Acts of the 1900s
This "service" was established in 1916
What is the National Park Service?
Placing a band around the leg of a bird to identify it for study.
What is Banding?
In 2010, this happened in the Gulf of Mexico.
What is the Deepwater or BP oil spill?
These attract foxes, skunks, rabbits, snakes, and many other species and are made of twigs, logs, limbs etc
What are brush piles?
This Act was passed in 1900 as the Game Bird and Wild Bird Preservation Act
What is the Lacey Act?
A standing dead tree
What is a snag?
In 1986, this location had a massive nuclear meltdown
What is Chernobyl?
The growth of scrub trees can be controlled with annual cutting. T or F
What is true?
This "Stamp Act" was passed in 1934
What is the Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act?
These effects of pollution include a habitat that fails in its support of the species
What are indirect effects?
In 2011, this caused a nuclear disaster to occur in Japan
What is a tsunami or earthquake?
Important for many animal species; wolves, prairie chickens, meadowlarks, grouse, and badgers need need these types of land
What are Grasslands?
Part of the USDA and contains 156 national forests.
What is the US Forest Service?
Nuts, seeds, and fruit from trees and shrubs.
What is mast?
In what year did the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki occur, effectively ending WWII?
What is 1945?
This is perhaps the greatest threat to plants and animals.
What is habitat loss?
Organized in 1966, and part of the US Fish and Wildlife Service
What is the Wildlife Refuge System?
A row or several parallel rows of trees and shrubs planted to reduce wind currents and drifting snow in northern climates.
What is a shelterbelt or windbreak?
Between 2014-2019 there was a massive water crisis in this US city due to lead and bacteria in the water supply
What is Flint, Michigan?
Some damaging pollution results from natural events such as:
What are volcanoes, climate/weather changes?