ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES Sample Clauses

ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES. The gopher tortoise is a species of highest conservation concern in Alabama. Currently, the tortoise is federally listed as threatened in three Alabama counties (Mobile Washington and Choctaw counties) and state protected (Alabama Regulation 220-2-.92) for those counties in the candidate range. The Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries (DWFF) continues to actively promote range wide conservation of the gopher tortoise, xxxxxx associates and commensals and gopher tortoise habitat while also conducting habitat protection efforts on wildlife management areas (WMAs) and special opportunity areas (SOAs) within the tortoise’s range. Public lands owned by the DWFF include Xxxxxxx WMA (Xxxxxxx and Xxxxxxx counties), Geneva WMA (Geneva County), and Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx and Upper State SOAs (Clarke County). Ninety-five percent of the gopher tortoise habitat in Alabama is in private ownership. Therefore, commitment and assistance from private landowners is necessary for successful conservation of the gopher tortoise and the species habitat in Alabama. The following are examples of ongoing and planned management actions and activities focused on conserving the gopher tortoise in Alabama: • The Alabama Tortoise Alliance (ALTA) was created in December 2017. The purpose of ALTA is to bring stakeholders (state and federal agencies, tribes, private nonindustrial landowners, industrial landowners, NGOs) together to 1. Promote conservation practices that improve gopher tortoise habitat and conserve the species and 2. Collect the data needed by the US Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) to demonstrate that ESA listing is unwarranted. DWFF will continue to facilitate and organize meetings as warranted by Alabama stakeholders; • Pursue a state regulation to protect the intentional destruction of a gopher tortoise xxxxxx exempting agricultural and silvicultural activities as other states do; • Partner with Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) to develop a standard protocol for relocating any gopher tortoise that may be impacted by ALDOT Projects; • Enhance and restore gopher tortoise populations in degraded habitats on suitable public conservation lands by improving gopher tortoise habitat and augmenting populations with waif tortoises acceptable for release or targeted relocation efforts when appropriate and opportunities are available; • Use distance sampling to estimate gopher tortoise populations on all publicly-owned lands identified as having suitable tortoise habi...
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ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES. In Alabama, the gopher tortoise is federally listed under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) in the western portion of its range (Mobile, Washington and Choctaw counties) and currently a candidate species for listing in the eastern portion, which includes twenty-three southern Alabama counties. The State of Alabama permanently protects and manages approximately 26,000 acres of tortoise habitat on public lands including Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx-Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxx State Forest (only the DWFF owned lands are being reported; AFC reports on the acres they own that are in the Geneva State Forest Wildlife Management Area), and Perdido River Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs), Uchee Creek, Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx and Upper State Special Opportunity Areas, and Elhew Research Station (Xxxxx tract). The Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries (DWFF) and the State Lands Division (SLD) continue to work together to restore and maintain gopher tortoise habitat on DWFF, Forever Wild Land Trust, and SLD lands. Land management conducted by DWFF staff included 6030 acres of prescribed burning (combined dormant and growing season xxxxx), 575 acres of thinned pine plantation, 821 acres of clearcut, mechanically treated 400 acres, site prepped 1178 acres, reforested 1118 acres to longleaf pine, reforested 2730 acres to loblolly pine, and removed 104 acres of invasive plant species. Additionally, over 131 feral hogs, 26 coyotes, and 7 raccoons were removed from DWFF lands. Land management conducted by the SLD, Elhew Research Station personnel included 14 acres of dormant season xxxxx and conducted other habitat management activities on 173 acres. DWFF continues work towards determining a more accurate gopher tortoise population estimate and distribution in Alabama. Gopher tortoise surveys on public lands using Line Transect Distance Sampling (LTDS) methodology were completed in Oct 2017. (AL Gopher Tortoise Surveys on Public Lands SWG Final Report, 2017). Since non-industrial private landowners own most of the gopher tortoise habitat in Alabama, significant efforts were made to gain access to private lands to conduct gopher tortoise surveys. However, access to private lands has been difficult mostly due to the misperceptions of information needed and data protection concerns. Several targeted landowner meetings took place throughout the fiscal year educating landowners on the status of the tortoise in AL and throughout the rang...
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ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES. The State of Alabama permanently protects or manages approximately 19,000 acres of tortoise habitat on public lands to include Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxx, Perdido, and Upper Delta Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs), Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx and Upper Place Wildlife Sanctuaries, and Elhew Research Station. The Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries (DWFF) and the State Lands Division (SLD) continue to work together to restore and maintain gopher tortoise habitat on both DWFF, Forever Wild Land Trust, and SLD lands. Land management conducted by agency staff included prescribed burning, removal of invasive plant species, hardwood removal, clearcutting, timber stand improvements, longleaf pine restoration, planting native warm season grasses, and feral hog and coyote removals. A DWFF secured State Wildlife Grant continues to fund survey work on public lands. Survey work and population estimates using line transect distance sampling continued on public lands. Survey results are included in this report for this reporting period. Education and outreach projects that were completed included an AL Best Management Practices brochure, solar industry BMP handout (in partnership with all states in gopher tortoise range), gopher tortoise display to be used at landowner meetings and workshops, and several workshops and events promoting gopher tortoise conservation in AL.
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