- ALABAMA WATERFOWL ASSOCIATION, INC. (AWA)TM
State Member of the North American Waterfowl Federation (NAWF)
Kids in Waterfowling and Conservation (KWAC) / Conservation Outreach Project
- Saturday April 1, 2000 marked Alabama Waterfowl Association’s (AWA) first conservation outreach project for the Phillips Wildlife Demonstration Area (WDA). This project consisted of teaching our KWAC program participants why we need to place woodduck and bluebird nesting boxes and how this project will benefit these species. Loss of habitat is of course is the reasons these type projects are so important. The participants installed 9 woodduck and blue bird nesting boxes and installed several of the project signs. The participants toured and received detailed information regarding the technical part of this restoration project. Mike Crawford, the KWAC Program Director, coordinated this event. North Jackson High School students, under the direction of Mr. Tim McCoy, performed an outstanding job constructing the nesting boxes from Cypress lumber donated by TVA.
- AWA Receives a $2,000 Grant for a Handicapped Blind and Hunting Area / This was from the Alabama Resource Conservation Districts with the USDA’s Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS)
- April 1, 2000, Mr. John Brown with the Conservation Resource Districts and Jackson County State Representative, Honorable John Robinson, presented AWA a $2,000 grant check from the Alabama Resource Conservation Districts with the USDA’s Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS). Also, Representative Robinson toured the Phillips WDA and committed his support for conservation projects in his district. AWA greatly appreciates this grant and will construct a blind that can be used for physically challenged sportsmen at the Phillips WDA.
- Representative, John Robinson Presenting the $2,000 grant to Gary Benefield and
- Jerry Davis in front of all the nesting boxes at the Phillips WDA.
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