Wildlife Biology and Conservation Pioneers Aldo Leopold and

Wildlife Biology and Conservation Pioneers Aldo Leopold and President Theodore Roosevelt

Wildlife Biology and Conservation Pioneers • 1901 -1909 – Theodore Roosevelt’s legacy – Roosevelt was an outdoorsman and conservationist – He permanent preserved of the some of the most unique natural resources of the United States by protected 230, 000 acres of National Parks, National Forests, game and bird preserves, and other federal reservations • • 150 National Forests 51 Federal Bird Reservations 4 National Game Preserves 5 National Parks

Introduction to Wildlife Biology • Aldo Leopold was one of the pioneers of wildlife management as a profession • 1930’s - Wildlife Biology emerged as a distinct profession as a result of Leopold’s work

Wildlife Biology and Conservation Pioneers • Aldo Leopold and his associate Herbert Stoddard, who had both been trained in scientific forestry, argued that modern science and technology could be used to restore and improve wildlife habitat and thus produce abundant "crops" of ducks, deer, and other valued wild animals.

Wildlife Biology and Conservation Pioneers • 1933 – Aldo Leopold was granted the first university professorship in wildlife management at the University of Wisconsin, Madison • 1933 – Aldo Leopold published the first textbook in the field of wildlife management