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Wildlife Management

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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Wildlife Management

Photo by Korona Lacasse
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Historical View

What did numbers look like in the 1800s?
Photo by dok1
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Changes Began

Ax, plow & wildfire change landscape.
Photo by davedehetre
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Numbers Drop

What caused this heavy toll?
Photo by Dawn Huczek
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Market Hunting & Fur Trade

Photo by BiblioArchives / LibraryArchives
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Private Farms Develop

Were these positive or negative to wildlife?
Photo by Lawrence Lazare
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Some Species Restored

  • Some species restored in abundance
  • Financial pressures have stopped some actions (farmers have to farm)
Photo by ecstaticist
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Erosion is a Major Issue

What problems does it pose to wildlife?
Photo by IITA Image Library
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Top inches give

  • living area
  • food
  • shelter
Photo by Western Arctic National Parklands
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Covey of Quail

Live on about 20A under ideal conditions.
Photo by SidPix
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Quail Food Needs

  • Spring/Summer- green plants & insects
  • Fall & winter- weed seed & grain residues
Photo by jonathan.leung
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Where does their water come from?

Photo by haglundc
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Missing elements = no Quail

Photo by jenny downing
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Can we change...

  • wildlife decline?
  • erosion?
Photo by Dave_S.
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Considerations When Evaluating Land

What?
Photo by Claudio.Ar
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Plants

Feed plant-eaters...others will follow
Photo by 55Laney69
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Water Sources

  • Salamanders (fish?)
  • Quail (surface water?)
  • focal point of plant?
Photo by Chalkie_CC
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Cover

What does it provide?
Photo by `James Wheeler
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Managing Natural Cover

  • planting
  • pruning
  • thinning
  • clearing
Photo by Ivan Naurholm. thanks, for more than 500.000 views
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Manmade Cover

  • brush piles
  • nesting boxes
  • rock piles
  • birdhouses
  • log piles
  • what else?
Photo by woolcarderbee
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Familiar with Land

  • Changing seasons
  • signs of animals
Photo by `James Wheeler
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Types of Farm Habitats

Photo by nosha
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4 main types

  • cropland
  • grassland (includes pasture)
  • woodland
  • fence rows & other idle lands
  • (page 6)
Photo by USDA NRCS South Dakota
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Cropland

Photo by USDA NRCS South Dakota
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Grassland

Photo by jang1993
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Woodlots

Photo by Sterling College
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Fencerows & Other Idle Areas

Photo by Sarah Elizabeth Altendorf
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Making a Plan

Photo by Sarah Ross photography
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1. Obtain Map

Photo by andyarthur
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2. mark habitat types

Photo by JoelDeluxe
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3. mark areas of improvement

Basically plant management. 
Photo by esagor
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4. Soils Map

Photo by placeuvm
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Management= increased # or range

Photo by blmiers2
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Management Practices

Begins on page 9
Photo by ecstaticist
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Crop Field Practices

  • tillage
  • crop rotation
  • contour strip cropping
Photo by CIMMYT
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Field Borders, Fencerows & Turn-rows

Photo by Mr B's Photography
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Fallow Fields & Set-Aside Acres

Photo by Andreas-photography
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Grassed or Wooded Waterways

Photo by Al_HikesAZ
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Terraces

Photo by Eye - the world through my I
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Field Shelterbelts, Windbreaks, Fencerows

Photo by joeldinda
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Managing Grasslands

Photo by Marcus Rahm
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Categories

  • Cool-season
  • Warm-season
  • Native
Photo by Jason A. Samfield
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Cool-Season

  • orchard grass
  • timothy
  • tall fescue
  • Kentucky bluegrass
Photo by Matt Lavin
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Caution w/ Tall Fescue

  • great forage
  • endophyte fungus
  • great erosion control
  • vigorous growth pushes out native
Photo by Macleay Grass Man
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Warm-Season Grasses

  • Indian grass
  • big & little bluestem
  • switch grass
Photo by Macleay Grass Man
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Native Grasses

  • unplowed prairie remnants
  • dominated by native warm-season grasses
Photo by USFWS Mountain Prairie
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General Practices for Grasslands

Aj Wingard