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Weeks Bay Land Acquisition (Lloyd Tract)

Implementing Organization

State of Alabama

Overview

DWH Project Funding

$3,606,900

Known Leveraged Funding

$0

Funding Organization

Natural Resource Damage Assessment Trustees (NRDA)

Funding Program

Natural Resource Damage Assessment NRDA

Details

Project Category

Environmental

Project Actions

Habitat Restoration and Enhancement

Targeted Resources

Wetlands/Marshes/Estuaries

Project Description

The proposed project is to acquire and restore the approximately 60-acre Lloyd Tract, transferring it into state ownership, and protecting its existing and restored ecological value through a conservation easement or deed restriction. The habitat found on the Lloyd Tract is shown in Figure 2. This tract contains approximately 17 acres of wetlands that are freshwater forested/shrub wetlands along the riverfront. The 6,000 feet of shoreline area along the Waterhole Branch and the Green Branch of the Fish River is wooded with pine and hardwood trees, including Gulf white cedar (Chamaecyparis thyoides subsp. henryae), an S3 species (rare or uncommon in Alabama with typically 21 to 100 occurrences) (Keener et al. 2021).

Contact

Amy Hunter
(251) 621-1216
Amy.Hunter@dcnr.alabama.gov
Project Website
Project Partners

None

Affiliated Institutions

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