Dates/Time Habitat conservation

According to the presentation, ecosystem management was broadened by the establishment of which of the following in 1978?

Conservation Biology

In what year was the Clean Water and Air Act created?

1948

Yellowstone

Which of the following was the first established national park?

Theodore Roosevelt

Which president was responsible for establishing the Forest Service?

In what year was the Pelican Island National Refuge System in Florida created?

1903

What percentage of native vegetation remains in the United States?

Less than 25

What percentage of the earth’s land surface is protected?

10, 15, 20, 14

15

How many jobs have been created by U.S. National Parks?

More than seven million

What percentage of fresh water is trapped in glaciers or underground aquifers?

88

25

75

99

40

99

nertic zone (near land) oceanic zone

What zone is 200 m above

epipelagic zone

what zone is at 200 m

mesopelagic zone

what zone is at 1000 m

bathypelagu

what zone is at 4000 m

Rainforests

Covers 6% of the earth

Rainforests

Contains half of all species of plants and animals on earth

Fill in the blank. Marine habitats cover more than ____ percent of the earth’s surface.

90,80,70,100

70

Which of the following is a private organization which has conserved more than 14 million acres since its founding and has sister organizations in both Canada and Mexico which have collectively raised more than $2 billion through the “Rescue Our Wetlands” campaign?

Ducks Unlimited®

What percentage of Duck Stamp sales goes to supporting habitat restoration?

45.28.90.98

98 percent

The Dust Bowl lasted how many years?

10

What percentage of the proceeds from the Duck Stamp Act is provided for wetland and waterfowl habitat acquisition?

98

How much of the earth’s land surface is covered with grasslands?

20 to 40 percent

Bogs sequester more than _______ tons of carbon all around the word.

200 billion

Up to _____ of endangered species rely on wetlands for part of their annual cycle.

50 percent

Approximately what percentage of natural wetlands have been lost?

50

Which year was the Duck Stamp Act enacted?

1934

What percentage of threatened and endangered species rely on wetlands for survival?

43 percent

The loss of one acre of wetlands is equivalent too $______ annually in flood control measures.

300

How much money is generated annually from birdwatching?

41 billion

Wetland rice production generates how much for the economy?

35 billlion

Wetlands in the United States have experienced a loss of approximately ______.

50%

Recreational activities generate how much money per year?

40 billion

Death rate is expressed as the number of deaths per how many individuals per unit of time?

1,000

What year was the Lacey Act passed? regulates plant trade

1900

Who published the first textbook on game management?

Aldo Leopold

Vulnerable species have less than _______ mature individuals.

10,000

What year was the first Cooperative Wildlife Research Center established?

1935

How many eggs will a female lay per day?

one

What is the average length of time incubation will last?

23 to 37 days

Around _____ percent of nests will hatch, the rest will be lost to predation or agricultural practices.

15

When was the Migratory Bird Treaty Act passed?

1918

What percentage of the conservation efforts necessary to properly conserve habitats are funded by federal funding?

5

When was the Lacey Act passed

1900

Migratory Bird Act MBA

1913

Migratory Bird Treaty MBT

1916

Migratory Bird treaty act MBTA

1918

When was commercial hunting at its worst for decimating wildlife populations?

Between 1850 and 1900

The Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act is also known as which of the following?

Pittman–Robertson Act

What percentage of waterfowl are harvested each year?

10 to 15

About how many ducks are banded each year?

200k

How many species of waterfowl are currently endangered?

0

As a result of the sales from the Duck Stamp Act, how many wildlife refuges have been created or expanded?

300

Federal Aid in Sport Fish Restoration Act of 1950

Which of the following is also known as the Dingell-Johnson Act?

Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act of 1934

Which of the following laws provides means to protect fish and wildlife when federal actions result in control or modifications or streams, rivers and other water bodies?

1934

Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act

1973

Endangered species act