Wildlife Habitat Federation

PROVIDE TECHNICAL GUIDANCE AND ASSISTANCE FOR PLANNING, RESTORATION, ENHANCEMENT AND/OR PROTECTION OF WORKING AGRICULTURAL LANDS IN EACH OF THE FIVE NRCS TEXAS ADMINISTRATIVE ZONES.

WILDLIFE HABITAT FEDERATION 2021

FUNDS UNDER THIS AWARD ARE TO BE USED BY WILDLIFE HABITAT FEDERATION (WHF) TO IMPLEMENT ON-THE-GROUND MANAGEMENT ACTIONS THAT WILL CONTRIBUTE TO ATTWATER'S PRAIRIE CHICKEN, NORTHERN APLOMADO FALCON, AND WHOOPING CRANE RECOVERY, AND CONSERVE ASSOCIATED BIRD SPECIES, SUCH AS NORTHERN BOBWHITE, LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE, LECONTE'S SPARROW, MOTTLED DUCK AND MONARCH BUTTERFLY. MANAGEMENT ACTIONS IN THE AGREEMENT'S SCOPE INCLUDE GRASSLAND RESTORATION AND/OR ENHANCEMENT TOTALING AT LEAST 1,000 ACRES.

WILDLIFE HABITAT FEDERATION TO INCREASE THE CONSERVATION OF NATURALRESOURCES AND AGRICULTURAL SUSTAINABILITY

THE WILDLIFE HABITAT FEDERATION (WHF) PROPOSES A TARGETED CONSERVATION INITIATIVE TO ADVANCE THE RECOVERY OF IMPERILED SPECIES, INCLUDING THE ATTWATER S PRAIRIE CHICKEN, NORTHERN APLOMADO FALCON, AND WHOOPING CRANE, WHILE ENHANCING HABITATS FOR ASSOCIATED SPECIES SUCH AS NORTHERN BOBWHITE QUAIL, LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE, LECONTE S SPARROW, MOTTLED DUCK, AND POLLINATORS LIKE THE MONARCH BUTTERFLY. THIS INITIATIVE WILL IMPLEMENT SCIENCE-BASED MANAGEMENT ACTIONSBRUSH MANAGEMENT, PRESCRIBED GRAZING, AND PRESCRIBED BURNINGWITHIN THE TEXAS MID-COAST IN THE EXISTING AGREEMENT AREA (SEE PROJECT NARRATIVE EXHIBIT A). BUILDING ON PRIOR CONSERVATION EFFORTS, THE INITIATIVE WILL EXPAND HABITAT RESTORATION AND MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN THE TEXAS MID-COAST AND COMPLEMENT ONGOING WORK AT THE POWDERHORN WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA (WMA), GOLIAD PRAIRIE, AND OTHER SUBSEQUENT AREAS. THESE ACTIONS WILL RESTORE AND MAINTAIN COASTAL PRAIRIE GRASSLANDS, BENEFITING GRASSLAND-DEPENDENT WILDLIFE, RESIDENT AND WINTERING WATERFOWL, AND LOCAL CATTLE GRAZING OPERATIONS. BY INTEGRATING ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION WITH SUSTAINABLE LAND USE, THE PROJECT SUPPORTS BIODIVERSITY, STRENGTHENS ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE, AND ALIGNS WITH USFWS PRIORITIES FOR SPECIES RECOVERY AND HABITAT CONSERVATION. EXPECTED OUTCOMES INCLUDE IMPROVED HABITAT QUALITY FOR TARGET SPECIES, INCREASED POPULATIONS OF GAME AND NONGAME SPECIES, AND ENHANCED ECOSYSTEM SERVICES FOR POLLINATORS AND AGRICULTURAL STAKEHOLDERS. WHF WILL COLLABORATE WITH LOCAL PARTNERS TO ENSURE EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION, MONITORING, AND LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY OF THESE CONSERVATION EFFORTS.

WILDLIFE HABITAT FEDERATION PLA

COASTAL PRAIRIE CONSERVATION INITIATIVE 2017

WILDLIFE HABITAT FEDERATION

WILDLIFE HABITAT FEDERATION 2014