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NALT Concept Space
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Concept information

  1. Fields of Study
  2. forestry
  3. forest management
  4. sort yards
  1. Forestry, Wildland Management
  2. forestry
  3. forest management
  4. sort yards
  1. Natural Resources, Conservation, Environment
  2. natural resource management
  3. wildlife management
  4. forest management
  5. sort yards

Preferred term

sort yards

Type

  • Topic

Definition

  • Information A temporary location where logs from the forests or timber cutting sites are received and sorted on the basis of tree species, wood grades, wood types, size of logs etc., before being delivered to specialized manufacturing facilities.

    Source: NAL Thesaurus Staff

    Type: Concept definition

Broader concept

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Synonyms

  • log-sort yard

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URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/282470

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