Appendix a List of Preparers and Reviewers
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Glossary adfluvial —Referring to fish that live in lakes and no significant impact, aids an agency’s compliance migrate to rivers and streams. with the National Environmental Policy Act when Beyond the Boundaries —National Wildlife Refuge no environmental impact statement is necessary, Association program to expand conservation work and facilitates preparation of a statement when to areas outside national wildlife refuge borders. one is necessary. BRWCA —Bear River Watershed Conservation Area. fluvial —Referring to fish that live in rivers and candidate species —A species of plant or animal for streams. which the USFWS has sufficient information on GCN —(A species of) greatest conservation need. their biological status and threats to propose them HAPET —Habitat and Population Evaluation Team. as endangered or threatened under the Endan- Important Bird Areas Program —A global effort to gered Species Act, but for which development of find and conserve areas that are vital to birds a proposed listing regulation is precluded by other and other biodiversity sponsored by the National higher priority listing activities. Audubon Society. CFR —Code of Federal Regulations. Intermountain West Joint Venture —Diverse partner- CO2 —Carbon dioxide. ship of 18 entities including Federal agencies, conservation easement —A legally enforceable State agencies, nonprofit conservation organiza- encumbrance or transfer of property rights to a tions, and for-profit organizations representing government agency or land trust for the purposes agriculture and industry. IWJV was founded in of conservation. Rights transferred could include 1994 to facilitate bird conservation across the vast the discretion to subdivide or develop land, change 495 million acres of the Intermountain West. current land use practices, sever water rights, or Intermountain West Joint Venture Implementation others as appropriate, and are specified by con- Plan —A plan that provides direction for integrat- tract between the landowner and the conservation ing the conservation of all migratory birds under entity. one framework. The process involves stepping conservation strategy —An adaptive approach for down the objectives of the four plans for the inter- integrating biological priorities with current national species groups of waterfowl, shorebirds, socioeconomic threats to habitat to target the other waterbirds, and landbirds. Population and acquisition of wetland and grassland easements in habitat trends, coupled with knowledge of how the Bear River of Region 6. The strategy focuses species respond to landscape change, would be on the five, primary, upland-nesting duck species, used to build a biological foundation and set quan- which also provide for other trust species’ bene- tifiable goals. fits. To meet the goal of this strategy, there is an landscape conservation cooperative (LCC) —A pub- estimated need of an additional 1.4 million acres lic–private partnership intended to facilitate of high-priority wetland and 10.4 million acres of cross-political boundary conservation in the face high-priority grassland. of a changing environment through application of EA —See environmental assessment. science. endangered species —A species of plant or animal land protection plan (LPP) —Describes resource pro- that is in danger of extinction throughout all or a tection needs, proposes a refuge or conservation significant part of its range. area boundary, and identifies in priority order Endangered Species Act —A law passed by Congress the areas that the Service may buy land interests in 1973 with the purpose of protecting and recov- from willing sellers. ering imperiled species and the ecosystems on LCC —See landscape conservation cooperative. which they depend. LPP —See land protection plan. environmental assessment (EA) —A public document Marxan —A software package used as a decision sup- for which a Federal agency is responsible. An port tool for spatial conservation prioritization. environmental assessment provides evidence and NRCS —Natural Resources Conservation Service, an analysis for determining whether to prepare an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. environmental impact statement or a finding of NWR —National wildlife refuge. 