Land Use and Water Use (Pt.1)

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Across
  1. 2. An area similar to a suburb, but unconnected to any central city or densely populated area
  2. 4. The maximum amount of a renewable resource that can be harvested without compromising the future availability of that resource.
  3. 6. The belief that people should maximize use of resources, based on the greatest good for everyone
  4. 8. A large area typically planted with a single rapidly growing tree species.
  5. 9. The transformation of arable, productive land to desert or unproductive land due to climate change or destructive land use
  6. 11. A U.S. classification used to designate lands that may be used for recreation, grazing, timber harvesting, and mineral extraction
  7. 13. A federal public land managed for the primary purpose of protecting wildlife.
  8. 15. The artificial application of water to the land or soil
  9. 16. Grassland primarily used for grazing cattle
  10. 19. The cost or benefit of a good or service that is not included in the purchase price of that good or service or otherwise accounted for
  11. 20. Land dominated by trees and other woody vegetation and sometimes used for commercial logging
  12. 21. The degradation of the built and social environments of the city that often accompanies and accelerates migration to the suburbs
  13. 22. A 1973 U.S. act designed to protect species from extinction
  14. 23. A U.S. federal fund that pays for the construction and maintenance of roads and highways
  15. 24. A substance, either natural or synthetic, that kills or controls organisms that people consider pests
  16. 25. Water that moves across the land surface and into streams and rivers
Down
  1. 1. Urbanized areas that spread into rural areas, removing clear boundaries between the two
  2. 3. Removal of forests for any other land use
  3. 5. An area set aside with the intent of preserving a large tract of intact ecosystem or landscape.
  4. 7. A method of harvesting trees that involves removing all or almost all of the trees within an area.
  5. 10. Farming aquatic organisms such as fish, shellfish, and seaweeds
  6. 12. Removal of individual trees based on predetermined parameters
  7. 14. An area surrounding a metropolitan center, with a comparatively low population density
  8. 17. The tendency of a shared, limited resource to become depleted if it is not regulated in some way
  9. 18. Extraction of mineral resources from the Earth