Which best describes reclamation? the planting of trees to reestablish forest lands the protection of a land area to prevent it from being damaged or changed the designing of a community with residential and commercial properties located close to each other the process of returning a land area to the condition it was in before humans used the land

the process of returning a land area to the condition it was in before humans used the land

Explanation:

Reclamation refers to the process of returning a disturbed ecosystem to its original status prior to the disturbance. Often times, the disturbance regimes that change the conditions of the ecosystem are created by humans.

Reclamation is unlike reforestation in that the latter involves the process of planting trees in order to reestablish forest lands, not necessarily return the land to its previous status.

Reclamations are often done to return lands to the original flora and fauna status before the disturbance regime.