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Question 1

white sands national park

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largest sand dunes made of gypsum crystals

Question 2

indiana dunes

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originally a lakeshore but made into first NP in indiana

Question 3

bristol bay

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largest hatchery for sockeye salmon, at risk of mining due to removed protections

Question 4

deb haaland

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first native american to be secretary of interior, biden

Question 5

clean energy plan

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investing 2 trillion in green energy, biden

Question 6

bears ears

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native used land, reduced by 85% by trump administration

Question 7

paris climate accord

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all countries signed it to pursue green technology and slow climate change

Question 8

inflation reduction act

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largest approved investment into climate and economy

Question 9

john kerry

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instrumental guy in writing the paris climate accord, climate czar

Question 10

scott pruitt

Answer 10

EPA, took away protections on Bristol Bay for mining

Question 11

ryan zinke

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wanted to shrink some monument, secretary of interior under trump

Question 12

alt nps

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alt twitter account of nps after they were banned by trump for dissing him

Question 13

dingell act

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permanently approved the land and water conservation fund and permanently extended the every kid in a park, largest public lands bill passed in over a decade

Question 14

great american outdoors act

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provided full and permanent funding for the lands and water conservation fund, established the public lands and legacy restoration fund to help with the 12 billion dollar backlog

Question 15

grand staircase escalante

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shrank by 47% by the trump administration, worlds largest amount of dinosaur fossils due to its many visible layers

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ecosystem concepts

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niche, biodiversity, indicator species, habitat

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national park centennial celebration

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celebrated 100 years of the NPS

Question 18

clean power plan

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first policy to put limits on how much carbon emissions are allowed from power plants

Question 19

omnibus public land management act

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200 million acres of land to the NWPS

Question 20

urban agenda

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advertising in more urban areas to get more racially and ethnically diverse people in parks

Question 21

healthy parks healthy people

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reframing parks as place that contributes to a healthy society

Question 22

every kid in a park

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obama, every 4th grader and their families get free passes to a park for a year

Question 23

a call to action

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plan for what the next century of the parks would look like

Question 24

find your park

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an innitiative to get younger and more diverse audiences in parks

Question 25

NPS indentity program

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program to have more consistent communication between the parks and people and to clear up any misunderstandings about what peple thought the parks were and what they actually were

Question 26

national park prescirption innitiative

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doctors prescribing park visits for certain ailments to avoid prescribing people too much medication

Question 27

telling all american stories

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celebrates and shares the diverse and extensive american history

Question 28

national defense authorization act

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largest NPS expansion sicne 78, opened 7 new units, and expanded 9 others

Question 29

alaska statehood act

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made the 49th state, divvied up the lands between the natives, state, and federal gov

Question 30

james watt

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secretary of interior that didnt care about the enironment and focused on the people aspect of the parks and not the parks themselves, gone in 83 bc racist

Question 31

Alaska native claims settlement act ANCSA

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settles the native lands that were disputed to build a pipeline and provide alaska with economic growth opportunities

Question 32

alaska national interest lands conservation act

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worlds single largest designation of conserved lands

Question 33

john cook

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first regional director of alaska, emphasized the benefits of tourism to the people of alaska

Question 34

alaska coalition

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a group that formed in the 70s to support the push for preserved lands and parks

Question 35

carrying capacity

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the amount of recreation a space can sustain before damage is caused

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ecosystem

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a system of nonliving and living things and their environment that interdepend on eachother

Question 37

ecosystem management

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a type of management that integrates human needs, recreation, social, economics, with environmental needs

Question 38

direct visitor management

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visitor management technique that takes away choice in the parks and puts fines and visitation limits to preserve a resource

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tragedy of the commons

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a metaphor that refers to common land that is used by everybody eventually being depleted due to exploitation

Question 40

indirect visitor management

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visitor management strategy that involved using educationa nd information to help visitors make environmentally sustainable choices regarding the parks in order to preserve a resource