Across
- 1. (2 words) Urban areas that spread into rural areas, removing clear boundaries between the two.
- 5. (2 words) Method of harvesting that involves removing all or most of the trees in an area.
- 8. (Abbreviation) US Federal act that requires an environmental assessment of all projects involving federal money or permits.
- 10. A dry, open grassland
- 12. (2 words) Method of harvesting that involves removing single or a relatively small number of trees from among many in a forest.
- 13. (2 words) Degradation of the built and social environments of the city (often accompanied by migration to suburbs)
- 14. (2 words)
- 15. A cost or benefit of a good or service that is not included in the price.
- 16. (2 words) artificial light at night that disrupts the natural patterns of wildlife, contributes to the increase in carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere, disrupts human sleep, and obscures the stars in the night sky
Down
- 2. (2 words) A fire deliberately set under controlled conditions in order to reduce the accumulation of dead biomass on a forest floor
- 3. (2 words) A large area typically planted with a single, fast-growing tree species.
- 4. (3 words) US Classification used to designate lands that may be used for recreation, grazing, timber, harvesting and mineral extraction.
- 6. (4 words) The tendency of a shared, limited resource to become depleted due to people's self-interest.
- 7. (2 words) Principle that grants the government the power to acquire a property at a fair market value, even if the owner doesn't want to sell it.
- 9. A planning tool used to separate neighborhoods from industry and business
- 11. a local set of atmospheric conditions that differ from those in the surrounding areas, often with a slight difference but sometimes with a substantial one.