Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Practice Standard STRUCTURES FOR WILDLIFE (No.) Code 649 Definition A structure installed to replace or modify a missing or deficient wildlife habitat component. Purpose To provide structures, in proper amounts, locations and seasons to: Enhance or sustain non-domesticated wildlife; or Modify existing structures that pose a hazard to wildlife. Conditions where practice applies This practice applies to all lands where planting or managing vegetation fails to meet the short-term needs of the species or guild under consideration. And in addition, where a State-approved wildlife habitat assessment identifies the need to: Provide loafing, escape, nesting, rearing, roosting, perching and/or basking habitat, Examples are nesting islands, nesting boxes, roosting boxes, rock piles, perching structures and brush piles. Modify existing structures to minimize the risks of injury or mortality to wildlife. Examples are the need to: Retrofit an existing fence with fence markers, Modify an existing fence by removing wire or adding wildlife-friendly wire at appropriate spacing, or Modify an existing watering facility by installing escape ramps or removing obstacles that impede safe access to water. Do not use this practice to: Install new structures or modify existing structures for the control of nuisance animal species. Install new structures or modify existing structures for the benefit of captive, feral, or domesticated animals. CRITERIA General Criteria Applicable to all Purposes Construct and install wildlife structures when the State-approved habitat appraisal method identifies limiting habitat component(s) that cannot be provided within the desired time period with implementation of a vegetation management strategy. Use the following criteria to design, install or modify structures for wildlife.
Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Practice Standard STRUCTURES FOR WILDLIFE (No.) Code 649 Definition A structure installed to replace or modify a missing or deficient wildlife habitat component. Purpose To provide structures, in proper amounts, locations and seasons to: Enhance or sustain non-domesticated wildlife; or Modify existing structures that pose a hazard to wildlife. Conditions where practice applies This practice applies to all lands where planting or managing vegetation fails to meet the short-term needs of the species or guild under consideration. And in addition, where a State-approved wildlife habitat assessment identifies the need to: Provide loafing, escape, nesting, rearing, roosting, perching and/or basking habitat, Examples are nesting islands, nesting boxes, roosting boxes, rock piles, perching structures and brush piles. Modify existing structures to minimize the risks of injury or mortality to wildlife. Examples are the need to: Retrofit an existing fence with fence markers, Modify an existing fence by removing wire or adding wildlife-friendly wire at appropriate spacing, or Modify an existing watering facility by installing escape ramps or removing obstacles that impede safe access to water. Do not use this practice to: Install new structures or modify existing structures for the control of nuisance animal species. Install new structures or modify existing structures for the benefit of captive, feral, or domesticated animals. CRITERIA General Criteria Applicable to all Purposes Construct and install wildlife structures when the State-approved habitat appraisal method identifies limiting habitat component(s) that cannot be provided within the desired time period with implementation of a vegetation management strategy. Use the following criteria to design, install or modify structures for wildlife.
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