Pheasants Forever Improves 16,600 SD Acres for Wildlife in ’09
Wolsey, SD –-(AmmoLand.com)- South Dakota’s 33 Pheasants Forever chapters and 4,300 Pheasants Forever members completed 1,700 wildlife habitat projects in 2009, benefitting 16,600-plus acres for pheasants and other wildlife.
This includes 725 acres of land acquired and then opened to public hunting and recreation as state Wildlife Management Areas, federal Waterfowl Production Areas or county conservation areas.
South Dakota Pheasants Forever 2009 Wildlife Habitat Work
| Project Type | 2009 Projects | 2009 Acres | Historical Project Totals (Since 1982) | Total Acres Benefitted (Since 1982) |
| Nesting Cover | 15 | 432 | 827 | 28,186 |
| Land Acquisition | 3 | 725 | 56 | 9,983 |
| Wetland Restoration | 1 | 12 | 97 | 1,070 |
| Winter Cover | 21 | 11 | 849 | 2,878 |
| Food & Cover Plots | 1,663 | 15,432 | 15,845 | 173,656 |
| Habitat Maintenance | 2 | 15 | 56 | 3,198 |
| TOTALS | 1,705 | 16,627 | 17,730 | 218,970 |
For more about Pheasants Forever in South Dakota, contact Ben Bigalke, Pheasants Forever Regional Wildlife Biologist, at 605.350.2409 and BBigalke@pheasantsforever.org.
For additional information please visit www.PheasantsForever.org