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Teacher Information!. Necessary materials: PowerPoint Guide. Game Management. Fish and Wildlife Resources. Students will be able to…. Discuss controversies associated with wildlife/game animals Discuss wildlife/game management. Game Management. What issues do you see in this picture?.

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  1. Teacher Information! • Necessary materials: • PowerPoint Guide

  2. Game Management Fish and Wildlife Resources

  3. Students will be able to… • Discuss controversies associated with wildlife/game animals • Discuss wildlife/game management

  4. Game Management • What issues do you see in this picture?

  5. Carrying Capacity v. Population Density • Carrying capacity—the number of individuals a particular area can support • Population density—the actual number of individuals in an area • What occurs when these two do not coincide?

  6. What is wildlife management? • The planned use, protection, or control of wildlife populations or the manipulation of habitat to meet societal goals.

  7. Who owns wildlife? • State governments manage most wildlife • Department of Natural Resources • Federal government manages • Migratory species • Endangered species • Wildlife on federal land • U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service • National Marine Fisheries Service • Natural Resources Conservation Service • U.S. Forest Service

  8. Why manage wildlife? • Vast human population • Vast human impact on the environment • How do we manage wildlife? • Game refuges • By manipulating habitat • Manipulating habitat to create certain characteristics • Fire  maintains grasslands, prevents tree encroachment; benefits grassland wildlife species

  9. Manipulating Habitat • Domestic livestock grazing • Important to set back succession • Can improve forage quality • Overgrazing must be avoided • Rest from grazing • Creates more cover for some species

  10. Manipulate habitat (cont.) • Logging • Sets back succession • Logged areas produce more browse than mature forests • Mechanical treatments • Expensive • Goal  set back succession and increase diversity • Includes mowing, spraying herbicides, disking, bulldozing

  11. Manipulate habitat (cont…) • Plantings • May plant some plant species for food • Constructing cover • Nestboxes wood ducks • Build brush piles  rabbits, quail, pheasants

  12. How do we manage wildlife? • Coordinate with other resources • Farmers leave small portion of crop for wildlife • Removal of a portion of wildlife populations • Hunting regulations • No hunting of some species allowed • Bag limits • Vary with the year

  13. How do we manage wildlife? • Predator/prey control • Removal of a portion of wildlife populations • Artificial stocking • Must consider population density • Can wildlife be managed without hunting? Why or why not?

  14. How could you as a private landowner increase wildlife on your land? • Provide food, water and shelter • Pond construction • Grain plots • Leaving fence rows

  15. Review • Discuss controversies associated with wildlife/game animals • Discuss wildlife/game management

  16. References • Camp, W.G. and B. Heath-Camp. 2009. Managing Our Natural Resources. Delmar: Clifton Park, NY.

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