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Early successional restoration and management practices in priority areas as defined in Kentucky’s Wildlife Action Plan

HomeConnect and ShareFind Conservation ProjectsEarly successional restoration and management practices in priority areas as defined in Kentucky’s Wildlife Action Plan

Project Description

Project Map

Publicly Accessible: No
County: Livingston County, KY; Marshall County, KY
Project Size:

• 30.0 acres
• 41.22 miles

Project Sites

• 4 County Work Area (Not publicly accessible)
• Livingston County Focus Area (Not publicly accessible)

Goals and Targets

Primary Motivations:

• Public Benefit
  
• Conservation Mission
  

Primary Goals:

• Continue to do management work at a reasonable cost on primarily private lands, related to early natural succession habitat management and restoration.
  Progress: Habitat team continues to complete management activities (prescribed burning, native grass and forb establishment, strip discing, invasive species control, edge-feathering and ephemeral pools).

Consistent With Plans:

• Habitat Conservation Plan
  
• Species Recovery Plan
  
• Nature Conservancy Ecoregional Plan
  
• Conservation Plan
  
• State Wildlife Action Plan
  

Targeted Habitats:

• Shrublands and Grasslands
• Grasslands

Targeted Species:

• Barking Treefrog Hyla gratiosa
• Coal Skink Eumeces anthracinus
• Dickcissel Spiza americana
• Eastern Slender Glass Lizard Ophisaurus attenuatus longicaudus
• Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
• Henslow's Sparrow Ammodramus henslowii
• Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
• Northern Crawfish Frog Rana areolata circulosa
• Southeastern Five-lined Skink Eumeces inexpectatus
• Southern Leopard Frog Rana sphenocephala

Conservation Actions

Action	Status	Start Year	End Year
Other - Species conservation and management: Prescribed Burning	Ongoing Management	2007	2010

Outcomes

Is the success of this project's actions being monitored? Yes

Monitoring Activities
Point counts of breeding birds in Livingston County Focus Area. Monitoring is being corrdinated by Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources. Ephemeral pool reptile and amphibian monitoring will also be done.

Lessons Learned and/or Suggestions for Similar Activities
Good partnerships and cooperative activities are necessary in making project a success. Landowners seem to appreciate the habitat work that is being completed on their property.

Any Additional Information About The Project
More management oriented activities like this needed to assist and complete work for private landowners and provide needed managment activities as defined in State Wildlife Action Plans.