WORKING LANDS FOR WILDLIFE

Working Lands for Wildlife

WLFW

Focal area by species

Focal Areasby Species

Nearly two thirds of all species federally

listed as threatened or endangered existon private lands.

Through Working Lands for Wildlife —avoluntary, incentive-based effort—theNatural Resources Conservation Service(NRCS) and its conservation partners willprovide landowners with technical andfinancial assistance to:

Restore populations of declining wildlife species.

Provide landowners with regulatory certainty that conservation investments they

make today help sustain their operations over the long term.

Strengthen and sustain rural economies by restoring and protecting the productive capacity of working lands.

WLFW will assist landowners to voluntarily create, restore or enhance gopher tortoise habitat, and increase habitat connectivity which can contribute to the recovery of the tortoise throughout its entire range.

Goals and Objectives for the Gopher Tortoise

Provide, maintain and restore longleaf pine forests

Increase connectivity of existing gopher tortoise habitat,

Improve weed and invasive species management,

Promote use of government programs that provide incentives for development or restoration of habitat on private lands.

Actions

643 Restoration and Management of Rare and Declining Habitats

645 Upland Wildlife Habitat Management

647 Early Successional Habitat Development and Management

Core Practices

314 Brush Management315 Herbaceous Weed Control327 Conservation Cover338 Prescribe Burning394 Firebreak490 Tree and Shrub Site Preparation512 Forage and Biomass Plantings528 Prescribed Grazing550 Range Planting612 Tree/Shrub Establishment655 Forest Harvest Trails and Landings666 Forest Stand Improvement

Supporting Practices

AlabamaFunds received: $3MAdditional funds requested: Number of applications: Total acres of applications: Total value of applications:

State by State Summary of Applications

GeorgiaFunds received: $4MAdditional funds requested: $2MNumber of applications: 498Total acres of applications: 57,000 acresTotal value of applications: $10.7M

State by State Summary of Applications

FloridaFunds received: $1.16MAdditional funds requested: $0Number of applications: 117Total acres of applications: 14,330 Total value of applications: $245,ooo

State by State Summary of Applications

MississippiFunds received: $700,000Additional funds requested: Number of applications Total acres of applications: Total value of applications:

State by State Summary of Applications

Louisiana Funds received: $730.000Additional funds requested Number of applications: Total acres of applications: Total value of applications:

State by State Summary of Applications

South CarolinaFunds received: $175,000Additional funds requested: $0Number of applications: 11Total acres of applications: 950Total value of applications: $162,000

State by State Summary of Applications

All StatesFunds received: $9.8MAdditional funds requested Number of applications: Total acres of applications: Total value of applications:

Summary of Applications