Management
What are the 3 divisions of ODNR?
Ohio State Parks & Watercraft, Division of Wildlife, Division of Natural Areas and Preserves
Expanding Public Lands Outdoor Recreation Experiences (EXPLORE) Act
___ is the first comprehensive, bipartisan outdoor recreation package in U.S. history. Signed into law on January 4, 2025
The Community Schoolyards Initiative does what?
Focuses on transforming traditional asphalt playgrounds into vibrant, green public spaces that remain open to the public during non-school hours. This would immediately put a safe park within walking distance for nearly 20 million people
Border wall and infrastructure construction in which national park is currently halted by a federal court injunction?
Big Bend National Park and the surrounding West Texas region
Bureau of Land Management (BLM) manages what?
roughly 245 million surface acres (and 700 million subsurface mineral acres), focusing on a "multiple-use and sustained-yield" mandate that includes energy development, livestock grazing, recreation, and conservation.
What are the primary targets of land use in the US today?
Housing supply and affordability, Economic development, Energy development
The Braille Trail is in which Ohio State Park?
Wingfoot Lake State Park
The Roadless Rule
___ has stopped virtually all new large scale logging, roadbuilding, and extractive practices like oil and gas development on more than 45 million acres of America’s remaining undeveloped national forests lands.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) manages...
about 89 million acres across more than 568 National Wildlife Refuges, focusing primarily on wildlife conservation, fisheries, and habitat protection.
What is the Public Lands in Public Hands Act? (H.R. 718)
The Public Lands in Public Hands Act would ban the sale or transfer of our public lands and waters without congressional approval. It was introduced on January 23, 2025. The bill remains in the Introduced stage and has not been passed yet.
What is "Parkitecture"?
Design standards for construction in National Parks like hotels: Buildings must follow "Parkitecture" or rustic design guidelines so they blend into the natural environment using local wood, stone, and low-profile structures.
What is one of the leading challenges in the hospitality industry to date?
workforce shortages - These challenges stem from multiple interconnected factors, including wage structures, work-life balance considerations, career progression opportunities, and the ongoing impact of global economic uncertainties.
In 2014 which national park had a proposed gondola development project?
Grand Canyon - the developer wanted a gondola ride, two hotels, a restaurant, a cultural center, an amphitheater and an elevated walkway along the river's edge.
What is the Great American Outdoors Act? (GAOA) (2020)
Established the Legacy Restoration Fund to tackle massive deferred maintenance backlogs in national parks, wildlife refuges, and public lands, alongside permanent funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund.
What is Chiricahua National Park?
The newest national park in the United States is Chiricahua National Park in southeastern Arizona. Known as the "Wonderland of Rocks" or "Land of Standing-Up Rocks". Signed into law on October 20, 2026
Airlines prices based on time of day, day of the week, seasonality, and how close you are to the departure date through automated dynamic pricing algorithms and nested fare buckets.
The National Park Service receives roughly ___ billions in enacted/alternative congressional funding lines for ongoing operations annually.
receiving roughly $3.22 billion
What is Ohio's "Trails and Tales Act"?
Ohio House Bill 641 - to perform two major state studies: Elk Reintroduction Study, Side-by-Side / All-Purpose Vehicle (APV) Trail Study and includes a $3,000,000 appropriation
The first Native American to hold a cabinet post as Secretary of the Interior?
Who is Deb Haaland
is the American Music Tourism Act of 2025 real legislation?
Signed into law on October 9, 2026, this law directs the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Travel and Tourism Office (NTTO) to actively promote domestic and international travel to music-related events, festivals, historic recording studios, and music cities.