Plan and implement voluntary conservation activities on USDA Agricultural Conservation Easement – Wetland Reserve Easements to improve wildlife habitat and timber quality within the Mississippi Alluvial Valley of Arkansas. Project will establish 6,000 acres of new bottomland hardwood forests, improve hydrology on 10,000 acres of wetlands and improve 3,000 acres of existing hardwood forest with wildlife-friendly forest treatments, benefitting forest birds, swamp rabbit, and waterfowl.
NFWF Grant Profile
Conservation Program(s):
Lower MS Alluvial Valley Fund
Project Title: Arkansas Wetland Reserve Easement Bottomland Hardwood Conservation Partnership
Organization:
National Wild Turkey Federation, Inc.
Project ID:
1907.23.079705
Description:
Award Amount:
$149994.94
Location:
Mississippi Alluvial Valley of Arkansas