Special 5 Wildlife
This is labeled as "the greatest vertebrate modifiers of natural plant and animal communities"
What is Feral Swine?
This is a purposeful fire to maintain forest ecosystem health. It is most often conducted by the NC Forest Service in cooperation with local firefighters.
What is a Prescribed Fire/Burn, or Controlled Burn
Forests occupy nearly this much of the Earth's land surface.
What is nearly a third (1/3)
This is the "fastest growing water consumer in the United States". It is expected to rise 50% from 2005 to 2030.
What is Energy Sector
The Inuit elders from this state shared knowledge about beluga whales and mammals respond to the changing Artic.
What is Alaska?
This animal leaps from trees and glides using a cape of skin that stretches from writs to ankle, called patagium. Found in a very small area of the NC Mountains. More often found in Northern US & Canada.
What is the Carolina Northern Flying Squirrel?
Cutting down select trees to prevent overcrowded conditions in forests. This forest management practice can also increase water availability and reduce environmental stress.
What is thinning
This is where tree species will shift their ranges and move into landscapes where they dont typically grow.
What is Tree Migration
This NC River Basin is the only one in NC that contains NO part of the river in which it is named. It flows into SC & Georgia.
What is the Savannah River Basin?
Skolt Sami people of Finland are adapting by reducing their harvest of this fish due to a decline in the population. Instead they are harvesting more pike, which are a predator of the threatened fish population.
What are salmon
This is a large, non-venomous reptile with a variety of common names. It is a burrowing species that lives most of its life underground. They are listed as a Threatened species and in need of conservation. Due to this they are not allowed to be harmed or taken in the wild.
What is the Northern Pine Snake?
This area of NC is threatened by sea level rises, which could turn our wet forests into marshland due to increases in salt water. To prepare for this we can plant Atlantic white cedar which is more salt tolerant.
What is the Coastal Plains
These are becoming more common due to Climate Change and human impact. Comparing 1990 to now the size of these have doubled in annual acres consumbed.
What are Forest/Wild Fires?
Privet and red eared sliders are a growing concern in NC as they are this kind of species. This means they are not native and can easily become overpopulated and cause harm to the environment by outcompeting native wildlife.
What is an Invasive Species?
This is an edible plant that the Cherokee Indians are harvesting in the NP using Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK)
What is Sochan (Rudbeckia laciniata)?
This well camoflauged, chunky, short-legged bird inhabits most forests across the eastern US & Canada but is classified as a shorebird. It can be found across the state of NC.
What is the American Woodcock?
This area of NC is threatened by increased temperatures which can lead to droughts which can cause forest dieback and fires. Thinning could help make water more available to deal with these problems.
What is the Piedmont
Polluting companies worldwide are using forest carbon offset projections to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. There is concern of this increasing the cost of paper and other forest products.
What is Carbon Competition?
These small parasites can transmit a variety of diseases. Name 3 specific kinds from the Wild Notebook for points.
Ticks. Lonestar tick, dog tick, deer tick
In 2019, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians made a historic agreement to harvest an edible green plant in this US National Park that is in NC & TN
What is Great Smoky Mountains National Park?
This salamander is the only animal in NC in the family Salamandridae. These are unusual because they can have an immature eft stage and can be brightly colored and completely terrestrial.
What is the Eastern Newt?
Name 5 Threats to Forests
- Forest Health - Wildfire - Timber Resources - Wildlife - Fish - Biological Diversity - Soils - Water Quantity&Quality - Wetlands - Recreation&Aesthetic Quality
When trees are exposed to drought or wildfire they can become less resilient to these. In 2018, this damaged more than 6 million acres of forests nationwide.
What is pests and pathogens?
What are the 5 steps in vetting a news source?
1. Do a quick search 2. Look for Standards 3. Check for Transparency 4. Examine how errors are handled 5. Assess news coverage
Is knowledge and practices generated and passed down by Indigenous people across generations that value sustainability and leaving natural resources in healthy condition.
What is TEK (Traditional Ecological Knowledge)?