NFWF Grant Profile

Conservation Program(s):
America the Beautiful Challenge
Project Title: Capacity Building and Technical Assistance to Farmers for Shorebirds of Louisiana Wetlands
Organization:
Manomet, Inc.
Project ID:
5200.23.077692
Description:

Increase capacity and technical assistance for farmers and land managers within the Working Lands for Wildlife Louisiana Wetlands Shorebird initiative. Project will increase delivery of improved habitat provisioning, expand the initiative to include a wider variety of practices, target outreach to historically underserved and Special Emphasis categories, and enhance International Shorebird Survey monitoring to measure the response to practice implementation.

Award Amount:
$217574.55
Location:
Currently this project is focused in South Louisiana and the North East region along the Mississippi Alluvial Valley, however with the additional focus on grazing lands this area will expand to include all of Louisiana.