Clear cut

Clear Cut
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.
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Clear Cut
Harvesting all the trees in one area at one time, a practice that destroys vital habitat and biodiversity and encourages rainfall or snowmelt runoff, erosion, sedimentation of streams and lakes, and flooding. ...

clear cutting A forest-management technique that involves harvesting all the trees in one area at one time.

See also: Well, Particulates, Gas, Packaging, Residue