Welcome!
Please go get your interactive
notebook.
Please put your permission slip
and $15 on your desk so Ms.
Klein can pick it up.
Wildlife management
What is it?
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Wildlife management is
the science of
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Determining the needs of
wildlife
Creating strategies to meet
these needs
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
Who is in charge of the Endangered Species
Act?
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US Fish and Wildlife Service
Marine National Fisheries Service
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.
Delisted species – SUCCESS!
Texas Success stories!
Big horn sheep
Big horn reintroduction in Big Bend
National Park
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Translocation project
Now 7 herds, about the same size population as the late
1800’s
Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle
Captive Breeding program
Brown pelican
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DDT
biomagnified
through the
population
DDT use banned
in 1970’s
Taken off the
Endangered
Species list a few
years ago! 
That’s great, but what can I do?
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Brainstorm!
Check for understanding
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What is wildlife
management?
Name three ways wildlife
managers might improve
habitat.
How is hunting used in
wildlife management?
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How are the ESA and
CITES different?