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Dr. Julie Savidge concluded that___was the cause of declines of forest bird populations in Guam

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Brown-tree snake predation

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Recently, the National Park Service banned ___ in Denali National 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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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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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 it important to win whenever possible in order to ____

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generate positive propaganda

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The waterfowl belong ot the taxonomic order _____

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Anseriformes

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bear-baiting is still practiced in pakistan and India

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True

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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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The original Biological Survey was under the Department of ___

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Agriculture

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the pro-boating group is made up exclusively of boat owners

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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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a western state in the lower 48 states 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 ____ Naitonal Park

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Yellowstone

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the state where a tax on soft drink cans was used to fund non-game wildlife research

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Missouri

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In the 1990s, snow-mobiling was banned in Denali Naitonal 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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Buros were introduced to the US in the ___ century

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17th

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Just a state of mind

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Beliefs

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accordign 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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Issues involving rare and endangered species generally fall under the US Department of ___

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Interior

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According to Moulton there are basically __ categories of wildlife issues

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two

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Pittman-Robertson money is only used legally for game species

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False

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example of anon-game wading bird

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the green-backed heron

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

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bear-baiting

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In 1985-1986 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 when___

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when they become rare

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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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all hallmarks of propaganda

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Beau Geste Effect, Over-simplification, and fear-mongering

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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 non-indigenous Mute Swans is to pour ___ on the eggs

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bleach

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According to the St. Petersburg Times, by summer of 2000, manatee protection plans had been filed by __ of the 13 counties that were ordered to file them in 1989

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4

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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 for ___

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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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n 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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as defined by Moulton, wildlife management practices are always inentional

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False

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according to Moulton, humans can successfully manage wildlife

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true

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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 the 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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5

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the first step to the scientific method

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observation

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public lands grazers in the western states are no longer as poweful 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 r-introducing whooping cranes to

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florida

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the so-called Federal-aid-in-wildlife restroation Act of 1937 is also known as the

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Pittman-Robertson Act

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the SEcretary of Interior Bruce Babbitt told peopel in New Mexico that___ were here to stay, even though someone had shot some of the introduced animals

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Mexican Wolves

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Boating rights advocates in Florida calim that increase manatee deaths must mean that ____

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there are plenty of manatees so it doesn't matter

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the use of surrogate mothers was an unsucessful management practice used in the recovering of the ___

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Whooping Crane

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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 thehunting 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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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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teh Wild Free-Roaming Horse and Burro Act was passed to protect and manage horses and burros on

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on public rangelands

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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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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 re-introduction 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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animal rights group that is leading the fight against using compound 1980

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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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convenience, economics and politics

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in most issues hte majority of people have a strong opinion

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False

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___Naitonal 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 ___ 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 Human Society for the US is

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anti-hunting

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wildlife management practices that foavour one species may__

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may harm another

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were sea bird 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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a brood parasite that attacks the nexts of Kirtland's Warbler

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the brown-headed cowbird

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when it comes to resolving wildlife issues, the ___ is the most powerful force in America

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the public

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historically, most of hte revenue generated fro 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 the bile of bears is ___

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UDCA

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for every 75 cents contributed to 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 Unificaiton amendment

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species in the___ group are not considered game birds

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Passeriformes

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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 and Sinclair

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currently mourning doves are hunted legally in __ states

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39 states

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the USFWS was formed by combining hte Bureau of Biological survey with the

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Bureau of Fisheries

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the ESA was passed in

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1973

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some citizens of hte state of ___ sued to halt the season of Mourning Doves in 2001

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Wisconsin

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enacted in 1913, focused on migratory waterfowl management

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Weeks-McLean Act

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the poison used in Colorado to kill bears

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Thallium

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Kirtland's warblers winter in

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Bahamas

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in the early part of the 20th 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 for William the Conqueror, the penaly for killing one of the King's deer was

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blinding

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formed as an offshoot of an anti-huntin group in England

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ALF

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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 ___ witha dense understory

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jack pine

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the legislation known as CARA would provide funds for wildlife resarch and conservation from revenues generated by oil and gas reserves on _

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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 the ___ 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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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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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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the bobwhite

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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 three miles of hte Atlantic coast adn nine miles of the Gulf coast of Florida was the result of

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constitutional amendment

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in arguin issues, any statements that are made must be

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none of these

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compound 1080 was a deadly poison used primarily for killing ___

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coyotes

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In the 1996 Congress places the NBS under the

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USGS

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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 hte US Department of __

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Interior

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kirland's warbler currently ness 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 re-introduction of ____ to Yellowstone National park in te 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 characteristis was first advanced by

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Lamarck

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an agency under the department of interior

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FWS

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public input is very important in LDCs

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false

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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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act that ultimately stopped the trade in wading bird feathers from Florida by banning interstate commerce in wildlife products taken illegally

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the Lacey Act

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ring-necked Pheasants were introduced to the US from

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Asia

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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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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 introduction 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

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Bureau of Biologial 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 because

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human harvest of their eggs

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NBS was renamed the ___ in 1996

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BRD

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california condor re-introductions 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 release in the 1990s were later killed by

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lead poisoning

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in the summer of 2002 there were several forest fires in ___ which could not have been the result of hte US Forest Service practices

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China

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the waterfowl management act passed in 1913 was later repealed

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true

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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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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 become 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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10

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

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fashion industry

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

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unpredictable

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