is cycled back into the atmosphere. 



Excavator piling 



The piling of logging residue using 

 an excavator. 



?1re regimes 



Describes the frequency, type, and 

 severity of wildfires. Examples 

 include: frequent nonlethal 

 underburns; mixed- severity fires; 

 and stand-replacement or lethal 

 burns . 



forage 



All browse and nonwoody plants 

 available to wildlife for grazing. 



Forest Improvement 



The establishment and growing of 

 trees after a site has been 

 harvested. Associated activities 

 include : 



- site preparation, planting, 

 survival checks, regeneration 

 surveys, and stand thinnings; 



- road maintenance; 



- resource monitoring; 



- noxious -weed management; and 



- right-of-way acquisition on a 

 State forest. 



Fragmentation (forest) 



A reduction of connectivity and an 

 increase in sharp stand edges 

 resulting when large contiguous 

 areas of forest with similar age and 

 structural character are interrupted 

 through disturbance (stand- 

 replacement fire, timber harvesting, 

 etc.) 



Habitat 



The place where a plant or animal 

 naturally or normally lives and 

 grows . 



Habitat type 



The place or type of site where a 

 plant or animal naturally or 

 normally lives and grows. 



Hazard reduction 



The reduction of fire hazard by 

 processing logging residue with 

 methods such as separation, removal, 

 scattering, lopping, crushing. 



piling and burning, broadcast 

 burning, burying, and chipping. 



Hiding cover 



Vegetation capable of hiding some 

 specified portion of a standing 

 adult mammal from human view at a 

 distance of 200 feet. 



Historical forest condition 



The condition of the forest prior to 

 settlement by Europeans. 



Homogeneous 



Of uniform structure or composition 

 throughout . 



Indirect Effects 



Secondary effects that occur in 

 locations other than the initial 

 action or significantly later in 

 time. 



Intermediate trees 



A characteristic of certain tree 

 species that allows them to survive 

 in relatively low light conditions, 

 although they may not thrive. 



Interdisciplinary team (ID Team) 



A team of resource 

 specialists brought together 

 to analyze the effects of a 

 project on the environment. 



Landscape 



An area of land with 

 interacting ecosystems. 



Meter 



A measurement equaling 39.37 

 inches . 



Mitigation measure 



An action or policy designed 

 to reduce or prevent 

 detrimental effects. 



Moving-windou) analysis 



A computer-based method that, in 

 this EA, is used to quantify the 

 area influenced by roads in a study 

 area. Starting with the pixel in 

 the upper left corner of the 

 computerized subunit map, the 

 computer calculates how many miles 

 of road exist within a 1-square-mile 

 "window" around that pixel. It 



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