AEP, The Conservation Fund
and U.S. Department of the
Interior acquire delta land
for reforestation and habitat
restoration.
American
Electric Power, The Conservation
Fund and the U.S. Department
of the Interior’s Fish & Wildlife
Service have joined forces
to acquire, protect and restore
a bottomland hardwood forest
on 18,372 acres near Catahoula
Lake in east central Louisiana,
a major haven for migratory
birds in the Mississippi
delta.
Project Highlights
- The Conservation Fund
acquired 18,372 acres from
Tensas Delta Land Co. The
Conservation Fund, in turn,
conveyed 10,257 acres to
AEP for $3.2 million and
8,115 acres to the USFWS
for $1.5 million from the
Migratory Bird Conservation
Fund, which provides federal
funding for land acquisitions.
- AEP restored bottomland
hardwood habitat by planting
native trees on its property
and a portion of the property
owned by the USFWS.
- The entire 18,372 acres
is managed by the USFWS
as part of Catahoula National
Wildlife Refuge (NWR), one
of 21 refuges in Louisiana,
for the benefit of migratory
birds, turkey, white-tailed
deer and other wildlife.
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