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<br />,~- <br /> <br />to <br /> <br />Externalities - Indirect effects occurring throughout the internal <br />operations of the economy due to the introduction of a project that <br />produces direct effects. Direct effects are those that accrue <br />directly to the project measures. Externalities can have a <br />positive or negative effect. <br /> <br />Farm Head Ditches - A constructed open channel for transportation of <br />water from a canal or lateral to a point of distribution into the <br />field. <br /> <br />r- <br /> <br />. )' <br /> <br />Field Sprinkler System - A system of enclosed conduits carrying <br />irri~ation water under pressure to orifices designed to distribute <br />the water over a given area; designed for either an individual unit <br />or movement from field to field. <br /> <br />~< <br /> <br />FONSI - Findings of No Significant Impact. <br /> <br />FSA - Food Security Act of 1985. <br /> <br />~' <br /> <br />Gaging Station - A selected section of a stream channel equipped with a <br />gage, recorder, or other facilities for determining stream <br />discharge. <br /> <br /><:'.-;.' <br /> <br />Growing Season - The period and/or number of days between the last <br />freeze in the spring and the first frost in the fall for the freeze <br />threshold temperature of the crop being grown. <br /> <br />\ <br /> <br />HEP - Habitat Evaluation Procedures developed by the USFWS. HEP is a <br />species-habitat approach to impact assessment and replacement needs. <br />Habitat quality for selected evaluation species is documented in an <br />index, the Habitat Suitability Index (FSI). This value is derived <br />from an evaluation of the ability of key habitat components to <br />supply the life requisites of selected species of fish and wildlife. <br />Evaluation involves using the same key habitat components to compare <br />existing habitat conditions and optimum habitat conditions for the <br />species of interest. <br /> <br />rr <br /> <br />Hydrophyte - A plant that grows in water or in saturated soil and that <br />consumes a large quantity of water. <br /> <br />t;,. <br /> <br />Intermittent Stream - A stream or portion of a stream that flows only in <br />direct response to precipitation. It is dry for a large part of the <br />year, ordinarily,more than 3 months. <br /> <br />r <br /> <br />'~ <br /> <br />Irrigation District - A cooperative self-governing, public corporation <br />set up as a subdivision of the State, with definite geographic <br />boundaries, organized to obtain and distribute water for irrigation <br />of lands within the district; created under authority of the State <br />legislature with the consent of a designated fraction of the <br />landowners or citizens and has taxing power. <br /> <br />r~ <br />':~.~ <br />1.-'[;" <br /> <br />;;,' <br /> <br />1" ,-~ <br />V.J .i ti i <br /> <br />G-3 <br />