Cut-and-Fill

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-007153",
  "term": "Cut-and-Fill",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. An earth-moving process that entails excavating part of an area and using the excavated material for adjacent embankments or fill areas. [EPA Guidance for Federal Land Management in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Glossary at http://www.epa.gov/owow_keep/NPS/chesbay502/pdf/chesbay_glossary.pdf]\n\n2. Earth-moving process that entails excavating part of an area and using the excavated material for adjacent embankments or fill areas.\n\n3. An earth-moving process that entails excavating part of an area and using the excavated material for adjacent embankments or fill areas.",
  "subject": "Ecosystems",
  "references": [
    "NPS Forestry Glossary",
    "Nonpoint Pollution Source from Forestry Glossary",
    "Federal Land Management in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/cut-and-fill/"
}