NFWF Grant Profile

Conservation Program(s):
Conservation Partners
Project Title: Increasing Technical Assistance for Grassland Conservation in the Red Hills (KS, OK)
Organization:
The Nature Conservancy
Project ID:
2004.21.072356
Description:

Increase capacity for The Nature Conservancy’s Red Hills Initiative, a ten-year community-based conservation effort for the Red Hills landscape of Kansas and Oklahoma that provides a full suite of technical private lands assistance, such as prescribed burn and regenerative grazing plans, as well as assistance with management of invasive species. Project will improve management on 100,000 acres and restore 50,000 acres of private working lands.

Award Amount:
$250017.11
Location:
The Red Hills project area is spread throughout the following counties in Kansas: Barber, Comanche, Clark, Kiowa, Meade, Pratt; and these counties in Oklahoma: Harper, Woods, Woodward. All or parts of these counties fall within the boundaries of the Red Hills physiographic region.