WIS2040 test 1 reading – Flashcards
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in arguing issues, any statements that are made must be
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none of these
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a western state in the lower 48 that has no wild horses
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washington
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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
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Beau Geste effect
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the so-called ____ in Guither's vernacular support animal welfare
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reformists
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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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wildlife issues or other env issues should be resolved based on public opinion (T/F)
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false
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wild horses and burros are managed by the
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BLM
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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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kirtland's warbler currently nests almost exclusively in the state of
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michigan
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public land 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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CA was the first state to have a
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wildlife commission
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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 poison used in colorado to kill bears
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thallium
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the mute swam population in massachusetts is derived from individuals introduced from
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europe
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BLM is an angency under the US department of
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interior
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in the year 2000, wild burros occurred in ___ western states
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5
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economically well developed nations are called
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MDCs
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science is presumably based on how much fact?
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100%
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the pro-boating group in florida is made-up exclusively of boat owners (T/F)
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fasle
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according to moulton, perhaps the best definition of a habitat was advanced by
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Caughley and Sinclair
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the soviet geneticist who argues against the idea that wheat could be made cold tolerant simply by exposing randomly chosen plants to cold temps with no regard for natural cold tolerance
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vavilov
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sometime the absence of human intervention can be considered a wildlife management process (T/F)
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true
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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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in the 1990s snow mobiling was banned by denali national park by the
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national park service
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one native species that has been negatively impacted by wild burros is the
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desert pigeon
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in 1996, six CA condors were released in the state of
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arizona
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ring-necked pheasants were introduced to the US from
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Asia
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which of the following groups has a name that is itself propaganda?
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wise use
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according to guither, animal advocated fall into ___ general groups
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2
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the _______, enacted in 1913, focused on migratory waterfowl management
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weeks-mclean act
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according to the pets in america project ______ of american households had at least one pet
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an estimated 61%
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____ was the first state to have paid game wardens
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maine
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the kirtland's warblers winter in
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the bahamas
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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 late 1800s wading birds in FL were being killed for
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the fashion industry
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pittman-robertson money is never used legally for habitat management (T/F)
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true
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the 1994 FL DEP became concerned about the high number of deaths of
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manatees
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the usfws was formed by combining the bureau of biological study with the
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bureau of fisheries
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wildlife management practices that favor one species
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may harm another
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the most vigorous supporters of the net ban campaign in FL
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recreational fisheries
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in practice, _____ may determine wildlife management practices
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all of these
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punt guns were commonly used for commercially harvesting
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waterfowl
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the wild free roaming horse and burro act was passed to protect horses and burros on
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public rangelands
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_____ is the first step in the scientific method
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observation
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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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an animal shelter worker in michigan was fired for
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feeding puppies to a snake
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boating rights advocates in fl claim that increased manatee deaths must mean
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that there are plenty of manatees so it doesnt matter
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in order for the public to effectively restore wildlife issues they must first
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be concerned about the law
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in the early part of the 20th century, wildlifers released numerous nonindigenous species for hunting because
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native game species were so reduced by market hunters
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the whole motivation for protecting wild horses and burros when the state of _____ suggested that hunters should shoot horses and burros for sport
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california
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kirtlands warblers build there nests
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on the ground
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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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______ in the pacific northwest is needed to protect populations of northern spotted owls
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old growth forest
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the office of economic ornithology and mammalogy was established in
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1985
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wild horses presently occur in ___ western states
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10
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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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in 1985-86 the division called animal damage control was transferred to the us department of
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agriculture
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_____was a popular english passtime that was outlawed in 1582
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bear baiting
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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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the largest number of wild horses occurs in the state of
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Nevada
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public input is very important in LDCs (T/F)
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false
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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 majority of vertebrate species in FL and CO are properly classified as ____ species
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nongame
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when the use of greater sandhill cranes as surrogate mothers failed as a conservation method for whooping cranes, scientists turned to
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captive breeding
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according to the st petersburg times, by the summer of 2000, manatee protection plans had been filed by __ counties of the 13 that had been required
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4
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the US forest service is an agency under the department of
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agriculture
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in most issues the majority of people have strong opinions (T/F)
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false
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recently monocrotophos was implicated in the poisoning deaths of swainsons hawks in
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argentina
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the original biological survey was done under the department of
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agriculture
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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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beliefs can be transformed into facts if enough people believe them (T/F)
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false
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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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historically wildlife managers have focused on making ___ happy
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hunters
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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 gold eagles
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the NBS was renamed ____ in 1996
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the BRD
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in order to nest successfully, kirthland's warblers require ______ trees with dense understory
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jack pine
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in order to protect mule deer on kaibab plateau, 30 wolves and more than 700 mountain lions were killed and __________
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deer hunting was banned
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the so-called federal aid-in-wildlife restoration act of 1937 is also known as the
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pittman-robertson act
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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 time magazine survey of 10,007 adults __% claimed to be vefetarians
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4%
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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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___ are just a state of mind
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beliefs
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americans supported the reintroduction of ___ to yellowston
