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ED 056 870 SE 012 578 TITLE What can You Do to BenefitWildlife on Your Land? INSTITUTION Tennesee Valley Authority,Norris, Tcnn. Div. of Forestry, Fisheries, andWildlife Development.; Tennessee Game and FishCommission, Nashville, PUB DATE 69 MOTE 19p. EDRS PRTCE MF-$0.65 HC-$3.29 DESCRIPTORS Animal Science; *conservationEducation; Instructional Material,s; *Land Use;*Manuals; Natural Resources; Plant Science;*Wildlife Management IDENTIFIERS Tennessee Valley Authority ABSTRACT Although this manual was developedby Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) techniciansin the management of TVAlands, it may be well utilized byprivate landowners interested indoing something for wildlife on their ownproperty. The bookletincludes basic information about wildlifein general and seven speciesin particular--the white-tailed deer,ruffed grouse, raccoon, and grav squirrel of the woodlands and thebobwhite quail, cottontail rabbit, and mourning dove found inthe open fields. It suggestsimprovement practices which are inexpensive and maybe scaled to individual interest and capacity. Pointersabout wildlife around the home are also included. (BIA EDO 56870 U.S. DEPARTMENT OFHEALTH, EDUCATION & WELFARE OFFICE OF EDUCATION THIS DOCUMENT HASBEEN REPRO- DUCED EXACTLY AS1ECEIVED FROM THE PERSON ORORGANIZATION 01-31G- INAT/NG IT. POINTS OF VIEWOR OPIN- IONS STATED DO NOTNECESSARILY REPRESENT OFFICIAL OFFICEOF EDU- CATION POSITION OR POLICY.

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Most wildlife use trees to meet some of their needs. Deer, of nut production in a given year. When al:(us are plentiful, squirrel, Frouse, and raccoon are examples wLich spend most there is no finer food. Generally, try to ha at least 8 to 10 of their lives and obtain most of their wants within the forest. wildlife food trees per acre. if you are going to sell nees, Lave then: marked by a Timber stand improvement means cutf , -seased, poorly forester. He will make surehat you keep a thrifty stand formed, or overcrowded treesto allowiett. rtrees morc trees that will provide acorr_nuts, and berries for wildlife growing space. This activity can benefit wil 1:y stimulating while imupving your woods ior the Inture. low-growing plants, too. Lea- -e at least two den tre-s per acre when cutting timber. When trees are sold, group them in from 34 acre These tr es contain holes large enough for use by squirrels, up to 40 or even 50 acres on tracts of 2,P icres or more. raccoons. woodpeckers, opossums, and various songbirds. The Of course, on small tract(less than 25 .1r , sitagle tree best den trees are beech,.cHrriore. scarlct oak, blaz guni. selection may be the only aractical way tc 1 Irvest trees and post ,,ak, black oak, north .(1 so-when: rcl oaks maple, keep stable wildlife cundi ions. and elm. A few desirable trees :nay be "hinge Here, the mallet- trees and shru:Js;ay an importar,: role.Give stein is cut about 34 throigh at 2 to 3 above ground speciale(.sideration to food- c- ver-produeing shrubs, and bent over.Trees less than 10 inch:in diameter can vines, and small trees such as:u id gr:_-,-)es, hawe pers:mmon, be handled in this manner. This does kill the tree but blackberri greenbriers, honeruckle. dogwc-oci. wild plum, puts it in a horizontal position where it:n still grow and wild rais;1, mountain laurel, sourw(,od, andI- uckleberries. bear fruit or browse for a number of ye.: Trees that are Tree cutting will allow sunlight---o reach these slaaller plants good wildlife browse producers include: ., maple, sassafras, and the res-_,Iting increase of fru will help wilelife. persimmon, black gum, dogwood, hawthorneastern red cedar, Keep variety of oaks and hickories. The more kinds black cherry, ash, basswood, willow, cot:awood, and black you have. tile less your chances of ,nfTering a complre loss locust. Protection from wintry weather is required for manykinds of wildlife. Dense ground vegetation preferably evergreen is best. There are three ways you can providewinter cover:

