Forestry for Wildlife Partnership The Forestry for Wildlife
Partnership program, or FWP, conserves wildlife habitat and
provides the public with recreational access on wildlife
management areas for hunting, fishing, wildlife viewing, hiking
and camping. FWP invites corporate forest landowners to
participate in this voluntary, flexible, non-competitive and
participant-driven conservation partnership that: In February
1996, the Georgia Department of Natural Resources' Wildlife
Resources Division, with assistance from several other
conservation organizations, joined hands with corporate forest
landowners throughout Georgia and developed the FWP. This
comprehensive wildlife management program aims to help
coordinate the restoration and maintenance of many fundamental
characteristics of natural ecosystems throughout lands that are
managed predominantly for silvocultural (forest agricultural)
purposes. The abundance and diversity of wildlife rests largely
in the hands of landowners, who own 93 percent of our landsc