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WORKING LANDS FOR WILDLIFE

The Working Lands for Wildlife (WLFW) program aims to restore and enhance habitats for the gopher tortoise, a federally listed species, through voluntary, incentive-based assistance for private landowners. This initiative helps landowners receive technical and financial support to improve habitat connectivity, manage invasive species, and restore longleaf pine forests, ultimately contributing to the recovery of wildlife species while sustaining rural economies. By participating, landowners can strengthen their conservation investments, benefiting both wildlife and their agricultural operations.

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WORKING LANDS FOR WILDLIFE

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  1. WORKING LANDS FOR WILDLIFE Working Lands for Wildlife WLFW

  2. Focal area by species Focal Areas by Species

  3. Nearly two thirds of all species federallylisted as threatened or endangered existon private lands.

  4. 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:

  5. 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.

  6. Goals and Objectives for the Gopher Tortoise 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.

  7. Actions • 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.

  8. Core Practices • 643 Restoration and Management of Rare and Declining Habitats • 645 Upland Wildlife Habitat Management • 647 Early Successional Habitat Development and Management

  9. Supporting Practices • 314 Brush Management • 315 Herbaceous Weed Control • 327 Conservation Cover • 338 Prescribe Burning • 394 Firebreak • 490 Tree and Shrub Site Preparation • 512 Forage and Biomass Plantings • 528 Prescribed Grazing • 550 Range Planting • 612 Tree/Shrub Establishment • 655 Forest Harvest Trails and Landings • 666 Forest Stand Improvement

  10. State by State Summary of Applications • Alabama • Funds received: $3M • Additional funds requested: • Number of applications: • Total acres of applications: • Total value of applications:

  11. State by State Summary of Applications • Georgia • Funds received: $4M • Additional funds requested: $2M • Number of applications: 498 • Total acres of applications: 57,000 acres • Total value of applications: $10.7M

  12. State by State Summary of Applications • Florida • Funds received: $1.16M • Additional funds requested: $0 • Number of applications: 117 • Total acres of applications: 14,330 • Total value of applications: $245,ooo

  13. State by State Summary of Applications • Mississippi • Funds received: $700,000 • Additional funds requested: • Number of applications • Total acres of applications: • Total value of applications:

  14. State by State Summary of Applications • Louisiana • Funds received: $730.000 • Additional funds requested • Number of applications: • Total acres of applications: • Total value of applications:

  15. State by State Summary of Applications • South Carolina • Funds received: $175,000 • Additional funds requested: $0 • Number of applications: 11 • Total acres of applications: 950 • Total value of applications: $162,000

  16. Summary of Applications • All States • Funds received: $9.8M • Additional funds requested • Number of applications: • Total acres of applications: • Total value of applications:

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