Farming Practices
The tendency of a shared, limited resource to become depleted as people act from self-interest for short-term gain from overuse.
Tragedy of the Commons
Removing all or almost all the trees within an area and is the easiest and most economical method. May reduce biodiversity and can cause wind and water erosion on slopes.
Clear-Cutting
Lack of proper nutrition.
Malnutrition
Grazing, mining, timber, recreation.
BLM Lands (Bureau of Land Management)
Regulated overgrazing by converting to a permit system to limit the number of animals overgrazing. Is said to have been backed by BLM in order to promote grazing.
The Taylor Grazing Act of 1934
Growing two or more different crops at the same time on a plot.
Intercropping
Removes single or small numbers of trees in a given area. Allows for reseeding and younger trees planted but can only specifically target shade-tolerant species.
Selective Cutting
The condition in which food insecurity is so extreme that large numbers of deaths occur over a relatively short period.
Famine
Timber harvesting, grazing, and recreation.
USFS Lands (United States Forest Service)
Mandated an environmental assessment of all projects involving federal money or federal permits.
NEPA (National Environmental Policy Act)
Plowing fields along the curves of a slope to prevent soil loss.
Contour Plowing
Fires set under controlled conditions that help reduce risky fires and recycle biomass, avoiding build-up.
Prescribed Burns
People's ability to access sufficient, safe, nutritious food to maintain a healthy and active life.
Food Security
Recreation and conservation.
NPS Lands (National Parks Service)
A statement that outlines the scope and purpose of an architectural project, its environmental context, and environmental impacts or alternatives.
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
A way of supplying water to an area of land. Negative consequences include waterlogging and salinization.
Irrigation
An agricultural technique in which trees and vegetables are intercropped.
Agroforestry
The maximum amount that can be harvested from a resource without compromising the future availability of that resource. Can be be found halfway to carrying capacity on a growth diagram (logistic growth as s-shaped). Will insure a future population of a resource (food), but also leave enough for safe competition.
Maximum Sustainable Yield
Wildlife conservation, hunting, and recreation.
FWS Lands (Fish & Wildlife Services)
Clean Water Act