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Presented on behalf of:
Forever Wild Land Trust
Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
A State Government program to purchase land for use as…
Forever Wild
A State Government program to purchase land for use as…
Nature Preserves
A State Government program to purchase land for use as…
Nature PreservesRecreation Areas
A State Government program to purchase land for use as…
Nature PreservesRecreation Areas
A State Government program to purchase land for use as…
Nature PreservesRecreation AreasState Parks
A State Government program to purchase land for use as…
Nature PreservesRecreation AreasState Parks
A State Government program to purchase land for use as…
Nature PreservesRecreation AreasState ParksWildlife Management Areas
Background
Voted in as Alabama Constitutional Amendment 543 in 1992
Voted in as Alabama Constitutional Amendment 543 in 1992
Passed by 83% of the votes
Background
Voted in as Alabama Constitutional Amendment 543 in 1992
Passed by 83% of the votes
Program Funding Life: 1992-2012
Background
Revenue generated from royalties of
offshore gas operations in Alabama waters
Alabama TrustFundInterest earned
from the Alabama Trust Fund
General Fund
Funding10%
(not to exceed $15 million/year)
90%
$
$
$
$
$
Land Acquisitions become a component of the Alabama Trust Fund
$ $
Sunset clause ends Funding in
2012
Funding
Forever Wild Board of Trustees
15 voting members • One member shall be the Commissioner of the Department
[ADCNR] who shall also serve as Chairman of the Board.• One member shall be the State Forester.• One member shall be the Executive Director of the Marine
Environmental Sciences Consortium.• Three members which shall be appointed by the Alabama
Commission on Higher Education from Departments of Biology, Zoology, Environmental Sciences and Wildlife Science from eligible four-year institutions of higher education in Alabama.
• Nine members from each of the three geographical regions of the State nominated by three groups representing different interests and to serve 6 year terms
Land to be purchased from willing sellers, at a price not to exceed Fair Market Value
Partners
• The Nature Conservancy of Alabama• Ducks Unlimited• Alabama Lands Trusts• The Alabama Wildlife Federation• The Attorney General’s Office
– Environmental Section• North American Wetlands Conservation Act:
USFWS• National Coastal Wetlands Program: USFWS-
Forest Legacy Program: USFS-• Coastal Impact Assistance Program: NOAA
Coastal Estuarine Land Conservation Program: NOAA
Thamnophis s. sirtalis – Eastern Gartersnake
Acquisitions
• 72 Acquisitions (fee simple & long term recreation leases)
• 23 Counties• 209,874 acres• $126.8 Million in
property values (at time of purchase)
Management Policy
Multiple Use Philosophy– Nature Preserve– Recreation Area– State Park– Wildlife Management
hiking, fishing, nature study, outdoor education, bird watching, hunting, photography, camping...
Walls of Jericho Tract
Multiple Use Philosophy– Nature Preserve– Recreation Area– State Park– Wildlife Management
Mobile Tensaw Delta
hiking, fishing, nature study, outdoor education, bird watching, hunting, photography, camping...
Management Policy
Multiple Use Philosophy– Nature Preserve– Recreation Area– State Park– Wildlife Management
Grand Bay Savanna Tract
hiking, fishing, nature study, outdoor education, bird watching, hunting, photography, camping...
