Category Overview
The State Lands Restoration and Enhancement category provides funding to two state agencies to help repair damaged plant and animal habitat. These grants focus on resource preservation and protection of public lands. Projects in this category help bring important natural areas and resources back to their original functions by improving the self sustaining and ecological functionality of sites.
Project Highlights
Department of Natural Resources will use this grant to restore 460 acres of lowland forests at Dabob Bay Natural Area and Schumacher Creek Natural Area Preserve. Restoration will include variable density thinning of young, artificially-regenerated forest stands, planting of under-represented tree and shrub species, and control of key invasive plants. These efforts will restore the successional trajectory of these forest communities to allow for more natural development of forest conditions and accelerated development of important habitat features such as large trees, snags, and down wood. This will greatly enhance the diversity of these forest communities, improving the quality and quantity of habitat for wildlife. The primary habitat type restored through this grant is lowland forest.