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