IB-OR-2003-124-FY 2004 Northwest Forest Plan Implementation Monitoring Program
United States
Department of
Agriculture
Forest
Service
R-6
R-5
OR/WA
CA
Bureau of Land
Management
Reply Refer To:2630(FS)/1736PFP(BLM) (OR935)P
United States
Department of
Interior
Date: April 9, 2003
EMS TRANSMISSION 04/09/2003
BLM-Information Bulletin No. OR-2003-124
FS-Memorandum
To:
Forest Service Forest Supervisors within the Range of the Northwest Forest Plan Forests; Bureau of
Land Management District Managers, (Coos Bay, Eugene, Lakeview, Medford, Roseburg, and
Salem) and Field Managers (Klamath Falls and Tillamook, OR; Arcata, Redding and Ukiah, CA)
Subject:
FY 2004 Northwest Forest Plan Implementation Monitoring Program
REPLY DUE: 6/15/03
Information is requested on projects implemented within the Northwest Forest Plan (NWFP) area since 1994 (see
attachment 1). This information will be used to randomly select two projects and the two watersheds containing the
projects for monitoring by each of the Provincial Advisory Committees (PACs).
The FY 2004 program will continue the focus on monitoring "Other" projects such as prescribed fire, grazing, mining,
recreation, restoration and road decommissioning. This year’s program will provide a good opportunity to further
build our sample size and understanding of these important project categories which to date have been under sampled.
We are asking for this information now, in response to your request that projects be selected prior to the fiscal year in
which they are to be monitored, to allow for adequate planning and budgeting lead times. This will also allow you
ample time to collect the data.
This proposal was discussed at the February 12-13, 2003 Provincial Implementation Monitoring Team (PIMT) leaders’
workshop. We are asking that the PIMT Leader be the provincial focal point for gathering and providing the data call
information (see attached list B). It is imperative that all Forests and BLM Districts provide the requested information
to their respective PIMT leader in order for one coordinated response to be received from each province.
If your unit is selected for monitoring, we ask that every effort be made to complete this task. This is necessary in
order to maintain the success and validity of this important program.
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If the PIMT leads have any questions concerning this year’s program, or the information data request enclosed, please
contact Dave Baker, [email protected], at 541-464-3223, or Gery Ferguson, [email protected], at 541-383­
5538. Please complete the attached table and send to Dave Baker by 6/15/2003. Please share this information with
your PACs.
/s/ Jon R. Martin
JON R. MARTIN
Interagency Regional Monitoring Program Manager
Authenticated by
Mary O'Leary
Management Assistant
IB-OR-2003-124-FY 2004 Northwest Forest Plan Implementation Monitoring Program
2 Attachments
1 - 04 Data Call Tables- ( 7 pp)
2 - Contact List (1p)
BLM Distribution
cc: with enclosures
WO-230 (Room 204LS)
Paul Roush (CA-330)
Bob Gunther (OR-120)
FWS
Brendan White
FS Distribution
cc: with enclosures
R6
Bill Ramos
Jodi Leingang
Ward Hoffman
Beth Peer
John Rowland
R5
Jan Ford
Arlene Kallis
Mike Vandame
cc: w/o enclosures
BLM
Cary Osterhaus (OR-930)
Neal Middlebrook, Dave Baker (OR-935)
Cindy Barry, FWS
Barry Mulder, FWS
Dave Busch, USGS
cc: w/o enclosures
R6
George Lottritz, R6
Gery Ferguson, R6
Becky Gravenmier, PNW
Garland Mason, PSW
Steve Morris, NMFS
IB-OR-2003-124-Attachment 1
Province _________________________________________
Contact
__________________________
______________________________________
Name
Phone number
(please note that there are several tables to fill in, 1 per page, add rows to tables when necessary)
These project categories are in priority order. Please provide your entire pool of prescribed fire projects first. If you have two or more
prescribed fire projects, then you only need to fill in the first table (i.e. you do not need to proceed further). If you do not have any
prescribed fire projects then proceed to the next category (grazing). Continue to fill in the tables until you have a pool of at least two
projects. Once a sufficient pool has been identified you do not have to complete the remaining tables.
If you provided this information for the FY2003 data call, you only need to update the tables with projects completed since the tables were
filled in or for projects planned to be completed by May 2004.
Attachment 1-1
Province
_________________________________________
Contact
__________________________
Phone number
______________________________________
Name
Other Project Monitoring
Prescribed Fire
Criteria for inclusion in table below
Planned and undertaken since 1994, must be under Northwest Forest Plan.
Purpose of project for hazard reduction and / or habitat improvement, not broadcast burning or pile burning for slash disposal or site
prep for planting.
if you have no prescribed fire within your BLM District or NF Forest in the province, please say “none” in table below and proceed to
the grazing form.
