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With whom do MGEVs communicate? - correct answer✔✔Other MGEVs, Extension
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Faculty and Staff, and the General Public || || || || || ||
It is appropriate for MGEVs to refer clients to Extension publications from other states with
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the exception of - correct answer✔✔Pesticide recommendations
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* The closer a state is to us, geographically, the better but there are certainly times when it
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can be appropriate to use other Extension resources such as Cornell, Texas A&M, UC Davis,
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etc *
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The Agent should review content before locally generated communication materials are
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distributed to the public. - correct answer✔✔True. Anything being distributed, that is not
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already an approved Ext. Resource, should be approved first by the agent.
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In the acronym HERL, referring to the citizen action model dealing with nuisance wildlife,
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H and E stand for - correct answer✔✔Habitat modification or Harassment and Exclusion
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In the acronym HERL, the R and L stand for - correct answer✔✔Removal or Repellant and
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Lethal control ||
Odor-based repellents may fail to protect plants from browsing herbivores because - correct
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answer✔✔Water-soluble repellents are washed off by rain or the sprinkler system, repellent || || || || || || || || || || || ||
use didn't start until after the animals learned that the plants are tasty and they can ignore
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it, the repellent was never effective in the first place
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, Why do experts recommend against homeowners trapping and relocating a nuisance
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animal? - correct answer✔✔The animal and/or the trapper can be injured or exposed to
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disease or parasites, state law may prohibit such activity, the combination or trap stress,
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unfamiliarity with the new release site, and predation will probably result in the death of || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
the animal. ||
For the average homeowner dealing with MODERATE THE SEVERE nuisance wildlife
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problems, the best approach often is to - correct answer✔✔Hire a professional || || || || || || || || || || ||
*The thought here is that once a nuisance wildlife issue has become moderate to severe, it
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will be difficult or potentially hazardous for a homeowner to tackle the issue. There may be
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equipment or permits required that a homeowner does not have access to. * || || || || || || || || || || || ||
To minimize site-related ornamental plant problems - correct answer✔✔Select plants that
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are adapted to the site
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Water soaks into which soil type the most slowly? - correct answer✔✔Clay
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The best time of year to plant a balled-and-burlapped ornamental tree or shrub in the South
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is between what months? - correct answer✔✔November and February
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* Fall is not the only time you can plant but it is the easiest time to get trees and shrubs
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established. The weather is mild enough that the plants are not under stress, they are not|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
trying to push out lots of new growth while also trying to get established and they have our
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whole winter to settle in before that start putting out new growth, in the spring *
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Fertilizer should be applied to trees and shrubs - correct answer✔✔During periods of rapid
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shoot growth ||
with verified detailed solutions || || ||
With whom do MGEVs communicate? - correct answer✔✔Other MGEVs, Extension
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Faculty and Staff, and the General Public || || || || || ||
It is appropriate for MGEVs to refer clients to Extension publications from other states with
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the exception of - correct answer✔✔Pesticide recommendations
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* The closer a state is to us, geographically, the better but there are certainly times when it
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can be appropriate to use other Extension resources such as Cornell, Texas A&M, UC Davis,
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etc *
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The Agent should review content before locally generated communication materials are
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distributed to the public. - correct answer✔✔True. Anything being distributed, that is not
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already an approved Ext. Resource, should be approved first by the agent.
|| || || || || || || || || || ||
In the acronym HERL, referring to the citizen action model dealing with nuisance wildlife,
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
H and E stand for - correct answer✔✔Habitat modification or Harassment and Exclusion
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In the acronym HERL, the R and L stand for - correct answer✔✔Removal or Repellant and
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Lethal control ||
Odor-based repellents may fail to protect plants from browsing herbivores because - correct
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answer✔✔Water-soluble repellents are washed off by rain or the sprinkler system, repellent || || || || || || || || || || || ||
use didn't start until after the animals learned that the plants are tasty and they can ignore
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it, the repellent was never effective in the first place
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, Why do experts recommend against homeowners trapping and relocating a nuisance
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animal? - correct answer✔✔The animal and/or the trapper can be injured or exposed to
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disease or parasites, state law may prohibit such activity, the combination or trap stress,
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unfamiliarity with the new release site, and predation will probably result in the death of || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
the animal. ||
For the average homeowner dealing with MODERATE THE SEVERE nuisance wildlife
|| || || || || || || || || || ||
problems, the best approach often is to - correct answer✔✔Hire a professional || || || || || || || || || || ||
*The thought here is that once a nuisance wildlife issue has become moderate to severe, it
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will be difficult or potentially hazardous for a homeowner to tackle the issue. There may be
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equipment or permits required that a homeowner does not have access to. * || || || || || || || || || || || ||
To minimize site-related ornamental plant problems - correct answer✔✔Select plants that
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are adapted to the site
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Water soaks into which soil type the most slowly? - correct answer✔✔Clay
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The best time of year to plant a balled-and-burlapped ornamental tree or shrub in the South
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is between what months? - correct answer✔✔November and February
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* Fall is not the only time you can plant but it is the easiest time to get trees and shrubs
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established. The weather is mild enough that the plants are not under stress, they are not|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
trying to push out lots of new growth while also trying to get established and they have our
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whole winter to settle in before that start putting out new growth, in the spring *
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Fertilizer should be applied to trees and shrubs - correct answer✔✔During periods of rapid
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shoot growth ||