1.Leave natural brush and vine .tangles, rhododendron, laurel, pine or cedar thickets intact rather than burning or cutting them down. 2.Plant y2- to 5-acre patches of Virginia, white, short- leaf, or loblolly pine. Of the four, Virginia pine is best because it offers denser growth, retains live branches longer, and is generally slower growing.Best cover conditions arise from the fifth growing season through the fifteenth, so pine winter coverts can be harvested for pulp and replanted as soon as they are large enough to sell. There should be at least one patch of heavy cover for every 25 acres of woods (minimum size 1/10 acre). 3.Pile brush from treetops and limbs following harvest. (Keep brush piles from touching the trunks of live trees as dead wood will eventually attractinsects and fungi which could also harm live trees.) ' ertige,M51W- ' ,AN.tWirhAilLNOW?"'NZAY" .;; .;. Asityr4 ,MIMP,IttrArle - - , ?t, :..1 _ V7;! LP, 1 41.:4 0 Al. .ailt rol " in dense, low-growing cover.Here also, the doe will seek N/1/k.:5 WILDLIFE temporary seclusion to give birth toher fawns and w ill not travel far away from them during the first two orthree weeks of their life. White-Tailed Deer Ruffed Grouse his Ruffed grouse are typically birds of theforest.In the Ten- A key element with deer is the area needed to fulfill is confined to the Appalachian requirements.If you know deer are already present in your nessee Valley their present range area, then you can go ahead and starttrying to concentrate forestsCumberlands, Blue Ridge, Srnokies, and lesser ranges. them on your land.If not, you will need to have at least Grouse have very specific habitat requirementsand are 5,000 acres. Your neighbors could help meet this need. constantly moving to satisfy these needs.However, annual of 40 acres. Females White-taileddeerarevegetarians.They preferthe movements don't exceed a home range tender annual growth of trees and shrubs (browse) ; awide and broods tend to stay together, whereasmales remain alone. assortment of weeds and grasses; and ccrtainfruits. A deer Best living conditions for grouse include 30 percenthard- must have nearly 2,000 pounds of food yearly tokeep from woods (half acorn-bearing trees), 30 percentbrush, 30 per- starving!Acorns, when available, may form the bulk of cent open land, and 10 percent 1:-.nes andcedars. Small woods fall and early winter diets, but a consistent productionof openings, bushy field edges, woods roads, andutilities rights desired woody vegetation kept within reach (up to 5feet) of way form the bulk of usable open land for grouse. is the chief means of maintaining deer. Drumming logs where the males can strut duringthe While eating spring and summer "greens" deer require mating season are essential.Logs protected by shrub cover salt to help digest and utilize these foods.Scatter two or and logs in the open three salt licks where you would like to see the deerin the are preferred, although stumps, rocks, adequate for the deer's woods are sometimes used. Evergreen thickets(laurel, pine, summer (one to every 300 acres is cedar, rhododendron, or honeysuckle)are also vitally im- needs).Salt blocks are not necessary the best licks are weather. There made by digging in the soil, dumping 25-50 poundsof rock portant, giving needed protection during bad salt on the loosened dirt, then mixing the salt and dirtwith should be a couple of drumming logs and one good evergreen a shovel. thicket per 40 acres if possible. in- You probably will not see deer consistently. They travel Grouse use a wide variety of plant foods and many sects. Hal.: its diet is made of buds, leaves,flowers, and anal] from one to ten miles daily in search of food,sometimes etc.), seeking windy open ridges to escape swarms of flies. During twigs, over one-fourth of fruits (blackberries, grapes, severe winter weather or a summerthunderstorm, deer hide. one-tenth of insects, especially grasshoppers, and thercmainder of a variety of seeds and nuts. Trees whichfurnish fare :i'or travels far, he will most likely hole upin a new den and grouse include apple, birch,yellow-poplar, cottonwood, dog- not return until the next day or later. wood, cherry, beech, hazelnut, hop-hornbearn,ironwood, and Occasionally, there may be as manyas one raccoon