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Show Articles on Wildlife and Habitat Management (39)
Recovering America’s Wildlife Act
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If adopted, the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act (S. 2372 and H.R. 2773) introduced by Senators Martin Heinrich (D-NM) and Roy Blunt (R-MO) and Representatives Debbie Dingell (D-MI) and Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE) would provide $1.3 ...

 

Working Lands For Wildlife
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Through Working Lands for Wildlife —a voluntary, incentive-based effort—the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and its conservation partners will provide landowners with technical and financial assistance to: Restore populations of declining wildlife species.

 

Reducing Woody Encroachment in Grasslands: A Guide for Understanding Risk and Vulnerability
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A new guide, produced through a partnership between public university extension programs in the Great Plains, the USDA-NRCS’s Working Lands for Wildlife (WLFW), the USDA-NRCS’s Central National Technology Support Center (CNTSC), and various other conservation partners, provides the first-ever framework for addressing woody encroachment, now recognized as one of the top two drivers of grassland loss in the Great Plains.

 

Using Existing Tools to Expand Cooperative Conservation for Candidate Species Across Federal and Non-Federal Lands
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For many years the Service has worked with partners to help them develop Candidate Conservation Agreements (CCAs). CCAs primarily have been developed by Federal agencies to cover Federal lands, and several have resulted in conservation efforts that made listing unnecessary.

 

IPaC - Information for Planning and Consultation

IPaC is a project planning tool which streamlines the USFWS environmental review process. Integrate the environmental review process into your project design. Quickly and easily identify USFWS managed resources and suggested conservation measures for your project.

Explore species and habitat
See if any listed species, critical habitat, migratory birds or other natural resources may be impacted by your project. Using the map tool, explore other resources in your location, such as wetlands, wildlife refuges, GAP land cover, and other important biological resources.

Conduct a regulatory review
Log in and define a project to get an official species list and evaluate potential impacts on resources managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Follow IPaC's Endangered Species Review process—a streamlined, step-by-step consultation process available in select areas for certain project types, agencies, and species.

Perform an impact analysis
For projects or species not covered by the step-by-step consultation process, get a list of potential impacts from your specified project activities to use when making effect determinations.Receive conservation measures recommended by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologists to avoid, minimize, or mitigate effects to listed species.

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National Wetlands Database and Interactive Mapping Tool

The Wetlands mapper is designed to deliver easy-to-use, map like views of America’s Wetland resources. It integrates digital map data along with other resource information to produce current information on the status, extent, characteristics and functions of wetlands, riparian, and deepwater habitats. ?The wetlands displayed on the Wetlands Mapper show wetland type and extent using a biological definition of wetlands. There is no attempt to define the limits of proprietary jurisdiction of any Federal, State, or local government, or to establish the geographical scope of the regulatory programs of government agencies.?

 

 

Find a Landscape Conservation Cooperative (LCCs)

Find an LCC here. The 22 LCCs collectively form a network of resource managers and scientists who share a common need for scientific information and interest in conservation. Each LCC brings together federal, state, and local governments along with Tribes and First Nations, non-governmental organizations, universities, and interested public and private organizations. Our partners work collaboratively to identify best practices, connect efforts, identify science gaps, and avoid duplication through conservation planning and design. 

Managing the landscapes that provide our natural and cultural resources has become increasingly challenging. With the signing of Secretarial Order No. 3289, the Department of the Interior launched the Landscape Conservation Cooperatives (LCCs) to better integrate science and management to address climate change and other landscape scale issues. By building a network that is holistic, collaborative, adaptive, and grounded in science, LCCs are working to ensure the sustainability of our economy, land, water, wildlife, and cultural resources. 

 

Arborist Search

 

Tree Planting Program

Dovetail Partners, Inc. has created an interactive map of organizations that provide resources, information, and assistance for people interested in planting trees. Each organization offers opportunities to get involved, whether it’s planting trees or making donations for trees and seeds. Click here.

It’s no secret that planting a tree is one of the best actions that you can take to improve and protect the environment. What you may not know, however, is that there are already hundreds of programs and efforts dedicated towards planting trees. By planting trees, we can improve air quality, harbor wildlife, and reduce carbon emissions that affect our climate. 

 

Mitigation and Conservation Banking
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To many landowners a threatened or endangered (T&E) species on their property is anathema because it can herald all kinds of state and federal limitations on use of their property.& ...

