NR 250 test 1 Forestry stuff
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Organic act | provides for the managment of forest reserves |
| weeks act | purches land for protection/regulation of flow of navigable streams |
| transfer act | transfers mnagement of forest reserves to the us department of agriculture division of forestry |
| Mcsweeny-McNary Act | established inventory and monitoring act of the forest service, later focus was utilization and improvement |
| Multiple uses/sustained yield act | act that national forests need to be managed for multiple use |
| Wilderness Act | set aside 9 million acres as wilderness (humans just visitors) acreage since grown to 106 mil. |
| National Envirometal Policy Act (nepa) | requires that fed agencies consider enviromental impacts of significat managment action. It requires an (enviromental impact statement EIS. |
| resource planning act | forest service is to protect develop and enhance productivity. Encouraged-management on non federal forested land. |
| Healthy forest restoration act | reduce the threat of destructive wildfires, while upholding env standards and encouraging-early public imput during review and planning processes. |
| TIMO | timber investment managment organization. investors buy timberland as investment |
| REIT | real estate investment trust, tax designation for publicaly traded corps. that invest in real estate. Must distribute 90% of income to investors |
| FSC | forest stewardship council |
| SFI | sustainable forestry initiative |
| NIPF | Non industrial private forests, 60% of productive forest land in this country. |
| Forestry incentive program | gives incentive to NIPF landowners, to keep forest forested |
| Wisconsin MFL | encouraged sustainable forestry on private lands by providing property tax incentives to landowners. Need to follow managment plan. volentary |
| Knutsen Vandenburg Act | improve candition of harvested areas |
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