Human Relationship With Waterfowl

The article discussed the changes in many habitats due to anthropogenic activity. Anthropogenic is an adjective that describes changes in nature due to the people. Next, this article discussed climate change and the impact that it is having on species like clams, and fish due to ocean temperatures rising. The article also addressed carbon dating of fossils to look for cause of extinctions. Human development and agriculture have had a tremendous impact on the population of many species that are terrestrial. Deforestation is a big problem that has caused a decline in the bird species. Commercial fishing in many areas has led to a decline in fish populations. Furthermore this article

People can propose laws for mute swan hunting, support proposed ideas to help create new laws, or tell others about the mute swan problem. I believe that since adult mute swans have no predators to lower the population and are not native there should be a mute swan hunting season. Invasive species are a major problem and unless we try to stop them now their populations will grow and the problem will get worse. A hunting season for mute swans could be held every two years and have a maximum swan reduction limit of sixty nesting pairs. Even a small amount of swans reduced from the population can still help balance the mute swan population and start to solve the mute swan

To begin, because of the change in water supply the wildlife is losing resources, causing them to die. Without the proper water and land mass wildlife needs, most won’t survive. According to, “The Florida Everglades” it states, “As a result, the quantity and diversity of the wetlands’ wildlife decreased and 50% of the original wetlands on South Florida

The walleye’s food source has been limited due to the decrease in the population of Ciscos which are a key prey for the walleye to survive. The northern Bobwhite’s life has changed by them having embryo mortality and nest abandonment troubles with the parents, as well as unwelcome neighbors in their

Greater Scaup (Aythya marila) and Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis) populations have been steadily declining in the last decade. This has raised concerns among wildlife biologists as to what is the driving force behind these declines. The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) is the main managing agency of waterfowl in the United States. The USFWS has decided to lower hunting bag limits in effort to decrease the population decline. In this report, I have reported the life history of the scaup, background to the population decline, current regulations, and other material dealing with the scaup population decline. I have created a proposed management plan to improve scaup habitat and compensate for the population decline.

The puritans hunted ducks and geese also known as waterfowl. There was a lot of opportunity to hunt waterfowl living so close to the ocean. They hunted a numerous variety of sea ducks as well and migrating ducks that we shoot today. They could also hunt geese. They mostly just found the ducks on rivers, ponds, lakes and the ocean. They would sneak up on these birds and shoot them with their guns. They learned how to hunt waterfowl from the Native Americans who also hunted them. They also learned how to decoy ducks.

In Mary Oliver’s Wild Geese, the purpose is to inform the audience to accept themselves and not try to conform to standards set by society. The speaker mainly establishes credibility through her understanding of the struggles that the audience faces. In the quote, “You do not have to be good,” she displays her understanding of the audience by implying that they can let their guards down and let their true colors show, consequently causing the audience to feel accepted and place trust in the speaker. The speaker also appeals to ethos by asking the audience to tell her about their despairs and she will do the same in return. This shows the audience that the speaker is honest and open, forging trust in the audience and this elevates her position in their minds.

Without updated information on the suitability of various nesting and foraging habitats for A. h. fannini on Haida Gwaii, no certain conclusions can be drawn as to how existing habitat protection strategies affect the species. However, based on the current information available on A. h. fannini on Haida Gwaii the following assumptions can be deduced.

The purpose of this paper is to explore available research on the overpopulation of the Snow Goose on the North American continent. The snow goose has been rising in population since the middle of the century and has been escalating so much it is destroying their natural habitat. Wildlife managers have just recently begun to implement strategies to combat this problem. Mainly through the use of hunters the managers are trying to curb the population growth.

Arctic ice caps are melting, causing many animals to find either a new habitat or new food, which are both extremely challenging. For example, in Document A, sea lions

It contains an expanse of tundra with many marshes and lagoons with rivers situated between foothills of the Brooks Range and the wide, icy waters of the Beaufort Sea. Environmentalists said that this area “is the most biologically productive part of the Arctic Refuge for wildlife and is the center if wildlife activity.” The importance of these resources is not measurable. The Arctic is home to such animals as caribou, polar bears, grizzly bears, musk oxen, whales, wolves and snow geese. This area is full of wildflowers and contains water of excellent, unpolluted quality and quantity. The Arctic Ocean costal plain is an area critical to the survival of many birds and mammals (‘Alaska Wild’).

