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GLOSSARY Areas of inadequate protection (AIP) — Areas within counties as shown on the maps where the Service has determined that measures intended to protect manatees from the reasonable certainty of watercraft -related take are inadequate. Inadequate protection may be the result of the absence of manatee or other watercraft speed zones, insufficiency of existing speed zones, deficient speed zone signage, or the absence or insufficiency of speed zone enforcement. Boat slip — A space on land or in or over the water, other than on residential land, that is intended and/or actively used to hold a stationary watercraft or its trailer, and for which intention and/or use is confirmed by legal authorization or other documentary evidence. Examples of boat slips include, but are not limited to, docks or piers, marinas, boat ramps and associated trailer parking spaces, boat lifts, floats, floating docks, pilings, boat davits, dry storage, etc. Critical habitat — For listed species, this consists of: (1) the specific areas within the geographical area occupied by the species, at the time it is listed in accordance with the provisions of section 4 of the Endangered Species Act (ESA), on which are found those physical or biological features (constituent elements) (a) essential to the conservation of the species and (b) which may require special management considerations or protection; and (2) specific areas outside the geographical area occupied by the species at the time it is listed in accordance with the provisions of section 4 of the ESA, upon a determination by the Secretary that such areas are essential for the conservation of the species. Designated critical habitats are described in 50 CFR 17 and 50 CFR 226. Currently serviceable — Currently, serviceable means usable as is or with some maintenance, but not so degraded as to essentially require reconstruction. Direct effects — The direct or immediate effects of the project on the species or its habitat. Dredging — For the purposes of this key, the term dredging refers to all in -water work associated with dredging operations, including mobilization and demobilization activities that occur in water or require vessels. Emergent vegetation — Rooted emergent vascular macrophytes such as, but not limited to, cordgrass (Spartina alterniora and S. patens), needle rush (Juncus roemerianus), swamp sawgrass (Cladium mariscoides), saltwort (Batis maritima), saltgrass (Distichlis spicata), and glasswort (Salicornia virginica) found in coastal salt marsh -related habitats (tidal marsh, salt marsh, brackish marsh, coastal marsh, coastal wetlands, tidal wetlands). Formal consultation — A process between the Services and a Federal agency or applicant that: (1) determines whether a proposed Federal action is likely to jeopardize the continued existence of listed species or destroy or adversely modify designated critical habitat; (2) begins with a Federal agency's written request and submittal of a complete initiation package; and (3) concludes with the issuance of a biological opinion and incidental take statement by either of the Services. If a proposed Federal action may affect a listed species or designated critical habitat, formal consultation is required (except when the Services concur, in writing, that a proposed 178