NFWF Grant Profile

Conservation Program(s):
Southwestern Rivers
Project Title: Grassland Restoration and Reconnection in Hudspeth County and Hovey Grasslands (TX)
Organization:
Parks and Wildlife Foundation of Texas, Inc.
Project ID:
2504.23.078505
Description:

Conduct herbicide application restoring 10,000 acres of brush-invaded dry mixed prairie in northern Hudspeth County and Hovey Grasslands in Brewster and Pecos counties, critical habitat for chestnut-collared longspur, sprague’s pipit, and pronghorn. Project will strategically expand existing grassland for the greatest net gain of contiguous, usable habitat for grassland species with an emphasis on reconnecting patches of intact prairie.

Award Amount:
$346650.47
Location:
Dry mixed pararies in Northern Hudspeth County, Texas and Hovey Grasslands in Brewster and Pecos counties, Texas