Title: Describe the history of wildlife management in the United States.
Course: Fisheries and Wildlife Management (18501) > Section: Exploring the History of Wildlife Management

Description should include

- evolution of wildlife management (i.e., the North American Model) in the United States
- lack of management during Colonial times (e.g., exploitation)
- role of hunting and fishing
- hunting reserves for elite groups (e.g., water fowl, deer, fox, bear)
- agricultural practices that affect wildlife
- era of exploitation of U.S. wildlife
- predator control
- institution of game law
- wildlife refuges
- farm-raised wildlife
- habitat improvement
- protected lands (e.g., national parks, national forests, Bureau of Land Management-protected lands, land easements)
- the conservation movement
- introduction of exotic species.

Process/Skill Questions:

- How did Colonial agriculture affect wildlife habitat?
- How did early hunting impact wildlife management?
- How did farming and ranching impact wildlife management (e.g., fencing off private lands, Great Plains conversion to agriculture)?
- How did Theodore Roosevelt’s push for conservation impact wildlife management?
- Why is Aldo Leopold known to many as the father of modern wildlife management?
- What are some of the major events and policies that influence Virginia wildlife management?
- How have modern agricultural practices affected wildlife populations?
- Why did wildlife management evolve?
- What groups led the fight for conservation? Why?