NFWF Grant Profile

Conservation Program(s):

Chesapeake Bay Small Watershed Grants

Project Title: Restoring and Stewarding the Ancestral Watershed of the Upper Mattaponi Indian Tribe (VA)

Organization:

Upper Mattaponi Indian Tribe

Project ID:

0603.22.075867

Award Amount:

$500000.00

Location:

King William county, middle peninsula of Virginia. The project is on aylett creek, connected to the Mattaponi River, flowing to the Chesapeake Bay. The Tribe recently acquired these lands and is responsible for site management. The Tribe intends to put them in to trust with the federal government.