NR 001 FINAL EXAM|QUESTIONS ABD 1005 CORRECT AND WELL DETAILED ANSWERS|LATEST 2025/2026|GRADED A+

CORRECT AND WELL DETAILED


Differing views about cormorants (+/-) - ANSWER
B B B B B B Negative: B




Anglers because Cormorants dessomate fishing population
B B B B B B




The more educated people were the less they wanted them killed. Fishermen were not knowl
B B B B B B B B B B B B B B



edgeable and wanted them all killed because they ate all the fish.
B B B B B B B B B B B B




Positive:

Survey about people's attitudes toward cormorants showed that people with more knowledg
B B B B B B B B B B B



e about cormorants had a more positive attitude and were less supportive of intervention
B B B B B B B B B B B B B




Best management practices for Stormwater management in suburban neighborhoods -
B B B B B B B B B



B ANSWER Rain gardens, permeable pavement, bioswales, rain barrels, green roofs
B B B B B B B B




The three fixes (storm water management) -
B B B B B B



ANSWER
B Cognitive fix: change people's minds. Change their attitudes to change their b
B B B B B B B B B B B



ehavior

Structural Fix: Change people's situation. Tax incentives, regulation, free things, subsidies, reb
B B B B B B B B B B B



ates, technical assistance
B B




Technological Fix: Curb cut bioretention, diversion swale
B B B B B B




Utilitarian Approach: George Perkins Marsh -
B B B B B



ANSWER
B 1. Humans are the disturber of nature. Decline of natural fertility and abunda
B B B B B B B B B B B B



nce. Prime mechanism - deforestation.
B B B B




2. Rampant exploitation was unsustainable. Prevailing view → nature would heal itself. Instea
B B B B B B B B B B B B



d → need for human intervention
B B B B B




3. Conservation and progress. Conservation and a "civilized" society. Reform and "manifest de
B B B B B B B B B B B B



stiny"

Nature has instrumental not inherent value
B B B B B




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, Legacy: Forests (Forest Management Act, ect...), Watersheds (Adirondack Park), Wildlife (Pelic
B B B B B B B B B B



an Island Wildlife Preserve), Landscape Protection (National Parks)
B B B B B B B




The civilizing force of agriculture - ANSWER
B B B B B B the moral backbone of community life
B B B B B




"Agriculture as the foundation of civilization" B B B B B




Vibrant village life in support of agriculture
B B B B B B




The Great Cutover - ANSWER
B B B B "The gigantic and lamentable massacre of trees"
B B B B B B




Mass deforestation B




Essentially no forest cover in the northeast and northwest by 1920.
B B B B B B B B B B




The Timber industry
B B




Lumberjack culture B




Peshtigo Fire of 1971 was due to lumberjacks leaving limbs of trees when they collected the tr
B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B



unks of trees. Caused the fire to rage much more out of control.
B B B B B B B B B B B B




Legislative legacy- The Antiquities Act 1906 - B B B B B B



BANSWER "The Antiquities Act is the first law to establish that archeological sites on pub B B B B B B B B B B B B B



lic lands are important public resources. It obligates federal agencies that manage the public la
B B B B B B B B B B B B B B



nds to preserve for present and future generations the historic, scientific, commemorative, an
B B B B B B B B B B B B



d cultural values of the archaeological and historic sites and structures on these lands. It also a
B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B



uthorizes the President to protect landmarks, structures, and objects of historic or scientific in
B B B B B B B B B B B B B



terest by designating them as National Monuments."
B B B B B B




Progressive conservation movement - B B B



B ANSWER "The Heroic Achievements of Wealthy White Males"
B B B B B B




Response to Environmental Destruction (The Heroic Story)
B B B B B B




Nature as female (Merchant) - Especially roots of "mother earth" image -
B B B B B B B B B B B



B ANSWER Mother Earth seen as: B B B




1. Nurturing mother- kindly female providing all the needs of mankind
B B B B B B B B B B B




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