NFWF Grant Profile

Conservation Program(s):
Northern Great Plains
Project Title: Supporting Landowners in Using Prescribed Fire Regimes to Restore Nebraska's Sandhills (NE)
Organization:
Pheasants Forever, Inc.
Project ID:
2501.23.078339
Description:

Restore grasslands in the Nebraska Sandhills by removing invasive Eastern Red Cedar, reseeding with native vegetation, improving grazing infrastructure, increasing capacity, training landowners in prescribed fire regimes, and providing one-on-one support to landowners. Project will improve management on 27,000 acres through prescribed burns and managed grazing, and restore 90,000 acres through brush management and reseeding.

Award Amount:
$1000000.00
Location:
Nebraska Sandhills