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Your local Jackson County Conservation District can be an excellent help at supplying a subsoiler, soil survey maps and no till drill for warm season grass establishment. They also have a number of trees and shrubs available at their tree sale you can use to create a wildlife habitat.

A number of organizations exist with chapters locally to help foster wildlife. They include Pheasants Forever  and Quality Deer Management .

Bulletins for further reading:

• Food Plots for White-Tailed Deer (FNR-194)
• Incorporating Wildlife Needs into Forest Management Plans (W-1-2001)
• Designing Hardwood Tree Plantings for Wildlife (FNR-213)
• Forest Management: Developing a Plan to Care for your Forest (F-34-02)