Over the course of the last five wildlife management eras, wildlife management methods in South Africa, the American West, and Mexico have proved successful. This is in large part due to the developing strategies and philosophies in the last three eras that helped resurrect declining wildlife populations. For example, buffalo and buffalo grasses are steadily being restored to the American plains, a stark contrast to the near extermination of them in the 1800’s. Another example in the American West is wood ducks. Because the population of wood ducks was in danger of being lost altogether, a hunting moratorium was placed on them in the 1930’s and nesting boxes were created for them. Within a decade, the population recovered enough to begin
