The acquisition of most or all of the rights and interest to a tract of land. An agency decision prepared in compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act, supported by an environmental assessment, to proceed with a proposed action. The entire process of a wild animal finding and eating food. Foraging can include activities such as searching for, locating, digging, gathering, chasing and capturing, and carrying food back to a nest, den or different location to eat. Intertidal marsh An vegetative wetland community in which the water level fluctuates with the tides.
Land cover The type of feature present on the surface of the earth.
Urban buildings, lakes, maple trees, and glacial ice are all examples of land cover types. A document that identifies and prioritizes lands for potential willing-seller acquisition, and also describes other methods of providing protection. Landowners within project boundaries will find this document, which is released with the environmental assessments, most useful. Late-successional forest Forest seral stages which include mature and old growth age classes. A national network of lands and waters administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for the conservation and management of fish, wildlife, and plants of the United States for the benefit of present and future Americans.