Recreation and Parks Management: Exam Questions and Answers, Exams of
Advanced Education
Theodore Roosevelt - ANSWER1858-1919
26th US president
Was awarded the Nobel Peace prize for his role in ending the Russo-Japanese
war
during his presidency set aside 80 million acres of national forests
Stephen Mather - ANSWERFirst director of the National park service of the
national park service
"20 mule team borax"
Pushed for federal law to sign the national park service act into an existence
John Muir - ANSWERNaturalist, author and early advocate for the
preservation of wilderness in the united states
"Father of the National Parks"
Founded the Sierra Club
,his writings and activism greatly contributed to the development of the
modern conservation movement
Sierra club - ANSWERone of the oldest and largest environmental
organizations in the United States, advocating for conservation and
environmental protection since 1892.
Jackson Hole - ANSWER1929
tried to create Grand Teton national park
Land was privatly owned
Rockefeller tried to purchase it to donate it to park services but there were
political issues
wilderness act - ANSWER1964
FDR(1943) - ANSWERPassed a bill creating Jackson Hole National monument
aganisty the liking of the locals
yellowstone - ANSWER1872
first national park
96% in wyoming and the other 4% in montanta
George Catlin - ANSWERFirst to mention creating a public park for america as
he witnessed devastation of indigenous cultures
artwork documented native american life
, Frederick Law Olmstead - ANSWER"Father of American Landscape
architecture"
creator of Central Park NYC
fought for equal acess to public spaces
Gifford Pinchot - ANSWERChief of the US forest service
his work laid the groundwork for modern park systems impacting outdoor
recreation management policies
advocated for multi-use public lands
Woodrow Wilson - ANSWERsigned national park service organic act in 1916
His policies supported the development of national parks as spaces for
outdoor activities, laying the groundwork for recreational tourism.
Ferdinand Hayden - ANSWERGeologist Ferdinand Hayden directed the first
scientific exploration of Yellowstone in 1871, leading directly to the founding
of the world's first national park in the following year.
Thomas Moran - ANSWERknown for his landscape paintings insppired by the
american west
Stewart Udall - ANSWERThe father of Environmentalism, wrote a book called
The Quiet Crisis, preservation of the environment as a whole, led President
Johnson's wife on a tour in National Parks in Utah
George Hartzog - ANSWERfocus on urban parks, believed parks could address
social ills
Advanced Education
Theodore Roosevelt - ANSWER1858-1919
26th US president
Was awarded the Nobel Peace prize for his role in ending the Russo-Japanese
war
during his presidency set aside 80 million acres of national forests
Stephen Mather - ANSWERFirst director of the National park service of the
national park service
"20 mule team borax"
Pushed for federal law to sign the national park service act into an existence
John Muir - ANSWERNaturalist, author and early advocate for the
preservation of wilderness in the united states
"Father of the National Parks"
Founded the Sierra Club
,his writings and activism greatly contributed to the development of the
modern conservation movement
Sierra club - ANSWERone of the oldest and largest environmental
organizations in the United States, advocating for conservation and
environmental protection since 1892.
Jackson Hole - ANSWER1929
tried to create Grand Teton national park
Land was privatly owned
Rockefeller tried to purchase it to donate it to park services but there were
political issues
wilderness act - ANSWER1964
FDR(1943) - ANSWERPassed a bill creating Jackson Hole National monument
aganisty the liking of the locals
yellowstone - ANSWER1872
first national park
96% in wyoming and the other 4% in montanta
George Catlin - ANSWERFirst to mention creating a public park for america as
he witnessed devastation of indigenous cultures
artwork documented native american life
, Frederick Law Olmstead - ANSWER"Father of American Landscape
architecture"
creator of Central Park NYC
fought for equal acess to public spaces
Gifford Pinchot - ANSWERChief of the US forest service
his work laid the groundwork for modern park systems impacting outdoor
recreation management policies
advocated for multi-use public lands
Woodrow Wilson - ANSWERsigned national park service organic act in 1916
His policies supported the development of national parks as spaces for
outdoor activities, laying the groundwork for recreational tourism.
Ferdinand Hayden - ANSWERGeologist Ferdinand Hayden directed the first
scientific exploration of Yellowstone in 1871, leading directly to the founding
of the world's first national park in the following year.
Thomas Moran - ANSWERknown for his landscape paintings insppired by the
american west
Stewart Udall - ANSWERThe father of Environmentalism, wrote a book called
The Quiet Crisis, preservation of the environment as a whole, led President
Johnson's wife on a tour in National Parks in Utah
George Hartzog - ANSWERfocus on urban parks, believed parks could address
social ills
