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Here is a glossary to help understand the terminology that land use agencies like to use. Compiled by John Stewart with edits from our volunteers and staff.
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Best Management Practices (BMP)
A suite of techniques that guide, or may be applied to, management actio...
Big Game
Large mammals, such as deer, elk, and antelope that are hunted for sport.
Biological Control
The use of natural means to control unwanted pests. Examples include int...
Biological Diversity
The number and abundance of species found within a common environment. T...
Biomass
The total weight of all living organisms in a biological community.
Biome
The complex of living communities maintained by the climate of a region ...
Biota
The plant and animal life of a particular region.
Biotic
Living. Green plants and soil microorganisms are biotic components of ec...
Board Foot
A measurement term for lumber or timber. It is the amount of wood contai...
Broadcast Burn
A prescribed fire that burns a designated area. These controlled fires c...
Browse
Twigs, leaves, and young shoots of trees and shrubs that animals eat. Br...
Buffer
A land area that is designated to block or absorb unwanted impacts to th...
Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
Federal land management agency established by Federal Lands Policy Manag...
CA
Conservation Agreement
Cable Logging
Logging that involves the transport of logs from stump to collection poi...
Canopy
The part of any stand of trees represented by the tree crowns. It usuall...
Categorical Exclusion (CX or CE)
A category of actions (identified in agency guidance) that do not indivi...
Cavity
A hole in a tree often used by wildlife species, usually birds, for nest...
CEQ
Council on Environmental Quality
CFR
Code of Federal Regulations
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