Old MacDonald's Toolbox
Nasty Plants
Bios at Work
Important Animals
They did what??
100

A hand-held tool used to install t-posts.

What is a post-pounder?

100

This weed is frequently listed as a class "C" weed and treated with pre-emergent herbicides.

What is cheatgrass? 

Also acceptable: Downy Brome, Bromus tectorum

100

This man popularized simple rock structures for erosion control.

Who is Bill Zeedyk?

100

This species is considered an indicator of sagebrush health and is found in 11 Western States.

What is Greater Sage-Grouse?

Also acceptable:  Centrocercus urophasianus

100

This is a method of moving salmon upstream above dams, a alternative to fish ladders.

What is a Salmon Cannon?

200

This device is mounted to the front of a tractor with dangling chains to scare wildlife away when mowing/haying is in progress.

Flushing Bar

200

This invasive woody species from the east has rust like colored bark.

Eastern Redcedar

200

This human made water control feature is a replication from Castor canadensis.

Beaver Dam Analog

200

This species creates wallows, which collect rain water and provide small ecosystems for nearby wildlife.

Bison

Also acceptable: Bison bison

200

The name/identifier of beavers dropped into the Frank Church Wilderness to study beaver recolonization.

What is Geronimo #?  E.g., Geronimo 1, Geronimo 2...

300

This device helps efficiently cut shallow irrigation ditches across fields.

What is a wheel ditcher?

300

A biennial, this purple-flowered thistle can be treated with herbicide when in the rosette stage or by hand-clipping the seed heads.

What is musk thistle? 

Also acceptable: Bull thistle

300

This device prevents water control structures from getting damned by beavers

What is a Beaver Deceiver?

300

This amphibian was an indicator of fresh water and utilized by early pioneers of the West.

Salamander

300

This national park in Michigan had wolves air dropped in to help control the moose population.

Isle Royale

400

A gravity-fed device used to measure the flow rate of water in an open channel by constricting the flow through a specially shaped throat.

What is a Parshall Flume?

400

A species of the mustard family, this plant is a early annual bloomer and often mistaken for yarrow.

What is whitetop?

Also acceptable: perennial pepperweed, hoary cress

400

A method to re-direct livestock out of valley bottoms to reduce trailing.

What is drift fencing?

400

Castoreum, an oil historically used to enhance the flavor of vanilla, comes from this animals scent glad.

What is Beaver? 

Also acceptable: Castor canadensis

400

In January, the Texas Parks and Wildlife collect thousands of these to create aquatic habitat.

Christmas Tree

500

A type of chute that tips cows onto their sides.

Hydraulic tipper crush

500

Which knapweed species can be treated with gall wasps?

What is Russian knapweed?

500

A streambank protection technique that provides immediate riverbank stabilization, protects the toe-of-slope, and provides excellent fish habitat using woody materials.

Root ball 

Also acceptable: Root wad, toe wood

500

This species spreads a beneficial ectomycorrhizal fungi as it forages on Ponderosa pine and drops "treats" for mule deer.

What is Abert's squirrel?

Also acceptable: Sciuris aberti

500

This Africa animal was proposed to be brought to the U.S. to control hyacinth in the bayou of the South.

Hippopotamus

Also acceptable: Hippo, Hippopotamus amphibius