Pheasant Forever Helps Minnesota Add Nearly 2,000 Acres of Public Wildlife Lands

Minnesota Adds Nearly 2,000 Acres of Public Wildlife Lands
Saint Paul, Minn. — Minnesota’s 75 Pheasants Forever chapters and two Quail Forever chapters completed 1,027 wildlife habitat projects in 2009, benefitting over 11,200 acres for pheasants, upland birds and other wildlife. This includes 1,971 acres of land acquired and then opened to public hunting and recreation as state Wildlife Management Areas or federal Waterfowl Production Areas.Minnesota Pheasants Forever 2009 Wildlife Habitat Work

Project Type
2009 Projects
2009 Acres
Historical Totals (Since 1982)
Total Acres Benefitted

Nesting Cover
161
3,446
3,267
59,370

Land Acquisition*
24
1,971
369
31,511

Wetland Restoration
12
260
457
10,631

Winter Cover
29
72
4,786
10,757

Food & Cover Plots
718
2,409
15,574
81,169

Habitat Maintenance
83
3,068
455
19,032

TOTALS
1,027
11,226
24,908
212,470

* Land acquisition project totals may reflect more than one chapter’s participation.

Minnesota Pheasants Forever’s annual state meeting will be held on Friday, January 15th and Saturday, January 16th at Ruttger’s Sugar Lake Lodge in Grand Rapids to recognize the efforts and the volunteers that made these accomplishments possible. Pheasants Forever will also use the meetings to train volunteers, gather input on key state and federal habitat issues. Members of the media are invited to attend. For more information, contact Eran Sandquist at 763.242.1273 or via email at esandquist@pheasantsforever.org,, or Scott Roemhildt at 507.327.9785 or via email atsroemhildt@pheasantsforever.org.

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