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Natural Resources and Conservation

2017

Savanna

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Avian Ecology During Oak Savanna And Woodland Restoration In The Mid-South, Christine Ann Henderson Dec 2017

Avian Ecology During Oak Savanna And Woodland Restoration In The Mid-South, Christine Ann Henderson

Masters Theses

Disturbance-dependent ecosystems in the eastern United States have been declining since European settlement, and, in recent years, early-successional species have followed. My objective for this research was to determine if oak savanna and woodland restoration (i.e., overstory thinning and prescribed fire) was a viable method of recovering declining earlysuccessional species to the landscape of the Mid-South. At 3 sites, Catoosa Wildlife Management Area (CWMA; Tennessee), Green River Game Lands (GRGL; North Carolina), and Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area (LBL; Tennessee), oak savanna and woodland restoration projects were established and maintained. Closed-canopy stands were thinned and a 2-year burn …


Partnering For Quail In South Carolina: A Cooperative Approach Making A Difference, Gary M. Peters, Michael Wayne Hook, Mark S. Garner, Jeffrey M. Magniez, Charles W. Mckinney, Jordan S. Nanney Nov 2017

Partnering For Quail In South Carolina: A Cooperative Approach Making A Difference, Gary M. Peters, Michael Wayne Hook, Mark S. Garner, Jeffrey M. Magniez, Charles W. Mckinney, Jordan S. Nanney

National Quail Symposium Proceedings

The National Bobwhite Conservation Initiative (NBCI) identified 15 national quail focal areas throughout the distribution of the northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) in June 2016. The first NBCI Focal Area on U.S. Forest Service System land emerged from the existing 16,200-hectare Indian Creek Woodland and Savanna Restoration Initiative (ICWSRI). The ICWSRI is an ongoing collaborative project involving partners from 10 agencies and organizations in the Piedmont of South Carolina. Cooperation among federal and state agencies, non-governmental organizations (NGO), and private landowners, combined with assistance programs such as the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) have currently resulted in 2,547 hectares …