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Final Activity
Wrangell
- St. Elias National Park and Preserve, in southeast Alaska, is
the largest national park in the United States. Wrangell - St. Elias
protects large Dall sheep populations. In fact, it protects approximately
one-third of all the breeding Dall sheep in the world. Just how
many sheep it protects, no one is quite sure. That's why we need
your help.
As
a wildlife biologist from the Baird Mountains in Noatak National
Preserve also in Alaska, you have been studying Dall sheep populations
for over 15 years. You have been using a
series of techniques to study their population size, and what factors
are important in determining that size.
You have been called
in by Wrangell - St. Elias National Park and Preserve staff to work
with their wildlife biologists and resource managers to develop
a Dall sheep management program to protect this important population
of Dall sheep. Create a poster, powerpoint presentation, brochure,
or a paper describing the management program for park managers.
The management program
needs to include:
- a research plan to answer questions about the population size
and health.
- a management plan - how will the Park Service use the information
it gets from the research to preserve the Dall sheep population.
What are factors important to the Dall sheep life cycle that
the park must also protect?
- an education program - how will the researchers and managers
communicate their work to the public and to explain to the public
the importance of the park's mission to preserve the species
within its boundaries, including Dall sheep, and the habitat
they depend upon.
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