 

Safe Harbor - Helping Landowners Help Endangered Species
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This handbook describes safe harbor agreements and the way in which they work. It aims to help you decide if a safe harbor agreement makes sense for your land.& ...

 

Decontamination Documentation for Cavers
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The US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) strongly recommends, first and foremost, compliance with all cave closures, advisories, and regulations in all Federal, State,Tribal, and private lands.

 

NRCS Migratory Bird Habitat Initiative and NFWF Recovered Oil Fund

In response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, which is fouling beaches, marshes and mudflats all along the northern Gulf coast, the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has created the Migratory Bird Habitat Initiative.& ...

 

2014 Farm Bill Field Guide to Fish and Wildlife Conservation
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The 2014 Farm Bill Field Guide to Fish and Wildlife Conservation was prepared as an introduction for fish and wildlife conservation providers – the on-the-ground biologists and conservation partners who help deliver Farm Bill conservation programs to landowners.

 

NBCI’s Bobwhite Almanac, State of the Bobwhite 2012
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This 2nd edition of the NBCI’s annual “State of the Bobwhite” report provides the most comprehensive assessment ever compiled on the current state of bobwhite conservation in the US.

 

State Of The Bobwhite - Grassland Conservation At A Crossroads
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This first annual “State of the Bobwhite” report by the National Bobwhite Conservation Initiative (NBCI) and the National Bobwhite Technical Committee (NBTC) provides a snapshot of the population, hunting, and conservation status of the northern bobwhite, Colinus virginianus.

 

The National Bobwhite Conservation Initiative - A range-wide plan for recovering bobwhites
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The National Bobwhite Conservation Initiative (NBCI) is the unified range-wide strategy of 25 state wildlife agencies, with numerous conservation group and research institution partners, to achieve widespread restoration of native grassland habitats and huntable populations of wild quail.

 

A Guide to Successful Wildlife Food Plots - Blending Science with Common Sense
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This publication provides technical guidance and practical information for wildlife management beyond planting and managing food plots.  ...

 

Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; Reef Fish Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico; Gag Management Measures
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NMFS implements management measures described in a framework action to the Fishery Management Plan for the Reef Fish Resources of the Gulf of Mexico (FMP), as prepared by the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council (Council).

 

Under Cover - Wildlife of Shrublands and Young Forest
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The term “early successional habitat” describes the shrubs, trees, and other plants that grow back on the land after older vegetation has been removed or cut back.

 

Bobwhite Quail Biology and Management
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This is a 7-page fact sheet that covers life history, food requirements, habitat and forest management to benefit Bobwhite.

 

Lightning-Season Burning - Friend or Foe of Breeding Birds?
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Updated 2013 Gulf of Mexico Red Snapper Recreational Season Length Estimates
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In February 2013, the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council requested the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) promulgate an emergency rule for the 2013 recreational red snapper season.

 

Reasons for Prescribed Fire in Forest Management

A summary of all the benefits of prescribed fire in southern forests.

 

Conservation buffers - wildlife benefits in Southeastern agricultural systems
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Conservation buffers such as filter strips, riparian buffers, grassed waterways, and field borders are especially applicable to southeastern landscapes and have multiple environmental benefits while serving to significantly improve wildlife habitats.

 

Bobwhite and Upland Songbird Response to CCRP Practice CP33, Habitat Buffers for Upland Birds
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Summary Findings The Habitat Buffers for Upland Birds practice (CP33) is the first Federal conservation practice to target species-specific population recovery goals of a national wildlife conservation initiative (the Northern Bobwhite Conservation Initiative).

 

A Burning Issue - Prescribed Fire and Fire-adapted Habitats of the East Gulf Coastal Plain
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East Gulf Coastal Plain Joint Venture (EGCPJV) prescribed fire communications strategy.  Developed with input from more than 45 prescribed fire/resource management experts throughout the East Gulf Coastal Plain, as well as guidance from the EGCPJV staff and board, the Strategy focuses on achieving three overarching policy, outreach and education goals that address current impediments to the use of prescribed fire.& ...

 

Toxicities of Agricultural Pesticides to Selected Aquatic Organisms
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Lists toxicities of many different chemicals and how to reduce the risk of pesticide drift. A list of all Southern Regional Aquaculture Center factsheets (more than 150) are available at https://srac.t ...

