ENWC201 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Mount Pinatubo, Chronic Wasting Disease, Free Range

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

Document Summary

Birds were hunted in extreme numbers and sold as. It is heavily associated with the exploitation of water fowl, especially along the eastern sea boarder: plume hunting destroyed colonies of wading birds in many states. Excessive amounts of water fowl were market hunted at rates that made sustainability impossible. President teddy roosevelt issued an executive order in 1903 as a result of a campaign against plume hunting. He declared a small nesting area in pelican island, fl to be the first federal bird sanctuary. It later initiated what became the national wildlife refuge. System: the extensive rail network that was in place by the civil war gave pigeon hunters ready access to major nesting colonies. The telegraph kept hunters informed about the locations of nesting colonies. Railroad companies helped update hunters on locations where harvest was prime. The labrador duck were eliminated by changes made by humans in the marine environment along the atlantic coast.