Population Management practices
are primary tools used to manage many wildlife and fish species.
What is regulated hunting, trapping, & fishing regulations?
Name the 7 fish pond & stream management practices.
What is construct fish pond, control aquatic vegetation, fertilize/lime fish pond, reduce turbidity, restock, streams-create pools, and streams-remove fish barriers?
is not an option for migratory species, such as waterfowl and mourning dove, because the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service sets bag limits and individual landowners cannot influence population levels of migratory species
What is decrease & increase harvest?
If cattle are causing turbid water this management practice should be recommended, not reduce turbidity in fish pond.
What is livestock management?
True or False: Forest Management should not be recommended in addition to Edge Feathering for forested areas adjacent to openings affected by the Edge Feathering practice.
What is True?
This agency sets the regulations for hunting, trapping, and fishing seasons and bag and creel limits.
What is State & Federal Wildlife Agencies?
This management practice should be controlled when it begins to limit use of a fish pond for recreation or interferes with access.
What is control aquatic vegetation?
This management practice may be needed when animals show signs of stress and overpopulation, such as destruction of habitat by overgrazing or overbrowsing, and increase in parasites and diseases.
What is increase harvest?
Effect of practice: used to create pools for various fish to hide, feed, and rest. & if designed properly, can be used to reduce some kinds of stream erosion.
What is Streams: Create pools?
This practice should be recommended only when a crop is present or is planned for the current growing season.
What is delay crop harvest?
This population management practice may be necessary when data indicates populations are declining, especially in areas with good habitat.
What is decrease harvest?
This management practice should not be used in ponds infested with weeds, ponds with excessive water flow, turbid (muddy) ponds, or ponds that will not be fished heavily.
What is fertilization?
Describe one of the 9 Wildlife Survey Techniques.
Effects of practice: Improves water quality by removing or settling silt, allows sunlight to stimulate phytoplankton
What is reduce turbidity in fish pond?
the amount of land allotted to each animal for the entire grazable portion of the year and is the most important consideration concerning livestock grazing management.
What is stocking rate?
Name the 4 population manage practices.
What is decrease harvest, increase harvest, wildlife or fish survey, & wildlife damage management?
This management practice is a drastic measure and should only be considered after other management approaches have been attempted.
What is restocking fish ponds?
Pond balances should be checked during this season by seining at intervals around the pond.
What is early summer?
Effect of practice: ponds provide habitat for some fish and wildlife species
What is construct fish pond?
is often the most effective and efficient method for managing succession and maintaining early successional plant communities.
What is Prescribed fire?
If this management practice is recommended to reduce numbers of a species that is overabundant, whether because that species has exceeded carrying capacity or if it is causing conflict with another species, then there should be no recommendations for WMPs.
What is increase harvest?
Effect of practice: Allow fish to access and migrate within the stream system between the stream and ocean to complete their life cycles.
What is Streams-remove fish barriers?
These techniques should be used to control nongame and nonnative species for which there is no hunting or trapping season, such as a woodpecker damaging a building.
What is wildlife damage management techniques?
Why do you think fish pond/stream management is important?
What is ....
Maintains an early successional plant community dominated by grasses and forbs.
What is disking?