HCSS provides wildlife related technical assistance to restore and conserve habitat. Active management is an important part of habitat restoration and conservation. Proper active habitat management will provide the necessary habitat requirements (food, water, space, shelter) needed by wildlife species on your property. The following documents have been prepared by HCSS staff and can be used as general guidance in selecting the type of habitat management techniques you need depending on your current habitat conditions, your habitat goals, wildlife species requirements, and your available resources (time, money, etc.). Diversity in habitat equals diversity for wildlife.
| Habitat Management Techniques | Practice Standard | Habitat Management Bulletin | Picture | Video |
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| 1.0 | Prescribed Burning | PDF 1.6MB | | | WMV 17.3MB |
| | | dormant | | | | |
| | | growing | | | | |
| 2.0 | Mechanical Vegetation Enhancement | PDF 159KB | | | |
| | | Hand Cutting | | | | |
| | | Mowing | | | | |
| | | Disking | | | | |
| | | Chopping | | | | |
| | | Mulching | | | | WMV 6MB |
| 3.0 | Chemical Vegetation Enhancement | PDF 2MB | | | |
| | | Invasive/Exotic Plant ID & Control | | | | |
| | | Band Spraying | | | | |
| | | Broadcast Spraying | | | | |
| | | Spot Spraying | | | | |
| 4.0 | Creating and Maintaining Wildlife Opening | | | | |
| | | Native | PDF 151KB | | | |
| | | Food plots | | | | |
| 5.0 | Wetland Restoration | | | | |
| 6.0 | Native Tree Shrub Restoration | PDF 1MB | | | |
| | | Planting Longleaf Pine Seedlings | | | | |
| | | Planting Containerized Hardwood | | | | |
| 7.0 | Native Groundcover Restoration | | | | |
| 8.0 | Fence and Gate Construction | | | | |
| 9.0 | Nest Box Construction and Placement | | | | |
| | | RCW | | | | |
| | | Wood Duck, Bluebird, Kestrel | | | | |
| | | Bat | | | | |
| | | Osprey Platforms | | | | |
| 10.0 | Rooftop Nesting Restoration | PDF 47KB | | | |