Final Environmental Impact Statement
Final Environmental Impact Statement
Final Environmental Impact Statement
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Vestal <strong>Final</strong> <strong>Environmental</strong> <strong>Impact</strong> <strong>Statement</strong> Chapter 5<br />
Provides service to large land areas and usually connects with public highways or<br />
other Forest arterial roads to form an integrated network of primary travel routes.<br />
The location and standard are often determined by a demand for maximum<br />
mobility and travel efficiency rather than specific resource management service.<br />
It is usually developed and operated for long-term land and resource management<br />
purposes and constant service.<br />
At-Risk-Community (ARC)<br />
An area (A) that is comprised of —(i) an interface community as defined in the<br />
notice entitled “Wildland Urban Interface Communities Within the Vicinity of<br />
Federal Lands That Are At High Risk From Wildfire” issued by the Secretary of<br />
Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior in accordance with Title IV of the<br />
Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (114<br />
Stat. 1009) (updated 66 Fed. Reg. 43384, August 17, 2001); or (ii) a group of<br />
homes and other structures with basic infrastructure and services (such as utilities<br />
and collectively maintained transportation routes) within or adjacent to Federal<br />
land; (B) in which conditions are conducive to a large-scale wildland fire<br />
disturbance event; and (C) for which a significant threat to human life or property<br />
exists as a result of a wildland fire disturbance event.”<br />
Available Fuel<br />
The total mass of ground, surface and canopy fuel per unit area consumed by a<br />
fire, including fuels consumed in postfrontal combustion of duff, organic soils,<br />
and large woody fuels.<br />
Basal Area<br />
The cross-sectional area of a stand of trees measured at 4 feet 6 inches from the<br />
ground. The area is expressed in square feet per acre.<br />
Best Management Practices (BMPs)<br />
Are methods, measures, or practices selected by an agency to meet its nonpoint<br />
source control needs. BMPs include but are not limited to structural and<br />
nonstructural controls, and operation and maintenance procedures. BMPs can be<br />
applied before, during and after pollution-producing activities to reduce or<br />
eliminate the introduction of pollutants into receiving waters (40 CRF 130.2(m)).<br />
An agreement between the USFS and the State of South Dakota stipulates that<br />
USFS Region 2 Watershed Conservation Practices (WCPs) will be used above<br />
and beyond South Dakota BMPs to comply with state and federal water quality<br />
regulations related to the Clean Water Act.<br />
Big Game<br />
Certain wildlife that may be hunted for sport under state laws and regulations. In<br />
the Black Hills, these animals include deer, elk, turkey, mountain goats, and<br />
bighorn sheep.<br />
Biological Evaluations<br />
As defined by FSM 2670.5, a biological evaluation is a documented Forest<br />
Service review of Forest Service programs or activities in sufficient detail to<br />
determine how an action or proposed action may affect any threatened,<br />
endangered, proposed, or sensitive species.<br />
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