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Southern Rockies Lynx Management Direction Volume 1 USDA FINAL Environmental Impact Statement Forest Service Southern Rockies United States NationalDepartment Forests of in ColoradoAgriculture & southern Wyoming Lynx Management OctoberForest 2008 Service Rocky Mountain Region Direction Southern RockiesVolume Lynx Amendment 1 Record of Decision October 2008 The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) prohibits discrimination in all its programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, and where applicable, sex, marital status, familial status, parental status, religion, sexual orientation, genetic information, political beliefs, reprisal, or because all or part of an individual's income is derived from any public assistance program. (Not all prohibited bases apply to all programs.) Persons with disabilities who require alternative means for communication of program information (Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.) should contact USDA's TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TDD). To file a complaint of discrimination, write to USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20250-9410, or call (800) 795-3272 (voice) or (202) 720-6382 (TDD). USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer. Lead Agency: Plan. The SDEIS added information and analysis United States Department of Agriculture for the White River National Forest to the material Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Region already provided for the other six national forest units. Cooperating Agency: Colorado Department of Natural Resources The No Action alternative (Alternative A) was developed as a baseline for comparing the effects States Affected: of Alternatives B, C and D. The purpose and need Colorado and southern Wyoming for action is to establish direction that conserves Responsible Official: and promotes recovery of Canada lynx, and Rick D. Cables reduces or eliminates potential adverse effects from Rocky Mountain Regional Forester land management activities and practices on 740 Simms St. national forests in the Southern Rockies, while Golden, CO 80401 preserving the overall multiple-use direction in existing plans. For Additional Information Contact: Nancy Warren Alternatives B, C and D were designed to address Rocky Mountain Region the purpose and need for the project. Alternative B 740 Simms St. reflects the proposed action described in scoping Golden, CO 80401 and would adopt the recommendaitons of the Lynx 303-275-5064 Conservation Assessment and Strategy (LCAS), edited for clarity. Alternatives C and D would add ABSTRACT direction similar to LCAS, but partially responds to concerns about restrictions on new snowmobile The Southern Rockies Canada Lynx Amendment trails, providing for lynx foraging habitat in Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) multistory forests, and precommercial thinning documents the results of an analysis of five restrictions. Alternative D included standards and alternative ways to manage for Canada lynx guidelines that may be more flexible to address habitat in the Southern Rockies Geographic local situations and new information. Area. This proposed amendment would incorporate management direction for Canada Alternative F was developed for the Final lynx habitat by amending the Land and Resource Environmental Statement (FEIS) based on Management Plans (forest plans) for the comments received from people and agencies who Arapaho-Roosevelt, Pike-San Isabel, Grand reviewed the DEIS. They suggested different Mesa-Uncompahgre-Gunnison, San Juan, Rio objectives, standards, and guidelines, or different Grande, Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests combinations of them, or they had concerns about and the White River National Forest. The White the impacts the standards or guidelines might have. River and Medicine Bow National Forests The Forest Service used these comments to revise released their Records of Decision for their and rearrange the standards and guidelines to create Revised Land and Resource Management Plan in Alternative F. Alternative F also meets the purpose the spring of 2002 and fall of 2004, respectively. and need for this amendment. Along with the other These plans will be amended with the Southern alternatives, the effects of Alternative F are Rockies Lynx Amendment to provide consistent analyzed in full in Chapter 3 of the FEIS. management direction across the forests in the Southern Rockies Geographic Area. Alternative F is the Forest Service Selected Alternative and would allow reduction of lynx The Draft Environmental Impact Statement was foraging habitat if needed to reduce fuels. The previously issued in January of 2004, and a Forest Service has concluded that this alternative supplemental draft Environmental Impact overall contributes to lynx