Approach
Climate change adaptation will provide numerous opportunities for studying the effectiveness of management techniques. In situations where scientific rigor is appropriate or necessary to determine management outcomes, it will be necessary to leave some areas as "no action" controls, perhaps for extended periods of time or in perpetuity (Zellmer 2012).
Tactics
- Select areas to monitor bird species in managed versus unmanaged forests.
- Compare reproduction for waterfowl where shallow lakes are managed differently.
Strategy Text
Addressing all the threats related to climate change in all places will be beyond the capacity of wildlife management agencies and professional staff. Wildlife managers will need to be strategic and intentional about interventions, including deciding when it is appropriate not to intervene. This Strategy describes three different Approaches to intentionally taking no action.
Citation
LeDee, O.E., Handler, S.D., Hoving, C.L., Swanston, C.W. and Zuckerberg, B. 2021. Preparing Wildlife for Climate Change: How Far Have We Come? Jour. Wild. Mgmt., 85: 7-16. https://doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.21969