Engage landowners with legacy coal mine sites in the Cumberland River Basin of Kentucky and Tennessee to restore riparian buffers, improve stream habitat and establish bird and pollinator habitat. Project will plant 140,000 trees on 200 acres of legacy mine land and engage 50 landowners to implement conservation actions on their land.
NFWF Grant Profile
Conservation Program(s):
Cumberland Plateau-Southern Appalachians Fund
Project Title: Restoring Abandoned and Legacy Mine Lands for Wildlife Conservation (KY, TN)
Organization:
Cumberland River Compact, Inc.
Project ID:
1904.23.080256
Description:
Award Amount:
$221999.93
Location:
Abandoned and legacy mine lands in the Cumberland River Basin of Kentucky and Tennessee