Watershed management - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Pervious surfaces Water can infiltrate -Green space Impervious surfaces Water slides over/increases runoff -pavement, sidewalks, concrete Structural Methods -Constructed or built -You can visibly see it Non-structural Methods -Planning -Educating the public -Media aren't intangible -Mainly communication Point Source Pollution An object or place where you can ID where the point at which contamination is taking place (industry, pipes, etc) Non-Point S...

What roles did Aldo Leopold play in the history of wildlife management/ecology?- Promoted land ethic -Deplored lack of connection between average person and the outdoors -1924: helped create Gila National Forest- 1st protected wildlife area in the U.S. -1923: watershed handbook- water conservation in the southwest- served as a model for the creation of the soil conservation act (1936) -Led the wilderness society -Key part to passing the Wildlife Act of 1964 Be able to describe the main ...

PSS Exam 1 Questions & Answers 2024/2025 Climate - ANSWERSkey influence on vegetation type that develops What is a plant? - ANSWERSany of various photosynthetic, eukaryotic, multicellular organisms of the kingdom plantae characteristically producing embryos, containing chloroplasts, having cellulose cell walls, and lacking the power of locomotion Autotrophic organisms - ANSWERSuse light energy to fuel their own needs (photosynthesis) Photosynthesis - ANSWERSmost important process o...

Where can you find the pesticide setback distances from wells and surface waters? 400 feet Applying setback: Gravel Packed Public Well 250 feet Applying setback: Non Gravel Packed Public Well 250 feet Applying setback: Public Water Supply Within Watershed out to 5 miles 50 feet Applying setback: Public Waters 25 feet Applying setback: Non Public Waters 400 feet Mixing and Loading setback: Gravel Packed Public Well 250 feet Mixing and Loadi...

AICE Environmental Management Exam Questions With 100% Correct Answers Surface Water - answerAll the bodies of fresh water that are found above the ground. River Basin - answerA flowing network of rivers and streams draining a river basin. Watershed - answerThe area of land that is drained by a water system. Groundwater - answerThe water that is beneath the Earth's surface. Aquifer - answerIs a body or rock or sediment that stores groundwater and allows the flow of groundwater. Porosity...

BMP - Best Management Practice CATS - Certification Accreditation Tracking System CBPA - Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act CWP - Center for Watershed Protection DEQ - Department of Environmental Quality ESC - Erosion and Sediment Control ESD - Environmental Site Design GP or Construction GP - Construction General Permit HUC - Hydrologic unit code lbs. - Pounds LDA - Land Disturbing Activity MS4 - Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System O&M - Operation and Maintena...

NREM 120 Final Exam Questions with Answers Which of the following is NOT true about carbon dioxide? - Answer-it may cause emphysema and skin cancer it is produced in much greater quantities than other greenhouse gases it has the most significant i mpact on human induced global warming it is produced during the comnusion of fossil fuels Which of the following is a consequence of acidic deposition? - Answer-it reduces or terminated reproduction of many aquatic organisms Which of the fo...

What is the current approach in the U.S. for stormwater management? - ANS -The NPDES (National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System) What is a watershed? What is the size of a watershed called? - ANS -A watershed is a land area that channels rainfall and snowmelt into creeks, streams and rivers and eventually to outflow points such as reservoirs, bays and ocean. Size is called a drainage basin or catchment What is point source pollution and give an example? - ANS ...

Who was our most conservation minded President? - Answer-Theodore Roosevelt What is Natural Resources Management? - Answer-Art and science of the analysis, planning, direct manipulation and/or preservation and restoration of critical elements of the natural and modified world. What are some examples of natural resources? - Answer-Soil, water, air, vegetation, wildlife focusing on sustaining ecological communities and quality of life for present and future generations. What does the term co...

Storm Water Management (Chapter 8) Questions And Answers Storm Water Control Measures (SCM) *Vary in scale (from a development site to a watershed), timing in the runoff regime (placed at different points from sheet flow to concentrated flow), objectives (runoff storage, conveyance, infiltration, treatment, detention). *May be either structural or non structural -Watershed approach -Green Infrastructure -Neighborhood design