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Florida portal; Wildlife Management Areas of Florida — managed for recreational uses by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
The Florida Wildlife Corridor Act is the result of over 40 years of conservation work, much of which was driven by Professor Larry Harris and Reed Noss. Starting in the 1980s, they realized that Florida's rapid development was causing serious habitat loss and fracturing, and the only way to address it was through large-scale conservation efforts.
Map of Georgia. The protected areas of Georgia cover almost one million acres (4,000 km 2) of the state. These areas are managed by different federal and state level authorities and receive varying levels of protection. Some areas are managed as wilderness while others are operated with acceptable commercial exploitation.
Hunting is popular at Fred C. Babcock/Cecil M. Webb Wildlife Management Area. white-tailed deer and Northern bobwhite populations continue to rise due to habitat management, and opportunities also exist to hunt mourning dove and feral hog. A shooting range is located close to the entrance and sees hundreds of visitors on the weekend.
Before the Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge was established, much of the area was under commercial timber management, first by Putnam Lumber Company in the early 1900s, then by a succession of other timber and paper companies, notably Georgia-Pacific and Packaging Corporation of America. In the late 20th century, efforts were initiated ...
Lists of wildlife management areas of the United States by state (16 P) A. Wildlife management areas of Alabama (4 P) ... Wildlife management areas of Florida (16 P) I.
Okefenokee Wilderness is a 353,981 acre (1,432.5 km 2) U.S. Wilderness Area located in southeastern Georgia in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge. It was established and governed under the Wilderness Act of 1974 when 343,850 acres (1,391.5 km 2) were designated as wilderness by Public Law 93-429.
The swamp's southeastern drainage to the Atlantic Ocean is the St. Mary's River, which forms the boundary between Georgia and Florida. [7] The swamp contains numerous islands and lakes, along with vast areas of non-forested habitat. [7] Prairies cover about 60,000 acres (240 km 2) of the swamp. [7]