Protecting those endangered species!

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Ecosystem service

Ecosystem services are ways that a wild area helps people.This prairie absorbs rainwater during storms which protects our houses from flooding.Photo JournalMAJOR GRADE! Due this Wed/Thursday

DO NOT email it to Ms. Klein (points will be taken off)Turn in to this computer:Thumb driveDownload from YOUR emailSo! Those Monarchs!Monarchs are not endangered, but they are in danger.Why?What would YOU recommend be done to protect them?

Monarch Life Cycle

http://www.follenderwerks.com/galleries/the_monarch_butterfly/monarch_anim.htm

Protecting those endangered species!Success StrategiesAnd Wildlife Management

Determining wildlife needsWildlife managers need to identifypopulation size and carrying capacitycritical habitatfood requirementsNesting/breeding requirementsSymbiotic relationshipsSpecial species needs

Counting population size

Camera traps on trees. When an animal crosses the infrared beam of light, a picture is taken. Wildlife managers can tell when an animal has been I that exact location.

Creating wildlife refugesHabitat management and improvementSetting aside reserves, coordinating with private landowners

Wildlife corridorsConnecting fragmented habitat allows animals from each smaller area to safely get to other areas.

Creating artificial nesting boxesHabitat management and improvementCreating artificial nesting sites (Red cockaded woodpecker in Eastern Texas) saves the bird time so they can reproduce more frequently

Conservation Reserve ProgramFederal programPays land owners to put marginal lands back into native vegetation to provide wildlife habitat31.4 million acres currentlyHabitat improvementRemoval of invasive species, replanting native species, using prescribed burns

Translocation/transplant programsIndividuals are captured in well-populated areas and moved to less-populaed areasIncreases genetic biodiversity1996 wolves reintroduced in Yellowstone

Captive Breeding programsUsually with egg-layers birds/amphibiansYoung are raised until they can survive on their own in the wild and then released

Zoos Species Protection PlanGenetic index of endangered speciesCross breeding of distantly-related individuals to improve the population

California condor 1982 just 22 individuals taken in to captivity; today, 381 total individuals, with more than half of them in the wild18Tracking wildlife

Radio collars can be put on birds/mammals to keep track of what habitat they use and whether they are alive or dead.

Review your list of wildlife management toolsWhich would you recommend for the Monarch?Which would you NOT recommend for the Monarch?Monarch migration videoMonarchs in Mexico