Download Name______________________ Period______ UNIT 4: Chapter

Name______________________ Period______
UNIT 4: Chapter 10 Land, Public and Private
Due:_______________
Objectives:
Describe the use of land with “tragedies”.
Describe major land management agencies in the U.S.
Understand the causes and consequences of urban sprawl.
Describe approaches to sustainable land use.
Notes:
Your notes (the entire chapter)/ leave some room to add Carm’s notes
Pages 262-277
Read page 278: Dudley Street Neighborhood
Explain what happened and what is happening now (quick notes)
Term:
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Tragedy of the Commons
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Multiple-use lands
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Suburban
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Clear cutting
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Exurban
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Selective cutting
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Urban sprawl
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Ecological sustainable forestry
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Urban blight
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Prescribed burn
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Eminent domain
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Maximum Sustainable Yield
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Externality
Assignment(s):
Read page 261 about Julia Hill Butterfly
Identify 1 positive and negative of this story for each of the ESPeN
(E=economics, S=social, P=political, eN=environmental)
Multiple Choices page 279-280 #1-11
Free Response Question (see other side)
Score __________________/75
Free-Response Questions (FRQ):
Answer in a complete thought format using complete sentences.
The town of Freemont met recently to discuss the pros and cons of protecting prairie dogs. Prairie dogs
are burrowing rodents the size of rabbits that live in colonies underground in grasslands and prairies.
Their numbers have been greatly reduced over the last few decades. Dr. Masser, a local biologist,
pointed out that prairie dogs are an important part of the prairie food web, as they are prey for many
birds and mammals. Without federal protection from both the Bureau of Land Management and the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service, they could become extinct in a few years. Dr. Masser also explained that 2 of
the 5 species of prairie dogs are already listed as either threatened or endangered. Local ranchers
disagreed. Mr. Smith stated that he will continue to poison or shoot the prairie dogs on his land because
they destroy the grasses that are needed by his livestock, and he encouraged the BLM to do the same
on public lands.
(a) Explain the tragedy of the commons in general terms. Then, using the information you just read about
the prairie dog and any other relevant information, incorporate the town of Fremont’s discussion into
your explanation. (4 points)
(b) Identify and discuss one argument in favor of preserving western grasslands as habitat for prairie
dogs and one argument in favor of maintaining those grasslands for the grazing of livestock. (4 points)
(c) Identify one action that the Bureau of Land Management and one action that the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service could take to resolve this land use conflict. (2 points)