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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Concept Breadcrumbs

Fields of Study > forestry > forest management > sort yards
Forestry, Wildland Management > forestry > forest management > sort yards
Natural Resources, Conservation, Environment > natural resource management > wildlife management > forest management > sort yards
Preferred Term:

sort yards

Definition:
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.
Concept Schemes:
NALT Full
Broader Concept:
forest management
Related Concepts:
Entry Terms:
  • log-sort yard
URI:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/282470
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RDF/XMLCreated 2016-06-28, last modified 2017-08-17