1. What is the definition of “Land Stewardship?” (hint)

Managing land usage to ensure natural systems are maintained or enhanced for future generations
Managing land usage for ecologically sensitive logging and mining.
Maintaining a "hands off" approach to managing natural resources.

2. Which of the following considered the Mohonk Preserve to be “one of the earth’s last great places” (hint)

The Sierra Club
The Nature Conservancy
Rod Blagojevich

3. Together with the Mohonk Preserve, OSI has managed development rights and land easements totaling 18,200 acres along the ridge. What is O.S.I. an acronym for? (hint)

Outdoor Science Information
Over Sight Initiative
Open Space Institute

4. What is Christian Favata’s workout program? (hint)

Riding every day and hitting the gym once or twice per week.
Putting on spandex and riding to the local coffee shop to talk about how cool he is.
A mixture of swimming, running, and bike riding.

5. Phenology is the study of plant and animal life cycles and the timing of these events in nature. These events are influenced by variations in climate. Which of the following bird species’ migration behavior at the Mohonk Preserve has been altered by global warming? (hint)

Australian Emu
Robin
Black Capped Chickadee

6. Paul Huth is the head naturalist at the Dan Smiley Research Center. Who is the center named for? (hint)

Paul Huth
Dan Smiley
Supatra Hanna

7. Hemlock trees are native to the Shawangunk Ridge. The canopy of these tall trees provides shade for streams and rivers favored by trout which breed in cool water. Global warming is allowing an insect to survive at higher elevations where it otherwise would not. It now feeds on Hemlocks free of predation and soon the tree will be absent from the ridge. What is the name of this insect? (hint)

Wooley Adelgid
Aphid
Locust

8. The Jolly Green Giant lives in which valley? (hint)

Hudson Valley
Rhododendron swamp
Happy Valley

9. Every 10 20 30 years trees are designed by nature to burn? (hint)

10. Corey & Supatra climbed High Exposure, a classic in the Gunks. The third pitch of the climb is only 60 ft but the angle is more than 90 degrees and over 200ft from the ground! Who is credited with the first ascent in 1941? (hint)

Fritz Weisner
Hans Kraus
Eric Weigeshoff