NRM 1401 Exam #1 (Questions & Answers) Passed!!

most conservation minded president - Answer-Theodore Roosevelt what is natural resources management - Answer-art and science of the analysis, planning, direct manipulation and or preservation and restoration of critical elements of the natural and modified world examples of natural resources - Answer-soil, air, water, vegetation, wildlife what does the term conservation mean - Answer-refers to the management, for monetary gain conservation became part of the U.S. government policy in 1871 when what was established - Answer-commission of fish and fisheries what did the commission of fish and wildlife later become a part of - Answer-U.S. fish and wildlife service in 1940 what did Aldo Leopold have to say about conservation - Answer-conservation is a state of harmony between people and land, a healthy land has the capacity for self renewal, conservation is our efforts to preserve and enhance this capacity what are reasons we discussed that conservation of natural resources is becoming is becoming increasingly urgent - Answer-rapid human population growth, excessive resource consumption and depletion, local regional and global pollution optimists views of populations and resource use - Answer-all things can be accomplished through advances in technology, pollution can be controlled, adequate food can be grown to sustain expanding populations, clothing and shelter can be provided to the needy pessimists view of populations and resource use - Answer-we are too late, technology cannot keep up with the exponential growth of populations and the demands on resourcesecological principles of sustainability put forth by Daniel Chiras and how will they help enhance sustainability - Answer-conservation, recycling, renewable resource use, restoration, population control/ management, adaptability. (help steer humanity on a sustainable course) key components of what conservation means today - Answer-conserving the earth by protecting and enhancing its capacity, emphasizes protection of entire ecological regions, reconciling human use specific pieces of legislation that support conservation - Answer-national environmental policy act (NEPA), clean water act, clean air act, endangered species act, marine mammal protection act, migratory bird treaty act important events in the 1960s - Answer-realization that the quality of the air and water of the nation had reached hazardous levels, many species were in serious decline because of environmental factors as well as human actions why were the 1970s the golden age - Answer-many acts were passed