ENWC201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Endangered Species Act Of 1973, Adaptive Management

• School: University of Delaware
• Department: Entomology and Wildlife Conservation
• Course: ENWC201
• Professor: Mc Carthy Kyle

Document Summary

History and details of ecological restoration: ecological restoration- the process of intentionally altering a site to establish a defined, indigenous, historic ecosystem , requires, rehabilitation a. i. Improve the habitat from a degraded state: reclamation b. i. Prioritizes the stabilization of the terrain, removal of pollutants, re- vegetation, aesthetic improvement and assurance of public safety: re-creation c. i. Returns a habitat to a particular historic condition: replacement d. i. Specifies a community type to be created on a site, but this community was most likely not present previous to human disturbance: enhancement/augmentation e. i. Aims only to add or increase one or a few ecosystem functions, not to return all ecosystem functions to a specified level: even creating a backyard habitat can be categorized as an ecological restoration. Role of restoration ecology: positives, inspiring, important, negatives, expensive, inefficient, funds better spent elsewhere, cost of restoration as much as, . 00 per square foot, ,000 per acre.