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The Shasta-Trinity National Forest Is Proposing to Reauthorize Approximately 60 Expired Special Use Authorizations Forest-Wide BIOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT/EVALUATION FOR SHASTA-TRINITY NATIONAL FOREST AUTHORIZATION OF EXPIRED SPECIAL USE PERMITS SHASTA MCCLOUD, SHASTA LAKE NATIONAL RECREATION AREA, SOUTH FORK AND TRINITY RIVER MANAGEMENT UNITS SISKIYOU, SHASTA, TRINITY AND TEHAMA COUNTIES, CALIFORNIA Project Description: The Shasta-Trinity National Forest is proposing to reauthorize approximately 60 expired special use authorizations Forest-wide. The existing authorizations include approximately 48 private roads, one paved parking lot, five buildings, one monument and one sign. The roads provide access to private property within the Shasta-Trinity National Forest and will authorize the continued use and general road maintenance of these roads. General maintenance is classified as: brushing, grading, spot rocking, installing and maintaining cross drain pipes, energy dissipaters, water bars and rolling dips and the cleaning of culverts and ditches to prevent resource damages. The parking lot, buildings, marker and sign will authorize the continued use, operation and general routine maintenance of these facilities which would include: general upkeep of the sign and monuments, maintaining proper drainage, repaving and striping of the parking lot, re-paint, re-roof and general maintenance to the water and septic systems that serve the buildings. Major maintenance is classified as: replacing culverts, installing low water crossings or bridges, replacing of septic lines, etc. and will require a separate environmental analysis and prior approval from the Forest Service. Project Location: County Permit ID Name Legal Description Length Width (Miles) (Feet) Siskiyou MTS15 Wintun Development T40N, R3W, Sec 16, 0.68 30 Corp. MDBM Roads MTS171 DeGray Access Roads T40N, R5W, U40N27DA access b Sec 11,12 0.65 10 U40N27OAD access b Sec 1, 12 0.91 10 MDBM 1 Shasta SLK510501 Gregory Ck. Property T35N, R4W, Sec 19, 0.07 14 Owners Association MDBM Roads SLK195 Laughridge T34N, R4W, Sec 8, 0.03 12 MDBM SLK400701 AT&T T35N, R4W, Sec 19, 1.49 10 MDBM SLK231 Exley T35N, R4W, Sec 14, 0.13 12 MDBM SLK400001 Union Pacific Railroad T35N, R5W, Sec 25, 1.29 12 MDBM SLK507001 O’Brien Mtn. Property T34N, R4W, Sec 8, 0.17 10 Owners Association MDBM SLK18 McDonagh T35N, R5W, Sec 28, 0.46 10 MDBM SLK516801 Hoover T34N, R4W, Sec 8, 0.02 10 MDBM SLK516201 Hinman/Skinner T34N, R3W, Sec 11, 0.43 10 MDBM SLK516001 Weidenkeller T35N, R3W, Sec 36, 0.30 10 MDBM SLK512401 Lakeshore Hts. Mutual T35N, R5W, Sec 22 1.49 10 Water Co. & 23, MDBM SLK508801 Sublet T35N, R4W, Sec 28, 0.44 14 MDBM SLK512201 Lakatos T35N, R5W, Sec 23, 0.02 10 MDBM SLK504201 Bollibokka/Westland T36N, R3W, Sec 32, 0.03 14 Water District MDBM SLK509501 Wright T35N, R5W, Sec 0.09 12 2, MDBM SLK507101 Parker T33N, R2W, Sec 5, 0.03 16 MDBM 2 SLK502501 Matthew/Tucker T35N, R2W, Sec 10, 1.52 10 MDBM SLK516901 Manalis T35N, R5W, Sec 26, 0.29 14 MDBM YOB15 Davis T29N, R10W, Sec 33 0.47 12 & 34; T28N, R10W, Sec 3 & 4, MDBM YOB7 Fenton T29N, R10W, Sec 21 0.36 12 & 22, MDBM Building YOB107801 Shasta County Fire T29N, R9W, Sec 18, Point Department MDBM Trinity BBR158 Purdy T33N, R11W, Sec 2, 0.49 14 MDBM Roads BBR500101 Allan (foot trail) T5N, R8E, Sec 8 & 9, 0.92 5 HBM BBR505001 Marshall T35N, R10W, Sec 29, 0.23 12 MDBM BBR509901 Lancaster/Mok