Clearcutting

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-005219",
  "term": "Clearcutting",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. A silvicultural system in which all merchantable trees are harvested within a specified area in one operation to create an even-aged stand.\n\n2. Harvesting all the trees in one area at one time, a practice that can encourage fast rainfall or snowmelt runoff, erosion, sedimentation of streams and lakes, and flooding, and destroys vital habitat.",
  "subject": "Chemicals, toxics and pesticides",
  "references": [
    "Nonpoint Pollution Source from Forestry Glossary; NPS Forestry Glossary",
    "Federal Remediation Technologies Roundtable Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/clearcutting/"
}