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23 Cards in this Set
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Deforestation |
theclearing and loss of forests |
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Primary Forest |
natural forest uncut by people |
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Secondary Forest |
contains second growth tress |
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Resource Management |
describes our use of strategies to manage and regulate the harvest of potentially renewable resources |
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Maximum Sustainable Yield |
to achieve the maximum amount of resource extraction without depleting the resource from one harvest to the next |
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Ecosystem Based Management |
Minimizes impact on the ecological processes that provide the resource |
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Adaptive Management |
Involves systematically testing different approaches and aiming to improve methods though time |
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National Forest |
Public lands consisting of 191 million acres in many tracts spread across all but a few states |
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Clear Cutting |
a timber harvesting method where all trees in an area are cut at once |
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National Forest Act |
Mandates that each national forest draws up plans for renewable resource management, based on the concepts of multiple use and sustainable development and subject to broad public participation |
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Roadless Rule |
A 2001 Clinton administration executive order that put 31% of national forest land off-limits to road construction or maintenance |
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Wildland-urban Interface |
Federal land that is designated off limits to development of any kind but is open to public recreation such as hiking, nature study, and other activities that have minimal impact on the land |
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Prescribed Burns |
the practice of burning areas of forest or grassland under carefully controlled conditions to improve the health of ecosystems, return them to a more natural state, and help prevent uncontrolled catastrophic fires |
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salvage logging |
the removal of dead trees following a natural disturbance. Although it may be economically beneficial, salvage lodging can be ecologically destructive, because the dead trees provide food and shelter for a variety of insects and wildlife and because removing timber from recently burned land can cause severe erosion and damage to soil. |
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sustainable forest certification |
A form of ecolabeling that identifies timber products that have been produced using sustainable methods. The Forest Stewardship Council and several other organizations issue such certification. |
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National Parks |
A scenic area set aside for recreation and enjoyment by the public. |
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National Wildlife Refuge |
An area set aside to serve as a haven for wildlife and also sometimes to encourage hunting, fishing, wildlife observation, photography, environmental education, and other public uses |
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Wilderness Areas |
Federal land that is designated off-limits to development of any kind but is open to public recreation, such as hiking, nature study, and other activities that have minimal impact on the land |
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Biosphere Reserves |
A tract of land with exceptional biodiversity that couples preservation with sustainable development to benefit local people |
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Land Trusts |
A private organization, generally local or regional, that preserves lands valued by its members. |
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Edge Effects |
In impact on organism, populations, or communities that results because conditions along the edge of a habitat fragment differ from conditions in the interior |
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SLOSS Dilemma |
the debate over whether it is better to make reserves large in size and few in number or many in number but small in size |
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Corridors |
A passageway of protected land established to allow animals to travel between islands of protected habitat
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