Skipping Cow Timber Sale, Tongass National Forest: Final EIS Environmental Impact Statement and Record of Decision

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USDA Forest Service, Wrangell Ranger District, 2000

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Page 221 - endangered species" means any species which is in danger of extinction throughout all or a significant portion of its range...
Page 242 - Act an area of undeveloped Federal land retaining its primeval character and influence, without permanent improvements or human habitation, which is protected and managed so as to preserve its natural conditions and which (1) generally appears to have been affected primarily by the forces of nature, with the imprint of man's work substantially unnoticeable...
Page 251 - No public forest reservation shall be established, except to improve and protect the forest within the reservation, or for the purpose of securing favorable conditions of water flows, and to furnish a continuous supply of timber for the use and necessities of citizens of the United States...
Page 14 - This is a comprehensive framework and primary source of direction to the Forest Service to fulfill its mandate to manage the National Forest System (NFS) . The central element of the Act is the institution of land and resource management...
Page 242 - wetlands" means those areas that are inundated by surface or ground water with a frequency sufficient to support and under normal circumstances does or would support a prevalence of vegetative or aquatic life that requires saturated or seasonally saturated soil conditions for growth and reproduction. Wetlands generally include swamps, marshes, bogs, and similar areas such as sloughs, potholes, wet meadows, river overflows, mud flats, and natural ponds.
Page 5 - Section 404 permit program, identifies wetlands as those areas that are inundated or saturated by surface or groundwater at a frequency and duration sufficient to support, and that under normal circumstances do support, a prevalence of vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions.
Page 251 - The Secretary of Agriculture shall limit the sale of timber from each national forest to a quantity equal to or less than a quantity which can be removed from such forest annually in perpetuity on a sustained-yield basis...
Page 24 - ... (b) An appeal submitted to the Appeal Deciding Officer becomes a part of the appeal record. An appeal must meet the following requirements: (1) State that the document is an appeal filed pursuant to 36 CFR part 215; (2) List the name and address of the appellant and, if possible, a telephone number; (3) Identify the decision document by title and subject, date of the decision, and name and title of the Responsible Official; (4) Identify the specific change(s) in the decision that the appellant...
Page 222 - ... habitat: the sum of environmental conditions in a specific place that is occupied by an organism, population, or community.
Page 242 - An area of wilderness is further defined to mean in this act an area of undeveloped Federal land retaining its primeval character and influence, without permanent improvements or human habitation...

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