Enhancing Wildlife Habitat: A Practical Guide to Forest Landowners (NRAES 64 - FRONT MATTER ONLY)

This 172 page publication (NRAES-64) was originally published by the Natural Resource, Agriculture, and Engineering Service (NRAES, previously known as the Northeast Regional Agricultural Engineering Service), a multi-university program in the Northeast US disbanded in 2011. Plant and Life Sciences Publishing (PALS) was subsequently formed to manage the NRAES catalog. Ceasing operations in 2018, PALS was a program of the Department of Horticulture in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) at Cornell University. PALS assisted university faculty in publishing, marketing and distributing books for small farmers, gardeners, land owners, workshops, college courses, and consumers.Wildlife habitat has three main components, cover(shelter), food, and water. Cover, food, and shelter needs vary by wildlife species. The components can also be manipulated, along with other habitat characteristics, to encourage or discourage a wildlife species. By completing the 20 field activities in this book, you will become familiar with the wildlife, habitat potential, and other characteristics of your property. Then, after reviewing the habitat requirements for 25 upland and wetland species in this book, you can develop a plan to enhance the property to encourage the wildlife you desire. Includes in-depth information on wildlife ecology, wildlife habitats, and habitats for American woodcock, ruffed grouse, white-tailed deer, and wild turkey. Additional information on rabbits, chipmunks, woodchucks, songbirds, woodpeckers, ducks, herons, and much more. Contains 80 black and white photos, 30 illustrations, and a glossary. DUE TO OUSTANDING COPYRIGHT ISSUES OR CLEARLY IDENTIFIED OUT-OF-DATE PRACTICES (E.G. SAFETY CONCERNS), ONLY THE FRONT MATTER (E.G. COVER, ToC, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, ETC) ARE PROVIDED HERE AT THIS TIME. Print copies of this item can be found at libraries listed here: www.worldcat.org/oclc/3051003