BLM, USFS, and NPS lands
are often categorized as multiple-use because they permit a wide range of public activities. On the other hand, FWS lands are often devoted to conservation, recreation, and hunting, so their public uses are more restricted.
What are classified as multiple use lands?
Multiple land use refers to
the use of land for more than one purpose
, for example, grazing of livestock, recreation and timber production. The term may also apply to the use of associated bodies of water for recreational purposes, fishing and water supply.
What are the four federal agencies that manage all federal lands?
Four agencies administer 617.5 million acres of the federal land:
the Forest Service in the Department of Agriculture, and the Bureau of Land Management, Fish and Wildlife Service, and National Park Service
, all in the Department of the Interior.
What is the multiple use policy?
The Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) of 1976, requires
“multiple use”on public lands
. This means that every American has a place on public lands – whether a hiker, camper, cattle rancher or energy producer. Our nation’s wide open spaces are available to be used in numerous ways.
Where does the maximum sustainable yield of a population usually occur?
MSY is extensively used for fisheries management. Unlike the logistic (Schaefer) model, MSY has been refined in most modern fisheries models and occurs at around
30% of the unexploited population size
.
What lands are most restricted?
Restricted-use lands include those lands managed by
the National Park Service
and the National Wilderness Preservation System. t The National Park System consists of 54 major parks. It also contains 324 other sites, including national recreation areas, monuments, battlefields, memorials, seashores, and parkways.
What is multiple use of resources?
Multiple-use natural resource management is
a way of using resources to produce more than one good or service simultaneously
. In the U.S. Forest Service this commonly implies managing national forests for such diverse ends as timber production, recreational activities, and environmental protection.
Who is responsible for federal lands?
What Is the Authority for the Federal Government to Manage Land, and What Are the Constitutional Limitations on That Authority? The Property Clause of the U.S. Constitution, Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2, gives
Congress
authority over the lands, territories, or other property of the United States.
Who is in charge of federal lands?
Federal lands are lands in the United States owned by the federal government. Pursuant to the Property Clause of the United States Constitution (Article 4, section 3, clause 2),
the Congress
has the power to retain, buy, sell, and regulate federal lands, such as by limiting cattle grazing on them.
What lands are federal?
| [hide] Federal land ownership by state (as of 2013) State | Rhode Island | Federal land acreage | 5,157 | Total state acreage | 677,120 | Percentage of federal land | 0.8% |
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What is the multiple use philosophy?
In the philosophy of mind, the multiple realizability thesis
contends that a single mental kind (property, state, event) can be realized by many distinct physical kinds
.
What is a multiple use management plan?
Multiple use is… wildland fire management.
The program includes fire suppression, preparedness, predictive services, fuels management, fire planning, community assistance and protection, prevention and education, and perhaps most significant, safety.
What is the principle of multiple use?
MUSYA defines the terms “multiple use” and “sustained yield” as follows: Multiple use –
the “management of all the various renewable surface resources of the national forests so that they are utilized in the combination that will best meet the needs of the American people
….”
How do you find maximum sustainable yield?
If stock size is maintained at half its carrying capacity
, the population growth rate is fastest, and sustainable yield is greatest (Maximum Sustainable Yield). K = unfished stock biomass at carrying capacity r = intrinsic rate of stock growth.
What is the maximum sustainable yield?
Maximum sustainable yield (or MSY) is
the maximum catch that can be extracted from a fish or other population in the long term
. Given that the term was coined before WWII, one could say that fisheries scientists thought about sustainability way before it became fashionable, but they did not have sustainability in mind.
What are some of the reasons maximum sustainable yield MSY can be difficult to estimate?
Estimation problems
.
Variability in environmental conditions
(e.g. regime shift, climate change) Species interactions that affect MSY (e.g. predation, competition). Changes in fishery operations to target different ages/sizes (e.g. shifting selectivity toward smaller/younger fish will generally reduce MSY).
