Glossary of Terms

Chemical Control

The use of pesticides and herbicides to control pests and undesirable plant species. Clear Cut: A harvest in which all or almost all of the trees are removed in one cutting.

Citizen Wilderness Proposal (CWP)

Areas that have been inventoried and proposed for Wilderness designation by citizens.

Clear Cut

A harvest in which all or almost all of the trees are removed in one cutting.

Cutting essentially all trees in a given area, which produces a fully exposed microclimate for the development of a new age class. Regeneration can be from natural seeding, direct seeding, planted seedlings, or advance reproduction. See even-aged management.

Climax

The culminating stage in plant succession for a given site. Climax vegetation is stable, self-maintaining, and self-reproducing.

Closed

Generally denotes that an area is not available for a particular use or uses; refer to specific definitions found in law, regulations, or policy guidance for application to individual programs. For example, 43 CFR 8340.0-5 sets forth the specific meaning of 'closed' as it relates to OHV use, and 43 CFR 8364 defines 'closed' as it relates to closure and restriction orders.

Coarse Filter Management

Land management that addresses the needs of all associated species, communities, environments, and ecological processes in a land area. (See fine filter management.)

Cohesive strategy

A Forest Service strategic document, formally titled Protecting People and Sustaining Resources in Fire-adapted Ecosystems: A Cohesive Strategy,that outlines how fire managers throughout the National Forest System are to prioritize their fire hazard reduction efforts. This strategy concentrates on short fire return interval forests (Fire Regimes 1 and 2).

Collaboration

A cooperative process in which interested parties, often with widely varied interests, work together to seek solutions with broad support for managing public and other lands. This may or may not involve an agency as a cooperating agency.

Collaborative Partnerships and Collaborative Stewardship

Refers to people working together, sharing knowledge and resources, to achieve desired outcomes for public lands and communities within statutory and regulatory frameworks.

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