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Local chapters hit new high, complete 9,489 acres of habitat projects in last fiscal year
Baraboo, WI -(Ammoland.com)- Pheasants Forever improved habitat for pheasants and other upland wildlife on more than 15,000 acres in Wisconsin in 2014.
This includes 580 wildlife habitat projects completed by the state’s 32 chapters that improved a record breaking 9,489 acres for wildlife, and 5,692 acres impacted by Pheasants Forever’s Farm Bill biologist program.
“Setting a new record for habitat achievements in 2014 is a testament to the volunteer efforts and dedication of our chapters in Wisconsin,” commented Doug Fendry, Pheasants Forever’s regional representative for Wisconsin. “Wisconsin chapters have a unified voice for upland hunting and a vision for the future of this outdoor tradition in the state. I look forward to working with our local volunteers to impact even more acres in 2015.”
Type of Project | 2014 Projects | 2014 Acres | Historical Project Totals | Total Acres Benefited |
Food Plots | 444 | 2,997 | 14,025 | 74,060 |
Land Acquisitions | 4* | 1,161* | 50* | 6,674* |
Nesting Cover | 43 | 1,585 | 2,903 | 47,626 |
Winter Cover | 1 | 7 | 2,765 | 2,253 |
Wetland Restorations | 1 | 1,000 | 234 | 2,636 |
Management | 87 | 2,739 | 835 | 21,929 |
Totals | 580 | 9,489 | 20,812 | 155,179 |
Additionally, Pheasants Forever’s six Farm Bill wildlife biologists in Wisconsin worked in partnership with 539 Wisconsin landowners and farmers to enroll more than 5,500 acres of habitat into federal and statewide habitat conservation programs (e.g. Conservation Reserve Program). These biologists also provided conservation technical assistance to impact nearly 3,000 additional acres not enrolled into federal or state programs.
For more information, please contact Doug Fendry at (608) 843-7999 / [email protected]. For all other inquiries, please contact Jared Wiklund, Pheasants Forever’s public relations specialist at (651) 209-4953 / [email protected].
About Pheasants Forever
Pheasants Forever, including its quail conservation division, Quail Forever, is the nation’s largest nonprofit organization dedicated to upland habitat conservation. Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever have more than 140,000 members and 700 local chapters across the United States and Canada. Chapters are empowered to determine how 100 percent of their locally raised conservation funds are spent; the only national conservation organization that operates through this truly grassroots structure. Since creation in 1982, Pheasants Forever has spent $508 million on 475,000 habitat projects benefiting 10 million acres nationwide.
For more information, please visit www.PheasantsForever.org.