Wildlife Issues - Flashcards

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Dr. Julie Savidge concluded that ???? was the cause of declines of forest bird populations on Guam

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Brown-tree Snake predation

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Recently, the National Park Service banned ???? in Denali Nation Park.

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Snow-mobiling

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The National Audubon Society of today is an offshoot of the ???? state Audubon society.

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Massachusetts

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T or F? Wildlife issues or other environmental issues should be resolved based on public opinion as the majority is never wrong.

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False

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Following the passage of the net ban amendment in Florida, some commercial fishers tried to use ???? to catch fish.

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tarps

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Recently monocrotophos was implicated in the poisoning deaths of Swainson's Hawks in ????

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Argentina

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Management efforts on the Kaibab Plateau were aimed mostly at pleasing ????

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The public

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???? is the state with the largest number of wild burros

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Arizona

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When campaigning for a certain cause it is important to win whenever possible in order to ????

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Generate positive propaganda.

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The waterfowl belong to the taxonomic order ????

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Anseriformes

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T or F? Bearbaiting is still practiced in Pakistan and India.

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True

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??? was the Soviet geneticist who argued against the idea that wheat could be made cold tolerant simply by exposing randomly chosen plants to cold temperatures with no regard for natural cold tolerance.

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Vavilov

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he original Biological Survey was under the Department of

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Agriculture

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T or F? The proboating group in Florida is made up exclusively of boat owners

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False

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According to Moulton there are basically ???? categories of wildlife issues

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2

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T or F? Pittman Robertson money is only used legally for game species.

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False

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In order for the public to effectively resolve wildlife issues they must first ????

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be concerned about the issue.

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Beliefs can be transformed into facts if enough people believe in them.

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False

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????? is a western state in the lower 48 that has no wild horses.

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Washington

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When the use of Greater Sandhill Cranes as surrogate mothers failed as a conservation measure for Whooping Cranes, scientists turned to ????

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captive breeding.

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The passage of the clean water act in the early 1970s led to the return of mummichog to New York Harbor, which benefited ????

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certain water birds.

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In the early 1900s, many people in the US supported the extermination of wolves in ???? National Park.

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Yellowstone

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???? is the state where a tax on soft drink cans was used to fund nongame wildlife research.

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Missouri

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In the 1990's snowmobiling was banned in Denali National Park by the ????

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National Park Service.

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Propaganda is used in order to ????

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gain support from the masses.

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Burros were introduced to the US in the ???? century

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17th

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????? are just a state of mind.

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Beliefs

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According to Guither, animal advocates fall into ???? general groups

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two

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Most of the so called upland game birds belong to the order ????

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Galliformes.

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ssues involving rare and endangered species generally fall under the US Department of ????

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Interior.

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The ???? is an example of a non-game wading bird.

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green-backed heron

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???? was a popular English pastime that was outlawed by the Parliament in 1582.

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Bearbaiting

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In 1985 to1986 the division called Animal Damage Control was transferred to the US Department of ????

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Agriculture.

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Game species may become non game species???

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when they become rare.

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???? is not considered a wildlife management practice.

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Rain

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Beaver and muskrats are classified as ????

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furbearers.

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In 1994 the Florida DEP became concerned about the high number of deaths of ????

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manatees.

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???? are hallmarks of propaganda.

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Beau Geste Effect, Oversimplification, and Fearmongering

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???? is not a method used by states for funding non game wildlife conservation and research.

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The penny a pound crop tax

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One proposed way to kill nonindigenous Mute Swans is to pour ???? on the eggs.

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bleach

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According tot eh St. Petersburg Times, by the summer of 2000, manatee protection plans (MPPs) had been filed by ???? of the 13 countries that were ordered to file them in 1989.

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???? has a name that is itself propaganda.

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Wise Use

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Punt guns were commonly used for commercially harvesting ????

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waterfowl.

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In 2002 ???? reversed the decision to ban recreational snow mobiling in National Parks.

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Bush

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According to Moulton the Wildlife Management view basically follows that of the ????

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Animal Reformists.

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The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources wants to kill introduced Mute Swans as they are thought to threaten native ????

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Trumpeter Swans.

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The majority of vertebrate species in Florida and Colorado are properly classified as ???? species.

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non game

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California Condors vanished from the wild in California in about ????

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1987.

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Game Species are those that are hunted ????

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for sport.

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According to a Time Magazine survey of 10007 adults, ???? claimed to be vegetarians.

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4%

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In the late nineteenth century, the Office of Economic Ornithology and Mammalogy spent most of its effort on ????

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predator control.

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In 1996, six California Condors were released in the state of ????

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Arizona.

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Australians use the "Judas" technique to manage populations of ????

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donkeys.

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Kirtland's Warblers build their nests ????

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on the ground.

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T or F? As defined by Moulton, wildlife management practices are always intentional.

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False:

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T or F? According to Moulton, humans can successfully manage wildlife.

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True:

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T or F? Pittman Robertson money is never used legally for habitat management.

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False:

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The whole motivation for protecting wild horses and burros began when the state of ???? suggested that hunters should shoot horses and burros for sport.

