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Vestal Final Environmental Impact Statement Chapter 5 USFWS (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service). 2011e. Species account – Sprague’s pipit. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, South Dakota Ecological Services Field Office Home Page. [Online] http://www.fws.gov/mountain-prairie/species/birds/spraguespipit/ USGS. 2011. Peak Streamflow. [Online] http://waterdata.usgs.gov/sd/nwis/peak. Accessed 3/1/2011. Valdez, E.W. and P.M. Cryan. 2009. Food habits of the hoary bat (Lasiurus cinereus) during spring migration through New Mexico. Southwestern Naturalist 54:195- 200. Vonhof, M.J., and R.M. Barclay. 1997. Use of tree stumps as roosts by the western longeared bat. Journal of Wildlife Management. 61(3):674-684. Water Words Glossary. 2009. North American Lake Management Society. [Online] http://www.nalms.org/water-words-glossary.cmsx Wells-Gosling, N., and L.R. Heaney. 1984. Glaucomys sabrinus. Mammalian species no. 229, The American Society of Mammalogists. Whitaker, J.O. Jr. 1972. Zapus hudsonius. Mammalian species no. 11. The American Society of Mammalogists. Wiggins, D.A. 2005. Brown creeper (Certhia Americana): a technical conservation assessment. [Online]. USDA, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Region. http://www.fs.fed.us/r2/projects/scp/assessments/browncreeper.pdf. WYNDD (Wyoming Natural Diversity Database). 2002. Species abstracts, element occurrence records and township/range list. Species of Special Concern, Black Hills National Forest. June 2002. 194 Glossary Activity Fuels Fuels resulting from or altered by mechanical treatments, such as timber harvest or thinning, as opposed to naturally created fuels. Age Class Groups of trees approximately the same age. Allotment A designated area of land available for livestock grazing upon which a specified number and kind of livestock may be grazed under a range allotment management plan. It is the basic land unit used to facilitate management of the range resource on National Forest lands. Area of Potential Effects The geographic area or areas within which an undertaking may cause changes in the character or use of historic properties, if any such properties exist. Arterial Road
Vestal Final Environmental Impact Statement Chapter 5 Provides service to large land areas and usually connects with public highways or other Forest arterial roads to form an integrated network of primary travel routes. The location and standard are often determined by a demand for maximum mobility and travel efficiency rather than specific resource management service. It is usually developed and operated for long-term land and resource management purposes and constant service. At-Risk-Community (ARC) An area (A) that is comprised of —(i) an interface community as defined in the notice entitled “Wildland Urban Interface Communities Within the Vicinity of Federal Lands That Are At High Risk From Wildfire” issued by the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior in accordance with Title IV of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (114 Stat. 1009) (updated 66 Fed. Reg. 43384, August 17, 2001); or (ii) a group of homes and other structures with basic infrastructure and services (such as utilities and collectively maintained transportation routes) within or adjacent to Federal land; (B) in which conditions are conducive to a large-scale wildland fire disturbance event; and (C) for which a significant threat to human life or property exists as a result of a wildland fire disturbance event.” Available Fuel The total mass of ground, surface and canopy fuel per unit area consumed by a fire, including fuels consumed in postfrontal combustion of duff, organic soils, and large woody fuels. Basal Area The cross-sectional area of a stand of trees measured at 4 feet 6 inches from the ground. The area is expressed in square feet per acre. Best Management Practices (BMPs) Are methods, measures, or practices selected by an agency to meet its nonpoint source control needs. BMPs include but are not limited to structural and nonstructural controls, and operation and maintenance procedures. BMPs can be applied before, during and after pollution-producing activities to reduce or eliminate the introduction of pollutants into receiving waters (40 CRF 130.2(m)). An agreement between the USFS and the State of South Dakota stipulates that USFS Region 2 Watershed Conservation Practices (WCPs) will be used above and beyond South Dakota BMPs to comply with state and federal water quality regulations related to the Clean Water Act. Big Game Certain wildlife that may be hunted for sport under state laws and regulations. In the Black Hills, these animals include deer, elk, turkey, mountain goats, and bighorn sheep. Biological Evaluations As defined by FSM 2670.5, a biological evaluation is a documented Forest Service review of Forest Service programs or activities in sufficient detail to determine how an action or proposed action may affect any threatened, endangered, proposed, or sensitive species. 195
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