per willow. acre in local concentrations, butusuallythey do not exceed Grouse are called "cyclic wildlife," that is, animals who one per lt) acres. regularly have periods of high and low populations.When grouse are at the high point of theircycle, there may be one Gray Squirrel During lows you'll think there are none per 3 to 5 acres. You and your neighbors cancount on having squirrel left!Blustery weather will force grouse to seekdense cover. than by meeting just one requiremeni:Have at least 10 acres of If you have it on your land, you m.y see more grouse land on which there arc five ormore nut-producing trees usual, if you don't, those yoa have will go elsewhere. per acre. Gray squirrels are most at home in the woods, preferring Raccoon mixed deciduous hardwoods (trees that lose their leaves each winter) or mixed pine and hardwoods with all age classes Raccoon inhabit woods near ponds and streams contain- ing salamanders, frogs, crayfish, and snailswhich comprise present. an important part of theirdiet.Ideal habitat is that found At least two den trees per acre are needed.Squirrel near water where part of awoods has been cleared for row- nest boxes can be added in case youhave to help meet this crop fanning. minimum requirement or want to increase dens to the more desirable 4 to 6 per acre. Some type of den is required with a minimum opening blufTs are Although the nuts of oaks, hickories, dogwood, and beech of 4 inches. Trees are preferred but rock piles or wide variety of food including used.The choicest openings are high above the ground. are preferred, squirrels use a Try to leave at least one den tree suitable for raccoon per buds, pine seeds, roots, tubeis, weed seeds, leaves, fruits, and mile along a wooded stream bank. Two hundred acresis insects. A squirrel needs about two pounds of foodweekly. about the smallest unit that can be developedfor raccoon. The mixed woods furnishes a greater variety and more The 'coon moves mostly at night so don't count on stable supply of foods and offers superior facilities fordens. However, a daytime check along In overmature woods, where no cutting has beendone, there seeing this fellow often. is a risk that in years of acorn failure, no alternativefoods a muddy stream bank orfield edge can reveal his peculiar will he available and squirrels may have to travel greatdis- tracks little feet and hands. His nightly forage may take him from a few hundred yards up to 1or 2 miles.If he tances to seek adequate supplies. What Can You Do for Wildlife ON OPEN LAND . . .

Open land cultivated fields, pastures, lawns, or small openings in woods can meet a variety ofconditions for all kinds of wildlife.Quail, rabbits, and mourning dove are typical inhabitants of open fields. Mostsongbirds and non- game mammals are alsohenefited by practices geared for d :we, quail, and rabbit. In open land what youdon't do con be as important as what you do. Don't clean out all fence rows and odd cornersbe- cause they look "weedy."Some of those "weeds" such as barnyard grass, poke,elderberry, panic grass, knot- weed, and ragweed are fine wildlife foods, Don't burn old fields or ri-,stures duringthe prime bird nestir4; season (May through June). Don't mow bay in May or June, or, if youdo, leave at least a 25-foot adjacent to best cover. When mowing, begin on tue side farthest away from thebest cover and gradually worktowards the cover.This forces the wikilife into cover which can servethem until new growth again offers protection. Don't plow all your crop land in the fall butleave sonic near good cover sowildlife can feed on the waste grain and weed seeds during thewinter. Don't let your cattle graze in your woods. Your trees will suffer from it and there will be less foodand cover for wildlife. , ' '

