Wildlife Management Plans are plans designed specifically for habitat creation and/or recreation (i.e. hunting, trapping, fishing). They are not the same as a Stewardship Plan, though a Stewardship Plan will include information about how to best manage a forest for specific wildlife, wildlife plan may not focus on timber aspects or overall woodland management as the main or only management option.

These plans are written for landowners who are trying to improve hunting—specifically white-tailed or other large game, create pollinator habitat, bird habitat, or even ecologically threatened or special concern species. They can be written alongside a Stewardship Plan as a more in-depth look into wildlife management, though they are not required for any program or eligible for any cost-share.

These plans may include the following:

• Property description and ecological region located within

• Forest and non-forest descriptions - edge habitat creation, and maintaining pre-colonial forest age and size diversity

• Bedding, routes/corridors, feeding areas used by wildlife (white-tailed deer for example)

• Factors/management that will increase specific species prevalence

• Factors/management that will decrease a specific species prevalence

• Prescribed fire planning and firebreak design

• Soil Maps and soil testing for food plot design