How to get more from readings

SECTION 1
Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3
Chapter 22
Chapter 4
Chapter 5

SECTION 2
Chapter 6
Chapter 7

Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10

Chapter 20

SECTION 3
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17

SECTION 4
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 21

Chapter 23

What is wildlife management ?

1. Wildlife and wildlife management do not have universally accepted definitions.
   1. Definitions depend upon which public interest groups you talk to.
      1. the broadest sense includes all plants and animals that are not cultivated or domesticated
      2. wildlife organizations have been concerned primarily with 'higher' forms of animal life
         1. The Wildlife Society deals (since 1937) almost entirely with birds and mammals usually focuses on species prized for sport.
         2. The Society for Conservation Biology deals (since 1986) with more diverse but still mostly vertebrate species.
   2. Fisheries has been a related but separate field since 1940 when:
      1. President Franklin Roosevelt combined the Bureau of Biological Survey with the Bureau of Fisheries into the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (in the Department of Interior).
      2. implied that fishes are somehow a different category than wildlife
      3. In the U.S., commercial marine fisheries are managed by the National Marine Fisheries Service (part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the Department of Commerce)
   3. Most state and federal agencies that deal with wildlife or fisheries in the U.S. deal primarily with birds, mammals, or fishes that are economically or recreationally important to people.
      1. With the exception of endangered species, other vertebrates (amphibians and reptiles) receive little direct attention from wildlife agencies.
2. What does a wildlife biologist do ?
   1. wildlife management is the art and science of applying ecological knowledge in ways that seek a balance between the needs of wildlife and the needs of people.
   2. wildlife biologists apply skills (art) and knowledge (science) to achieve wildlife management goals.
   3. what kinds of jobs are there ?
      1. who employs wildlife biologists
         1. federal government: U.S. Fish and Wildlife, U.S. Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, Department of Defense…
         2. state government: Texas Parks and Wildlife, New Mexico Game and Fish, New York Department of Environmental Conservation…
         3. local government: City of Lubbock Environmental Inspection Services…
         4. private; Audubon Society, Nature Conservancy, Independent ranch owners…
      2. what do those jobs entail ?
         1. reviewing scientific literature
         2. finding answers with field and/or laboratory work
         3. implementing and evaluating management actions
         4. integrating social and economic issue with wildlife concerns