. Annual report. Alberta. Alberta Forestry, Lands and Wildlife; Forests and forestry; Public lands; Wildlife conservation; Natural resources. Figure 18 - Big Game and Bird Game Licence Sales (Thousand Licences) ? Birds ? Wildlife 82/83 83/84 84/85 85/86 86/87 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 Source: Fish and Wildlife Division world cup race were recorded to help formulate mitigative measures to lessen the impact of the upcoming Olympics. Another year of reduced spring run-off and low numbers of May ponds, resulted in record low populations of mallards and several other species. The southern May bree
. Annual report. Alberta. Alberta Forestry, Lands and Wildlife; Forests and forestry; Public lands; Wildlife conservation; Natural resources. Figure 18 - Big Game and Bird Game Licence Sales (Thousand Licences) ? Birds ? Wildlife 82/83 83/84 84/85 85/86 86/87 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 Source: Fish and Wildlife Division world cup race were recorded to help formulate mitigative measures to lessen the impact of the upcoming Olympics. Another year of reduced spring run-off and low numbers of May ponds, resulted in record low populations of mallards and several other species. The southern May breeding indices for mallards and for total ducks, were down by 50 percent and 54 per cent, respectively, from the 1970-79 average. Alberta joined the two other prairie provinces and the four flyways to implement hunting restrictions designed to reduce the mallard harvest by 25 per cent. The 1986 fall flight was well below the flights of 1970-79 and similar to the drought years of 1980-85, resulting in a continued downward trend in hunting opportunity and harvest. The North American Waterfowl Management Plan was formally endorsed by both American and Canadian federal governments with the official signing in May, 1986. The Brooks Wildlife Centre hatched 119 915 pheasant chicks, which represent an per cent decrease from 1985. Totals of: • 17 600 day old birds were distributed to raisers (, 9 450 to private raisers, 6 750 to 4-H members, and 1 400 to Fish and Game clubs); • 13 434 six-week old birds were distributed to Fish and Game clubs; • 66 149 were released to the wild as mature birds; • 8 182 birds were retained to provide breeding stock for 1987. The Brooks Wildlife Centre received 4 271 visitors in 1986. Of the visitors, 69 per cent were Albertans, 19 per cent other Canadians, seven per cent Americans, and the remaining five per cent were from other countries. Except for pheasants, upland game bird numbers were generally up from 1985 with hunting opportuni
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