conservation and Statement was issued November 2006 to repond recovery while also addressing other resource to the Deputy Under Secretary for Natural issues. Resources and Environment, U.S. Department oof Agriculture David Tenny’s decision (Dec. 3, 2004) on a discretionary review of the Chief’s decisions on appeals of the White River National Forest Revised Land and Resource Management Southern Rockies Lynx Amendment List of Acronyms ALIVE A Landscape Level Inventory of Valuable Ecosystem components ANILCA Alaska National Interests Lands Conservation Act APHIS Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service ATV All terrain vehicle BEHAVE Fire Modeling System BA Biological Assessment BLM Bureau of Land Management BO Biological Opinion DJ Denver-Jules Basin CDOT Colorado Department of Transportation CDOW Colorado Division of Wildlife CFR Code of Federal Regulations CWPP Community Wildfire Protection Plan DEIS Draft Environmental Impact Statement DOT Department of Transportation EA Environmental Assessment EIS Environmental Impact Statement ESA Endangered Species Act FEIS Final Environmental Impact Statement FHWA Federal Highway Administration FERC Federal Energy Regulatory Commission FS Forest Service FSM Forest Service Manual FWS United States Fish and Wildlife Service GIS Geographical information system GMUG Grand Mesa-Uncompahgre-Gunnison NF GPS Global positioning system HFRA Healthy Forest Restoration Act HUC Hydrologic Unit Codes IDT Interdisciplinary Team LAU Lynx analysis units LCAS Lynx Conservation Assessment and Strategy LOP Limited operating period LRMP Land and Resources Management Plan LWM Large woody material MIS Management Indicator Species NEPA National Environmental Policy Act NF National Forest NFMA National Forest Management Act NFS National Forest System NMFS National Marine Fisheries Service NOA Notice of Availability NOI Notice of Intent NVUM National Visitors Use Monitoring Southern Rockies Lynx Amendment OHV Off-highway vehicles ORV Off-road vehicles PA Proposed Action PNV Present Net Value SDEIS Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement SRI Soils Resource Inventory SRLA Southern Rockies Lynx Area SRMGA Southern Rocky Mountains Geographic Area SUA Special Use Areas TES Threatened, Endangered and Sensitive US United States USDA United States Department of Agriculture USDI United States Department of Interior USFS United States Forest Service USFWS United States Fish and Wildlife Service USGS United States Geological Survey WOGRA Wyoming Oil and Gas Resource Assessment WRNF White River National Forest WUI Wildland Urban Interface Southern Rockies Lynx Amendment SUMMARY INTRODUCTION The Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) is intended to foster informed decision making and public participation on a proposal to amend forest plans in the Southern Rockies Geographic Area to incorporate consistent management direction for the Canada lynx. This summary of the FEIS provides an overview of the major conclusions of the environmental analysis, areas of controversy, and the issues to be resolved relative to the choice among alternatives. The areas addressed in this analysis include the Arapaho-Roosevelt, Pike-San Isabel, Grand Mesa-Uncompahgre-Gunnison, San Juan, Rio Grande, Medicine Bow-Routt and White River National Forests (see Figure 1). The White River and Medicine Bow National Forests released their Records of Decision for their Revised Land and Resource Management Plans in the spring of 2002 and fall of 2004, respectively. Although these plans incorporated management direction to provide habitat for Canada lynx, this proposes to amend the current plans to assure consistent management direction across the Southern Rockies Geographic Area. The FEIS discloses the direct, indirect, and cumulative environmental impacts of implementing the proposed action and the alternatives. PURPOSE AND NEED (Chapter 1) The purpose and need for the amendment is to establish management direction that conserves and promotes the recovery of lynx, and reduces or eliminates potential adverse effects from land management activities and practices on national forests in the Southern Rockies, while preserving the overall multiple-use direction in existing Forest Plans. This management direction is needed to comply with the provisions of the 1982 National Forest Management Act (NFMA) regulations, to provide for adequate fish and wildlife habitat to maintain viable populations of existing native vertebrate species. This action is also needed to assure that Forest Plans provide adequate management direction to conserve the lynx and its habitat, as required by the Endangered Species Act. To provide consistency, management direction is considered for all identified forests, rather than addressing each plan individually. Future adjustments to individual
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