Aerial Photographs, Their Interpretation and Suggested Uses in Wildlife Management

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Primary objectives of the article are to acquaint wildlife technicians with aerial photography and to suggest ways of obtaining and using aerial photographs in the field of wildlife management. The literature is reviewed, types of aerial photographs are described, the status of aerial photography in the U. S. is indicated, criteria for selecting photographs for use in wildlife conservation work are discussed, and various types of aerial photographs, including stereo pairs, are included as illustrative material for study purposes. Suggested uses of aerial photographs include the following: as maps and in map making; as aids in evaluating and determining the extent of game range; in censusing game animals; in locating refuge sites; in law enforcement; in determining hunting pressure; in studying areas damaged by fire, floods, insects or disease; in locating, mapping and planning potential dam sites; in determining changes in vegetative cover and land-use over a period of years; in planning the locations of roads, trails, fire lanes, fire towers and other developmental features of newly acquired areas; in making special studies of rare or vanishing spp.; in conducting lake surveys and in other ways.

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