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| Mississippi is / forested |
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| 2/3 of the forested land in Mississippi is owned by |
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| non-industrial private land owners |
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| Is the world more forested or non-forested? |
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USDA Forest Service defition of
Land Cover |
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| Land that is at least 10% stocked by forest trees of any size, including land that had such tree cover that will be naturally or artifically regenerated |
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| in 1992, % of the total land area in the US was covered in forest land |
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/ of the US forest land are classified as "timberland"
*majority of this is in the east (70%) |
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| forest capable of producing 20 cubic feet per acre of industrial wood |
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| what department is the Bureau of Land Managment in? |
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| what does the Bureau of Land Managment engage in? |
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| outdoor recreation through multiple use programs |
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| What department is The System of National Parks in? |
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| What is the primary function of The System of National Parks? |
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| was created by an act of congress in 1872. (Before the system of national parks) |
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| Yellowstone National Park |
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| The System of National Forest/The US Forest Service is part of which department? |
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| United States Department of Agriculture |
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| What does the US Forest Service engage in? |
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| outdoor recreation through multiple use programs |
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| US Fish and Wildlife Service is part of which department? |
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| What is the primary function of the US Fish and Wildlife Service ? |
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| Species and habitat protection (recreation was a consequence) |
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| What department is the US Army Corps of Engineer Districts part of? |
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| The Department of Defense |
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| What does the US Army Corps of Engineers engage in? |
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| outdoor recreation through multiple use programs |
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| What are the 4 agencies that manage the National Wilderness System? |
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- USDA Forest Service
- USDI Bureau of Land Managment
- US Fish and Wildlife Service
- National Park Service
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| What is the purpose of the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks? (4) |
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- Managment
- conservation
- development
- protection of wildlife
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| The process-oriented manager will be able to: (4) |
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- understand how the system works
- know the casual links in the system
- develop a process for problems to be solved
- create process for problems to be solved
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| Historical Eras leading to outdoor recreation(3) |
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- Custodial Era
- Extensive Managment Era
- Intensive Managment Era
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| The Custodial Era is known for _____ and ____ of the land. |
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| protection and preservation |
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| The Lacey Act of 1900 (The Custodial Era) |
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| prevent the wholesale killing of wild birds and made shipments of game across state lines illegal |
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| The Weeks Act of 1911 (The Custodial Era) |
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| led to the creation and restoration of 52 national forest and in 26 eastern states |
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| Why was there limited participation in recreation in the Custodial Era? (4) |
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- industrial revolution brought people to cities
- long working hours
- poor transportation
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| Tail end of the Custodial Era (after the Great Depression) |
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| New Deal Created more jobs, people had more leisure time, income and better transportation |
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| The Extensive Management Era is known for increasing _____ and _____ . |
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facilities and access
(with the creation of the interstate) |
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| Multiple Use Sustainable Yield Act of 1960 (Extensive Management Era) |
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| to bring attention to management of public lands as a central concern of the Forest Service |
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| The Endanger Species Act of 1969/1973 (Extensive Management Era) |
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| Gave the US Fish and Wildlife Service to protect both game and nongame animals |
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| Intensive Managment Era (with the help of technology) has an emphasis on |
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| developing and updating baseline data |
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| Key point for the Intensive Management Era: |
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| RPA (Rangeland Renewable Resource Planning Act 1974) emphasizes recreational use of the land as a major theme for the USDA FS |
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Roles of recreation of user and manager
(figure 1-2) |
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| The Outdoor Recreation System (Figure 2-4) *Just focus on the main 4 |
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| Recreational Opportunity Spectrum (ROS) |
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| physical, biological, social, and managerial conditions that work together to attract a recreationist |
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| Key Point about Recreational Oppertunity Spectrum (ROS) |
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| manager provides the rec oppertunities by mixing specific inputs and the user creates their own recreational experience |
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| The Conceptualized ROS: 2 attributes |
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| the environmental setting and physical developments |
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| visitor services, resource managment programs, and regulations |
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| Recreational Carrying Capacity (RCC) |
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| the character of use that can be supported over a specific time by an area developed at a certain level without causing excessive damage to either the environment or the experience of the visitor |
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| Types of Recreational Carrying Capacity (5) |
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- Ecological
- physical
- facility
- social/psychological
- a dynamic equilibrium
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| the impact of recreational use on the ecology |
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| the # of people an area can handle with out queuing (having a line) |
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| facility/service/design k |
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| the # of people a facility can accommodate |
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| the # of people an area can handle and still have a quality recreational experience (hunting w/o running into hunters) |
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| if inputs to a system are constant than there is equilibrium |
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| when changing to a new program it means (3) |
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- the original plan was not meeting the desired equilibrium
- external influences has changed greatly to change the desired recreation use pattern
- the original equilibrium is no longer desired and new goals have been set
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| Limits of Acceptable Change (LAC) |
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planning system that focuses on human induced change.
*most impact from rec use occurs at low levels of use |
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| Open system problem solving model (5.) |
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- define the problem
- development of alternative solutions
- evaluating alternatives
- decision making
- implementation
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| the final decision is influenced by external social/political factors: (9) |
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- budgeting
- interest groups
- legal mandates
- legislative concerns
- local or regional economies
- local or regional environmental effects
- time constraints
- trade-offs in other areas of operations or programs
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| 4 principles of "why public opinion is formed" |
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- identification principle
- action principle
- principle of familiarity and trust
- clarity principle
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| people wont be concerned unless they see clearly that it affects their fears, desires, hopes or aspirations (answers why) |
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| people want to see action... on their part of an opportunity for the public to act (answers what) |
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| principle of familiarity and trust |
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| people like ideas from individuals and institutions they know and trust (answers what) |
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| the problem must not be confusing (answers what) |
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| an alternative to using one person or two in the decision making process |
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| public involved at every level, help refine goals, objectives, and resulting management prescriptions |
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