Alabama Waterfowl Association, Inc. / Cooperative Project with TVA
Phillips Wildlife Demonstration Area
For more information check AWA�s website
http://www.alabamawaterfowl.org
Adjoins Greentree Reservoir at Mud Creek Wildlife Management Area in Jackson
County.
Wetlands Restoration/Water Quality Enhancement/Wildlife Habitat Preservation
Physically Challenged Waterfowl Hunting Blind
Youth Waterfowl Hunting Area
(Open to public at no charge)
Rules (Waterfowl Hunting Only)
- Physically Challenged Blind first come first served
- For youth hunting you must have someone with you 17 or under and an adult
must accompany them.
- Hunt Wednesday Sat. Sunday until noon only. No afternoon hunting and no
camping
- Mud Creek is a heavily impacted watershed which is on the State of
Alabama's "303d" list of impaired waters. This means that the
water is polluted to such a degree that it does not meet certain water
quality criteria for intended uses.
- Mud Creek is also currently one of only two watersheds adjacent to
Guntersville Reservoir rated "poor" by TVA's Resource
Stewardship program for low water quality conditions.
- The water quality problems are low dissolved oxygen and excessive
sedimentation due to non-point source runoff related to land uses in the
watershed.
- Removing the land from agricultural production and restoring wetland and
upland habitat will eliminate agricultural run-off and improve water
quality conditions in Mud Creek
- Wetlands act as "natures kidney" by filtering and holding
sediment and excess nutrients (e.g waste from cattle, dirt washed off
fields during rain, fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides); this results
in improved water quality in Mud Creek and ultimately in the Tennessee
River itself
- Restoring wetlands and uplands on the property will have the added
benefit of increasing wildlife and waterfowl habitat in the area. Once the
restoration project is complete, the land will be transferred to the state
of Alabama for incorporation into the wildlife management areas/refuge
system for public recreation and wildlife habitat benefits.
- TVA is working with AWA on this project because AWA has demonstrated a
tremendous commitment to protecting, enhancing, and creating wetland
habitat in Alabama.
- Alabama has lost over 50% of its original wetlands, thus this project
and the involvement of AWA will help in long-term restoration of wetland
functions in the region.
Ms. Kim Pilarski, Wetland Biologist
Tennessee Valley Authority
All state and federal waterfowl hunting regulations must be obeyed
Please support Alabama Wetlands, Coastal Regions and Wildlife Habitat and
join the Alabama Waterfowl Association today!!!
Write AWA, 1346 County Road 11, Scottsboro, Alabama 35768 Phone and fax (256)
259-2509.
AWA is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization. All donations are tax
deductible to extent of the IRS laws.