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Title: State & Federal Agencies in Wildlife Conservation


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State Federal Agencies in Wildlife Conservation
  • Ms Marek
  • Wildlife and Recreational Management

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  • Federal Agencies
  • Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
  • Department of Agriculture (USDA)
  • The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
  • Fish Wildlife Service
  • Forest Service
  • National Park Service
  • Soil Conservation Service
  • State Agencies
  • Texas Forest Service
  • Texas Agricultural Extension Service
  • Soil Water Conservation
  • Texas Parks Wildlife Department
  • Fish Division
  • Law Enforcement
  • Parks Division
  • Resource Protection Division
  • Administrative Services Division

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  • Current name in 1946
  • Today, BLM manages grassland, prairie, desert,
    scrub forest, and other open spaces
  • Locations Western United States Alaska
  • http//www.blm.gov/nhp/index.htm

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  • Department of Agriculture
  • Lincoln finally started in second year of term
  • 8 different programs and services operate under
    the USDA
  • 2 examples U.S. Forest Service the Soil
    Conservation Service
  • http//www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usdahome

5
  • EPA
  • President Nixon started due to pollution problems
    in the late 1960s and early 1970s
  • Actually began in 1970
  • http//www.epa.gov/

6
  • Part of Interior Department
  • Regulates harvesting of fish animals
  • Controls buying and selling of wildlife their
    products
  • Acquisition management of wildlife habitat
  • http//www.fws.gov/

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  • Created in 1905 under the presidency of Theodore
    Roosevelt
  • Manages and protects the forest reserves
  • Deals mainly with timber sales, development of
    domestic mineral and energy resources, recreation
    use, wilderness protection, and wildlife
    conservation
  • http//www.fs.fed.us/

8
  • Congress created in 1912
  • Park Rangers Park Service employees
  • 337 park units
  • http//www.nps.gov/

9
  • Control soil erosion problems
  • Developed in 1935
  • Organized as part of the USDA
  • http//www.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/swca/

10
State Agencies
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  • Serves wildlife indirectly
  • Agency of the Texas AM system
  • Assist land owners with forest management plans
  • Only agency that fights wild land fires in Texas
  • http//txforestservice.tamu.edu/

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  • Serves individual land owners at the county level
  • 4 Agents at Texas AM assist county agents
  • Provide support to groups or individuals with
    particular wildlife conservation needs.
  • http//texasextension.tamu.edu/

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  • http//www.tsswcb.state.tx.us/

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  • Works directly with wildlife conservation
  • Headquarters next to McKinney Falls State Park in
    Austin
  • Six divisions
  • Employees throughout 254 counties of Texas
  • http//www.tpwd.state.tx.us/

15
Fish Division
  • Oldest of the 6 departments
  • Serves to conserve, protect, and manage statewide
    finfish and shellfish
  • Research stocking programs help increase
    recreational fishing in the state.
  • http//www.tpwd.state.tx.us/fish/

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Law Enforcement Division
  • Game warden-most visible employee
  • More than the enforcer
  • Other duties
  • http//www.tpwd.state.tx.us/enforce/

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Parks Division
  • Manage state parks, historic sites, and
    recreational areas
  • Assists small cities and towns in developing
    local parks
  • Manage funds that help in cleaning beaches and
    maintaining public boat ramps
  • Responsible for new parks
  • http//www.tpwd.state.tx.us/park/

18
Resource Protection Division
  • Investigates any type of pollution, protection of
    water quality, and habitat preservation
  • Works closely with U.S. Corps of Engineers

19
Administrative Services Division
  • Five major branches
  • Information Education
  • Finance
  • General Services
  • Personnel
  • Data Processing

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Administrative Services Division
  • Responsible to produce Texas Parks Wildlife
    magazine
  • Project Wild seminars
  • Educational Materials
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