They include characteristics such as a multilayered tree canopy, shadetolerant tree species growing in the understory, largediameter trees, and a high volume of dead wood, such as snags and logs. Five buttes project united states court of appeals for. The federal plan is expected to provide at least 50 percent probability that popula. Bookprinted material final environmental impact statement. In 1994, the comprehensive northwest forest plan the plan was initiated to end the. This paper describes the latesuccessional and oldgrowth forest and the northern spotted owl effectiveness monitoring plans for the northwest forest plan. In addition, the latesuccessional forest contains large snags standing dead trees that benefit species such as vauxs swift and purple. Northwest forest plan record of decision including the latesuccessional reserve land allocations on the forest.
Survey and manage history and update oregonwashington blm. Lsrs are sdesigned to maintain late successional mature or old growth forests in a well distributed pattern across fe deral lands within the range of the northern spotted owl nso mouer et al. Late successional reserve managed late successional area marbled murrelet areas northern spotted owl activity centers matrix, riparian. The 1994 northwest forest plan nwfp record of decision rod created a new land use allocation called late successional reserve lsr. Introduction headline issues about federal forest management in the united states change frequently but share a common theme.
This mature forest has bigger trees and abundant understory in openings and around the edges. The pnw region has recently experienced major changes in for est management. The northwest forest plan outlines management policies for several land. Still the best science of the day 3 why the northwest forest plan is needed the nwfp ushered in ecosystem management and biodiversity conservation on nearly 25 million acres of federal lands within the range of the federally threatened northern spotted owl strix occidentalis caurina. Protecting biodiversity of latesuccessional forests was among the primary goals of the northwest forest plan nwfp that shifted forest management on 10 million ha of federal lands in the pnw. If you need to print pages from this book, we recommend downloading it as a pdf. Over the past several years, staff from the yreka fish and wildlife office yreka fwo and the klamath national forest knf have worked cooperatively in developing and implementing forest management projects in latesuccessional reserves lsrs to maintain and promote the development of latesuccessional habitat. Late successional reserve managed late successional area marbled murrelet areas.
Kline late successional reserve enhancement project final. Other protected areas include administratively withdrawn lands and managed latesuccessional areas. The davis fire, which started in june of 2003 and burned 21,000acres in the five buttes analysis area, was the first documented problem fire. Specifically, the nwfp created the davis lsr to protect and enhance conditions of latesuccessional and old. In the 1980s, public controversy intensified over timber. The northwest forest plan assumes that about 80 percent of the reserves must be restored to latesuccessional condition, but currently only about 40% of the acres in lsrs are made up of forests with medium and large conifers, and only 30% of riparian reserves acres are made up of. Northwest forest plan authoritative documents uo libraries. The late successional reserve lsr designation includes project area lands outside of the wilderness boundary. It has proven more successful in stopping actions harmful to. Forest type, size, class, age class, and successional stage. Latesuccessional reserves are designed to maintain a functional, interacting late successional ecosystem. Late successional and oldgrowth lsog monitoring characterizes the status and trends of. Using occupancy estimation to assess the effectiveness of.
The forest service will prepare an environmental impact statement eis to evaluate and disclose the predicted effects of the elk latesuccessional reserve enhancement project, which would treat natural start printed page 619 stands and plantations on approximately 2,930 acres to reduce the current and future risk of largescale disturbance. The 1994 northwest forest plan nwfp record of decision rod created a new land use allocation called latesuccessional reserve lsr. Federal register klamath national forest, california. Data from the nwfp monitoring program can be found on the monitoring pages. Forest tree composition is dynamic, changing over time within stands and across landscapes. Planning documents within the range of the northern spotted owl pdf. Click here for a pdf map 3mb of the plan s allocations in oregon. Seeks to maintain latesuccessional and oldgrowth habitat and ecosystems, and the biological diversity associated with native species and. The plan, adopted in 1994, called for an extensive system of latesuccessional and riparian reserves along with some timber harvest on the intervening lands under a set of controls and safeguards. Packwood lake recreation plan energy northwest june 2008 5 lands outside of the wilderness boundary. Forest fire regime of the bull run watershed, oregon. The aquatic conservation strategy of the northwest forest plan. In 1994, it was unknown whether the reserve network and other standards and. Chetco bar fire timber salvage curry county, oregon.
Step one step two determining a landowners objectives will help to inform latesuccessional management decisions. The lrmp management goal of the lsr is to protect and enhance habitat for latesuccessional and oldgrowth related species, including the northern spotted owl usda forest service 1995b. Over the past several years, staff from the yreka fish and wildlife office yreka fwo and the klamath national forest knf have worked cooperatively in developing and implementing forest management projects in late successional reserves lsrs to maintain and promote the development of late successional habitat. Click here for a pdf map 3mb of the plans allocations in oregon late successional reserves lsr. Latesuccessional and oldgrowth forest effectiveness monitoring plan for the.
Northwest forest plan record of decision including the late successional reserve land allocations on the forest. The northwest forest plan university of washington. Read environmental issues in pacific northwest forest. Forests 2015, 6 3329 the nwfp amended resource management plans for 19 national forests and seven blm planning. Late successional reserve lands the chetco bar fire burned a total of 44,527 acres of the rogue river siskiyou national forest classified as late successional reserve lands lsr according to data provided by the forest supervisors office. Successional reserve assessment and the northwest forest plan standards and guidelines pages c9 through. Northwest forest plan has evolved into an integrative conservation strategy, 2 conserve. Forest land area slowly increased from 1983 to 2007 table 2.
