TERM 1
Wilderness Act of 1964
DEFINITION 1
Est. a National Wilderness Preservation System "where the
earth and its community of life are untrammedled by man,
where man himself is a visitor wo does not remain."
TERM 2
Endangered Species Act of 1973
DEFINITION 2
Provided for the conservation, protection, and propagation of
native species of fish and wildlife, including migratory birds
that are threatened with extinction.
TERM 3
Bernard Fernow
DEFINITION 3
Stdied forestry in Prussia and followed Franklin Hough as
chief of the Division of Forestry in the USDA.
TERM 4
Multiple-Use, Sustained-Yield Act of 1960
DEFINITION 4
Authorized and directs that the National Forests be managed
under principles of multiple use, and provides statutory
definitions of multiple use and sustained yield. " ...that the
National Forests are est. for outdoor recreation, range,
timber, watersed, and wildlife and fish purposes."
TERM 5
National Forest Management Act of 1976
DEFINITION 5
This Act repealed the restrictive limitations on timber cutting
in the Organic Act of 1897, est. broad guidelines for
silvicultural practices; and requires the Forest Service to
prepare comprehensive interdisciplinary forest plans at ten-
year intervals.
