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I. Lecture 1: Benefits of Outdoor Recreation and the
Delivery System
II. Lecture 2: Outdoor Recreation: the Question of
Environmental Impact and the larger Environmental Crisis;
III. Lecture 3: To be posted. Resource Managers: A Question
of Balance. NPS History and Management Philosophy. What is
Wilderness?
IV. Lecture 4: To be posted. Resource Managers USFS/ BLM/
State/ Local / Private and Nonprofit Sectors
V. Lecture 5: To be posted. Future Issues Reconnecting with
Nature / Outdoor Education
VI. Lecture 6: To be posted. Future Issues Resource
Managers/ Access and Conflict/ Hunting/
1. Write your general definition of outdoor recreation in a sentence or two making sure
to identify at least three key components that make something ‘outdoor recreation’?
(4 pts)
2. Which trend in outdoor recreation did you discover from the participation study? (4
pts)
A) the overall number of outings is in decline
B) fishing is on the increase
C) children are spending increasing amount of time outdoors
D) most adults participate in outdoor recreation 15-20 times per year
3.Which outdoor recreation activity has the greater level of participation in 2005? (4
pts)
A) Bicycling of any type is greater than paddlesports of any type
B) Birdwatching is greater than fishing
C) Backpacking is greater than hiking
6.The economic benefit model from outdoor recreation begins with the active outdoor
recreation participant who then creates which two major economic streams: (4 pts)
7.The economic benefit to the U.S. economy from outdoor recreation totals
approximately 289 billion. Which is the greater contribution to this total? (4 pts)
A) Retail sales of gear (stuff like equipment and apparel)
B) Retail sales in recreation trips (e.g lodging and transportation)
8. Essay: (30 pts - worth 50% of quiz one) In what ways do children benefit
from playing outdoors according to Louv and Last Child in the Woods? List 4 specific
areas of benefit, describe the importance of those benefits and reference some research
that substantiates that benefit.
1. What were the top three environmental issues according to your review of
environmental group resources on the web?
2. List six practical things you can do as an individual to make a small contribution to
help the global environmental crisis.
3.
5. Food chains and food webs are an example of which law of ecology
A) EVERYTHING IS CONNECTED
B) EVERYTHING MUST GO SOMEWHERE
C) EVERYTHING IS ALWAYS CHANGING
A) IS SOMETIMES AVOIDABLE
B) IS PART OF THE HUMAN CHOICE TO RECREATE
C) IS A MATTER OF DEGREE
D) IS A FORMAL STUDY REQUIRED FOR ALL NEW CONSTRUCTION
10. List ten specific ‘practices’ to Leave No Trace while using an outdoor wilderness
setting. Here is an example (can’t use this one – list six others). Human waste
must be deposited in the soil 200 feet away from open water.
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----------------- other pool questions for quiz 2
25. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A FOOD CHAIN AND A FOOD WEB IS
20. ECOTONE IS
*4. ECOLOGY
A) IS SOMETIMES AVOIDABLE
B) IS PART OF THE HUMAN CHOICE TO LIVE ON THE EARTH
C) IS UNIQUELY A PROBLEM OF MAN
D) IS A FORMAL STUDY REQUIRED FOR ALL NEW CONSTRUCTION
7. LAND OWNERSHIP
A) IS NOT A MAJOR ISSUE FOR THE WORLD=S POOR
B) IS ONLY AN ISSUE FOR THE RURAL POOR AND NOT RELATED TO THE
GROWTH OF THE URBAN POOR
C) IS AT THE LOWEST LEVEL AMONG LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES
COMPARED TO OTHER REGIONS OF THE WORLD.
D) SEEMS TO BE GETTING WORSE RATHER THAN BETTER
9. Estimates of plant and animal species range from 3 million to 10 million today. The
scientific community has catalogued (knows about)
A) about 85% of the species
B) about two-thirds of the species
C) less than 1/3 of the species
D) less than five percent of the species
10. The shrinking gene pool through species reduction is a loss to the scientific
community because
A) chemical compounds that may help cure disease and illness are being lost
B) of limiting new genetic possibilities for food production
C) of the loss of the natural predator prey relationships in some ecosystems
D) all of the above
40. WHICH PART OF THE WORLD SEEMS TO HAVE THE GREATEST INCREASE
INCREASE IN POPULATION RATE COUPLED WITH THE SLOW GROWTH IN
FOOD PRODUCTION.
