APES Chapter 12 Flashcards
Forest
any ecosystem with a high density of trees
Deforestation
the clearing and loss of forests
Primary Forest
natural forest, uncut by people
Secondary Forest
a forest that has smaller trees, types of species, and nutrient balance are different from a primary forest
Concession
the right to extract the resource
Forestry (silviculture)
the professional management of forests
Resource management
our use of strategies to manage and regulate the harvest of renewable resources
Maximum sustainable yield
maximum amount of extraction without depleting the resource from one harvest to the next
Ecosystem-based management
manage resource harvesting so as to minimize impact on the ecosystems and ecological processes that provide the resource
Adaptive management
systematically changing and testing different approaches and aiming to improve methods through time
National forest
77 million ha of preserved forest across the US
Even-aged
when all trees are the same age
Uneven-aged
mixed ages
Clear-cutting
all trees in an area are cut, leaving only stumps
Multiple use
the national forests were to be managed for recreation, wildlife habitat, mineral extraction, and various other uses
National Forest Management Act
a law that mandates that every national forest must draw up plans for renewable resource management
New forestry
timber cuts that seemed like natural disturbances
Wildland-urban interface
placing homing on the edges of forests-more fire-prone situations
prescribed burns/controlled burns
burning areas of the fires under carefully controlled conditions
Salvage logging
removal of dead trees following a natural disturbance
Sustainable forest certification
a certification by the FSC that the way that they log is sustainable
National parks
publicly held lands protected from resource extraction and development but open to nature appreciation and various forms of recreation
National Wildlife Refuge
an area set aside as a haven for wildlife
Wilderness areas
areas where development is off limits and hiking, natural study, and low-impact recreation is allowed
