Forest Management

The cutting down of selected trees in a forest so the growth of other trees is not affected.

• Selective Cutting
• Controlled Burn 
• Thinning
• Clear Cutting

What is prescribed burning?

• When a medicine I take makes my skin burn.
• Burning down everything in a place because they are going to put brand new stuff there.
• Something the firefighters do.
• Doing a controlled burn in a certain area to clean the forest floor and help the trees to growth.

What is silviculture?

• The study of life where the predominate vegetation is trees

• The practice of establishing, treating and reproducing forest stands possessing desired characteristics.

• The selection of the highest quality trees to maximize profits

• The removal of all trees to maximize regeneration of shade intolerant trees

A forest stand is

• all the trees that make up the forest regardless of age, species or aspect
• an area of forest where trees are uniform in age, structure and species

Forest Management includes all of the following except

• forest crops

• stands

• BMP

• goals and objectives of the forestry department

• wildlife habitats

What is aesthetic value?

• increasing value to the land

• appreciative of art or beauty

• Value due to crop producing trees

• Value due to timber production

Streamside Management zones include

• areas of land next to bodies of water

• where management practices are modified in order to protect water quality and aquatic life

• Help provide shade

• All of the above

Best Management Practices are

• the arrangement of food, water, cover and space required to meet the biological needs of animals

• the science and practice of establishing, treating and reproducing forest stands

• Common sense actions taken in order to keep soil and other pollutants out of streams and lakes

• the conversion of forest biomass into a wide variety of products

Wildlife Management includes

• the arrangement of food, water, cover and space required to meet the biological needs of animals

• the science and practice of establishing, treating and reproducing forest stands

• Common sense actions taken in order to keep soil and other pollutants out of streams and lakes

• the conversion of forest biomass into a wide variety of products

Non Point Pollution is

• Any type of pollution found in local streams or lakes

• pollution which can be traced back to a specific location

• pollution which cannot be traced back to a specific location

• a way to prevent pollution from occurring