Lecture 2: What do we mean by "wildlife"?
The three legged stool for wildlife management includes:
people, habitat, and the animal population
The common law, legal principle that certain natural and cultural resources, including but not limited to wildlife, are intended for public use, and that the government owns and must protect and maintain these resources for the public’s use.
Public Trust Doctrine
Era of ___________ (1850-1900): includes the golden spike (connection of union pacific and central pacific railways), the extirpation of wildlife species, and the establishment of the Yellowstone National Park Act.
"Exploitation"
_______ means all wild mammals, birds, fish, amphibians, reptiles, crustaceans and mollusks, and wild bison designated by the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission and the Wyoming Livestock Board within Wyoming.
"Wildlife"
Case law in which the US Supreme Court ruled that the people or the “States” were the successors to the crown’s claim to wildlife under the public trust doctrine.
Martin v. Waddell -1842