Original North American Model

History: People

**For test: know people and what they’ve done

Theodore Roosevelt

Accomplishments

  • US Forest Service

  • 150 National Forests

  • 51 Federal bird reserves

  • 4 National game reserves

  • 5 National parks

Pelican Island NWR— 1903

  • First national wildlife refuge

Boon and Crocket Club

His passion was hunting and the outdoors→ wanted to save for future generations

Aldo Lepold

  • Land ethic

    • First chair of Wildlife Managment

  • Proffesionalism

Gifford Pinchot

  • Forest manager of Biltmore

  • Est society of American Foresters

  • First head of US Forest service

George Bird Grinnell

  • Zoology Yale

  • Cofounder of Boone and Crocket Club

  • Editor of Forest and Stream

Rachel Carson

  • Silent Spring

  • The Sea Around Us

  • Warned against systemic pesticides (Tick and Flea treatment)

Jay “Ding” Darling

  • Writer, cartoonist, and Naturalist

  • Duck stamp act→ 100% of profits go to preserving duck habitats

  • Bureau of Biological Survey

  • Development of Federal Wildlife Cooperative units at universities

John Muir

  • Naturalist and writer

  • Founder of Sierra Club

  • Preservationist

Jane Goodall

  • 45 years of primate research

  • Jane Goodall Institute

  • Numerous books and Children’s books

Native American Tribes

  • Cherokee

  • Blackfeet Indian Nation

  • Lower Brule Sioux Tribe

  • Dont deal with gov’t beurocracy

History: Legislation

Lacey Act (1900)

  • Game and Wild Bird Preservation Act

  • Interstate shipment of illegally killed animals

  • International Injurous species

Mirgratory Bird Treaty Act (1918)

  • 1913 mirgratory bird act

  • Migratory birds, eggs, parts, nests

Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act (1934

Pittman-Robertson Act (1937)

  • 11% tax on firearms and ammunition

  • 50% on area and 50% on number of hunting licenses

  • At least 0.5% and no more than 5%

  • 1975— 50% tax on bows and arrows to PR

  • 75-25 match→ when gov’t gets 75, expect state to come up with 25

Dingell-Johnson Act (1950)

  • Tax on fishing tackle

  • 40% on area and 50% on number of fishing licenses

  • 75-25 match

National Environmental Policy Act (1969)

  • Anything that receives federal money→ have to make sure minimize impact on environment

  • Marine Mammal Protection Act

  • Endangered Species Act

  • Fish and Wildlife conservation act

Public Trust Doctrine

  • Government holds and manages wildlife, fish, and waterways

  • Martin v Waddell

  • Threats

    • Privatization and commercialization

    • Claims that non-human animals are sentient and may not be owned

    • Monetary value to wildlife unless “lawfully” taken

    • Indifferent or negative view of wildlife