Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
Wildlife Habitat Management on the
Northern Prairie Landscape
Douglas H. Johnson*a, Susan D. Haseltineb and Lewis
M. Cowardina
Abstract: The northern prairie landscape has changed dramatically
within the past century as a result of settlement by Europeans. Natural ecosystems
have been disrupted and wildlife populations greatly altered. Natural resource
agencies control only limited areas within the landscape, which they cannot
manage independently of privately owned lands. Wildlife managers need first
to set quantifiable objectives, based on the survival, reproduction, and distribution
of wildlife. Second, they need to build public support and partnerships for
meeting those objectives. Finally, they need to evaluate progress not only with
respect to attitudes of the public and partners but, more importantly, of the
wildlife response. This paper describes some useful tools for managing information
at all phases of this process. We follow by discussing management options at
a landscape level. Examples are given that involve agency lands as well as private
lands, managed for biological resources and diversity as well as economic sustainability.
This resource is based on the following source (Northern Prairie Publication
0893):
Johnson, Douglas H., Susan D. Haseltine, and Lewis M. Cowardin. 1994. Wildlife
habitat management on the northern prairie landscape. Landscape and Urban
Planning 28:5-21.
This resource should be cited as:
Johnson, Douglas H., Susan D. Haseltine, and Lewis M. Cowardin. 1994. Wildlife
habitat management on the northern prairie landscape. Landscape and Urban
Planning 28:5-21. Jamestown, ND: Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
Online. http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/habitat/whabmgt/index.htm
(Version 30APR2001).
Table of Contents
Tables and Figures
- Table 1 -- Predicted increases in mallard
production for Hamden Slough National Wildlife Refuge under eight alternatives
- Figure 1 -- The Prairie Pothole Region
of North America
a US Fish and Wildlife Service, Northern Prairie Wildlife Research
Center, Jamestown, ND 58401, USA
b US Fish and Wildlife Service, Refuges and Wildlife, Fort Snelling,
MN 55111, USA
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