Matching Pairs Wildlife Management PracticesOnline version Wildlife Management practices and descriptions by Elizabeth Melton 1 Control Nonnative Invasive Vegetation 2 Plant Food Plots 3 Delay Crop Harvest 4 Nesting Structures 5 Edge Feathering 6 Livestock Management 7 Create snags 8 Field Borders 9 Conservation Easement Legal agreement between landowner and conservation organization that places permanent restrictions on what can be done on a property Avoid harvesting crops during nesting and fawning seasons to reduce nest destruction and mortality. Supplemental food source for many wildlife species when naturally occurring food is a limiting factor for maintaining or increasing the population. The creation or preservation of dying, dead, and down trees. Many birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, and a host of invertebrates and fungi are closely associated with standing dead trees or down woody material. Removal of nonnative invasive plants that do not provide suitable cover, structure, or food for wildlife. Controlling or changing the intensity and duration of livestock grazing, which direction impacts the vegetation community and therefore the wildlife. Some species den, nest, or roost in cavities or other structures they don't excavate themselves. If natural cavities are not available, artificial structures (nest boxes) can be used. Reducing tree density in woods adjacent to fields. More sunlight will stimulate the understory to grow, providing more diverse cover from the field into the woods. Uncropped areas around crop fields or unhayed areas around hay fields designed to provide nesting, brooding, and escape cover for many wildlife species.
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