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1005 South Main Street, Suite 104Corbin, KY 40701www.appalachianwildlife.com
Appalachian Wildlife Foundation
• Established 2009• Ecological restoration and wildlife
conservation with energy industries – primarily the coal industry
• Mine Land Stewardship Initiative• Endangered Species management
Appalachian Wildlife Foundation
Appalachian Wildlife Foundation
20th Century Wildlife RestorationMost of these are after 1977
• White-tailed Deer• Black Bear• Elk• Wild Turkey• Osprey• Beavers• Otters• Wood ducks• Canada Geese• Bald Eagle
Mine Land Stewardship Initiative
• Natural Resource Partners• Alpha Natural Resources• International Coal Group > Arch Coal• TECO Coal• Patriot Coal• American Electric Power• Duke Energy• 22 Wildlife Conservation Organizations
Mine Land Stewardship Initiative
• Improve performance of the coal industry through market incentives.
• Ecological performance• Community support, public access for
recreation, tourism, etc.
What is the Objective?
What is “Wildlife”?
If you are managing for everything, you are managing for nothing.
Determining the Wildlife Restoration Objective
• Landowner preference• Local priorities• State priorities• Regional priorities
Guilds of Species Have Different Habitat Needs
• Mature forest interior• Grasslands• Young forest and shrub habitats• Edge habitats• Generalists• Specialists• Diversity
Stream Protection Rule DEIS
• “Alternatives 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 (in areas subject to the enhanced permitting requirements), and 8 (Preferred) require reforestation of previously forested areas and of lands that would revert to forest under conditions of natural succession (with an exception for prime farmland). Reforestation would be implemented in a manner that expeditiously enhances the recovery of the native forest ecosystem”. Page 4-99
300,000 acres
25,000 acres
650,000 acres
Wildlife Impact Hierarchy
• Avoid impacts• Minimize impacts• Mitigate for impacts
• How can we design this project/mine/gas well complex to benefit certain wildlife species?