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1
Co-founder and eccentric benefactor of The Wilderness Society
Arthur Carhart
Howard Zahniser
Aldo Leopold
Bob Marshall
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What 2 Leave No Trace Principles were added in 1999 ?
Pack It In, Pack It Out
Silence Your Cellphone
Respect Wildlife
Be Considerate of Other Visitors
3
A cantilevered log with one end free will likely have which of the 4 types of bind?
Top
Bottom
Side
End
4
Number of states without designated wilderness
6
36
26
16
5
How many acres are currently designated as wilderness today?
75 million acres
9.1 million acres
51 million acres
111.7 million acres
6
USFS Chief who said "Wilderness management is 80-90 percent education and information, and 10 percent regulation."
Abigail Kimbell
Max Peterson
Gifford Pinchot
Vicki Christiansen
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Agency that manages the most wilderness areas
National Park Service
U.S. Forest Service
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Bureau of Land Management
8
Primary agency mandate under the Wilderness Act
Preserve wilderness character
Preserve wilderness values
Preserve wilderness characteristics
Preserve wilderness chipmunks
9
How many acres per river mile may be included in the final boundary?
320
160
640
100
10
Good Visitor Use Management includes all of the following
EXCEPT
:
A clear description of the desired visitor experience & resource conditions
A complete and thorough understanding of visitor motivations
understanding how visitor use influences achievement of desired conditions
A commitment to active & adaptive management including monitoring of use
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What does OHLEC stand for?
Overhead, Horizontal, Look around, Evaluate, Contemplate
Objectives, Hazards, Leans, Escape Routes, and Cutting Plan
Oh Heck, Let Evan Cut the darn thing.
Objects, Humans, even Lawyers: Everybody stand Clear!
12
Visitor Use Management deals with Red Flags, Thresholds, and Standards. In this context, what does a Red Flag mean ?
Danger or Immediate Threat.
a preliminary warning of deteriorated conditions.
Stops a NASCAR Race
denotes a serious issue.
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The most frequently visited unit in the National Wilderness Preservation System
Maroon Bells-Snowmass
Boundary Waters Canoe Area
John Muir
Mount Evans
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The principal author of the Wilderness Act
Bob Marshall
Howard Zahniser
Arthur Carhart
Aldo Leopold
15
Crosscut Sawyers remove the bark before making a cut because:
Bark contains dirt that will dull the saw
To see the cut area, especially the kerf, better
Bark won’t hold a wedge
Just so they can use their axe
16
The largest area of contiguous wilderness in the U.S.
Wrangell-Saint Elias
Noatak and Gates of the Arctic
Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex
Sierra Nevada Crest
17
ART is an abbreviation for what technique that can be used to interact with visitors engaged in undesirable behaviors?
Argue-Rehash-Titillate
Authority of the Resource Technique
Approach-Remind-Tell
Absolve of Responsibility Totally
18
Who is responsible to determine the river corridor boundary for a congressionally designated WSR and in what time frame?
River-administering agency, one year from date of designation
Congress, within three full-fiscal years of designation
River-administering agency, within three full-fiscal years of designation
Congress, one year from date of designation
19
In felling, a face cut which allows the hinge to remain open and functioning until the tree hits the ground.
Humboldt
Open Face
Traditional
Barber Chair
20
How many designated Wilderness Areas are there now?
547
803
448
100
21
Number of wilderness areas named after famous people
46
16
36
26
22
Authored A Sand County Almanac
Arthur Carhart
Aldo Leopold
Bob Marshall
Howard Zahniser
23
Law that provided the largest one-time addition to the National Wilderness Preservation System
The Wilderness Act of 1964
Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act
John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act
Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009
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Besides the 4 federal land management agencies, name 2 federal agencies on the Interagency Visitor Use Mgmt. Council?
