FOREST VALUES

Wildlife Habitat

Wildlife is an integral part of any healthy forest community. Forests provide food and shelter for numerous terrestrial wildlife species and clean water and habitat for an abundance of aquatic wildlife. In return, many of these species aid in seed dispersal, forest pest control, and many other ecological tasks that perpetuate healthy forests. Sustainability involves managing forests so that populations of native wildlife species persist for future generations.

• Pennsylvania Wildlife Action Plan (2015-2025)
• Conservation Opportunity Area Tool
• Pennsylvania Game Commission - Private Landowner Assistance Program - Regional Wildlife Diversity (RWD) Biologists provide free assistance to help landowners better manage their property for wildlife diversity.
• USFWS Pennsylvania Field Office
• Management Practices for Enhancing Wildlife Habitat
• Forest Stewardship: Wildlife
• Pennsylvania Woodlands No6: Woodland Wildlife Management
• Timber Rattlesnake Conservation
• Young Forests are Great Wildlife Habitat [Video]
• Early Successional Wildlife Habitat [Webinar]
• Young Forest Habitat for Wildlife
• Helping Woodcock - And Other Wildlife That Share the Habitat
• Healthy Forests: A Bird-based Silviculture Guide for Forestry Professionals
• Forest Bird Pocket Guide: 18 Priority Species for PA Foresters & Landowners
• Conservation Choices for Wildlife - Golden Wing Warbler
• Healthy Forests - A Bird-based Silviculture Guide for Forestry Professionals
• Pennsylvania Amphibian and Reptile Survey (PARS)

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