Wildlife Habitat Improved in Haralson County 

Jeff Watson is a second generation landowner of approximately 83 acres in Haralson County. The majority of the property is in hardwoods with a 10 acre tract that is predominately Loblolly pine.

There is an 11 acre open area that is managed for wildlife. A small portion is planted as a food plot while the remaining is allowed to go native. Jeff applied for, and received cost share funding through the Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program (WHIP). This funding enabled him to complete noncommercial thinning on his property to improve the wildlife habitat.

After the thinning, prescribed burning will complete the project. This 83-acre tract has been set aside for wildlife, with an emphasis on deer and turkey. Jeff’s son is disabled and wheelchair bound, so Jeff built an observation tower with handicapped accessibility so that his son could enjoy observing the wildlife. (The observation tower was not part of the cost share funding).

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