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Terms used in reference to recreational access to agricultural public land.
| Agricultural disposition | Public land under agreement for agricultural use, including:
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| Contact | A person who has been designated by the leaseholder to respond to access requests. The contact person may or may not be the leaseholder. |
| Disposition | The final legal authority for use of public land. |
| Freehold | Refers to the ownership status of a parcel of land. Freehold land is privately owned by an individual or company (not owned by the government). |
| Land Description | A standard method of identifying specific parcels of land according to the Alberta Township Survey incorporating Meridian, Ranges, Townships, Sections, or Plan, Blocks, and Lots. |
| Layers | Digital information that appears on the map as images. When using the Recreational Access Website, the appropriate box in the legend must be checked off to view the layer. |
| Metes and bounds | The description of the boundaries a parcel of land by measurement distance and natural or man-made boundaries. |
| Public Land | Provincial lands owned by the provincial government and administered under the authority of the Public Lands Act. |
| Quarter section | A square parcel of land consisting of four legal subdivisions, containing approximately 160 acres. |
| Ranges | Between the meridians are columns called ranges that are numbered in consecutive order moving westward from each meridian. |
| Recreational access management plan | Government approved plan that specifies conditions of recreational use on public land. The recreational access management plan can include a limit for the number of recreational users accessing the area and other conditions to protect the land from overuse. |
| Section | A square parcel of land consisting of four quarter sections containing approximately 640 acres. |
| Township | Rows that cross meridians and ranges, starting at the U.S. Border with #1 and ending at the Northwest Territories Border with #126. (Usually approximately 6 miles apart.) |
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