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California

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In 2002 both houses of the US congress had bills before them that would ban ????

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Canned hunts.

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The US Forest Service is an agency under the Department of ????

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Agriculture.

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When two sides differ greatly in how much power they have, issues are resolved with ????

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little compromise.

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In the year 2000, wild burros occurred in ???? western states.

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???? is the first step in the scientific method.

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Observation

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Public lands grazers in the western states are no longer as powerful as they once were, because of ????

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increased public awareness.

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Bear farms, where bears are kept for their bile, occur widely in ????

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China.

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Scientists are presently reintroducing whooping cranes to ????

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Florida.

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The so called Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act of 1937 is also known as the ???? Act

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Pittman Robertson

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Hand puppets are used to feed baby Whooping Crane chicks ????

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so they do not become imprinted on humans.

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The Secretary of Interior Bruce Babbitt told people in New Mexico that ???? were "here to stay" even though someone had shot some of the introduced individuals.

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Mexican Wolves

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Boating rights advocates in Florida claim that increased manatee deaths must mean ????

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that there are plenty of manatees, so it doesn't matter.

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The use of surrogate mothers was an unsuccessful management practice used in the recover of the ????

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Whooping Crane.

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???? is the animal rights group that opposes any use of animals by humans.

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PeTA

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???? was not one of the explanations advanced by Jenkins to explain declines of Guam's forest birds.

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Global Warming

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Rhode Island was the first state to close the hunting season on ????

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white tailed deer.

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The Mute Swan population in Massachusetts is derived from individuals introduced from ????

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Europe.

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The Wildlife Unification Amendment merged the GFC with the ????

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MFC.

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???? is the most widely used type of non toxic shotgun shell shot according to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.

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Steel

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President ???? called for a ban on all recreational snow mobiling in all National Parks.

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Clinton

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The Bison were saved by a coalition of nature lovers and ????

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sport hunters.

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The Wild Free Roaming Horse and Burro Act was passed to protect and manage horses and burros ????

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on public rangelands.

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In 1994, the ???? imposed a moratorium on hunting black bears in Florida.

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GFC

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According to ???? the majority of people in the US favor the reintroduction of the Gray Wolf to Yellowstone National Park.

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Defenders of Wildlife

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In order to protect Mule Deer on the Kaibab Plateau, 300 wolves and more than seven hundred mountain lions were killed, and ????

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deer hunting was banned.

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???? is the animal rights group that is leading the fight against using compound 1080.

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Animal Protection Institute

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The net ban campaign relied heavily on the use of ????

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photographs of dead wildlife.

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In practice, ???? may determine wildlife management practices.

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Animal Protection Institute

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T or F? In most issues the majority of people have a strong opinion.

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False:

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???? National Park was the first national park in the US.

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Yellowstone

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Economically well developed nations are called ????

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MDCs.

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The Pittman Robertson Act levied a 10% tax on ????

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firearms and ammunition.

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Once the net ban was imposed in Florida, governor Lawton Chiles threatened to enforce it by ????

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calling out the National Guard.

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Historically wildlife managers have focused on making ???? happy.

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hunters

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The situation where individuals in a group try to bluff those in another group into thinking they have superior numbers is called a ???? effect.

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Beau Geste

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Black Skimmers are closely related to the ????

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gulls and terns.

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The Humane Society for the US is ????

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Anti hunting.

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Wildlife management practices that favor one species ????

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may harm another.

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???? were sea birds related to Puffins.

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Great Auks

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The so called ???? in Guither's vernacular support animal welfare.

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Reformists

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The ???? is a brood parasite that attacks the nests of Kirtland's Warbler.

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Brown headed Cowbird

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In general, when it comes to resolving wildlife issues, the ???? is the most powerful force in America.

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public

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Historically, most of the revenue generated for wildlife management has come from ????

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hunters.

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Habitat may be defined in terms of ????

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dominant vegetation, soil, and species of interest.

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The main product that forms from the bile of bears is ????

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UDCA.

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For every $0.75 contributed by the Pittman Robertson Act, the state agency must contribute ????

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$0.25.

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When population sizes are not changing they are at ????

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equilibrium.

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Following passage of the Clean Water Act in the early 1970s, several species of water birds have returned to ????

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New York Harbor.

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The FWC was officially formed by the ????

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Wildlife Unification amendment.

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Species in the ???? group are not considered game birds.

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Passeriformes

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T or F? Propaganda does not necessarily involve the use of lies.

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True:

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During the campaign for the net ban the supporters of the ban accused the ???? of "nonfeasance".

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MFC

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According to Moulton perhaps the best definition of habitat was advanced by ????

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Caughley ; Sinclair.

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Currently Mourning Doves are hunted legally in ???? states.

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The USFWS was formed by combining the Bureau of Biological Survey with the ????

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Bureau of Fisheries.

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The Endangered Species Act was passed in ????

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1973.

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Some citizens of the state of ???? sued to halt the season on Mourning Doves in 2001.

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Wisconsin

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T or F? The waterfowl management act passed in 1913 was later repealed.

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True:

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The ???? Act, enacted in 1913 focused on migratory waterfowl management.

