DS Smith, University Of Georgia Partner To Support Local Biodiversity Atlanta, Georgia based DS Smith and the University of Georgia are coming to the rescue of Rafinesque’s Big- eared bats, southeastern gopher tortoises and other criti- cal animal species that call southeast Georgia home. They are among hundreds of rare, threatened or endangered species that UGA’s Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources identified in 15 counties across Georgia where DS Smith operates, the first step in a project designed to protect habitats and promote biodiversity. DS Smith said the collaborative corporate-academ- ic partnership reflects the company’s continuing support of sustainable business practices and circular packaging solutions that eliminates waste, re-uses valuable resourc- es and protects the environment. As part of DS Smith’s efforts to increase biodiversity on its properties by 2025, next steps in the project call for classification of conservation status and habitat improve- ments or rebuilding for species in need. Working under faculty supervision, groups of students will continue to conduct surveys to help identify “the habitat that should be managed in order to continue having these species po- tentially found within the properties.” “We’re thrilled that DS Smith asked us to assist them on this important project,” said Dale Greene, Dean of the UGA Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources. “Gathering real-world biodiversity data like this provides our students with invaluable insights into the ways our for- ests, waterways, soils and animals can thrive in a carefully managed ecosystem, like the timberlands that DS Smith manages.” Greene said, “Forestry is a major economic engine in the South, and our program, regarded as one of the top five in the country, teaches students how to sustainably manage forest lands to meet society’s demands for wood, clean water, wildlife habitat, recreation, conservation of forest flora and fauna, and climate amelioration.” The project set out to identify species in the four verte- brate groups of mammals, birds, amphibians and reptiles that were expected to occur in the counties of Appling, Bacon, Bryan, Bulloch, Burke, Effingham, Emmanuel, Ev- ans, Jeff Davis, Liberty, Long, McIntosh, Tattnall, Toombs and Wayne. In these counties, where dominant habitat types in- clude ponds, swamps, wetlands, pine and hardwood for- est, the team of UGA students identified: • 62 mammal species, including three classified as threatened or endangered. • 262 bird species, including 17 classified as threatened, endangered or rare. • 54 amphibian species, including eight classified as threatened or rare, with only three of those that could possibly be found on this DS Smith property. CONTINUED ON PAGE 40
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