history lec 15

Question 1

first law to control wl pop: law established to kill ___ in scotland, year

Answer 1

corvids, 1423

Question 2

first english colonists to n america when?

Answer 2

17th century

Question 3

goals of english colonists (3)

Answer 3

1. eradicate native americans
2. eradicate “bad” wildlife
3. tame the wilderness to create their utopian world

Question 4

plight of passenger pigeons when?

Answer 4

1914– last known died

Question 5

3 factors involved in pass pig plight

Answer 5

1. commercial hunting (colonial, vast flocks easy to kill)
2. bounties (because they eat crops)
3. clearing forests (oak and beech in central NA)

Question 6

era of protection range

Answer 6

1900- 1923 (early 1900s)

Question 7

in era of protection, ppl rebelled against… (4)

Answer 7

1. irresponsible lumbering and mining
2. unlimited commercial hunting
3. uncontrolled forest fires
4. severe erosion causing dust storms

Question 8

plume hunting era (when?)

Answer 8

1870s to 1890s

Question 9

formation of audubon society (when?)

Answer 9

1896

Question 10

christmas bird count proposed (when?)

Answer 10

1900

Question 11

audubon model law passed to protect waterfowl from plume hunting (when?)

Answer 11

1901

Question 12

first national wildlife refuge (when? who?)

Answer 12

pres roosevelt, 1903

Question 13

era of game management (when did it start?

Answer 13

after WWII 1945 - 1960s

Question 14

era of env management (when?)

Answer 14

1965- now

Question 15

7 pillars of na model of wl conservation

Answer 15

acronym: PCLALIS
1. wl held in PUBLIC trust (owned by state)
2. no COMMERCIAL market in dead wildlife
3. wildlife use allocated through LAW
4. hunting opportunity for ALL
5. kill wildlife for only LEGITIMATE reasons
6. wildlife is an INTERNATIONAL resource
7. SCIENCE is the basis for wl policy

Question 16

first national park in world (what, when, who)

Answer 16

Yellowstone National Park, Roosevelt, 1872

Question 17

first national park in canada

Answer 17

1885 banff national park

Question 18

canada’s first migratory bird sanctuary

Answer 18

1887 last mountain lake (saskat)

Question 19

wl property of state by US supreme court (when?)

Answer 19

1896

Question 20

ratification of migratory bird treaty

Answer 20

1916

Question 21

canadian wildlife service established

Answer 21

1947

Question 22

endangered species act in us

Answer 22

1973

Question 23

endangered species act in canada

Answer 23

1978

Question 24

canadian duck stamp

Answer 24

1985

Question 25

special purposes account in MNR

Answer 25

1995

Question 26

sara, cosewic

Answer 26

sara= species at risk act
cosewic= committee on the status of endangered wildlife in canada
2002

Question 27

species at risk— 1/3 of them are in ___ because ___

Answer 27

southern ontario, conflict of wildlife and use of land

Question 28

WM: federal jurisdiction

Answer 28

1. migratory birds and mammals
2. all animals in NWT Yukon Nunuavut
3. all marine animals

Question 29

WM provincial jurisdiction

Answer 29

resident birds and mammals

Question 30

CWS involved in

Answer 30

canadian wildlife service…

involved in: law enforcement, research, harvest/pop surveys, public info/education, land purchase

Question 31

MNR biologists responsible fro

Answer 31

ministry of national resources.

survey wl pop, hab mgt, bag limits, law enforcement, public relations

Question 32

NGOs examples…

Answer 32

ducks unlmited, ontario fed of anglers and hunters, cornell lab of ornithology