1. Welcome! Please go get your interactive notebook. Please put your permission slip and $15 on your desk so Ms. Klein can pick it up.

2. Wildlife management

3. What is it?  Wildlife management is the science of  Determining the needs of wildlife  Creating strategies to meet these needs

4. Endangered Species Act  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

5. Who is in charge of the Endangered Species Act?  US Fish and Wildlife Service  Marine National Fisheries Service

6. Today’s interactive Notebook page: (4 min)  Title: Success Stories  Date: 10/24  Cut out the pictures, glue them in with space to add notes for each.

7. Delisted species – SUCCESS!

8. Texas Success stories!

9. Big horn sheep

10. Big horn reintroduction in Big Bend National Park  Translocation project  Now 7 herds, about the same size population as the late 1800’s

11. Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle

12. Captive Breeding program

13. Brown pelican  DDT biomagnified through the population  DDT use banned in 1970’s  Taken off the Endangered Species list a few years ago!

14. That’s great, but what can I do?  Brainstorm!

15. Check for understanding  What is wildlife management?  Name three ways wildlife managers might improve habitat.  How is hunting used in wildlife management?  How are the ESA and CITES different?