3.2 WILDLIFE-HABITAT MANAGEMENT
The ORR is a premier site in the southeastern United States of relatively undisturbed, unfragmented,
primarily natural habitat (TNC 1996). The major objective of this wildlife management plan is to
maintain and preserve this regionally and nationally important refuge for wildlife diversity. There are, in
addition, opportunities to improve general wildlife diversity on the ORR as follows:
• manage large fields for native grasses;
• promote forestry management techniques that benefit wildlife;
• maintain large, unbroken tracts of mature forest; and
• enhance featured habitats.
The above-mentioned goals would further define the objectives and methods for implementing the
recommended practices. These habitat management measures contribute to species-richness management.
Managing for species richness ensures that all wildlife species currently found on the ORR are maintained
as residents in viable numbers. Each species, even those about which little or nothing is known (e.g., most
invertebrates), is important. Preservation, development, and maintenance of a broad spectrum of habitats
are long-term goals.