NAWCA PROJECTS $13,724,048 $66,474,406 35 68,251 NAWCA GRANT AMOUNT TOTAL PARTNER CONTRIBUTION NUMBER OF PROJECTS TOTAL ACRES

Tennessee currently has 35 NAWCA projects either completed or underway. These projects have conserved a total of 68,251acres of wildlife habitat. NAWCA funding of more than $13.7 million stimulated partner contributions of over $66.4 million. These figures do not include multi-state projects.

WEST TENNESSEE WETLANDS ENHANCEMENT PROJECT

In western Tennessee, six public and private partners have developed a landscape approach to conserve wetlands and adjacent uplands in the Lower Missisippi 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. **BUSSELTOWN WETLAND $75,000 $365,380 $440,380 185 ENHANCEMENT 2. **CEDAR HILL SWAMP - $75,000 $220,000 $295,000 95 RICCHUITE TRACT ACQUISITION 3. **WOLF RIVER WMA - $75,000 $138,075 $213,075 97 SIMINGTON TRACT ACQUISITION 4. - MILLER $75,000 $134,500 $209,500 124 TRACT ACQUISITION 5. LOWER OBION RIVER VI - $1,000,000 $3,369,000 $4,369,000 2,816 TUMBLEWEED ACQUISITION 6. WETLANDS $999,900 $2,263,507 $3,263,407 2,441 ENHANCEMENT PROJECT 7. CANNON TRACT ACQUISITION $75,000 $229,200 $304,200 279 8. BARK CAMP BARRENS, TN $75,000 $367,500 $442,500 200 9. SOUTH FORK, FORKED DEER $75,000 $112,500 $187,500 618 RIVER, TN 10. Mingo Swamp - Cole Tract $75,000 $125,000 $200,000 84 Acquisition 11. UPPER WOLF RIVER - SPINOLO $75,000 $170,850 $245,850 154 TRACT ACQUISITION 12. LOWER OBION RIVER, PHASE V $1,000,000 $3,227,433 $4,227,433 1,017 13. WETLAND ENHANCEMENT AT $15,000 $35,000 $50,000 322 OLD HICKORY WMA 14. KILLEBREW TRACT ACQUISITION $75,000 $494,364 $569,364 253 - SHELTON FERRY WETLANDS 15. BIG SWAN HEADWATERS $25,000 $25,415 $50,415 38 PRESERVE: BOILING SPRINGS TRACT ACQUISITION 16. RESTORATION OF LICK CREEK $75,000 $937,415 $1,012,415 549 WETLANDS - JOACHIM BIBLE REFUGE TRACTS 17. WOLF RIVER, TENNESSEE, PHASE $1,000,000 $12,011,076 $13,011,076 2,729 II 18. LOWER OBION RIVER III $1,000,000 $3,406,863 $4,406,863 2,382 19. WEST TENNESSEE MIGRATORY $50,000 $2,496,500 $2,546,500 2,369 BIRD CONSERVATION AREA 20. LOWER OBION RIVER II $1,000,000 $2,916,109 $3,916,109 2,772 21. MID - MISSISSIPPI ALLUVIAL $1,000,000 $3,035,740 $4,035,740 4,163 VALLEY II 22. HABITAT $50,000 $166,000 $216,000 1,138 PROTECTION PROJECT 23. UPPER TENNESSEE RIVER I $1,000,000 $3,479,088 $4,479,088 2,862 24. LOWER OBION RIVER I $1,000,000 $4,686,994 $5,686,994 6,561 25. MID - MISSISSIPPI ALLUVIAL $1,000,000 $5,319,651 $6,319,651 14,033 VALLEY BIRD CONSERVATION AREA I 26. WEST TENNESSEE MIGRATORY $50,000 $1,760,122 $1,810,122 1,638 BIRD CONSERVATION AREA 27. SMITH BEND CAMPAIGN $50,000 $6,880,000 $6,930,000 2,500 28. BIG SWAN CREEK HEADWATER $26,500 $97,900 $124,400 315 PROTECTION STAR BRANCH ACQUISITION 29. WOLF RIVER $732,700 $3,335,300 $4,068,000 4,467 30. COLD CREEK FULLEN TRACT $300,000 $639,760 $939,760 830 31. MUSTIN BOTTOMS I $882,100 $1,775,600 $2,657,700 2,981 32. MUSTIN BOTTOMS II $360,000 $489,500 $849,500 2,387 33. WHITE LAKE II $173,125 $451,804 $624,929 1,483 34. HORNS BLUFF $56,223 $385,860 $442,083 1,431 35. WHITE LAKE $128,500 $925,400 $1,053,900 1,938 TOTAL: $13,724,048 $66,474,406 $80,198,454 68,251 **Indicates project funded in 2016

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 currently has 5 NAWCA multi-state projects either completed or underway. These projects have conserved a total of 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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