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Weeks-McLean

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???? was the poison used in Colorado to kill bears.

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Thallium

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The Kirtland's Warblers winter in ????

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the Bahamas.

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In the early part of the twentieth century, wildlifers released numerous non indigenous species for hunting because ????

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native game species were so reduced by market hunters.

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Under the reign of William the Conqueror, the penalty for killing one of the King's deer was ????

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blinding.

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The ???? formed as an offshoot of an anti hunting group in England.

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ALF

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T or F? It is really not important who decides what is actually scientific and what is pseudoscientific.

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False:

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In order to nest successfully, Kirtland's Warblers require ???? trees with a dense understory.

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jack pine

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The legislation known as CARA would provide funds for wildlife research and conservation from revenues generated by oil and gas reserves ????

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on the outer continental shelf.

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One reason propaganda is so effective is that it is ????

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easy to believe.

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Science is presumably based ????% on facts.

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100%

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CARA was passed by ???? in the summer of 2001.

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House of Representatives

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???? forest in the Pacific northwest is needed to protect populations of Northern Spotted Owls.

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Old Growth

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Of the following, ???? is not considered a component of habitat according to the traditional wildlife definition of habitat.

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potential competitors

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CARA has been advanced as a superior method for funding the initiative called ????

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Teaming with Wildlife.

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In South America Swainson's Hawks were killed after they ingested ???? poisoned by monocrotophos.

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grasshoppers

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The ???? is an example of a southeastern US game bird that, due to the effects of fire ants and habitat loss, is declining.

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bobwhite

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The largest number of wild horses occurs in the state of ????

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Nevada.

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A ban on commercial netting of fish within 3 miles of the Atlantic coast and 9 miles of the Gulf coast of Florida was the result of ????

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a constitutional amendment.

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In arguing issues, any statements that are made must be ????

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none of these (supported by hard data, absolutely true, approved by appropriate agencies even if untrue).

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Compound 1080 was a deadly poison used primarily for killing ????

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coyotes.

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In 1996 Congress places the NBS under the ????

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USGS.

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T or F? Sometimes the absence of human intervention can be considered a wildlife management practice.

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True:

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In 1970, some Boy Scouts found 2 dozen dead ???? that were killed by exposure to thallium.

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bald and golden eagles

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BLM is an agency under the US Department of ????

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Interior.

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Kirtland's Warbler currently nests almost exclusively in the state of ????

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Michigan.

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Each year wild horses and burros are removed from the wild and ????

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put up for adoption.

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Americans supported the reintroduction of ???? to Yellowstone National Park in the 1990s.

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wolves

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According to the Pets in America Project an estimated ???? of American households had at least one pet.

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61%

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The "Theory of Acquired Characteristics" was first advanced by ????

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Lamarck.

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The ???? is an agency under the Department of Interior.

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FWS

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T or F? Public input is very important in LDCs.

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False:

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???? was the Soviet geneticist who argued that cold tolerant wheat could be raised simply by exposing randomly chosen wheat seeds to low temperatures.

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Lysenko

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One native species that has been negatively impacted by wild burros is the????

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desert bighorn.

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The ???? Act was the law that ultimately stopped the trade in wading bird feathers from Florida by banning interstate commerce in wildlife products taken illegally.

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Lacey

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Ring necked Pheasants were introduced to the US from ????

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Asia.

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???? was the first state to have paid game wardens.

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Maine

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Wild horses and burros are managed by the ????

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BLM.

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???? were the most vigorous supporters of the net ban campaign in Florida.

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Recreational fishers

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The Office of Economic Ornithology and Mammalogy was established in ????

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1885.

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The first Ring necked Pheasant introductions into the US were made to the state of ????

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Oregon.

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The original Office of Economic Ornithology and Mammalogy was later renamed the ????

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Bureau of Biological Survey.

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An animal shelter worker in Michigan was fired for????

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feeding puppies to a snake.

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Market hunters once sold ???? for a dime a dozen in New York meat markets.

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Passenger Pigeons

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The Great Auk was a seabird that was exterminated in part by ????

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human harvest of their eggs.

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The NBS was renamed the ???? in 1996.

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BRD

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California Condor reintroductions were carried out by a partnership between the USFWS and the ????

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Peregrine Fund.

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Some of the California Condors released in the 1990s were later killed by ????

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lead poisoning.

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In the summer of 2002 there were sever forest fires in ????, which could not have been the result of US Forest Service practices.

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China

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Management practices that aided the brown headed cowbird are associated with the decline of ????

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Wood Thrush.

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California was the first state to have ????

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a wildlife commission.

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The use of poisons for predator control was banned on all federal lands by ????

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President Nixon.

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Issues involving species of wildlife that have come pests are generally under the Department of ????

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Agriculture.

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Wild Horses presently occur in ???? western states.

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In the late 1800s wading birds in Florida (mostly egrets) were being killed for ????

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the fashion industry.

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The main problem with the various mechanisms for funding non game wildlife research that are in place today is that they are ????

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unpredictable.

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The main problem with the various mechanisms for funding non game wildlife research that are in place today is that they are ????

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unpredictable.

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