Return to baseline definition
Return to baseline means, at the termination of an agreement, activities undertaken by the landowner to return the species population or extent or quality of habitat to baseline, excluding catastrophic events such as floods, unplanned fires, or earthquakes, and other factors mutually agreed upon prior to permit issuance and that are beyond the control of the landowner.
Return to baseline means the collective actions of the landowner to return the species population or quality of habitat back to baseline conditions, excluding catastrophic events, and other factors mutually agreed upon prior to permit issuance and that are beyond the control of the landowner.
Examples of Return to baseline in a sentence
Return to baseline for habitat will not insure that specific habitat patches will remain, rather it will insure that there is no net loss in quality or quantity of Kbb habitat.
Return to baseline means continued protection of Occupied Sites and Forests & Fish Buffers (i.e., RMZs, CMZs, WMZs, and unstable slopes) to the same extent required by Washington Forest Practices Rules (Title 222 WAC) and other applicable regulations and continued protection of forested areas as required under the Forest Practices Rules as of the date of SHA approval.