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Northern Rockies Lynx Management Direction - FINAL Environmental Impact Statement Volume I
2007  Full Book

The Forest Service is proposing to incorporate management direction into land management plans that conserves and promotes the recovery of lynx. The Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) discloses the effects of six alternatives which were developed to meet the purpose and need and respond to primary issues. Chapter 1 explains and describes the _Purpose and Need _for the proposal and the scope of the decision. Chapter 2 presents _primary issues _and _management concerns _identified during scoping and in comments to the DEIS. Then it describes and compares in detail alternatives to the Proposed Action that respond to the primary issues and management concerns. Chapter 2 also describes management direction considered, and other concerns that did not lead to alternatives. Chapter 3 presents the _affected environment _and the _environmental effects _of the alternatives considered in detail. Chapter 4 includes a list of who prepared this document and a list of agencies and groups contacted. Supporting information, including a glossary of terms and a bibliography of references, follow Chapter 4. The appendices contain more detailed information used in the effects analysis and are frequently referenced in the text. For the FEIS Appendices O and P were added. Appendix O is the original Canada lynx listing decision issued by FWS on March 24, 2000 (USDI FWS 2000). Appendix P is the _Remanded Determination of Status for the Contiguous United States Distinct Population for Canada Lynx, _issued by FWS on July 3, 2003 (USDI FWS 2003).

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