Interior Board of Land Appeals

Rocks formed when high temperature, molten mineral matter cooled and solidified.

Interim Management Policy

The input-output model used by the USDA Forest Service to estimate economic effects by tracing the interrelationships between producers and consumers in an economy as measured by jobs and income

Decisions that take action to implement land use plan decisions. They are generally appealable to IBLA under 43 CFR 4.40.

A site-specific plan written to implement decisions made in a land use plan. An implementation plans usually selects and applies best management practices to meet land use plan objectives. Implementation plans are synonymous with 'activity' plans. Examples of implementation plans include interdisciplinary management plans, habitat management plans, and allotment management plans.

Any Indian group in the conterminous United States that the Secretary of the Interior recognizes as possessing tribal status (listed periodically in the Federal Register).

A plant or animal species related to a particular kind of environment. Its presence indicates that specific habitat conditions are also present.

Any species of wildlife native to a given land or water area by natural occurrence.

The removal of individual trees from certain size and age classes over an entire stand area. Regeneration is mainly natural, and an uneven aged stand is maintained.