Biological Assessment For Vegetation Treatments On Bureau Of Land Management Lands In 17 Western States

Because BLM vegetation treatment activities using herbicides have the potential to modify the physical environment, this programmatic biological assessment (BA) was prepared to analyze the potential effects to federally-listed threatened and endangered species, and species proposed for listing, and their critical habitats as a result of vegetation treatments using herbicides. This BA will be used by the Services to facilitate compliance with the requirements of Section 7(c) of the Endangered Species Act.