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Eastern Deciduous Forests by Tab Manager, last updated: Jul 15, 2025 05:00 PM: In the northeastern U.S., partners are helping reinvigorate private forestry as a viable—and sustainable—industry. After decades of harvesting valuable trees from forests and leaving the rest, eastern deciduous forests are a monoculture of same-age or same-species trees, lacking both market value and healthy wildlife populations. WLFW “hit the reset button” by working with forest owners to establish young forest stands and restore economic value and abundant wildlife such as white tailed deer, turkey, ruffed grouse, and rarer species like the golden-winged warbler.

Aquatics by Tab Manager, last updated: Jul 15, 2025 04:59 PM: Welcome to the Aquatic Connectivity Framework hub. This Framework is designed to protect and enhance the health of our nation's aquatic ecosystems.

Grasslands & Savannas by Tab Manager, last updated: Jul 15, 2025 04:58 PM: The grassland and savanna regions of the U.S. include the number one crop production states for corn, wheat, sorghum, soybeans, peanuts and cotton. Six of the top ten forest production states are in the East, and the Fescue Belt has the highest concentration of livestock producers and livestock in the country. Southeastern grasslands are the most diverse biologically in the U.S. but also the most imperiled with up to 90% in degraded condition or lost. Major threats include: habitat loss and fragmentation; climate change; alterations to natural land disturbance regimes; and invasive species.

The Anchor Approach to Connectivity by Tab Manager, last updated: Jul 15, 2025 04:52 PM: ANCHOR is a new conservation approach that builds Areawide Networks to Connect Habitat and Optimize Resiliency. The approach guides investments in strategic “anchor” locations to connect wildlife populations, enhance landscape resiliency, and strengthen rural economies.

The Anchor Approach to Connectivity by Tab Manager, last updated: Jul 15, 2025 04:42 PM: ANCHOR is a new conservation approach that builds Areawide Networks to Connect Habitat and Optimize Resiliency. The approach guides investments in strategic “anchor” locations to connect wildlife populations, enhance landscape resiliency, and strengthen rural economies.

The Anchor Approach to Connectivity by Tab Manager, last updated: Jul 15, 2025 04:38 PM: ANCHOR is a new conservation approach that builds Areawide Networks to Connect Habitat and Optimize Resiliency. The approach guides investments in strategic “anchor” locations to connect wildlife populations, enhance landscape resiliency, and strengthen rural economies.

Golden-Winged Warbler by Tab Manager, last updated: Jul 15, 2025 04:36 PM: The Golden-Winged Warbler Partner website was funded for NRCS and its partners to collaborate in support of private landowners to implement Working Lands for Wildlife partnership

Apps, Maps, and Data by Tab Manager, last updated: Jul 15, 2025 04:32 PM: Here you will find helpful tools created especially to support the management and conservation of working lands.

The Anchor Approach to Connectivity by Tab Manager, last updated: Jul 15, 2025 04:31 PM: ANCHOR is a new conservation approach that builds Areawide Networks to Connect Habitat and Optimize Resiliency. The approach guides investments in strategic “anchor” locations to connect wildlife populations, enhance landscape resiliency, and strengthen rural economies.

American Black Duck by Tab Manager, last updated: Jul 15, 2025 04:27 PM: The American Black Duck Partner Website was funded for NRCS and its partners to collaborate in support of private landowners to implement the Working Lands for Wildlife partnership.

Bog Turtle by Tab Manager, last updated: Jul 15, 2025 04:26 PM: The Bog Turtle Partner Website was funded for NRCS and its partners to collaborate in support of private landowners to implement Working Lands for Wildlife partnership.

Eastern Hellbender by Tab Manager, last updated: Jul 15, 2025 04:25 PM: The Eastern Hellbender Partner Website was funded for NRCS and its partners to collaborate in support of private landowners to implement Working Lands for Wildlife partnership.

The AquaCorridors Tool Suite by Tab Manager, last updated: Jul 15, 2025 04:22 PM: The AquaCorridor Tools aim to streamline collaboration in aquatic conservation across the eastern and central United States, empowering landscape-scale, transformative projects. These tools bring together the information and data needed for agencies and NGOs to effectively work together.

The Anchor Approach to Connectivity by Tab Manager, last updated: Jul 15, 2025 04:09 PM: ANCHOR is a new conservation approach that builds Areawide Networks to Connect Habitat and Optimize Resiliency. The approach guides investments in strategic “anchor” locations to connect wildlife populations, enhance landscape resiliency, and strengthen rural economies.

Northern Bobwhite Quail by Tab Manager, last updated: Jul 15, 2025 04:02 PM: The Northern Bobwhite, Grasslands and Savannas Partner Website is for information sharing by technical experts within NRCS and among its partners.

Working Lands for Wildlife: Northern Bobwhite, Grasslands and Savannas Framework for Conservation Action by Web Editor, last updated: Jul 15, 2025 03:57 PM: Working Lands for Wildlife: Northern Bobwhite, Grasslands and Savannas Framework for Conservation Action is a 2022 publication by NRCS capturing a long-term, large landscape conservation plan to recover central and eastern grasslands for northern bobwhite and other wildlife species. To support the win-win approach of WLFW, this framework also includes anticipated outcomes for risk management and revenue enhancements for agricultural/forestry operations, as well as measured outcomes for greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation.

Southeast FireMap by Tab Manager, last updated: Jul 15, 2025 01:27 PM: Fire is a critical but little-known part of landscapes across the southeastern United States. The Southeast (SE) FireMap is a tool that aims to address this gap by helping users accurately track and understand fire patterns across the Southeast.

WLFW by Tab Manager, last updated: Jul 15, 2025 01:04 PM: Through Working Lands for Wildlife (WLFW), NRCS works with partners and private landowners to focus voluntary conservation on working landscapes. NRCS provides technical and financial assistance to agricultural producers, helping them plan and implement conservation practices that benefit target species and priority landscapes. Since 2012, NRCS has restored and protected 6.7 million acres of much-needed habitat for a variety of wildlife. These efforts have led to the rebound and recovery of many species, demonstrating the WLFW conservation model works.

SE FireMap by Tab Manager, last updated: Jul 15, 2025 12:48 PM: Accurately tracking and understanding wildland fire patterns across the Southeastern U.S. is a critical need identified by a consortium of conservation partners. The SE FireMap is a new product developed in 2020-21 to meet these needs, and funded by the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service's Working Lands for Wildlife program under an agreement with the U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities.