Which of the following was the only one to utilize the Antiquities Act to establish any national
monuments? - Answers Jimmy Carter
This established the first ever national limits on carbon pollution from power plants - Answers
Clean Power Plan
This national monument has the largest collection of dinosaur fossils in the world - Answers
Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument
This national monument site was traditionally used by Native Americans for hunting, fishing,
ceremonies and collecting traditional plants. - Answers Bears Ears National Monument
This act authorized the largest expansion of the NPS since 1978 - Answers National Defense
Authorization Act
Who is the most recent official head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)? - Answers
Scott Pruitt
The oil tanker that spilled 11 million gallons of oil into Prince William Sound - Answers Exxon
Valdez
This initiative is a celebration of history and culture across the United States. - Answers Telling
All American's Stories
A collection of 50 environmental groups that grew to 1500 organizations with 10 million
members - Answers Alaska Coalition
This Secretary of the Interior did not like the environmental movement and was indifferent to the
fate of endangered animals - Answers James Watt
Updated mission statement - Answers adds roles of partners and ideas of "inspiration" and
"education"
Message Project Goals (1999) - Answers led to NPS Identity Project
-bridge gap between reality and perception of national parks
-to increase awareness and invite the public
Management issues - Answers customer service, inclusion, $12 billion maintenance backlog,
raising fees
-sequestration: triggered automatic cuts in certain categories,
Paris Agreement on Climate Change - Answers -seeks to limit greenhouse gas emissions and
funnel aid to developing countries