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California Wildlife Conservation: Resources and Management

Explore California's diverse wildlife resources, including game species like deer and elk, and learn about their habitat, behavior, and conservation. This educational resource provides insights into managing wildlife populations and the importance of sustainable conservation practices. Discover the unique characteristics of various species and their roles in California's ecosystem.

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California Wildlife Conservation: Resources and Management

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  1. Managing the resources of California Eric Frizzie AgEd 410 Fall 2013

  2. Teachers Notes • Bulleted points are explained in Notes Section • Refer to Performance Standards 7.6 if you have any questions

  3. Suggested Activities: • Wildlife Migration: Students identify the problems that wildlife face in their migratory routes. They write a report predicting future problems and possible methods to avoid these problems. • Option 2: Have each student visit a wildlife conservation website and research the ways that their fellow citizens are protecting these species. Then have them write a one page paper on their ideas of how to better protect and live with these species.

  4. Managing the resources of California Eric Frizzie AgEd 410 Fall 2013

  5. Performance Standards • 7.6 Wildlife and Waterfowl • Students will understand the importance of wildlife including indigenous and migratory species, their physical and behavioral characteristics, habitat, and management

  6. Lessons: • Game Species in California • Furbearers in California

  7. Deer of California • Colombian Black- Tailed • California Mule • Rocky Mountain Mule • Southern Mule • Inyo Mule • Burro Mule

  8. Burro Mule Colombian Black Tail California Mule Inyo Mule Southern Mule Rocky Mountain Mule

  9. All About Deer • Largest population of all big game • Bucks antlers are shed each winter • Breeding season is from September to January • Polygamous • Gestation period of 7 months • Fawning season is from April to July

  10. Elk of California • Tule (Dwarf or Valley) • Rocky Mountain • Roosevelt

  11. Rocky Mountain Elk Tule Elk (Above) Click to Hear Elk Bugle Roosevelt Elk

  12. Elk of California • Largest big game animal • Bull’s antlers are shed each year by March • Rutting season is July to September • Polygamous • Single calf born during May or June • Gestation period of 8 1/2 months

  13. Pronghorn Antelope • Only Antelope found in CA • Both male and female have horns • Rutting season is September to October • Polygamous (harems of 7 to 8 does) • Kids born late April to mid September • Gestation period of 8 months

  14. Pronghorn Antelope

  15. Bighorn Sheep • California • Nelson • Peninsula

  16. California Bighorn Nelson Bighorn Peninsula Bighorn

  17. Bighorn sheep • Both rams and ewes have horns (not shed) • Breeding season is October to December • Polygamous • Lambing season is April to May • Gestation period of 6 months • Protected in California

  18. Wild Pigs • European Wild Pig • Feral Pig

  19. Wild pigs • Breeding season from October to January • Polygamous • Farrow (2-8 piglets) during February to May • Gestation period 114 days • Omnivorous

  20. Black Bear • Northwestern • Sierra Nevada

  21. Click Here Northwestern Black Bear Sierra Nevada Black Bear

  22. Black Bear • Polygamous • Sows breed during June and July • Gestation period of 7 1/2 months • Cubs are born in January and February • Omnivorous • Life span is 20-30 years

  23. Mountain Lion • Yuma • California

  24. Yuba Mountain Lion Mountain Lion Scream California Mountain Lion( Right)

  25. Mountain Lion • Carnivore • Polygamous • Most breed January through May • Gestation period of 91 to 97 days • Most kittens are born during summer months • Up to 9 feet long and up to 200 pounds

  26. References: • Burton, D. Ecology of Fish andWildlife. Delmar Publishers. New York, 1996. • Camp, W.G., Daugherty, T. B. Managing Our Natural Resources. Second Edition. Delmar Publishers Inc. New York, 1991. • Morholt, E., Brandwein, P.F. A Sourcebook for the Biological Sciences. Third Edition. Harcourt Brace Jocanovich, Publishers. New York. 1986.

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