The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) and U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resource Conservation Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, International Paper, and Altria Group announced a tenth round of funding for Cumberland Plateau Stewardship Fund projects. Additional funding was provided this year by the Bezos Earth Fund. Thirteen new or continuing forest and freshwater habitat restoration grants totaling $4 million were awarded. The thirteen awards generated $3.4 million in match from the grantees, providing a total conservation impact of $7.4 million.
The Cumberland Plateau Stewardship Fund (CPSF) restores native forests and freshwater habitats to conditions that will improve associated wildlife species and the health of freshwater systems while advancing strategies to support working forests. Priority areas include:
- Establishing shortleaf pine and oak forests
- Enhancing and maintaining existing shortleaf pine-oak ecosystems
- Restoring and enhancing riparian forests and watershed health to support aquatic species
- Expanding and coordinating technical assistance and outreach
- Conserving working forests through voluntary conservation easements
Contact Cumberland Plateau Stewardship Fund
Contact Cumberland Plateau Stewardship Fund
Zachary Bernstein
Program Manager
1133 Fifteenth St. N.W.
Suite 1000
Washington, DC 20005
Phone: 202-595-2433
Service Area
