NATIONAL WILD TURKEY FEDERATION TEAMS UP WITH USDA NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE TO ASSIST LANDOWNERS WITH LONGLEAF RESTORATION

The National Wild Turkey Federation (NWTF) and USDA National Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) are teaming up to help landowners who currently have longleaf pine on their property and need help with management and/or landowners who are interested in restoring longleaf pine to their property.  Through this partnership, NWTF certified biologists will develop a conservation plan for landowners in North and Central Florida. Once a conservation plan has been finalized, the NWTF will then work with NRCS to determine what type of financial assistance they can qualify for through NRCS’s Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program (WHIP), one of the incentive programs offered via the Farm Bill to private landowners. Interested landowners are encouraged to contact the Florida NWTF regional biologist, Derek Alkire dalkire@nwtf.net, cell: (352) 262-2373.  http://www.nwtf.org/nwtf_newsroom/press_releases.php?id=13493