The Healthy Forests Initiative Guidance
USFWS and NOAA
Fisheries Guidance Documents
As part of the
President’s Healthy Forests Initiative the Fish and Wildlife Service
and National Marine Fisheries Service
(NOAA Fisheries) have developed counterpart regulations and guidance
to assist in the section 7 of the Endangered
Species Act consultation analysis for projects that support implementation
of the National Fire Plan.
Alternative
Consultation Agreement with the Forest Service [pdf]
Alternative
Consultation Agreement with the Bureau of Land Management [pdf]
Final
Joint Counterpart Endangered Species Act Section 7 Consultation Regulations (published in the Federal Register, Vol. 68, No. 235, December
8, 2003)
regulations for streamlining section 7 consultations on proposed projects
that support the National Forest Plan [pdf]
Proposed
Joint Counterpart Endangered Species Act Section 7 Consultation Regulations (published in the Federal Register, Vol. 68, No. 108, June
5, 2003) [pdf]
Finding
of No Significant Impact [pdf]
Notice
of Availability for the Environmental Assessment of Counterpart Regulations (published in the Federal Register, Vol. 68, No. 196, October
9, 2003) [pdf]
Environmental
Assessment [pdf]
Evaluating
the Net Benefit of Hazardous Fuels Treatment Projects [pdf]
Alternative
Approaches to Streamlining Section 7 Consultation on Hazardous Fuels Treatment
Projects [pdf]
About the Healthy
Forest Initiative
President
Bush Announces Initiative
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