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RNR 2039: CUSTODIAL MANAGEMENT EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
Terms in this set (16)
Through various federal land management agencies like the Forest Service, Land
How were land areas managed?
Management, USFWS, Nation Park Service, etc.
Established in 1905
- Manages 95% of USDA public domain
- 194.5 million acres
- 85 million acres (44%) in timber
USDA Forest Serivce - Present in 44 states and Puerto Rico
- Mostly west of Mississippi River (east side, there is less land available due
to patterns in settlement)
- Forests, wilderness, rangeland, roadless areas (goal is to keep these areas as
wild as possible)
Forest service should not be competing against the private sector
Clearcutting - Used to have enough wood for citizens
Harvesting old growth timber - Cut down massive old trees, which hurt animals like
Spotted Owls
Previous Economic Trends of the Forest
Service Road Construction - Had to build roads to reach trees
Below Cost Timber Sales - Made no profit when selling wood
Pesticide use - Possible DDT usage?
Wildfire - Cost millions to put out fire
Total of 342.3 million acres
- Taylor Grazing Act 1934: Regulated grazing
Bureau of Land Management (BLM) (Under Issues:
USDI) - Grazing: Cattle vs. Wildlife
- Water quality (large numbers of animals decrease quality of water)
- Mineral leasing (leasing property to allow for mining)
- Use of prescribed fire in range management
Public Land Managed by BLM All on the west side of the U.S.
Trace origins to 1886
- As known today = 1946
- 83.6 million acres
- Charge: Protection and restoration of migratory and endangered species of wildlife
USFWS (USDI)
Issues:
- Threatened and endangered
- Refuge Philosophy: Focus on hunting or on refuge?
- Land management strategies: Deer (early successional habitat) and turkey (late
successional habitat) are the most hunted animals in the U.S., which do you manage?
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RNR 2039: CUSTODIAL MANAGEMENT EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
Terms in this set (16)
Through various federal land management agencies like the Forest Service, Land
How were land areas managed?
Management, USFWS, Nation Park Service, etc.
Established in 1905
- Manages 95% of USDA public domain
- 194.5 million acres
- 85 million acres (44%) in timber
USDA Forest Serivce - Present in 44 states and Puerto Rico
- Mostly west of Mississippi River (east side, there is less land available due
to patterns in settlement)
- Forests, wilderness, rangeland, roadless areas (goal is to keep these areas as
wild as possible)
Forest service should not be competing against the private sector
Clearcutting - Used to have enough wood for citizens
Harvesting old growth timber - Cut down massive old trees, which hurt animals like
Spotted Owls
Previous Economic Trends of the Forest
Service Road Construction - Had to build roads to reach trees
Below Cost Timber Sales - Made no profit when selling wood
Pesticide use - Possible DDT usage?
Wildfire - Cost millions to put out fire
Total of 342.3 million acres
- Taylor Grazing Act 1934: Regulated grazing
Bureau of Land Management (BLM) (Under Issues:
USDI) - Grazing: Cattle vs. Wildlife
- Water quality (large numbers of animals decrease quality of water)
- Mineral leasing (leasing property to allow for mining)
- Use of prescribed fire in range management
Public Land Managed by BLM All on the west side of the U.S.
Trace origins to 1886
- As known today = 1946
- 83.6 million acres
- Charge: Protection and restoration of migratory and endangered species of wildlife
USFWS (USDI)
Issues:
- Threatened and endangered
- Refuge Philosophy: Focus on hunting or on refuge?
- Land management strategies: Deer (early successional habitat) and turkey (late
successional habitat) are the most hunted animals in the U.S., which do you manage?
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