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, 31011 V5:4 If you own land coverea entirely by trees, you can still of such materials as windrows of brush and stumpsplaced help open-land wildlife and woods creatures by seeing at100-footintervals.Planted strips are pleasing to the to it that from 2 to 5 percent of your woods areconverted eye and can furnish dependablefood and cover. Here are to small openings. These would not be usedfor crops but four kinds which you might want to try. could be planted for wildlife. EDGE AND BORDER PLANTINGS Abandoned fields, orchards, road edges, old homesteads, Rates for 20' x 300' strip rights of way, and timber harvest sites (clean-cut units) can be good woods openings. There should be one at least every BICOLOR LESPEDEZA STRAIN 100 SERICEA LESPEDEZA 1/2 mile. Openings every 1/4 mile would be much better.Size 2 pounds scarified seed or seedlings: 8 pounds scarified seed can vary from a minimum of 1/4 acre to 10 acres or more. 18" apart in rows and rows 30" Sow April1 to June 1 apart 85 pounds 3-12-12 Plant when dormant These cleared areas can be allowed to grow back to trees (Decernber 1 - March 1) BUSH HONEYSUCKLE or they can be set back periodicallyby bush-hogging to Seedlings maintain low cover and food.If nothing is done after the AUTUMN OLIVE 18" apart in rows 24" apart trees are removed, seed eaters and browsers (quail,dove, Drilled seeds or seedlings Plant when dormant rabbits, songbirds) will find ideal food and cover conditions 18" apart in row, rows 24" apart (December 1 - March 1) for about three years. In the next 4- to 5 years browsers and Plant in October 30 pounds 10-10-10 budders (deer, rabbits, grouse) will still find good food and 30 pounds 10-10-10 cover.After eight years of young tree growth, food is es- sentially gone. Food patches can be locj,vecl in idle corners,field-woods edges, or in eroded gullies. These are usuallyFroadEragi mix- Maintaining wider fence rows, field-woods borders, and tures of annual plants plus occasionalfood-producing shrubs road edges in wild flowers, grasses, and other residual growth along one or more edges. They can be as small as1/8 acre will furnish some foods, act as nesting cover, and tie other and usually do not exceed 1/2 acre.Preferably they are long, food and cover areas together.These strips, called travel irregularly shaped strips adjacent to or within 100 feet ofgood lanes, should be 10 to 30 feet wide.. Rework every 3 years cover.Try to have at least one food patch per 40 acres. by burning or disking, but stagger treatment so all travel If you set out to plant a food patch you might try oneof lanes aren't disturbed in any one year. Lanes can be made these mixtures. ones are best suited for yourland.Fall plantings are best, ANNUAL SEED MIXTURES 15). (pounds of each to be seeded per acre) followed by late winter (February 15 - March Broadcast and Cultipacked fertilize as required PERENNIAL SEED AND GREEN FORAGE MIXIIIRES (pounds of each to be seeded per acre) Buckwheat 20 Grain sorghum (at 8-10 pounds) Brabham cowpeas 10 Use any one of these Broadcast and Cultipacked Laredo soybeans 10 Redbine -60, -66, or -58 Frontier 400 C, R, S. 610 GRASS-CLOVER MIXTURES PERENNIALS CLOVERS German millet 20 #1 White clover 2-4 1 ton lime (pH 6. 0-6.5) McCurdy 70 Velvet grass 15 500 pounds commercial fertilizer Dutch white clover 2 #2 Button clover 20 (Scarified) 500 lbs. 6-8-6 #3 Crimson clover 20 Sow in June Korean lespedeza 8 Kentucky fescue 20 #4 Red clover 10 Yellow sweet clover 4 Ladino clover 10 Sow in fall (September - October) Orchardgrass 4 Harrow #2 and #3 each August Kenwell fescue 20 to reseed Dutch white clover 4 Sudangrass 12 lbs. lnnoculate as required Dwarf Japanese broomcorn 18 lime to pH 6.0-6.5 for #1 and #3 RESEEDING ANNUALS 400-600 lbs. 0-12-12 or 2-14-14 Early amber sorghum 18 Large Partridge Pea 16 Buckwheat 8 Cultipack GRASSES Sunflower 8 Sow March 1 - April 15 7 Kentucky 31 fescue 30 German millet 1 ton lime Kenwell fescue 30 Japanese millet 7 400-600 lbs. 0-20-20 Orchardgrass 30-50 Hog millet 7 Burn every 2-3 years between Tall oak grass 30-50 Kaffir corn 6 February 1 and February 15 Velvet grass 10-20 Wheatland milo 4 Sow in fall Flax 3 LESPEDEZAS Lime for pH 6.0-6.5 Dwarf Essex Rape 2 Kobe Lespedeza 35 500 lbs. 8-8-8 Sow at 15-20 lbs. Common Lespedeza 25 per acre 100 lbs. Korean Lespedeza 30 Sow February 15 - March 15 be 1 ton lime Inwoods openings and in idle field corners it may 500-600 lbs. 0-16-8 more desirabletoplant things that do not require annual Rough disk or burn February 1-15 replanting. Here are some perennial mixtures you may want Apply 300-400 lbs. 0-16-8 per year to try. Check with your localagricultural agent to see which 12 WILDLIFE OF OPEN SPACES

