However, the wetlands of the Central Valley h

rive eopland

Federal sate and private pariner,

ella falta nthe valle

forts landowners ar

al pools, nat

uplands and other important wilde habias
throughout the val

+ hoping rato and erdangored species, including

‘he Calfornia e-legged fog San fagquin kit

fox, Tipton Kangtroo mt giant garter snake, vl

ley elerberry longhorn bet, tricokared Black:

bird and the southwest willow Ayentcher,

Fitiesticiapyitaver son!

tod caracara, wood stork, whoop



PaciFIC SALMON

Orsi ert ate fm and rary pita
tenon species have dclined Yroughout the protect sland moines

Paeifle Northwest and northern

hata extends from the inland cok-water
of Oregon, Washingon, lat and California to
the North Pais Osean, at aca of freshwater

fornia. Theie improve water quality, tenet both salmon and
ms human use of streams and rivers. Beeause iparian

‘etation ewer fs ne he ot impo
scape features that determines treo helt, grt

sbeing place on conservation and

‘stuavine and ocean habla covering mone than emph

15 milion square miles. Complex Mecyces and restora

abt requirements make management ofthese °

species challenge that ravercséeosysteme,inter-Throvgh USDA conservation programs, lanown.

rational boundri

state a tribal jurisdictions, ers are improving sparan alas by creating

publicand pevate lands cultural needs, and scio- vegetative bulls, restoring riverine wetlands, and
‘conomie walitien Therefor, many different on protecting stream bake al river banks, By mal
servation ms fining and restoring steams forests, lancow

restore Pacific salmon stocks anal the habitats anders ae providing ater cooling shade at a worse

cane edd fo protect and

‘watersheds that support them, facts and other sal foods 1 streams
Government agencies, los planning groups nd Tree ha flint steams provide crt salmon

‘and imple- haba stactue. Landowners ar alk woking

researchers are working Io priori

ment measures a estore habitat ofthe ix Pacific with public agencies and other cnservaton prt

Working, ners to remove buries a salmon movement, sch

salmon species Unoughout thee rang

with these groups, private landowne ta iproperly placed

Lower Mississippi VALLE

the toodpain of hele

Mins iver an
Misourt ints, Kentucky, Tome, Aan
Minty and Louisa This tre, known x
the Malspp Detar or it ert

arkltral is and prt bond bid
tod foes, Mre tan percent ofthe ogi
21 mln ces ste tandem the Delo

Many ares rai too et 10
are working wih a valety of,

agencies and groups to restore many of thew area
tock o wetland habitats, Deli landowners have

Jans ard refrest btomland hardwoods, wth

Inlp of USDA's WRP and ath conservation

pavinrs. Thelr efforts are providing habitat for

traterfow shorebinds, reptiles and amphibans,

muni Ota sv ny en



ee ta aac

reeponae has ben tremendous frm a wide

Oklahoma have joined of elle. Ret Slough is now secopizd within
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service the stake and region a8 a Bidar’ prac
in est th ta yar, 4 ins
say heen recorded for the site

p ob lendown

vision an ieiatve to estore the are fo 9 mone

vibe WP. and

partners aren the proces of

percent of the ar help

etoring wife habia Uwoughout the se
{sing ensting and newly construc! dikes and

‘water control srdctures, more than 4.00 acres of
shallow water wetland habitat has byen develope

ngs have bee et og coping aa Wear

‘More that mon re

plant on the rena Ina effort tor

‘stblish the botiomland hardwood! forest that wis = Birds only rarely seen inthe state are become
eared for erp prodyction. The surface lopogra lngcommn dung seasonal visits to Rs
[Phy that was eliminate by land leveling and ether Slough.

