State & Federal Agencies in Wildlife Conservation

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State Federal Agencies in Wildlife Conservation

• Ms Marek
• Wildlife and Recreational Management

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• Federal Agencies
• Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
• Department of Agriculture (USDA)
• The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• Fish Wildlife Service
• Forest Service
• National Park Service
• Soil Conservation Service

• State Agencies
• Texas Forest Service
• Texas Agricultural Extension Service
• Soil Water Conservation
• Texas Parks Wildlife Department
• Fish Division
• Law Enforcement
• Parks Division
• Resource Protection Division
• Administrative Services Division

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• Current name in 1946
• Today, BLM manages grassland, prairie, desert,
  scrub forest, and other open spaces
• Locations Western United States Alaska
• http//www.blm.gov/nhp/index.htm

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• Department of Agriculture
• Lincoln finally started in second year of term
• 8 different programs and services operate under
  the USDA
• 2 examples U.S. Forest Service the Soil
  Conservation Service
• http//www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usdahome

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• EPA
• President Nixon started due to pollution problems
  in the late 1960s and early 1970s
• Actually began in 1970
• http//www.epa.gov/

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• Part of Interior Department
• Regulates harvesting of fish animals
• Controls buying and selling of wildlife their
  products
• Acquisition management of wildlife habitat
• http//www.fws.gov/

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• Created in 1905 under the presidency of Theodore
  Roosevelt
• Manages and protects the forest reserves
• Deals mainly with timber sales, development of
  domestic mineral and energy resources, recreation
  use, wilderness protection, and wildlife
  conservation
• http//www.fs.fed.us/

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• Congress created in 1912
• Park Rangers Park Service employees
• 337 park units
• http//www.nps.gov/

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• Control soil erosion problems
• Developed in 1935
• Organized as part of the USDA
• http//www.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/swca/

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State Agencies
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• Serves wildlife indirectly
• Agency of the Texas AM system
• Assist land owners with forest management plans
• Only agency that fights wild land fires in Texas
• http//txforestservice.tamu.edu/

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• Serves individual land owners at the county level
• 4 Agents at Texas AM assist county agents
• Provide support to groups or individuals with
  particular wildlife conservation needs.
• http//texasextension.tamu.edu/

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• http//www.tsswcb.state.tx.us/

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• Works directly with wildlife conservation
• Headquarters next to McKinney Falls State Park in
  Austin
• Six divisions
• Employees throughout 254 counties of Texas
• http//www.tpwd.state.tx.us/

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Fish Division

• Oldest of the 6 departments
• Serves to conserve, protect, and manage statewide
  finfish and shellfish
• Research stocking programs help increase
  recreational fishing in the state.
• http//www.tpwd.state.tx.us/fish/

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Law Enforcement Division

• Game warden-most visible employee
• More than the enforcer
• Other duties
• http//www.tpwd.state.tx.us/enforce/

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Parks Division

• Manage state parks, historic sites, and
  recreational areas
• Assists small cities and towns in developing
  local parks
• Manage funds that help in cleaning beaches and
  maintaining public boat ramps
• Responsible for new parks
• http//www.tpwd.state.tx.us/park/

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Resource Protection Division

• Investigates any type of pollution, protection of
  water quality, and habitat preservation
• Works closely with U.S. Corps of Engineers

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Administrative Services Division

• Five major branches
• Information Education
• Finance
• General Services
• Personnel
• Data Processing

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Administrative Services Division

• Responsible to produce Texas Parks Wildlife
  magazine
• Project Wild seminars
• Educational Materials