Table of Contents
Volume I
Preface ..........................................................................................................XXXV
Summary
XLI
Introduction .................................................................................................. XLIII
What is the purpose and need for the action being proposed?............. XLIV
What alternatives are being proposed? ..................................................... XLV
What are the environmental consequences of the alternatives? .................. L
Chapter 1 – Purpose and Need
1
Introduction ..........................................................................................................3
Purpose and Need for the Plan Revisions........................................................3
Reasons for Revising the RMPs Now .............................................................4
Selecting a Preferred Alternative .......................................................................7
Background ..........................................................................................................8
Planning Area .....................................................................................................16
Planning Process ................................................................................................18
Collaboration ......................................................................................................19
Relationship of the RMPs to Other Plans, and Programs ............................22
Chapter 2 – Alternatives
27
Introduction ........................................................................................................29
Management Common to All Action Alternatives .......................................29
The Alternatives .................................................................................................64
Tables for Areas of Critical Environmental Concern ..................................114
Tables for District-Specific Recreation Management Actions ....................119
Maps ..................................................................................................................154
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DEIS for the Revision of the Western Oregon RMPs
Chapter 3 – Affected Environment
Introduction ......................................................................................................181
Ecology ..............................................................................................................192
Socioeconomics ................................................................................................216
Timber ................................................................................................................247
Special Forest Products ...................................................................................251
Botany................................................................................................................257
Invasive Plants .................................................................................................268
Wildlife ..............................................................................................................282
Fish .....................................................................................................................335
Water ..................................................................................................................359
Fire and Fuels ...................................................................................................392
Air ......................................................................................................................401
Recreation..........................................................................................................405
Wilderness Characteristics..............................................................................417
Visual Resources ..............................................................................................420
National Landscape Conservation System ..................................................422
Soils ....................................................................................................................425
Grazing ..............................................................................................................428
Wild Horses ......................................................................................................433
Areas of Critical Environmental Concern and Research Natural Areas ..435
Cultural Resources ...........................................................................................439
Lands, Realty, Access, and Transportation ...................................................445
Energy and Minerals .......................................................................................454
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Volume II
Chapter 4 – Environmental Consequences
473
Introduction ......................................................................................................475
Ecology ..............................................................................................................494
Socioeconomics ..............................................................................................534
Environmental Justice .....................................................................................554
Timber ................................................................................................................557
Special Forest Products ...................................................................................590
Botany .............................................................................................................593
Invasive Plants .................................................................................................611
Wildlife ...........................................................................................................633
Fish .....................................................................................................................723
Water ..................................................................................................................745
Fire and Fuels ................................................................................................765
Air .....................................................................................................................773
Recreation .......................................................................................................775
Wilderness Characteristics .............................................................................784
Visual Resources ............................................................................................789
National Landscape Conservation System ................................................793
Soils .................................................................................................................794
Grazing ...........................................................................................................798
Wild Horses ...................................................................................................804
Areas of Critical Environmental Concern ....................................................807
Cultural Resources ..........................................................................................811
Energy and Minerals ......................................................................................816
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DEIS for the Revision of the Western Oregon RMPs
Chapter 5 – Coordination and Monitoring
819
Introduction ......................................................................................................821
Public Contact and Scoping............................................................................822
Formal Cooperators.........................................................................................823
Government-to-Government Coordination .................................................825
Consistency with Other Agency Plans and Programs................................826
Section 7 Consultation under the Endangered Species Act .......................829
Preparers ...........................................................................................................830
Monitoring ........................................................................................................845
Adaptive Management ...................................................................................848
Acronyms
851
Glossary
855
References
867
Index
923
Volume III
Appendix A. Legal Authorities
927
Settlement Agreement .....................................................................................929
Major Court Rulings........................................................................................930
Major Legal Authorities ..................................................................................933
Appendix B. Ecology
Structural Stage Classification .......................................................................941
Interagency Vegetation Mapping Project Data ............................................946
Average Historical Conditions and the Historic Range of Variability .....947
FRAGSTATS ......................................................................................................949
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939
Appendix C. Socioeconomics
953
Analysis of Socioeconomic Effects ................................................................955
Appendix D. Timber
965
Timber Valuation..............................................................................................967
Ten-Year Scenario Quality Check ..................................................................971
Appendix E. Botany
973
Federally Listed and Candidate Plant Species ............................................975
Digest of Actions Contained in Individual Recovery Plans for Federally-
Listed Plant Species .........................................................................................977
Digest of Conservation Plans for Special Status Plants..............................980
Habitat Groups .................................................................................................984
Appendix F. Invasive Plants
1013
Analytical methods used to determine relative risk to introduce invasive plant species between the alternatives. ......................................................1015
Appendix G. Wildlife
1023
Management Opportunities on BLM-Administered Lands in the Recovery Plans for the Columbia White-tailed Deer (Columbia River population), Marbled Murrelet, and Bald Eagle. .............................................................1025
Data in Support of Northern Spotted Owl Analysis ................................1037
Marbled Murrelet Critical Habitat. .............................................................1060
Special Status Animal Species ......................................................................1065
Appendix H. Fish
1069
Special Status Fish Species in the Planning Area ......................................1071
Status Summaries and Evolutionary Significant Units for Threatened or
Endangered Salmonids .................................................................................1073
Intrinsic Potential Model and Large Wood Delivery Model ...................1082
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DEIS for the Revision of the Western Oregon RMPs
Appendix I. Water
1093
Water Planning Criteria ................................................................................1095
Source Water Watersheds for Public Water Systems ...............................1120
Best Management Practices ..........................................................................1132
Appendix J. Recreation
1189
Interim Off-highway Vehicle Management Guidelines ...........................1191
Planning Frameworks for Special Management Areas ............................1208
Appendix K. Wilderness Characteristics
1255
Wilderness Characteristics Analysis ...........................................................1257
Appendix L. Grazing
1261
Standard Procedures and Design Elements for Range Improvements within the Klamath Falls Resource Area ....................................................1263
Grazing Allotments in the Klamath Falls Resource Area and Medford District .............................................................................................................1270
Standards for Rangeland Health ................................................................1284
Appendix M. Areas of Critical Environmental Concern
1305
Areas of Critical Environmental Concern ..................................................1307
Appendix N. Cultural Resources
1351
Federally Recognized Native American Tribes in or with Interests in the Planning Area .................................................................................................1353
Appendix O. Lands
Land Tenure Adjustment Criteria................................................................1361
Land Withdrawals and Land Tenure Zone 3 Lands .................................1363
Inventory of Communication Sites .............................................................1426
Analytical Methods to Determine Legal Public Accessibility of BLM
Lands in the Planning Area ........................................................................1430
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