OAR 635-100-0100
Threatened and Endangered Species Definition of Terms


As used in OAR 635-100-0100 (Threatened and Endangered Species Definition of Terms) to 635-100-0130 (Requirement for Survival Guidelines):

(1)

“Commission” means the State Fish and Wildlife Commission.

(2)

“Conservation means the use of methods and procedures necessary to bring a species to the point at which the measures provided under ORS 496.171 (Definitions for ORS 496.171 to 496.182) to 496.182 (Protection and conservation programs) are no longer necessary. Such methods and procedures include, but are not limited to, activities associated with scientific resource management such as research, census taking, law enforcement, habitat acquisition and maintenance, habitat protection and restoration, propagation and transplantation.

(3)

“Department” means the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife.

(4)

“Director” means the Director of the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife.

(5)

“Endangered Species” means:

(a)

Any native wildlife species determined by the commission to be in danger of extinction throughout any significant portion of its range within the state; or

(b)

Any native wildlife species listed as an endangered species pursuant to the federal ESA.

(6)

“Federal ESA” means the federal Endangered Species Act of 1973 (Public Law 93-205, 16 USC § 1531), as amended.

(7)

“Federal list” means the list of native wildlife species that have been designated as endangered or threatened under the federal ESA.

(8)

“Native” means a species indigenous to Oregon, not introduced. Indigenous species include species that occur naturally or were extirpated from the state.

(9)

“Person” means natural person, individual, corporation, company, society, association, firm, partnership, cooperative, governmental or political subdivision or agency thereof.

(10)

“Species” means any group or population of wildlife that interbreeds and is substantially reproductively isolated.

(11)

“State List” means the official state list of wildlife species that have been designated as endangered or threatened under the procedures set forth in ORS 496.172 (Commission management authority for threatened or endangered species) to 496.192 (Effect of law on commercial forestland or other private land) and OAR 635, division 100.

(12)

“Substantial scientific evidence” means that quantum of the best available documented information or evidence that a reasonable person would accept as adequate to support a conclusion. This includes information or evidence that may not have been reviewed by a scientific review panel, but that the department considers scientifically reliable.

(13)

“Survival guidelines” means the quantifiable and measurable guidelines that the commission considers necessary to ensure the survival of individual members of the species.

(14)

“Take” means to kill or obtain possession or control of any species on the state list.

(15)

“Threatened species” means:

(a)

Any native wildlife species the commission determines is likely to become an endangered species within the foreseeable future throughout any significant portion of its range within this state; or

(b)

Any native wildlife species listed as a threatened species pursuant to the federal ESA.

(16)

“Verifiable” means scientific information reviewed by a scientific peer review panel of outside experts who do not otherwise have a vested interest in the process. For purposes of this definition, “vested interest in the process” means that the person reviewing the scientific information does not have a personal economic interest in the commission’s decision to list a species. Information that would be considered “verifiable” includes, but is not limited to:

(a)

Articles and information published in peer-reviewed scientific journals, such as the Journal of Wildlife Management and Transactions of the American Fisheries Society;

(b)

Information developed by the department, which has been peer reviewed by outside experts (e.g., agency management plans, Nongame Wildlife Program Technical Reports);

(c)

Information developed by federal agencies, which has been peer reviewed (e.g., peer-reviewed agency management plans, final environmental impact statements, adopted recovery plans, interagency technical reports);

(d)

Peer-reviewed data gathered by the department or others using standard methodologies or protocols.

(e)

Information developed by the Pacific Northwest Electric Power and Conservation Planning Council or other organizations, which has been peer reviewed.

(17)

“Wildlife” means fish, wild birds, amphibians, reptiles and wild mammals.
[Publications: Publications referenced are available from the agency.]

Source: Rule 635-100-0100 — Threatened and Endangered Species Definition of Terms, https://secure.­sos.­state.­or.­us/oard/view.­action?ruleNumber=635-100-0100.

635–100–0001
Wildlife Diversity Plan Definition of Terms
635–100–0005
Wildlife Diversity Plan Content and Purpose
635–100–0010
Wildlife Diversity Program Goal
635–100–0015
Wildlife Diversity Program Objectives
635–100–0030
Wildlife Diversity Plan Five-Year Review
635–100–0040
Sensitive Species List
635–100–0080
Threatened and Endangered Species List Policy Statement
635–100–0100
Threatened and Endangered Species Definition of Terms
635–100–0105
Criteria for Listing Threatened and Endangered Species
635–100–0110
Procedure for Listing Threatened and Endangered Species
635–100–0111
Reclassifying Threatened and Endangered Species
635–100–0112
Removing Threatened and Endangered Species from the State List
635–100–0113
Threatened and Endangered Species Technical Committees
635–100–0115
Threatened and Endangered Species Temporary Listing
635–100–0120
Threatened and Endangered Species Periodic Review of List
635–100–0125
State List of Threatened and Endangered Species
635–100–0130
Requirement for Survival Guidelines
635–100–0135
Survival Guidelines for Species Listed as Threatened or Endangered
635–100–0136
Survival Guidelines for Washington Ground Squirrel
635–100–0137
Advisory Survival Guidelines for Marbled Murrelet
635–100–0140
Endangered Species Management Plans for State Land Owning or Managing Agencies
635–100–0150
Endangered Species Requirements for Agencies Other than State Land Owning or Managing Agencies
635–100–0160
Classification of Agencies
635–100–0170
Threatened and Endangered Species Incidental Take Permits
635–100–0180
Western Snowy Plover
635–100–0190
Lower Columbia River Coho Fishery Management
635–100–0191
Lower Columbia River Coho Hatchery Programs
635–100–0192
Lower Columbia River Coho Land Management
635–100–0193
Lower Columbia River Coho Monitoring
635–100–0194
Lower Columbia River Coho De-listing Criteria
Last Updated

Jun. 8, 2021

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