Creating a Wildlife Habitat Management Plan for Landowners
Got Nature? Blog: Many landowners are interested in enhancing their property for wildlife. An important first step in that process is creating a plan. As the adage goes, “failing to plan, is planning to fail.” Just as you would have a blueprint if you were building a house or a map if you were starting a road trip, the same is true when you are managing habitat for wildlife on your land.
Landowners can tailor a wildlife habitat management plan to their own personal goals for their property. Maybe a hunter wants to increase the population of upland birds on their property, or a bird-watcher would like to improve the overall diversity of songbirds in their woodlands. Management plans help turn these goals into reality.
This 12 page publication titled Creating a Wildlife Habitat Management Plan for Landowners is packed with photos, resources and suggestions to help meet your goals.
View other wildlife habitat management publications and video resources as you place keywords in the search field located on The Education Store website.
Resources
- A Template for Your Wildlife Habitat Management Plan, The Education Store, Purdue Extension resource center
- Managing Your Woods for White-Tailed Deer, The Education Store
- Woodland Stewardship for Landowners, Playlist, Purdue Extension – Forestry and Natural Resources YouTube channel
- A Woodland Management Moment, Purdue Extension – FNR playlist
- Wildlife Habitat Hint, Purdue Extension – FNR playlist
- Ask an Expert: Wildlife Food Plots, Video, Purdue Extension – Forestry and Natural Resources YouTube channel
Jarred Brooke, Wildlife Extension Specialist
Purdue Department of Forestry and Natural Resource
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