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This digital collection includes keynote presentations given at the 8th International Wildlife Ranching Symposium held in 2014 for the symposia themes: Biodiversity, Threatened and Imperiled Species, Business of Conservation, Climate and Energy, Enrich and Broaden Communications About Conservation, Human and Wildlife Conflicts, Landscapes and Grouse, Private Work with Wildlife and People in the United States, Use of Wildlife for Food and Farming with Elk and Deer in Enclosed System, and Wild and Feral Pigs.

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    Environmental knowledge learned from the park
    (Colorado State University. Libraries, 2014-09) Mack John, speaker; International Wildlife Ranching Symposium, producer
    With continued and increasing human development or alteration of natural environments and ecosystems, parks and protected areas have become increasingly valuable as natural areas, not only for public enjoyment and experiences, but also as important, dynamic laboratories for demonstrating international, regional, and local connections and the importance of stewardship across or without boundaries. From an international perspective, I will discuss how a preliminary migratory bird research project may broaden our perspective of how vastly distant and different habitats are important to species. From a regional perspective, air quality issues can not only protect park habitats but I will illustrate how other industries are attempting to contribute to solutions. On a landscape scale, Rocky Mountain National Park's elk and vegetation management plan is an example of implementing habitat restoration and being a springboard for multi-agency collaboration of habitat use, wildlife disease study, and management of elk that is important to local economies.