| Management
Status Level Explanation |
| Status
1 |
An area
having permanent protection from conversion of natural land cover and a
mandated management plan in operation to maintain a natural state within
which disturbance events (of natural type, frequency, and intensity) are
allowed to proceed without interference or are mimicked through management. |
| Status
2 |
An area
having permanent protection from conversion of natural land cover and a
mandated management plan in operation to maintain a primarily natural state,
but which may receive use or management practices that degrade the quality
of existing natural communities. |
| Status
3 |
An area
having permanent protection from conversion of natural land cover for the
majority of the area, but subject to extractive uses of either a broad,
low-intensity type or localized intense type. It also confers protection
to federally listed endangered and threatened species throughout the area. |
| Status
4 |
Lack
of irrevocable easement or mandate to prevent conversion of natural habitat
types to anthropogenic habitat types and allow for intensive use throughout
the tract, or existence of such restrictions is unknown. |