GET IN THE ZONE! 1. Interactive notebook! 2. Notes from
yesterday. 3. permission slip and $15
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Wildlife managers need to identify population size and carrying
capacity critical habitat food requirements Nesting/breeding
requirements Symbiotic relationships Special species needs
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Census (counting each individual) Random Sampling (estimating
population size from smaller sample)
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Habitat management and improvement Setting aside reserves,
coordinating with private landowners
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Connecting fragmented habitat allows animals from each smaller
area to safely get to other areas.
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Habitat management and improvement Creating artificial nesting
sites (Red cockaded woodpecker in Eastern Texas) saves the bird
time so they can reproduce more frequently
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Federal program Pays land owners to put marginal lands back
into native vegetation to provide wildlife habitat 31.4 million
acres currently
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Removal of invasive species, replanting native species, using
prescribed burns
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Individuals are captured in well- populated areas and moved to
less- populaed areas Increases genetic biodiversity 1996 wolves
reintroduced in Yellowstone
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Camera traps on trees. When an animal crosses the infrared beam
of light a picture is taken. Wildlife managers can tell exactly
when the animal was there. Camera traps
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Usually with egg- layers birds/amphibians Young are raised
until they can survive on their own in the wild and then
released
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Genetic index of endangered species Cross breeding of
distantly-related individuals to improve the population
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Radio collars can be put on birds/mammals to keep track of what
habitat they use and whether they are alive or dead.
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Oct 21 Wildlife Management tools Glue in yesterdays notes.
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1973 Creates a list of threatened and endangered species
Organisms on the list cannot be harmed and their habitat cannot be
disrupted All species on the list must have a recovery plan
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US Fish and Wildlife Service Marine National Fisheries
Service
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Check out the boxscore by the Fish and Wildlife Service USFWS
box score USFWS box score
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How would you protect this species? What would you need to
know? 0-1min 50 sec
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LIFE HISTORYTHREATS Chicks eat insects Adults eat seeds and
insects Fly short distances Nest on ground Males boom on lek to
attract mates Habitat loss Invasive fire ants Over hunting for food
Trees in prairies are perches for hawks Native predators eat 70% of
eggs
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WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT PAGE, LEFT SIDE List best practices Provide
rationale for each choice (explanation)
