Cute and Furry
Lane Graves was killed by an alligator at a resort owned by this company.
What is Disney?
Hoover Dam and Lake Mead are located in this state.
What is Nevada?
Kelo v. City of New London was a controversial decision involving this constitutional principle.
Eminent domain (or Fifth Amendment Taking)
Widely recognized as the "father of the national parks," he spent considerable time writing about the wonders of Yosemite and lobbying for its protection.
Who is John Muir?
Before being known as the National Forests, forestland under control of the federal government was known as this.
What are the Forest Reserves?
Teddy created the first wildlife refuge off the coast of Florida in order to protect this bird, after whom the protected island is named.
What is the pelican?
This 2023 SCOTUS decision severely limited the jurisdictional reach of the Clean Water Act.
What is Sackett v. EPA?
This "Rebellion" was a movement led by western ranchers in the 1980s to take BLM lands from federal government control.
What is the Sagebrush Rebellion?
The first national park.
What is Yellowstone?
This 1911 statute allowed the Forest Service to add to its holding by purchasing private land, primarily in the east.
What is the Weeks Act?
The elk that were reintroduced into Buchanan County came from here.
What is (southeast) Kentucky?
While "prior appropriation" is the prevailing water law regime in the west, this regime prevails in most eastern states.
What is riparianism?
National monuments are designated pursuant to this statute.
What is the Antiquities Act?
The most visited unit in the National Park system.
What is the Blue Ridge Parkway?
"MUSY" stands for Multiple Use and this.
What is Sustained Yield?
Killing of this lion in Africa by an American dentist led to a national debate over big-game hunting.
Who is Cecil?
Water allocations under the Colorado River Compact are measured in this unit.
What is Million Acre Feet?
In 2024, SCOTUS considered whether this city's enforcement of its public camping prohibition against involuntarily homeless people violates the 8th Amendment's prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment.
What is Grant's Pass (Oregon)?
One of three national parks established under Trump 1.0.
What are Indiana Dunes, Cuyahoga Valley, and New River Gorge (you only need to name one)?
This national forest in Montana became the center of controversy in the mid-1970s over the Forest Service's clear-cutting practices.
What is Bitterroot?
The Pribolof Islands were protected for the benefit of this animal.
What are seals?
This fish, on the verge of extinction, has been blamed for diverting water from other needs in California, such as agriculture and fighting forest fires.
What is the Delta Smelt?
While "Home Rule" states gives local governments authority to make a wide range of legislative decisions, under this Rule local governments can only legislate what the state government has decreed.
What is Dillon Rule?
These two trails were statutorily designated as the initial components of the National Trails System Act of 1968.
What is the Appalachian Trail and the Pacific Crest Trail?
Sustainable Forestry in the United States was first practiced here.
What is Biltmore?