Local non-profit environmental group Rural Action recently received funding from an arm of the federal government so conservationists can help restore plant life in Wayne National Forest.
The U.S.’s National Forest Foundations dished the group $16,310, Rural Action forest specialist Tanner Filyaw said, so local group members can conduct species inventories, map and monitor “at risk” plants and try to restore those populations this fall.
The government aid represents exactly half of the project’s total budget, which sits in excess of $32,000, Filyaw said.
That project specifically is called Rural Action's Sustainable Forestry Program, according to a release from the group earlier this week.
“Organizations like Rural Action embody the essence of the conservation movement, connecting people to the places they care about”, Adam Liljeblad, the National Forest Foundation’s Director of Conservation Awards said in the release.
The National Forest Foundation is the charitable partner of the U.S. Forest Service, and was created by Congress in 1993, according to the foundation's website.
Specifically, Rural Action's efforts will focus on plants such as goldenseal, ramps and American ginseng, according to the release, because they each have faced habitat loss.
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