To encourage landowners to protect habitat for RCWs, Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, in cooperation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, has implemented a Safe Harbor Program in the state. Safe Harbors are intended to foster cooperation of landowners, and benefit both endangered species and landowners simultaneously.
Under a Safe Harbor agreement, landowners agree to manage their land in a way that is expected to benefit RCW populations, but will not incur any new restrictions if RCW populations expand beyond the baseline level that exists on the property when the agreement is signed. The baseline level can even be zero if potential RCW habitat is present but no RCWs exist on the land.
Contact Alabama Red-cockaded Woodpecker Safe Harbor Program
Contact Alabama Red-cockaded Woodpecker Safe Harbor Program
Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
64 North Union Street
Suite 584
Montgomery, AL 36130
Phone: 334-242-3469
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