Essential Conservation Legislation and Techniques in Wildlife Management
This resource highlights vital conservation techniques and legislation relevant to effective wildlife management. Key acts such as the National Environmental Policy Act, Pittman-Robertson Act, and Dingell-Johnson Act are discussed, emphasizing their impact on environmental quality and wildlife restoration. Practical management tools, like buffer strips and food plots, are explored alongside integrated pest management strategies. The information is structured to enhance understanding of how various agencies collaborate to protect wildlife through sustainable practices.
Essential Conservation Legislation and Techniques in Wildlife Management
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Conservation Techniques Mixed Legislation Wildlife Management Tools 100 100 100 100 JEOPARDY! 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300
100 Here come the feds! A powerful tool for maintaining environmental quality-requires a Environmental Impact Statement When federal actions are proposed.
Answer: What is the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969?
200 Tax them firearms! Provided funds for wildlife study, restoration and education.
Answer: What is the Pittman-Robertson Act of 1937?
300 Fishy, Fishy in the Brook Provides funds for fish management.
Answer: What is the Dingell-Johnson Act of 1951?
100 Wise use today allows for future use also.. An ethic of resource use, allocation and protection.
Answer: conservation
+ 200 Cover saves energy Permanent vegetation providing nesting birds and other wildlife cover and protection from predators along food plots and fields.
Answer: What are buffer strips? Or What is a shelter belt?
300 Used to benefit upland game and waterfowl populations by creating a winter food source. Answer: What is a food plot? What is an impoundment ?
100 Diversity, diversity, diversity Landscaping that includes shrub, mid-story and canopy plants to provide food and cover.
Answer: What is vertical stratification?
+ + + 200 Not just one way! Includes biological controls, non-toxic substances, chemical insecticides, agricultural methods and mechanical controls
Answer: What is integrated pest management?
300 Highways Established in 1952 in the Atlantic, Mississippi, Central & Pacific parts of the US to develop waterfowl management recommendations and implement waterfowl management research.
Answer: What are the four “flyways”?
100 More is better Three agencies who share responsibility for wildlife management and work with state agencies to protect wildlife?
Answer: What are the US Fish & Wildlife Service, National Marine Fisheries Service & US Forestry Service?
200 Stay Out! Strips of vegetation along streams or rivers and other water bodies where forestry practices rquire special care to protect water quality.
Answer: What are Streamside Management Zones or SMZ’s?
300 Ecozones, buffers, transition areas Examples include: 1. Plant vegetation or hedgerows to connect large forested areas 2. Mow to maintain grassy fields & cut border trees every 5-10 years 3. Irregular cuts of woods when harvesting trees
Answer: What are examples of maintaining edges?
