Wildlife management is often thought of in terms of
protecting, enhancing, and nurturing wildlife populations and the
habitat needed for their well-being. However, many species at one
time or another require management actions to reduce conflicts with
people or with other wildlife species.
Examples:
• an airport manager must modify habitats
to reduce gull activity near runways
• a forester sometimes must remove pocket gophers to increase tree seedling
survival in a reforestation project
• a biologist traps an abundant predator or competing species to enhance
survival of an endangered species
• bat removal when they have formed roosts or maternity colonies in human
dwellings or structures.
Wildlife damage control, conducted in accordance with environmental
regulations, is an increasingly important part of the wildlife management
profession because of expanding human populations and wildlife-people
conflicts. Wildlife damage control activities must be based on sound
economic, ecological, and sociological principles and carried out as
positive, necessary components of overall wild-life management programs.
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