Across
- 3. -a customized approach to managing resources that has been developed through scientific testing
- 7. -a method of harvesting trees in which a small number of mature and healthy seed-producing trees are left standing so they can reseed an area that has been logged
- 9. -formal recognition by an organization (e.g., the International Organization for Standardization, the Sustainable Forestry Initiative, and the Forest Stewardship Council) that a product has been produced using methods and materials the organization considers sustainable
- 10. -a condition in timber plantations in which trees are all different ages
- 12. -a condition in timber plantations in which all the trees are the same age
- 14. -the removal of dead trees following a natural disturbance
- 15. -using resources without depleting them
- 16. -a forest that has never been logged
- 17. -the large-scale plantings of a single crop
Down
- 1. -a method of harvesting trees in which a small number mature trees are left in place to provide shelter for seedlings as they grow
- 2. -harvesting resources in ways that minimize the impact on the ecosystems that provide them
- 4. -MSY; the amount of a resource that can be harvested without reducing the amount of future harvests
- 5. -clearing a forest for another land use
- 6. -a method of harvesting trees in which all trees in an area are cut at once
- 8. -a policy that states that the national forests must serve a number of uses (e.g., recreation, wildlife habitat, mining, grazing, and timber)
- 11. -the process of setting fire to an area of forest under carefully controlled conditions; also called controlled burn
- 13. -a method of harvesting trees in which only some of the trees in a forest are cut at one time