NRC 261 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Barter, Bird Migration, Endangered Species

• School: UMASS-Amherst
• Department: Natural Resources Conservation
• Course: NRC 261
• Professor: Todd Fuller

Document Summary

Magna carta 1215: king john signed the magna carta, since then, wildlife is public property and is tended to by the government. Lots of animals, no limits to land: population of passenger pigeons was over a billion, consequence: local overharvest/extirpation/extinction. Increased mobility, accessibility: huge numbers of people headed out west. Game wardens: 1864 = first hunting license, daily bag limit. Yellowstone park protection act (1894: you cannot hunt in public parks. The lacey game and wild birds: preservation and disposition act (1900) the lacey act . 1918 - migratory bird treaty act: makes it illegal for anyone to take, possess, import, export, transport, sell, purchase, or barter, any migratory bird. Refuges - pelican island, florida (1903: americas first national wildlife refuge. Aldo leopold: wrote report on status of game species. Federal duck stamp: stamps whose profit goes towards protecting wetland wildlife. Pittman-robertson federal aid to wildlife restoration act (1937: taxes on firearms and hunting, excise tax.