Conservation and Stewardship
Wells Reserve resource specialists manage about 500 acres (2.0 km2) representing many habitats that support an impressive flora and fauna. Acting as a model site for stewardship, methods of active management employed at the Wells Reserve include:
- controlling invasive plant species
- maintaining and creating shrublands as wildlife habitat
- protecting rare plants and endangered animals
- maintaining fields for grassland nesting birds
- managing an over-abundant deer population
The Wells Reserve also involves communities in conservation by providing mapping services, technical assistance, training programs, and conservation data useful for the protection and care of land and water resources.
Read more about this topic: Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve
Famous quotes containing the word conservation:
“The putting into force of laws which shall secure the conservation of our resources, as far as they may be within the jurisdiction of the Federal Government, including the more important work of saving and restoring our forests and the great improvement of waterways, are all proper government functions which must involve large expenditure if properly performed.”
—William Howard Taft (1857–1930)