Forestry and Wildlife

Landowners manage their property for a variety of reasons, and developing habitats for wildlife is one of those goals. Habitat is simply the place where an animal lives, and each individual species needs habitats that provide food, water, cover, and space. Forests, farms, wetlands and other types of landscapes contribute to the basic needs of Virginia's wildlife.

Managing for Specific Wildlife

• Bats l Beaver Ponds l Bluebirds l BobWhite Quail l Canada Goose l Cavity Nesting Species
  Dabbling Duck l Hawks l Mourning Doves l Owls l Rabbits l Ruffed Grouse l White-Tailed Deer
  Wild Turkey l Wood Duck l Woodpeckers
  
• Cooperative Effort Pays Dividends for Quail
• Non-Game Birds
• What About Predators?
• Snake Control

Wildlife Habitat Management

• Brush Piles
• Field Borders, Establish
• Food Plots
• Habitat Improvement Practices
• Hardwood, Bottomland
• Hardwood, Upland
• Key Habitat Areas
• Native Warm Season Grasses
• Open Field
• Pine Management
• Thinning Timber
• Woodland Openings, Create

Managing for Hunting

• Lease Hunting
• A Landowner's Guide To Working With Sportsmen In Virginia
• Deer Processing for the Sportsman
• Hunter Safety after a Disaster

A Landowner's Guide to Wildlife Abundance through Forestry.

Woodland Wildlife Management.

National Wild Turkey Federation (NWTF) - supports scientific wildlife management on public, private and corporate lands as well as wild turkey hunting as a traditional North American sport.

Visit Virginia Cooperative Education's Wildlife Information site. Here are just a few of the topics they cover:

• Feeding Wild Birds
• Low-Cost Slant Fence Excludes Deer from Plantings
• Management of Wood Ducks on Private Lands and Waters
• Managing Wildlife Damage
• Planting and Managing Switchgrass for Forage
• Wildlife and Conservation
• Supplemental Income from Wildlife on Your Land
• Sustaining America's Aquatic Biodiversity

Additional Information

• Virginia Fish and Wildlife Information Service (VAFWIS) - Current and comprehensive information about all of Virginia's Wildlife resources.
• Animal Control - Animal Damage Prevention Strategies and Animal Damage Prevention Techniques.
• Wildlife Center of Virginia - The Wildlife Center of Virginia is a hospital for native wildlife in Waynesboro, Virginia.

Last modified: Monday, 10-Mar-2008 15:47:12 EDT