120 Draft EA and LPP—Proposed Bear River Watershed Conservation Area; Idaho, Utah, Wyoming Refuge System —National Wildlife Refuge System. Comprised of four stages: Biological Planning, Region 1 —An administrative unit of the Service Conservation Design, Delivery of Conservation known as the Pacific Region encompassing Hawaii, Action, and Monitoring and Research. Idaho, Oregon, Washington and Pacific Island Ter- threatened species —A species of plant or animal that ritories and United States affiliated States. is likely to become endangered in the foreseeable Region 6 —An administrative unit of the Service future. known as the Mountain–Prairie Region, which trust species —Federal trust species include threat- covers eight States: Colorado, Kansas, Montana, ened and endangered species, as well as migratory Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, birds such as waterfowl, wading birds, shorebirds, and Wyoming. and neotropical migratory songbirds, anadromous Service, or USFWS —U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, (migratory) fish such as salmon. an agency of the U.S. Department of the Interior. U.S.C. —United States Code. strategic habitat conservation —A process used within USDA —U.S. Department of Agriculture. the Service to set biological goals for priority spe- USFWS, or Service —U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, cies populations, make strategic decisions, and an agency of the U.S. Department of the Interior. to reassess and improve management actions. WPA —Waterfowl production area. Appendix A List of Preparers and Reviewers Author name Position Work unit David Allen realty specialist USFWS, Region 1, Division of Realty, Portland, Oregon USFWS, Region 6, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Bob Barrett project leader Brigham City, Utah Pamela Benn realty specialist USFWS, Region 1, Division of Realty, Portland, Oregon Badge Blackett Landscape Conservation Programs National Wildlife Refuge Association, Washington, DC USFWS, Region 6, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Howard Browers refuge biologist Brigham City, Utah Steve Caicco conservation planner USFWS, Region 1, Planning Division, Portland, Oregon USFWS, Region 1, Southeast Idaho Refuge Complex, Tracy Casselman project leader Chubbock, Idaho U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), Region 1, Bear Annette deKnijf refuge manager Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Montpelier, Idaho wildlife biologist, Inventory and USFWS, Region 6, Benton Lake National Wildlife Joann Dullum Monitoring GIS specialist Refuge, Great Falls, Montana USFWS, Region 6, Division of Refuge Planning, Mark Ely cartographer Lakewood, Colorado USFWS, Region 6, Benton Lake National Wildlife Ref- Sean Fields HAPET biologist uge, Great Falls, Montana Utah State coordinator for Partners USFWS, Region 6, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Karl Fleming for Fish and Wildlife program Brigham City, Utah USFWS, Region 6, Cokeville Meadows National Wildlife Todd Gallion refuge manager Refuge, Cokeville, Wyoming Pat Gonzales-Rogers tribal liaison USFWS, Region 1, External Affairs, Portland, Oregon USFWS, Region 6, External Affairs, Lakewood, Kim Greenwood tribal liaison Colorado Wyoming State coordinator for Part- USFWS, Region 6, Partners for Fish and Wildlife State Mark Hogan ners for Fish and Wildlife program Office, Lander, Wyoming biologist for Partners for Fish and USFWS, Region 6, Partners for Fish and Wildlife State David Kimble Wildlife program Office, Evanston, Wyoming USFWS, Region 6, Cokeville Meadows and Seedskadee Tom Koerner project leader National Wildlife Refuges, Green River, Wyoming Greg Langer law enforcement officer USFWS, Region 6, Lakewood, Colorado USFWS, Region 6, Bozeman Fish Technology Center, Brant Loflin archaeologist Montana USFWS, Region 6, Division of Refuge Planning, Lake- David C. Lucas division chief wood, Colorado USFWS, Region 6, Division of Realty, Huron, South Noel Matson realty specialist Dakota 122 Draft EA and LPP—Proposed Bear River Watershed Conservation Area; Idaho, Utah, Wyoming Author name Position Work unit Tom Miewald geographer and conservation planner USFWS, Region 1, Planning Division, Portland, Oregon USFWS, Region 6, Cokeville Meadows and Seedskadee Carl Millegan former project leader National Wildlife Refuges, Green River, Wyoming USFWS, Region 6, Division of Realty, Lakewood, Linda Moeder cartographer Colorado USFWS, Region 6, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Greg Mullin law enforcement officer Brigham City, Utah biologist for Partners for Fish and USFWS, Region 1, Partners for Fish and Wildlife Cary Myler Wildlife program Program, Chubbock, Idaho USFWS, Region 6, Division of Realty, Lakewood, Sue Oliveira former division chief Colorado USFWS, Region 6, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Kathi Stopher visitor services manager Brigham City, Utah USFWS, Region 6, Division of Refuge Planning, Amy Thornburg land protection planning team leader Lakewood, Colorado Anne Truslow Strategic Programs and Development National Wildlife Refuge Association, Washington, DC Meg Van Ness regional historic preservation officer USFWS, Region 6, Refuges, Lakewood, Colorado USFWS, Region 6, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Sharon Vaughn deputy project leader Brigham City, Utah USFWS, Region 6, Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Jeffrey Warren wildlife biologist Refuge, Lima, Montana Reviewer name Position