T32N, R10W, Sec 5 0.12 10 & 32 MDBM HKF510301 Gates T3N, R7E, Sec 14, 15 1.39 12 & 22, HBM HKF508401 Smith T31N, R9W, Sec 6, 0.09 14 MDBM HKF505301 Claborn T32N, R12W, Sec 30, 0.18 10 MDBM HKF7 Schraeder T30N, R12W, Sec 13, 0.09 14 MDBM HKF511501 Hurlbut T3N, R7E, Sec 19, 0.60 12 HBM HKF504001 Aschert/Moore T3N, R6E, Sec 25, 0.11 10 HBM HKF513301 Messenger T3N, R6E, Sec 25, 0.38 10 HBM 3 HKF9 Nichols T3N, R6E, Sec 2, 1.40 12 HBM HKF909002 Rapf T2N, R7E, Sec 7, 0.31 12 HBM WVL508701 Strope Ck. Land T35N, R8W, Sec 17, 0.07 12 Maintenance Assoc. MDBM WVL48 Pan Pacific Hydro T35N, R9W, Sec 28, 0.03 14 MDBM WVL103 Wesner T37N, R7W, Sec 5, 0.29 14 MDBM WVL401401 Happy Valley T35N, R8W, Sec 30, 0.17 12 Telephone (TDS) MDBM WVL36 R&R Timber Co. T37N, R7W, Sec 20, 0.53 12 MDBM WVL47 Eisenhauser T35N, R8W, Sec 9, 0.04 12 Recreation Ent. MDBM WVL724201 Brown T35N, R8W, Sec 17, 0.14 10 MDBM WVL515801 Councilman T36-1/2N, R7W, Sec 0.01 10 34, MDBM WVL507201 Life T35N, R8W, Sec 26 0.76 12 &35, MDBM WVL724601 Wheeler/Eaker T37N, R7W, Sec 20, 0.05 12 MDBM WVL115 Abrott T36N, R7W, Sec 20, 0.33 12 MDBM WVL114 Long T36N, R6W, Sec 12, 0.11 10 MDBM YOB701001 Maguire T27N, R11W, Sec 2, 0.39 14 MDBM Building BBR502601 Junction City Fire T34N, R11W, Sec 24, Point Protection Dist. MDBM BBR502701 Big Bar Post Office T34N, R12W, Sec 31, Point 4 MDBM BBR300601 Burnt Ranch Indian T5N, R6E, Sec 3, Point Building HBM Parking Lot WVL56 Trinity County Library T33N, R10W, Sec 12, Point MDBM Sign WVL4 Holder T33N, R10W, Sec 12, Point MDBM Monument BBR21 Trinity County T35N, R10W, Sec 29; Point Historical Society T33N, R12W Sec 3; T34N, R11W, Sec 9; T37N, R7W, Sec 20, MDBM Tehama YOB506201 Ehorn T27N, R8W, Sec 28, 0.92 12 MDBM Road Building YOB104101 CDF Pattymocus T28N, R9W, Sec 10, Point Lookout MDBM Species Considered: This document serves as the Biological Assessment/Evaluation for reauthorization of 60 expired special use roads, buildings, monuments, and parking lot permits across the Shasta-Trinity National Forest. The Arcata and Yreka U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Office were contacted to determine threatened and endangered species to be analyzed for the project and recommendations for species and habitat protections. The following table is threatened, endangered, and sensitive (TES) species analyzed in this document: Scientific name Common Name Status Habitat Strix occidentalis Northern Threatened Older forested habitat, multi-layered, caurina Spotted Owl multi-species canopy with moderate to (NSO) high canopy closure (USDI 2011) Canis lupus gray wolf Endangered Wide range of habitats forest to grassland generalist (natureserve 2015) Accipiter gentilis Northern Sensitive Generally dense forest with large trees, goshawk high canopy closure (natureserve 2015) Empidonax traillii Willow Sensitive Riparian, willow thickets, swamps, flycatcher wetlands, streamside, open woodland, mountain meadows (natureserve 2015) 5 Haliaeetus Bald eagle Sensitive Riparian habitat, lakes, rivers (USDI leucocephalus 2007) Coturnicops Yellow rail Sensitive Marsh habitat, fresh water, sedges, grass noveboracensis (natureserve 2015) Antrozous pallidus Pallid bat Sensitive Caves, crevices, mines buildings, bridges, and hollows in trees (CDFW 2016) Corynorhinus Townsend’s big- Sensitive Caves, mines, tunnels, buildings, other townsendii eared bat man-made structures (CDFW 2016) Myotis thysanodes Fringed myotis Sensitive caves, mines, and buildings (IUCN 2016) Gulo