The aquatic wildlife in Canada are threatened and several species are over depleted due to the overfishing in Canada. Atlantic Cod was once abundant in the oceans near Canada especially in the Eastern Coast of Canada and was once among the world’s largest fish stocks, but overfishing has caused this to no longer be true (CanadianEncyclopedia: Overfishing Threatens Popular Seafood). Until the late 50's over 250,000 tons of Atlantic (Northern) Cod was caught on an annual basis due to how plentiful the northern cod was, but since the early 1960s cod populations in the northeast

Environmental changes due to our climate warming is causing terrible effects on the Marten population in the northern reaches of Wisconsin. What climate change is doing to the habit in which the Marten is living in is changing the amount of snowfall the regions in which the Martens are living in are acquiring. Looking at figure 3 you can see that the total snowfall in the two regions where Martens were reintroduced showed significantly less snowfall accumulation in present day compared to the 1980’s. This is extremely important to note because this change in snowfall can deteriorate the critical zone called the subnivium. The subnivium is the seasonal microenvironment underneath the snow (Pauli et al., 2013). This is a small zone where plants and small mammals thrive during the winter. It should be stated that the subnivium insulates the ground creating a pocket of warmth that allows these organisms to survive the harsh Wisconsin winters. The way a subnivium is formed is based on snow duration, density and depth (Pauli et al., 2013). But this is where climate change comes into play. It is causing snowfall to decrease, the time snow is present is decreased and the density of the snow is lower (Pauli et al., 2013). Having these three factor decline is getting rid of the refuge of the subnivium and killing organisms that thrive there. One such organism is the American Marten. These mammals are small enough to crawl down tree trunks where the snow is melted to gain access to the subnivium. This is where the Marten hunts mice and other small mammals to its heart's content. But with the loss of the subnivium Martens can’t hunt in their little paradise. They will have to find other places to hunt and find prey to satisfy their caloric needs. This is where the Fisher has the advantage, since they are too large to access the subnivium. The Fisher

Human-animal interaction (HAI) is a concept that has been around since the beginning; ever since man knew what animals were. We have interacted in so many ways with animals - ranging from hunting as a resource to observing in the wild, and from holding in captivity as a means of labor to domesticating for companionship. Throughout these centuries of interactions, it's become abundantly clear as to what these encounters do for us as far as productivity/research/ entertainment/companionship, but it's never been completely clear as to what our presence and encounters do to them - more specifically, what does it do to them psychologically and behaviorally? The word interaction is key, and it's important to note what an interaction means: both individuals affect each other- “... both human and animal are active and reactive during an interaction, independent of who is the initiator” (Eddie A.M. Bokkers, 31). So, what does this mean for animal development? An animal’s psychological development (just like humans) is most influenced at a very young age, but behavioral development (though still very impressionable at a young age) can be influenced at virtually any point in their life. This, in regards to the influence of human interaction, means that it influences these two branches of development through positive and negative stimulants that allow a psychological learning adaptation to take place, prompting a behavioral action.

Habitat loss is one of the most evident effects of climate change on animals. Forests, as well as deserts support many forms of life. It is the home of insects and animals like bears, and birds. If forests will be cleared out for the development of land for families, business and farming purposes, animals will loose their homes and food. Because of deforestation, many of the trees and the other plants that provide food to the herbivorous animals will get extinct at a faster speed. Droughts caused by global warming could dry up 90 percent of central U.S. wetlands, eliminating essential breeding habitat for ducks, geese and other traveling species (National Wildlife Federation). Climate change is the main reason to wildlife's survival and putting natural resources in danger. The change in temperature caused by global warming has many effects on the habitats of animals. The melting ice will cause the loss of habitat for species such as the polar bears, penguins, and seals. The arctic ice that is melting makes it difficult for polar bears to hunt. Warmer water will also cause the population of fish such as trout