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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