gulo luteus California Sensitive Mixed conifer, red fir, lodgepole pine, wolverine possibly subalpine conifer, alpine dwarf shrub wet meadow montane rip (CDFW 2016) Martes americana American Sensitive Dense deciduous, mixed, or (especially) marten coniferous upland and lowland forest (CDFW 2016) typical found above 4,000 feet elevation in true fir. Pekania pennanti Pacific fisher Sensitive Mature conifer and mixed conifer/hardwood forests characterized by dense canopies and abundant large trees, snags, and logs (CDFW 2016) Also frequents riparian habitats. Rhyacotriton Southern torrent Sensitive Cold, well shaded permanent streams variegatus salamander and spring seepage in redwood, Douglas fir, mixed conifer, montane riparian and hardwood conifer habitat (CDFW 2016) Rana boylii Foothill yellow- Sensitive Shaded, rocky streams at low to legged frog moderate elevations, in areas of chaparral, open woodland, and forest (CDFW 2016) Rana cascadae Cascades frog Sensitive Siskiyou County mountain lakes, small streams and ponds in meadows up to timberline and surrounding vegetation (CDFW 2016) Hydromantes Shasta Sensitive cool, wet ravines and valleys; recorded shastae salamander from both forested and nonforested areas; often in moist limestone fissures or caves, sometimes under nearby logs and talus in wet weather (CDFW 2016) 6 Actinemys Northwestern Sensitive Permanent or nearly permanent water in marmorata pond turtle a variety of habitats (CDFW 2016) Monadenia Shasta sideband Sensitive Shasta County along McCloud River troglodytes snail arm and near Pit River arm of Shasta trogloytes Lake Limestone areas caves, talus slopes, rocky areas (USDI 1999) Monadenia Wintu sideband Sensitive Shasta County, along Pit River arm of troglodytes wintu snail Shasta Lake over to Squaw Creek and at Mountain Gate (USDI 1999) Trilobopsis roperi Shasta chaparral Sensitive Shasta County lightly to deeply shaded snail limestone rockslides, draws, or caves (USDI 1999) Triobopsis Tehama Sensitive Tehama, Butte, Siskiyou Counties Rock tehamana chaparral snail talus (USDI 1999) Vespericola Pressley Sensitive Trinity County conifer/hardwood trees pressleyi Hesperian snail near seeps, springs, and stable streams (USDI 1999) Vespericola shasta Shasta Sensitive Klamath Province Shasta Lake riparian, Hesperian snail springs, seeps marshes mouth of cave (USDI 1999) Anodonta CA floater Sensitive Trinity and Shasta Counties, California californiensis (freshwater Clean lakes, streams, and rivers (CDFW mussel 2016) Fluminicola Nugget Sensitive Pit River and McCloud River basins. 2 seminalis pebblesnail sites in Shasta National Forest and 3 sites in Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area. (CDFW 2016) Juga (Calibasis) Scalloped Juga Sensitive Pit River (IUCN 2016) occata Juga nigrina Black Juga Sensitive Sacramento River and interior drainages in northeastern California (IUCN 2016) Lanx patelloides Kneecap lanx Sensitive McCloud and Pit and large limnocrenes tributary several sites throughout Shasta County. Freshwater (EOL 2016) Pisidium Montane Sensitive Streams, lakes, pools, that are spring (Cyclocalyx) peaclam influenced Klamath River, Shasta River, ultramontanum Pit River (IUCN 2016) Bombus Western Bumble Sensitive Western United States shrub dominated occidentalis Bee habitat 7 Critical Habitat: Critical habitat for NSO is designated on the Forest; designation occurred in 2008 and updated in 2012.
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