Concept information
Preferred term
USDA/FS/FRM
Definition
- The overriding objective of the Forest Service's forest management program is to ensure that the National Forests are managed in an ecologically sustainable manner. The National Forests were originally envisioned as working forests with multiple objectives: to improve and protect the forest, to secure favorable watershed conditions, and to furnish a continuous supply of timber for the use of citizens of the United States. Forest management objectives have since expanded and evolved to include ecological restoration and protection, research and product development, fire hazard reduction, and the maintenance of healthy forests. Guided by law, regulation, and agency policy, Forest Service forest managers use timber sales, as well as other vegetation management techniques such as prescribed fire, to achieve these objectives. Website: "http://www.fs.fed.us/forestmanagement/index.shtml" [Summary provided by the USDA Forest Service.] (en)
Broader concept
- USDA (en)
URI
https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/kms/concept/e6adc0be-c06c-41a9-bc56-41b4b9a57548
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