habitat establishment
Defined in 1 place of the United States Code.
The term “habitat establishment” means the manipulation of physical, chemical, or biological characteristics of a project site to create and maintain habitat that did not previously exist on the project site, including construction of—
(A) shallow water impoundments on non-hydric soils; and
(B) side channel spawning and rearing habitat.
Source
- 2006–present16 U.S.C. § 3772Conservation · Definitions · in this chapter