A) LATIN AMERICA
B) SOUTHERN AFRICA
C) SOUTH ASIA
D) CENTRAL ASIA
46. THE FOLLOWING HEALTH PROBLEMS ARE ASSOCIATED MORE WITH WHICH
GROUP. A=POOR B=RICH C=BOTH POOR AND RICH
CARDIOVASCULAR DIESEASE
TOXIC WASTE POISOINING
MALARIA
SCHISTOSOMIASIS
DIARRHEA
NEMATODE WORMS
CANCER
A) SOLITUDE
B) SEPARATION FROM TRADITIONAL CIVILIZATION
C) THE PRESENCE OF >WILD THINGS=
D) PEOPLE ARE NOT INSULATED FROM THE DIRECT EXPERIENCE WITH
THE NATURAL PROCESSES OF WEATHER, ETC.
E) ALL OF THE ABOVE
3. WHICH MAN WAS MOST DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PASSAGE OF THE
WILDERNESS ACT?
A) JOHN MUIR
B) JIMMY CARTER
C) HOWARD ZAHNISER
D) BOB MARSHAL
*14. IN THE U.S. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OWNS APPROXIMATELY HOW MUCH
OF THE LAND
A) 10%
B) 20%
C) 35%
D) 45%
Discuss the dilemma faced by the National Park Service with the mandate to provide
recreation and play for the citizen and the need to preserve and protect the physical
resource? What do you think NPS should allow on public lands? Give some examples
of groups who want greater access to the parks? (15 pts)
National legislation by the Congress has influenced the use of public lands for recreation
and preservation. List four acts of Congress that have impacted outdoor recreation in a
significant manner, describe the impact, and list the timeframe of the legislature (specific
dates extra credit; extra credit if total list legislation not referenced in any other part of the
test). (16pts)
1. Usfs ide USFS identifies it's four greatest threats. Which topic would not
be included in their list.
Your answer:
timber harvest
unmanaged recreation
open space
invasive species
fire
ESSAY
7) CONTRAST THE MANAGEMENT PHILOSOPHY AND PRACTICES OF THE NATIONAL
PARK SERVICE AND THE FOREST SERVICE (OR BLM). INCLUDE REFERENCE TO
THE TYPES OF LAND AND RESOURCES THE AGENCY MANAGES, THE ROLE OF
RECREATION IN THEIR MANAGEMENT MANDATES, AND ANY HISTORICAL FACTORS
WHICH INFLUENCED THEIR PURPOSES
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*14. IN THE U.S. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OWNS APPROXIMATELY HOW MUCH
OF THE LAND
A) 10%
B) 20%
C) 35%
D) 45%
2. In the population growth lesson a case study is given
related to the deer population in the Kaibab Plateau
during the year 1905 – 1940. The graph of the deer
population shows rapid increase followed by
a) rapid decrease
b) moderate decrease
c) a leveling off with reduction in predators
d) no decrease due to adequate food supplies
3. Essay (52 pts).
Louv appears hopeful rather than dismal in his final sections of
the book and indicates signs of hope (Section IVVII). From
Louv’s last ten chapters, what points are made which you find
hopeful for the naturechild reunion? What would you suggest as
practical means to help children and adults reconnect to the
natural world? How can people use this reconnection with the
natural world to equip themselves to face environmental
issues?
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31. LIST FIVE FACTS AND /OR DEFINITIONS THAT YOU MEMORIZED FOR THIS
EXAM AND WHICH ARE NOT A PART OF ANY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ON THIS
EXAM. PUT YOUR >FACTS= ON THE ANSWER SHEET.
12. Which came second in the development of the following three outdoor adventure
organizations
A) WEA
B) NOLS
C) Outward Bound
17. Organized camping had the biggest growth period in which era
A) post WWI era
B) during Vietnam era
C) post WWII era
D) post great depression era
18. According to the instructor, the outdoor recreation field can be described in two
broad areas. Which two are correctly paired.
A) resource management oriented and program oriented
B) low impact and high impact
C) human powered recreation and machine powered recreation
D) urban based outdoor recreation and wilderness outdoor recreation
20. List and describe four goals of adventure programs as outlined by Project Adventure
in the Cowstails and Cobras book. (place answer on answer sheet)