 

The Role of Farm Policy in Achieving Large-Scale Conservation - Bobwhite and Buffers
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The conservation provisions of the Farm Bill can produce more consistent positive wildlife habitat benefits when policy (program statutes, rules, practices, and practice standards) is developed in the context of explicit goals identified as part of large-scale conservation initiatives.

 

Managing working lands for northern bobwhite - the USDA NRCS Bobwhite Restoration Project
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Establishing Native Warm Season Grasses For Upland Wildlife
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In recent years, there has been increased interest in establishing native warm season grasses (NWSG) and forbs as wildlife habitat. Commonly known as prairie or prairie grass, native grasslands and savannas, a forest/grassland complex with less than 50% tree coverage, historically dominated the landscape across much of the United States.

 

Longleaf Pine Regeneration
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Provides instructions for artificial regeneration, site prep, seedings and planting to re-establish longleaf pine.  The guidelines conclude, “Longleaf pine has many desirable characteristics for landowners who have multiple-use forest management objectives.

 

A Field Guide to Southeast Bird Monitoring Protocols and Programs
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A review of bird census techniques opens with the statement that ‘birds are counted for a wide variety of reasons by a bewildering range of methods’.

 

Habitat Management Guidelines for Amphibians And Reptiles of the Southeastern United States
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The Habitat Management Guidelines for Amphibians and Reptiles series (hereafter Guidelines) is intended to provide private landowners, state and federal land agencies, and other interested stakeholders with regional information on the habitat associations and requirements of amphibians and reptiles, possible threats to these habitats, and recommendations for managing lands in ways compatible with or beneficial to amphibians and reptiles.

 

National Bobwhite Conservation Initiative Unified Strategy to Restore Wild Quail
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Northern Bobwhites (Colinus virginianus) were once common, even abundant, on farms, rangelands and forests across more than 30 states. Bobwhites have declined an average of 3% per year since 1966, and have virtually disappeared from some northern states.

 

Costs of Small Scale Catfish Production
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Cost estimates developed for 6 2-acre levee ponds, including production facilities, site selection and pond construction, feed storage, water supply, equipment, and production practices.

 

Deep-Sea Benthic Footprint of the Deepwater Horizon Blowout
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Wildlife Tourism and the Gulf Coast Economy
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Wildlife tourism contributes substantially to the Gulf Coast economy.  Wildlife tourism is defined as (1) guide and outfitter businesses directly serving wildlife watchers, recreational fishers and hunters, and (2) lodging and dining establishments where these clients sleep and eat.

 

A Degraded Gulf of Mexico - Wildlife and Wetlands Two Years Into the Gulf Oil Disaster
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Report summarizes current status of coastal wetlands and six wildlife species in the Gulf two years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

 

