Conservation Essay

Career Exploration A) In these four years of attending UWSP, I plan on majoring in Wildlife ecology and management. I was always a crazy animal lover when I was little, because I grew up on a farm. But when I went to my cabin or uncles land with my parents we always saw bears, porcupines, snakes, raccoons etc. I got to see these animals in their different habitats, which was awesome. I thought for a bit that what would be more awesome than just seeing these wildlife animals, would be to work hands

solution the lionfish have for a source of food is to result in cannibalism, an increase in cannibalism that could mean that there are so many lionfish that lionfish are controlling themselves (Buskey, Edward) According to Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, “Lionfish have 18 venomous spines that should be avoided during capture and handling because they can cause painful injuries. “Thirteen long venomous spines are found on top of the dorsal fin which are also located on top of the fish

“Bioprospecting is aimed to make humans rich, not to conserve forests” (Onaga 2001). Even though the Convention on Biological Diversity called for more benefit sharing, in most cases bioprospecting agreements cannot be enforced by source countries, communities, or the convention (Sandhu 3,4). This makes biopiracy common, since the country that makes a successful commercial product is likely to want to protect their intellectual property rights and neglect indigenous contributions (Cluis 1). A

to Help Birds Audubon is one of the United States’ oldest nonprofit organizations and their mission is to “protect birds and the places they need, today and tomorrow, throughout the Americas using science, advocacy, education, and on-the-ground conservation” (About Us). Founded in 1905, The Audubon Society was formed in response to the massive slaughters of waterbirds, like egrets and herons. Born with a daunting mission, the National Audubon Society has never stopped defending birds by using groundbreaking

Lavoisier, a red-headed man, had made a huge impact on modern science. Lavoisier showed everyone that fire, water, earth, and air are not elements. Antoine Lavoisier discovered modern chemistry. He also proposed the law of conservation of matter. The law of conservation of matter is that the mass of materials equals to the mass of reactant matter. Antoine Lavoisier was born August 26, 1743 into a wealthy family. He was born at Paris, France. Lavoisier was also an only child that time. When

utilizing too much energy to function. This will also reduce the amount of environmental pollution that is caused by your vehicle and will contribute to environmental protection. Bathe from a bucket instead of using the shower to enable water conservation. You probably don't realize the amount of water that is running when you simply leave the shower on when unnecessary. The same goes when shaving, brushing, washing the dishes, washing your hands with soap, etc. There is a lot more you can do in

1. How do rock glaciers affect the critical zone of alpine environments? The term critical zone is used quite extensively in recent literature of Earth Science. The critical zone is define by the NRC (2001) as “a heterogeneous, near surface environment in which complex interaction involving rock, soil, water, air, and living organism regulate the natural habitat and determine availability of life sustaining resources”. The alpine is a critical zone, defined by the NSF in 2001, as the zone that extends

So, how did professionals in this field solve this issue? Among all introduced animals, goats were particularly devastating to island ecosystems, so the Galapagos Conservancy initiated a project called Project Isabela was created in 1997 and finally completed in 2006. At the start of Project Isabela, goats were still found on Pinta, Santiago, the 5 islands with human habitation, and a small islet off the west coast of Isabela (Galapagos Conservancy Blog). But after 6 years of preparation, eradication

even half of the rare species. We were even honored to be able to see the Hawaii state bird, Nene, that is endangered during our program. Hawaii is working on how they can save their special species. There is a recovering projects that is apart of conservation efforts for endangered animals. In Maui, Kiwikiu is a beautiful bird that is now the

Biology and Connecting With Nature "Oh, what a catastrophe, what a maiming of love when it was made personal, merely personal feeling. This is what is the matter with us: we are bleeding at the roots because we are cut off from the earth and sun and stars. Love has become a grinning mockery because, poor blossom, we plucked it from its stem on the Tree of Life and expected it to keep on blooming in our civilized vase on the table." - D.H. Lawrence Beyond any doubt, studies now confirm that