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| Single most profound ecological change in history. |
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| Conservation Reserve Program (CRP)-1986 |
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| Program that pays farmers to take land out of production for animal and vegetation conservation. |
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| Rows of strategically placed trees and shrubs to serve as wind breakers. As well as offering food and cover for wildlife. |
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| Used to decrease wind and soil erosion. As well as retaining moisture and protecting water quality. |
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| Nearly all snow geese stop here en route to breeding. |
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| Species that causes millions in damages to sunflowers that are protected, but can be shot. |
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| Small, inhabited, island in New York with a high deer density. |
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| President who designated first wildlife refuge in 1903. |
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| Waterfowl Production Areas (WPA) |
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| Public land intended for waterfowl that is funded by the duck stamp (7,000 areas at 677,000 acres). |
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| State that contains over 1/3 of all WPAs. |
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| National Wildlife Refuge System |
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| Program that manages wetland easements (taking wetlands out of production for $). |
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| Buying the land, give landowners ownership of wildlife, and compensate landowner for producing wildlife. |
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| Ways of encouraging sound wildlife management on private lands. |
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| Commercial activities associated with wildlife recreation and products. |
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| Fee hunting, wildlife viewing, wildlife farming. |
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| Money generating industry that distributes hunting pressure, and increases diversity of harvest. |
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| Practice that creates an elitist class of hunter, generally has a low public image, and can introduce exotic species to an area. |
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| Compete with native species and often hurt native populations. |
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| Person who said nature was a complicated system of interdependent processes. |
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| Society for Conservation Biology |
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| Initiated in 1985 and intended for saving biodiversity. |
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| Conservation and Reinvestment Act (2000) |
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| Failed proposal that requested $3.1 billion annually for 15 years for conservation, funded by offshore oil and gas leases. |
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| Teaming With Wildlife Act (2008) |
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| Proposed program that gives $350 million annually for 5 years for conservation. Amended P-R act to include all wildlife and is on state income tax forms as a check off. |
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| Legal status of the ivory trade. |
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| Endangered Species Act (1973) |
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| Act that designated federal protection of specific species of plants and animals. |
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| Endangered Species Committee |
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| Often called the "God Squad." Decides fate of species when overriding public interest dictates harm. |
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| Habitat Conservation Plans (1982) |
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| ESA amendment that gives FWS to issue permits to landowners whose activities will harm a species. Landowner must submit a conservation plan to protect species in another way. |
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| "No Surprise" policy (1994) |
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| Policy in ESA that states landowners are not required to modify their Habitat Conservation Plans. |
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| Safe Harbor Agreements (1999) |
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| Agreement between FWS and landowners that states the FWS won't impose restrictions on landowners as a result of their conservation actions, as long as baseline populations are maintained. |
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| All nondomestic vertebrate species with populations in areas classified as urban. (Mice, rats, coons...) |
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| Sites that have not been cleared or heavily managed by humans and contain species typical to geographic region. |
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| Successional habitat patches |
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| Sites that were previously cleared or managed by humans but have subsequently been abandoned. (Vacant lot, abandoned farm) |
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| Sites under direct management by humans. (Cemetaries, parks, golf courses..) |
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| Areas where the dominant cover type is concrete, asphalt, or bare ground. |
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| Provides consumers with information regarding the environmental impact of a good or service. |
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| Species with no current economic value. |
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| A species is valuable just because it exists. |
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| Act that gave 160 acres to any man over 21, as long as he lived there for 5 years. |
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| Timber and Stone Act of 1878 |
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| Act which unfarmable land was used for logging and mining. |
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| Forest Reservation Creative Act (1891) |
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| Act which created forest reserves. |
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| National Forestry Commission (1896) |
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| Commission that managed forest reserves. |
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| Advocate of multiple use of forests, first director of U.S Forest Service. |
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| Founded by Teddy Roosevelt in 1905. Its mission was to make forests the best for all in the long run. |
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| Yellowstone Fires of 1988 |
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| Fire which burned half of this national park and lasted 6 months. |
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| Creates habitat, generates heterogeny, removes undesirable vegetation, and reduced accumulated fuel in forests. |
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