Gifford pinchot - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Under whose administration did the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service come about? - ANSWER Franklin D. Roosevelt Which agency administers the commercial fisheries in the U.S.? What cabinet-level Department is it in? - ANSWER The National Marine Fisheries Service, a component of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the Department of Commerce. Who is credited with the term "conservation" and who was he? - ANSWER Conservation is credited to Gifford Pinchot, a forester who serv...

In the US, fish were separated in name from other wildlife by a political decisions made in 1940 when President FDR combined the Bureau of Biological Survey, an agency concerned primarily with birds and mammals, with the Bureau of Fisheries (Franklin D. Roosevelt) - ANSWER Under whose administration did the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service come about? In the US, commercial marine fisheries are administered by the National Marine Fisheries Service, a component of the National Oceanic and Atmosp...

FW 104 CSU EXAM 2 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% PASS Pleistocene Overkill Hypothesis Proposes that human activity, particularly overhunting, led to the extinction of large mammals at the end of the Pleistocene around 10,000 years ago as human populations expanded. Market Hunting Era (Era of Exploitation) Spanning from 1850 to 1899, this period reflects a belief in abundant wildlife resources among new American settlers. It resulted in widespread hunting and the loss of species like...

A person's principles or sense of what is important in life reflects their _______. - Values A standard or pattern of social behavior that is typical or expected of a group is known as a(n) _____. - Norm A psychological tendency that is expressed by evaluating a particular entity with some degree of favor or disfavor is known as a(n) ________. - judgement Our understanding of anthropogenic biomes is ____ compared to our understanding of "natural" ecosystems. - low Adaptive managem...

What is wildlife? - Answer-Wikipedia: "Wildlife includes all non-domesticated plants, animals and other organisms." Merriam-Webster: "Living things and especially mammals, birds, and fishes that are neither human nor domesticated" Bolen and Robinson: "Wildlife is a hard term to define, but birds and mammals receive the most attention..." Gifford Pinchot - Answer-x Preservation x Protection Conservator -> together guard Conservation Conservation - Answer-Wikipedia: "is an ethi...

Title of textbook correct answers Introduction to Forests and Renewable Resources by John C Hendee, Chad P Dawson, and Wenonah F Sharpe (8th Edition) Civilian Conservation Corps created from: correct answers Roosevelt's "New Deal" in the 1930s Marine tree image can see inside correct answers Where an oak tree ship builders could find pieces of desired shapes 2 Laws speed up the development of wide spread transportation, the settlement of the country, and exploitation of forests corre...

the branch of science concerned with studying organisms and their interactions with the environment is...? - ANSWER ecology who defined conservation as "the wise use of the earth and its resources for the lasting good of men"? - ANSWER gifford Pinchot example of passive management - ANSWER declaring a forest as a protected area and keeping human disturbance to a minimum characteristic only found in class mammalia - ANSWER 3 inner ear bones

3 major components of wildlife mgmt - Answer-animal, habitat and people Conservation Biology - Answer-a synthesis of many basic sciences Job opportunities in Wildlife Mgmt - Answer-Wildlife manager, wildlife biologist, wildlife educator, public educator, wildlife law enforcement, wildlife technician, etc. What is wildlife? - Answer-all vertebrates sometimes invertebrates Nationally managed wildlife: - Answer-US Fish and Wildlife Services PA split into two agencies: - Answer-PA Gam...

NREM 120 Exam 1 Questions and Answers What are the five largest countries? - Answer-1. China 2. India 3. USA 4. Indonesia 5. Brazil What factors affect birth rates? - Answer-Average level of education and affluence -Importance of children in family labor force -Urbanization -High cost of raising and educating children -Women's educational & employment opportunities (small loan programs) Why is the growth rate exponential and so fast? - Answer-Because people are living lon...