Unit 7: Other Land Use Part 1

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Across
  1. 2. fire that only burns underbrush and is beneficial to the forest
  2. 7. fire that smolders underground and is hard to put out
  3. 8. depletion or degradation of shared/public resources for personal gain
  4. 9. for all projects receiving federal money or permits an environmental assessment must be conducted
  5. 10. strategies that develop sustainable communitites
  6. 12. when cities physically and socially fall apart as a result of more people migrating to the suburbs
  7. 15. Large expanses of undeveloped land covered mostly with grasses or brush suitable for grazing livestock but too dry to farm
  8. 16. federal agency in charge of recreation and conservation of wildlife/habitat
Down
  1. 1. federal agency in charge of grazing, mining, some forestry and recreation
  2. 2. growth forest resulting from natural secondary succession
  3. 3. fire that spreads rapidly in underbrush and treetops making it the most damaging
  4. 4. growth forest that has not been seriously disturbed in years
  5. 5. when urban areas expand outward into rural surroundings
  6. 6. land degradation severe enough that land becomes a desert
  7. 11. parks and large areas of forest left in and around developments
  8. 13. federal agency in charge of forestry, grazing and recreation
  9. 14. cities create a microclimate, making them warmer than rural areas