USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service in Alabama along with the the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service hosted a Working Lands for Wildlife event this past Friday, March 23rd at the Bob Pittman Farm in Mobile County.
The event was held to announce a partnership opportunity for landowners to voluntarily restore and protect habitat for the gopher tortoise as it kicked off the sign-up for the Working Lands for Wildlife initiative, a program targeting at-risk wildlife species across the country. Dr. William E. Puckett, Alabama NRCS state conservationist, explains what the new program is all about.
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Pictured is USFWS Deputy Field Supervisor Dan Everson (center) explaining to NRCS State Conservationist Dr. William Puckett and NRCS State Wildlife Biologist Jeff Thurmond about a gopher tortoise burrow, as I talked Everson about this new effort.
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Bob Pittman, whose farm is located near Grand Bay in Mobile County, hosted the event saying he has been involved with NRCS programs as has acres in the WRP program through NRCS which he is very pleased with.
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I also had a chance to catch up with Darrell Driskell, who was there representing the Mobile County Soil and Water Conservation District, about this effort in their county.
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To learn more about the Working Lands for Wildlife program, contact your local NRCS office.