sedges in summer; and cultivated crop seeds, acorns,seeds Bobwhite Quail of legumes, and other nuts in the fall andwinter. Bobwhite rarely travel over one mile from theplace they Grit (small stones or rock chips) is neededand may have were born, but will cover'A mile daily searching for food. to be supplied if it is not available onquail range. Dusting So, 40 acres is the smallest unit which canbe managed to spots are needed to controlbody parasites and condition meet all daily habitat requirements. feathers. Exposed soil in fields, road banks, erodedsites, etc., are satisfactory. Where lacking,they can be supplied with a Nest sites favored are old fence rowsin grasses and few turns of a shovel near good cover. One spotin 40 acres weeds. Also used are vine and shrub tangles,idle field corners, is enough. woods edges, creeks, and brush and grass mixtures along Coveys usually range over 150 to 300 acres or more or swamps. annually. Maximum fall populations may reach onequail per about typical on Best habitat includes equal amounts of trees, grass,brush, 1 to 2 acres, but one per 6 to 12 acres is arcl cultivated fields with well distributedopenings. Ground good range. vegetation favored is principally herbaceouslegumes (partridge peas, beggar's ticks, common lespedezas).These kinds Cottontail Rabbit of cover are essential, but equallyimportant is the location Much of what is good for quail is good forrabbit so of cover types in respect to each other.Random mixtures of what you do for one favors the other. each type usually work best. Optimum :iving conditions are on agricultura)lands qually Quail are primarily seed eaters, but insects are important where cro-)s. asses,voods, and brush are about representec and .vell distributed.Nesting cover is rc.-3uired, espec'ally for young birds.Plant foods include lea\ r2s, stems, female depends on her and ;eeds in the spring; fleshy fruits, seeds of grassesand but can bi n st an' type since the 1,3 combination of extensive Closely grazed pasture is the good. On poor range (typically a ability to camouflage the nest. closely grazed pastures and uplandhardwoods) rabbit popu- least acceptable. Best escape coveris vegetation and materials lations rarely are better than one per10 acres. too dense for easypenetration by predators especially dogs. Best width of travel lanes for rabbitsis 20 feet.They are rarely found more than 100 feet fromgood cover, so best MOURNING DOVE needed food is within living conditions would ensure that Dove employ their alertness,eyesight, and speed of flight this range. to escape from danger, so openland which looks impossible Rabbits are strict vegetarians, feeding on an enormous for rabbit or quail is frequented bydove if suitable foods leaves, are present. Nesting coveris not essential on a given piece of variety of plants.Yearly diet is a mixture of stems, fly considerable distances to feed. fruits, seeds, bark, weeds, and twigs.Particularly important property because dove will yellow-poplar, black gum, Cover can be provided, however, togive year-round use of trees and shrubs include sumac, Pine plantations are particularlyuseful as are dogwood, hawthorn, apple, white oak,elderberry, winged elm, your land. Dove need water; a farm briers, red elm, sassafras, willow, grape,wild rose, blueberry, cedar thickets and fruit orchards. crabgrass, pond, particularly near trees,is ideal.Small streams with and black cherry.Other favored p'-ints include: unless some clearing is done. clover, plantain, sheepsorrel, panic grass,goldenrod, redtop, dense overstory are not usable bluegrass, orchardgrass, fescue, wildstrawberry, and wild fields, orchards, or other soybeans, The favorite feeding places are millet.Agricultural crops include:wheat, oats, weedy areas where seeds can befound. easily._ Commercial corn, and a variety ofgarden vegetables. crops used include milo, corn,wheat, barley, rice, soybeans, cowpeas, oats, millet, andbuckwheat. If you have an orchard, Rabbits