NFWF Grant Profile

Conservation Program(s):

Keystone Initiative - Marine & Coastal

Project Title: River Herring Spawning Run Monitoring in Chesapeake Bay (VA, MD)

Organization:

Smithsonian Institution

Project ID:

0104.14.045567

Award Amount:

$96852.72

Location:

Run counts will be conducted in the Choptank River (Lower Eastern Shore) and Deer Creek (Lower Susquehanna River). Habitat use surveys will be conducted in these and four other priority watersheds in Maryland and Virginia.