Vernal Pool definition

Vernal Pool means, pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws § 2-1-20(17), a depressional wetland basin that typically goes dry in most years and may contain inlets or outlets, typically of intermittent flow. Vernal pools range in both size and depth depending upon landscape position and parent materials. Vernal pools usually support one (1) or more of the following obligate indicator species: wood frog (Lithobates sylvaticus), spotted salamander (Ambystoma maculatum), marbled salamander (Ambystoma opacum), and fairy shrimp (Eubranchipus spp.) and typically precludes sustainable populations of predatory fish.

Vernal Pool means a type of seasonal wetland habitat that is characterized by a specific set of physical parameters and a unique assemblage of highly specialized endemic plants and animals; a seasonal body of standing water that typically forms in the spring from direct precipitation, with occasional contributions from other sources, dries out completely in the hotter months of summer, and refills in the autumn; pools free of fish that provide important breeding habitat for many terrestrial or semi-aquatic species such as Branchiopods, frogs, and salamanders.

Vernal Pool means a small, shallow depression in the landscape that tends to fill with water during spring and late fall and become drier during the summer months. It shall be natural and lack a permanent outlet or any fish population. Further, the occurrence of one or more of the obligatory species which include the fairy shrimp, spotted salamander, Jefferson salamander, marbled salamander, wood frog, and eastern spade foot toad is necessary to conclusively define the vernal pool.

Examples of Vernal Pool in a sentence

• No herbicide shall be applied on or within ten feet of a Wetland or Water Over a Wetland, within ten feet of the mean annual high-water line of any River, or within ten feet of any Certified Vernal Pool.

• Certified Vernal Pool, a confined basin depression, certified and mapped by NHESP pursuant to the provisions of 310 CMR 10.57(2)(a)5.

• UNITED STATES ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, NEW ENGLAND DISTRICT , Vernal Pool Best Management Practices, January 2015, available at https://www.nae.usace.army.mil/Portals/74/docs/regulatory/VernalPools/VPBMPsJan2015.

• Certified Vernal Pool - A surface water body that has been certified by the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife as a vernal pool in accordance with the "Vernal Pool Certification Guidelines" pursuant to the Massachusetts Natural Heritage and Endangered Species Program administered by the Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game at the time a permit application is submitted to the Approving Authority.

• Impacted Aquatic Resource Type: For each impact Site ID, identify the impacted aquatic resource type from the following list: Lake, Ocean, Riparian Zone, Stream Channel, Vernal Pool or Wetland.

More Definitions of Vernal Pool

Vernal Pool means a watercourse consisting of a confined basin depression which contains a small body of standing water, usually drying out for part of the year during warm weather. It can be natural or man-made, and lacks a permanent outlet or any fish population. Further, the occurrence of one or more of the obligatory species which include fairy shrimp, spotted salamander, Jefferson salamander, marbled salamander, wood frog, and eastern spade foot toad are necessary to conclusively define the vernal pool.

Vernal Pool means, in addition to scientific definitions found in the Regulations, any confined basin or depression not occurring in existing lawns, gardens, landscaped areas or driveways which:

Vernal Pool means a seasonal or permanent watercourse in a defined depression or basin that lacks a fish population and supports or is capable of supporting breeding and development of amphibian or invertebrate species recognized as obligate to such watercourses.

Vernal Pool means a seasonal, generally shallow body of water in a defined depression or basin that lacks a fish population (a self-sustaining number of native fish) and supports or is capable of supporting breeding and development of amphibian or invertebrate species recognized as obligate to such vernal pool.

Vernal Pool means a wetland or watercourse that contains water for approximately two months during the growing season, occurring within a confined depression or basin that lacks a permanent outlet stream, or fish population, and dries out most years, usually by late summer. In dry seasons, vernal pools are characterized by sparsely vegetated basins with leaf litter stained black or gray from being underwater. From mid September to late November the most recent leaf litter may obscure the dark stained litter. Conclusive identification is made by the occurrence of one or more obligate wildlife species; these include Jefferson and Marbled salamanders, Wood frogs, eastern Spadefoot toads and Fairy shrimp.

Vernal Pool means a seasonal or permanent watercourse in a defined depression or basin, that lacks a fish population and, in most years, supports breeding and development of amphibian or invertebrate species recognized as obligate to such watercourses.

Vernal Pool means a seasonal or permanent body of standing water with the following characteristics: 1) occurs within a confined, natural or manmade depression or basin;