history lec 15 Flashcards
first law to control wl pop: law established to kill ___ in scotland, year
corvids, 1423
first english colonists to n america when?
17th century
goals of english colonists (3)
- eradicate native americans
- eradicate “bad” wildlife
- tame the wilderness to create their utopian world
plight of passenger pigeons when?
1914– last known died
3 factors involved in pass pig plight
- commercial hunting (colonial, vast flocks easy to kill)
- bounties (because they eat crops)
- clearing forests (oak and beech in central NA)
era of protection range
1900- 1923 (early 1900s)
in era of protection, ppl rebelled against… (4)
- irresponsible lumbering and mining
- unlimited commercial hunting
- uncontrolled forest fires
- severe erosion causing dust storms
plume hunting era (when?)
1870s to 1890s
formation of audubon society (when?)
1896
christmas bird count proposed (when?)
1900
audubon model law passed to protect waterfowl from plume hunting (when?)
1901
first national wildlife refuge (when? who?)
pres roosevelt, 1903
era of game management (when did it start?
after WWII 1945 - 1960s
era of env management (when?)
1965- now
7 pillars of na model of wl conservation
acronym: PCLALIS
1. wl held in PUBLIC trust (owned by state)
2. no COMMERCIAL market in dead wildlife
3. wildlife use allocated through LAW
4. hunting opportunity for ALL
5. kill wildlife for only LEGITIMATE reasons
6. wildlife is an INTERNATIONAL resource
7. SCIENCE is the basis for wl policy
first national park in world (what, when, who)
Yellowstone National Park, Roosevelt, 1872
first national park in canada
1885 banff national park
canada’s first migratory bird sanctuary
1887 last mountain lake (saskat)
wl property of state by US supreme court (when?)
1896
ratification of migratory bird treaty
1916
canadian wildlife service established
1947
endangered species act in us
1973
endangered species act in canada
1978
canadian duck stamp
1985
special purposes account in MNR
1995
sara, cosewic
sara= species at risk act
cosewic= committee on the status of endangered wildlife in canada
2002
species at risk— 1/3 of them are in ___ because ___
southern ontario, conflict of wildlife and use of land
WM: federal jurisdiction
- migratory birds and mammals
- all animals in NWT Yukon Nunuavut
- all marine animals
WM provincial jurisdiction
resident birds and mammals
CWS involved in
canadian wildlife service…
involved in: law enforcement, research, harvest/pop surveys, public info/education, land purchase
MNR biologists responsible fro
ministry of national resources.
survey wl pop, hab mgt, bag limits, law enforcement, public relations
NGOs examples…
ducks unlmited, ontario fed of anglers and hunters, cornell lab of ornithology