Across
- 2. Using resources without depleting them
- 4. A method of harvesting trees in which only some of the trees in a forest are cut at one time
- 8. The process of setting fire to an area of forest under carefully controlled conditions
- 9. A method of harvesting trees in which a small number of mature trees are left in place to procide shelter for seedlings as they grow
- 11. A policy that states that the national forests must serve a number of uses (eg recreation, wildlife habitat, mining, grazing, and timber)
- 12. A condition in timber plantations in which the trees are all different ages
- 13. Formal recognition by an organization that a product has been produced using methods and materials the organization considers to be sustainable
- 16. A customized approach to managing resources that has been developed through scientific testing
- 17. A method of harvesting trees in which all trees in an area are cut at once
Down
- 1. The amount of resources that can be harvested without reducing the amount of future harvests
- 3. Clearing a forest for another land use
- 5. Harvesting resources in ways that minimize the impact on the ecosystems that provide them
- 6. A forest that has never been logged
- 7. The large-scale plantings of a single crop
- 10. 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
- 14. A condition in timber plantations in which all the trees are the same age
- 15. The removal of dead trees following a natural occurrence
