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clear-cut
(redirected from clear-cuts)

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clear-cut
clear and certain, so that there is no doubt about something. She has clear-cut evidence that the company cheated her. The link between alcohol and crime is clear-cut.

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Mountaintop removal mining begins with forest clear-cuts, and utilizes explosives to blast off the tops of mountain peaks.
In defense of mountains: on the frontlines against destructive mining by Bowe, Rebecca / E
Even before the 1995 rider, salvage sales had big bonuses: Because, in theory, dead and dying trees need to be harvested quickly, the sales had an expedited review process; they were exempt from a number of environmental restrictions, like prohibitions against logging in environmentally sensitive areas; salvage clear-cuts had no size limits, whereas clear-cuts of green trees were limited to 40 acres; and the agency got to keep all proceeds from salvage sales.
Dead wood by Hodges, Glenn / Washington Monthly
Clear-cuts larger than 10 acres are uncommon, and early large clear-cuts have been reforested.
ECOLOGICAL STUDY REVEALS DAMAGE TO SIERRA RANGE by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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