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PFW-101 TABs 1-6
USFWS
Potpourri
PFW History
PFW Policy
100
What are two approaches for Partners Projects to be initiated?
1) Landowners come to you 2) You identify potential cooperators
100
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 the U.S. and approx. how big is it?
Mississippi River Basin: 1.2 million sq. miles & 40% of U.S.
100
What bird is displayed on the official Partners for Fish & Wildlife logo?
Egret
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 was one of the 3 outcomes of the "Dry Cycle of the 1970's"?
a) Prairie potholes planted to crops b) Mississippi Delta cleared & planted c) Waterfowl populations plummeted
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 was the one type of habitat restoration focus when Partners Program began?
Wetland Restoration
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
400
What is the name of the new National Chief of Habitat Restoration (PFW and Coastal)?
John Schmerfeld
400
What do they call the first 78 species listed as "endangered" in the US in 1967?
Class of '67
400
What year did USA host the men's FIFA World Cup?
1994
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?
SF-424
500
What are two "National Points of Emphasis" as presented in TAB 1?
1) Connecting Youth with Nature 2) Pollinator Initiative
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 dance style made popular by "Psy"?
Gangnam style
500
Partners for Fish & Wildlife Program was established in this year?
1987
500
What is the PFW CDFA#?
15.631