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Huron-Manistee National Forests Land and Resource Management Plan Huron-Manistee United States Department of National Forests Agriculture Forest Service Eastern Region Huron-Manistee National Forests March 2006 Land and Resource Management Plan (as Amended January 2012) Cooperating Agencies: United States Department of the Interior-Bureau of Land Management United States Department of the Interior-Fish and Wildlife Service United States Department of the Interior-National Park Service United States Environmental Protection Agency HURON-MANISTEE NATIONAL FORESTS Cadillac, Michigan September 2013 2006 FOREST PLAN, AMENDMENT NO. 1 Table 1. Guide to Page Numbers Where Amendment #1 has Resulted in Changes to the 2006 Forest Plan. WITH REPLACE Amendment #1 Replacement Page Original 2006 Forest Plan Page Numbers Numbers i through vi Same II-1 through II-2 Same II-11 through II-12 Same II-15 through II-24 Same II-29 through II-40 II-29 through II-41 Chapter III – Management Area Direction Same Table of Contents (not numbered) III-1 Same III-2.1-1 through III-2.1-2 Same III-4.2-1 through III-4.2-4 Same III-4.3-1 through III-4.3-2 Same III-4.4-1 through III-4.4-2 Same III-5.1-1 through III-5.1-2 Same III-6.1-1 through III-6.1-11 Remove all pages – no replacements. III-6.2-1 through III-6.2-2 Same III-7.1-1 through III-7.1-2 Same III-8.1-1 through III-8.1-4 Same III-8.2-1 through III-8.2-2 Same III-8.3-1 through III-8.3-2 Same III-8.4-1 through III-8.4-4 III-8.4-1 through III-8.4-14 III-9.1-1 through III-9.1-2 Same III-9.2-1 through III-9.2-2 Same Appendix A – Scenery Management System; Same A-13 through A-16 Appendix A – Scenery Management System; Same A-27 through A-30 Appendix B – Harvest Cutting Methods Table Same of Contents (not numbered) Appendix B – Harvest Cutting Methods; B-1 Same through B-23 Appendix D – Proposed and Probable Practices, Goods Produced and Other Same Information Table of Contents (not numbered) Appendix D – Proposed and Probable Practices, Goods Produced and Other D-7 through D-25 Information; D-7 through D-23 Table 2. Guide to Page Numbers Where Administrative Corrections (as of July 1, 2013) have Resulted in Changes to the 2006 Forest Plan. REPLACE WITH Administrative Correction Original 2006 Forest Plan Administrative Correction Number and Topic Page Numbers Replacement Page Numbers Administrative Correction #2 – Introduction ― Regarding delisting bald eagle from the I-1 through I-2 Same List of Endangered and Threatened Species. Administrative Correction #1 – D- Clarification II-13 through II-14 Same 8 Guideline ― concerning use of motorized vehicles on trails. Administrative Correction #2 – Delisting bald eagle from the II-25 through II-26 Same List of Endangered and Threatened Species. Administrative Correction #2 – Maintains bald eagle on II-29 through II-30 Same Regional Forester Sensitive Species list. Administrative Correction #3 – Corrects Table D-1. Classification of National Appendix D – Proposed and Forest System Land for Probable Practices, Goods Timber Production. Line: Same Land Produced and Other not appropriate for timber Information; D-1 production due to other resource management (riparian areas, campgrounds, unique areas, etc.) Administrative Correction #6 – Corrects Figure D-1; long- term sustained yield. Appendix D – Proposed and Probable Practices, Goods Same Administrative Correction #7 – Produced and Other Corrects Table D-2 and Table Information; D-2 through D-3 D-3; million cubic feet volume for decade 1 and 2. Table 2. Guide to Page Numbers Where Administrative Corrections (as of July 1, 2013) have Resulted in Changes to the 2006 Forest Plan (Continued). REPLACE WITH Administrative Correction Original 2006 Forest Plan Administrative Correction Number and Topic Page Numbers Replacement Page Numbers Administrative Correction #4 – Appendix D – Proposed and Corrects Table D-4; Probable Practices, Goods Same typographical errors in Produced and Other projected acreage figures for Information; D-4 several vegetation classes. Administrative Correction #5 – Appendix D – Proposed and Corrects Table D-5; corrects Probable Practices, Goods Same typographical errors in Produced and Other projected acreage figures for Information; D-5 through D-6 several vegetation classes. Digest: Pursuant to a lawsuit filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit; Dep’t of Agriculture, No. 09-1712, 2010 WL 5393839 (6th Cir. Nov. 17, 2010), a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Huron-Manistee National Forests 2006 Land and Resource Management Plan was prepared. This amendment documents the decision made based on the review of the analysis conducted in the Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement. BARRY PAULSON Forest Supervisor Table of Contents Table of Contents Description Page PREFACE vii Organization of the Forest Plan vii CHAPTER I – UNDERSTANDING THE FOREST PLAN I-1 Introduction I-1 Location of the Forests I-1 Purpose of the Forest Plan I-2 Revising the Forest Plan I-3 Relationship of the Forest Plan to Other Documents I-4 Implementing the Forest Plan I-7 CHAPTER II – FOREST-WIDE MANAGEMENT AREA DIRECTION II-1 Introduction II-1 CHAPTER III MANAGEMENT AREA DIRECTION III-1 Introduction III-1 Management Area 2.1 – Roaded Natural Rolling Plains and Morainal Hills III-2.1-1 Management Area 4.2 – Roaded Natural Sandy Plains and Hills III-4.2-1 Management Area 4.3 – Roaded Natural Wetlands III-4.3-1 Management Area 4.4 – Rural III-4.4-1 Management Area 5.1 – Wilderness III-5.1-1 Management Area 6.2 – Semiprimitive Motorized Areas III-6.2-1 Management Area 7.1 – Concentrated Recreation Areas III-7.1-1 Management Area 8.1 – Wild and Scenic Rivers III-8.1-1 Management Area 8.2 – Research Natural Areas III-8.2-1 Management Area 8.3 – Experimental Forests III-8.3-1 Management Area 8.4 – Special Areas III-8.4-1 Management Area 9.1 – Candidate Research Natural Areas III-9.1-1 Management Area 9.2 – Study Wild and Scenic Rivers III-9.2-1 CHAPTER IV – MONITORING AND EVALUATION IV-1 Introduction IV-1 Monitoring Categories IV-2 Legal Requirements IV-2 Guidelines and Components IV-3 APPENDIX A – SCENERY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM A-1 APPENDIX B – HARVEST CUTTING METHODS B-1 APPENDIX C – ECOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM DESCRIPTION C-1 APPENDIX D – PROPOSED AND PROBABLE PRACTICES, GOODS D-1 PRODUCED AND OTHER INFORMATION APPENDIX E – REFERENCES E-1 APPENDIX F – GLOSSARY F-1 Huron-Manistee National Forests i Forest Plan Table of Contents List of Tables Description Page CHAPTER II – FOREST-WIDE MANAGEMENT AREA DIRECTION II-1 Management Area Descriptions II-1 II-2 Desired Future Condition for Large Wood II-7 II-3 Vegetation Composition Objectives (End of First Decade) II-7 II-4 Forest Service Manual Numbering System II-8 II-5 Desired Recreation Development Level II-11 II-6 Trail Density on National Forest System Lands II-12 II-7 Sensitivity Level by Scenic Class by Management Area II-15 II-8 Assigned Scenic Integrity Objectives II-15 II-9 Activity Fuel (Slash) Treatment Guidelines for Aesthetics II-17 II-10 Rotation Age Guidelines II-17 II-11 Streamside Management Zones II-18 II-12 Wildlife Structure Prescriptions by Vegetative Treatment for All II-23 Management Areas Except 5.1, 8.2, 8.4 (Newaygo Prairie Ecological Study Area, Lumbermen’s Monument, and Loda Lake Wildflower Sanctuary), and 9.1 II-13 Maximum Average Miles of Roads per Square Mile by Type and II-40 Management Area CHAPTER III – MANAGEMENT AREA DIRECTION III-1 Huron-Manistee National Forests’ Management Areas III-1 III-2 Emphasis Areas Within Management Area 2.1 III-2.1-2 III-3 Emphasis Areas Within Management Area 4.2 III-4.2-2 III-4 Wildlife Structure and Forage Prescriptions by Vegetative III-4.2-8 Treatment for Management Area 4.2KW III-5 Oil and Gas Development Density III-4.2-12 III-6 Emphasis Areas Within Management Area 4.3 III-4.3-2 III-7 Emphasis Areas Within Management Area 4.4 III-4.4-2 III-8 Emphasis Areas Within Management Area 6.2 III-6.2-2 III-9 Semiprimitive Motorized Areas on the Huron-Manistee National III-6.2-2 Forests III-10 Wild and Scenic Rivers on the Huron-Manistee National Forests III-8.1-2 III-11 Research Natural Areas on the Huron-Manistee National Forests III-8.2-2 III-12 Experimental Forests on the Huron-Manistee National Forests III-8.3-2 III-13 Special Biological or Historic Areas on the Huron-Manistee III-8.4-3 National Forests III-14 Special Recreational Areas on the Huron-Manistee National III-8.4-4 Forests III-15 Candidate Research Natural Areas on the Huron-Manistee III-9.1-2 National Forests III-16 Study Wild and Scenic Rivers on the Huron-Manistee National III-9.2-2 Forests III-17 Emphasis Areas Within Management Area 9.2 III-9.2-2 Forest Plan ii Huron-Manistee National Forests Table of Contents List of Tables (Continued) Description Page CHAPTER IV – MONITORING AND EVALUATION IV-1 Monitoring Framework IV-4 IV-2 Definition of Components in the Monitoring Matrix IV-7 IV-3 Monitoring Matrix IV-8 APPENDIX A – SCENERY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM A-1 Matrix Used to Modify the Fire Regimes Beginning Product to the A-8 Final Scenic Attractiveness Maps A-2 Long-Term Scenic Integrity Objectives A-13 A-3 Matrix Used to Modify the Fire Regimes Beginning Product to the A-23 Final Scenic Attractiveness Maps A-4 Long-Term Scenic Integrity Objectives A-28 APPENDIX B – HARVEST CUTTING METHODS B-1 Common Harvest Methods by Vegetation Type B-9 B-2 Aspen Harvest Cutting Methods for Management Prescription B-10 Areas B-3 Low-Site Oak (Site Index Less Than 55) Harvest Methods for B-12 Management Prescription Areas B-4 High-Site Oak (Site Index Greater Than 55) Harvest Methods for B-12 Management
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