The Federation’s wildlife preserve planet Salvum
A wildlife preserve, wildlife refuge or game preserve was a sanctuary for plant and animal life. Unlike with a zoo, large quantities of animals were able to roam together privately in vast habitats. On non-Federation worlds, some preserves were used as arenas for hunting the animals.
It took months or could even take years for the Federation Council to review a petition filed to classify a world as a wildlife refuge. (VAN - Declassified novel: The Ruins of Noble Men)
History[]
T'ralor Preserve on Vulcan sustained more than 100 nearly extinct plants and animals. (Last Unicorn RPG module: The Way of Kolinahr: The Vulcans)
In 1974, Gary Seven had Roberta Lincoln transport caged laboratory animals from Chrysalis including a tiger to the Sariska Nature Preserve in Rajasthan. (TOS novel: The Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh, Volume 1)
As a child, Pavel Chekov saw a large draft horse at the preserve in Moscow. (TOS novel: Windows on a Lost World)
Salvum was an intra-Federation game preserve, supporting diverse controlled environments for a variety of species such as Aridian sandworms and Plutonian snow-beavers. In 2267, thieves stole all of the male Gharian wedding birds from Salvum. James T. Kirk, Spock and Montgomery Scott went undercover to the non-aligned asteroid Grotus to recover the missing birds, which were being used for cockfighting. (TOS comic: "Sport of Knaves")
USS Enterprise Ensign Carl Remington grew up on Verinius IV, a wildlife preserve planet. In his first landing party mission, with quick thinking he saved Kirk from a large catlike creature which had misinterpreted Kirk's actions as threatening to her cub and charged him. Kirk described the experience to Sarek in 2267. (TOS novel: The Vulcan Academy Murders)
In 2360, Curzon Dax toured some wildlife preserves on Earth, having heard that they had excellent bird sanctuaries. (TLE novel: Catalyst of Sorrows)
The Preserve on Morassia supported bogforest, canyon and marine ecologies, each with a broad variety of life. Animal care was maintained by the Watchers. In 2365, Admiral Reddreck described it as "the latest wonder of the galaxy". (TNG video game: A Final Unity)
A wildlife preserve was located near Starfleet Academy. Prior to 2371, Harry Kim once saw infant chimpanzees there with Libby Webber. (VOY novel: The Black Shore) Nog once smelled lemon oil or goat at an animal preserve on Earth, perhaps the one near the Academy. (DS9 novel: Avatar, Book Two)
The Reserve on Andor was on a large, sacred, remote island. It had white-silica sand beaches, red sandstone cliffs, and deserts with peaks and canyons. (DS9 - Worlds of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine novel: Andor: Paradigm)
In the far future, Collectors kept herds of dinosaurs in the Collector Preserve. (DTI eBook: The Collectors)
Preserves[]
Wildlife preserves[]
- Cawley Station
- Collector Preserve
- Hydran Preserves (Hydra)
- Interplanetary Wildlife Preserve (Vulcan)
- Kadru (Federation)
- Moscow animal preserve (Russia, Earth)
- Preserve (Morassia)
- Reserve (Andor)
- Salvum (Federation)
- Near Starfleet Academy (San Francisco, Earth)
- T'ralor Preserve (Vulcan)
- Verinius IV
Nature preserves[]
- Calanara (Vulcan colony)
- Endestre wilderness preserve
- Hedrikspool Nature Preserve (Hedrikspool Province, Bajor)
- Negev (Israel, Earth)
- Sariska Nature Preserve (Rajasthan, Earth)
- Schenectady County nature preserve (Adirondack Mountains, New York, Earth)
- Sinai National Preserve (Earth)
- Web of Worlds
Hunting preserves[]
- Almron Preserve (First City, Qo'noS)
- Dakala
- Shining Talon Argosy (Betelgeusian)
- Vanawar (Dinalla, Romulus)
- Mylasa IV
Mirror Universe preserves[]
Appendices[]
Appearances[]
- ENT episode: "Rogue Planet"
- TOS comic: "Sport of Knaves"
- TNG video game: A Final Unity
- DTI eBook: The Collectors
- DS9 - Worlds of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine novel: Andor: Paradigm
- STO mission: "Hunting the Hunters"
- ENT - Waypoint comic: "The Fragile Beauty of Loyalty"
References[]
- DS9 episode: "Shadowplay"
- TOS novel: The Vulcan Academy Murders
- TOS novel: Vulcan's Forge
- TOS novel: The Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh, Volume 1
- TOS novel: Windows on a Lost World
- TOS novel: The Return
- ST - Mirror Universe novel: Rise Like Lions
- S31 novel: Disavowed
- DS9 eBook: Rules of Accusation
- DS9 novel: Avatar, Book Two
- VOY novel: The Black Shore
- VAN - Declassified novel: The Ruins of Noble Men
- TLE novel: Catalyst of Sorrows
- ST reference: Hidden Universe Travel Guide: Vulcan
- Last Unicorn RPG module: The Way of Kolinahr: The Vulcans
- FASA RPG module: The Federation
- FASA RPG module: The Romulans
External link[]
- Nature reserve article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.