Transmission Line Habitats
Cleco has developed two projects to increase the turkey population and give other wildlife a boost by providing food and habitat plots along its transmission lines rights of way.
Cleco and the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) joined efforts to enhance the habitat of its transmission rights of way that run through the West Bay Wildlife Management Area near Elizabeth, La. Cleco donated seed and fertilizer, and the LDWF provided the labor to plant three miles of food plots.
The company later worked with the Louisiana Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation (NWTF) and the USDA Forest Service to plant 10 acres of food plots along two miles of a transmission line right of way in the Catahoula Ranger District of the Kisatchie National Forest at Camp Livingston. Cleco cleared unwanted vegetation in its rights of way and donated the seed and fertilizer. The USDA Forest Service prepared the area for planting and seeded the plots. They also agreed to maintain the site, a total of 57 acres. The NWTF purchased gates and signage to protect the site and inform the public.
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