Sustainable Forestry Initiative (Trademark) Program Enhancing Wildlife Habitats Through Sustainable Forest Management

摘要

The 20th Century arrived in America with wildlife populations depleted by the massive immigration of people throughout North America. Forests fell to build civilization and fuel new industries. By 1900, market hunting and the domestication of vast tracts of land left many once-common wildlife species in danger of extinction. Concerned citizens rallied Congress to legislate wildlife conservation and private conservation organizations worked to reestablish depleted populations. Through private and public conservation efforts, many wildlife species dependent on forests at some stage of their lives have rebounded across North America, including white-tailed deer, elk, moose, beaver, many duck species, bear, turkey, bobcats and others.