The proposed work on pocosin lakes NWR is high priority area for breeding habitat for threatened eastern black rails

Active Cooperative Agreement Awarded

Award ID
F23AC01423
Recipient
Awarding agency
Obligated
$180,000

Award facts

Assistance listing
15.630 Coastal
Completion date 65% complete
Funding agency
DOI Fish and Wildlife Service Region 4 Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
Place of performance
North Carolina, USA

Award details come from USAspending.gov.

Description

As the agency reported it.

The project will also restore globally threatened AWC (chamaecyparis thyoides) forests within its historic range . 1) the proposed work includes a) create elevation, shallow water and wetland edge habitat for eastern black rail breeding habitat adjacent to a canal (3 acres) and to improve water quality (grassy ridge flood reduction study) B) conversion of 40 acres of cropland to early successional emergent wetland with hummocks that will provide preferred habitat for breeding black rails C) conversion of 30 acres of cropland to AWC forest. AWC seedlings will be planted building on previous restoration at 1) restoration stand planted by weyerhaeuser with support from USFWS on refuge in the early 1990S and 2) the millennium forest planted by volunteers in 2002. The interested public and local school children will be educated on the progress of this work and will assist with local volunteer planting of AWC seedlings.

Quick answers

Who received award F23AC01423?

F23AC01423 was awarded to North Carolina Wildlife Federation, Inc. by DOI Fish and Wildlife Service Headquarters Region 9 (Fish and Wildlife Service) on July 13, 2023.

How much is award F23AC01423 worth?

$180,000 has been obligated on F23AC01423.

Which agency awarded F23AC01423?

DOI Fish and Wildlife Service Headquarters Region 9 (Fish and Wildlife Service) awarded F23AC01423, with funding from DOI Fish and Wildlife Service Region 4 (Fish and Wildlife Service).

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