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Chapter 01 – Studying; Information Sources; Science and Reasoning; Advocacy; and Conservation

Hafa Adai

Tirow Wóómi

Saipan

Rota

Tinian

Alamagan

Belau

Chuuk

Pohnpei

Yap

Kusaie

Majuro

Guam

Active Reading

Active listener

Research

Notes

Notebook

Field trips

Mechanical pencil

Library

Card catalogue

Computerized database

On-line card catalogue

Library of Congress system

Dewey Decimal system

Pure sciences

Applied sciences

Science journals

The Internet

Surfing the Internet

Civics

History

Law

Anthropology

Sociology

Geography

Economics

Education

Engineering

Astronomy

Physics

Chemistry

Geology

Biology

Botany

Zoology

Mayor

Resident Director

Governor

Lieutenant Governor

Coastal Resources Management

CRM

Division of Environmental Quality

DEQ

Department of Lands and Natural Resources

DLNR

Division of Fish and Wildlife

DFW

Department of Public Works

DPW

Historic Preservation Office

HPO

Commonwealth Utilities Corporation

CUC

Forestry Section

Division of Plant Industry

Department of Commerce

DOC

Northern Marianas College Research, Extension, and Education Services Program

CREES

Department of Public Land

DPL

US President

US Vice President

US Cabinet

US Environmental Protection Agency

USEPA

US Fish and Wildlife Service

USFWS

US Army Corps of Engineers

US ACOE

US Natural Resources Conservation Service

US NRCS

US Forest Service

USFS

US Geological Survey

(USGS)

USGS Water Resources Division

USGS Biological Resources Division

US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

US NOAA

US NOAA/National Marine Fisheries Service

US NMFS

US NOAA Office of Oceans and Coastal Resources Management

US NOAA/OCRM

US Coast Guard

USCG

US Federal Emergency Management Agency

US FEMA

US National Park Service

US NPS

US Bureau of Land Management

US BLM

Private firms

Discovery

Scientific Method

Roger Bacon (1214-1294)

England

France

University of Paris

Ancient Greece

Ancient Rome

Knowledge

Superstitious beliefs

Repeatable results

Reproducible results

Demonstrations

Explanations

Hypothesis

Prove

Disprove

Theory

Revised hypothesis

Scientific article

Publish

Science

Faith

Observable

Testable

Knowledge

Dogma

Central Belief System

Anthropologist

Predict

Prediction

Experiments

Variables

Control

Data

Record

Datum

Statistics

Graphing

Scientific Fact

Scientific Law

Scientific Theory

Universal Law of Gravity

Sir Issac Newton

Principia Mathematica

Albert Einstein

General Theory of Relativity

Physicist

Gravity

Peer Review

Journal

Editor

Editorial Review Board

Logical Reasoning

Logic

Argument

Conclusion

Premise

Fallacies

Deductive Reasoning

Inductive Reasoning

Survey

Sample

Inference

Statistics

Statistical Reasoning

Surviving Hypothesis

President Theodore Roosevelt

26^th President of the United States

Clear Cut Logging

Deforested countrysides

Sustainable Resource Management

Parks

Wilderness Areas

Yellowstone National Park

Gifford Pinchot

Bureau of Forestry

Sustainable

Ranger

Hunting license

Fishing license

Bag limit

Extinction

Endangered Species

President Franklin D. Roosevelt

32^nd President of the United States

Soil Conservation Service

Environmental Movement

Silent Spring

Rachel Carson

American Bald Eagle

Haliaeetus leucocephalus

Smog

Smog alerts

Cuyahoga River

Ohio

Love Canal

Clean Air Act

Clean Water Act

Endangered Species Act

Los Angeles, California

Superfund

Arizona

Utah

Nevada

California

Hawaii

American Samoa

Wyoming

Montana

Washington

Alaska

President Jimmy Carter

39^th President of the United States

President Ronald Reagan

40^th President of the United States

Environmentalist

Redwood tree

Wise Use Movement

US Secretary of the Interior James Watt

Roll back of legal protections

Political will

Capital improvement funds

Tax levels

Immigration policy

Land use control

Marianas Mallard

Brown treesnake

Sewage

Micro Beach

Administrative order

Puerto Rico Shoreline dump

Zoning

Saipan Zoning Law

Petition campaign

Luta

Natural Resource Conservation Area

Ecotourism

Governor Pedro P. Tenorio

Governor Juan N. Babauta

Governor Benigno R. Fitial

Paseo de Marianas

Garapan. Saipan

Adult-oriented business

Poker parlors

Auto repair shop

Nonconforming land use

Conservation officers

Sniffer dog program

Marine Conservation Area

Right thing to do

Economics

Cost/Benefit Analysis

Direct cost

Secondary cost

Cumulative cost

Education

Psychologist

Educators

Think globally, act locally

Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle

Kill it and call

Infrastructure

Environmental Impact Assessment

EIA’s

Engineering

Mitigate

Resource Management

Resources

Supplies

Island Resources

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