major projects

 
 

Photo from Barnett’s Woods and Prairie State Natural Area

  • SGI currently owns and manages 250 acres near Clarksville, TN called Barnett’s Woods State Natural Area. SGI works closely with adjacent private landowners, the City of Clarksville, and Fort Campbell Army Base on protecting and restoring important prairie remnants in the area. Eventually, Barnett’s Woods State Park will be open to the public with trails for recreation and educational purposes. 

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Seeding with a tractor on the Google Prairie

  • SGI works closely with the Google Data Center in Clarksville, TN to manage a total of 105 acres of prairie. To learn more about the Google Prairie partnership, check out the video Where the Internet Lives: Data center on the prairie on YouTube. 

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  • SGI has received funding from the NFWF’s America’s Ecosystem Restoration Initiative (AERI) to uplift grassland conservation in central TN. The work of this grant will restore and reconstruct thousands of acres of grasslands in Middle Tennessee. SGI is working with both private landowners, such as Bask Retreat Center, and public lands, such as Shelby Bottoms Greenway and Natural Area. 

Funding for this project is from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

Image of the Farm at Sinking Creek featuring milkweed.

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The project is funded in partnership with the U.S. National Park Service

  • SGI has entered into a partnership with the National Parks Service that spans 40 National Parks from Mississippi to Vermont. SGI will restore existing but degraded grasslands by removing invasive species and seeding with native species from the ecoregion. Some sites will improve existing grasslands that are in need of management, and some sites require reconstructions, which tend to involve fields formerly used for agriculture reconstructed into native grassland ecosystems. A majority of SGI restoration staff are involved with this project. The goals of the project are to restore and monitor important species of plants and invertebrates in grasslands in our national parks.

sgi past projects and partners

The Southeastern Grasslands Institute is grateful for the partnership of many agencies, donors, and organizations since our inception in 2017. Please see the list below of significant projects and partners that have advanced grassland restoration in our focal region.