Vestal <strong>Final</strong> <strong>Environmental</strong> <strong>Impact</strong> <strong>Statement</strong> Chapter 5 210 “include essentially all surface waters such as navigable waters and their tributaries, all interstate waters and their tributaries, all wetlands adjacent to these waters, and all impoundments of these waters”. “Waters of the United States include perennial and intermittent streams, lakes, wetlands, and their tributaries.” Refer to 40 CFR 230.3 for the full definition. Wetlands As defined jointly by the Corps of Engineers (33 CFR 328.3) and <strong>Environmental</strong> Protection Agency (40 CFR 230.3), wetlands are those areas that are inundated or saturated by surface or ground water 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. Wetlands generally include swamps, marshes, bogs, and similar areas. Wetlands are a subset of the “Waters of the United States” subject to regulation under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act. Wildfire Any wildland fire not designated and managed as a prescribed fire within an approved prescription. All wildfires will be given an appropriate suppression action. air quality, 98, 99 Air Quality, 116, 120, 123, 125, 176 allotments, 75, 127, 136 Allotments, 1, 2 aquatic ecosystems, 159, 164, 168, 169, 170 Aquatic Ecosystems, 164 At-Risk-Community, 199 Best Management Practices, 171, 199, 200, 15, 1 Bismarck, 141, 169 Bismarck Lake, i, 5, 52, 53, 73, 81, 141, 151, 160, 161, 162 Bismarck Lake Recreation Area, 149 Bob Marshall Camp, 141 broadcast burning, 123 Broadcast burning, 134, 136 Broadcast Burning, 200 Camp Bob Marshall, 149, 150, 151 CMAI, 201, 2 Community Wildfire Protection Plan, 3, 7, 10, 111 condition class, 118 Index Condition Class, 112 Crazy Horse Mountain, i Culmination of Mean Annual Increment, 2 cultural resources, 139, 140, 141 Cultural Resources, 138 Custer County RAC, 127 Custer State Park, i CWPP, 3, 7, 10, 111 deciding official, iii, 13 Demand Species, 78, 79, 109, 110 design criteria, 14, 25, 27, 87, 95, 109, 123, 125, 130, 131, 132, 133, 135, 140, 152, 155, 157, 165, 166, 167, 169, 171, 175 Design criteria, 80, 82, 108, 110, 133, 134, 152, 158 Design Criteria, 24, 201 down woody material, 100, 102, 105, 108, 124 Down woody material, 52, 61, 62 Down Woody Material, 51, 80
Vestal <strong>Final</strong> <strong>Environmental</strong> <strong>Impact</strong> <strong>Statement</strong> Chapter 5 epidemic, i, 2, 3, 7, 10, 12, 15, 16, 25, 26, 28, 37, 38, 40, 44, 45, 76, 102, 118, 141, 151, 174, 176 Epidemic, 15 Federal Wildland Fire Management Policy, 10 fire hazard, i, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 22, 27, 37, 44, 46, 47, 49, 50, 85, 102, 103, 104, 108, 111, 115, 118, 119, 120, 122, 124, 128, 133, 142, 145, 146, 151, 158 Fire hazard, 3, 88, 95, 97, 98 Fire Hazard, 15, 31, 114, 116, 121, 202 Fire history, 112 fire regime, 115 Fire Regime, 112, 202 fire suppression, ii, 35, 43, 89, 90, 92, 93, 96, 102, 106, 107 Fire suppression, 101, 109 floodplain, 61, 62 Floodplain, 160, 168, 171, 203 flow regime, 162, 164, 167, 170 Flow regime, 166 forage, 5, 8, 22, 49, 51, 54, 60 Forage, 203 forest plan, 48 Forest plan, 108 Forest Plan, i, 4, 5, 8, 9, 12, 14, 16, 24, 31, 34, 37, 40, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 87, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 99, 100, 101, 103, 104, 105, 107, 109, 113, 115, 116, 117, 122, 128, 130, 143, 148, 155, 157, 158, 159, 165, 171, 175, 176 free selection, 13 Free Selection, 25, 26, 27, 32, 144 Frest sites, 107, 4 fuel break, 9, 120, 155, 156, 168, 169 Fuel break, 15 Fuel Break, 145, 204 fuels reduction, 3, 49, 89, 152 Healthy Forest restoration Act, 1 Healthy Forest Restoration Act, i, 3 HFRA, 12, 16, 25 hibernacula, 67, 69, 74 Hibernacula, 66 hiding cover, 82 Hiding cover, 78 Management Indicator Species, 52, 58, 81 Management Indicators Species, 206 maternity roost, 67, 68, 74 Maternity roost, 67 Mickelson trail, i Mickelson Trail, 141, 149, 150, 152 MIS, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 72, 73, 75, 79, 81, 206 Motor Vehicle Use Map, 147, 150 Motorized Vehicle Use Map, 13, 24, 52 mountain pine beetle epidemic, 7, 37 Mountain Pine Beetle Epidemic, 15 MPB epidemic, i, 2, 3, 12, 15, 25, 44, 51, 89, 151 MPB risk ratings, 38 MVUM, 13, 24, 52, 147, 150 National <strong>Environmental</strong> Policy Act, i, ii, 1, 3, 16, 206 National Fire Plan, 10 NEPA, i, ii, 1, 3, 16, 25, 125, 139, 175, 177, 206 noxious weed, 131, 132, 133, 135, 175 Noxious weed, 129, 130, 134, 136 Noxious Weed, 207 Noxious Weeds, 127, 130, 134 old growth, 56, 65, 69 Old growth, 26 Peter Norbeck National Scenic Byway, 149 prescribed burn, i, iii, 13, 16, 80, 82, 83, 85, 90, 97, 107, 108, 109, 111, 121, 123, 125, 135, 138, 139, 143, 152, 158, 165, 176 Prescribed burn, 15, 45, 85, 98, 99, 104, 121, 132, 157, 165, 166 Prescribed Burn, 32, 145, 207 R2 Sensitive Plant Species, 127 R2 Sensitive Species, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77 Record of Decision, 25 recreation facilities, 141, 146, 151 Recreation Opportunity Spectrum, 149 Region 2 (R2) Sensitive Species, 72, 97, 126 211
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