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9-12 -- Alternative Geography Assessment Items Effective Resource Management You are an administrative aid to a U.S. Senator who is very much concerned with the effective management of the nation’s natural resources. The Senator has asked you to prepare a report in which you identify criteria for evaluating the national government’s performance in terms of resource management policies. The Senator also asks you to select a specific natural resource and apply your criteria in judging the effectiveness of recent (in last 10 years) governmental policies regarding that resource. Classification: Nat. Std. 16, KS 3; State Std. 17 D