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TWRA Receives Arbor Day Foundation Award

Posted on Tuesday, March 18th, 2014 by aadmin

The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency has received the honor of being the recipient of Arbor Day Foundation’s 2014 Forest Lands Leadership Award for its bottomland hardwood forest restoration program in West Tennessee. The award is given annually to an individual or organization from across the nation whose outstanding work provides leadership in advancing sustainable forestry efforts on public forest land.  The criteria for receiving this prestigious award are demonstrating initiative and leadership in sustainable forest programs, being a model for others to emulate, addressing a high need area, and having sustainable program building and development. The TWRA and other 2014
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Gov. Deal Honors Three Companies as Forestry for Wildlife Partners

Posted on Tuesday, March 11th, 2014 by aadmin

Gov. Nathan Deal recognized three corporate forest landowners Thursday for their stewardship in land management and practices benefiting Georgia’s wildlife. Plum Creek, Georgia Power and CatchMark Timber Trust were honored by Gov. Deal as 2013 partners in Forestry for Wildlife Partnership, a program administered by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ Wildlife Resources Division. Forestry for Wildlife Partnership is a voluntary program that promotes sustainable forest and wildlife conservation in corporate forestry practices. Partners select and tailor guidelines to improve management for reforestation, harvesting techniques, recreation, sensitive sites and outreach. Representatives were recognized in a brief ceremony Thursday at the
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Four National Conservation Organizations Team Up for Conservation

Posted on Wednesday, February 26th, 2014 by aadmin

Four of the nation’s largest wild bird conservation organizations have joined forces to ensure that wild bird habitat conservation and our shared hunting heritage remain strong for generations to come. Ducks Unlimited (DU), the National Wild Turkey Federation (NWTF), Pheasants Forever (PF) and Quail Forever (QF) recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the goal of furthering sporting traditions across North America. “By entering into this unique partnership, we will be able to reach more than 1 million conservation supporters throughout North America,” said DU CEO Dale Hall. “This MOU is the first step to ensuring our hunting heritage
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Study Assesses Potential Impacts of Energy Development in Central Apps.

Posted on Wednesday, February 26th, 2014 by aadmin

Energy usage in the United States has increased by more than 50 percent in the last half-century, and a similar increase is projected by 2030. In many places, the impacts of energy development are considered only on a project-by-project basis without accounting for their collective effects on fresh water and other natural systems that ensure the health of people and wildlife. A new study by Nature Conservancy scientists published today in the journal PLOS ONE, is the first one to examine the potential environmental impacts of shale gas and wind development across the entire Marcellus shale play, a mammoth gas
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OSMRE Makes $298 Million Available to Clean Up Abandoned Coal Mines

Posted on Wednesday, February 26th, 2014 by aadmin

The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) today announced that more than $298 million is available in Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 to states and tribes to reclaim abandoned coal mines. Funded in part by a fee collected on all coal produced in the United States, the 2014 Abandoned Mine Land (AML) grants enable 28 eligible states and tribes to help eliminate dangerous conditions and pollution caused by past coal mining. Since Congress enacted the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA), OSMRE has provided more than $7.8 billion to reclaim more than 370,000 acres of high-priority
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Posted on Tuesday, February 18th, 2014

Ridge tops and high places are perfect locations for wind turbines to capture breezes that help power our society. Unfortunately, they are also ideal places for golden eagles to soar. Researchers from West Virginia University and Penn State University are trying to figure out the best ways to make sure the eagles can fly and the energy can be generated. They defined risk as the probability of golden eagles encountering wind energy turbines. To do this, they overlaid models of the landscape features that suit both the birds and the energy producers. “Economic development creates complex problems when juxtaposed against
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