Land Public and Private

Question 1

What percentage of earths surface is forest

Answer 1

31%

Question 2

Forests provide a variety of

Answer 2

Ecological habitats and niches

Question 3

Ecological Service

Answer 3

Environmental Habitat maintenance how to make the environment better
Purify water, air
Provide numerous wilfdlife habitats

Question 4

Economic Services

Answer 4

What you can make money off of
Farming, Livestock, mining

Question 5

Deforestation effects

Answer 5

Decreased soil fertility from erosion
Runoff of eroded soil into aquatic systems
Loss of Biodiversity in habitats
Regional climate change from extensive clearing
Release of CO2 (less carbon storage)
Acceleration of flooding (less rain capture)
Disrution to ecosystem services/resources

Question 6

Demand for wood leads to

Answer 6

Deforestation

Question 7

How Land use affects the environment

Answer 7

Agriculture
Housing
Recreation
Industry
Mining
Waste Disposal
Logging
Deforestation
Paving
Overuse of land

Question 8

Tragedy of the commoners

Answer 8

Tendency of a shared limited resource to become depleted because people act from self interest for short term gain
Water, air, land

Question 9

Externalities

Answer 9

The cost or benefit of a good or service that is not included in the purchase price of that good or service

Question 10

Maximum Sustainable Yield

Answer 10

The maximum amount that can be harvested without compromising the future availability of that resource

Question 11

Public lands are classified according to their use

Answer 11

11% or 1/9 of the earths land is protected in one way or another

Question 12

International Categories of Public Lands

Answer 12

1. National Parks
2. Managed Resource
3. Protected Areas
4. Strict Nature Reserves and Wilderness Areas
5. Protected Landscapes and Seascapes
6. National Monuments

Question 13

Public Land in the United States

Answer 13

42% of the land in the US is publicly held
Most of the land is found in the west and in Alaska

Question 13

Resource Conservation Ethic

Answer 13

People should maximize resource use bases on the greatest good for everyone

Question 14

Land Use and Federal Agencies
Four Agencies

Answer 14

1. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
2. The United States Forest (USFS)
3. The National Park Service (NPS)
4. The Fish and Wildlife Services

Question 15

Typical Divisions of Public Land Uses

Answer 15

BLM lands: grazing, mining, timber harvesting, and recreation
USFS lands: Timer harvesting, grazing, and recreation
NPS lands: recreation and conservation
FWS lands: Wildlife conservation, hunting, and recreation

Question 16

Taylor Grazing Act of 1934

Answer 16

Passed to halt overgrazing

Question 17

Forests

Answer 17

Dominated by trees and other woody vegetation
73% of forests used for logging are privately owned
Allowed to use federal lands for a royalty a percentage of their revenues

Question 18

Harvesting Trees

Answer 18

Building roads into previously inaccessible forests paves the way for fragmentation, destruction, and degradation

Question 19

Timber Harvest Practices
Advantages

Answer 19

Clear Cutting: removing all trees within an area
Advantages
All resulting trees (newly planted) are the same age
A lot of direct sunlight for newly growing trees

Question 20

Timber Harvest Practices

Answer 20

Increases wind and winter erosion
Sediments get deposited to nearby streams
Slopes subject to mudslides
Increased sunlight to stream increases water temperatures and effects aquatic life
Herbicides and fire used to clear out underbrush which effects natural effects