Environmental Stewardship Flashcards
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Which of the following best describes a 'mast year' and its importance to wildlife?
Answer: A year of abundant seed and nut production by trees, benefiting many animals
Mast years are irregular periods of synchronous heavy seed production (acorns, beechnuts) that dramatically boost food availability for wildlife like deer, turkeys, and bears.
Why is it important to keep lead-core fishing tackle out of waterways?
Answer: Lead contaminates water and poisons wildlife that ingest it
Lead from fishing weights and jigs can poison waterfowl, loons, and eagles that accidentally ingest them, causing neurological damage and death.
What is the primary conservation benefit of maintaining wildlife corridors?
Answer: They allow animals to move between fragmented habitats, maintaining genetic diversity
Wildlife corridors connect isolated habitat patches, enabling animals to migrate, find mates, and access resources, which prevents inbreeding and local extinction.
When cleaning fish at a remote campsite, the most environmentally responsible disposal method is to:
Answer: Bury entrails at least 200 feet from water and camp
Burying fish waste at least 200 feet from water prevents water contamination and reduces the attraction of wildlife into camp areas.
Prescribed burns are used by land managers primarily to:
Answer: Mimic natural fire cycles that maintain healthy ecosystem structure
Prescribed burns replicate natural fire's role in nutrient cycling, reducing fuel loads, promoting fire-adapted plant species, and improving wildlife habitat.
What is the purpose of a 'buffer zone' around a sensitive natural area?
Answer: To create a transition area that reduces impacts on the core protected habitat
Buffer zones act as transitional areas that absorb edge effects, filter runoff, and reduce human disturbance before it reaches the sensitive core area.
A hunter using a lead-core bullet that wounds but does not recover a deer contributes most directly to which environmental concern?
Answer: Lead poisoning in scavengers like bald eagles and condors that feed on the carcass
Fragments from lead bullets scatter widely in carcasses and gut piles; scavenging raptors ingest these fragments and suffer fatal lead poisoning.