Hunting
Some people keep wildlife hunting out of law for money or just for fun, which should be stopped right now.
Things you can do:
- • Advocate for non-lethal alternatives to hunting
- • Advocate to ban canned hunts and internet hunting
- • Post your lands with no hunting and trapping signs
- • Patrol to protect wildlife
- • Report trespassers and poachers to the police and if that fails send a letter
to the editor of your local newspaper
Wild Fire
Although fire is a natural ecosystem process, people should do more protect and less careless can help. The resulting high-intensity wildfires often burn thousands of acres, destroying critical wildlife habitat and endangering human life and property.
Important Next Steps
• Evaluate the effects of forest management treatments with and without fire on
wildlife populations.
• Integrate this information with other disciplines (e.g., plant science, insect
science, fire ecology) and synthesize overall results.
• Evaluate the importance of large trees and snags to forest wildlife species
through comparisons at sites across the country.
• Work with stakeholders (e.g., U.S. Forest Service, National Park Service) to reach
consensus about best management practices for forests and forest wildlife.
• Act as information brokers on forests, forest fires, and forest wildlife issues for
land managers and the public.
Garbage everywhere
Your wild neighbors are attracted to items you throw away. If you're hiking, camping, or traveling—or simply taking a walk in the park—take care to dispose of containers and plastic wrap responsibly.
What You Can Do
Rinse and Recycle: Rinse all recyclable glass and plastic containers to remove any food remnants and odors. Any container can be a danger, depending on the size of the container and the size of the animal. Some animals, such as skunks, are particularly vulnerable because their front legs are too short to push containers off their heads. Even containers you're going to throw away should be thoroughly rinsed before disposal to avoid attracting wildlife to your trash.
Cut or Crush: Cut up and/or crush plastic containers before you put them in the garbage or recycling bin. Cut apart each ring in plastic six-pack carriers and other similar packaging.
Close and Cover: Make sure plastic food wrap is rinsed and contained inside a closed garbage bag. Never throw plastic packaging into open trash cans. Put garbage out for collection in plastic or metal trash containers with secure covers.
Drugs in Water
LAKE MEAD, Nev. - On this brisk, glittering morning, a flat-bottomed boat glides across the massive reservoir that provides Las Vegas its drinking water. An ominous rumble growls beneath the craft as its two long, electrified claws extend into the depths.Moments later, dozens of stunned fish float to the surface.
There are problems with other wildlife as well: kidney failure in vultures, impaired reproduction in mussels, inhibited growth in algae.
What we can do:
Stop doing and stop who are doing that any more!
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