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Hatch or Not to Hatch
To
Hatch or Not to Hatch?
Final Activity
You
are a wildlife biologist studying the golden eagles of Denali National
Park and Preserve. Golden
eagles are one of the largest predatory birds in North America.
Currently their populations are stable across most of the range;
however, in the eastern United States and eastern Canada their populations
have declined drastically due to habitat loss and disturbance caused
by human activities including urbanization, forestry, and agriculture.
Resource
managers in Denali National Park and Preserve want to develop a
management plan that ensures Denali's golden eagle populations are
protected. They have come to you asking about golden eagle ecology.
Using
what you have learned about the reproduction (and migration) of
golden eagles, the research data from Denali National Park and Preserve,
and your presentation in Activity
6: Protected Lands, you must now help the National Park Service
to make decisions on how to protect that lands so that golden eagles
may be preserved.
- What do we already know about golden eagle ecology, including
the eagle's role in the food web, reproduction, and dangers (see
Activities 1 - 5)?
- How does the fact that Denali is a national park affect the
population of golden eagles that live there
(see Activity 6: Protected
Lands)?
- What would you recommend park managers do to protect the eagles?
What policies or programs should be followed at the park? (Recommendations
may include continuing to enforce policies that are already in
place at the park.) Be specific in your answer.
- What further answers do we need to better understand and protect
golden eagles? List some research project ideas that might provide
these answers.
Use
visual aids (electronic format, dioramas, etc.) to augment your
oral presentation.
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