WILDLIFE CAREER DEVELOPMENT EVENT Revised 1/31/17 Purpose: To stimulate wildlife knowledge and instruction in the Agriculture Education curriculum. Objectives: I. To develop the ability to recognize environmental and social impacts of wildlife management in New Mexico. A. B. C. Wildlife facts of New Mexico and the Southwest. Importance of Wildlife Management. Multiple Management and use of Wildlife Habitat. 1) Forestry 2) Watershed 3) Aesthetic values 4) Recreation 5) Agriculture II. III. To develop the ability to understand and use wildlife management terms. To develop the ability to identify wildlife species of New Mexico. IV. To be able to understand and utilize practices and techniques used in wildlife management. A. Habitat improvement B. Censusing C. Harvesting D. Protection V. Non-Game Birds (Cooperative Extension publication) A. B. C. D. Refuges Migratory species Special habitats Wildlife damage control VI. VII. Ability to diagnose wildlife problems. A. Overpopulation B. Disease C. Environmental (Fire, Protection, Water) D. Habitat destruction Ability to understand wildlife population management. A. Harvest B. Protection C. Stocking 1 of 6
Common Core References: 7th Grade CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.7.2 Analyze the main ideas and supporting details presented in diverse media and formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally) and explain how the ideas clarify a topic, text, or issue under study. Rules: 8th Grade MS-LS2-5. Evaluate competing design solutions for maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem services.* 9-10th Grade HS-LS2-8. Evaluate the evidence for the role of group behavior on individual and species chances to survive and reproduce. 11-12th Grade HS-ESS3-3. Create a computational simulation to illustrate the relationships among management of natural resources, the sustainability of human populations, and biodiversity. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Observers will not be permitted in the event area while the event is in progress. No chapter team, team member or team coach shall visit the event facilities to observe slides or specimens a month prior to the event. Any participant caught cheating during the event will be, along with his or her team members, expelled from the event. All participants are expected to be prompt at their stations throughout the event. No provisions will be made for tardiness. In most cases participants will lose points if they are late for an event. Participants will be assigned to group leaders who will escort them to various staging sites. Each participant is to stay with his or her group leader throughout the event. All participants will be given a participant number by which they will be designated throughout the event. area. 9. * This set of rules supersedes all previous versions Under no circumstances will any participant be allowed to touch or handle specimens during the event. Any infraction of this rule will be sufficient cause to eliminate the participant from the Career Development Event. Written materials: Participants are expected to arrive at the event site with the appropriate answer sheets. Each individual is responsible for providing their own writing instrument however, participants are not allowed to bring additional items such as clipboards, paper or notebooks into the event Team members: There will be four members to a team with the three highest scoring individuals making the team. 2 of 6
Scoring: 1. General Knowledge (150 points) Seventy-five objective-type multiple choice questions will be selected from areas of wildlife management reflected in the event objectives. Each question is worth two points. This phase of the event will test the participant's knowledge and understanding of basic principles. Each participant will be allowed fifty minutes to complete this phase of the event Resources may be accessed at the New Mexico Game and Fish Department website http://www.wildlife.state.nm.us/ References: nmffa.org: Wildlife Notes, Hunting Rules, Fishing Rules, Brochures and Links Scientific Names 2. Wildlife Species Identification (150 points) Seventy-five slides of wildlife species will be shown for participants to identify by common name. Each slide is worth two points. Approximately fifteen seconds will be allowed for each slide. References: Wildlife Notes, Hunting Rules, Fishing Rules, Brochures and Links 3. Wildlife Practicum (200 points) Each participant will answer a question at each of the 40 lab stations. Each question is worth five (5) points. Questions will range from identification of tracks to recognition of antlers and horns. Approximately thirty seconds will be allowed at each station. Questions may be derived from contest references or relate to the species identification list. 3 of 6
