NWTF Volunteer State Chapter puts Dollars into Wildlife Courtesy of the National Wild Turkey Federat

• During the past year, the Tennessee State Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation has raised and spent more than $50,000 on nine wildlife habitat improvement projects. • The NWTF money was combined with cooperator dollars to improve more than 21,000 acres and plant 2,000 white oak, crabapple and hawthorn seedlings. • Some of the projects included 21,000 acres of prescribed burning on the Telico and Oconee ranger districts and improving more than 200 acres of wildlife openings, planting projects and work to remove plant species, such as kudzu and fescue, with little or no value to wildlife. • The NWTF will host its 30th annual National Convention and Sport Show at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center, Feb. 23 to Feb. 26. • An educational wild turkey release will kick off the convention at the J. Percy Priest Wildlife Management Area in Nashville, Tenn., February 22 at 10 a.m. • The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency and the NWTF are hosting the release to celebrate their partnership and successes in wild turkey restoration. • To view the complete release visit http://www.nwtf.org/nwtf_newsroom/press_releases.php?id=11730 Contact: For more information on the NWTF Tennessee State Chapter’s habitat work, contact Dowd Bruton at (336) 957-5023. For more information about the turkey release or the NWTF, contact Jonathan Harling or Brian Dowler at (803) 637-3106 or visit www.nwtf.org.