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EA LCNWR Hunt Plan Environmental Assessment Leslie Canyon National Wildlife Refuge Hunt Plan January 2020 Prepared By: Tasha Harden U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Leslie Canyon National Wildlife Refuge Table of Contents Proposed Action .......................................................................................................................... 4 Background ................................................................................................................................. 4 Purpose and Need for the Proposed Action ................................................................................ 6 Alternatives ..................................................................................................................................... 6 Alternatives Considered .............................................................................................................. 6 Alternative A – Continue Current Management Strategies (No Action Alternative) ............. 7 Alternative B – Proposed Action Alternative – Opening Hunting on LCNWR ..................... 7 Alternative(s) Considered, But Dismissed from Further Consideration ................................... 10 Affected Environment and Environmental Consequences ........................................................... 10 Affected Environment ............................................................................................................... 10 Environmental Consequences of the Action ............................................................................. 11 Affected Natural Resources and Anticipated Impacts of the No Action and Proposed Action Alternatives ............................................................................................................................... 12 Hunted Species – Big Game: mule deer, white-tailed deer, black bear, and javelina .......... 12 Other Wildlife and Aquatic Species ..................................................................................... 19 Threatened and Endangered Species and other Special Status Species ................................ 19 Vegetation ............................................................................................................................. 20 Soils....................................................................................................................................... 21 Air Quality ............................................................................................................................ 21 Water Quality ........................................................................................................................ 22 Affected Visitor Use and Experience Resources and Anticipated Impacts of the No Action and Proposed Action Alternatives ................................................................................................... 22 Visitor Use and Experience .................................................................................................. 22 Affected Cultural Resources and Anticipated Impacts of the No Action and Proposed Action Alternatives ............................................................................................................................... 23 Cultural Resources ................................................................................................................ 23 Affected Refuge Management and Operations Resources and Anticipated Impacts of the No Action and Proposed Action Alternatives................................................................................. 24 Refuge Management and Operations .................................................................................... 24 Affected Socioeconomic Resources and Anticipated Impacts of the No Action and Proposed Action Alternatives ................................................................................................................... 25 Socioeconomics .................................................................................................................... 25 Environmental Justice ........................................................................................................... 25 Indian Trust Resources ......................................................................................................... 26 2 Cumulative Impact Analysis ..................................................................................................... 26 Anticipated Cumulative Impacts of the No Action and Proposed Action Alternatives ........... 27 Summary of Analysis ................................................................................................................ 30 Monitoring ................................................................................................................................ 32 List of Sources, Agencies, and Persons Consulted ................................................................... 32 References ..................................................................................................................................... 32 Appendix 1 .................................................................................................................................... 35 Attachment 01: LCNWR Vicinity Land Status Map .................................................................... 38 Attachment 02: LCNWR Open and Closed Area; AZGFD 30A Hunt Unit ................................. 39 3 Environmental Assessment for Opening Hunting on Leslie Canyon National Wildlife Refuge This Environmental Assessment (EA) is being prepared to evaluate the effects associated with this proposed action and complies with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) in accordance with Council on Environmental Quality regulations (40 CFR 1500-1509) and Department of the Interior (43 CFR 46; 516 DM 8) and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (550 FW 3) regulations and policies. NEPA requires examination of the effects of proposed actions on the natural and human environment. Proposed Action The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) is proposing to open hunting to provide public hunting opportunities where there are currently none and to better come into alignment with State hunting opportunities. Hunting will be open for Migratory Game Bird, Upland Game, and Big Game hunts on the Leslie Canyon National Wildlife Refuge (LCNWR/refuge) in accordance with the refuge’s Hunt Plan and Comprehensive Conservation Plan (CCP). Migratory Game Birds hunts: Mourning dove (Zenaida macroura), white-winged dove (Zenaida asiatica), and Eurasian collared-dove (Streptopelia decaocto). Upland Game hunts: Badger (Taxidea taxus), bobcat (Lynx rufus), coati (Nasua narica), coyote (Canis latrans), gray fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus), desert cottontail (Silvylagus audubonii), black-tailed jackrabbit (Lepus californicus), Gambel’s quail (Callipepla gambelii), scaled quail (Callipepla squamata), raccoon (Procyon lotor), ring-tailed cat (Bassariscus astutus), striped skunk (Mephitis mephitis), hooded skunk (Mephitis macroura), western spotted skunk (Spilogale gracilis), and American hog-nosed skunk (Conepatus leuconotus). Big Game hunts: Black bear (Ursus americanus), javelina (Pecari tajacu), mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus), and white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus). Public hunts on LCNWR have not been allowed since its establishment in 1988. The objectives of this proposed action are to provide public hunting opportunities, where there are currently none, and to better come into alignment with State hunting opportunities. Approximately 810 acres of the refuge are proposed to be opened for hunting; the open area includes all refuge lands north of Leslie Canyon Road. This proposed action is often iterative and evolves over time during the process as the agency refines its proposal and learns more from the public, tribes, and other agencies. Therefore, the final proposed action may be different from the original. The final decision on the proposed action will be made at the conclusion of the public comment period for the EA and the Draft 2020–2021 Refuge-Specific Hunting and Sport Fishing Regulations. Background National wildlife refuges are guided by the mission and goals of the National Wildlife Refuge System (NWRS), the purposes of an individual refuge, Service policy, and laws and international treaties. Relevant guidance includes the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966, as amended by the National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act of 1997, Refuge 4 Recreation Act of 1962, and selected portions of the Code of Federal Regulations and Fish and Wildlife Service Manual. Leslie Canyon NWR was established in 1988 under the authority of the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 and the Endangered Species Act of 1973 in order ". to conserve fish or wildlife which are listed as endangered species or threatened species. or plants." Specifically, to protect two of the eight native fish species of the Río Yaqui watershed: the Yaqui chub (Gila purpurea) and the Yaqui topminnow (Poeciliopsis sonoriensis). The 2,765-acre refuge is 17.5 miles north of the international border with Mexico in southeast Arizona's Cochise County and is one of more than 550 national wildlife refuges, a federal network of lands and waters set aside for the benefit of wildlife. A unique velvet ash-black walnut-cottonwood forest along Leslie Creek exists and is important for many migrating and nesting birds. While there are many species of birds (more than 340 species), reptiles
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