Admin
Unit -
FS
District /
FS
Forest /
BLM
Resource
Name
of
Project
Decision
Date
(mm/dd/yy)
Decision 5th Field
type
Watershed
(CE, EA,
EIS)
(Name and
10 digit
Land Use Est.
Allocation Acres in
project
Est. Acres
implemented
on ground
IB-OR-2003-124-Attachment 1
BLM
District
Area
code)
Attachment 1-2
Province _________________________________________
Contact
__________________________
Phone number
______________________________________
Name
Grazing
Criteria for inclusion in table below
Rely on existing databases to derive projects, BLM has GABS and FS has INFRA/GIS,
monitoring would be done on a grazing allotment and /or Allotment Management Plan on a ranger district or resource area.
Enter data by 5th field watershed, if overlaps into more than one, pick watershed with majority of grazing
if you have no grazing within your BLM District or NF Forest within the province, please say “none” in table below and proceed to the
mining form.
Admin
Unit -
FS
District /
FS
Forest /
BLM
Resource
Area
BLM
District
Allotment Decision
Name
Date
(mm/dd/yy)
Decision 5th Field
type
Watershed
(CE, EA,
EIS)
(Name and
10 digit
code)
Land Use Est.
Allocation Acres in
project
Est. Acres
implemented
on ground
Attachment 1-3
IB-OR-2003-124-Attachment 1
Province _________________________________________
Contact
______________________________________
Name
__________________________
Phone number
Mining
Criteria for inclusion in table below
Locatable mineral
Must have current plan of operations or have been rehabbed since 1994.
if you have no mining within your BLM District or NF Forest in the province, please say “none” in table below and proceed to the
recreation form.
Admin
Unit -
FS
District /
FS
Forest /
BLM
Resource
Area
BLM
District
Name
of
Project
Decision
Date
Decision 5th Field
type
Watershed
(CE, EA,
(mm/dd/yy) EIS)
(Name and
10 digit
code)
Land Use Est.
Allocation Acres in
project
Est. Acres
implemented
on ground
Attachment 1-4
Province _________________________________________
Contact
______________________________________
Name
__________________________
Phone number
Recreation
Criteria for inclusion in table below
Identify recreation projects with NEPA decisions signed since 1994 and that have been fully implemented, that incorporate either
construction or reconstruction, and / or ground disturbing activities, such as:
Ski area expansion
Campground construction or reconstruction
IB-OR-2003-124-Attachment 1
Trail construction or reconstruction (more than .5 miles)
Resort Master Facility Plan updates
Recreation Special Use Permits that have been reissued since 1994 – include permits with infrastructure and that include
ground disturbing activities. Use existing databases to capture information, FS has SUDS, BLM has RIMS.
Also identify outfitter permits, special events permits, etc.
If the activity is within more than 1 watershed, please indicated the watershed(s) where the predominance of the use occurs.
If no recreation projects occur, then proceed to Watershed Restoration form.
Admin
Unit -
FS
District /
FS
Forest /
BLM
Resource
Area
BLM
District
Name
of
Project
Decision
Date
Decision 5th Field
type
Watershed
(CE, EA,
(mm/dd/yy) EIS)
(Name and
10 digit
code)
Land Use Est.
Allocation Acres in
project
Est. Acres
implemented
on ground
Attachment 1-4
Province _________________________________________
Contact
______________________________________
Name
__________________________
Phone number
Watershed restoration
Criteria for inclusion in table below
At least 40 acres of watershed affected or enhanced or,
At least .5 miles of cumulative stream length per project (identify # of structures in stream) or,
At least $10,000 expended in restoration project
Use existing databases to capture information if they have been updated, FS / BLM have IRDA.
Report Road Decommissioning projects in the next table.
If no Watershed Restoration projects exist, then proceed to Road Decommissioning form.
Admin
Unit -
FS
District /
FS
Forest
/
BLM
Resource
Area
BLM
District
Name of
Decision
Project and Date
Type of
Restoration (mm/dd/yy)
Land Use
Decision 5th Field
type
Watershed Allocation
(CE, EA,
EIS)
(Name
and 10
digit code)
Est.
Acres
(or
miles) in
project
(identify
unit of
measure)
Est. Acres
(or miles)
implemented
on ground
IB-OR-2003-124-Attachment 1
Attachment 1-6
Province
_________________________________________
Contact
______________________________________
Name
__________________________
Phone number
Road Decommissioning
Criteria for inclusion in table below
At least 1 mile of cumulative road decommissioning per project
Decommissioning definition – see B-31 under Roads and use the definition provided in the FY 2001 watershed questionnaire.
Admin
Unit -
FS
District /
FS
Forest /
BLM
Resource
Area
BLM
District
Name
of
Project
Decision
Date
Decision 5th Field
type
Watershed
(CE, EA,
(mm/dd/yy) EIS)
(Name and
10 digit
code)
Land Use Miles of
Allocation Road
Decommis­
sioned
Est. miles
implemented
on ground
Attachment 1-7