Final Report for W-162-R-7: The Forests and Woodlands Campaign of the Illinois Wildlife Action Plan - Segment 7

Hoover, Jeffrey P.

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Title

Final Report for W-162-R-7: The Forests and Woodlands Campaign of the Illinois Wildlife Action Plan - Segment 7

Author(s)

Hoover, Jeffrey P.

Issue Date

2017-12-01

Keyword(s)

• Illinois Wildlife Action Plan
• forests
• woodlands

Geographic Coverage

• Oakwood Bottoms Greentree Reservoir, Illinois
• Jackson County, Illinois
• Lake Shelbyville Wildlife Management Area, Illinois
• Trail of Tears State Forest, Illinois
• Stephen A. Forbes State Recreation Area, Illinois
• Hidden Springs State Forest, Illinois
• Siloam Springs State Park, Illinois

Abstract

To better understand the response of wildlife populations to forest management activities under the wildlife action plan, Segment 7 of the Forest Campaign was devised to meet the following objectives (1 September 2016 through 31 August 2017): 1) Continue monitoring the response of forest wildlife to various forest management tools that include, but are not limited to, thinning, fire, re-forestation, and the removal of invasive exotic plant species; 2) Use a “before-after-treatment-control” monitoring framework (with replication) at 4 or more sites across Illinois (more than 400 established survey points each visited multiple times per year) to document the immediate and longer-term effects of forest management on populations of forest and woodland-dwelling songbirds; 3) Specifically, to use breeding bird point counts (~400 points distributed among 5 study sites each visited at least twice during May-July), winter bird point counts (~150 point subset of the 400 survey points each visited once during December-February), “camera traps” (~60 point subset of the 400 survey points each surveyed with a 5-day camera deployment), and nocturnal nightjar surveys (10 survey points at each of 2 study sites, each point visited 6 times during May-July), all in conjunction with vegetation surveys (~200 point subset of the 400 survey points sampled during July-August and representing the various treatments and controls) to document how management activities affect forest structure and composition and in turn influence particular wildlife species.

Publisher

Illinois Natural History Survey

Series/Report Name or Number

Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration W-162-R-7

Type of Resource

text

Language

en

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Sponsor(s)/Grant Number(s)

Illinois Department of Natural Resources Division of Wildlife

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This document is a product of the Illinois Natural History Survey, and has been selected and made available by the Illinois Natural History Survey and the University Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It is intended solely for noncommercial research and educational use, and proper attribution is requested.

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