GLOSSARY 



Abbreviations and Acronyms 



ARM - Administrative Rules of Montana 



ATV — All terrain vehicle 



BLM - Bureau of Land Management 



CEM - Cumulative Effects Model 



COY - Cubs of the Year 



CYE - Cabinet- Yaak Ecosystem 



DNA - Deoxyribonucleic acid - the molecule that encodes genetic information 



DNRC - Department of Natural Resources and Conservation 



DPEIS - Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement 



EIS — Environmental Impact Statement 



FWP - Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks 



GIS ~ Geographic Information System 



GYE - Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (includes all lands in or adjacent to Yellowstone National Park) 



IBA -- International Association for Bear Research and Management 



IGBC — Interagency Grizzly Bear Committee 



MCA -- Montana Codes Annotated 



MDOT -- Montana Department of Transportation 



MEPA -- Montana Environmental Policy Act 



MFGC -- Montana Fish and Game Commission 



MFWPC -- Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks Commission 



MOU -- Memorandum of Understanding 



NCDE - Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem 



NEPA — Nahonal Environmental Policy Act 



PCA — Primarv Conser\'ation Area 



PEIS — Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement 



use — United States Congress 



USPS — United States Forest Service 



USFWS -- United States Fish and Wildlife Service 



Selected definitions 



Adaptive management : a model for grizzly bear conservation and management that uses and 

 incorporates information from ongoing monitoring and research to direct appropriate conservation 

 action. Specifically, it is the integration of program design, management, and monitoring to 

 systematically test assumptions in order to adapt and Icani. The model incorporates resource objectives, 

 monitoring protocols to test assumptions, evaluation of predicted outcomes, a decision making process, 

 and clear communication of results. 



Conflict bear : any grizzly bear involved in bear/human conflicts resulting in agency management 

 activities. 



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