Management Policy
Land Stewardship
Habitat RestorationPrescribed fire
Invasive species controlNative species reintroduction
The Wehle Tract
The State Cattle Ranch
Land Stewardship
Habitat Restoration
Prescribed fireInvasive species controlNative species reintroductionHydrology restoration
Mobile Tensaw Delta
Land Stewardship
Habitat RestorationPrescribed fire
Invasive species controlNative species reintroductionHydrology restoration
Grand Bay Savanna
Land Stewardship
Habitat Restoration
Prescribed fireInvasive species controlNative species reintroductionHydrology restoration
Land Stewardship
Resource Protection & Law Enforcement
Land Stewardship Officer Brandon
Honeycutt
Land Stewardship
Timber management
Coosa WMA Tract
Educational Opportunities
Mobile Tensaw DeltaAuburn University Student & Keith
Gauldin
Field Trips & Graduate Research Projects
Educational Opportunities
Mobile Tensaw DeltaAuburn University Student &
Jeremy Doss
Field Trips & Graduate Research Projects
Jacinto Port TractUniversity of South Alabama Graduate
Students
Educational OpportunitiesField Trips &
Graduate Research Projects
Walls of Jericho TractUniversity of Alabama Huntsville Students
Educational OpportunitiesField Trips &
Graduate Research Projects
Acquisitions
• 72 Acquisitions (fee simple & long term recreation leases)
• 23 Counties• 209,874 acres• $126.8 Million in
property values (at time of purchase)
Guntersville State Park Additions
Monsanto• Nature Preserve & Recreation• Nesting Habitat for Growing Population of Bald
Eagles• 209 acres• Forever Wild Tract #1• Located on Lake Guntersville in Marshall County• September 13, 1994
Eagle Roost View• Secured Public View of Bald Eagle Roost Habitat • 17 acres• Forever Wild Tract #13• February 4, 1999
Haliaeetus leucocephalus-
Bald Eagle
The Wehle Tract
• Recreation & Wildlife Management Area
• 1,505 acres• Forever Wild Tract #2• Bullock County• October 28, 1994
Gopherus polyphemus
Gopher Tortoise
Procyon lotor- Raccoon
Coon Creek
Terrapene carolina Eastern Box Turtle
• Recreation & Nature Preserve• 320 acres• Forever Wild Tract #3• Located on Yates Lake in Tallapoosa County• February 1, 1995• Environmental Education Study Area• Flora published 2008, 503 species
Argiope aurantia
Banded Garden Spider
• Nature Preserve• Extensive habitat restoration
through CIAP• $2 million in Federal grants• 5,151 acres• Forever Wild Tract #4, 24, 38, &
56• Located onshore of the Gulf of
Mexico in Mobile County• May 7, 1996, November 18, 2002,
June 30, 2004, & December 20, 2006
Grand Bay Savanna
Cambarus sp.
Crayfish
Sarracenia sp.
Pitcher Plant
Lowndes WMA- Additions
The Riggins & Big Swamp Creek Tracts
• Wildlife Management Area
• 624 acres & 1,343 acres• Forever Wild Tract #5 &
69• Lowndes County• September 26, 1996 &
August 21, 2009
Ardea herodias- Great Blue Heron
Hibiscus moschuetos
Crimson eyed
Rosemallow
Actias luna- Luna Moth
Fort Toulouse• Recreation
• 254 acres• Forever Wild Tract #6• Located along the Alabama
River in Elmore County• May 27, 1997• Historic Preservation and
Research Opportunities in the development of Native American cultures, the interaction between Indian and European cultures and the development of the State of Alabama
Thryothorus ludovicianus
Carolina Wren
Archilochus colubris- Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Indian Mountain • Nature Preserve &
Recreation • 594 acres• Forever Wild Tract #7 &
18• Cherokee County• September 18, 1997 &
December 3, 2001• Facilitates long-distance
hiking through the connection of the Pinhoti Trail in the Talledega National Forest of Alabama with the Appalachian Trail in Georgia
Opuntia humifusa
Prickly Pear Cactus
Wood Thrush nest
Blakeley Addition • State Park
• 420 acres• Forever Wild Tract #8• Located on the edge of the
Mobile Delta marshlands in Baldwin County
• January 28, 1998• Historic Preservation of tract used
by prehistoric Indian societies, European pioneers, early American settlers, Civil War soldiers and generations of farmers
Bubo virginianus- Great Horned Owl
Heliconius charithonia
Zebra Butterfly
Blowing Springs Cave
• Habitat Conservation & Nature Preserve
• Cave Habitat vital to the Conservation & Protection of the Threatened Gray Bat
• 60 acres• Forever Wild Tract #9• Lauderdale County• April 15, 1998
Monte Sano State Park & Huntsville Trail System Additions
• Recreation & Nature Preserve• 197 acres, 40 acres, 340 acres, & 154
acres• Forever Wild Tract #10, 35, 53, & 59• Madison County• September 4, 1998, February 20,
2004, July 23, 2006, & February 6, 2008
• Big Cats Creek & Periwinkle Spring supports a small population of federally listed wildflowers
• Certain Tract has one of the only permanent springs in that portion of the mountain, and also supports a small population of rare plants
• MSP-North Slope Addition hosts the Mountain Mist Trail which winds it way around Monte Sano Mountain
Eurycea lucifuga –
Cave SalamanderTrillium stamineum – Twisted Trillium
Coldwater Mountain
• Nature Preserve & Recreation • 3,924 acres, 280 acres, & 20
acres• Forever Wild Tract #11, 32,
& 50• Calhoun County• October 2, 1998, December
3, 2003, & March 2, 2006• Protection of local watershed
for Coldwater Spring, a unique ecological environment and source of drinking water for local municipalities
Mimosa microphylla- Sensitive Brier
Symphyotrichum sp.
