Virginia department of wildlife resourcesmanagement, maintenance, and improvements to vdwr public landsproject abstractcapital PROJECTSW48DGRANT proposal: construction, maintenance, and improvements…

Virginia department of wildlife resourcesmanagement, maintenance, and improvements to vdwr public landsproject abstractcapital PROJECTSW48DGRANT proposal: construction, maintenance, and improvements to vdwr infrastructure. This grant will provide funding for the construction, maintenance, and improvements to increase habitat to support forest, open land and wetland dependent wildlife species. Those seeking to participate in recreational opportunities such as hunting, trapping, viewing, studying, and photographing wildlife will have an abundance of fields, forests and waters to do so. The virginia department of wildlife will manage 49 wildlife management areas and 29 wildlife conservation sites encompassing approximately 230,000 acres to conserve and manage wildlife habitat for species of wild birds and mammals and to provide public hunting, trapping, and other wildlife dependent activities statewide in virginia. This grant will enable the department to:1.coordinate, plan and implement capital improvements in state-owned wildlife management areas, including the construction of three (3) work-center facilities, PIT toilet, bridge, and other infrastructure (roads, trails, parking areas, kiosks, boundary identification, and informational signage structures.2.the infrastructure will allow wildlife management staff to store and perform maintenance on equipment and machinery.3.provide staff meeting and office space that is compliant with americans with disabilities act accessibility standards. The construction projects program allows and provides support for the implementation of wildlife habitat management activities as stated in the grant proposal including providing public access and habitat for forest, open land and wetland dependent wildlife species.