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    Viewpoint: Benefits and impacts of wildlife water developments

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    Author
    Rosenstock, S. S.
    Ballard, W. B.
    DeVos, J. C.
    Issue Date
    1999-07-01
    Keywords
    desert rodents
    Chiroptera
    Lagomorpha
    zenaida
    Callipepla
    adverse effects
    water resources
    game birds
    reptiles
    Ovis canadensis
    wild birds
    experimental design
    arid lands
    cost-benefit analysis
    predators
    duration
    Odocoileus virginianus
    Antilocapra americana
    Odocoileus hemionus
    wildlife management
    water quality
    literature reviews
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    Rosenstock, S. S., Ballard, W. B., & Devos, J. C. (1999). Viewpoint: Benefits and impacts of wildlife water developments. Journal of Range Management, 52(4), 302-311.
    Publisher
    Society for Range Management
    Journal
    Journal of Range Management
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10150/644039
    DOI
    10.2307/4003538
    Additional Links
    https://rangelands.org/
    Abstract
    Resource managers in the western United States have long assumed that water was a key limiting factor on wildlife populations in arid habitats. Beginning in the 1940s-1950s, state and federal resource management agencies initiated water development programs intended to benefit game species and other wildlife. At least 5,859 such developments have been built in 11 western states. Most state wildlife management agencies in the western United States have ongoing wildlife water development programs that vary greatly in extent. Ranchers and range managers also have developed water sources for livestock, many of which also are used by wildlife. Recently, critics have suggested that wildlife water developments have not yielded expected benefits, and may negatively impact wildlife by increasing predation, competition, and disease transmission. Based upon a comprehensive review of scientific literature, we conclude that wildlife water developments have likely benefitted many game and non-game species, but not all water development projects have yielded expected increases in animal distribution and abundance. Hypothesized negative impacts of water developments on wildlife are not supported by data and remain largely speculative. However, our understanding of both positive and negative effects of wildlife water developments is incomplete, because of design limitations of previous research. Long-term, experimental studies are needed to address unanswered questions concerning the efficacy and ecological effects of water developments. We also recommend that resource managers apply more rigorous planning criteria to new developments, and expand monitoring efforts associated with water development programs.
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    Language
    en
    ISSN
    0022-409X
    ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
    10.2307/4003538
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