Waterfowl habitat, productivity and management at Missaquash Marsh, Nova Scotia / Allan D. Smith
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TextSeries: Thesis. (M.Sc.)Publication details: Nova Scotia : Acadia University, 1967.Abstract: Waterfowl constitutes an important part of our wildlife resource. As well as being of great economic significance, waterfowl are valued for recreational and esthetic reasons. Increasing hunting pressure along with competiting demands for wetlands habitat has posed a serious threat to the maintenance of the resource. Colls (1951) noted that many sites attractive to waterfowl also provide areas well suited to agriculture and consequently are being withdrawn from natural waterfowl habitat.This loss of natural habitat is considered to be the number one problem facing North American waterfowl (Salyer, 1956). The total acreage under field crops in Canada tripled during the first 30 years of this century and little thought was given to the future of waterfowl (Colls, 1951).Through agricultural subsidies, drainage of natural wetlands is still proceeding at an alarming rate (Shaeffer, 1957).
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Waterfowl constitutes an important part of our wildlife resource. As well as being of great economic significance, waterfowl are valued for recreational and esthetic reasons. Increasing hunting pressure along with competiting demands for wetlands habitat has posed a serious threat to the maintenance of the resource. Colls (1951) noted that many sites attractive to waterfowl also provide areas well suited to agriculture and consequently are being withdrawn from natural waterfowl habitat.This loss of natural habitat is considered to be the number one problem facing North American waterfowl (Salyer, 1956). The total acreage under field crops in Canada tripled during the first 30 years of this century and little thought was given to the future of waterfowl (Colls, 1951).Through agricultural subsidies, drainage of natural wetlands is still proceeding at an alarming rate (Shaeffer, 1957).