Show Wildlife and Habitat Management Organizations & Professionals (189)
There are 189 resources serving South Central Region in the following categories:
map itMap of Wildlife and Habitat Management Organizations & Professionals serving South Central Region
Biologists / Ecologists
Bat Conservation International
- Austin, TX
Bee Disease Diagnosis Service
Bee Research Laboratory - Beltsville, MD
Brandon Smith
HHNT, Inc. - Senior Ecologist - Savannah, GA
C&S Environmental Consulting
Buford E. Collier - Senior Environmental Project Manager - Kilgore, TX
Cirrus Ecological Solutions
Neal Artz - Logan, UT
Conservation Biology Institute
- Corvallis, OR
Conservation Ecology LLC
Christopher R. Wilson - Owner, Wildlife Ecologist, Conservation Scientist - Hendersonville, NC
Cori Gavin
Eco-Restore, LLC - Senior Project Manager - Gulfport, MS
EarthOptics
- Arlington, VA
Eco-Asset Solutions & Innovations LLC
- Redwood City, CA
Ecologic
Duane H. Buelow - President & Chief Technology Officer - Oshkosh, WI
Environmental Consultants of Florida
- Sarasota, FL
Environmental Services, Inc.
Gary Howalt - Jacksonville, FL
Florida Land Consulting
Margaret Kubicek - President - Sebastian, FL
Forest Biometrics Research Institute
- Portland, OR
Gesa Hallmann
Southern Research Station - Biological Science Technician - Tallahassee, FL
Great Ecology
- San Diego, CA
Ground Level Inc
Tammie Jurnigan - Account Manager - Bartow, FL
Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing System
- College Station, TX
GulfBase
Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies at Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi - Corpus Christi, TX
Hana Resources
Sloane Sanchez - Lake Forest, CA
Iara Lacher
Seven Bends Nursery - Ecologist / Consultant - Berryville, VA
James Armstrong
Rare Earth Science, LLC - Principal Geologist / Environmental Scientist - Gunnison, CO
Jeff Bewsher
Legacy Wildlife Services - Manager of Wildlife Services Certified Wildlife Biologist - Lake City, FL
Jeremiah R Pinto
USDA Forest Service: Reforestation, Nurseries, & Genetics Resources - Research Plant Physiologist, Tribal Nursery Specialist - Moscow, ID
John Sanderson
Center for Collaborative Conservation - Director - Fort Collins, CO
John Wooding
- Certified Wildlife Biologist - LaCrosse, FL
Kagan Davis
FTN Associates Ltd. - Ecologist - Fayetteville, AR
Karen Johansen
Wildwood Management - Owner - Bishop, GA
Katherine Smith
Southern Research Station - Biological Science Technician - Gainesville, FL
Lauren Agnew
Southern Research Station - Biological Science Technician - Tallahassee , FL
Linda Ziccardi
Alpine EcoSciences LLC - Owner - Golden, CO
Living Habitats LLC
Heidi Natura, PLA, ASLA, LEED AP - Principal & CEO - Chicago, IL
Mason, Bruce & Girard, Inc.
- Portland, OR
McGuire Center for Lepidoptera & Biodiversity
University of Florida, Florida Museum - Gainesville, FL
Natures Image
AJ Fox - Lake Forest, CA
Peter W. NeSmith
Water & Air Research, Inc - Plant Ecologist/Botanist - Gainesville, FL
Project Monarch Health
- Athens, GA
Protect U.S. Community Invasive Species Network
Amanda Hodges, Ph. D. - Protect US Coordinator - Gainesville, FL
Russell Calvin
Benchmark Ecological Services, Inc. - Project Manager / Environmental Scientist - Brookshire, TX
Scott Assenheimer
Canvas Natural Resource Solutions, LLC - Forester-Wildlife Biologist - Longview, TX
Southern Conservation Trust
Chris Doane - President/CEO - Fayetteville, GA
Spring Creek Aquatic Concepts
Bradden Kerr - Senior Fishery Biologist - Tualatin, OR
Synergy Resource Solutions, Inc.
- Belgrade, MT
TerraWorx Land Group
- St. Augustine, FL
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
- Washington, DC
UAV-IQ
- Los Angeles, CA
USA National Phenology Network
- Tucson, AZ
Western EcoSystems Technology, Inc.
- Cheyenne, WY
Westervelt Ecological Services
John Wigginton - Regional Manager, Southeast Region - Auburn, AL
Wildland Services, LLC
Will Neighbors - Biologist - Auburn, AL
Wildlife Cooperative
Jerry deBin - Forester, Wildlife Biologist, Land Agent - Rayle, GA
Wiregrass Ecological Associates
- Monticello, FL
Fire Services / Prescribed Burning
A.W. Powers Forestry, Inc.
- Trenton, FL
Big Bend Forestry
- Tallahassee, FL
Chloeta Fire Inc.
Mark Masters - Midwest City, OK