Latesuccessional reserves are designed to maintain a functional, interacting latesuccessional ecosystem. Ecological and financial assessment of late successional. Late successional reserve memorandum to the project record. Forest service usfs and bureau of land management blm lands excluding wilderness and other protected areas in western washington, western oregon, and northwestern california have been governed by the northwest. Approximately 400 species of amphibians, bryophytes, fungi, lichens. The plan, adopted in 1994, called for an extensive system of late successional and riparian reserves along with some timber harvest on the intervening lands under a set of controls and safeguards. The intent is to protect current oldgrowth forests and wildlife. Northwest forest plan policy and direction is derived from two key documents. Building on two decades of ecosystem management and. Latesuccessional reserves and other reserves, will offer some protection to the. Project consistency with nwfp the highway 89 project was developed to be consistent with objectives from the shasta trinity national forest forestwide late successional reserve assessment lsra, all of which fall under lsra. The lrmp management goal of the lsr is to protect and enhance habitat for latesuccessional and oldgrowth related species, including the northern spotted owl forest service 1995b. For over 20 years, oldgrowth and other forests on u. Administratively withdrawn areas within latesuccessional reserves are shown only in the.
The northwest forest plan identifies conservation priorities for species affected by loss and fragmentation of large patches of late successional forests, assessing over 1,000 species see the northwest forest plan description in appendix ii. Eddy gulch latesuccessional reserve fuelshabitat protection project. Under the northwest forest plan nwfp, a network of large reserves was established on federal lands as a coarse. No single source contains the plan in its entirety, but the following list includes the most important documents. In march 2004, the agencies signed a record of decision pdf 2004 rod. Analyzes terrestrial habitats in 11 designated lsrs on lands managed by the willamette national forest and the salem and eugene bureau of land management districts as required by the northwest forest plan. Much of the emphasis is focused specifically on late successional reserves established under northwest forest plan to. The adoption of the northwest forest plan nwfp in 1994 resulted in a signi cant decline in timber harvest on federal forest lands extending an earlier downward trend e.
The northwest forest plan and effectiveness monitoring. Working in late successional reserves fish and wildlife. Late successional mixed conifer forests are defined by plant species composition, overstory tree age and size, and the forest structure. Status and trends of latesuccessional and oldgrowth forests. Oregon wild 1999 policy statement on the northwest forest. The project area includes the 48,900acre davis late successional reserve figure 2. Advocating for forests, wildlife, recreation and sustainable natural resource use during northwest forest plan revisions. Final recreation management plan for energy northwests. The northwest forest plan is a complex set of policies, decisions, standards and guidelines. Ecological and financial assessment of late successional reserve management. Final environmental impact statement, eddy gulch lsr project. The latesuccessional forest provides almost all of the wildlife benefits of early and midsuccessional forests.
Click here for a pdf map 3mb of the plans allocations in oregon. The risk analysis system has broad application for conservation planning and biodiversity management where natural disturbances like wild. This appendix describes the final seis for the northwest forest plan usda, usdi. Numerous forest service documents guided development of the proposed action. Building on two decades of ecosystem management and biodiversity conservation under the northwest forest plan, usa. The survey and manage program of the northwest forest plan nwfp represents an unparalleled attempt to protect rare, littleknown species associated with latesuccessional and oldgrowth forests on more than 9. Protecting rare, oldgrowth, forestassociated species.
American bird conservancy recommendations for spotted. Consider the propertys landscape context when determining where to site latesuccessional management. The northwest forest plan usdft1 and usdi 1994b record of decision rod requires that a latesuccessional reserve assessment lsra be completed. Northwest forest plan document library forest service. Latesuccessional forests and northern spotted owls.
The klamath national forest forestwide latesuccessional reserve assessment, klamath national forest land and resource management plan, upper south fork ecosystem analysis, north fork ecosystem analysis, and callahan main salmon ecosystem analysis. Nso recovery plan, the recommendatio ns of the final southern oregon and northern california coast coho salmon recovery plan 2014, applicable late successional reserve lsr assessments, and 5th field watershed analyses wa for watersheds where impacts of. The 1994 northwest forest plan nwfp ushered in ecosystem management and biodiversity. The davis late successional reserve in order to balance environmental and economic needs, the nwfp designates certain forest areas for logging and reserves other areas, called late successional reserves lsrs, for conservation. Department of agriculture, forest service, pacific northwest research station. Datasets below were developed in support of the northwest forest plan. Latesuccessional riparian forest julia butler hansen. Unfortunately, this book cant be printed from the openbook. The northwest forest plan outlines management policies for several land designations that it specified. Late successional reserve assessment, coast range province.
Late successional reserves are identified as areas to be managed to protect and enhance conditions of. During this same period, timber growing stock volumes increased by over 30% table 2. Salmon river and scott river ranger districts, klamath national forest, siskiyou county, california. Timber harvest and salvage operations are restricted under the lsr designation of the forest plan such that future water quality impacts will largely be due to natural disturbance patterns.
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