NAWCA PROJECTS $14,024,027 $67,189,920 38 68,855 NAWCA GRANT AMOUNT TOTAL PARTNER CONTRIBUTION NUMBER OF PROJECTS TOTAL ACRES

Tennessee has 38 NAWCA projects either completed or underway. These projects have conserved 68,855 acres of wildlife habitat. NAWCA funding of more than $14 million stimulated partner contributions of over $67.1 million. These figures do not include multi-state projects.

WEST TENNESSEE WETLANDS ENHANCEMENT PROJECT In , six public and private partners developed a landscape approach to

conserve wetlands and adjacent uplands in the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley and the East Gulf Coastal Plain. The project will protect 866 acres, restore 951 acres and enhance 624 acres on 14 tracts across several state wildlife management areas. This will begin to compensate for the loss of seasonally flooded wetlands due to agriculture and development in forested wetlands. It will enhance water quality, and reduce flooding and runoff, benefiting 20 priority species of migratory birds.

PROJECT NAME GRANT PARTNER TOTAL TOTAL AMOUNT CONTRIBUTION INVESTMENT ACRES 1. **WITTJEN-COWAN TRACTS- $100,000 $250,000 $350,000 165 WOLF RIVER WMA 2. MILLER LUMBER TRACT $100,000 $162,500 $262,500 125 ACQUISITION- HORNS BLUFF REFUGE 3. CROSS CREEKS NWR WETLAND $99,979 $303,014 $402,993 315 ENHANCEMENT 4. BUSSELTOWN WETLAND $75,000 $365,380 $440,380 185 ENHANCEMENT 5. CEDAR HILL SWAMP - RICCHUITE $75,000 $220,000 $295,000 95 TRACT ACQUISITION 6. WOLF RIVER WMA - SIMINGTON $75,000 $138,075 $213,075 97 TRACT ACQUISITION 7. - MILLER $75,000 $134,500 $209,500 124 TRACT ACQUISITION 8. LOWER OBION RIVER VI - $1,000,000 $3,369,000 $4,369,000 2,816 TUMBLEWEED ACQUISITION 9. WEST TENNESSEE WETLANDS $999,900 $2,263,507 $3,263,407 2,441 ENHANCEMENT PROJECT 10. CANNON TRACT ACQUISITION $75,000 $229,200 $304,200 279 11. BARK CAMP BARRENS, TN $75,000 $367,500 $442,500 200 12. SOUTH FORK, FORKED DEER $75,000 $112,500 $187,500 618 RIVER, TN 13. MINGO SWAMP – COLE TRACT $75,000 $125,000 $200,000 84 Acquisition 14. UPPER WOLF RIVER - SPINOLO $75,000 $170,850 $245,850 154 TRACT ACQUISITION 15. LOWER OBION RIVER, PHASE V $1,000,000 $3,227,433 $4,227,433 1,017 16. WETLAND ENHANCEMENT AT $15,000 $35,000 $50,000 322 OLD HICKORY WMA 17. KILLEBREW TRACT ACQUISITION $75,000 $494,364 $569,364 253 - SHELTON FERRY WETLANDS 18. BIG SWAN HEADWATERS $25,000 $25,415 $50,415 38 PRESERVE: BOILING SPRINGS TRACT ACQUISITION 19. RESTORATION OF LICK CREEK $75,000 $937,415 $1,012,415 549 WETLANDS - JOACHIM BIBLE REFUGE TRACTS 20. WOLF RIVER, TENNESSEE, PHASE $1,000,000 $12,011,076 $13,011,076 2,729 II 21. LOWER OBION RIVER III $1,000,000 $3,406,863 $4,406,863 2,382 22. WEST TENNESSEE MIGRATORY $50,000 $2,496,500 $2,546,500 2,369 BIRD CONSERVATION AREA 23. LOWER OBION RIVER II $1,000,000 $2,916,109 $3,916,109 2,772 24. MID - MISSISSIPPI ALLUVIAL $1,000,000 $3,035,740 $4,035,740 4,163 VALLEY II 25. HABITAT $50,000 $166,000 $216,000 1,138 PROTECTION PROJECT 26. UPPER TENNESSEE RIVER I $1,000,000 $3,479,088 $4,479,088 2,862 27. LOWER OBION RIVER I $1,000,000 $4,686,994 $5,686,994 6,561 28. MID - MISSISSIPPI ALLUVIAL $1,000,000 $5,319,651 $6,319,651 14,033 VALLEY BIRD CONSERVATION AREA I 29. WEST TENNESSEE MIGRATORY $50,000 $1,760,122 $1,810,122 1,638 BIRD CONSERVATION AREA 30. SMITH BEND CAMPAIGN $50,000 $6,880,000 $6,930,000 2,500 31. BIG SWAN CREEK HEADWATER $26,500 $97,900 $124,400 315 PROTECTION STAR BRANCH ACQUISITION 32. WOLF RIVER $732,700 $3,335,300 $4,068,000 4,467 33. COLD CREEK FULLEN TRACT $300,000 $639,760 $939,760 830 34. MUSTIN BOTTOMS I $882,100 $1,775,600 $2,657,700 2,981 35. MUSTIN BOTTOMS II $360,000 $489,500 $849,500 2,387 36. WHITE LAKE II $173,125 $451,804 $624,929 1,483 37. HORNS BLUFF $56,223 $385,860 $442,083 1,431 38. WHITE LAKE $128,500 $925,400 $1,053,900 1,938 TOTAL: $14,024,027 $67,189,920 $81,213,947 68,855 **Indicates project funded in 2018

TENNESSEE MULTI-STATE PROJECTS

$3,549,838 $7,855,887 5 99,855 NAWCA GRANT AMOUNT TOTAL PARTNER CONTRIBUTION NUMBER OF PROJECTS TOTAL ACRES

Tennessee has five NAWCA multi-state projects either completed or underway. These projects have conserved 99,855 acres of wildlife habitat. NAWCA funding of more than $3.5 million stimulated partner contributions of over $7.8 million.

PROJECT NAME GRANT PARTNER TOTAL TOTAL AMOUNT CONTRIBUTION INVESTMENT ACRES 1. BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF $100,000 $151,255 $251,255 1,250 PURPLE LOOSESTRIFE - DEMO PROJ 2. MISSISSIPPI ALLUVIAL $1,131,185 $1,841,314 $2,972,499 11,876 VALLEY 3. LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY $955,898 $2,288,736 $3,244,634 33,187 ECOSYSTEM 4. LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY $999,655 $2,295,999 $3,295,654 31,292 ECOSYSTEM II 5. WETLANDS RESTORATION $363,100 $1,278,583 $1,641,683 22,250 PRIVATE LANDS LMV 1994 TOTAL: $3,549,838 $7,855,887 $11,405,725 99,855

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