Initial Plan Area definition

Initial Plan Area means Green Diamond's ownership within the 11 HPAs as of the effective date of the Permits. Figures 1-1 and 1-2 depict the Initial Plan Area based on the ownership as of April 2005.
Initial Plan Area defined in Section 1.2.1 of the HCP, means Permittee’s land ownership as of the effective date of the permits (152,163 acres in three management units as described above). Figure 1-1 of the HCP depicts the Initial Plan Area based on the ownership as of January 2009. covered activities within the Plan Area as the permits may be amended from time to time.

Examples of Initial Plan Area in a sentence

  • As indicated in Table 2-2, this acreage is dominated by forests between 0 and 60 years old; 85% of the forested land in the Initial Plan Area is in these age classes.

  • In this regard, the Covered Species are dependent on a variety of stream habitats in the Initial Plan Area.

  • The Hoopa Valley Indian Reservation is located east of the Initial Plan Area; lands administered by the Yurok Tribe or Bureau of Indian Affairs occur along the lower Klamath River.

  • This premise is supported by the location of the Adjustment Area lands in the same watersheds as the Initial Plan Area and their common history and characteristics as commercial timberlands.

  • The commercial timberlands in the HPAs (including the Initial Plan Area) have common characteristics directly related to habitat conditions for Covered Species.

  • Approximately 25,417 acres of the Initial Plan Area are in this group.

  • Current rules and regulations, interacting with provisions of the NSO HCP, result in harvesting restraints or prohibitions on approximately 12% of the Initial Plan Area.

  • Such activities include: • Site preparation, prescribed burning, and slash treatment • Tree planting • Control of competing vegetation • Precommercial thinning and pruning Green Diamond manages timber in the Initial Plan Area under a Maximum Sustained Production (MSP) plan prepared and approved in accordance with state law.

  • Table 1-1 indicates the approximate acreage of the Eligible Plan Area and its components, other lands in the HPAs, and total area of the 11 HPAs. As depicted in Figure 1-2, the Eligible Plan Area includes approximately 707,909 acres: 416,533 acres of Initial Plan Area and 291,377 acres of Adjustment Area.

  • To address such changes, the Plan and IA allow for the Initial Plan Area to expand or contract within certain limits.