Hunting and Conservation

1. Hunting and Conservation By: Brianna Nalder

2. This presentation is not for the weak of heart, the pregnant, or the tree hugging Please be prepared for graphic imagery and keep your hands and feet inside at all times. Thank you.

4. Hunting controls and keeps wildlife Populations healthy.

5. NDOW's Mission: “To protect, preserve, manage and restore wildlife and its habitat for their aesthetic, scientific, educational, recreational, and economic benefits to citizens of Nevada and the United States, and to promote the safety of persons using vessels on the waters of Nevada.” (www.ndow.org/about)

6. Wildlife Management Areas

11. Conservation U.S. loses 80,000 acres of wetland habitat annually.

12. Hunting is good for the Environment!

13. H.I.P. “Migratory Bird Harvest Information Program (HIP) is a method by the State Wildlife Agency and the Fish and Wildlife Service are developing more reliable estimates of the # of migratory birds harvested throughout the country. These estimates give biologists the info they need to make sound decisions concerning hunting seasons, bag limits, and population managements.” (www.fws.gov/hip/index.html)

14. Hunting hours are one half hour before sunrise to sunset.

15. Duck Hunting Season: October 14, 2006 – January 27, 2007 The combined daily limit on all ducks is 7, including not more than two hen mallards, one pintail, one canvasback, three scaup, and two redheads. The possession limit is twice the daily limit. (7/14)

16. Goose Hunting Season: October 21, 2006 – January 28, 2007 Canada and White Fronted Geese limit 3/6. Snow and Ross Geese Limit 4/8.

18. CONSERVATION

23. The End Thank you, Thank you very much! Any questions?

24. Ducks Unlimited. 2006. [http://www.ducks.org/conservation] (consulted 28 Nov.). U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Harvest Information Program. 2006. [www.fws.gov/hip/index.html] (consulted 25 Nov.). Nevada Department of Wildlife. Mission Statement. [www.ndow.org/about/] (consulted 29 Nov.). Nevada Department of Wildlife. Scripps. [www.ndow.org/wild/habitat/wma] (consulted 28 Nov.). Wartgow, Kaleb. Personal Interview. 28 Nov. 2006.