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<br />Q.#7 Are all human activities prohibited in an area of Critical Habitat? <br /> <br />A. No, only those activities on federal land, or In which there Is some sort of federal <br />Involvement, that Is likely to destroy or adversely modify that habitat. <br /> <br />Q.#8 <br /> <br />How do you evaluate proposed activities? <br /> <br />A. The Service looks at the habitat features to see Ifthe proposed project would destroy <br />or adversely modify them. <br /> <br />Q.#9 <br /> <br />Is the project always stopped if it mIght harm some of those elements? <br /> <br />A. Not always; the Service tries-to provide a list of reasonable and prude!'!t alternatives <br />to the proposed methods that might allow the project to proceed with changes. <br /> <br />Q.#10 Do you evaluate all projects In Critical Habitat? <br /> <br />A. Most projects proposed on federal land are evaluated, but projects proposed for <br />state-owned or private lands are evaluated onlv If they Involve a federal permit or license, are <br />funded In part by federal money, or require some other form of federal Involvement. <br /> <br />Q.#11 So what restrictions are there on projects In Critical Habitat on state or <br />private land? <br /> <br />A. Critical Habitat designation does not affect activities on state or private lands unless <br />there Is some sort of federal permit, license, or funding Involved. But other sections of the Act <br />make It Illegal for anyone, anywhere to harass, harm, pursue, hunt, shoot, wound, kill, trap, <br />capture, or collect any threatened or endangered species. or attempt to do so, or to do anything <br />that would Indirectly result In any of that. <br /> <br />. <br />