Bureau of Indian Affairs
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
U.S. Geological Survey
25
Largest wilderness in the National Wilderness Preservation System
Boundary Waters Canoe Area
Bob Marshall
Gates of the Arctic
Wrangell-Saint Elias
26
The wild & scenic designation of this river is entirely within a Federal Indian Reservation
Wolf
Buffalo
Noatak
Tuolumne
27
Most recent legislation that designated wilderness
Recreation Not Red-Tape Act
Great America Outdoors Act
John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act
Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009
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What are the differences between Felling and Bucking Crosscut Saws
Felling saw is lighter & flexible, concave back, requires 2-people.
Ain’t No Diff’ernce - All Saws Are The Same!
Bucking saw is lighter & flexible, concave back, requires 2-people.
Bucking saw uses a “saddle”, felling saw does not.
29
The classes of wild and scenic rivers:
Wild, Scenic, and Wilderness
Wild and Scenic
Wild, Scenic, and National
Wild, Scenic, and Recreational
30
Wilderness area that is completely within a wild & scenic river corridor boundary
Pelican Island
Cumberland Island
Rocks and Islands
Allegheny Islands
31
Where can you use a crosscut saw in the National Forests?
Wilderness Areas
Wilderness and Potential Wilderness Areas
Wherever you want to
Wilderness, Potential Wilderness, and Recommended Wilderness Study Areas
32
This two-sided cutting and digging tool is credited to and named after a USFS Assistant Ranger in 1911
Pulaski
Dutchman
Rogue Hoe
Pinchot Tool
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Name for a device that allows for efficient single-person inverted bucking with a crosscut saw
Widget
Dutchman
Second Man
Underbuck Tool
34
At 200 miles, the longest stretch of river designated in 1968 is on this river:
St. Croix
Salmon
Clearwater
Rio Grande
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Complexity of bucking a downed log, low-to-moderate energy release, clear escape, & requires undercuts due to top bind
Variable Complexity Level
Complexity Level C
Complexity Level A
Complexity Level B
36
"LNT" is the abbreviation or acronym for:
Leave No Trace
Let Nature Triage
Love Nature Today
Leave No Turds
37
Identify the purposes (values) for which rivers are added to the National Wild & Scenic Rivers System.
Water Quality
Outstandingly Remarkable Values
Water Quantity
Free-Flowing Condition
38
VUM Framework has 4 components. The first 2 are Building the Foundation and Defining Direction. What are the other 2?
1) Implement Management Actions; 2) Control Use
1) Identify Management Strategies; 2) Implement, Monitor, Evaluate & Adjust
1) Identify Management Strategies; 2) Control Use
1) Acquire Funding; 2) Implement, Monitor & Review
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Unusual word specifically used in the Wilderness Act, meaning "free from modern human control or manipulation"
Unsure
Untrampled
Untrammeled
Untamed
40
The Wild & Scenic Rivers Act resolves any conflict between wild and scenic rivers and designated wilderness areas by
Having managers arm wrestle on October 1st to determine which act applies
Requiring the most restrictive provisions of either act to apply.
It doesn't - it just creates more conflict
Removing the river corridor from wilderness designation
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All but one mile of this wild & scenic river falls within the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness
Salmon River
Wickahoney Creek
Little Jacks Creek
Big Jacks Creek
42
Smallest wilderness in the National Wilderness Preservation System
Cumberland Island
Pelican Island
Allegheny Islands
Rocks and Islands
43
Agency that was not originally required to take part in the Wilderness Act
National Park Service
U.S. Forest Service
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Bureau of Land Management
44
First to formally propose land management for preservation purposes
Bob Marshall
Arthur Carhart
Howard Zahniser
Aldo Leopold
45
Motorized equipment and mechanical transport use in designated wilderness
Prohibited Uses
Inconsistent uses
Fun
Will be our undoing
46
Who made the most sought-after crosscut saws in the heyday of their commercial use; the late-1800s through mid-1900s?
Curtis
Disston
Atkins
Simonds
47
When was the crosscut saw first used in colonial America for felling timber?
1775
1642
late-1800s
mid-1800s
