Realizing the Potential of Family Forests: Tools to Facilitate Habitat Conservation

Authors

Drue DeBerry, American Forest Foundation, Washington, D.C.
Julie H. Moore, Endangered Species Program, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Arlington, Virginia

Date of this Version

October 2006

Document Type

Article

Comments

Published in Proceedings, 11th Triennial National Wildlife and Fisheries Extension Specialists Conference, October 14-18, 2006, Big Sky, MT.

Abstract

The management of family-owned forests is discussed in light of conservation issues and development pressures. Safe Harbor Agreements and Candidate Conservation Agreements with Assurances are voluntary tools that can be used to protect conservation values, particularly habitat for threatened or endangered species. A case history of forest management practices to sustain the gopher tortoise in the Southeast is given.