ENVI SEC MIDTERM Flashcards
Refers to the practices and
strategies implemented to control or
minimize factors that attract wildlife
to certain areas, particularly in
human-populated areas or areas
where human-wildlife interactions
may pose risks or conflicts.
MANAGING WILDLIFE ATTRACTANTS
is often to reduce the likelihood of wildlife-human conflicts, protect property, and promote the safety of both humans and wildlife.
- This may involve measures such as
securing garbage in wildlife-proof containers, removing fallen fruits or
excess birdseed, repairing leaking pipes,
and modifying landscaping to make
properties less attractive to certain species.
GOAL OF MANAGING WILDLIFE ATTRACTANTS
Important of wildlife attractant management:
(1) Protecting Wildlife
(2) Ensuring Public Safety
(3) General Environmental Benefits
Types of Wildlife Attractants:
(1) Food Attractants
(2) Salt Attractants
(3) Scent Attractants
(4) Habitat Attractants
(5) Visual Attractants
(6) Sound Attractants
is to safeguard biodiversity, maintain
ecosystem function, and ensure the
long-term viability of wildlife populations.
Risk Assessment and Management for Wildlife
Involves identifying and evaluating potential hazards to wildlife populations and ecosystems.
Risk Assessment
How we can manage wildlife risk?
(types of risk)
Assessing Risks
Controlling Risks
Communicating Risks
Monitoring Risks
Learn from Risks
Building Resilience
Identify potential hazards and evaluate
their severity and likelihood, considering both animal and human factors.
Assessing Risks
Employ strategies like elimination,
substitution, engineering controls, and administrative measures to mitigate hazards.
Controlling Risks
Clearly convey hazards and control
measures to all involved parties using various methods.
Communicating Risks
Regularly assess the effectiveness of risk
control measures and identify areas for improvement.
Monitoring Risks
Gather insights from successes and
failures to continuously improve risk management practices.
Learn from Risks
Develop and implement a plan to
prepare for and respond to unexpected risks, ensuring readiness and coordination with external stakeholders.
Building Resilience
is a comprehensive strategy developed by airport authorities to minimize wildlife hazards on and around airport properties.
Airport Wildlife Management Plan
Key Components of a Wildlife Management Plan (typically include):
Mitigation Measures
Wildlife Control
Monitoring and Reporting
Implementing measures to reduce wildlife attractants such as food sources or water bodies near the airport.
Mitigation Measures
Utilizing techniques like habitat modification, deterrents, trapping, and
sometimes lethal control to manage wildlife populations that pose a risk to aircraft safety.
Wildlife Control
Regularly monitoring wildlife activity and reporting on wildlife strikes or incidents to enhance understanding and inform management decisions.
Monitoring and Reporting
Components of a Comprehensive
Airport Wildlife Management Plan:
Monitoring and Reporting
Deterrent Measures
Education and Outreach
Permits for lethal control or hazing
Habitat management plan
Dispersal Plan
Involves actions taken by airfield wildlife
control operators to modify the airport environment in order to make it less appealing and accessible to wildlife.
Passive Management
Example of Passive Management Techniques:
Habitat Modification
FoodSource Management
Water Source Management
Shelter Modification
Infrastructure Adjustments
Fencing
describes the hazing or dispersing strategies employed by wildlife management teams.
- Dispersing species that have eschewed habitat management as a barrier is the goal of active wildlife control tactics.
Active Control
Example of Active Control Techniques:
Pyrotechnic Hazing
Firearms or Lethal Control
Innovative Technologies
Wildlife Management Practice:
Monitoring Wildlife Populations
Habitat Improvement
Hunting Regulations
Hunting
Artificial Stocking
Controlling or Preventing Disease and its spread
Management Funds and Programs
