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NALT Full

Preferred term

wildland

Type

Topic

Definition

Lands unoccupied by crops, pastures, urban, residential, industrial or transportation facilities. Lands over which man has not extended his complete and permanent domain with his bulldozers, plows and asphalt spreaders.
Source: Schwarz, Charles F.; Thor, Edward C.; Elsner, Gary H. 1976. Wildland planning glossary. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-13. Berkeley, Calif.: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Exp. Stn. 252 p.
Type: Concept definition

Broader concept

land

Related concepts

wildlife

In other languages

terreno valdío

Spanish

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/302858

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