Natural Resource Management Flashcards
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What federal agency manages the National Forest System in the United States?
Answer: US Forest Service
The US Forest Service, part of the USDA, manages the 193-million-acre National Forest System.
What is the primary goal of sustainable yield management in forestry?
Answer: Harvest resources at a rate that allows for natural replenishment
Sustainable yield management ensures resources are harvested at rates that allow natural regeneration to maintain long-term productivity.
Which term describes managing multiple resources on public lands simultaneously, such as recreation, grazing, and timber?
Answer: Multiple-use management
Multiple-use management balances various uses such as recreation, grazing, timber, and wildlife habitat on the same public land.
What is a watershed?
Answer: An area of land that drains precipitation to a common water body
A watershed is the land area that collects and channels precipitation to a common outlet such as a stream, river, or lake.
Which practice involves planting trees in an area where no forest previously existed to create new forest cover?
Answer: Afforestation
Afforestation is the process of establishing a forest in an area that had no previous tree cover, distinct from reforestation which restores a lost forest.
What does the term 'carrying capacity' refer to in natural resource management?
Answer: The maximum population size an environment can sustainably support
Carrying capacity is the maximum population size that an environment can sustain indefinitely given available food, water, habitat, and other resources.