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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Natural Resources, Conservation, Environment > natural resources > land resources > US National Forest System
Preferred Term:

US National Forest System

Definition:
A nationally significant system of Federally owned units of forest, range, and related land consisting of national forests, purchase units, national grasslands, land utilization project areas, experimental forest areas, experimental range areas, designated experimental areas, other land areas, water areas, and interests in lands that are administered by the USDA Forest Service or designated for administration through the Forest Service. Also see Section 11 of Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (P.L. 93-378, 88 Stat. 476, 16 U.S.C. 1609).
Concept Schemes:
NALT Full
Broader Concept:
land resources
Related Concepts:
URI:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/105882
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RDF/XMLCreated 2007-11-15, last modified 2012-11-30