Posted November 28, 2017 2:30 pm by Comments

By Ammoland Editor Joe Evans

3,986 Acres Protected Along Georgia's Altamaha River
Georgia Wildlife Viewing Grants Offered Again, Projects Sought

SOCIAL CIRCLE, Ga. -(Ammoland.com)- Wanted: Projects that can use a hand helping Georgians enjoy and better understand animals, plants and habitats emphasized in Georgia’s State Wildlife Action Plan.

The state Department of Natural Resources has revived its Wildlife Viewing Grants Program and is seeking unique proposals that promote wildlife viewing. Private, public and nonprofit organizations, including local governments, are invited to apply. The deadline is Feb. 1, 2018.

These small grants, capped at $3,000 per project, are made possible by the Georgia Natural Resources Foundation and Georgia’s Nongame Wildlife Conservation Fund.

Administered by DNR’s Nongame Conservation Section, part of the Wildlife Resources Division, the grants program helps provide viewing opportunities that increase public awareness and appreciation of nongame wildlife (species not fished for or hunted), rare native plant species and natural habitats. The emphasis is on species rated conservation priorities in the State Wildlife Action Plan.

Revised in 2015 by DNR and more than 100 stakeholders, the plan is a strategy to conserve native species and habitats they need before these animals, plants and places become rarer and costly to conserve or restore.

Nongame Conservation Chief Dr. Jon Ambrose noted that wildlife viewing is popular in …Read the Rest

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