Strategic habitat conservation handbook: a guide to implementing the technical elements of strategic habitat conservation (version 1.0)

This is a handbook describing the framework for strategic habitat conservation that enables the efficient conservation of wildlife populations through habitat management. It provides details on applying the technical elements of SHC; biological planning, conservation design, outcome-based monitoring and assumption-driven research.
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A woodpecker perches near cavity on trunk of mature pine tree.
The Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge is the headwaters of the Suwannee and St. Marys rivers.  The refuge provides habitat for threatened and endangered species, such as the red-cockaded woodpecker, indigo snake, and wood stork, along with a wide variety of other wildlife.  It is world renowned...
A reddish egret wades in shallow estuary waters
Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, located along Florida’s coast about 60 miles east of the city of Orlando, was established by agreement as an overlay of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s John F. Kennedy Space Center. The refuge lies within one of the most productive...
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Wildlife refuges
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Prairies
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Habitat restoration
Habitat conservation
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