{"id":17409,"date":"2021-04-30T18:00:30","date_gmt":"2021-04-30T18:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/?p=17409"},"modified":"2025-02-10T17:24:41","modified_gmt":"2025-02-10T21:24:41","slug":"publication-creating-a-wildlife-habitat-management-plan-for-landowners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/publication-creating-a-wildlife-habitat-management-plan-for-landowners\/","title":{"rendered":"Publication: Creating a Wildlife Habitat Management Plan for Landowners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/edustore.purdue.edu\/item.asp?Item_Number=FNR-616-W\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-17411 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/FNR-616-W_Page_01-386x500.jpg\" alt=\"FNR-616-Cover\" width=\"386\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/FNR-616-W_Page_01-386x500.jpg 386w, https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/FNR-616-W_Page_01-1545x2000.jpg 1545w, https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/FNR-616-W_Page_01-768x994.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/FNR-616-W_Page_01-1187x1536.jpg 1187w, https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/FNR-616-W_Page_01-1583x2048.jpg 1583w, https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/FNR-616-W_Page_01-250x324.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/FNR-616-W_Page_01.jpg 1700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 386px) 100vw, 386px\" \/><\/a>Many landowners are interested in enhancing their property for wildlife. An important first step in that process is creating a plan. As the adage goes, \u201cfailing to plan, is planning to fail.\u201d Just as you would have a blueprint if you were building a house or a map if you were starting a road trip, the same is true when you are managing habitat for wildlife on your land.<\/p>\n<p>Landowners can tailor a wildlife habitat management plan to their own personal goals for their property. Maybe a hunter wants to increase the population of upland birds on their property, or a bird-watcher would like to improve the overall diversity of songbirds in their woodlands. Management plans help turn these goals into reality.<\/p>\n<p>This 12 page publication titled <a title=\"Creating a Wildlife Habitat Management Plan for Landowners\" href=\"https:\/\/edustore.purdue.edu\/item.asp?Item_Number=FNR-616-W\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Creating a Wildlife Habitat Management Plan for Landowners<\/a> is packed with photos, resources and suggestions to help meet your goals.<\/p>\n<p>View other wildlife habitat management publications and video resources as you place keywords in the search field located on <a href=\"https:\/\/edustore.purdue.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Education Store<\/a>\u00a0website.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Resources<\/strong><br \/>\n<a title=\"Permanent Link to A Template for Your Wildlife Habitat Management Plan\" href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/a-template-for-your-wildlife-habitat-management-plan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Template for Your Wildlife Habitat Management Plan<\/a>, Got Nature?, Purdue Extension<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/edustore.purdue.edu\/item.asp?Item_Number=FNR-596-W\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Managing Your Woods for White-Tailed Deer<\/a>, The Education Store<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLgoGnq-fak7XgiEFkpuQNAFa0rM4elCis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Woodland Stewardship for Landowners<\/a>, Playlist, Purdue Extension \u2013 Forestry and Natural Resources YouTube channel<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLgoGnq-fak7VTTnF4Bh9HvQnB_azYbAfY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Woodland Management Moment<\/a>, Purdue Extension \u2013 FNR playlist<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLgoGnq-fak7WCC1_Xea_3KNOsXEq8dWtG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wildlife Habitat Hint<\/a>, Purdue Extension \u2013 FNR playlist<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Tvlw1Kx9DBs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ask an Expert: Wildlife Food Plots<\/a>, Video, Purdue Extension \u2013 Forestry and Natural Resources YouTube channel<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/contact-us\/directory\/jarred-m-brooke\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jarred Brooke<\/a>, Wildlife Extension Specialist<br \/>\nPurdue Department of Forestry and Natural Resource<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many landowners are interested in enhancing their property for wildlife. An important first step in that process is creating a plan. As the adage goes, \u201cfailing to plan, is planning to fail.\u201d Just as you would have a blueprint if you were building a house or a map if you were starting a road trip, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,860,54],"tags":[494,1344,413,72,1410],"class_list":["post-17409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-howto","category-publication","category-wildlife","tag-landowner","tag-plan","tag-publication","tag-wildlife","tag-wildlife-habitat-mamangement","audience-for-enthusiasts","audience-for-homeowners","audience-for-landowners","audience-for-professionals"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/64"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17409"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17409\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31479,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17409\/revisions\/31479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}