Core/Wildlife Corridor Protection Areas

Core/Wildlife Corridor Areas are generally to be left alone to mature into viable interior forest, old-growth habitat. Minimum-impact trails would be used to accommodate hunting, recreational, research-oriented, and educational outings. Any timber removal would go forward only with the approval of a committee of conservation biologists. More specifically, these areas permit:

• No new roads, and would close specific (unmaintained) roads, and change others to trails for hikers and/or horse back riding
  
  
• Specific maintenance on remaining roads, evaluated to determine these roads' effect on species at risk and water quality
  
  
• Allowable silviculture techniques and management actions, to be approved by a committee of conservation biologists with full decision-making authority over management activities within the Core/Wildlife Corridor Management Areas
  
  
• Economic incentives for private landowners to conserve soil, water, native grasses, and other native species, and to encourage the land owner's use of the Chattooga River Watershed Coalition's Private Lands Forest Stewardship Initiative
  
  
• Legal hunting and fishing.

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