Scale the Lawns to Legumes program and work with private landowners and public land managers to improve pollinator habitat through prescribed burning, invasive species control, conservation grazing, mowing, planting, and interseeding to benefit monarch butterflies, Karner blue butterfly, rusty patched bumble bee, and other pollinators across the Lower St. Croix River watershed in Minnesota. Project will restore 400 acres, improve 400 acres, and reach 500 people.
NFWF Grant Profile
Conservation Program(s):
Monarch Butterfly and Pollinators Conservation Fund
Project Title: Lawns to Legumes: Improving Pollinator Habitat in the Lower St. Croix River Watershed (MN)
Organization:
Chisago Soil & Water Conservation District
Project ID:
2007.24.080874
Description:
Award Amount:
$250000.00
Location:
Lower St. Croix River watershed, Minnesota