Wildlife Administration

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Wildlife Administration

• Wildlife Management Course

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Land of Plenty

• Pennsylvania Penns Woods
• 1610 Moose, caribou, bison, timber wolves,
  beaver, lynx, bobcat, fisher marten

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Attitudes of the American Indians

• Had been here for more than 10,000 years
• Took what they needed, not what they didnt
• Lived in harmony

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Attitudes of Early Colonists

• 90 of the colonists lived in rural areas
• Believed the land owed them a living and did
  not adapt to wilderness
• Cleared land
• Hunted for food
• Killed predators

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Conservation Efforts

• Market Hunting vs. Sport Hunting
• Lacey Act made market hunting illegal
• Aldo Leopold father of wildlife management

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Theodore Roosevelt

• Desired to preserve Americas wildlife
• American attitude prevented this
• Created National Park System, more than 50
  wildlife refuges
• Elk, bison, mule deer, bighorn sheep, grizzly bear

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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service(National)

• First created in 1871 to study decline of fish
• 6,000 employees
• Responsible for
• Migratory birds
• Endangered species
• Fisheries
• Marine Mammals
• Wildlife Refuges
• Research
• Law Enforcement
• Habitat Protection

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Protection of Wildlife Resources

• U.S. Forest Service manages 190 million acres of
  forest
• Bureau of Land Management 270 million acres of
  land
• U.S. Department of Agriculture Conservation
  Reserve Program (CRP)

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Pennsylvania Game Commission (State)

• Started in 1895 - manages all birds/mammals in PA
  with 3 goals
• Management
• Education
• Law Enforcement
• 700 Employees
• 6 regions
• 22 WMUs (Wildlife Management Units)
• 350 square miles per WCO (Wildlife Conservation
  Officer)