Clinton Lee Wilks, RF, ACF
M & W Forestry Consultants, LLC - Clinton Lee Wilks - Ozark, AL
Coalition of Prescribed Fire Councils Inc.
- Monroe, GA
Conservation United
Kevin Heckinger, MBA - Higley, AZ
David S. Lewis
Southern Forestry Consultants, Inc - Monticello, FL
Donald R. Curtis, Jr.
The Forestry Company - Perry, FL
EcoWoodsmen LLC
- Amelia Island, FL
Fire Research And Management Exchange System
Lynn Wells - Program Manager - Moscow, ID
Fire Science Online
- San Francisco, CA
Florida Prescribed Fire Councils
John Saddler - Prescribed Fire Manager - Tallahassee, FL
Forest Environmental Solutions, LLC
- Dade City, FL
Forestland Management, Inc.
- Brooker, FL
Forests and Rangelands
- Washington, DC
Ground Level Inc.
- Bowling Green, FL
Jim Doster, RF
F&W Forestry Services - Regional Manager - Florida - Marianna, FL
John H. Holzaepfel
Natural Resource Planning Services, Inc. - Floral City, FL
Karen Johansen
Wildwood Management - Owner - Bishop, GA
Komodo Fire
- Los Gatos, CA
Land and Timber Management, Inc.
- Tallahassee, FL
Long Forestry Consultants
Gregory D. Long - Forester - Dublin, GA
Mark Howell
Grounded Truths LLC - Director/Emergency & Fire Mgmt Specialist - Doniphan, MO
Mark M. Milligan
F4 Tech - President - Tallahassee, FL
Matthew Simpson
Natural Resource Planning Services - Lake City, FL
Michael Harris
Caloosahatchee Forestry Center - Wildfire Mitigation Specialist - Ft. Myers, FL
Miguel Nevarez
Okeechobee District - Wildfire Mitigation Specialist - Port Saint Lucie, FL
MLM Private Forester, Inc.
- Monticello, FL
Munroe Forest & Wildlife Management
- Chipley, FL
National Association of State Foresters
- Washington, DC
National Interagency Fire Center
- Boise, ID
Native Forest Management LLC
- Tallahassee, FL
Patrick M. Mahoney
Myakka River District - Wildfire Mitigation Specialist - Bradenton, FL
Peter W. NeSmith
Water & Air Research, Inc - Plant Ecologist/Botanist - Gainesville, FL
Prescribed Fire in Florida
John Saddler - Prescribed Fire Manager - Tallahassee, FL
Promise Habitat Services, LLC
- Leesburg, FL
Quality Land Services, Inc.
- Umatilla, FL
Ready, Set, Go!
- Fairfax, VA
Scott Crosby
Crosby Forestry & GIS Services, LLC - Gainesville, FL
Shawn Cooper
American Forest Management, Inc. - Consulting Forester - Marianna, FL
Southeast Prescribed Fire Update
North Carolina State University Extension Forestry - Raleigh, NC
Southern Fire Exchange
Kevin Robertson - Fire Ecology Research Scientist - Tallahassee, FL
Southern Forestry Consultants
- Monticello, FL
Suwannee River Forestry, Inc.
Paul Thomas - Lake City, FL
Tall Timbers Research Station & Land Conservancy
- Tallahassee, FL
Tanner Hudson
TIME Limited Forestry, Inc - Elba, AL
Watch Duty
Sherwood Forestry Service, Inc - Santa Rosa, CA
Workman Forestry, LLC
- Gainesville, FL
Zach Van Hook
Kissimmee Valley Foresters - Frostproof, FL
Riparian and Wetlands Specialists
American Rivers
Jaime Sigaran - Associate Director - Washington, DC
C&S Environmental Consulting
Buford E. Collier - Senior Environmental Project Manager - Kilgore, TX
Delta Waterfowl Foundation
- Bismarck, ND
DHM Design
- Denver, CO
Ducks Unlimited
- Memphis, TN
EarthBalance
- North Port, FL
Environmental Consultants of Florida
- Sarasota, FL
Environmental Services, Inc.
Gary Howalt - Jacksonville, FL
Florida Environmental Consulting Inc.
- Vero Beach, FL
Florida Land Consulting
Margaret Kubicek - President - Sebastian, FL
Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commision
- Ocean Springs, MS
Kagan Davis
FTN Associates Ltd. - Ecologist - Fayetteville, AR
Living Habitats LLC
Heidi Natura, PLA, ASLA, LEED AP - Principal & CEO - Chicago, IL
Mason, Bruce & Girard, Inc.
- Portland, OR
Maximized Water Management LLC
William (Bill) Fuchs - Owner - Chester, ID
National Association of Wetland Managers
Marla J. Stelk - Executive Director - Portland, ME
Natures Image
AJ Fox - Lake Forest, CA
Peter W. NeSmith
Water & Air Research, Inc - Plant Ecologist/Botanist - Gainesville, FL
Restore America's Estuaries
- Arlington, VA
Russell Calvin
Benchmark Ecological Services, Inc. - Project Manager / Environmental Scientist - Brookshire, TX
Scott Assenheimer
Canvas Natural Resource Solutions, LLC - Forester-Wildlife Biologist - Longview, TX
Society for Range Management
