Wildlife Management Plan

New Beginnings - The Woodlawn Wildife Area is a Certified Site through WHC's Corporate Wildlife Habitat Certification/International Accreditation Program. New Beginnings has been certified since 2001.  It was recertified in 2003 and is up for another recertification in 2006. As a certified site, New Beginnings has a Wildlife Management Plan and a Species Inventory.  The Wildlife Management Plan, written in 2001, outlines the following goals:

• Provide food and cover for forest wildlife.          
• Provide nesting habitat for cavity nesting birds, particularly eastern bluebirds, American kestrel, tree swallows, screech owls, and wood ducks.          
• Support the predator-prey relationship between raptors and small mammals.          
• Add to the diversity of plant species by providing a wider variety of habitat types on site.          
• Provide food and cover for insects, primarily butterflies, and provide an aesthetically pleasing area surrounding the entry to the field.          
• Provide environmental education opportunities at the site.          
• Increase positive image of the site, Bridgestone Americas Holding, Inc., and others involved with the project.

For more information, you can download the following documents in PDF format:

• Wildlife Management Plan (November 2001)          
• Wildlife Management Plan Implementation Schedule (2003-2006)          
• Species Inventory (Updated July 2006) - If you see any species at New Beginnings that are not listed here, please let us know.