Survival Techniques
Colorado State Emblems
Wildlife History
Native Colorado Species
Fire
100
By the "Rule of 3's", without Shelter and/or fire, you could die in as little as...
Three hours.
100
DAILY DOUBLE!: This living emblem is the only one that is only a summer resident of the state.
What is the Lark Bunting?
100
This is who owns Colorado Wildlife.
Colorado residents own the wildlife. The CPW are the stewards of the wildlife.
100
Originally found in Colorado in presettlement times. Several examples include: prairie dogs, badger, bison, elk, bighorn sheep, and ptarmigan.
What is a native species?
100
This fire type represents ancient Native American housing where the tinder is inside with the fuel stacked around it.
What is a teepee?
200
The most important tool you can bring into the wilderness is....
A calm, positive outlook and a brain brimming with practical survival knowledge.
200
The first living emblem of Colorado.
The Columbine in 1899.
200
This was the year in which the license program in Colorado began.
1903
200
It was brought to Colorado. (Mountain goat) or for ecosystems management (some insect species to help lower noxious weed populations.)
This can be done unintentionally such as carrying seeds from one part of the country to our state with out being aware.
What is an introduced species?
200
This type of fire structure resembles a tire spoke with the tinder as the hub.
What is a star?
300
By the "Rule of 3's", without water, you could die in as little as....
Three days.
300
This living emblem was the last to be adopted in Colorado.
What is the Colorado Cutthroat trout?
300
DAILY DOUBLE!: This happened in Denver in 1881.
The first fish hatchery in Colorado.
300
These fish can be found in Colorado, but they were not native to Colorado.
Rainbow, brown, bass, walleye, pike, Muskie, carp and catfish.
300
This type of fire structure resembles a dwelling where the tinder is inside.
What is a log cabin?
400
The meaning of STOP is....
Stop, Think, Observe, Plan
400
This fish replaced the rainbow as the state fish in 1994. Why was it replaced?
What is the Colorado Cutthroat trout? It was replaced because the rainbow was an introduced species.
400
This happened in 1861 and is an instrumental moment in Colorado wildlife history?
The 1st law enacted to protect trout.
400
This is the difference between non-native and native species.
Native were here pre-settlement times and non-native were introduced.
400
What is pyramid?
500
This is the last thing you should worry about in a survival situation.
Food.
500
This animal was a rare sight in Colorado from 1800’s until about 30 years ago. Name the animal, and the year the first license was provided for the hunt.
What is the Moose, 1985?
500
This person is known as the "Father of Modern Conservation"
Who is Teddy Roosevelt?
500
What can cause a native species to fall?
Habitat destruction, which includes urban development, agriculture, highways, homes, etc.
Introduced species out compete native species
Barriers to wildlife travel
Pollution creates species kill off
Poaching
500
DAILY DOUBLE!: These are known as the two primary fuel sources for a fire.
What is tinder & kindling?