Prioritize landscape habitat connectivity projects by implementing brush control across multiple cross-jurisdictional properties within the lesser prairie-chicken Core Management Area in southeastern New Mexico. Initiative will remove previously treated, dead, standing mesquite structures from nearly 7,000 acres and remove 5 miles of derelict fencing to improve grassland health, support biodiversity and improve climate resilience.
NFWF Grant Profile
Conservation Program(s):
Southern Great Plains
Project Title: Restoring Grasslands by Removing Dead Standing Mesquite to Benefit Lesser Prairie-Chicken (NM)
Organization:
The Center of Excellence
Project ID:
2507.22.073861
Description:
Award Amount:
$175678.94
Location:
The lesser prairie-chicken Core Management Area in southeastern New Mexico.