Wildlife Preserving a Valuable Resource

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WildlifePreserving a Valuable Resource
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The Values of Wildlife

• Plants and animals that have not been
  domesticated are called wildlife.
• Domestication is being under control of humans.

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Five Basic Values of Wildlife

• Aesthetic value
• the enjoying of wildlifes beauty and pleasure
• Scientific value
• studying and research of wildlife for their use
  in medications, integrated pest management, etc
• Ecological Value
• the interaction of wildlife in nature

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Five Basic Values of Wildlife

• Commercial
• using wildlife to earn money
• Game Value
• the enjoyment value gained through hunting and
  fishing

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What are wildlife conservation and wildlife
management?

• Wildlife Conservation
• the wise use of natural resources in our
  environment.
• Wildlife Conservation is divided in 4 parts.

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Parts of Wildlife Conservation

• Education
• learning how to conserve wildlife and its
  resources
• Research
• using science to better understand the needs and
  requirements of wildlife and its habitat
• Law Enforcement
• ensures that all laws related to wildlife are
  followed
• Wildlife Management
• manipulation of wildlife to achieve a positive
  goal

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Explain the history of wildlife conservation

• In the 1600s, when the pilgrims arrived,
  wildlife was plentiful and was able to meet the
  needs of the people.
• Needs turned into wants
• Exploitation
• the use of natural resources for profit
• By the 1800s, people began to see a need for
  conservation of our natural resources

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What is the history of wildlife conservation?

• Morrill Act of 1862
• Established colleges to teach agriculture.
• Made land grant universities such as the
  University of Illinois.

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What are the national policies that impact
wildlife conservation?

• National Park Service
• Enacted in 1916.
• Federal agency responsible for the care of the
  national parks.
• Today, the National Park Service has 330
  protected areas such as Yosemite, Sequoia, the
  Great Smoky Mountains, and the Carlsbad Caverns.
• The National park Service also oversees monuments
  and parkways such as the Natchez Trace Parkway
  and the USS Arizona memorial.

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What are the national policies that impact
wildlife conservation?

• Yellowstone National Park
• First national park in the world.
• Its purpose was to preserve the natural resources
  of the area.
• 1872
• Located in Idaho, Montana Wyoming
• 3,472 sq. miles
• 2,221,773 sq. acres

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What are the national policies that impact
wildlife conservation?

• Lacey Act
• Passed in 1900 as the Game Bird and Wild Bird
  Preservation Act.
• Regulates the shipment of illegally killed
  animals.
• Made it illegal to trade protected wildlife.

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What are the national policies that impact
wildlife conservation?

• Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act
• Requires people planning on hunting migratory
  birds to purchase special stamps.
• 1934
• Has raised over 1 billion to date.
• The funds are used to promote the well-being of
  game birds.
• Today the stamps cost 15.

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What are the national policies that impact
wildlife conservation?

• Pittman-Robertson Act
• Passed in 1937
• This placed a tax on all hunting equipment and
  ammunition
• Funds from this Act are the mainstay of state
  conservation agencies and have supported wildlife
  management programs.

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What are the national policies that impact
wildlife conservation?

• Endangered Species Act
• Established in 1966
• Identifies and manages rare, threatened and
  endangered species.
• Congress provides money to the U.S. Fish and
  Wildlife Service to help support the care and
  management of these species.

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What are the national policies that impact
wildlife conservation?

• Wildlife Refuge System
• A part of the US Fish and Wildlife Service.
• Organized in 1966
• Today there are more than 400 refuges that
  contain vast land areas in the U.S.

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What are the national policies that impact
wildlife conservation?

• Forest Service
• Part of the USDA that manages 156 forests
  covering 191 million acres of forests and
  grassland.
• Originally set up to protect timber and water as
  part of the federal forest conservation policy of
  1891
• It has been estimated that the national forests
  contain 60 of the nations wildlife.

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Historical People in Wildlife Conservation

• John James Audubon (17851851)
• Watched and studied birds.
• Published a book about his bird studies.
• 1905 the National Audubon Society was formed.

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Historical People in Wildlife Conservation

• John Muir (18381914)
• Partly responsible for the development of
  Yellowstone and Sequoia National Parks.
• Encouraged President Roosevelt to establish these
  parks.
• Started the Sierra Club.
• California forest named after him.

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Historical People in Wildlife Conservation

• Theodore Roosevelt (18581919)
• Known as the Father of the Conservation
  Movement.
• Passed legislations to help protect natural
  resource.

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Historical People in Wildlife Conservation

• Aldo Leopold (18861948)
• Applied ecology to wildlife.
• Ecology is the study of how organisms interact
  with their environment.
• Wrote a book called Game Management that was used
  to help further educate wildlife biologists.

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Historical People in Wildlife Conservation

• Gifford Pinchot (18651946)
• One of the first leaders of what is now known as
  the U.S. Forest Service.
• Wrote a book called The Fight for Conservation.
• His efforts focused on the conservation of
  forests.

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Historical People in Wildlife Conservation

• Hugh Bennett (18811960
• Father of soil conservation.
• First person to run the Soil Conservation
  Service.
• Jay Darling (18721962)
• Designed the first migratory bird stamp.
• Drew cartoons of wildlife and natural resources.
• His cartoons made the public aware of the need
  for wildlife conservation.

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The work of Jay Darling

• Land, water and vegetation are just that
  dependent on one another. Without these three
  primary elements in natural balance, we can have
  neither fish nor game, wild flowers nor trees,
  labor nor capital, nor sustaining habitat for
  humans
• Jay Ding Darling 

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The work of Jay Darling