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
Description:

Restore and steward the recently reacquired lands of the Upper Mattaponi Indian Tribe in King William County through conservation design and implementation of aquatic ecosystem restoration efforts. Project will implement 115 acres of agricultural conservation practices to improve water quality and habitat and restore a half mile of stream habitat.

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.