ARRA - Department of Interior Grants

Restoration of Longleaf Pine Habitat

Total Grant Request: $300,000.00
ARRA Program: Habitat Enhancement, Restoration and Improvement (15.656)
Status of Grant: Awarded (9/21/09)
Project Summary/Goals:
This Cooperative Agreement is being implemented in order to facilitate the restoration of longleaf pine habitat on sites where longleaf pine was the dominant tree before European settlement in the United States. The Agreement places particular emphasis on restoring sites that add to existing tracts of longleaf pine, and sites that provide interconnectivity between discontinuous forest tracts, allowing genetic exchange between species that depend on the longleafpine ecosystem for survival. This project will foster landscape level ecosystem restoration for the longleaf pine community and will help build partnerships among the A WFF, the Service, and private landowners.

January 2010 Land Owner Incentive - Longleaf Pine Restoration Report

Press Release

Ranking Procedures for ARRA Longleaf Applications