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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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Wildfire
An unwanted wildland fire. Any wildland fire that is not a prescribed fire.
Wildland
Land other than that dedicated for other uses such as agriculture, urban...
Wildland fire
A lightning- or human-caused fire that is either being suppressed or, if...
Wildland fire use
The management of naturally ignited wildland fires to accomplish specifi...
Wildland Fire Use (WFU)
The management of naturally-ignited wildland fires to accomplish specifi...
Wildland Fire Used for Resource Benefit (WFURB)
A lightning-caused wildland fire that is allowed to burn because it meet...
Wildland-urban interface
The line, area, or zone where structures and other human development mee...
wildlife habitat diversity
The distribution and abundance of different plant and animal communities...
windthrow
Trees uprooted by wind.
wood fiber production
The growing, tending, harvesting, and regeneration of harvestable trees
woodland products
Harvestable items from pinyon-juniper woodlands. These include fuelwood,...
Yarder
A machine for cable logging consisting of a system of power-operated win...
yarding
Moving the cut trees from where they fell to a centralized place (landin...
ZOI (Zone of Influence)
The area influenced by Forest Service management activities
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