OR-vn- EIS GLOSSARY OK TERMS AND ABBREVIATIONS 



MDOL: Montana Department of Livestock 



mixed landownership: patterns of land ownership where privately owned lands are intermingled with 

 public lands and/or corporate-owned lands; sometimes called a "checkerboard pattern" 



MEPA: Montana Environmental Policy Act 



MOU: Memorandum of Understanding 



NPS: U.S. National Park Service 



non-lethal control: a variety of management activities intended to avert or resolve a conflict situation 

 without killing the wolf or wolves in question; examples include non lethal harassment to disrupt or 

 interrupt wolf behaviors, frightening a wolf, monitoring of wolf location using radio telemetry, or 

 relocation 



non-lethal harassment: an example of non-lethal control where a wolf is frightened or threatened, but is 

 not mortally wounded or killed; purpose is to discourage wolf activity 



near people or livestock; examples yelling, radio-activated noise-makers, or firearms which discharge 

 cracker shells 



pack: used generically to mean a group of wolves holding a territory and capable of reproduction; more 

 specific definitions are social group and breeding pair 



probable depredation: incident where Wildlife Services conducts a field investigation of dead or 

 injured livestock, at the request of the producer; having some evidence to suggest possible predation, but 

 lacking sufficient evidence to clearly confirm predation by a particular species, a kill may be classified as 

 probable depending on a number of other factors such as ( 1 ) has there been any recently confirmed 

 predation by the suspected depredating species in the same or nearby area? (2) How recently had the 

 livestock owner or his employees observed the livestock? (3) Is there evidence (telemetry monitoring 

 data, sightings, howling, fresh tracks etc.) to suggest that the suspected depredating species may have 

 been in the area when the depredation occurred? All of these factors, and possibly others, should be 

 considered in the investigator's best professional judgment. 



problem wolf: wolf that has attacked livestock, or is a nuisance animal that could potentially 

 compromise human safety 



public safety problem or threat: any situation where the continued presence of a carnivore poses a 

 threat to human safety; or, an attack has resulted in the loss of livestock or personal pets; or a human has 

 been physically injured or killed 



ROD: record of decision, sometimes called a decision document; a concise public notice that announces 

 a state agency decision arrived at through the Montana Environmental Policy Act, explains the reasons for 

 the decision, and explains any special conditions surrounding the decision or its implementation 



regulated public harvest: category of legal of wolf mortality where wolves are killed under FWP 

 Commission-approved seasons and regulations by licensed hunters or trappers; total harvest strictly 

 controlled through permit or quota system; law enforcement as for other managed species 



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