Preserve the Past.
Leave Nature as you Found it.
What to Do and What to Avoid Doing.
What to Build?
Protecting Wildflowers.
100
You can observe cultural and historic structures and artifacts, but you should not...
Touch them or take them.
100
Should you carve your initials into trees or rocks?
NO.
100
True or false, you should avoid transporting or introducing non-native species to an environment.
TRUE.
100
Good campsites are f---- not m---.
FOUND not MADE.
100
If you see a wildflower while hiking, you should not...
Step on it or pick it.
200
It is _____ to remove or disturb archeological sites, historic sites, or artifacts such as pot shards, arrowheads, structures, and even antique bottles found on public lands.
ILLEGAL
200
What is the best source of firewood:
1. A living pine tree.
2. Driftwood.
3. Railroad ties.
4. Dead hardwood. (Such as oak.)
4. Dead hardwood.
Good burning wood is typically dense hardwood like oak, hickory, or ash. Try to use dead hardwood before anything else.
200
To avoid transporting _____ species, outdoor equipment should always be cleaned thoroughly and regularly .
Invasive.
Non-native.
200
Moving rocks can promote erosion and alter habitats for aquatic species and insects, so it is best to...
Avoid moving rocks from where they are entirely.
200
It is generally ____ to pick wildflowers on public lands in Colorado, including national parks, state parks, and wilderness areas.
ILLEGAL.
300
What word best describes the act of leaving an artifact or site alone and untouched to ensure that it can be studied scientifically and preserved for future generations?
The act of PRESERVATION.
300
How could hammering nails into trees to hang things, hacking at them with hatchets and saws, or carving into them affect the trees?
These actions can make the trees more susceptible to disease and cause lasting long-term damage.
300
If you use a boat in a lake, what should happen to it before you take it to a new water source?
Boats should be cleaned, drained, and dried before using them in a new water source.
300
Not digging trenches for tents or constructing lean-tos, cairns, tables, chairs, or other rudimentary improvements are all examples of...
Leaving areas as you find them.
300
Wildflowers provide a habitat, and are often a food source, for these creatures that are an essential parts of ecosystems, who also help provide for human food. According to the Natural Resources Conservation Service, around 35 percent of the world’s food crops depend on these creatures to reproduce.
Pollinators.
400
During a hike in the spring you see a pair of old moccasins off to the side of a hiking trail that sees a lot of use in the summer. What actions should you take?
(There are four correct answers.)
1. Take a picture of it.
2. Inform a park ranger, or the proper authority.
3. Do not post any picture or info of it online, this prevents potential looters.
4. If it is in active danger of being destroyed, move it to a safe location and inform a park ranger.
400
If you are foraging for edible plants you should only ____ ____ ___ ____, and avoid causing lasting damage to the vegetation.
Take what you need.
400
If you take dead wood from an area heavily afflicted by beetle kill and burn it in an area with healthy trees you run the risk of doing what?
Infecting these healthy trees and spreading the beetle kill. You should instead try to find wood from the area, and not bring wood in.
400
If you clear an area of surface rocks, twigs, or pine cones, you should always _______ these items before leaving.
REPLACE.
400
What flower is this?
Rocky Mountain Columbine.
Bonus Points:
+50
What state claims this flower as its state flower?
500
This act (abbreviated as ARPA and instituted in 1979) protects historical and cultural artifacts and sites.
Archaeological Resources Protection Act.
500
What should you do when tying items such as clotheslines or hammocks to a tree in order to avoid damaging the tree?
Make sure to utilize 1-inch wide straps in order to avoid girdling the tree. However, only utilize these items when large and sturdy enough trees are available
500
Due to the increased impacts of invasive species in the United States an executive order was written to create this organization, (abbreviated as NISC), to combat the spread of invasive species.
The National Invasive Species Council (NISC). This council was established to ensure that Federal programs and activities to prevent and control invasive species are coordinated, effective and efficient. NISC members include the secretaries and administrators of 13 federal departments and agencies from the Department of Interior to NASA.
500
If you find a properly located and legally constructed facility, such as a single fire ring, you should never...
Destroy it. Do not dismantle it, or wreck it. Use it, or leave it for the next person.
500
What flower is this?
(Its initials are PMH).
Pink Mountain Heather.
BONUS POINTS:
+100
Why is it extremely important to avoid stepping on this flower, and other plants like it?