Purple Aster
Pityopsis sp.- Golden-aster
Pike County Pocosin
• Nature Preserve• 190 acres• Forever Wild Tract #12• Pike County• January 20,1999• Supports two unique plant
communities: an uncommon scrub-hardwood/longleaf pine/reindeer moss vegetation type and an unusual evergreen plant community
Pseudacris crucifer Spring Peeper
Pinus taeda
Loblolly Pine
Sipsey River
Swamp• Nature Preserve & Recreation• 2,998 acres, 280 acres, &153
acres• Forever Wild Tract #14, 22, &
28• Located along the floodplains
of the Sipsey River inTuscaloosa County
• June 14, 1999, August 29, 2002, & April 4, 2003
• The Sipsey Randolph Tract was purchased, in-part, through a $60,000 conservation award from Ducks Unlimited, Inc.
Chryemys picta dorsalis- Southern Painted Turtle
Mobile Tensaw DeltaThamnophis
sauritus –
Eastern Ribbonsnake
Alligator mississipiensis – American Alligator
• 130,000 acres• 14 acquisitions• June 12,1999 through
December 30, 2008• $11.6 million in Federal
grants• Extensive Survey work• Unique habitats essential for
avian conservation, as well as several rare species of plants and animals
• MTD-Bayou Jessamine home of Alabama’s State Champion Bald Cypress tree
Ruffner Mountain Addition
• Nature Preserve & Recreation
• 227 acres• Forever Wild Tract #16• Adjacent to the Ruffner
Mountain Nature Center in Jefferson County
• June 13, 2000• Environmental Education
opportunities
Myiarchus crinitus
Great Crested Flycatcher
Lauderdale and Freedom Hills WMA
• Wildlife Management Area• 35,711 acres• Forever Wild Tract #20, 43,
45, 46, 58, & 66• Multiple locations south &
north of the Tennessee River in Colbert & Lauderdale Counties
• December 28, 2001, March 17, 2005, June 27, 2005, July 20, 2005, December 4, 2007, & December 17, 2008
Caprimulgus carolinensis
Chuck-will’s-widow
Weeks Bay NERR Additions
• Nature Preserve• 110 acres, 113 acres, 11 acres,
& 40 acres• Forever Wild Tract #23, 33, 41,
& 68• Baldwin County• September 26, 2002, January
14, 2004, September 27, 2004, & May 27, 2009
• Acquired with financial support of USFWS through a $1 million National Coastal Wetlands grant
Stokesia laevis
Stoke’s Aster with Tumbling Flower Beetles
Shoal Creek
Preserve• Nature Preserve & Recreation
• 298 acres• Forever Wild Tract #26• Lauderdale County• February 26, 2003• Purchased, in-part, through a
$100,000 Land & Water Conservation Fund grant as well as contributions from the City of Florence & Lauderdale County
Carphophis amoenus Eastern Wormsnake
Lasiurus borealis- Eastern Red Bat
Lillian Swamp
• Nature Preserve & Recreation
• 238 acres, 320 acres, & 894 acres
• Forever Wild Tracts #29, #31, & 54
• Baldwin County• August 19, 2003,
November 8, 2003, & September 12, 2006
• Adjacent 406 acres CIAP, 640 acres DOT, & 438acres Mental Health Trust Land
Celithemis elisa-
Calico Pennant Dragonfly
Splinter Hill Bog
• Nature Preserve & Recreation
• 363 acres & 265 acres
• Forever Wild Tract #30 & 40
• Baldwin County• September 24, 2003
& September 24, 2004
• Adjacent 731 acres CIAP & 750 acres TNC
Hyla femoralis – Pine Woods Treefrog
Sarracenia leucophylla White-top Pitcher Plant
Platanthera ciliaris
Yellow Fringed Orchid
Veratrum virginicum
Virginia Bunchflower
Walls of
JerichoLithobates
palustris Pickerel Frog
Ambystoma maculatum Spotted
Salamander
