The Story of MN Wildlife
Background Buffalo, MN Elk River, MN 3 Terrestrial Biomes Prairie Hardwood Forest Coniferous Forest
Age of Exploitation Personal Exploitation Commercial No Seasons, No limits Hunt for fun (trains, prairie dogs) Kill pests (Passenger Pigeon) Commercial Professional hunters Buffalo, Elk, Caribou, Moose, Bear
Exploitation (continued) Prairies Farmed No Burning Forests Logging Unlimited resource?
Age of Conservation 1st time protecting animals as a resource Old world values? Ignorance Public Conservationists
Conservation (continued) Over Protection No open seasons Kill predators Bounties Logging, Farming Changing ecosystems Deer Rabbits Pheasants Healthy ecosystem?
Era of Management Manage resources Predators good Overpopulation bad Health of prey pop. Pred. reintroductions Overpopulation bad Deer, Geese Experimental regulations Slot limits Changing harvest limits Modeling
What’s Next Is it working? What are some improvements that could be made? What are some of our most at risk resources? What would you like to see changed? How can you get it done?
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