Former fleet of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service

High school (ages 12+)
Animals & Nature

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/former-fleet-of-the-united-states-fish-and-wildlife-service

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the administering agency?United States Fish and Wildlife Service
2. What is the asset categories?Maritime vessels (ships, boats) and aviation assets (airplanes, helicopters)
3. What were the secret ships of wildlife protectors?They were special boats and planes that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service used to travel to many places and help animals.
4. Why did the fleet travel to places like the Great Lakes and the ocean?The fleet could reach both rivers, lakes, and faraway ocean spots so scientists could study animals everywhere.

Logistics: The detailed coordination and management of complex operations.
Ecological: Relating to the scientific study of the relationships between living organisms and their environments.
Telemetry: The process of recording and transmitting the readings of an instrument, especially for remote monitoring.