Assist public and private landowners with prescribed fire management and longleaf restoration in south Georgia and north Florida. Project will support prescribed fire capacity including a prescribed burn association to assist with 3,000 acres of prescribed burning, plant 250 acres of longleaf pine on public and private lands, and protect 1,000 acres of existing longleaf habitat with voluntary conservation easements, benefitting gopher tortoise, red-cockaded woodpecker and northern bobwhite.
NFWF Grant Profile
Conservation Program(s):
Longleaf Stewardship Fund
Project Title: Restoring Longleaf Pine Forests and At-Risk Species in the Southeastern Plain of Georgia and Florida
Organization:
Tall Timbers Research, Inc.
Project ID:
1903.23.079052
Description:
Award Amount:
$749955.42
Location:
Private lands in Southwest Georgia and North Florida, within the region known as the Southeastern Coastal Plain Ecoregion. Outreach will occur within areas of GA and FL and the greater longleaf pine range that continues to offer conservation opportunities related to longleaf pine-dominated ecosyste