This project entails the restoration and enhancement of fish and wildlife habitat in kentucky for federal trust species through the partners for fish and wildlife program

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program (CFDA 15.631) provides $160,000 to the Kentucky Chapter of The Wildlife Society to restore and enhance fish and wildlife habitats in Kentucky. The funding will support the recipient's efforts to work with private landowners and conservation partners to implement projects that conserve wetlands, streams, aquatic habitats, grasslands, and other habitats that benefit federal trust species, including migratory birds, federally listed species, and other declining species. The project is expected to run from October 1, 2024 to October 1, 2028.

The recipient will use the funding provided under this agreement to further its existing efforts to work with private landowners and conservation partners in kentucky that are interested in implementing projects that would conserve wetland stream other aquatic habitats grasslands and other federal trust species. These efforts by the recipient will be specifically directed to projects on private lands and with conservation partners that would provide conservation benefits for a wide variety of fish and wildlife species including migratory birds federally listed species and other declining species and game and non game fish and wildlife. This project will encompass the state of kentucky.