Rnr 2039 Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

William Henry - Answer-- 1891 - set aside 1.2 million acres Gifford Pinchot - Answer-"greatest good for the greatest number in long run" - Friends with Theadore Roosevelt - Appointed first chief forester of U.S. Forest Service Teddy Roosevelt - Answer-- created U.S. park service - 5 national parks - 18 monuments - 51 bird sanctuaries - 100 M acres of national forest John Muir - Answer-- Yosemite - petrified forest - grand canyon - sierra club Aldo Leopold - Answer-- The Land Ethi...

Bluefin Tuna Presentation - Answer-- ISSUE: restrictions on pelagic longline fishing have been eased - CONFLICT: commercial fishing vs. protection of tuna - STAKEHOLDERS: environmental groups, fishing industry, offshore fish farming - POLICY STATUS: Trump has rolled-back restrictions Recovering America's Wildlife Act Presentation - Answer-- ISSUE: 5% of necessary funding is received, no mandatory funds - CONFLICT: resource allocation, nat res vs. all else - STAKEHOLDERS: wildlife society...

Conservation Incentives Programs - Answer-Public - NAWCA - US Farm Bill programs Private - NGOs - Leases Incentives - Answer-a payment or concession to stimulate greater output or investment Conservation Easement - Answer-legal agreement between landowner and a land trust or government agency that permanently limits uses of land in order to protect its conservation values Natural Resources Conservation Service - Answer-- the branch of the USDA that purchases easements from landowners f...

What is the magic time and day of the week for having PowerPoints and Fact Sheets emailed to the instructor? - Answer-2:00 - 4:00 PM, MWF What are the consequences of material that is due do not arrive on time? - Answer-Late assignments lose 20% of their maximum value for the first day they are late and 10% for subsequent days (weekends count as one day). In the news business, what are the 5-Ws and H? - Answer-Who, What, When, Where, Why, & How What is the meaning of the inverted pyramid i...

goals of policy - Answer-protect natural resources and ensure wise use tangible direct benefits - Answer-wood, water, wildlife, fish, recreation, ecotourism intangible benefits - Answer-aesthetics and biodiversity principles of wildlife policy - Answer-preservation and use factors of preservation - Answer-time, location, affluence, and individual impact preserve what?? - Answer-species, aesthetics, ecosystem structure, genetic integrity, and associated lifestyles preserve from what?? - An...

In its pure, most philosophical sense, what is land? - Answer-A portion of the Earth's surface and all the rights and privileges annexed to it. Its reach is from the center of the Earth upward to infinity. Differentiate among property, rights and privileges. - Answer-Property- something to which a person has legal title. You have title to rights and privileges of use of Earth's surface Rights- something to which someone has just claim Privileges- a right granted (loaned or sold) as a part...

policy - Answer-the intentional course of action or inaction taken to deal with a problem public policy - Answer-policy made by government officials, such as legislators, governors, agency directors and judges, that commits the government to a course of (in)action goal of public policy - Answer-value creation or loss prevention + the enhancement of either US Constitution preamble - Answer-"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure ...

Four F's that fueled the economic base of colonial America - Answer-Farm, Forests, Fur, Fish 6 Eras of Federal Ownership (Clawson and Held 1957) - Answer-Acquisition, Disposal, Reservation, Custodial management, Consultation and Conflict Acquisition - Answer-First lane policy of the US Acquisition of Public Domain - Answer-- Cessions by original states - Negotiation, treaty, and purchase from native Americans (theft) - purchase from sovereign powers Motivations for disposal - Answer-- Pa...

Bluefin Tuna Presentation - - ISSUE: restrictions on pelagic longline fishing have been eased - CONFLICT: commercial fishing vs. protection of tuna - STAKEHOLDERS: environmental groups, fishing industry, offshore fish farming - POLICY STATUS: Trump has rolled-back restrictions Recovering America's Wildlife Act Presentation - - ISSUE: 5% of necessary funding is received, no mandatory funds - CONFLICT: resource allocation, nat res vs. all else - STAKEHOLDERS: wildlife society, dept. of wi...