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Habitat Program
90,324 Pounds Seeds
A total of 90,324 pounds of seed grown on Game Commission Wildlife Management Areas was distributed during 1970 to private landowners for planting as' part of the Game Commission’s Farm Game Habitat Improvement program, reports Game Division Chief R. H. Cross. Some 88,129 pounds of the total was the popular “game bird mix” which is attractive to most upland game species. Also 1,485 pounds of sericea and 710 pounds of bicolor lespedeza was planted under the program. A total of 12,571 private landowners cooperated by planting the materials or allowing sportsmen or youth groups to plant the materials on their lands.
The Commission began growing the seeds for the wildlife planting mixture on its Eastern Management Areas about two years ago but this marked the first season that the distribution' included no seeds from outside sources. Part of the original planting is left on the management areas for food for local wildlife. The mix contains
93.9%