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. The process by which interested and affected individuals, organizations, agencies, and governmental entities participate in the planning and decision-making process.
Refuge purposes The purposes specified in or derived from the document that created the refuge.
Types of documents include the law, proclamation, executive order, agreement, public land order, donation document, or administrative memorandum establishing, authorizing, or expanding a refuge, refuge unit, or refuge subunit. Step-down management plans Plans that describe management strategies and implementation schedules. Step-down management plans deal with specific management subjects such as crop lands, wilderness, and fire. The limits of the area analyzed in the environmental assessment as shown on Figure 1, Chapter 1. Any species that is likely to become an endangered species within the foreseeable future throughout all or a significant portion of its range.