beneficial management practices for saskatchewan species at risk: swift fox endangered
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Beneficial Management Practices for Saskatchewan Species at Risk: Swift Fox Endangered. Buffy-yellow with black tip on bushy tail Black patches on muzzle Size of a house cat Omnivourous Require short native grasses, flat terrain & sparse vegetation. Helene Careau. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Beneficial Management Practices for Saskatchewan
Species at Risk:
Swift Fox Endangered
• Buffy-yellow with black
tip on bushy tail
• Black patches on muzzle
• Size of a house cat
• Omnivourous
• Require short native grasses, flat terrain & sparse vegetation
Helene Careau
• Located in southern Saskatchewan
• Extirpated from Canada in early 1900’s
• Declined due habitat loss, trapping, hunting, disease, vehicle collisions and predation
• Reintroduced from 1983 to 1997
• Status: Endangered
• Census in 2005/2006 counted 20 foxes
Beneficial Management Practices
Habitat Size
• Retain fragments of primarily native prairie in patches of 14,000 acres or more
• Retain smaller fragments of native prairie that are within ~50km of larger blocks of native grassland
Grazing
• Manage for primarily Healthy range with 50-60% carry over
• Promote vegetation that varies in height and density across the landscape through grazing regimes or livestock distribution
Woody Vegetation
• Do not plant tree of shrubs on or adjacent to native grassland
• If removing woody vegetation for range improvement in native or tame grassland, use methods that do not result in long-term harm to herbaceous vegetation
Converting Cropland to Perennial Cover
• Convert cultivated land to non-invasive perennial species that do not grow taller than 25-30cm in height
• Seed a pure grass mix or grass mix that includes a prostrate form of legume
• Seed finer grasses in forage mixes
• Seed herbaceous species that grow will in a stand with others
Roads
• Minimize number of roads constructed through native prairie
• Limit traffic speed on roads through swift fox habitat
• Avoid constructing built-up, graveled or paved roads
• Re-vegetate linear developments with native or fine, mid-height tame vegetation
Rodent Control
• Shoot or fumigate rodents rather than poison if rodent control is necessary
• Place strychnine bait directly in rodent burrows
Predator Control
• Shoot rather than trap or poison if coyote control is deemed necessary
• Reduce coyote population to one breeding pair per 10 to 20 square miles if deemed necessary but do not eliminate population
• Do not reduce American Badger population
Disease
• Vaccinate domestic dogs against canine distemper and parvovirus