This standing analysis supports the Northern long-eared bat (Myotis septentrionalis; NLEB) Rangewide Determination Key (DKey), which is delivered through the U.S. Fish and Wildlife (USFWS) Information for Planning and Consultation ( IPaC IPaC
Information for Planning and Consultation (IPaC) is a project planning tool that streamlines the USFWS environmental review process
Learn more about IPaC ) project planning tool. USFWS developed the DKey to streamline the process of reviewing actions for which “no effect” or “may affect, not likely to adversely affect” determinations for the NLEB are appropriate. This analysis is based on the best available scientific information and contains the analytical basis for those predetermined consultation outcomes. It also explains the basis for actions that do not warrant predetermined outcomes via the DKey and that should undergo additional review or consultation.