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wolves
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in south america swainsons hawks were killed after they ingested ____ poisoned by monocrotophos
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grasshoppers
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the greek auk was a seabird that was exterminated in part by
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human harvest of their eggs
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according to moulton there are basically __ categories of wildlife issues
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2
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the national audubon society of today is an offshoot of the
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massachusetts audubon society
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the waterfowl management act passed in 1913 was later repealed (T/F)
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true
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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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the theory of acquired characteristcs was first advanced by
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Lamarck
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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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one proposed way to kill nonindigenous mute swans is to pour ___ on the eggs
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bleach
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black skimmers are closely related to the
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gulls and terns
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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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in general, when it comes to resolving issues, ____ is the most powerful force in america
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the public
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in 1996 congress passed the NBS under the
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USGS
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in the summer of 2002 there were several forest fires in ___, which could not have been the result of US forest service practices
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china
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_____ is an example of a non-game wading bird
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the green-backed heron
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australians use the "Judas" technique to manage populations of
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donkeys
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game species may become non-game species when
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they become rare
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the secretary of interior bruce babbitt told people in NM 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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the state with the largest number of wild burros
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arizona
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te first ring-necked pheasant introductions to the US were made to the state of
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oregon
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for every $.75 contributed by the pittman robertson act, the state agency must contribute
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$.25
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pittman torbertson money is only used legally for game species (T/F)
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false
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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 use of surrogate mothers was an unsuccessful management practice used in the recovery of the
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whooping crane
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when population sizes are not changing, they are at
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equilibrium
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an agency under the department of interior
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FWS
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hand puppets are used to feed baby whooping crane chicks so
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they do not become imprinted on humans
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the ESA was passed in
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1973
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the use of poisons for predator control was banned on all federal lands by president
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nixon
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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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currently mourning doves are hunted legally in ___ states
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39
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one reason that propaganda is so effective is that it is
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easy to believe
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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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the FWC was originally formed by the
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wildlife unification amendment
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the waterfowl belong to the taxonomic order
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anseriformes
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the Pittman-Robertson act levied a 10% tax on
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firearms and ammunition
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____ were sea birds related to puffins
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great auks
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california condors vanished from the wild in CA in about
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1987
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according to professor moulton, humans can successfully manage wildlife (T/F)
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true
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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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once the net ban was imposed in florida, lawton shiles threatened to enforce it by
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calling out the national guard
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the main product that forms from the bile of bears is
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UDCA
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the first national park in the US
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yellowstone
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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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scientists are presently re-introducing whooping cranes to
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florida
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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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the net ban campaign relied heavily on the use of
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photographs of dead wildlife
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in 1994, the ___ imposed a moratorium on hunting black bears in fl
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GFC
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the humane society for the US is
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anti-hunting
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a brood parasite that attacks the nests of kirtlands waiter
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the brown-headed cowbird
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the wildlife unification amendment merged the gfc with the
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MFC
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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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the animal rights group that is leading the fight against using compound 1080
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animal protection institute
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______ is a hallmark of propaganda
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all of these
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game species are those that are hunted for
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sport
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_____ is not a method used by states for funding non-game wildlife research and conservation
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the penny a pound crop tax
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the ____ act was the law that ultimately stopped the trade in wading bird feathers from fl by banning interstate commerce in wildlife products taken illegally
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lacey
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propaganda does not necessarily involve the use of lies (T/F)
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true
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according to _____ the majority of people in the US favor the reintroduction of the grey wolf to yellowstone
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defenders of wildlife
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some citizens of the state of ___ sued to halt the season of mourning doves in 2001
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wisconsin
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recently the nps banned ___ in denali national park
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snowmobiling
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the passage of the clean water act in the early 1970s led to the return of the mummichog in ny harbor, which benefited certain
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water birds
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in the late 19th century, the office of econ ornithology and mammalogy spent most of its effort on
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predator control
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___ formed as an offshoot of an anti-hunting group in england
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the ALF
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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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a ban on commercial netting of fish within 3 miles of the atlantic coast and... was the result of
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a constitutional amendment
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following the passage of the net ban amendment in FL, some commercial fishers tried to use ___ to catch fish
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tarps
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habitat may be defined in terms of
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any of these
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species in the _____ group are not considered game birds
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passeriformes
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presidnet ___ called for a ban on all recreational snowmobiling in all national parks
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clinton
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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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beavers and muskrats are classified as
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furbearers
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CARA has been advanced as a superior method for funding the intiative called
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teaming with wildlife
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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 early 1900s, many people in the US supported the extermination of wolves in_____ national park
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yellowstone
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burros were introduced to the US in the
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17th century
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which of the following would not be considered a wildlife management practice?
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rain
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management practices that aided brown-headed cowbirds are associated with the decline of
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wood thrush
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an example of a SE US game bird that due to the effects of fire ants and habitat loss, is declining
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bobwhite quail
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propaganda is used in order to
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gain support from the masses
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the wisconsin department of natural resources wants to kill introduced mute swans as they are thought to threaten
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trumpeter swans
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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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