farming practices boing restored, an th * Unusual rf me recor ae boen doe

mented or binds esting in Oklabora such as
wood
reat spoons and backenecd aits

rt, tite big willow fcatchen

1 The number of migratory an wintering

winter, Dock an

13 dramatically indica
quickly reverted bac to ane ofthe moa diverse
seta esate th

sds 8 wel as proce fod oth

orking with Pheasants Fore
NRCS, the USFWS, Bucks Uli

led « umber of wilde species to mo

etter erly isppeared in wa in the

19004; now they are found in thee fourths of

+ Duck populations ere up 20 percent, white

rainbow trout in lows



St. LAWRENCE VALLEY, NEW YORK MICHIGAN



POWERFUL PARTNERSHIPS ON THE LAND

+ yow ny’ aching hing. secing an

elk bugle or walhing an age soar remember
this: private landowner ate the hey to widite
Jubital in Americ Many agenctes and gecups
‘ler eal and liane hop, Grming
powerful partneshipe on he land, Thos
partners kno that everyone tris fom
ers aa site Rata ant woul he
‘more people to notice the wack bung dane on
Jarman vankhes droge Americ,

Contributors a multimedia project for that
Purpose ice:

'USIDA Natural Resources Conservation Serve
Local Conservation Districts

America Soybean Asecation

Monsants

US. Fh and Wildife Service
(Partners for Wise)

‘State tah an wildlife agencies
(Untrmational Assocation of Fish fe
Wildhie Agencies)

Docks Unlimited

National Fst and Wilde Foundation

Phomunts Forever

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(Quail Untin
Rocky’ Mountain Ftk Foundation
‘Wid Turkey Federation

Endangered Species Coalition
“The Wilde Sac

Wilde Managemen Ime
[National Corn Growers Asccation
National Asacaton of Wheat Growers

For more copes of this booet call 1888-Landeara
soa ts an Equal Opportunity Empiayer and Povier,


Our LiviNG LAND

America's Farmers and Ranchers
Making a Home for Wildlife



CONNECTICUT RIVER WATERSHED

arxkower in New England's Connecticut
River watered are working together bo

restore important fi aa wife habit the

region. Une petro formed amseng th

Connecticut River Conservation District Coalition
USFWS and NRCS i elping Landowners restore
and protect the ecological integity ofthe
(Conoxetcut River system in our stats. With the
Wik Hatta lncentives

an eter programs, Lindowners

fish arn other aquatic Uf. Landowners are
tho working with tae apencis ond eters to

small dame or ctherwhe provide assay
for fich to nigrote up many Connecti River =
ares to span. The ol

are iene to
tap restore population of American shad. bue-
tuck erring alewives and Atlantic salmon in
New England. Since mont of New England's once
comonon grassland are has been replaced by fr
tor developed for more ites

ye uses, grassland
Data restoration ici. WHIP is ping

landoweners restore and manage grasslands hat
provide crac esting areas for grasa Bid,
tncluding crstern meadowtas,bbolinks,
pln Sndpipers, groshopper spurrnes aad

saperspurows. Landowners or also working
sth a bread ary of conservation porters
restore wetland an or natve hatte

MONTANA

central Montana armers and ranchers re

largest expanses of grassland that remain inthe

Prine pothol region of the US. apna of
vd
ental emportane to

spain cropland this

‘wilife, Wetlands and grasslands inthe basin

Provide productive nesting haat for pnts,
tmllards and other ducks. leven species of shor

leds bre hee and another 20 species use the
area as reeling slope during gration

Grassland Winds hat have experienced population
declines, including sage grouse, long led cur,

Stop hcmbonsmGes

‘mountain plover, burrowing owl, Sprague’ ppl
Bing’ spcrow and lick bunting rely on place
pecslenl inthe basin. Other native wildlife, sch

as sft fox and Hacktalled prairie dogs are ao

ti fo these prairie gral ceoeystme

ing the import oe hat ranching
{in maintaining proactive grasa wetland land

of wile the busin

‘Specially, landowners are working with the
USFWS, Montana Fish, Wldife and Paths, NRCS,
and other coeservation porters to

* restore previouiy drained wetlands

+ prtet remaining native grasslands

+ reestablish gros atitats.on lands previouly
converted t sal grain provction,

The CRP hasbeen paticulny helpful: tandoweners

have enue more than 2 lion aces of former

upland into the rogram. Conservation partner

have hepa landowners improve wile habitat

byvadjusting seed intures planted on more than

2000 acres previously gto in the progr.



A MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR ail

Land. Gur quality of Met great " " Tas 15 year, USDA
having the land with wild plant ~ aed the efforts of
interacting with them. Willie as



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