Forestry and Resource Management

The Healthy Forests Restoration Act

• encourages salvage logging and prescribed burning on national forest land.

• requires that timber companies produce certified wood from national forest land.

• does not require environmental impact statements for logging on national forest land.

• requires adaptive management on national forest land.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Prescribed burns are fires that

• are caused by lightning.

• are set by humans.

• never get out of control.

• increase the risk of injury.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

The removal of snags following a fire is called

• monoculture.

• prescribed burning.

• salvage logging.

• sustainable forestry.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Some tree plantations resemble a natural forest that

• has been adaptively managed.

• contains uneven-aged stands.

• has never been harvested.

• has been clear-cut.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

In what part of a forest would you expect to find squirrel nests?

• snag

• understory

• subcanopy

• forest floor

Which approach to resource management aims to harvest resources in ways that minimize impact on the ecosystem and processes that provide the resource?

• maximum sustainable yield

• ecosystem-based management

• adaptive management

• watershed management

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-3

NGSS.HS-ESS3-4

NGSS.HS-LS2-7

A renewable resource is harvested sustainably if

• the amount of replacement is less than the amount harvested.

• the amount of replacement is equal to the amount harvested.

• soil erosion is prevented.

• replacing trees costs less than harvesting trees

The percentage of Earth’s land surface covered by forests

• 15.

• 30.

• 50.

• 75.

One disadvantage of the selection system of timber harvesting is that it

• produces a monoculture.

• produces even-aged stands.

• is more dangerous for loggers.

• causes soil erosion.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

The National Forest Management Act

• requires plans for national forests that follow multiple use and maximum sustainable yield guidelines.

• requires plans for national forests that follow multiple use and ecosystem-based management guidelines

• encourages prescribed burning as a means of protecting national forests.

• promotes the removal of small trees and underbrush by timber companies