STATEMENT OF MUTUAL BENEFITS AND INTERESTS. The U.S. Forest Service has the responsibility for prevention, protection and suppression of wildland fires on National Forest administered lands, and on adjacent or intermingled State and private forested lands as identified through written agreement. The Department has the responsibility for prevention, protection and suppression of structure and other non-wildland fires within the established fire district. These structures and lands protected by the Department are intermingled or adjacent to lands protected by the U.S. Forest Service.
STATEMENT OF MUTUAL BENEFITS AND INTERESTS. Native plants are a key component of national and global biodiversity conservation efforts and they support multiple uses of public lands. Native plants and their communities support ecosystem functions vital to a healthy, productive, and beautiful environment. Native plants also provide innumerable direct and indirect benefits to the Nation’s wildlife, its people, and its economy. The native flora of the United States includes about 17,800 species of flowering plants, or about 5 percent of the world’s total, the world’s oldest and largest conifers, and a wealth of other vascular and non-vascular plants, as well as fungi, lichens, and algae. Native plants face challenges in the form of habitat loss and alteration caused by fires, competition, and predation by invasive species, and in some cases over-exploitation for human use. Opportunities exist for native plant preservation and conservation at Federal, State, Tribal, and local government levels, among public and private land managers, conservation organizations, and individual citizens. Protection and conservation of areas of highly diverse or rare native plants is key to conserving the Nation’s biodiversity and may convey additional benefits to species of both plants and animals that otherwise could become imperiled. Numerous opportunities exist to employ native plants in a variety of federally implemented, funded, authorized, or permitted activities. For example, native plants can be used to revegetate road and other construction sites, or to assist the stabilization and recovery of wildfire burn sites. Native plants are an essential element of habitat restoration efforts at scales ranging from isolated wetlands to large regional efforts such as the BayScapes program which encompasses the entire 64,000 square mile Chesapeake Bay watershed. Plants represent over half of all species federally listed as endangered and threatened species in the United States. As of March 2019, 1,662 native plant and animal species were federally listed as endangered or threatened in the United States. Of these, 718 were animals, and 944, or 56.7 percent, were plants. Federal lands provide habitat for more than 200 listed plant species and one-fourth of the known occurrences of listed plants. Careful management of these lands can help maintain our Nation’s plant heritage. Federal agencies also have the expertise to assist non-Federal land managers in plant conservation and protection efforts. Innovative partnerships are nee...
STATEMENT OF MUTUAL BENEFITS AND INTERESTS. It is mutually beneficial to enter into this agreement to establish a framework for the development of individual Supplemental Project Agreements (SPAs) for the parties to work together on projects to accomplish their mutual goals. In consideration of the above premises, the parties agree as follows:
STATEMENT OF MUTUAL BENEFITS AND INTERESTS. 1. On April 4, 2007, the Forest Service issued a Term Special Use Permit, ID WTM0796, (the Permit) to the Borrower for a term of 40 years.
STATEMENT OF MUTUAL BENEFITS AND INTERESTS. It is mutually advantageous, and in the public interest for the PARTIES to coordinate their efforts by participation on Incident Management Teams. Familiarity gained with the Incident Command System (ICS) will institutionalize large incident management techniques across Federal, State and local muncipalities so that there will be seamless transitioning between various entities providing emergency services management. It is also mutually advantageous for both PARTIES to provide support and participate in non-fire emergencies of national scope. Therefore FOREST SERVICE and DEPARTMENT are jointly participating in area and national incident management teams with the goal of cross training, standardization and mutuality of interests that will ultimately benefit the public by increasing large incident management efficiency and effectiveness. The FOREST SERVICE has the desire to increase total incident management capability by including and utilizing DEPARTMENT resources and skills. The continued encouragement of Local Government employees on IMTs helps to meet this goal.
STATEMENT OF MUTUAL BENEFITS AND INTERESTS. 1. On November 19, 2010, the Forest Service issued a Ski Area Term Special Use Permit, ID , (the Permit) to the Borrower for a term of forty (40) years.
STATEMENT OF MUTUAL BENEFITS AND INTERESTS. The Federal Agencies have the responsibility for prevention, protection and suppression of wildland fires on federally administered lands, and on adjacent or intermingled State and private forested/range lands as identified through written agreement. The District/Department is primarily responsible for all hazard response, prevention, structure suppression, and wildland fire suppression occurring to property within their jurisdictional boundaries. These structures and lands protected by the District/Department are intermingled or adjacent to lands protected by the Federal Agencies. Therefore, it is mutually advantageous, and in the public interest, for the Parties to coordinate their efforts in the prevention, detection, and suppression of wildland fires in and adjacent to their areas of responsibility. It is also mutually advantageous for the Parties to provide support and participate in presidentially declared emergencies and disasters.
STATEMENT OF MUTUAL BENEFITS AND INTERESTS. 1. The Forest Service, as a part of its mission, routinely responds to, manages and coordinates, and financially accounts for major wildland fires that involve thousands of responders from many local, Tribal, State, and Federal departments and agencies.
STATEMENT OF MUTUAL BENEFITS AND INTERESTS. 1. The USFS is the Lead Agency for ESF 4 under the National Response Framework. In this role, USFS responds to, manages and coordinates, and financially accounts for all-hazards incidents that are requested by FEMA under the Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (Act) during presidentially-declared major disasters and emergencies under the Act.
STATEMENT OF MUTUAL BENEFITS AND INTERESTS. A. The TRIBE shall:
