Ecosystem services are ways that a wild area helps people. This
prairie absorbs rainwater during storms which protects our houses
from flooding.
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Monarchs are not endangered, but they are in danger. Why? What
would YOU recommend be done to protect them?
Wildlife managers need to identify population size and carrying
capacity critical habitat food requirements Nesting/breeding
requirements Symbiotic relationships Special species needs
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Habitat management and improvement Setting aside reserves,
coordinating with private landowners
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Connecting fragmented habitat allows animals from each smaller
area to safely get to other areas.
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Habitat management and improvement Creating artificial nesting
sites (Red cockaded woodpecker in Eastern Texas) saves the bird
time so they can reproduce more frequently
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Federal program Pays land owners to put marginal lands back
into native vegetation to provide wildlife habitat 31.4 million
acres currently
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Removal of invasive species, replanting native species, using
prescribed burns
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Individuals are captured in well- populated areas and moved to
less- populaed areas Increases genetic biodiversity 1996 wolves
reintroduced in Yellowstone
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Usually with egg- layers birds/amphibians Young are raised
until they can survive on their own in the wild and then
released
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Genetic index of endangered species Cross breeding of
distantly-related individuals to improve the population
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Radio collars can be put on birds/mammals to keep track of what
habitat they use and whether they are alive or dead.
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Which would you recommend for the Monarch? Which would you NOT
recommend for the Monarch?
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Monarch migration video Monarch migration video Monarchs in
Mexico Monarchs in Mexico
