RNR 2039 final exam EXAM(Graded A+ actual test)
/What are our primary goals when managing natural resources? - Answer-ensure wise
use
protect for current and future generations
/.True or False?
A conservation easement is an effective tool used to acquire habitat to protect natural
resources. - Answer-true
/.True or False?
At 24.8 million acres, the Conservation Reserve Program is the largest private-lands
conservation incentive program in the United States. - Answer-true
/.True or False?
Attitudes are standards of behavior established by social groups, peer expectations,
and peer pressures. - Answer-false
/.True or False?
John Muir was an early proponent of wise use as a philosophy for management of
natural resources. - Answer-false
preservation, not wise use
/.Bill Cassidy - Answer-republican currently representing Louisiana in the United States
Senate
/.True or False?
Individual Income taxes and Social Insurance taxes made up 2/3 of total Federal
Revenues in 2023. - Answer-true
/.True or False?
Sales taxes and Individual Income taxes account for 80% of Louisiana General Fund
Revenues. - Answer-true
/.Fee Simple - Answer-private ownership of real estate in which the owner has the right
to control, use, and transfer property at will
/.Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) - Answer-in 2023, paid $1.77 billion to over
667,000 to reduce soil loss on highly erodible land, reduce crop surpluses, and improve
wildlife habitat
/.1972 Clean Water Act - Answer-focused on point sources of pollution (a pipe or trench
that could be traced to industry)
, /.1976 Resource Conservation and Recovery Act - Answer-created a "cradle to grave"
manifest system to avoid illegal dumping of hazardous waste
/.Take - Answer-to harass, harm, pursue, hunt, shoot, wound, kill, trap, capture, collect,
or destroy critical habitat
/.Safe Harbor Agreement - Answer-voluntary agreement with a private landowner
allowing incidental take in conjunction with a habitat conservation plan
conservation easements
/.Where does the whooping crane population that winters at Aransas National Wildlife
Refuge migrate north to breed? - Answer-Wood Buffalo National Park
/.What cause of mortality to Louisiana's reintroduced whooping cranes are wildlife
biologists especially concerned about? - Answer-gunshot wounds
/.1989 North American Wetlands Conservation Act (NAWCA) - Answer-provides
matching grants to carry out conservation projects in the United States, Canada, and
Mexico
authorized $75 million per year
joint venture and NGO grant requests must be matched by partner contributions at no
less than a 1 to 1 ratio
3,300 projects completed
$4.3 billion from 6,800 partners
/.United States Farm Bill - Answer-especially significant for wildlife conservation
because it funds conservation at $6 billion annually from general tax dollars
covers national and international nutrition education, research, and funding
funded $6 billion annually
/.Policy Process Model - Answer-problem formation and identification
policy agenda
policy formation
policy adoption
policy implementation
policy evaluation
/.Deb Haaland - Answer-secretary of the interior
/.Tom Vilsack - Answer-secretary of agriculture
/.Gina Raimondo - Answer-secretary of commerce
/.Randy Moore - Answer-USFS chief
/.Martha Williams - Answer-USFWS director
/What are our primary goals when managing natural resources? - Answer-ensure wise
use
protect for current and future generations
/.True or False?
A conservation easement is an effective tool used to acquire habitat to protect natural
resources. - Answer-true
/.True or False?
At 24.8 million acres, the Conservation Reserve Program is the largest private-lands
conservation incentive program in the United States. - Answer-true
/.True or False?
Attitudes are standards of behavior established by social groups, peer expectations,
and peer pressures. - Answer-false
/.True or False?
John Muir was an early proponent of wise use as a philosophy for management of
natural resources. - Answer-false
preservation, not wise use
/.Bill Cassidy - Answer-republican currently representing Louisiana in the United States
Senate
/.True or False?
Individual Income taxes and Social Insurance taxes made up 2/3 of total Federal
Revenues in 2023. - Answer-true
/.True or False?
Sales taxes and Individual Income taxes account for 80% of Louisiana General Fund
Revenues. - Answer-true
/.Fee Simple - Answer-private ownership of real estate in which the owner has the right
to control, use, and transfer property at will
/.Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) - Answer-in 2023, paid $1.77 billion to over
667,000 to reduce soil loss on highly erodible land, reduce crop surpluses, and improve
wildlife habitat
/.1972 Clean Water Act - Answer-focused on point sources of pollution (a pipe or trench
that could be traced to industry)
, /.1976 Resource Conservation and Recovery Act - Answer-created a "cradle to grave"
manifest system to avoid illegal dumping of hazardous waste
/.Take - Answer-to harass, harm, pursue, hunt, shoot, wound, kill, trap, capture, collect,
or destroy critical habitat
/.Safe Harbor Agreement - Answer-voluntary agreement with a private landowner
allowing incidental take in conjunction with a habitat conservation plan
conservation easements
/.Where does the whooping crane population that winters at Aransas National Wildlife
Refuge migrate north to breed? - Answer-Wood Buffalo National Park
/.What cause of mortality to Louisiana's reintroduced whooping cranes are wildlife
biologists especially concerned about? - Answer-gunshot wounds
/.1989 North American Wetlands Conservation Act (NAWCA) - Answer-provides
matching grants to carry out conservation projects in the United States, Canada, and
Mexico
authorized $75 million per year
joint venture and NGO grant requests must be matched by partner contributions at no
less than a 1 to 1 ratio
3,300 projects completed
$4.3 billion from 6,800 partners
/.United States Farm Bill - Answer-especially significant for wildlife conservation
because it funds conservation at $6 billion annually from general tax dollars
covers national and international nutrition education, research, and funding
funded $6 billion annually
/.Policy Process Model - Answer-problem formation and identification
policy agenda
policy formation
policy adoption
policy implementation
policy evaluation
/.Deb Haaland - Answer-secretary of the interior
/.Tom Vilsack - Answer-secretary of agriculture
/.Gina Raimondo - Answer-secretary of commerce
/.Randy Moore - Answer-USFS chief
/.Martha Williams - Answer-USFWS director
