Lecture 6 GEOG3320 – Management of Wilderness Environments 1 2. Non-recreational use of wilderness and wildland Lecture outline: Hunting and fishing Forests and forest products Water resources Minerals, oil and gas Agriculture Renewable energy Workshop: group web poster Q&A
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Lecture 6 GEOG3320 – Management of Wilderness Environments 1
2. Non-recreational use of wilderness and wildland
Lecture outline:
Hunting and fishing Forests and forest products Water resources Minerals, oil and gas Agriculture Renewable energy Workshop: group web poster Q&A
Lecture 6 GEOG3320 – Management of Wilderness Environments 2
1. Introduction
Remember… - anthropocentric view- value based on use- most threats to wilderness are from human
use Wilderness use…
- traditionally as the pristine and original resource
- source of materials:• game (food and pelts)• raw materials (timber, minerals, oil and gas)• clean water supply
- source of land
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1. Introduction (cont’d)
Wilderness as a playground- hunting and fishing for sport
- wildlife watching
- eco-tourism
- walking and camping (wilderness trips)
- mountaineering, etc.
- other wilderness dependent sports
Pharmaceuticals Renewable energy
- HEP
- wind
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2. Hunting and fishing
Long history- earliest humans to present day
- survival (hunter-gather) to modern sport• http://www.extreme-wilderness.com/hunting
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“We reached the old wolf in time to watch a fierce green fire dying in her eyes. I realized then, and have known ever since, that there was something new to me in those eyes - something known only to her and to the mountain. I was young then, and full of trigger-itch; I thought that because fewer wolves meant more deer, that no wolves would mean hunters' paradise. But after seeing the green fire die, I sensed that neither the wolf nor the mountain agreed with such a view. “
Aldo Leopold (1949)
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2. Hunting and fishing (cont’d)
Modern wildlife management- E.g US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS)
- http://www.fws.gov/
- “working with others to conserve, protect and enhance fish, wildlife, and plants and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people”