• Nature Preserve, Recreation, & Wildlife Management Area
• 15,827 acres• Forever Wild Tract #34, 36,
52, & 60• Jackson County• February 5, 2004, February
26, 2004, May 16, 2006, & February 28, 2008
• $2.4 million in Federal grants
Trichostema setaceum Blue
Curls
Etheostoma rufilineatum
Redline DarterVillosa taeniata
Painted Creekshell
Knotty Pine
• State Park Addition• 45 acres• Forever Wild Tract #39• Dekalb County• July 16, 2004
Turkey Creek
• Nature Preserve & Recreation• 462 acres & 48 acres• Forever Wild Tract #42 & 47• Jefferson County• December 15, 2004 & September 28,
2005• Cooperatively managed with the Black
Warrior Cahaba Rivers Land Trust, the City of Pinson, and local citizens groups supporting the conservation of the Turkey Creek Watershed
• $800,000 grant from State Wildlife Grant Program
Toxostoma rufum
Brown Thrasher
Perdido
• Nature Preserve, Recreation, & Wildlife Management Area
• 18,000 acres• Forever Wild Tract #48 &
55• Baldwin County• January 18, 2006 &
December 20, 2006• Partners TNC, CIAP, FLP,
SLD, CELCP • $7.5 million in Federal
grants
Farancia erytrogramma erytrogramma
Rainbow Snake
Asclepias longifolia- Longleaf Milkweed
Gopherus polyphemus
Gopher Tortoise
Lilium iridollae
Panhandle Lily
• Nature Preserve, Recreation, & Wildlife Management Area
• 9,746 acres• Tract #57• Coosa County• October 25, 2007• Hosts one of the last remaining
populations of red-cockaded woodpeckers outside of Alabama’s National Forest system
Coosa WMA Tract
Picoides borealis- Red-cockaded Woodpecker
• State Park addition• 20 acres• Tract #62• Marshall County• April 11, 2008
Cathedral Caverns-Kirkland
State Cattle Ranch
• Recreation & Nature Preserve• 2,031 acres & 1,311 acres• Forever Wild Tract #63 & 65• Located between drainages of
Big German Creek in Hale County
• April 23, 2008 & August 22, 2008
• SLD 646 acres• Numerous Recreation
opportunities that include field trial sites and handicap hunting stations
Papilio glaucus-Tiger Swallowtail
Mycteria americana- Wood Stork
Asclepias asperula Antelope Horn
Milkweed
Old Cahawba Prairie
• Nature Preserve & Recreation??
• 3,007 acres• Forever Wild Tract #70• Located between drainages of
the Cahaba River and Big Swamp Creek in Dallas County
• August 29, 2009
• Adjoins the historic grounds of Old Cahawba, Alabama’s first
state capital site Ratibida pinnata- Gray Head Coneflower
Mulberry Fork WMA
• Wildlife Management Area• 33,280 acres• Forever Wild Tract #71• Walker & Tuscaloosa Counties• October 15, 2009• 94 year recreation lease
Necturus alabamensis
Black Warrior River Water dog
Lepomis megalotis
Longear Sunfish
Cahaba River WMA
• Wildlife Management Area• 27,894 acres• Forever Wild Tract #72• Shelby & Bibb Counties• October 15, 2009• 94 year Recreation lease
Photographers
• John Trent• Garth Crow• Nick Sharp• Mark Bailey• Patrick Thompson• Keith Gauldin• Jeremy Doss• Eric Soehren• Jo Lewis• David Lewis• Ashley Peters• Wayne Barger• Brian Holt• Courtney Graydon• Greg Lein• Jody Thompson• Other Friends and
Partners
You can help purchase and manage land that will remain Forever Wild by buying an
attractive Forever Wild tag for your vehicle(s). Tags are available at all county
courthouses and annexes and you can personalize your tag at no additional cost.
2012
Funding