GET IN THE ZONE!  1. Interactive notebook!  2. Notes from yesterday.  3. permission slip and $15

 Wildlife managers need to identify population size and carrying capacity critical habitat food requirements Nesting/breeding requirements Symbiotic relationships Special species needs

 Census (counting each individual)  Random Sampling (estimating population size from smaller sample)

 Habitat management and improvement Setting aside reserves, coordinating with private landowners

 Connecting fragmented habitat allows animals from each smaller area to safely get to other areas.

 Habitat management and improvement Creating artificial nesting sites (Red cockaded woodpecker in Eastern Texas) saves the bird time so they can reproduce more frequently

 Federal program  Pays land owners to put marginal lands back into native vegetation to provide wildlife habitat  31.4 million acres currently

 Removal of invasive species, replanting native species, using prescribed burns

 Individuals are captured in well- populated areas and moved to less- populaed areas  Increases genetic biodiversity  1996 wolves reintroduced in Yellowstone

 Camera traps on trees. When an animal crosses the infrared beam of light a picture is taken. Wildlife managers can tell exactly when the animal was there. Camera traps

 Usually with egg- layers – birds/amphibians  Young are raised until they can survive on their own in the wild and then released

 Genetic index of endangered species  Cross breeding of distantly-related individuals to improve the population

 Radio collars can be put on birds/mammals to keep track of what habitat they use and whether they are alive or dead.

 Oct 21 – Wildlife Management tools  Glue in yesterday’s notes.

 1973  Creates a list of threatened and endangered species  Organisms on the list cannot be harmed and their habitat cannot be disrupted  All species on the list must have a recovery plan

 US Fish and Wildlife Service  Marine National Fisheries Service

 Check out the “boxscore” by the Fish and Wildlife Service  USFWS box score USFWS box score

 How would you protect this species?  What would you need to know?  0-1min 50 sec

LIFE HISTORYTHREATS  Chicks eat insects  Adults eat seeds and insects  Fly short distances  Nest on ground  Males “boom” on “lek” to attract mates  Habitat loss  Invasive fire ants  Over hunting for food  Trees in prairies are perches for hawks  Native predators eat 70% of eggs

WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT PAGE, LEFT SIDE  List best practices  Provide rationale for each choice (explanation)