- Wichita, KS
Southern Sportsman Aquatics & Land Management
Scott Brown - OwnerNC
Spring Creek Aquatic Concepts
Bradden Kerr - Senior Fishery Biologist - Tualatin, OR
The Phoenix Environmental Group
- Tallahassee, FL
Trout Headwaters, Inc.
- Livingston, MT
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
- Washington, DC
Wildland Services, LLC
Will Neighbors - Biologist - Auburn, AL
Wildlife / Habitat Specialists
Ardea Consulting
Joseph P. Sullivan, Ph.D. - Woodland, CA
Atlantic Coast Joint Venture
- Hadley, MA
Bat Conservation International
- Austin, TX
Carolyn Pike
Purdue University: Reforestation, Nurseries, & Genetics Resources - Area Regeneration Specialist (Northeast) - West Layfayette, IN
Chronic Wasting Disease Alliance
- Missoula, MT
Conservation Biology Institute
- Corvallis, OR
Conservation Blueprint
Peter Berthelsen - President - St. Paul, NE
Conservation Ecology LLC
Christopher R. Wilson - Owner, Wildlife Ecologist, Conservation Scientist - Hendersonville, NC
Conservation Science Partners
- Truckee, CA
Dave Benninger
Davey Resource Group - Cincinnati - Regional Manager - Cincinnati, OH
David L. Cox, Ph.D.
David Cox Consulting, LLC - Senior Ecologist - Vero Beach, FL
Ducks Unlimited
- Memphis, TN
EarthBalance
- North Port, FL
Environmental Consultants of Florida
- Sarasota, FL
Environmental Services, Inc.
Gary Howalt - Jacksonville, FL
Florida Environmental Consulting Inc.
- Vero Beach, FL
Florida Land Consulting
Margaret Kubicek - President - Sebastian, FL
Hana Resources
Sloane Sanchez - Lake Forest, CA
Jeremiah R Pinto
USDA Forest Service: Reforestation, Nurseries, & Genetics Resources - Research Plant Physiologist, Tribal Nursery Specialist - Moscow, ID
Jeremy Sokulsky
Environmental Incentives - President - South Lake Tahoe, CA
Kagan Davis
FTN Associates Ltd. - Ecologist - Fayetteville, AR
Karen Johansen
Wildwood Management - Owner - Bishop, GA
Living Habitats LLC
Heidi Natura, PLA, ASLA, LEED AP - Principal & CEO - Chicago, IL
Long Forestry Consultants
Gregory D. Long - Forester - Dublin, GA
Manomet
- Plymouth, MA
Mark Bailey
Conservation Southeast, Inc. - Andalusia, AL
Mark Hostetler
Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation - Extension Wildlife Specialist - Gainesville, FL
Mason, Bruce & Girard, Inc.
- Portland, OR
Maximized Water Management LLC
William (Bill) Fuchs - Owner - Chester, ID
National Association of Wetland Managers
Marla J. Stelk - Executive Director - Portland, ME
National Deer Association
- Bogart, GA
Natural Resources Associates
- North Port, FL
Natures Image
AJ Fox - Lake Forest, CA
Nixalite of America Inc
- Moline, IL
Orianne Society
- Tiger, GA
Peter W. NeSmith
Water & Air Research, Inc - Plant Ecologist/Botanist - Gainesville, FL
PlanIt Forward
Patrick Crist - Principal - Broomfield, CO
Robert C. Crane
Woodland Management Service - Consulting Forester - Stevens Point, WI
Robert R Bryan
Forest Synthesis - President/Habitat Conservation Forester - Harpswell, ME
Ruffed Grouse Society & American Woodcock Society
- Coraopolis, PA
Scott Assenheimer
Canvas Natural Resource Solutions, LLC - Forester-Wildlife Biologist - Longview, TX
Society for Range Management
- Wichita, KS
Southeast Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation
Bill Sutton, Jessica Homyack - Co-Chairs - Clemson, SC
Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies
- Aiken, SC
Southern Conservation Partners
Chuck Roe - President - Raleigh, NC
Southern Conservation Trust
Chris Doane - President/CEO - Fayetteville, GA
Southern Forestry Consultants, Inc.
- Bainbridge, GA
Southern Sportsman Aquatics & Land Management
Scott Brown - OwnerNC
Synergy Resource Solutions, Inc.
- Belgrade, MT
TerraWorx Land Group
- St. Augustine, FL
The Natives Inc.
- Davenport, FL
Tutt Land Company
- Thomaston, AL
Wildlife Cooperative
Jerry deBin - Forester, Wildlife Biologist, Land Agent - Rayle, GA
Wildlife Services
National Wildlife Research Center - Fort Collins, CO
Wiregrass Ecological Associates
- Monticello, FL
Wildlife Rehabilitators
Great Ecology
- San Diego, CA
Monarchs In the Rough
Alison Davy - Audubon International - Troy, NY
Quail and Upland Wildlife Federation
- Buffalo, MO
Wildlife Services
National Wildlife Research Center - Fort Collins, CO

