首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
Exactly what a public forest is and how the public should be able to use it has been debated since the National Forests were fir
Exactly what a public forest is and how the public should be able to use it has been debated since the National Forests were fir
admin
2018-01-26
35
问题
Exactly what a public forest is and how the public should be able to use it has been debated since the National Forests were first formed in 1905. Since then, the U. S. Forest Service has been allowing timber, mining, ranching, and recreational interests to use the forests as a resource. In fact, the Forest Service, which manages 34 million acres of wilderness across the country, is part of the Department of Agriculture. Since the government perpetuated the concept of nature as a user-friendly commodity, you might say that it missed the forest for the trees.
For the last 27 years, the rest of the nation—both public and private—has been working to comply with the landmark Endangered Species Act, but the U. S. Forest Service has paid little attention to the wildlife under its care: sometimes due to a lack of funds, sometimes a lack of information , sometimes a lack of will. For the forests in Southern California, however, this is changing. A little known regional environmental group, the Center for Biological Diversity, brought a lawsuit two years ago that has forced the Forest Service to face the Endangered Species Act and comply with it. Assuming the agency is able, all the life in the forest, from Smith’s blue butterfly to the cattle rancher to the intrepid backpacker, will be affected.
In the Los Padres Forest alone, which spans almost two million acres, as many as 11.6 million people have been allowed to troop in each year during the summer months, unknowingly disrupting a fragile ecosystem essential to the health of the forest they have come to enjoy. Even the rugged packers in the backcountry, mostly nature-lovers at heart, have disturbed the breeding of the red-legged frog and arroyo as they camped, with permission, along shallows.
Invasive species aside from humans pose problems as well. Bullfrogs originally from the Eastern U. S. are munching red-legged frogs and arroyo toads, as are the warm water non-native fish species like small-mouthed bass and blue gill. Fragile native plants are being crowded out by pampas grass and other non-natives in the majority of the meadows. One of the most dangerous invaders of Southern California is the cowbird, also an East Coast native, which has been wreaking havoc on native avian species across the country. Cowbirds have the offensive but biologically useful trait of laying eggs in others’ nests, leaving the host parents to rear its big, hungry young. Often the baby cowbird hatches first and develops faster at the expense of its foster parents’ offspring.
Temporary emergency measures adopted in January 1999 to address these problems closed four campgrounds in the Ojai Ranger District from sunset to sunrise to protect the arroyo toad. In the Monterey district, fencing and grazing use were limited for the benefit of steel head.
The final settlement on March 1 of the Center for Biological Diversity suit stipulated another set of protections, largely benefiting the California condor. Poisonous ethylocol-based antifreeze was banned, requirements for anti-perching devices on communication sites went into effect, and bird-safe power lines must be installed.
Questions 66 to 70
Answer the following questions with the information given in the passage.
What made the Forest Service comply with the Endangered Species Act?
选项
答案
A lawsuit by the Center for Biological Diversity.
解析
(文章第二段提到A little known regional environmental group,the Center for Biological Diversity,…to face the Endangered Species Act and comply with it.即在两年前,the Center for Biological Diversity起诉了这个森林服务机构,因而不得不使这个服务机构遵从这项议案。)
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/mE8K777K
本试题收录于:
B类竞赛(英语专业本科专科)题库大学生英语竞赛(NECCS)分类
0
B类竞赛(英语专业本科专科)
大学生英语竞赛(NECCS)
相关试题推荐
Inmostautomobilefactories,even______assemblylineproductionisnowcomputerguidedformoreefficientmanufacturingandinv
Ifyoufollowthesequenceinthefiveclocksabove,whattimeshouldthesixthclockgive?
Chinaonlystarteditsnuclearpowerindustryinrecentyears,andshould______notimeincatchingup.
Aresearchersaysleadintheenvironmentcouldbeamajorcauseofviolencebyyoungpeople.DoctorHerbertNeedlemanisa【21】_
ATTENTIONHOMEOWNERS!Thefederalgovernmentwantstohelpyourepairandremodelyourhome.Regardlessofhowlongyouha
AWorldofDifferenceWithinhoursoftheeventsofSeptember11,headlinewriters,expertsandpoliticiansagreedononeth
resent,calm,obvious,indetail,resolve,satisfy,involve,prefer,allowfor,outcome,accordingto,inspirePsycholo
Whatdoyoudoifyoudon’tgetintoyourfirst-choiceuniversity?This【D1】______facesthousandsofBritishstudentseveryyear.
WhatdidAdrianandhiswifedointheirEasterholidays?
Thoughportrayedas【D1】______inmovies,criminalsin【D2】______areinconceivablystupid.Belowarethreestoriesaboutthem:Cou
随机试题
按照能力的倾向划分,可将能力分为一般能力和
对以下描述正确的是()。
关于专有信息和保密信息的内容,下列表述错误的是()。
在教学设计的学习者分析过程中,最需要分析的因素是()。
利用三颗位置适当的地球同步卫星,可使地球赤道上任意两点之间保持无线电通讯。目前,地球同步卫星的轨道半径约为地球半径的6.6倍。假设地球的自转周期变小,若仍仅用三颗同步卫星来实现上述目的,则地球自转周期的最小值约为()。
下列诗(词)句与抒情话语的修辞方式,对应恰当的一项是()。
钱穆先生在《国史新论》中说:“汉代宰相是首长制,唐代宰相是委员制。”造成这一现象的原因主要是()的实行。
A、 B、 C、 A
A、NorthernandsouthernEurope.B、AsiaandEasternEurope.C、Ireland,GermanyandWesternEurope.D、AfricanandotherpartsofA
Whoeverhasskillsshouldbeproperlytreatedandrewarded______hiseducationalbackground.
最新回复
(
0
)