forest restoration and management to benefit at-risk wildlife species on private and public lands in the Cumberland Plateau region of Kentucky and Tennessee. Project will work with public land managers and private landowners to restore and enhance more than 12,000 acres of shortleaf pine and oak forest habitat to improve populations of golden-winged warbler, ruffed grouse, and other woodland and savanna-dependent species.

Award Amount:
$199807.15
Location:
Southeast Kentucky and Northeast Tennessee