 Wildlife Best Management Practices

  
Show Articles on Wildlife Best Management Practices (30)
Working Lands For Wildlife
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Through Working Lands for Wildlife —a voluntary, incentive-based effort—the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and its conservation partners will provide landowners with technical and financial assistance to: Restore populations of declining wildlife species.

 

Mowing and Management: Best Practices for Monarchs
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Understanding when monarchs are present allows land managers to time management practices like burning, mowing, grazing, or targeted pesticide application when they are least likely to harm monarchs.

 

Fire Effects Information System

The Fire Effects Information System is an online collection of reviews of the scientific literature about fire effects on plants and animals and about fire regimes of plant communities in the United States. FEIS reviews are based on thorough literature searches, often supplemented with insights from field scientists and managers. FEIS provides reviews that are efficient to use, thoroughly documented, and defensible. Approximately 15 to 30 new or revised reviews are published in FEIS each year. There are 3 types of FEIS reviews:

  1. Species Reviews 
  2. Fire Studies 
  3. Fire Regime Syntheses 

 

Decontamination Documentation for Cavers
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The US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) strongly recommends, first and foremost, compliance with all cave closures, advisories, and regulations in all Federal, State,Tribal, and private lands.

 

NRCS Migratory Bird Habitat Initiative and NFWF Recovered Oil Fund

In response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, which is fouling beaches, marshes and mudflats all along the northern Gulf coast, the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has created the Migratory Bird Habitat Initiative.& ...

 

The National Bobwhite Conservation Initiative - A range-wide plan for recovering bobwhites
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The National Bobwhite Conservation Initiative (NBCI) is the unified range-wide strategy of 25 state wildlife agencies, with numerous conservation group and research institution partners, to achieve widespread restoration of native grassland habitats and huntable populations of wild quail.

 

A Guide to Successful Wildlife Food Plots - Blending Science with Common Sense
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This publication provides technical guidance and practical information for wildlife management beyond planting and managing food plots.  ...

 

SeaStates 2013 - How Well Does Your State Protect Your Coastal Waters?
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Here, using publicly available information, the Marine Conservation Institute and Mission Blue present the first scientifically rigorous quantitative account of no-take marine reserves in the waters of US coastal states and territories.

 

CP 33 Habitat Buffers for Upland Birds

CP-33 Habitat Buffers for Upland Birds is available under the United States Department of Agriculture Continuous Conservation Reserve Program (CCRP).

 

Lightning-Season Burning - Friend or Foe of Breeding Birds?
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Updated 2013 Gulf of Mexico Red Snapper Recreational Season Length Estimates
By:

In February 2013, the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council requested the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) promulgate an emergency rule for the 2013 recreational red snapper season.

 

Reasons for Prescribed Fire in Forest Management

A summary of all the benefits of prescribed fire in southern forests.

 

Conservation buffers - wildlife benefits in Southeastern agricultural systems
By:

Conservation buffers such as filter strips, riparian buffers, grassed waterways, and field borders are especially applicable to southeastern landscapes and have multiple environmental benefits while serving to significantly improve wildlife habitats.

 

Bobwhite and Upland Songbird Response to CCRP Practice CP33, Habitat Buffers for Upland Birds
By:

Summary Findings The Habitat Buffers for Upland Birds practice (CP33) is the first Federal conservation practice to target species-specific population recovery goals of a national wildlife conservation initiative (the Northern Bobwhite Conservation Initiative).

