Forest Service Roadless Area Conservation: Final Environmental Impact StatementU.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Washington Office, 2000 |
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action alternatives Affected Environment Agency Alaska analysis approximately aquatic Area Conservation FEIS area(s associated biodiversity communities Condition Class Consequences Roadless Area Conservation FEIS Environmental construction and reconstruction construction or reconstruction DEIS dispersed recreation ecological ecoregions ecosystem Environmental Consequences Roadless estimated Federal FEIS Environmental Consequences Fire Regimes fish Forest System lands fuel treatment habitat identified impacts implementation increase invasive species inventoried roadless areas land management plans Land Use Designation landscape leasing maintain management activities miles of road million acres mineral MMBF National Forest System natural NFS lands nonnative occur plant population potential production Prohibit Road Construction prohibition alternatives prohibition on road proposed protection recreation opportunities reduce Region risk road construction Roadless Area Conservation Roadless Rule Roads Policy scenic quality sediment Semi-Primitive Table temporary roads timber harvest timber sales Tongass National Forest unroaded areas USDA Forest Service values vegetation volume watersheds wildland fires wildlife
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Page 11 - take" means to harass, harm, pursue, hunt, shoot, wound, kill, trap, capture, or collect, or to attempt to engage in any such conduct. (15) The term "threatened species" means any species which is likely to become an endangered species within the foreseeable future throughout all or a significant portion of its range.
Page 3-403 - ... and harmonious and coordinated management of the various resources, each with the other, without impairment of the productivity of the land, with consideration being given to the relative values of the various resources, and not necessarily the combination of u^es that will give the greatest dollar return or the greatest unit output.
Page 7 - Primitive - Area is characterized by an essentially unmodified natural environment of fairly large size. Interaction between users is very low and evidence of other users is minimal. The area is managed to be essentially free from evidence of human-induced restrictions and controls. Motorized use within the area is not permitted.
Page 3-403 - ... some land will be used for less than all of the resources ; and harmonious and coordinated management of various resources each with the other without impairment of the productivity of the land with consideration being given to the relative values of the various resources and not necessarily the combination of uses that will give the greatest dollar return or the greatest unit output.
Page 11 - Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL). This is a calculation of the maximum amount of a pollutant that a water body can receive and still meet water quality standards, and an allocation of that amount to the pollutant's sources.
Page 5 - forest road or trail" means a road or trail wholly or partly within or adjacent to and serving the national forests. The term "forest development roads and trails...
Page 5 - Those areas identified in a set of inventoried roadless area maps, contained in Forest Service Roadless Area Conservation, Final Environmental Impact Statement, Volume 2, dated November, 2000...
Page 10 - Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of present generations without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs (World Commission on Environment and Development 1987).
Page 7 - Nonattainment area — A geographic area in which the level of a criteria air pollutant is higher than the level allowed by the federal standards. A single geographic area may have acceptable levels of one criteria air pollutant but unacceptable levels of one or more other criteria air pollutants; thus, an area can be both attainment and nonattainment at the same time.