Wildlife is a general term that usually has a postive meaning to most citizens. Each wildlife species or group of species has different habitat requirements that they need to live.
Wildlife habitat includes water, food, cover, and space .
The goal of many forest and residential landowners is to attract wildlife to their property by improving the habitat for that species or group of species. For example, the residential homeowner may install birdhouses, feeders, or other habitat structures to attract certain types of birds. Forest landowners will commonly use the commercial harvest of forest products or tree planting to accomplish wildlife objectives as well as to produce income, enhance water quality, and other objectives. Unfortunately, as people move further from developed areas into existing woodland and farms, they are much closer to many wildlife species such as deer, racoons, and bears. In some cases, this creates human-wildlife conflicts.