have a home range muchsmaller than quail, browntop millet between the rowsof Maximum density seldom try sowing German or averaging from 1 to 10 acres. trees to attract dove (and manysongbirds). exceeds 2 rabbits per acre,and one per 3 acres is considered 14 Wildlife Around the Home You can make your house lot a "mini-refuge"for wild . lifeif you just follow the theme of this booklet variety. Break up large expanses of lawn with clumps of flowerbeds, trees and shrubs useful for landscaping and wildlife. Put sprne next to your house too, sothat you don't have to depend entirely on artificial feeding to draw wildlife close to you. Here are some of the best trees and shrubs: ORNAMENTAL TREES AND SHRUBS

TALL SHRUBS SHORT SHRUBS Farkleberry (evergreen) Beautyberry What About Water? Autumn olive Dwarf yaupon (evergreen) Russian olive Common winterberry You can count on having more wildlife such as muskrat, Laland firethorn (evergreen) Almond cherry snipe, Itildeer, and bullfrogs if some dependable sourceof Chhiese Photinia (evergreen) Japanese barberry water adjacent to good cover isavailable.If you do Japanese privet Coralberry not have a spring, creek, or natural lake on yourproperty, Common juniper (evergreen) Snowberry construction of a small pond may be in order. Contact your lnkberry (evergreen) Laurestinum viburnum local Soil Conservation Service man, who can help you design Yaupon (evergreen) (evergreen) a suitable one. Springs or small creeks maydry up in summer Silky dogwood Chinese firethorn (evergreen) but their use can be prolonged by making small dams on Doublefile viburnum Pfitzer juniper your stream, using either rocks orlogs. Possum-haw viburnum Arrowwood viburnum es1.31,"*.

TREES appreciated by feathered folk, and, of course, water can be provided when not available naturally. Dogwood Mountain ash Crabapple Norway maple Most birds naturally nest in trees or bushes and well- American holly (evergreen) White pine planned plantings will handle their requirements.Still, there Common laurelcherry Norway spruce is a lot of pleasure in making or buying birdhouses for blue- Black cherry Pecan birds, wrens, swallows, chickadees, nuthatches, woodpeckers, Common cedar (evergreen) Walnut or martins. Flowers furnish attractions and food for a variety of insects, which in themselves are interesting fellows not deserv- ing the bad r,,...putation generally falling on their shoulders. If your flower beds catch a migration of Monarchbutterflies, this could be the highlight of the year! An abundance of red Lowers, nectar-rich petunias, morning-glories, geraniums, or sultana may bring the "humming" activity of rubythroated hummingbirds. Food trays and boxes placed on posts, hung LItrees or made as window shelves can attract juncos,towhees, woodpeckers, chickadees, cardinals, nuthatches, titmice, and many others. Any good wild bird seed mix will do, the best being 100 percent sun/lower seed.These feeding stations should be supplemented with suet to help round out thediet in winter.Sliced apples,raisins, and lettuce leaves are also HOW DOES YOUR LAND MEASUREUP . .

WOODS BEST GOOD POOR Den trees (per acre) 4-6 2-4 less than 2 Kinds of oaks and hickories 10 or more 5 to 10 less than 5 Size of trees 1/2 or more 1/4-1/2 treesbelow 1/4 15" +dia. 15" +dia. 15" dia. Wildlife food trees and shrubs (per acre) over 10 8 to 10 below 8 Winter coverts (per 50 acres) over 2 2 less than 2 over 5 1 to 5 less than Woods openings (per 50 acres) acres acres 1 acre

OPEN LAN D BEST GOOD POOR Travel lane widths (fences, field edges, etc.) 30' 10-30' below 10' Number of usable travel lanes over 1/2 1/4 to 1/2 less than (not cleaned out) 1/4 Food patches (per 80 acres) over 2 2 less than 2 Lawn landscaping (open space 25'-50' 25'-50' more than between useful trees, best wild- any kind 50' any shrubs & flowers) life kinds kind 17 18 DIVISION OF FORESTRY, FISHERIES, AND WILDLIFEDEVELOPMENT TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY NORRIS, TENNESSEE 37828 and TENNESSEE GAME AND FISH COMMISSION ELLINGTON AGRICULTURAL CENTER P.O. BOX 9400 NASHVILLE. TENNESSEE 37220 1969

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