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| 8852045300 | Resource Management | The managing of resource harvesting so that resources are not depleted | 0 | |
| 8852045301 | Maximum Sustainable Yield (MSY) | The largest amount of a resource that can be used without long-term damage to the resource | 1 | |
| 8852045302 | Ecosystem-based Management | Harvesting resources in ways that minimize the impact on the ecosystems that provide them | 2 | |
| 8852045303 | Adaptive management | A customized approach to managing resources that has been developed through scientific testing | 3 | |
| 8852045304 | Even-aged | A condition in timber plantations in which all the trees are the same age | 4 | |
| 8852045305 | Uneven-aged | Forest regrowth in which the trees are different ages; occurs after selective logging | 5 | |
| 8852045306 | Clear-cutting | a method of harvesting trees in which all trees in an area are cut at once | 6 | |
| 8852045307 | Seed-tree Approach | 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. | 7 | |
| 8852045308 | Shelterwood Approach | A method of harvesting trees, in which a small number of mature trees are left in place to provide shelter for seedlings as they grow | 8 | |
| 8852045309 | Selection System | A method of harvesting trees in which only some of the trees in a forest are cut at one time | 9 | |
| 8852045310 | Deforestation | The clearing of a forest for another land use | 10 | |
| 8852045311 | Old-growth forest | A forest that has never been logged | 11 | |
| 8852045312 | Multiple use | A policy that states that the national forests must serve a number of uses (e.g., recreation, wildlife habitat, mining, grazing, and timber) | 12 | |
| 8852045313 | Monoculture | A large planting of just one kind of crop | 13 | |
| 8852045314 | Prescribed burn | The process of setting fire to an area of forest under carefully controlled conditions; also called controlled burn | 14 | |
| 8852045315 | Salvage Logging | The removal of dead trees following a natural disturbance | 15 | |
| 8852045316 | Sustainable forestry certification | A 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 to be sustainable. | 16 |
