SNFPA Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement

June 2003

Acronyms and Abbreviations

A.A.

Associate of Arts degree

ac.

Acre

ALSE

Area of Late Successional Emphasis

AM

Acquisitions Management

AMS

Aquatic Management Strategy

AOC

Area of Concern

APCD

Air Pollution Control District

ASQ

Allowable Sale Quantity

AUM

Animal Unit Month

BA

Basal area

B.A.

Bachelor of Arts degree

BACM

Best Available Control Measure

BAER

Burned Area Emergency Rehabilitation

BLM

Bureau of Land Management

BM

Benchmark

B.S.

Bachelor of Science degree

BVFSYU

Big Valley Federal Sustained-Yield Unit

CAR

Critical Aquatic Refuge

CARB

California Air Resource Board

CASPO

California spotted owl

CC

Canopy cover/closure

CCF

100 cubic feet

CDFG

California Department of Fish and Game

CEA

Cumulative effects analysis

CEQ

Council on Environmental Quality

CFR

Code of Federal Regulations

CI

Confidence interval

Co.

County

CRLF

California red-legged frog

CSU

California State University

CWD

Course woody debris

CWHR

California Wildlife Habitat Relationships system

DAU

Deer Assessment Unit

dbh

Diameter at breast height

DEIS

Draft environmental impact statement

DFC

Desired future condition

DFPZ

Defensible fuel profile zone

DFTM

Douglas-fir tussock moth

DSEIS

Draft supplemental environmental impact statement

EIS

Environmental impact statement

ESA

Endangered Species Act

FACA

Federal Advisory Committee Act

FARSITE

Fire Area Simulator (computer program)

FEIS

Final environmental impact statement

FEMAT

Forest Ecosystem Management Analysis Team

FERC

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

FIA

Forest Inventory and Analysis

FLAMMAP

Fire Behavior Mapping and Analysis System (computer program)

FOFEM

First Order Fire Effects Model

FORPLAN

Forest Planning model (computer program) (See SPECTRUM)

FR

Federal Register

FSH

Forest Service Handbook

FSM

Forest Service Manual

FSYU

Federal Sustained-Yield Unit (See BVFSYU)

ft.

Foot

FVS

Forest Vegetation Simulator (computer program)

FWS

Fish and Wildlife Service (See USFWS)

FY

Fiscal year

FYLF

Foothill yellow-legged frog

GAMMA

GAMMA Remote Sensing (computer program)

GC

Glucocorticoid

GIS

Geographic Information System

GRID

ArcInfo GRID

GS

Group selection

ha.

Hectare

HFQLG

Herger-Feinstein Quincy Library Group

HRCA

Home range core area

HIS

Habitat Suitability Index

ID

Interdisciplinary

IDT

Interdisciplinary team

km.

Kilometer

KMDA

Known Mineral Deposit Area

LOP

Limited operating period

LP

Linear programming

LSOG, LS/OG

Late Successional/Old Growth

m.

Meter

mi.

Mile

MIS

Management Indicator Species

mm.

Millimeter

MMBF

Millions of board feet

M.S.

Masters of Science degree

MOD 8

SNFPA FEIS Alternative Modified 8

MOU

Memorandum of Understanding

MYLF

Mountain yellow-legged frog

NAPA

National Academy of Public Administration

NEPA

National Environmental Policy Act

NF

National Forest

NFS

National Forest System

NLF

Northern leopard frog

NP

National Park

NPS

National Park Service

NRC

National Research Council

NRF

Nesting, roosting and foraging (habitat)

NRIS

Natural Resource Information System

NTMB

Neotropical migratory bird

OFEA, OFE

Old Forest Emphasis Area

OHV

Off-highway vehicle

OSV

Over the snow vehicle

PAC

Protected Activity Center

PCT

Pre-commercial thin

PFC

Proper functioning condition

PhD

Doctor of Philosophy degree

PM₁₀, PM_2.5

Particulates 10 microns in size and 2.5 microns in size

PROGNOSIS

Prognosis Simulator (computer program . . . See FVS)

PSW

Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station

PUF

Public Uses and Facilities

RCA

Riparian Conservation Area

RCO

Riparian Conservation Objectives

RD

Ranger District

RDM

Residual dry matter

RNA

Research Natural Area\

RPA

Resource Planning Act

RO

Regional Office

ROD

Record of Decision

ROS

Rate of spread

RVD

Recreation Visitor Day

S&G

Standard and Guideline

SD

Standard deviation

SDI

Stand density index

SE

Standard error

SEIS

Supplemental environmental impact statement

SIA

Special Interest Area

SNEP

Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project

SNFPA, SNFP

Sierra Nevada Forest Plan Amendment

SOHA

Spotted Owl Habitat Area

SPECTRUM

Spectrum model (computer program)

SPLAT

Strategically placed area treatment

spp.

Species

SSFCA

Southern Sierra Fisher Conservation Area

T&E

Threatened and Endangered

TEPS

Threatened, Endangered, Proposed or Sensitive

TES

Threatened, Endangered or Sensitive (See TEPS)

TMDL

Total maximum daily load

TMO

Timber Management Officer

TSPIRS

Timber Sale Program Information Reporting System

TWS

The Wildlife Society

UC

University of California

US

United States

USDA

United States Department of Agriculture

USDI

United States Department of Interior

USFS

United States Forest Service

USFWS

United States Fish and Wildlife Service

UV-B

Ultraviolet-B

WHR

Wildlife Habitat Relationships (See CWHR)

WUI

Wildland Urban Intermix

yr.

Year

USDA Forest Service · Pacific Southwest Region