1. Importance of Fish & Wildlife (F&W) Chapter 1
Objectives:
Explain the importance of F&W resources
Explain F&W conservation, management, and recreation
Describe how F&W species are classified
Identify impacts on F&W populations
Explain biodiversity as related to F&W populations

2. F&W Resources
Wildlife includes all plants and animals that have not been domesticated.
Domestication is process of bringing living things under human control.
Uses of wildlife is either consumptive (harvested) or nonconsumptive (for viewing – not destroyed or harvested).

3. Values of F&W Commercial value (money from harvest and sales)
Game value (personal use)
Aesthetic value (beauty and appeal)
Scientific value (study and research)
Ecological value (role of species in nature)

4. Commercial Value

5. Game Value

6. Aesthetic Value

7. Scientific Value

8. Ecological Value

9. F&W Conservation and Management
F&W conservation – wise use of F&W resources
F&W management – art & science of manipulating F&W to achieve a desired goal
As human population continues to grow, less space for wildlife. Important to improve habitat to compensate for space loss.

10. F&W Organisms
All organisms (living things) can be classified into one of six kingdoms
Archaebacteria ( ancient bacteria)
Eubacteria ( modern bacteria)
Protista (algae and protozoans)
Fungi (molds, mildews, mushrooms)
Plantae (true plants - roots, stems, and leaves)
Animals

11. Other key F&W terms Habitat – physical area where an organism lives
Terrestrial – lives on land
Aquatic – lives in water
Semi-aquatic – lives on land and in water
Fisheries – study of the fish and related species in an area of water
Freshwater – little or no salt
Brackish – freshwater and saltwater mixed
Marine - saltwater

12. Levels of Organization
Organism – a single living thing
Species – a group of like organisms
Population – all the members of one species
Community – all the members of all species
Ecosystem – community plus the non-living components
Biome – large area characterized by plants and climate
Biosphere – all areas of earth inhabited by living organisms

13. Additional Key Terms
Population density – number of organisms in an area
Natality – birth rate
Mortality – death rate
Renewable natural resource – one that can produce more of itself
Carrying capacity – the numbers of individuals a habitat can support
Biodiversity – the variety of living things