WILDLIFE SPECIES LIST Revised January 23, 2006 1. Brook trout 57. Burrowing owl 113. Black-footed ferret 2. Brown trout 58. Turkey vulture 114. Long-tailed weasel 3. Rainbow trout 59. Merriam s turkey 115. Prairie dog 4. Rio Grande cutthroat trout 60. Rio Grande turkey 116. Pocket gopher 5. Gila trout 61. Prairie chicken 117. Kangaroo rat 6. Channel catfish 62. Scaled quail 118. Mole 7. Flathead catfish 63. Gambel's quail 119. Armadillo 8. Yellow bullhead catfish 64. Bobwhite quail 120. Opossum 9. Smallmouth bass 65. Mearn s quail 121. Chipmunk 10. Largemouth bass 66. Ring-necked pheasant 122. Rock squirrel 11. Striped bass 67. Blue grouse 123. Fox squirrel 12. Bluegill 68. Band-tailed pigeon 124. Gray squirrel 13. Crappie 69. Mourning dove 125. Red squirrel 14. Crayfish 70. White-winged dove 126. Tassel-eared squirrel 15. Kokanee salmon 71. White-tailed ptarmigan 127. Bat 16. Walleye 72. Black bear 128. Desert box turtle 17. Carp 73. Bison 129. Common snapping turtle 18. Sucker 74. Grizzly bear 130. Alligator snapping turtle 19. Northern pike 75. Moose 131. Horned lizard 20. Longnose gar 76. Mountain goat 132. Collared lizard 21. Canada goose 77. Pronghorn antelope 133. Whiptail lizard 22. Snow goose 78. Mule deer 134. Salamander 23. Mallard 79. White-tailed deer 135. Gila monster 24. Pintail 80. Elk 136. Skink 25. Shoveler 81. Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep 137. Bullsnake 26. Gadwall Non-Game 82. Desert bighorn sheep 138. Diamondback rattlesnake 27. Wigeon 83. Javelina 139. Coral snake 28. Wood duck 84. Oryx 140. Garter snake 29. Green-winged teal 85. Ibex 141. Ringneck snake 30. Cinnamon teal 86. Barbary sheep 142. Coachwhip 31. Blue-winged teal 87. Gray fox 143. Western (prairie) rattlesnake 32. Canvasback 88. Swift fox 144. Blacktailed rattlesnake 33. Lesser scaup 89. Red fox 145. Mojave rattlesnake 34. Ring-necked duck 90. Gray wolf 146. Bullfrog 35. Common merganser 91. Coyote 147. Treefrog 36. Hooded merganser 92. Bobcat 148. Jay 37. Common goldeneye 93. Mountain lion 149. Robin 38. Bufflehead 94. Jaguar 150. Red-winged blackbird 39. Redhead 95. Raccoon 151. Roadrunner 40. Coot 96. Ringtail 152. Hummingbird 41. Ruddy duck 97. Coatimundi 153. Brown thrasher 42. Whooping crane 98. Badger 154. Crow 43. Sandhill crane 99. Striped skunk 155. House sparrow 44. Great blue heron 100. Spotted skunk 156. House finch 45. Least tern 101. Hognose skunk 157. Magpie 46. Pied-billed grebe 102. Beaver 158. Cardinal 47. Red-tailed hawk 103. Muskrat 159. House wren 48. Cooper s hawk 104. Norway rat 160. Chickadee 49. Sharp-shinned hawk 105. Black rat 161. Eastern bluebird 50. Swainson s hawk 106. Deer mouse 162. Mountain bluebird 51. Barn owl 107. Nutria 163. Purple martin 52. Western screech owl 108. Mexican vole 164. Ruby-throated hummingbird 53. Golden eagle 109. Yellowbelly marmot 165. European starling 54. Bald eagle 110. Porcupine 166. Nighthawk 55. Peregrine falcon 111. Jackrabbit 167. Nuthatch 56. Great horned owl 112. Cottontail rabbit
Information that will remain from year to year: References New Mexico Game and Fish Department Website http://www.wildlife.state.nm.us/ (use the search function for a quick way to find these items) Big Game Proclamation-Current year ending March 31st, 2017 Tugging on Habitat (from Procedure) Life Zones of New Mexico Wildlife notes for all species on the list From the Education Tab: Brochure and links tab: Living with large Predators Wild turkeys of New Mexico Mule Deer of New Mexico Black Bear of New Mexico Elk in New Mexico 2017 Birds of Prey (Cooperative Extension publication) Fishery- Fishing proclamation 2018 Waterfowl and Upland game birds Migratory Game bird proclamation Quail in New Mexico Sandhill Cranes in New Mexico Small Game of New Mexico (Cooperative Extension publication) Non-Game Birds (Cooperative Extension publication) 2019 Furbearer Reptiles Furbearers of New Mexico (Cooperative Extension publication)
INCLUDE THESE WILDLIFE EXCLUDE THESE WILDLIFE NOTES FOR 2017 NOTES FOR 2017 Bald Eagle Canada Goose Great Blue Heron Least Tern Mountain Bluebird Peregrin Falcon Prairie Chicken Red-tailed Hawk Roadrunner Turkey Vulture Western Screech Owl White-tailed Ptarmagin Whooping Crane Wild Turkey Abert's Squirrel Armadillo Badger Bear Beaver Bobcat Coatimundi Cougar Coyote Deer Mouse Desert Bighorn Sheep Elk Jaguar Javelina Kangaroo Rat Mule Deer Muskrat Oryx Otter Porcupine Persian Ibex Pronghorn Ringtail Rock Squirrel Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep Spotted Skunk Yello-bellied Marmot Gila Trout Kokanee Salmon Largemouth Bass Longnose Gar Rio Grande Cutthroat Trout Gila Monster Salamanders Black-billed Magpie Broad-billed Hummingbird Canyon Wren Gila Woodpecker Pinon Jay White-breasted Nuthatch Black-tailed Jackrabbit Coues Deer Mexican Grey Wolf Penasco Least Chipmunk Southern Pocket Gopher Spotted Bat White-sided Jackrabbit Zuni Bluehead Sucker Arizona Tree Frog Grey-checkered Whiptail Jemez Mountain Salamander Narrowhead Gartersnake Rattlesnakes Sonoran Western Coral Snake Texas Horned Lizard