The New WHEP Manual

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The New WHEP Manual
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Old vs New Manual
OLD NEW

• Hard copy
• Wildlife mgt. concepts and terms
• Regions
• Wildlife species
• Wildlife mgt. practices

• Electronic
• Wildlife mgt. concepts and terms
• Regions
• Wildlife species
• Wildlife mgt. practices

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New Manual

Wildlife Mgt. Concepts and Terms

• No major changes!
• Cultural carrying capacity reference
• Riparian buffer reference
• WDM expanded
• Distinction between pond and stream habitats

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New Manual
Regions

• 16 regions (same as in old manual)
• Same information per region
• Physical description
• Dominant vegetation
• Farming and ranching
• Plant succession stages
• Species recommended for judging
• Food chart included per region

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New Manual
Wildlife Species

• Same information per species
• General habitat preference
• Habitat requirements
• Wildlife mgt. practices (more prominent)
• Addtl. Species include
• Blue-winged teal - Dickcissel
• Lark bunting - Prothonotary warbler
• Scaled quail - Big brown bat
• Black bear - Box turtle
• Cutthroat trout - Western hognose snake

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Wildlife Management Practices
OLD NEW

• U1 Artificial feeders
• Manipulation of succession
• No corridors
• Decrease harvest

• Artificial feeders
• Brush chopping, chaining, prescribed burning,
  disking, livestock grazing, root plowing
• Corridors
• Decrease bag/creel/season limit

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Wildlife Management Practices
OLD NEW

• Dams, rock, or log
• Fertilize vegetation
• Fish rocks
• Increase bag/creel/season limit

• Streams Dams, boulders, or logs
• No fertilize vegetation
• Streams Dams, boulders, or logs
• Increase harvest

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Wildlife Management Practices
OLD NEW

• Nesting boxes/structures/
• platforms
• Plant grass and forbs
• Plant mast trees
• Plant trees or shrubs

• Nesting structures
• Establish native grasses and forbs
• Plant trees
• Plant shrubs

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Wildlife Management Practices
OLD NEW

• Ponds/lakes, artificial reefs
• Ponds, clear muddy water
• Ponds, diversion ditches

• No ponds/lakes, art. Reefs
• Ponds reduce turbidity
• No ponds, diversion ditches

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Wildlife Management Practices
OLD NEW

• Ponds, remove trees near dike
• Ponds, reseed watershed/filter strips
• Ponds, stop leaks

• No ponds, remove trees near dike
• No Ponds, reseed watershed
• No ponds, stop leaks

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Wildlife Management Practices
OLD NEW

• Ponds, remove trees near dike
• Ponds, reseed watershed/filter strips
• Ponds, stop leaks

• No ponds, remove trees near dike
• No Ponds, reseed watershed
• No ponds, stop leaks

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Wildlife Management Practices
OLD NEW

• Small dikes, for temp. flooding
• Snags, dead and down woody material
• Streams, determine balance

• Water level manipulation tech.
• Retains snags and down woody material
• No Streams, determine balance

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Wildlife Management Practices
OLD NEW

• Tillage (delay in spring, eliminate in fall)
• Timber harvest (clear cut, selective cut)
• Water control structures

• Tillage mgt.
• Timber mgt. tech.
• Water level manipulation tech.

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Wildlife Management Practices

• Additions
• Manipulation of succession
• Ponds fertilize
• Soil test
• Streams Dams, boulders, or logs
• Specific urban practices