Progression of Natural Resource Policy Act (NEPA)

Question 1

Define the Tragedy of the Commons

Answer 1

a situation in which individuals with access to a public resource (also called a common) act in their interest and, in doing so, ultimately deplete the resource.

Question 2

What is the Laissez-faire forestry?

Answer 2

Costa Rica’s Land Use Policies:
Laissez-faire forestry is a policy of minimum governmental interference in the economic affairs of individuals and society.
 Created a wasteful mentality.
 Cleared and more valuable.
 Trees = enemies

Question 3

What is the Interventionist forestry regime?

Answer 3

Costa Rica’s Land Use Policies:
 National Park system was created.
 Punishment for deforestation- reward for reforesting

Question 4

What is the hybrid regime used in Costa Rica in the 1990s?

Answer 4

 Decentralization (lessening the distance between policymakers and their targets.
 Environmental service payments (PSAs or ESPs)

Question 5

What is the Era of Abundance

Answer 5

1600-1849
 Settlement of the West
 Important Acts in the Settlement of Western North America

Question 6

Era of Abundance: What Act was passed in 1783

Answer 6

The 1783 Treaty of Paris with Great Britain defined the original borders of the United States. It generally stretched from the Eastern Seaboard to the Mississippi River in the west.

Question 7

Era of Abundance: What Act was passed in 1803

Answer 7

Louisiana Purchase

Question 8

Era of Abundance: What Act was passed in 1845

Answer 8

Texas Annexation

Question 9

Era of Abundance: What Act was passed in 1818

Answer 9

Oregon Treaty

Question 10

Era of Abundance: What Act was passed in 1853

Answer 10

Gadsden Purchase

Question 11

Era of Abundance: What Act was passed in 1867

Answer 11

Alaska Purchase from Russian Empire

Question 12

Era of Abundance: What Act was passed in 1959

Answer 12

Admission of Hawaii Act

Question 13

What is the Era of Exploitation

Answer 13

1850-1890
 Beginning to see the decline of those sources that were overexploited.
* Ex: beavers and bison
 Homestead Act of 1862

Question 14

What is the Era of Protection/Preservation/Conservation

Answer 14

1890-1929
 The ideals and arguments between John Muir and Teddy Roosevelt.
* Roosevelt argued for conservation.
* Muir argued for naturalization.

Question 15

Era of Protection: What Act was passed in 1872

Answer 15

Yellowstone as National Park

Question 16

Era of Protection: What Act was passed in 1890

Answer 16

Yosemite as a National Park

Question 17

Era of Protection: What Act was passed in 1891

Answer 17

Forest Reserve Act

Question 18

Era of Protection: What Act was passed in 1892

Answer 18

Sierra Club was founded

Question 19

Era of Protection: What Act was passed in 1901-1909

Answer 19

Theodore Roosevelt was president

Question 20

Era of Protection: What Act was passed in 1903

Answer 20

Pelican Island is the 1st National Wildlife Refuge

Question 21

Era of Protection: What Act was passed in 1916

Answer 21

The US National Park System is instated

Question 22

What is the Era of Management

Answer 22

1930-1960

Question 23

Era of Management: What Act was passed in 1934

Answer 23

Taylor Grazing Act

Question 24

Era of Protection: What Act was passed in 1935

Answer 24

Soil Conservation Service

Question 25

Era of Protection: What Act was passed in 1940

Answer 25

The US Fish and Wildlife Service is instated

Question 26

What is the Era of Environmentalism

Answer 26

1960-1990
 Lots of environmental legislation:
* Examples: Clean Air, Clean Water, Coastal Zone Management, Endangered Species, Soil and Water Resources Conservation, Public Rangeland Improvement Act, and Wilderness Act.

Question 27

Era of Environmentalism: What Act was passed in 1960

Answer 27

Multiple-Use Sustained Yield Act

Question 28

Era of Environmentalism: What Act was passed in 1962

Answer 28

Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring and the banning of DTT

Question 29

Era of Environmentalism: What Act was passed in 1969

Answer 29

NEPA

Question 30

Era of Environmentalism: What Act was passed in 1970

Answer 30

Earth Day

Question 31

What is the Era of Global Environmentalism

Answer 31

 Biodiversity
 Uncertainty
 Precautionary principle
 Global context/climate change