ENWC 201 Exam 1 Reading Questions & Answers(GRADED A)

Under whose administration did the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service come about? - ANSWER Franklin D. Roosevelt Which agency administers the commercial fisheries in the U.S.? What cabinet-level Department is it in? - ANSWER The National Marine Fisheries Service, a component of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the Department of Commerce. Who is credited with the term "conservation" and who was he? - ANSWER Conservation is credited to Gifford Pinchot, a forester who served in the administration of Teddy Roosevelt. In wildlife management, ecological knowledge is applied in what three basic management approaches? - ANSWER Preservation-When nature is allowed to take its course without human intervention Direct Manipulation-When animal populations are trapped, shot, poisoned and stocked. Indirect Manipulation-When vegetation, water or other