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Defining your project: Project Description

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Defining your project: Project Description. What is a project description?. A description of the proposed action and the action area (area including all direct and indirect effects). Can be documented in: biological evaluation (or similar document) NEPA documents - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Defining your project: Project Description

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What is a project description?

• A description of the proposed action and the action area (area including all direct and indirect effects).

• Can be documented in:– biological evaluation (or similar document)– NEPA documents– draft plans for different portions of the action– correspondence – telephone records, meeting notes, and other miscellaneous

documents

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Connecting the dots

Environmental baseline

Effects of the action

Status of the species and habitat

Cumulative effects

Conclusion

Description of the action

Permit available?

Project Description

HowHowWhyWhy

WhenWhenWhoWho

WhatWhat

WhereWhere

Project Description

HowHowWhyWhy

WhenWhenWhoWho

WhatWhat

WhereWhere

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Project description – what to cover?

• Who are you?• What is your project?• Where?• Stressors produced?• When?• Birds or their resources exposed?• Effects anticipated?• What conservation measures are you

incorporating?

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What analysis advises project description?

• Effects analysis: A thorough analysis of an action’s effects on the species and habitat is an essential component of the developing a project description.

• Impact Analysis: Effects that are avoided need not be addressed. In these cases, you can identify potential stressors and measures taken to manage the stressor.

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Analyzing Effects

Effects = Exposure + Response

• Exposure – which organisms and habitats will be affected by the components of the proposed action?

• Response – what happens when the organisms and habitat are affected by the components of the proposed action?

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SPECIES

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(DAM)

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ACTIONAREA

The area to be affected directly or indirectly by the proposed action and not merely the immediate area involved in the action.

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Environmental baseline

Effects of the action

Population and habitat status

Cumulative effects

Conclusion

Description of the action – what stressors produced?

Conservation Measures?

Permit Available? Take Occurs?

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Environmental baseline

Effects of the action

Population and habitat status

Cumulative effects

Conclusion

Description of the action – what stressors produced?

Conservation Measures to

address stre

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roduction

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