1st Annual Competition Each Contracting Firm & CVS Staff by Michael Lee June 10, 2009

Rules Number a paper from Please put away your binders, papers, computers. Compete for the glory of winning –or defeating the CVS staff Once we move on to a new question, please do not go back and change or fill in an old question. CVS staff may get different questions. Kevin can be the judge on ambiguous answers Honor system.

#1 #1 Contracting Firms: What is the URL of the CVS website? #1 CVS: What is the URL of the EEP website?

#2 When do you NOT measure ddh for a planted stem?

#3 #3 Contracting Firms: Name 4 required fields for level 1-2 plot datasheets not including fields related to geocoordinates or plot name (project, team, plot). #3 CVS Staff: How many unique datasheet pages do we have in our most recent set of datasheets?

#4 What do VMD and VBD stand for?

#5 #5 Firms: Name at least one of the authors of the major Flora of the southeast published in #5 CVS Staff: Who won all 4 men's tennis grand slam events in 1969? Hint: it is NOT the same person!!!

#6 #6 Firms: What is the current preferred taxonomic standard, with date? #6 CVS Staff: Name 4 contracting firms currently in EEP's on-call list.

#7 How long (maximally) do you have between installation and VBD?

#8 When does year 1 VMD sampling occur?

#9 #9 Firms: What is the name of CVS level-5 plot excursion that occurs 2-3 times per year? #9 CVS: Name 2 out of the 3 plans and drawings before monitoring listed on the EEP Projects Spreadsheet.

#10 #10 Firms: How big is an are? #10 CVS Staff: Name the city in Wisconsin whose name is three words, but <=10 total letters.

#11 #11 Firms: What is our preferred date format? Give today's date in that format as an example. #11 CVS: What is the average high- temperature from June-August of Columbia SC (+/- 2 deg F)? Is it higher or lower than Austin, TX?

#12 What does the "R" source code stand for on the planted woody stems datasheet?

#13 #13 Firms: Name 3 damage categories on the Planted Woody Stems datasheet, excluding animals. #13 CVS: Name the three orders of the mammals listed in the damage categories.

#14 #14 Firms: List the 3 unknown species scenarios #14 CVS: What is the name of the device that controls how much (or if) water flows to a waterwheel on a mill?

#15 What values would you fill in on the Planted Woody Stems datasheet for ddh, Height, and DBH for this plant (green=alive): ground 1.9 cm 1.31m 2.76m 1.4 cm1.2 cm 3.75m

#16 #16 Firms: Where does the cursor go on the Planted Woody Stems form when you press on your keyboard? #16 CVS: What is the diagonal distance on a 10m x 10m plot?

The answers…

#1 ANSWER #1 Contracting Firms: What is the URL of the CVS website? –cvs.bio.unc.edu – gets you the drug storewww.cvs.com #1 CVS: What is the URL of the EEP website? –

#2 ANSWER When do you NOT measure ddh for a planted stem? If height is >2.5m AND for Live-Stakes

#3 ANSWER #3 Contracting Firms: Name 4 required fields for level 1- 2 plot datasheets not including fields related to geocoordinates or plot name (project, team, plot) –Plot leader, start date, taxonomic standard (with date), state, EEP reach, X-axis bearing, plot size, post coordinates #3 CVS Staff: How many unique datasheet pages do we have in our most recent set of datasheets? –10: Plot (levels 1-2), Plot (3), Plot x 2 (4-5), Planted Stems (1-2), Planted Stems x Natural Stems Hybrid (2), Natural Stems (2-3), Natural Stems (4-5), Cover (3-4), Cover (5)

#4 ANSWER What do VMD and VBD stand for? Vegetation Monitoring Data Vegetation Baseline Data

#5 ANSWER #5 Firms: Name at least one of the authors of the major Flora of the southeast published in –Radford, Ahles, Bell #5 CVS-EEP Staff: Who won all 4 men's tennis grand slam events in 1969? –Rod Laver

#6 ANSWER #6 Firms: What is the current preferred taxonomic standard (with date?) –Weakley 2006 #6 CVS-EEP Staff: Name 4 contracting firms. –Axiom Environmental, Inc. –Confluence Engineering, PC –Ecological Engineering, LLP –EcoScience Corporation, a Division of PBS&J –Equinox Environmental Consultation and Design, Inc. –Jordan, Jones & Goulding, Inc. –KCI Associates of North Carolina, PA –Kimley-Horn & Associates, Inc. –Ko & Associates, PC –Land Management Group, Inc. –MACTEC Engineering and Consulting, Inc. –Michael Baker Engineering, Inc. –Mulkey, Inc. –Robert J. Goldstein & Associates, Inc. –Stantec Consulting Services, Inc. –Tetra Tech, Inc. –Ward Consulting Engineers, PC –Wildlands Engineering, Inc. –Wolf Creek Engineering, PLLC

#7 ANSWER How long (maximally) do you have between installation and VBD? 60 days

#8 ANSWER When does year 1 VMD sampling occur? September

#9 ANSWER #9 Firms: What is the name of CVS level-5 plot excursion that occurs 2-3 times per year? Pulse #9 CVS: Name 2 out of the 3 plans and drawings before monitoring listed on the EEP Projects Spreadsheet. Restoration Plan, Mitigation Plan, As-built Drawing

#10 ANSWER #10 Firms: How big is an are? 100 sq. meters I will also accept 1, sq. feet 1/100 hectare! #10 CVS Staff: Name the city in Wisconsin whose name is three words, but <=10 total letters. Fond du Lac

#11 ANSWER #11 Firms: What is our preferred date format? Give today's date in that format as an example. DD-MMM-YYYY 10-JUN-2009 #11 CVS: What is the average high-temperature from June-August of Columbia SC (+/- 2 deg F)? Is it higher or lower than Austin, TX? Columbia: 93 deg F Austin: 94 deg F lower, but not by much!

#12 ANSWER What does the "R" source code stand for on the planted woody stems datasheet? bare Root

#13-Firms ANSWER Name 3 damage categories on the Planted Woody Stems datasheet, excluding animals. Removal Cut Mowing Beaver Deer Rodents (presumably other than Beaver) Insects Game Livestock Other/Unknown animal Human Trampled Site too wet Site too dry Flood Drought Storm Hurricane Diseased Vine Strangulation

13-CVS ANSWER #13 CVS: Name the three mammalian orders of the mammals listed in the damage categories. Rodentia (Beaver, Rodents) Artiodactyla (Deer) Primata (Humans)

#14 ANSWER #14 Firms: List the 3 unknown species scenarios Genus/Family sp. DONTKNOW Unknown #14 CVS: What is the name of the device that controls how much (or if) water flows to a waterwheel on a mill? sluice gate

#15 ANSWER What values would you fill in on the Planted Woody Stems datasheet for ddh, Height, and DBH for this plant (green=alive): ground 1.9 cm 1.31m 2.76m 1.4 cm1.2 cm 3.75m ddh=(blank) as height is >=250 cm Height=270 (binned down from 276 cm) DBH=1 (binned down to 1 from 1.4) I actually got this one wrong at first and had to correct it!

#16 ANSWER #16 Firms: Where does the cursor go on the Planted Woody Stems form when you press on your keyboard? Next row, first column [species name] #16 CVS: What is the diagonal distance on a 10m x 10m plot? m (I will accept 14.14m also)