Visualizing Environmental Science

Stephen Sharnoff/NG Image Collection a. Aerial view of a large patch of clear-cut forest in British Columbia, Canada. Clear-cutt ...

Brazil Indonesia Congo India Ba sed on Goode Ba se Map ( S.R. Eyre 1968) EPA/Newscom NRSC/Photo Researchers, Inc. Mattias Klum/N ...

328 CHAPTER 13 Land Resources Oliver Berg Deut sch Pre ss e Agentur/New sCom The Forest Stewardship Council ecologically certifi ...

332 CHAPTER 13 Land Resources are under economic pressure to subdivide the land and develop tracts for housing or shopping malls ...

Peter Essick / Aurora Photos and are dominated by coniferous evergreen trees such as spruce, fir, cedar, and hemlock. The boreal ...

Steve Smith/Superstock Rangelands LEARNING OBJECTIVES Rangeland Degradation and Desertification Grasses, the predominant vegetat ...

330 CHAPTER 13 Land Resources follow loggers’ access roads until they find a suitable spot. They cut down trees and allow them t ...

occurs in conjunction with overgrazing, once-fertile rangeland may be converted to desert as reduced grass cover allows winds to ...

Brazil Indonesia Congo India Ba sed on Goode Ba se Map ( S.R. Eyre 1968) EPA/Newscom NRSC/Photo Researchers, Inc. Mattias Klum/N ...

Rangelands 335 species. Most livestock operators use public rangelands in a way that results in their overall improvement. Issue ...

332 CHAPTER 13 Land Resources are under economic pressure to subdivide the land and develop tracts for housing or shopping malls ...

336 CHAPTER 13 Land Resources National Parks and Wilderness Areas LEARNING OBJECTIVES Programme identifies more than 3500 nation ...

Steve Smith/Superstock Rangelands LEARNING OBJECTIVES Rangeland Degradation and Desertification Grasses, the predominant vegetat ...

Great Smoky Mountains (North Carolina, Tennessee) Grand Canyon (Arizona) Yosemite (California) Yellowstone (Wyoming, Montana, Id ...

occurs in conjunction with overgrazing, once-fertile rangeland may be converted to desert as reduced grass cover allows winds to ...

338 CHAPTER 13 Land Resources Tom Murphy/NG Image Collection authorized the U.S. government to set aside federally owned land th ...

Rangelands 335 species. Most livestock operators use public rangelands in a way that results in their overall improvement. Issue ...

National Parks and Wilderness Areas 339 Canada U.S.A Mexico Alaska Kevin Schafer/Alamy James Schwabel/Alamy Rich Reid /NG Image ...

336 CHAPTER 13 Land Resources National Parks and Wilderness Areas LEARNING OBJECTIVES Programme identifies more than 3500 nation ...

James P. Blair/NG Image Collection Some of the goals of the wise-use movement include the following: Put all national forests, ...