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WILDLIFE MANAGEMEMT |
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Do you own property that you would like to make more attractive to wildlife? The Mason-Lake Conservation District can provide technical assistance to help you in this endeavor.
Do you have woodlots? The Forestry Program is available to provide assistance with wildlife enhancement in your woodlots
Do you have open land? Staff can help you choose trees & wildlife shrubs based on your needs and the soils you have. We can also provide technical assistance to you for native grass plantings or food plots.
Do you have a low, wet area that has been previously drained with ditches or tile? Assistance and cost-share is available for wetland restorations. Call Lynda @ 757-3708 ext. 3 for more information on any of these services. |
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LEFT: Native grasses provide good cover from predators such as this red tailed hawk above and are a good food source for birds and small mammals. |
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LEFT: Deer find a safe haven in woodlots. |
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LEFT: Pheasant, Turkeys and a variety of birds find this highbush cranberry a tasty treat along with other fruit bearing shrubs and trees. Fruit bearing shrubs also provide shelter in all seasons for birds & small mammals. |
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RIGHT: Conifers provide cover for many species of wildlife, such as the Chickadee to the right. They also make good wind blocks. |
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RIGHT: Food plots such as these sunflowers provide food and cover for a variety of wildlife |
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RIGHT: Wetlands provide cover and food for a variety of wildlife including many species of waterfowl. You never know what species of wildlife you might find such as these four Whooping Cranes that visited our area one spring. |
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Marv Hanna seeds warm season grasses on his farm in Custer with a Truax drill especially made to plant fluffy prairie grass. The mix included Switchgrass, Little Bluestem, Big Bluestem and Indiangrass; grasses which provide excellent habitat to a variety of wildlife and especially attractive to ducks for nesting and to pheasants for both nesting and winter cover. The seeding (done in spring of 2007) and the restored wetland in the background (done in 2006), were completed with technical assistance from Lynda Herremans of the Mason-Lake CD and Gib King of the US Fish & Wildlife Service through a program called Partners for Wildlife. Another wetland was restored on the Hank Huber farm in Riverton Township in 2007 under this program. Since installing the program in 1997, the Mason-Lake Conservation District has helped to restore 87 wetlands on 260 acres for 41 landowners in Mason & the west half of Lake County under the Partners for Wildlife Program.
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