NFWF’s Cumberland Plateau Stewardship Fund Awards $835,000 in Grants to Advance Forest and Freshwater Habitat Restoration
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Thursday, July 15, 2021
The grants were awarded through the Cumberland Plateau Stewardship Fund (CPSF), a partnership between NFWF and the U.S. Department of Agricultures Natural Resources Conservation Service, the U.S.
Key Points:
- The grants were awarded through the Cumberland Plateau Stewardship Fund (CPSF), a partnership between NFWF and the U.S. Department of Agricultures Natural Resources Conservation Service, the U.S.
- They will also restore aquatic habitats to benefit freshwater fish such as the blackside dace, as well as freshwater mollusks such as the Cumberland elktoe.
- These projects will improve habitat by treating invasive species such as hemlock woolly adelgid and by repairing streambanks to reduce sedimentation and improve in-stream habitat conditions.
- NRCS is pleased to support these habitat restoration projects through our partnership with NFWF, said NRCS Chief Terry Cosby.