Awarded: Jan 01, 1998
$2,351,149 over 3 years
To implement an integrated conservation program consisting of: community-based conservation projects at five sites; technical support and development of conservation tools for these and other projects; targeted training of promising TNC field leaders in community-based conservation and compatible development; and establishment of the working reserve for the proposed Forest Bank, which provides private forestland owners in Virginia's Clinch Valley with economic incentives for sustainable forest management.