 

A Burning Issue - Prescribed Fire and Fire-adapted Habitats of the East Gulf Coastal Plain
By:

East Gulf Coastal Plain Joint Venture (EGCPJV) prescribed fire communications strategy.  Developed with input from more than 45 prescribed fire/resource management experts throughout the East Gulf Coastal Plain, as well as guidance from the EGCPJV staff and board, the Strategy focuses on achieving three overarching policy, outreach and education goals that address current impediments to the use of prescribed fire.& ...

 

Toxicities of Agricultural Pesticides to Selected Aquatic Organisms
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Lists toxicities of many different chemicals and how to reduce the risk of pesticide drift. A list of all Southern Regional Aquaculture Center factsheets (more than 150) are available at https://srac.t ...

 

The Role of Farm Policy in Achieving Large-Scale Conservation - Bobwhite and Buffers
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The conservation provisions of the Farm Bill can produce more consistent positive wildlife habitat benefits when policy (program statutes, rules, practices, and practice standards) is developed in the context of explicit goals identified as part of large-scale conservation initiatives.

 

Managing working lands for northern bobwhite - the USDA NRCS Bobwhite Restoration Project
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Establishing Native Warm Season Grasses For Upland Wildlife
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In recent years, there has been increased interest in establishing native warm season grasses (NWSG) and forbs as wildlife habitat. Commonly known as prairie or prairie grass, native grasslands and savannas, a forest/grassland complex with less than 50% tree coverage, historically dominated the landscape across much of the United States.

 

Strategies for Managing the Effects of Climate Change on Wildlife and Ecosystems

From The Heinz Center, this 2008 lengthy publication is targeted to land managers who practice adaptive management.

 

Longleaf Pine Regeneration
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Provides instructions for artificial regeneration, site prep, seedings and planting to re-establish longleaf pine.  The guidelines conclude, “Longleaf pine has many desirable characteristics for landowners who have multiple-use forest management objectives.

 

Prescribed Fire Associations
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A Prescribed Fire Association is a group of landowners and other concerned citizens that form a partnership to conduct prescribed burns. Prescribed burning is the key land management tool used to restore and maintain native plant communities to their former diversity and productivity for livestock production and wildlife habitat.

 

A Field Guide to Southeast Bird Monitoring Protocols and Programs
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A review of bird census techniques opens with the statement that ‘birds are counted for a wide variety of reasons by a bewildering range of methods’.

 

Habitat Management Guidelines for Amphibians And Reptiles of the Southeastern United States
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The Habitat Management Guidelines for Amphibians and Reptiles series (hereafter Guidelines) is intended to provide private landowners, state and federal land agencies, and other interested stakeholders with regional information on the habitat associations and requirements of amphibians and reptiles, possible threats to these habitats, and recommendations for managing lands in ways compatible with or beneficial to amphibians and reptiles.

 

National Bobwhite Conservation Initiative Unified Strategy to Restore Wild Quail
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Northern Bobwhites (Colinus virginianus) were once common, even abundant, on farms, rangelands and forests across more than 30 states. Bobwhites have declined an average of 3% per year since 1966, and have virtually disappeared from some northern states.

 

Ecosystem services provided by bats
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Review of the available literature on the ecological and economic impact of ecosystem services provided by  bats.

 

Costs of Small Scale Catfish Production
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Cost estimates developed for 6 2-acre levee ponds, including production facilities, site selection and pond construction, feed storage, water supply, equipment, and production practices.

 

Deep-Sea Benthic Footprint of the Deepwater Horizon Blowout
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Wildlife Tourism and the Gulf Coast Economy
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Wildlife tourism contributes substantially to the Gulf Coast economy.  Wildlife tourism is defined as (1) guide and outfitter businesses directly serving wildlife watchers, recreational fishers and hunters, and (2) lodging and dining establishments where these clients sleep and eat.

 

A Degraded Gulf of Mexico - Wildlife and Wetlands Two Years Into the Gulf Oil Disaster
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Report summarizes current status of coastal wetlands and six wildlife species in the Gulf two years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

 

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Using Existing Tools to Expand Cooperative Conservation for Candidate Species Across Federal and Non-Federal Lands
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For many years the Service has worked with partners to help them develop Candidate Conservation Agreements (CCAs). CCAs primarily have been developed by Federal agencies to cover Federal lands, and several have resulted in conservation efforts that made listing unnecessary.