RNR 2039 TEST 3 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Conservation Incentives Programs - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Public
- NAWCA
- US Farm Bill programs
Private
- NGOs
- Leases
Incentives - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅a payment or concession to stimulate greater output or investment
Conservation Easement - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅- the branch of the USDA that
purchases easements from landowners for protection
- Farm Bill (financial assistance programs like CSP and EQIP)
- Conservation Technical Assistance (CTA)
Conservation Technical Assistance - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅CTA
United States Geological Survey - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅- USGS
- under USDA
- invasive species programs
- cooperative research units
- climate change
- Bird Banding Lab (BBL)
- Waterfowl Breeding Population Survey (BPOP)
North American Wetlands Conservation Act - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅- NAWCA (1989)
, - provides matching grants to organizations and individuals
- only act that involves another continent (South America)
- $75 M per year
- grant requests matched by partner contributions at least 1:1
- supports activities of NAWMP
North American Waterfowl Management Plan - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅NAWMP
NAWCA Accomplishments - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅- 2833 projects completed
- enhancing 29.8 M acres of habitat
- matched $3.7 B from 6300 partners
US Farm Bill (2014-2023) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅- primary source of implementation of US agriculture
and food policy since 1930
Farm Bill Objectives - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1) retirement of environmentally sensitive land from ag
production
2) environmental enhancement of working ag land
3) purchase of easements to protect natural resources and ag utilization
4) partnerships to address regional environmental issues
Farm Bill Conservation Categories - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅- voluntary conservation programs
- working land programs
- easement programs
- partnership programs
US Farm Bill- Voluntary Conservation - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅- Conservation Reserve Program (CRP)
Conservation Incentives Programs - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Public
- NAWCA
- US Farm Bill programs
Private
- NGOs
- Leases
Incentives - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅a payment or concession to stimulate greater output or investment
Conservation Easement - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅- the branch of the USDA that
purchases easements from landowners for protection
- Farm Bill (financial assistance programs like CSP and EQIP)
- Conservation Technical Assistance (CTA)
Conservation Technical Assistance - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅CTA
United States Geological Survey - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅- USGS
- under USDA
- invasive species programs
- cooperative research units
- climate change
- Bird Banding Lab (BBL)
- Waterfowl Breeding Population Survey (BPOP)
North American Wetlands Conservation Act - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅- NAWCA (1989)
, - provides matching grants to organizations and individuals
- only act that involves another continent (South America)
- $75 M per year
- grant requests matched by partner contributions at least 1:1
- supports activities of NAWMP
North American Waterfowl Management Plan - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅NAWMP
NAWCA Accomplishments - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅- 2833 projects completed
- enhancing 29.8 M acres of habitat
- matched $3.7 B from 6300 partners
US Farm Bill (2014-2023) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅- primary source of implementation of US agriculture
and food policy since 1930
Farm Bill Objectives - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1) retirement of environmentally sensitive land from ag
production
2) environmental enhancement of working ag land
3) purchase of easements to protect natural resources and ag utilization
4) partnerships to address regional environmental issues
Farm Bill Conservation Categories - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅- voluntary conservation programs
- working land programs
- easement programs
- partnership programs
US Farm Bill- Voluntary Conservation - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅- Conservation Reserve Program (CRP)
