8111

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 8111
• Author: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Marine Fisheries Service.
• Title: Endangered Species Consultation Handbook
• USFW Year: 1998.
• USFW - Doc Type: Procedures for Conducting Consultation and Conference Activities Under Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act.
• Copyright Material: NO

* * * * * * Final ESA Section 7 Consultation Handbook, March 1998 * * * * * *
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LIST OF FIGURES •
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Figure 2-1 Application of section 7(d): 2-9
irreversible or irretrievable
commitment of resources
Figure 3-1 Informal consultation process 3-3
Figure 4-1 Formal consultation process 4-3
Figure 4-2 Outline of a formal consultation 4-13
package
Figure 4-3 Example of an action area within 4-16
the species' range
Figure 4-4 Example of an action area that 4-16
encompasses the species' range
Figure 4-5 Example of an action area involving 4-17
an effect not at the project site •
Figure 4-6 Determining the action area 4-18
Figure 4-7 Effects of disturbance 4-24
Figure 4-8 Example of "recovery units" 4-38
Figure 6-1 Conference processes 6-3
Figure 6-2 Comparison of the conference 6-8
and consultation provisions of
the Endangered Species Act
Figure 7-1 Early consultation process 7-2
Figure 8-1 Emergency consultation process 8-3
Figure E-1 Intra-Service consultation or conference process E-18
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