Habitat Management and Restoration

Commission staff use prescribed burning, removal of non-native vegetation, and regulation of appropriate water levels in marshes and other wetlands to help bring back and maintain healthy habitat for wildlife. They also study the responses of wildlife to these habitat management activities, and other activities such as grazing and timber management to adjust and fine tune their techniques.

© Myrna Erler-Bradshaw Biologists on Half Moon WMA are restoring habitat for Florida scrub-jays by roller-chopping and control-burning scrubby flatwoods to bring back the conditions the birds require to survive.

Biologists plant lespedeza seedlings, a preferred food and cover plant of the bobwhite quail, on Apalachee WMA.

On Guana River WMA, biologists are restoring, enhancing and managing wetland impoundments to benefit waterfowl, wading birds, and many other wetland dependent wildlife species. Techniques include restoring drainage,drilling wells, manipulating water levels and prescribed burning.

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