1. Wildlife and Natural Resource Management Chapter 3 Mr. Schanbacher Troy High School

2. Understand the importance of conservation in the use of natural resources. Identify common conservation techniques. Understand the positive effects conservation has on the environment. Understand the negative effects a lack of conservation can cause.

3. How can we best conserve our natural resources?

4. What is a natural resource? Renewable? Nonrenewable? Why are natural resources important to humans?

5. Why should we conserve the natural resources we have? Why should we work to develop alternatives to natural resources?

6. Work in soil conservation became important during and after the Dust Bowl of the 1930’sDust Bowl Erosion is a natural process, but abuse of soil, or improper management can lead to accelerated erosion

7. Raindrop Splash: Sheet: Look at any bare soil the next time it rains…

9. Water Runoff: Rill: Gully: Stream Bank: How can we prevent each of these….GO

12. Wind Erosion builds on itself It can be extremely harmful to items in its path Sand Blasting

13. Second Video

14. Formed to educate farmers about good soil management practices Shelter Belts: Shelter Belts Contour Farming: Soil Bank, CRP, CREP: Bradford County Conservation Practices

15. We currently have about 738 million acres of forests in the US. 70% of original amount Habitat: Wood Products:

16. The ticket to the future Another Video

18. Find Ways to use less Find Alternatives Can We Change???

19. This does not get the pressing attention that fossil fuels get…but it is important METAL RECYCLING

20. 70% of Earth is covered in water Only 3% is freshwater Half of all freshwater is frozen in glaciers and icecaps Of the 3% only 2% is available for use

21. Human Sanitation Industry Controls Irrigation Agriculture Practices

22. Surface Water Ground Water

23. Each person uses about 150 gallons of water each day Bath=30-40 gallons VS Shower @ 5 gpm Toilets used to avg 3 gpf and now it is close to 1 gpf. Wash Cars, Water Lawns, Remove Waste…. What can we cut out?