100 Legislation Wildlife Management Tools Conservation Techniques Mixed
Legislation
100 Here come the feds! A powerful tool for maintaining environmental quality-requires a Environmental Impact Statement When federal actions are proposed.
Answer: What is the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969?
200 Tax them firearms! Provided funds for wildlife study, restoration and education.
Answer: What is the Pittman-Robertson Act of 1937?
300 Fishy, Fishy in the Brook Provides funds for fish management.
Answer: What is the Dingell-Johnson Act of 1951?
Wildlife Management Tools
100 Wise use today allows for future use also.. An ethic of resource use, allocation and protection.
Answer: conservation
200 Cover saves energy Permanent vegetation providing nesting birds and other wildlife cover and protection from predators along food plots and fields. +
Answer: What are buffer strips? Or What is a shelter belt? What are buffer strips? Or What is a shelter belt?
300 Used to benefit upland game and waterfowl populations by creating a winter food source. Answer: What is a food plot? What is an impoundment ?
Conservation Techniques
100 Diversity, diversity, diversity Landscaping that includes shrub, mid- story and canopy plants to provide food and cover.
Answer: What is vertical stratification?
200 Not just one way! Includes biological controls, non-toxic substances, chemical insecticides, agricultural methods and mechanical controls +++
Answer: What is integrated pest management?
300 Highways Established in 1952 in the Atlantic, Mississippi, Central & Pacific parts of the US to develop waterfowl management recommendations and implement waterfowl management research.
Answer: What are the four “flyways”?
Mixed
100 More is better Three agencies who share responsibility for wildlife management and work with state agencies to protect wildlife?
Answer: What are the US Fish & Wildlife Service, National Marine Fisheries Service & US Forestry Service?
200 Stay Out! Strips of vegetation along streams or rivers and other water bodies where forestry practices rquire special care to protect water quality.
Answer: What are Streamside Management Zones or SMZ’s?
300 Ecozones, buffers, transition areas Examples include: 1. Plant vegetation or hedgerows to connect large forested areas 2. Mow to maintain grassy fields & cut border trees every 5-10 years 3. Irregular cuts of woods when harvesting trees Examples include: 1. Plant vegetation or hedgerows to connect large forested areas 2. Mow to maintain grassy fields & cut border trees every 5-10 years 3. Irregular cuts of woods when harvesting trees
Answer: What are examples of maintaining edges?