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and precipitation tOM. U,in~ the 1988 Ecolo~lcal Sil~ Inventory, Ill( ptrcent of public land in the
.llolrTlmlln each seral slIge: is summanud In 1M table txlow, All of the known public acres in the
.lIouTlC'nl art In the Mid Kral (40%) and Lale 5tra! (13%) staBts. A lour of the .IIOlmtm with an
Intcrdlsciplinary ttam from the Lakevlcw Resource arca on M.y 23, 2002 confirtned lhallbt puhlic land in
the .lIotment .~.rtd to be in mid or latt: stral slIge,
Tht- current use for 2 Wttks in the spring and 2 weeks in the rall r(suh In uliJiullOn on the crested
""helli"" "'hile .lInwin,lhe nallve vegetation 10 mcre.se in both Ifotmd cover and production.
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Ile. and the ve~el.a l ion types wert' mostly on pnvate Ind Nahon.1 Forest and therefore no transect was
sampled on these types.
S tandard 2 - Riparian/ Weiland
This standard is being met. The status of the Iotic nparian resource in the .lIotment is not known as no PFC
ISsturnenlS have betn completed. Peddler Creek,.n intermlnent stream, nows in the pasture for a half·
mile on BLM Compared 10 conditiOns in 1995, Peddler's Cr«k has stabihud and is in an Improving
Irend. 1bt ninc Icres oflentk palustrine ripari.n resources In the .lJotmtnt.re in Propc:r Functioning
Condition.
S tandard 3 [I'olollu l Processes
Th,s mndard 15 beln@ mtl. The interdisciplinary learn on May 23, 2002 found utilization rain to be less
Ihan 20% and the plant community was divtrsc with both ,rass.nd forb.! Mfowing Yllorously. Using the
1988 Ecol(}flC'. 1 Site Inyentory, the ObStfYed Apparent Trend (OAT) for the yegttation communities on
public land (600 aaes) was determined to be upwa.rd on 53% ofttle aCres and unknown on 47%. The fonn
for detcnmninillthe OAT is Appendix B. These unknown acres are On lands nOI mapped by the BlM
becaw;e Iht'y are in re lat lyc ly small areas surrounded by private or Nallona l Forest lands.
The 0200 allnUTltnl supports most of the terTestnal ammals common to Ihe sngebrush S1tppe in the Great
Basm. The allotmen t provides habitat for huntable populatinns of mule deer, pronghorn antelope, and sage
~rouse . The SO AUM', alloca ted to wildlife seem adequate to suppon the CUrTent I.'.'ildhfe populations, and
was .dJu"ed in the proposed RMP from 45 to SO 10 address Ihe expanSIon of elk and potential competition
with liYcstock for for'Me identified in the Ore~on Dcparrment of Fish and Wildlife's (ODFW) elJc.
mana~emt'n1 plan. There is currently no major cornpellllon between wlldl,fe.nd oomrstlc livestock- for
rorage, either early@recn-up grasses and forbs or winter browse such IS .ntelope bincrbrvsh.nd curl-leaf
mountain mahoi.ny whICh arc both limilcd in distribUlion WIthin the: .1I04menl .
The allolment hes wllhm ODFw's Wamer B ig Game Mana£emcnt Umt for deer, pronghorn .ntclopc, and
elle . CUrTent populations .re slightly below management obJCClives for molt' deer and substantially bclow
that proposed for elk. The allotment contains crucial winter ranle hab,tat ror muJe deer. 11lc .lIotmt'nt
also contallls year.round habilat ror sage l!rouse and pron£hom antd~, hO'oW~r, no cruCial habilat has
been Identified.
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