Describe the meaning and purposes of fish and wildlife conservation and
management.
List and discuss at least three major problems that continue to threaten
your state's fish and wildlife resources.
Describe some practical ways in which everyone can help with the fish and
wildlife conservation effort.
List and describe five major fish and wildlife management practices used
by managers in your state.
Do ONE of the following:
Construct, erect, and check regularly at least two artificial nest boxes
(wood duck, bluebird, squirrel, etc.) and keep written records for one
nesting season.
Construct, erect, and check regularly bird feeders and keep written
records of the kinds of birds visiting the feeders in the wintertime.
Design and implement a back-yard wildlife habitat improvement project
and report the results.
Design and construct a wildlife blind near a game trail, water hole,
salt lick, bird feeder, or birdbath and take good photographs or make
sketches from the blind of any combination of 10 wild birds, mammals,
reptiles, or amphibians.
Do ONE of the following:
Observe and record 25 species of wildlife. Your list may include
mammals, birds, reptiles, or fish. Write down when and where each animal was
seen.
List the wildlife species in your state that are classified as
endangered, threatened, exotic, game species, furbearers, or migratory game
birds.
Start a scrapbook of North American wildlife. Insert markers to divide
the book into separate parts for mammals, birds, reptiles, and fish. Collect
articles on such subjects as life histories, habitat, behavior, and feeding
habits on all four categories and place them in your notebook accordingly.
Articles and pictures may be cut from old discarded newspapers; science,
nature, and outdoor magazines; or can be photocopied from other sources.
Enter at least 10 articles on mammals, 10 on birds, five on reptiles, and
five on fish. Put each animal on a separate sheet in alphabetical order.
Include pictures whenever possible.
Do ONE of the following:
Determine the age of five species of fish from scale samples or identify
various age classes of one species in a lake and report the results.
Conduct a creel census on a small lake to estimate catch per unit
effort.
Examine the stomach contents of three species of fish and record the
findings.
Make a freshwater aquarium. Include at least four species of native
plants and four species of animal life, such as whirligig beetles,
freshwater shrimp, tadpoles, water snails, and golden shiners. After 60 days
of observation, discuss with your counselor the life cycles, food chains,
and management needs you have recognized.