Plant forested riparian buffers on privately owned sites in federal, state, and local priority areas in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, and New Hampshire. Project will plant 6,000 trees on 10 sites, restore two and a half miles of forested buffers and restore 15 acres of agricultural field buffers to improve water quality, and enhance the long-term persistence of native aquatic species, including eastern brook trout, diadromous fishes, and spotted turtle, Blandings turtle and wood turtle.
NFWF Grant Profile
Conservation Program(s):
New England Forests and Rivers Fund
Project Title: Implementing Riparian Buffer Restoration Efforts for Turtles and Priority Species (CT, MA, VT, NH)
Organization:
Connecticut River Watershed Council dba Connecticut River Conservancy
Project ID:
0405.23.077564
Description:
Award Amount:
$158706.00
Location:
Ottaquechee River and West River, Vermont, Mascoma River and Ashuelot River, New Hampshire. Mill River and Fort River, Massachusetts, and Farmington River and Whalebone Cove, Connecticut