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WATERSHED
RESTORATION ISSUE PROJECTS
Siuslaw
Watershed Council (OR)
Roache
Creek Stream and Wetland Restoration Siuslaw NF
This watershed council is working to restore 1425
feet of stream and fence and reforest 15.4 acres
of riparian area, as well as replace three fish
passage culverts with one improved culvert.
Trout Unlimited
(NC)
Linville
Watershed Project Pisgah NF
This project aims to restore aquatic and riparian
habitats in the Linville River watershed and return
a self-sustaining brook trout fishery to the watershed.
Trout Unlimited is the nation’s leading
coldwater fisheries conservation group. This award
goes to one of its state chapters.
Cascade
Earth Force & Central Cascades (OR)
GREEN: Protecting
our watersheds – Youth Action Initiative.
This initiative partners middle school students,
teachers, environmental experts and other community
partners in assessing the health of local watersheds
and developing action plans to long-lasting improvements
to the conditions of local watershed ecosystems
and the quality of life in local communities.
450 youth, 15 schools, and at least 25 community
partners will be engaged in these partnerships.
Chattahoochee-Oconee
Forest Interpretive (TN)
Appalachian
Environmental Monitoring Program
This project will protect one of the state’s
prime watersheds by reducing sediment entering
the Chattahoochee River. We plan to reconstruct
the major road system, re-vegetate denuded streamsides,
harden campsites to provide a quality recreational
experience and provide interpretive signage to
educate the public on resource conservation.
American Forests
(MT)
The
restoration of the Bitterroot Valley
American Forests, the nation’s oldest nonprofit
conservation organization, sought funding to support
a Global ReLeaf reforestation project focusing
on restoring land burned in the 2000 wildfires
in the Bitterroot National Forest. The project
will result in the planting of 514,440 tree seedlings
on hundreds of acres of damaged land. |
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