Risky Business: Invasive species management on National Forests - A review and summary of needed changes in current plans, policies and programs

Acronyms used in the report

Report Published by Kettle Range Conservation Group (www.kettlerange.org/weeds/)
February, 2001
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BE Biological Evaluation.
LM U.S. Bureau of Land Management.
BMP Best Management Practices: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and various States have approved management practices designed to meet the requirements of the Clean Water Act.
CEQ Council on Environmental Quality.
CFR Code of Federal Regulations.
DN Decision Notice.
EA Environmental Assessment.
EIS Environmental Impact Statement.
EPA U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
ESA Endangered Species Act.
FEMAT Forest Ecosystem Management: An Ecological, Economic, and Social Assessment; Report of the Forest Ecosystem Management Assessment Team.
FIFRA The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act.
FOIA Freedom of Information Act requests and responses.
FONSI Finding of No Significant Impact.
FS U.S. Forest Service.
FSH Forest Service Handbook.
FSM Forest Service Manual.
GAO U.S. General Accounting Office.
GIS Geographic Information Systems; computerized mapping and land analysis tools.
ICBEMP Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management Project.
INFISH Inland Native Fish Strategy Environmental Assessment: Interim direction for maintaining options for inland native fish species by reducing risk of loss of populations and reducing potential negative impacts to aquatic habitat.
IPM Integrated Pest Management.
IWM Integrated Weed Management.
LC50 The dose of a toxic substance that kills one-half the test animals.
LRMP Land and Resource Management Plan.
Mediated Agreement Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides et al. v. Clayton Yeutter, et al. 1989. It specifies steps the Forest Service will take in implementing regional policy related to noxious weed management.
NCAP Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides.
NEPA National Environmental Policy Act: An Act passed in 1969 to declare a national policy encouraging productive and enjoyable harmony between humankind and the environment. This Act promotes efforts that prevent or eliminate damage to the environment and biosphere and stimulate the health and welfare of humanity, while enriching the understanding of ecological systems and natural resources important to the nation. The Act established the Council on Environmental Quality.
NF National Forest.
NFMA National Forest Management Act: The National Forest Management Act of 1976 amended the Resources Planning Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to develop direction and guidance for management of lands and resources of National Forest System lands.
NMFS National Marine Fisheries Service.
NOEL The “No-Observed-Effect Level/dose” of a toxic substance.
NPS USDI National Park Service.
PACFISH Interim Strategies for Managing Anadromous Fish: An interagency ecosystem management approach for maintaining and restoring healthy, functioning watersheds, riparian areas, and aquatic habitats within the range of Pacific anadromous fish on Federal lands managed by the USDI Bureau of Land Management and the USDA Forest Service.
PNW Pacific Northwest.
PPM; ppm Parts per million.
Region 6 Forest Service The Pacific Northwest Region of the U.S. Forest Service: Includes all National Forests in the States of Washington and Oregon.
ROD Record of Decision.
TES Threatened, endangered, and/or sensitive species.
USC U.S. Code.
USDA U.S. Department of Agriculture.
USDI U.S. Department of the Interior.
USFWS U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Vegetation Management FEIS The FEIS for Managing Competing and Unwanted Vegetation, Pacific Northwest Region, U.S. Forest Service.
WO Washington office of the U.S. Forest Service.