Private Landowner

Habitat Planning Assistance For
Private Forest Landowners

New York & Vermont

Our Goals:

Provide technical support to improve private forest conservation to financial support and cost share programs offered by the Natural Resources Conservation Service and Working Lands for Wildlife fund that alleviates costs of conservation practices on private lands.

Who is eligible for working lands for wildlife funds?

Non-industrial private forest landowners or Tribes who own or rent forestland.

New York landowners of forested lands in
regions of Jefferson, Lewis, St. Lawrence, Franklin, Clinton, Sullivan, Dutchess,
Orange, Putnum, Weschester, Rockland, and Essex Counties.

Vermont landowners offorested lands within Franklin. Chittenden, Addison. Grand Isle, Rutland and western Lamoille Counties.

Landowner
benefits:

Achieve Your Wildlife
Habitat Goals

Increase Wildlife
Diversity and Abundance
On Your Property

Increase The Value of Your Timberland

Enhance The Carbon
Storage Of Your Property

Improve Hunting And
Birding Activities

Reduce Or Eradicate
Invasive Species

Technical Services

Forest Inventory & Management Planning
Silvicultural Treatment Planning & Implementation
Non-Commercial Habitat Work

The Ruffed Grouse

Society works to connect private landowners with forest stewardship opportunities intended to benefit forest health and forest dependent wildlife species.