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FISCAL YEAR 2013 MONITORING AND EVALUATION REPORT FOR THE LAND AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PLAN OZARK- ST. FRANCIS NATIONAL FORESTS Baxter, Benton, Conway, Crawford, Franklin, Johnson, Logan, Madison, Marion, Newton, Pope, Searcy, Stone, Van Buren, Washington, Yell, (Ozark National Forest) Lee, and Phillips (St. Francis National Forest) Counties in Arkansas UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOREST SERVICE AUGUST 2014 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 a 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. TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................ 1 II. AREA OF ANALYSIS ...................................................................................................................... 3 III. ANALYSIS .................................................................................................................................... 4 MAJOR FOREST COMMUNITES ............................................................................................... 4 Dry Oak Forest and Woodland ................................................................................ 4 Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest and Woodland ............................................................... 8 Dry-Mesic Oak Forest .............................................................................................. 12 Mesic Hardwood Forest .......................................................................................... 14 Riparian Forest ......................................................................................................... 15 Loess Slope Forest .................................................................................................. 15 Bottomland and Floodplain Forest ........................................................................ 16 Loblolly Pine Forest ................................................................................................. 17 RARE AND SPECIAL COMMUNITIES ...................................................................................... 17 Glades and Barrens ................................................................................................. 17 Montane Oak Forest................................................................................................. 18 Sinkhole and Depression Ponds ............................................................................ 18 Seeps and Fens ........................................................................................................ 18 Canebrakes ............................................................................................................... 18 Caves, Mines, and Karst .......................................................................................... 19 Emergent Wetlands.................................................................................................. 19 Native Grasslands .................................................................................................... 19 Bottomland Depression .......................................................................................... 19 MANAGEMENT AREAS ......................................................................................................... 19 3A-Pine Woodland ................................................................................................... 19 3B-Oak Woodland .................................................................................................... 21 3C-Mixed Forest ....................................................................................................... 22 3D-Oak Decline Restoration .................................................................................... 22 3E-High Quality Forest ............................................................................................ 23 3F-Old Growth .......................................................................................................... 24 3G-Crowley's Ridge Upland Hardwood ................................................................. 25 3H-Mississippi River Bottomland Hardwood ........................................................ 25 3I-Riparian Corridors ............................................................................................... 25 2E-Wedington Unit Urban Recreation Area ........................................................... 26 FOREST MANAGEMENT INDICATOR SPECIES ........................................................................ 26 TERRESTRIAL MANAGEMENT INDICATOR SPECIES ................................................................ 26 Species Requiring Early Seral or Early Successional Habitats .......................... 28 Species Requiring Pine Woodland Habitats ......................................................... 34 Species Requiring Riparian Forest Habitats ......................................................... 35 Species Requiring Mid-Aged to Mature Forest Habitats...................................... 37 Species Requiring Glade Habitats ......................................................................... 39 Species Requiring Mature and Over-Mature Forest Habitats .............................. 39 Species Requiring Dry-Oak and Dry-Mesic Oak Habitats .................................... 41 Species Requiring Snag and Older Forest Habitats ............................................. 46 Game Species ........................................................................................................... 47 AQUATIC MANAGEMENT INDICATOR SPECIES ....................................................................... 53 ENDANGERED, THREATENED AND SENSITIVE SPECIES ......................................................... 57 Vascular Plants ........................................................................................................ 57 Snails ......................................................................................................................... 68 Insects/Isopods ........................................................................................................ 70 Crayfish ..................................................................................................................... 73 Mussels ..................................................................................................................... 73 Fish ............................................................................................................................ 74 i Amphibians ............................................................................................................... 75 Reptiles ..................................................................................................................... 76 Birds .......................................................................................................................... 77 Bats ........................................................................................................................... 78 TES SPECIES WITH POTENTIAL/NOT OCCURRING ON FORESTS ............................................ 87 FISH COMMUNITIES, STREAMS, AND LAKES ......................................................................... 88 SOIL, AIR, AND WATER ....................................................................................................... 98 AIR RESOURCES ............................................................................................................... 103 FIRE ................................................................................................................................. 109 SMOKE ............................................................................................................................. 113 WILDLAND URBAN INTERFACE .......................................................................................... 114 COMMUNITIES AT RISK & FIREWISE COMMUNITIES ............................................................. 115 NATIVE AMERICAN FIREFIGHTER PROGRAM ....................................................................... 115 LANDS AND SPECIAL USE PERMITS ................................................................................... 116 MINERALS ........................................................................................................................ 117 TIMBER FOREST PRODUCTS .............................................................................................. 118 NON-NATIVE INVASIVE SPECIES ........................................................................................ 119 RANGE ............................................................................................................................