Category Overview
Urban Wildlife Habitat projects fund close-to-home places to play and explore nature. As our urban areas are increasingly expanding and densifying, these grants protect important fish and wildlife habitat within five miles of densely populated areas, creating green refuges that help keep our ecosystems healthy and provide places to enjoy nature right in our backyards.
Project Highlights
This 680-acre acquisition ties into the ecosystem of the Dishman Hills Natural Resource Conservation Area, just east of downtown and surrounded by urban areas. The parcel contains white-tailed deer winter range, elk habitat, red-tailed hawk nesting areas, several rare species of butterflies, the spotted frog, and an ecologically diverse riparian corridor.