PFW-101 TABs 1-6
USFWS
Potpourri
PFW History
PFW Policy
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What does HabITS stand for?
Habitat Information Tracking System
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What is the mission statement of the USFWS?
Working with others to conserve, protect, and enhance fish, wildlife, plants, and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people.
100
What is the largest watershed in R8?
Sacramento River Basin: 27,000 square miles
100
What year was the PFW program established?
1987
100
What is one of the three acts that authorize our program's manual chapter?
a) Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act b) Fish and Wildlife Act c) Partners for Fish and Wildlife Act
200
What are the three types of habitat improvement reported in HabITS?
a) Restoration b) Enhancement c) Establishment
200
What was the first NWR?
Pelican Island
200
What musician sang the song "A Boy Named Sue"?
Johnny Cash
200
What was the original intent of the PFW program?
To restore waterfowl habitat on privately owned lands in the Prairie Pothole Regions of the upper Midwestern United States
200
How is private land defined in PFW policy?
Any land not owned by federal or state government
300
What year was HabITS born?
2001
300
When did the FWS originate?
1871 as the US Commission on Fish and Fisheries
300
What does the Q in "Q-tips" stand for?
Quality
300
What is one of the two original regions where PFW began?
Region 3 & Region 6
300
What are the conditions that would allow you to expend 1121 funds on state or federal lands?
a) initial restoration of habitats on lands with FSA eastment granted to a state b) FSA inventory properties where the Service has obtained fee title
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There are over 36,000 entries in HabITS. What R8 person has the lowest numbered (earliest) entry?
Sue Mattenberger
400
What do they call the first 78 species listed as "endangered" in the US in 1967?
Class of '67
400
In what state is the town of Lyme, the town for which Lyme's Disease was named?
Connecticut
400
What was the first appropriation? $50,000 $100,000 $300,000 $1,000,000
$100,000
400
What is the current obligating document in our agreements process?
424
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What R8 Office has the most HabITS entries?
Klamath Falls
500
What are the eight USFWS regions?
1: Pacific; 2: Southwest; 3: Great Lakes-Big Rivers; 4: Southeast; 5: Northeast; 6: Mountain-Prairie; 7: Alaska; 8: Pacific Southwest
500
What is the first name of one of the members of the band Hall & Oates?
Daryl and John
500
How many focal areas are there in the 2012-2016 Strategic Plan?
Six: Great Basin, Pacific Flyway, California Grasslands, Klamath Basin, Mojave Aquatics and Coastal California
500
What is the PFW CDFA#?
15.631