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Increasing the Pace and Scale of Forest Restoration and Wildlife Habitat Improvement in Eastern Kentucky

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Agreement Narrative: Increasing the Pace and Scale of Forest Restoration and Wildlife Habitat Improvement in Eastern Kentucky. Primary Funder: USDA Forest Service Landscape Scale Restoration Program Location: Eastern Kentucky (Pineville, Kentucky) Innovation: In Eastern Kentucky, forest wildlife populations have declined since the 1980’s resulting in historically low population levels. Achieving biologically significant levels of young forests, open forests, and late-successional closed forests is critical to support viable wildlife populations and healthy forests on a landscape scale. Our project will facilitate active forest management in priority landscapes from Kentucky’s Forest Action Plan and the Kentucky Ruffed Grouse and Young Forest Strategic Plan to restore...

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To Provide Technical Assistance to Private Landowners and Financial Assistance Through NRCS’s Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) and Working Lands For Wildlife (WLFW) Program (Kentucky, Tennessee)

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Double G Timber Sale  Agreement Narrative: To provide technical assistance to private landowners and financial assistance through NRCS’s Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) and Working Lands For Wildlife (WLFW) program.  Primary Funder: Natural Resources Conservation Service- Tennessee (NRCS-TN) Location: Cumberland Plateau and East Tennessee Innovation: The purpose of this agreement, between the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and the Ruffed Grouse Society & American Woodcock Society (RGS & AWS), is to hire an All-Lands Wildlife Forester in Tennessee (TN) to provide technical assistance to private landowners and financial assistance through NRCS’s Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) and Working Lands For...

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Double G Stewardship Project (Tennessee)

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Double G Timber Sale  Agreement Narrative: Double G Stewardship Project Primary Funder: USDA Forest Service Location: Tellico Ranger District, Cherokee National Forest  Innovation: The purpose of this stewardship project is to improve habitat conditions for ruffed grouse and other wildlife species, and to achieve the Cherokee National Forest’s Forest Plan objectives. There is a need to increase the amount of desired hardwood trees to provide quality forage for wildlife. In addition, trees and shrubs are encroaching on the existing grassy and herbaceous openings that occur within the area. There are also opportunities to enhance foraging and watering sites for bats and other wildlife and...

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Forest Management Support for Project Planning, Design, Implementation, and Monitoring Forest Structure Composition and Age-Class Diversity for at-risk Wildlife and Species of Greatest Conservation Need (SGCN) in Tennessee

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Double G Timber Sale  Agreement Narrative: Forest management support for project planning, design, implementation, and monitoring forest structure composition and age-class diversity for at-risk wildlife and Species of Greatest Conservation Need (SGCN) in Tennessee. Primary Funder: Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) Location: Cumberland Plateau and East TennesseeInnovation: RGS & AWS will provide active forest management support for project planning, design, implementation, and monitoring on state, federal, and private lands. Active forest management will be implemented to achieve improve habitat conditions for at-risk wildlife and Species of Greatest Conservation Need (SGCN). Impact: The project will focus on the following strategies: 1) Coordinate and provide oversight...

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Restoring Forest Habitat for Wildlife in the Cumberland Plateau (Kentucky, Tennessee)

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Agreement Narrative: Restoring Forest Habitat for Wildlife in the Cumberland Plateau (KY, TN)  Primary Funder: National Fish and Wildlife Foundation- Cumberland Plateau Stewardship Fund  Location: Cumberland Plateau in Tennessee and Kentucky Innovation: Over the course of two years, our project will improve forest habitat conditions in the Cumberland Plateau region of Tennessee and Kentucky. We will use active forest management techniques to enhance the diversity of trees and structures within these forests, with a specific focus on benefiting wildlife species that are at risk. Our efforts will be concentrated in the northeastern Freshwater and Terrestrial Focal Area identified by the National Fish and...

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Agreement for Recipient to Complete EQIP Eligible Forest Management Plans to Landowners in the Southeastern Part of Kentucky

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Agreement Narrative: Agreement for recipient to complete EQIP eligible forest management plans to landowners in the southeastern part of KY. Primary Funder: USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Kentucky (NRCS-KY) Location: Eastern Kentucky (Barbourville, Kentucky) Innovation: The main objectives of this agreement are to increase the numbers of private landowners with forest management plans in the southeastern part of Kentucky. Increasing the availability of young forest habitat is an important conservation action necessary for reversing the decline of multiple at-risk wildlife in the region, including ruffed grouse, American woodcock, golden-winged warbler, and Appalachian cottontail. The goal is to reverse downward population trends through active...

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