Restore 300 acres and 1.5 miles of secondary channel habitat, install woody debris traps in previously connected secondary channels to increase biological diversity and ecosystem function, providing structure diversity for healthy river indicator aquatic insects. Project will focus on biotic monitoring of gar species abundance at three study sites.
NFWF Grant Profile
Conservation Program(s):
Lower MS Alluvial Valley Fund
Project Title: Improving Aquatic Habitat Connectivity in the Lower Mississippi River (AR, LA, MS, TN)
Organization:
Lower Mississippi River Conservation Committee
Project ID:
1907.23.080651
Description:
Award Amount:
$199999.91
Location:
Lower Mississippi River channel and floodplain in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee