Management Area 12 - HARVEY

Home , Bull Hill, Caribou Wilderness, Fire lookout, Ishi Wilderness, Susan River (California)

A. DESCRIPTION

Location The Harvey Management Area bor- Management Most of the larger-sized trees in ders the northern edge of the Eagle Lake Dis- the area have been harvested Cattle graze the trict The southern boundary isjust northeast of Harvey Valley, Grays Valley, Upper Pine Creek, and a sliver of the Dixie Valley Range Allot- State Highway 44 The most prominent feature is Harvey Mountain, topped by a Forest Servlce ments Hunting is the primary recreation activ- fire lookout ity The Harvey Valley Demonstration Range contains 127 research plots which are monitored intermittently. The eastern boundary of the Physical Environment Slopes on the 7,354 foot Harvey Mountain are moderate to gentle, Blacks Mountain Expenmental Forest adjoins this area Harvey Valley (5,550 feet) and Grays Valley (5,600 feet) in the southwest are almost flat Precipitation averages 33 inches a year Soils Facilities The Lassen and Nobles Emigrant are moderately deep, and surface rock is common Trails cross the area A cinder pit lies on the on the timbered slopes Grays Valley and Harvey western edge Geothermal lease applications Valley have deep alluvial soils, and Harvey Val- have been filed for lands in the area The area is ley soils are clayey Ephemeral streams drain linked to Highway 44 by a well-developed Forest the mountain slopes into Pine Creek in Harvey road system, and the Union Pacific Railroad Valley parallels Highway 44

Biological Environment Eastside pine and B. STANDARDSAND mixed conifer forests, most of them havlng com- GUIDELINES mercial value, and brushfields cover the slopes Grass-sagebrush and wet meadow communities Recreation occupy the flats Fuel loads in the north half of the area are heavy, due pnmanly to timber 1 Manage the undeveloped camping area at harvest. The southern half has light to moderate White Horse Reservoir as a dispersed camp- fuel loads in forested areas among the sagebrush site flats. In 1955, a fire burned about 500 acres on the southeast side of Harvey Mountain An Sensitive Plants average of twelve small fires, caused mostly by lightning, burn here each decade Habitat for 1 Monitor and protect Egg Lake monkeyflower goshawk, sandhill crane, mule deer, pileated (Mimulus pygmaeus) populations, and in- woodpecker, pronghorn antelope, black bear, and ventory for additional populations in season- mallard is present The Blacks Mountain State ally wet areas Game Refuge (Refuge 1-F)extends into the northwestern part of the area Several large 2 Inventory for Modoc County knotweed (Poly- prehistorical cultural sites have been discovered gonumpolygalozdes ssp esoterzcum)in adobe herein flat and dry pond basin areas

Chapter 4-Management Direction 4-129 Water and Riparian Areas E. DESIRED STATE FOR DIVERSITY 1 Improve riparian conditions along Pine Creek. Consider fencing, grazing manage- Vegetation Acres ment and improvement projects. Shrub Wildlife Chauarral 0 MoLtane Shrub 5 1. Provlde “high” habitat capability for prong- Sagebrush 260 horn antelope through seeding, planting, and coordinating with other resource-use actwi- Conifer Forest ties Eastside Pine 570 Mixed Conifer 420 2. Protect and enhancenesting habitatfor sand- Red Fir 0 hill cranes

F. WGEALLOTMENT C. PRESCRIPTION ALLOCATION STRATEGIES

Prescnption Acres Allotment Strategy

A Non-Timber Wildlife 200 Dixie Valley (~5%) D B Range-Wildlife 500 Grays Valley (25%) D E Early Successional 200 Harvey Valley (50%) D F Ripanaflish 200 Upper Pine Creek (5%) D K Rocky/Sparse Timber 400 R Range 9,000 T Timber 16,430 V Viewfl’imber 1,510

Total 28,440

D. WILDLIFE HABITAT ALLOCATIONS

Goshawk Territories 3

Other Emphasis Species. Pileated woodpecker, deer (summer range), mallard, pronghorn antelope, sandhill crane

4-130 Chapter 4-Management Direction Chapter 4-Management Direction 4-131 Management Area Q3ASHURST Scale 0- .5 1 2 3 4 5Niles 1/2" 1 = Mile January 1992 4 k DESCRIPTION

Location The Ashurst Management Area is Management The area was logged in the 1930’s locatedaboutfivemles northwest ofEagleLake. and much of the remainmg overstory of larger The southern boundary generally parallels Pine diameter trees has been removed in subsequent Creek, and the northern boundary abuts private timber sales. Large parts of the Champs Flat land The only private land wthin the area is at and Harvey Valley Range Allotments he wthin Champs Flat the area. Hunting is the major recreation activity, an undeveloped campsite at Ashurst Lake 1s Physical Environment Most of the area is frequently used by hunters wthin the watershed of Pine Creek, a tnbutary of Eagle Lake The moderately deep soils are Facilities Oil and gas lease applications have weathered from lavas, and surface rock is com- been filed for lands in the area, but no leases mon Deep alluwal clayey soils occur in Little have been issued Access is from County Road Harvey Valley, Squaw Valley, and Champs Flat. 105, and the area has a network oflow-standard Elevations range from 5,200 to 7,089 feet Slopes Forest roads are generally moderate, the flanks of Ashurst Mountain, Little Harvey Mountam, and the west side of Cave Mountain are steeper. Precipitation B. STANDARDSAND averages 27 inches a year Northeast ofAshurst GUIDELINES Mountain is Ashurst Lake, a wetland marsh

Biological Environment Flat, well-drained Fish areas support grass-sage communities. Slopes support eastside pine and mixed conifer stands. 1 Investigate the potential of developing a Ripanan vegetation grows along Pine Creek and warm water fishery at Ashurst Lake around Ashurst Lake Fuel loads in logged areas are generally light to moderate, but occasionally Recreation heavy Lightning caused only four small fires in thelastdecade,butin 1930 alargefirestartedon 1 Manage the undeveloped camping area at the north side of Ashurst Lake and burned into Ashurst Lake as dispersed campsites the adjacent management area Ashurst Lake is a wetland developed for waterfowl and sandhill Sensitive Plants crane production The area also provides habitat for bald eagle, goshawk, mule deer, prong- 1 Monitor and protect populations of Egg Lake horn antelope, and pileated woodpecker Sev- monkeytlower (Mzmuluspygmaeus) Inven- eral large prehistoncal cultural sites and some tory for additional populations in seasonally historical ranch structures are located in this wet areas area. 2 Inventory for Modoc County knotweed (Poly- gonumpolygalozdes ssp esotencum)in adobe flat and dry pond basin areas

~ Chapter 4-Management Direction 4-133 Water and Riparian Areas D. WILDLIFE HABITAT ALLOCATIONS 1. Improve riparian conditions along Pine Creek. Consider fencing, grazing manage- Goshawk Temtones 3 ment and improvement projects Other Emphasis Species: Pileated woodpecker, Wildlife deer (summer range), mallard, sandhlll crane, pronghorn antelope 1 Manage Ashurst Lake for waterfowl and sandhill crane nesting habitat. E. DESIRED STATE 2. Improve ensting wetland habitat in Little Harvey Valley to increase waterfowl and FOR DIVERSITY sandhill crane production and improve m- gratory waterfowl habitat Vegetation Acres

3. Provlde “high” habitat capability for prong- Shrub horn antelope through seedmg, plantmg, and Chaparral 0 coordinating mth other resource-use activi- Montane Shrub 2 ties Sagebrush 190 Conifer Forest Eastside Pine 810 C. PRESCRIPTIONALLOCATION Mixed Comfer 300 Red Fir 0 Prescnption Acres

A Non-Timber Wildlife 200 B Range-Wildhfe 4,700 F. RANGEALLOTMENT E Early Successional 200 STRATEGIES F Ripanaflish 1,190 K Rocky/Sparse mmber 7,870 Allotment Strategy R Range 1,000 T Timber 11,900 Champs Flat (>70%) D Harvey Valley (25%) D Total 27,060

4-134 Chapter 4-Management Direction Chapter 4-Management Direction 4-135 Management Area Scale -- 0-- .5 1 2 3 4 5 Miles EAGLE 3/8" = 1 Mile January 1992 Management Area 14 - EAGLE

A. DESCRIPTION

Location Eagle Lake is the prominent land- cluding the Gallatin Burn (1951), Mernll Burn mark in the Eagle Management Area, located in (19551, and the Eagle Lake Burns (1939 and the eastern central portion of the Forest Most 1984) have occurred on and adjacent to National NationalForestlandisnorthwestofthelake,but Forest lands The 1984 Eagle Lake Fire burned the area boundary is extended to include scat- the edges of two campgrounds and threatened tered National Forest parcels south and east of the historic Gallatin House Fire occurrence is the lake The Bureau of Land Management also relatively high, annually averagmg four small adnnnisters land within the area, and the Cali- fires caused equally by lightning and people fornia State Lands Commission has jurisdiction Eagle Lake boasts one of the highest wintenng over the land under the lake The remainder is populations of bald eagles in the state, it is not private land uncommon to view 50-60 individuals dunng December and January. Several breeding terri- Physical Environment Elevations range from tones also exist on Forest Service land, as well as the current lake level of about 5,105 feet to 7,609 Bureau of Land Management and private lands feet on Roop Mountain The lake level is ex- within the basin Other important emphasis pected to meto its historic level of about 5,117 species present are mule deer, pronghorn ante- feetwiththe pluggingoftheBlighTunne1 Slopes lope, mallard, pileated woodpecker, bufflehead, vary from almost flat to very steep Annual sandhill crane, goshawk, and osprey A special precipitation averages 27 inches, but ranges osprey management area has been established widely from 16 to 40 inches Virtually all lands on Forest land at Brockman Flat. The lake is a wthm the area are within the Eagle Lake water- trophy-trout fishery for the Eagle Lake trout, the shed Pine, Mernll, and Papoose Creeks are only trout capable of surviving in the lake’s Eagle Lake’s major tributaries, the lake has no alkaline water A California Department of Fish natural outlet and is moderately alkaline. Al- and Game fish trap for hatchery purposes is though a few rock outcrops are granitic, most of located at the mouth of Pine Creek Important the area’s landscape is the result of volcanism cultural resources in the area include rock nngs, Basalt lava flows are highly evident, and soils petroglyphs, pictographs, and historical cabins are generally shallow and very rocky. The other- wse rolling terrain is commonly faulted Sev- Management Timber on both Forest and pri- eral ice caves lie under Brockman Flat vate lands has been logged Timber stand conditions and other multiple-resource factors make Biological Environment Vegetation is very this Management Area appropriate for testing diverse, types include eastside pine, mixed coni- the feasibility of uneven-aged timber manage- fer, juniper brushfield, grass-sagebrush, wet ment in the eastside pine vegetation type. The meadow, and nparian Fuel loads in logged Signal Buttes Range Allotment and most of the areas are moderate to heavy Pine and fir mor- North Eagle Lake and South Eagle Lake Allot- tality from bark beetles presents a serious fire ments are in the area Eagle Lake, the second hazard Brockman Flat is susceptible to fires largest natural lake entirely within California, that could pose a threat to the residential Spal- is an increasingly important recreational focus ding Tract subdivision Several large fires, infor swimming, boating, fishing, driving, and hik-

~ Chapter 4-Management Direction 4-137 ing Forest Service recreation facilities are on a 5 Provide for the maintenance ofthe historical narrow stnp of federal property at the south end character of Gallatin House that results in of the Lake, and comprise the Eagle Lake Recre- its eliabihty for the National Register of ation Area. It includes five developed camp- Histonc Places grounds, served by asewage treatmentfacility at Little Merrill Flat, a vlsitor information site, a Firewood boat launch, and Gallatin beach The Eagle’s Nest summer home tract contains 42 homes 1 Give personal use of firewood priority over under spenal use permits The Eagle Lake commercial use Marina was reconstructed in 1989-90 The historic Gallatin House recently was included in a 2 Prohibit firewoodcutting east ofcounty Road specialuse permit toEagleLake Children’s Chan- A-1/201, except by special permit ties The house has been restored and preserved in its near-ongmal state It will now be used as Fish a part of the camp facilities for handicapped children. The Gallatin House recently served as 1. Coordinate management ofEagle Lake trout a work center for Forest Semce employees who habitat with the Califorma Department of maintained the recreation facilities In Septem- Fish and Game ber 1982, Lassen County adopted a plan for the Eagle Lake area calling for (1)a naturallyfluctu- Lands ating lake level, (2)a continued land adjustment program in the public interest, (3) a limit on new recreation developments such as new camp- Establish a purchase unit at the south end of grounds, and (4) a prohibition on subsurface Eagle Lake to permit land acquisition for the exploration for geothermal, gas, oil or other hy- possible relocation of existing developed rec- drocarbon resources in the Eagle Lake Basin reation sites as the water level nses. Such applications had prevlously been received, analyzed and denied Acquire inholdings that are not developed and other appropriate lands to provide a site Facilities Many cinder pits have been exca- for a visitor mformation center vatedonForest andprivatelands Lassencounty Roads A-1 and 201 and State Highway 139 pro- Acqmre lands to protect Papoose and Pine vide access to the area. Private subdivlsions are Creek npanan zones and to improve Eagle located at Spalding Tract and Stones Landing on Lake’s water quality the lake, other undeveloped pnvate land is present Dispose ofisolated parcels ofNational Forest land that do not aid in meeting this Manage- ment Area direction Isolated parcels adja- B. STANDARDSAND cent to Bureau of Land Management proper- GUIDELINES ties will he transferred to BLM

Cultural Resources Through exchange, make National Forest lands available adjacentto the Spaldlng home 1 At recreation facilities, provide information tract for the purposes of solid waste disposal on the cultural history of the area and/or sewage processing and treatment Such uses will not be authorized by special 2 Complete a cultural resource plan for the use permit Eagle Lake Basin Administer the Eagle’s Nest recreation resi- 3 Recover the scientific values of ArchaeoloB- dence tract within existing authonty to meet cal Site #411 requirements in the Lahontan ReDonal Wa- ter Quality Control Board’s Eagle Lake Ba- 4 Protect archaeoloscal sites by signing, pa- sin Plan trol, and/or other methods

4-138 Chapter 4-Management Direction Minerals 8 Make lands available on the south shore of Eagle Lake for the purpose of construction 1. Recommend withdrawal of the Eagle Lake and operation of a Pnority 1Organizational planning area from mineral entry and min- Camp This use will be authorized by special eral leasing use permit. l/

2 Rehahilitate thecinderpit at thenorthendof 9 Cooperate in efforts to recommend Eagle Eagle Lake to meet vlsual quality objectives Lake as a National Recreation Area for the Eagle Lake basin. d Sensitive Plants Recreation 1 Monitor and protect populations of Egg Lake 1 Develop a composite recreation plan ad- monkeyflower (Mcmuluspygmaeus) Inven- dressing the future of the manna, provlsion tory for adhtional populations in seasonally of any new facilities, and development of wet areas. bicycle and off-highway vehicle trails. Timber 2. Develop a vlsitor information station at the entrance to the Eagle Lake Recreation Area 1. As part ofthe Forest’s uneven-aged manage- (Junction of county roads 201 and A-l), when ment test, emphasize inhvidual tree selec- land is acquired. tion and group selection where appropriate.

3 Build a new vlsitor information center and 2 Apply the full range of silvicultural practices amphitheater at the Merrill Creek informa- where uneven-aged management is not fea- tion station sible.

4. Exclude livestock from developed recreation sites Visual Resources

5. Develop and implement a vegetative man- 1. Maintain a high level of visual quality in the agement plan for the Eagle Lake Recreation Viewmmber Prescnption area around Eagle Area Lake. 6. Manage the undeveloped camping areas at Water and Riparian Areas HousemanCamp,DowWells,PnsonSpnngs, and Pine Bndge as dispersed campsites 1. Maintain or improve stream corridors, chan- nels, and other riparian areas along Pine 7 Maintain the Gallatin House to resemble its Creek, Merrill Creek, Papoose Creek and the appearance dunng the historical penod, by lakeshore coordinating with Eagle Lake Children’s Chanties as it develops and operates a camp for special needs children

-I/ A Pnority 1 Orgamzational Camp is defined under Forest Servlce Manual 2345 1 1 as follows Priorzty 1 Programs for the disadvantaged or underprivileged in which, regardless of sponsorships, charges to recipients are free or token only and without such sponsorship the recipient probably could not go to camp Generally speaking, recipients need not be members of the sponsoring organization Examples of such programs would be those sponsored by the Salvation Army, Boy’s Clubs of America and some civic clubs, programs for the physically challenged or infirm where the objective is rehabilitation and training, and programs to provlde an outdoor experience not available except through the supervision of the sponsoring organization Camps for physically challenged children, retarded children, diabetics, or the hearing impaired are examples

Chapter 4-Management Direction 4-139 Wildlife E. DESIRED STATE FOR DIVERSITY 1 Enhance habitat within the Eagle Lake basin for breeding and wmtering bald eagles. Vegetation Acres Close nesting and wintering areas to vehicles, as needed, to protect the eagles Shrub Chaparral 0 2 Continue to implement the 1971 manage- Montane Shrub 15 ment plan for the Eagle Lake Osprey Man- Sagebrush 355 agement Area and the lands allocated to the Non-Timber Wildlife Prescnption (A). Conifer Forest Eastside Pine 840 3. Protect and enhance nesting habitat for Mmed Conifer 420 sandhill cranes, particularly Papoose Mead- Red Fir 10 ows.

F. RANGEALLOTMENT C. PRESCRIPTION ALLOCATION STRATEGIES

Prescnption Acres Allotment Strategy

A Non-Timber Wildlife 12,500 North Eagle Lake (85%) D B Range-Wildhfe 3,800 Signal Butte (100%) C D Developed Recreation 125 South Eagle Lake (>go%) D E Early Successional 100 F RipariadFish 900 K Rocky/Sparse Timber 13,220 R Range 900 T Timber 5,400 V Viewmimber 3,400

Total 40.345

D. WILDLIFE HABITAT ALLOCATIONS

Bald Eagle Territories 4 Goshawk Terntories 1

Other Emphasis Species Osprey, deer (summer range), mallard, rainbow trout (includmg theEagleLakerambowtrout), sandhillcrane, bufflehead, pileated woodpecker, pronghorn antelope.

4- 140 Chapter 4-Management Direction Chapter 4-Management Direction 4-141 Management Area 15 THOUSAND LAKES b Scale P 0 .5 1 2 3 4 5Milee l/Z" = 1 Mile January 1992 1 Management Area 15 - THOUSAND LAKES

A. DESCRIPTION terns suggest an active fire history prior to Na- Location The Thousand Lakes Management tional Forest establishment. Wildlife species are Area is the Thousand Lakes Wilderness It lies typical of mid-high elevation areas on the Forest approximately 12 miles south of Burney, mid- and include marten, spotted owl, pileated wood- way between the town of Burney and Lassen pecker, black hear, and black-tailed deer Spot- Volcanic National Park ted owls inhabit mature stands in the wdder- ness Many of the small lakes have relig.lous Physical Environment The landscape was significance to Native Americans created by the eruption of an ancient volcano that was suhsequently carved hy mountain gla- Management Seven of the lakes are aerially ciers. Crater Peak at 8,677 feet is the highest stocked wlth trout and provlde the major attrac- point on the Lassen National Forest Below the tion to nsitors. The small size of the wilderness rim of peaks lies a glaciated valley with many presents little challenge to the experienced hack- small lakes The lowest point occurs at the base packer, but is well suited to the novice hack- ofthe volcano at 5,546 feet. The climate at these packer and day-hiker Some dispersed camping high elevations is very cold. Snowfall is heavy, sites are showing signs of heavy use from back- and precipitation averages 50 inches a year. A packers and horse campers. snow course has been established within the wilderness for measuring snowpack water con- Facilities Four National Forest roads and four tent, as part of a statewide water supply fore- trailheadsprovldegoodaccess to the Wilderness. casting network Runoff is small, and features The southeast corner has been subject to geo- such asBig Springs indicate a significant amount thermal lease application, but no leases have of ground water recharge The soils of the valley been issued are ofglacial onan,veryrocky, andpoorlydrained due to underlymg impermeable layers The remaining soils are basaltic forest soils common to B. STANDARDSAND the area GUIDELINES

Biological Environment The vegetation var- Fire ies greatly and includes whitebark pine and mountain hemlock at the summits, extensive 1 Develop and implement a prescribed burn- lodgepole pine stands on the flats, true fir and ing plan. mixed conifer forests on the slopes, and ever- green brushfields at the lowest elevations Al- 2 Allow fire to resume its natural role in the though unsurveyed, some high peaks may have wilderness ecosystems except where it would populations of alpine plants of biogeogrdphic endanger public safety or private lands interest The moderate to extreme fuel loads reflect decades of natural accumulation An Fish average of two fires burn each year, one from lightning, the other from human causes Until 1 Survey wilderness lakes to evaluate existing the 500-acre Freaner Peak fire in 1987, no:large aquatic resources and determine the need fires had been recorded, but the vegetation pat- for continued fish stocking

~ ~~ ~ ~ Chapter 4-Management Direction 4- 143 2. In cooperation with California Department C. PRESCRIPTION ALLOCATION of Fish and Game, stock fish in lakes where planting is desirable Prescnption Acres

Recreation W Wilderness 16,335

1 Prohibit domestic cattle and sheep Total 16,335

2 Construct a trail from Magee Peak to Crater Peak. D. WILDLIFE HABITAT ALLOCATIONS 3. In areas of concentrated use adversely af- fecting soil, vegetation or water resources, Fisher HMA 1 reduce these impacts by dispersing use and Marten HMA 2 relocating trails, as appropriate. Spotted Owl Territones 1 Goshawk Territories 1 4 Improve access for persons-with-disabilities by constructing horse-mounting ramps and Other Emphasis Species: pileated woodpecker, widening select trails commensurate with rainbow trout. other resource values.

Sensitive Plants E. DESIRED STATE 1 Inventory for possible populations of short FOR DIVERSITY petalled campion (Szlene "nu) in red fir stands Vegetation Acres

2 Inventory for possible talus collomia Shrub (Collomru debills spp larsenrr) on the higher Chaparral 0 peaks Montane Shrub 20 Sagebrush 0 Visual Resources Conifer Forest 1 Meet a vlsual quality objective of preserva- Eastside Pine 0 tion throughout the area Mixed Conifer 405 Red Fir 270

Wilderness F. RANGEALLOTMENT 1 Update and comply with the direction in the STRATEGIES Thousand Lakes Wilderness Implementa- tion Plan Allotment Strategy

None

4-144 Chapter 4-Management Direction Chapter 4-Management Direction 4- 145 18 MRo;aDgement Area 1- Scale 0 .5 1 2 3 4 5 Miles 1/2” = 1 Mile January 1992 Management Area 16 - RED

A. DESCRIPTION

Location The Red Management Area lies along degrees of success Brushfields are important the west boundary of Lassen Volcanic National deer fawning habitat Wildlife includes spotted Park and shares many miles of boundary with owls, peregnne falcon, bald eagle, goshawk, the park Many of its streams ongmate within pileated woodpeckers, and furbearers such as Lassen Park, including the north and south ends fisher andmarten. The streams, HeartLake and of Digger Creek, the North and South Forks of North Battle Creek Reservoir, are good fisheries, Bailey Creek, Manzanita Creek, and NorthBattle hut the reservoir is the most popular. Creek. Parcels of pnvate land are scattered throughout Management mmber production actinties are most evident in the large plantations. Harvest- Physical Environment The highest point is ing has accelerated in the last decade with nu- near BrokeoffMountain at 8,198 feet; the lowest merous regeneration harvests near Red Lake. elevations are along the west side of the area at The area is a popular firewood gathenng spot for approxlmately 5,100 feet Topography varies residents of Old Station, Shingletown, and even from volcanic uplands to steep canyons These Redding The area is withm the Manzanita Lake canyons are extensions of canyons in the Park and North Battle Creek Range Allotments for and offer scenic vlstas Several lakes dot the cattle grazing Recreation is heavy both in the landscape, notablymth Heart Lake, North Battle summer when Lassen Volcanic National Park is Creek Reservoir, and Big Lake Deep Hole, a most active and in the winter The nearby collapsed pit crater, is an unusual geomorphic Ashpan Snowmobile Park provides access to feature Precipitation ranges from 50 inches In many miles of trails The area is also used by the north to 70 inches in the south near Red Rock hikers and backpackers, especially in the Heart Mountain. Most of this occurs as snow Soils are Lake further planning area, which ISaccessed by a reflection of volcanic activlty from nearby Las- a proposed National Scenic Trail sen Peak area Forest soils are rocky and denved from andesite At the higher elevations, some Facilities Management of the area is influ- are quite shallow and susceptible to surface enced by residential development at Viola and erosion A few cinder cones occur in this area Brokeoff Meadows The major access to this Biological Environment Vegetative types country is by State Highway 44 and 44/89,and a include extensive manzanita brushfields and county road from Viola to Brokeoff Meadows mixed conifer, red fir, and sub-alpine types mixed The south half of the area has been subject to with meadows Forest fuel loads vary from geothermal lease applications, and a portion moderate to heavy. Much of the loggmg slash along the western boundary is subject to oil and hasnotbeenadequatelytreated,anddensestands gas lease application, but no leases have been of young fir trees add to the fire hazard Al- issued Portions of the Nobles Emigrant Trail though few fires have been recorded within the can still be seen area, extensive brushfields are evidence of very large historical fires Many of the brushfields Further Planning Areas Part of the Heart have been cleared and planted with ponderosa/ Lake further planning area lies in the southern Jeffrey pine over the past 40 years with varymg end of the area

Chapter 4-Management Direction 4- 147 Specialheas The 100-acreDeep Hole is estab- Soils lished as a Geoloacal Special Interest Area. 1 Restrict tractorloggmg on cinder cone slopes steeper than 20 percent B. STANDAFtDSAND GUIDELINES Special Areas

Facilities 1 Prepare a management plan for the Deep Hole Special Interest Area 1 Close the Onion Springs Road (provlde Level 1 maintenance) once timber sale actinties Visual Resources are completed 1 Meet partial retention visual quality in the 2 Recommend the remaining portion of the foreground of the 17 Road Heart Lake Trail as a National Scenic Trail, and develop parking at the Digger Creek 2 Meet avisual quality 0bjeCtiVeofretention in Trailhead the foreground of Highway 44/89 Firewood Wildlife

1 Give personal use of firewood prionty over 1 Regenerate decadent brushfields to improve commercial use. summer range for black-tailed deer

Lands 2 Enhance cnticalfawnmghabitatin the Man- zanita Chutes area 1 Resolve the occupancy trespass at Brokeoff Meadows, using the Small Tracts Act or 3 Apply special silvlcultural prescnptions to other appropriate methods The boundary of enhance potential nesting habitat for bald Brokeoff Meadows will change at the conclu- eagles at the North Battle Creek Reservoir sion of case 4 Monitor cliff sites in Blue Lake Canyon for Recreation peregnne falcon 1 Continue designation of certain roads for wmterover-snowuse, and restnct snowplow- C. PRESCRIPTION ALLOCATION ingofsnowmobile trails between December 1 and Apnl 1 Prescnption Acres

2 Continue to support the construction of a A Non-Timber Wildlife 400 joint Lassen Foresmassen Volcanic National B Range-Wildlife 4,700 Park Visitor’s Center on Lassen Forest land D Developed Recreation 25 near the north entrance to Lassen Park E Early Successional 200 F RipanadFish 1,130 Sensitive Plants K Rocky/Sparse Timber 3,840 L Late Successional 6,000 Inventory for talus collomia (Collomza deb&- N Semi-Primitive Non-Motonzed 2,800 12s spp larsenzi) populations in alpine or S Special Areas 100 subalpine areas T nmber 6,060 V ViewfTimber 4,750 Monitor and protect populations of northern 4,700 spleenwort (Asplenium septentrionale) and W Wilderness inventory for additional populations on rocky outcrops Total 34.705

Inventory for possible short-petalled campion (Szlene znuzsa) in red fir stands

4-148 Chapter 4-Management Direction D. WILDLIFE HABITAT F. RANGEALLOTMENT ALLOCATIONS STRATEGIES

Marten HMA 1 Allotment Strategy Bald Eagle Territones 1 Peregrine Falcon Territones 1 Manzanita Lake (100%) C Spotted Owl Habitat Areas 2 North Battle Creek (100%) C Goshawk Territories 6

Other Emphasis Species. Osprey, pileated woodpecker, deer (summer range), fisher, rambow trout

E. DESIRED STATE FOR DIVERSITY

Vegetation Acres

Shrub Chaparral 0 Montane Shrub 210 Sagebrush 0

Conifer Forest Eastside Pine 0 Mixed Comfer 1070 Red Fir 245

Chapter 4-Management Direction 4- 149 Management Area a7 LOST CREEK d Scale P 0 .5 1 2 3 4 5Niles 1/2" = 1 Mile January 1992 4 Management Area 17 - LOST CREEK

A. DESCRIPTION

Location The Lost Creek Management Area Management Timber is intensively managed adjoins the northern boundary of Lassen Volca- on both National Forest and pnvate land The nic National Park It is bounded on the west by area is mthin the Hat Creek Range Allotment highway 89/44, on the east by the Hat Creek Firewood harvest in the area is significant Most Rim, and on the north by the Sheep Camp Loop recreation is hunting and fishing around several Road. Most of the private land occurs in scat- dispersed undeveloped campsites Rmber stand tered parcels on the west side of the area conditions and other factors make this management area appropriate for testing the feasibility Physical Environment Elevations range from ofuneven-aged timber management in the mixed 4,900 along Lost Creek to 8,172 feet on West conifer vegetation type. Prospect Peak The terrain is generally flat, but slopes up to 50 percent are found on Badger Facilities The Pacific Crest Trail bisects the Mountain and West Prospect Peak Because of area’s eastern portion Portions of the Nobles highly porous volcanic ash, very little surface Trail can be found Access is provlded from runoff or erosion occurs Significant streams in- Highway 89/44 by a well-developed system of clude Lost Creek, Hat Creek, and Rail Canyon, National Forest and private loggmgroads Parts which drain generally north from the Park Pre- ofthe area have been subject to geothermal lease cipitation averages 41 inches a year, primarilyin application the form of snow during November through March The volcanic soils are moderately deep to deep and have many rock fragments Much of E. STANDARDSAND the area has an ash overburden A few cinder GUIDELINES cones occur in this area Facilities Biological Environment Vegetative cover IS mixed conifers interspersed with brushfields Relocate the Pacific Crest Trail to National The brushfields are the result of old fires predat- 1 Forest land if and when land exchanges are ing the National Forest; most have been cleared completed (for example - the Emigrant Ford and planted with ponderosa and Jeffrey pine Exchange) Both natural and slash fuel loads in the forested portions range from moderate to heavy, although most of the slash has been treated. The area Fish experiences two or three small, low intensity lightning fires per year Human-caused fires are 1 Maintain Hat Creek in the natural and free- rare Wildlife is typical of mixed conifer and old flowing state growth habitat Spotted owls and goshawks are present in the area Significant fishenes are 2 Investigate habitat improvement opportuni- limited to Hat Creek, although Lost Creek does ties along Lost Creek and Hat Creek, includ- support a small trout fishery ing enhancing riparian vegetation and developing pools, rimes, and instream cover

Chapter 4-Management Direction 4-151 Lands Wildlife

1 Consolidate land ownerships, with pnority 1 Regenerate aspen and cottonwood stands gwen to lands adjacent to Hat and Lost along Hat and Lost Creek Creeks 2 Enhance critical fawning habitat Recreation

1 Work with mlling partners to rehabilitate C. PRESCRIPTIONALLOCATION Vista Point Add informationaYmterpretive signing Prescnption Acres

2 Manage the undeveloped camping areas at A Non-Timber Wildlife 300 Lost Creek as dispersed recreation sites B Range-Wildlife 200 D Developed Recreation 5 Sensitive Plants E Early Successional 200 F RipariadFish 1,350 1 Inventory for possible talus collomia K Rocky/Sparse mmber 13,190 (Collomradebrlzsspp larsenralon talus slopes L Late Successional 3,100 T nmber 3,220 2 Inventory for possible northern spleenwort V View/Timber 4,200 (Asplenzum septentrzonale) populations on rocky outcrops Total 25,765 Soils D. WILDLIFE HABITAT ALLOCATIONS 1 Restrict tractor loggmg on cinder cone slopes steeper than 20 percent Spotted Owl Habitat Areas 1 Goshawk Terntones 3 Timber Other Emphasis Species. Pileated woodpecker, 1 As part of the Forest’s uneven-aged manage- deer (summer range), marten, fisher ment test, emphasize individual tree selection and group selection where appropriate E. DESIRED STATE FOR DIVERSITY 2 Apply the full range of silvicultural practices where uneven-aged management is not fea- Vegetation Acres sible Shrub Visual Resources Chaparral 0 Montane Shrub 50 1 Meet a vlsual quality objective of Partial Sagebrush 5 Retention in the background as seen from Thousand Lakes Wilderness loohng south, Conifer Forest Highway 44 on Hat Creek Rim, and Lassen Eastside Pine 220 Park Mixed Conifer 945 Red Fir 0 2 Meet a visual quality objective of Retention in the foreground of the Pacific Crest Trail F. RANGEALLOTMENT from the Lassen Park boundary to a point STRATEGIES one mile north of the Park Meet Partial Retention in the foreground from that point Allotment Strategy north along the trail Hat Creek (50%) C

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4- 152 Chapter 4-Management Direction Chapter 4-Management Direction 4-153 Man a geme n t Area 980 GRAYS Scale P 0 .5 1 2 3 4 5Yiles l/2" = 1 Mile January 1992 1 A. DESCRIPTION Location The Grays Management Area borders Hunting and fishing are the major recreation the northeast corner ofLassenVolcanic National activlties. Butte Creek Campground, a partly Park It is bounded on the south by the Canhou developed facility mth 14 campsites on the Las- Wilderness, on the north by State Highway 44, sen Volcanic National Park access road, is in the and on the west by the Butte Creek Road (Road western edge of the area 32N21) Pnvate land is scattered throughout the northern part Facilities Major access to the area is by the Butte Lake Road, and by the Forest “IO” Road, Physical Environment The landscape eon- extending south from Highway 44 adjacent to sists of basalt lava flows and many cinder cones. the area. The histoncal Lassen and Nobles The soil is extremely rocky, with high ash con- Trails pass along the area’s boundanes. tent The relatively steep cinder cones rise above the gently slopmg landscape. Elevations range B. STANDARDSAND from 5,600 feet to 7,796 feet at Two Buttes GUIDELINES Because ofthe extreme permeability ofthe volcanic soils and rock, surface water is scarce. How- Fish ever, glacial debris was deposited atop the volcanic rocks in the extreme west, and spnngs occur 1. Improve the trout fishery in Butte Creek at the contact between the two Butte Creek upstream from Butte Creek Campground by flows along the west edge of the area Precipita- providing “high” habitat capability. tion averages 36 inches annually Recreation Biological Environment Vegetation includes eastside pine, mured corufer, red fir, lodgepole 1. Develop and implement a site plan for the pine, grass-sagebrush, and nparian types. Fuel Butte Creek campground loads in forested areas are moderate to heavy, and are occasionally extreme due to loggmg 2. Assess development of the spring at Butte Every year lightning causes two or three small Creekcampground as apotable water source; fires. Habitat is present for black-tailed deer, ifwater is provided, upgrade the campground black bear, marten, red fox, pileated woodpecker, to full fee status. goshawk, and possibly fisher and wolvenne. Spotted owls nesting near Bogard Buttes lie on Sensitive Plants the northeasternedgeofthe speciesrange Butte Creek is stocked mth rainbow and brook trout. 1 Monitor and protect Egg Lake monkeyflower (Mimulus pygmaeus) near Robbers Spring, Management Overstory removal and interme- and inventory for additional populations in diate cuts have harvested many of the larger seasonally wet areas. trees over much of the area. Some lodgepole firewood cutting occurs Parts of the Grays Soils Valley, Silver Lake, Upper Pine Creek, and Poi- son Lake Range Allotments lie within the area 1. Restrict tractor loggmg on cinder cone slopes steeper than 20 percent.

Chapter 4-Management Direction 4-155 Visual Resources D. WILDLIFE HABITAT ALLOCATIONS 1. Meet a visual quality objective of Retention in the foreground along the road to Butte Spotted Owl Habitat Areas 1 Lake (32N21). Goshawk Territories 3

Wildlife Other Emphasis Species: Deer (summer range), black bear, rainbow trout, pileated wood- 1. Regenerate the aspen stands along Butte pecker, marten, and fisher Creek and other key spring/aspen areas.

2. Manage the npanan corndor along Butte E. DESIRED STATE Creek to support old growth dependent spe- FOR DIVERSITY cies Vegetation Acres C. PRESCRIPTIONALLOCATION Shrub Chaparral 0 Prescnption Acres Montane Shrub 10 Sagebrush 10 A Non-Timber Wildlife 200 C Firewood 300 Conifer Forest D Developed Recreation 5 Eastside Pine 220 E Early Successional 100 Mixed Conifer 775 F RipananlFish 700 Red Fir 5 K Rocky/Sparse "her 8,820 L Late Successional 1,900 T Timber 4,650 V Viewmmber 2,800 F. RANGEALLOTMENT 2 Minimal Management 1,170 STRATEGIES

Total 20,645 All0t m en t Strategy Grays Valley (25%) D Poison Lake (25%) D Silver Lake (10%) C Upper €"e Creek (5%) D

4- 156 Chapter 4-Management Direction Chapter 4-Management Direction 4-157 Management Area 19 CRATER

January 1992 4 Management Area 19 - CRATER

A. DESCRIPTION Management Most ofthe large trees have been Location The Crater Management Area is gen- harvested with overstory removal and interme- erally northeast of State Highway 44 and west of diate cuts A campground at Crater Lake (17 Eagle Lake Prominent landmarks are Crater campsites) is heavily used The lake is stocked Mountain, LoganMountain, andAntelope Moun- with rainbow trout, and non-motorized boats are tain (which has a fire lookout). Pnvate land is permitted. Pnmitive camps are located along interspersed wlth the Forest land near Logan the base of Crater Mountain and at Summit Spring, on the west side of Crater Mountain, on Camp, Logan Springs, and Little Antelope Val- the south side of Antelope Mountain, and be- ley, they are heavily used in the hunting season tween Martin Spnngs and Summit Camp Parts of Grays Valley, Upper Pine Creek, Lower Pine Creek, Harvey Valley, Champs Flat, and Physical Environment Lava underlies the South Eagle Lake Range Allotments are mthin area and rocky outcrops are common; soils are the area moderately deep and cobbly Slopes are moderately steep on Logan Mountain (6,992feet) and Facilities The area is accessed by Forest roads Crater Mountain (7,420feet), and parts of Ante- from Highway 44 and County Road 105. lope Mountain (7,684feet) are steep. Pine Creek flows between Logan and Crater Mountams at Special Areas A 200 acre areaincluding Crater an elevation of 5,600 feet, and a tributary drains Lake and its basin is proposed as a geologxal Little Antelope Valley Crater Lake on Crater Special Interest Area Mountain illustrates the mountain's recent volcanic origin; the 27 acre lake has no outlet Precipitation averages 37 inches a year B. STANDARDSAND GUIDELINES Biological Environment Eastside pine, mixed conifer, and red fir stands are common, and Recreation grass-sagebrush, marsh, and nparian vegetation are scattered throughout Except in the 1 Completeafeasibility and developmentstudy sagebrush flats, fuel loads are generally moder- for a cross-country ski trail up Crater Moun- ate to heavy, but are extreme m patches due to tain loggmg. Both brushfields and plantations are highly susceptible to fire. An average of three 2. Plan and complete an unstaffedvlsitor infor- small fires burn every year, but in 1924 the mation station at Antelope Mountain look- Antelope Fire burned more than 6,000 acres of out. Forest and pnvate land Much of the area has been replanted with pine, but extensive brush- 3. Manage the undeveloped camping areas at fields remain The more important indicator Summit Camp and Logan Springs as dis- species present are mule deer, pronghorn ante- persed campsites. lope, black bear, marten, golden eagle, pileated woodpecker, goshawk, osprey, and rainbow trout. Sensitive Plants Crater Mountain has sacred values for local Native Amencans 1. Monitor and protect EggLakemonkeyflower (Mcmulus pygmaeus) populations Inven-

~~~ ~~ ~ Chapter 4-Management Direction 4-159 tory for additional populations in seasonally D. WILDLIFE HABITAT wet areas ALLOCATIONS

2. Inventory for Modoc County knotweed (Poly- Goshawk Terrltor,es 4 gonum polygaloidesssp. estotencum J In adobe flat and dry pond basin areas Other Emphasis Species' Deer (summer range), pronghorn antelope, pileated woodpecker, Special Areas osprey, golden eagle, rainbow trout. 1 Prepare and implement a management plan for the Crater Lake Special Interest Area to protect and accentuate the geolopc area's E. DESIRED STATE distinctive features FOR DIVERSITY

Visual Resources Vegetation Acres 1 Meet a vlsual quality objective of Partial Shrub Retention in the foreground and Modifica- Chaparral 0 tion in the middleground as seen from the Montane Shrub 80 Crater Lake Road (32N09) Sagebrush 70

Water and Riparian Areas Conifer Forest Eastside Pine 645 1. Restore and improve riparian conditions Mixed Conifer 1035 along Pine Creek Consider fencing, grazing Red Fir 20 management and improvement projects. Wildlife F. RANGEALLOTMENT 1 Close selected roads on Crater and Logan STRATEGIES Mountains to protect fawning deer. Allotment Strategy 2 Where feasible, develop wetlands to increase waterfowl production and provide habitat Champs Flat (25%) D for fall migrants. Grays Valley (25%) D Harvey Valley (25%) D Lower Pine Creek (60%) D C. PRESCRIPTION ALLOCATION South Eagle Lake (4%) D Upper Pine Creek (25%) D Prescription Acres

B Range-Wildlife 2,010 C Firewood 300 D Developed Recreation 10 E Early Successional 200 F RipariadFish 300 K Rocky/Sparse Timber 15,080 R Range 400 S Special Areas 200 T nmber 10,300 V Viewmmber 7,300 Z Minimal Management 2,590

Total 38,690

4-160 Chapter 4-Management Direction Chapter 4-Management Direction 4-161 Man a g emen t Area CARIBOU

Scale 0- .5 1 2 3 4 5Miles 1/2" = 1 Mile January 1992 i Management Area 24) - cmmou

A. DESCRIPTION

Location The CanbouManagementAreaisthe larger lakes are sto, ?d with rainbow and brook Canbou Wilderness It adjoins the east side of trout while Eagle Lake trout are planted in the LassenVolcanic National Park The area's north lakes which drain into Pine Creek boundary and a portion of its east boundary form the border between the Almanor and Eagle Lake Management Dunngfiscal year 1982, a total of Ranger Distncts. 12,188 vlsitor days were recorded for the area. Backpackers, day hikers, and fishermen use the Phpi~alEnvironment The terrain is a mod- trails in the Wilderness Triangle, Turnaround, erately flat plateau The area contains numer- Black, and Long Lakes receive the most fishing ous ponds and lakes and the headwaters of both pressure, but trout are also found in many of the Pine Creek and the Susan River. Several peaks smaller lakes such as Beauty, Eleanor, Posey exceed 7,800 feet elevation. The area is gener- and Black The Silver Lake Summer Home Tract ally rocky and shows evldence of its volcanic is located on the east boundary. Trailheads for ongm Much of the area has been glaciated the Wilderness are located at Cone Lake, Can- resulting in shallow, rocky soils Precipitation bou Lake, andHay Meadow Parts ofthe Benner averages 60 inches a year, most of it as snowfall Creek and Silver Lake Range Allotments are mthin the area Biological Environment mmber consists of white fir, red fir, and western white pine on the Facilities Access is provided by county road slopes and at higher elevations, and lodgepole 110, which ends at Canbou Lake, and Forest pine on the flat, moist sites. A large pure stand Road 10 from the north and south. of mountain hemlock covers a bench on the east slope of Red Cinder Mountam, with mdely scat- Further Planning Areas The Trail Lake B tered patches elsewhere Fuel loads range from further planmng area lies along the eastern edge light to heavy and are entirely from natural of this area and is recommended for mlderness processes. Fires average two per year, mostly designation from lightning, and they generally burn less than an acre This area is subject to the Natural Fire Management Plan developed jointly for the B. STANDARDSAND Canbou Wilderness and Lassen Volcanic Na- tional Park Under this plan, most lightning GUIDELINES fires will be permitted to burn under specific conhtions and with careful monitoring. Marten Fire and possibly fisher and wolverine inhabit the area. The bufflehead, an uncommon breeder in 1. Update and implement a prescribed burning California, nests at pothole lakes here Bald plan in cooperation with Lassen Volcanic eagles feed at lakes, but no nest sites are known. National Park Some unsurveyed potential habitat for spotted owl may exist. A trout fishery is maintained in 2 Allow fire to resume its natural role in the many lakes by aenal planting by the California wilderness ecosytem except where it may Depmtzeut of Fish and Game Most of the endanger public safety or private lands

Chapter 4-Management Direction 4-163 Fish C. PRESCRIPTIONALLOCATION

1. Siirvey ullderness lakes to evaluate exlstlng Prescnption Acres aquatic resources and determne the need for continued fish stocking W Wilderness 21,440

2. In cooperation ulth California Department Total 21,440 of Fish and Game, stock fish in lakes where planting is desirable. D. WILDLIFE HABITAT Recreation ALLOCATIQNS

1. In areas of concentrated use adversely af- Goshawk Terntones 3 fecting soil, vegetation or water resources, reduce these impacts hy dispersing use and Other Emphasis Species Marten, hary wood- relocating trails, as appropriate. pecker, bufflehead, osprey, rainbow trout, bald eagle 2 Improve access for persons-ulth-disabilities by constructing horse-mounting ramps and widemng select trails commensurate with other resource values. E. DESIRED STATE FOR DIVERSITY Sensitive Plants Vegetation Acres 1 Inventory for possible short petalled campion (Silene snussu) in red fir stands Shrub Chaparral 0 2 Inventory for talus collomia (CoZZomzu debs- Montane Shrub 10 Zrs uur Zursensz) on talus slopes on the higher Sagebrush 0 peaks Conifer Forest Wilderness Eastside Pine 0 Mixed Conifer 235 1. Revlse the Canbou Wilderness Management Red Fir 350 Plan to serve as a Wilderness Implementa- tion Plan for the Black Cinder and Trail Lake A wilderness additions of 1984. F. RAN'GEALLOTMENT STRATEGIES 2 Upon Congressional designation of the Trail Lake B further planning area as mlderness, Allotment Strategy amend the Canbou Wilderness Implementa- tion Plan to also incorporate this area. Benner Creek (15%) C Silver Lake (30%) C

4- 164 Chapter 4-Management Direction _____~~ ~_____ Chapter 4-Management Direction 4-165 2Q;;;tnent Area

Scale

0 .5 1 2 3 4 5Miles 1/2" = 1 Mile -January 1992 i4 Management Area 21 - CONE

A. DESCRIPTION

Location The Cone Management Area is gener- part ofthe Canbou Wilderness Stephens Camp ally southwest of State Highway 44 and north- is an undeveloped campsite east of the Caribou Wilderness Forest Road 32N22, the Westwood Loggmg Road, forms the Facilities The Forest “10” Road crosses the eastern boundary ofthe area Private inholdings area A spnng feeding a Pine Creek tributary are scattered throughout provides drinking water for the Bogard work center, rest stop, and campground Physical Environment The landscape was formed by lava flows and cinder cones Numer- ous cinder cones parallel the prominent north- B. STANDARDSAND west-southeast fault scarps The surface consists of bare rock, permeable rocky residual soil, GUIDELINES and volcanic ash Slopes are steep on the cinder cones, but moderate elsewhere Elevations range Fish from 5,800 feet to 7,574feet at Bogard Buttes The two major watersheds are those of Pine 1 Improve the native trout fishery and habitat Creek, which flows through the middle of the in upper Pine Creek Eliminate barriers to area and into Eagle Lake, and the Susan River, fish passage which drains the southern portion. Precipitation averages 46 inches a year. Lands

BiologicalEnvironment Eastside pine, mixed 1. Acquire lands around Pine Creek and Ste- conifer, red fir, lodgepole pine, grass-sagebrush, phens Meadows if they become available wet meadow, and npanan vegetation are found in the area. Outside the sagebrush valleys, the Recreation area has moderate to heavy fuel loads. People and lightning caused seven small fires dunng 1 Manage the undeveloped camping areas at the last decade The more important indicator Cone Lake, Leaky Louie’s Pond, and upper species in the area are black-tailed deer, prong- Stephen’s Meadow along Forest road 10 as horn antelope, black bear, rainbow trout, mar- dispersed campsites ten, fisher, red fox, pileated woodpecker, and goshawk Soils Management Overstory removal and interme- 1 Restrict tractor loggmg on cinder cone slopes diate cuts haveharvested most of thelarger trees steeper than 20 percent over much ofthe area Firewood cuttersfrequent the lodgepole stands Parts of the Silver Lake, Upper Pine Creek, and Clover Valley Range Visual Resources Allotments lie within the area Hunting, fishing and hiking are the maJor recreational uses The 1 Meet a visual quality objective of Partial Cone Lake Trail provides access to the northern Retention around Cone Lake

Chapter 4-Management Direction 4- 167 Water and Riparian Areas E. DESIRED STATE FOR DIVERSITY 1 Restore and improve nparian conditions along Pine Creek Consider fencing, grazmg Vegetation Acres management and improvement projects. Shrub Chaparral 0 C. PRESCRIPTION Montane Shrub 5 ALLOCATION Sagebrush 0

Prescription Acres Conifer Forest Eastside Pine 35 C Firewood 700 Mixed Conifer 385 E Early Successional 100 Red Fir 15 F RipanadTish 500 K RockyBparse Timber 6,190 L Late Successional 500 F. RANGEALLOTMENT T Tnnber 2,420 STRATEGIES V Viewfl'imber 400 Allotment Strategy Total 10,810 Clover Valley (15%) D Silver Lake (30%) C D. WILDLIFE HABITAT Upper Pine Creek (15%) D ALLOCATIONS

Goshawk Terntones 1

Other Emphasis Species: Deer (summer range), pronghorn antelope, rambow trout, pileated woodpecker, marten, fisher.

4-168 Chapter 4-Management Direchon Chapter 4-Management Direction 4- 169 k DESCRIPTION

Location The Swain Management Area is adja- area It supports resident populations of trout. cent to the east boundary ofthe Canbou Manage- Robbers Creek flows through the central and ment Area (#20) County Road A-21 forms the eastern portions of the area It is part of the east boundary of the area and of the Almanor domestic water supply of Westwood An 1858 Ranger Distnct The Swain Mountain Expen- grave of amember ofIsaacRoop's second expedi- mental Forest is located on the southern bound- tion is located at Silver Lake a6,and the Silver Lake Summer Home Tract is located on the west boundary The Susan River Management Large volumes of ponderosa, Jef- and Robbers Creek flow through the area Sec- frey, and sugar pine were harvested from the tions ofpnvatelandhenorthofthe expenmental southern and eastern portlons of the area by the forest Red River Lumber Company earlier this century. The experimental forest is closed to wood- Physical Environment The terrain is moder- cutting, but firewood cutters heady use the ately rugged in the northern portion and steeper surrounding area The management area is part in the southern Elevations range from 5,500 to of the Silver Lake, Robbers Creek, Clover Valley 7,000 feet Precipitation averages 55 inches a and Duck Lake Range Allotments. Recreation year, mostly as snow The soils are productive activities are generally confined to the Susan and moderately deep to deep The northwestern River and the northern portion of the area adja- portion has moderately deep, stony solls that cent to the Canbou Wilderness Two camp- have been glaciated grounds, Rocky Knoll and Silver Lake, are at Silver Lake Biological Environment The forest consists of densely-stocked residual stands of mature Facilities Access to the area IS by County Road white and red fir, interspersed with clearcuts on A-21 The Swain Mountain Experimental Forest Swain Mountain, and lodgepole ahd mlxed coni- was established as a site for true fir research It fer north of the Susan River Having been re- contains 6,000 acres of high site land About cently logged and intensively treated, fuel loads 2,500 acres were converted to young growth over are mainly light Some heavy loads occur, how- a seven year period ending in 1989 to study true ever Occurrence of fires is high, averagmg three fir regeneration and young growth management. per year Most are lightning-caused, and all This research is being conducted by the Pacific have been smaller than ten acres in recent de- Southwest Experiment Station, which adminis- cades Along with the Canbou Management ters the expenmental forest mth assistance from Area, there have been several sittings of marten the Forest. in this area Wolvenne and fisher may also be present mthin the area Habitat for spotted owl Further Planning Areas The Trail Lake B is present BufTlehead, uncommon breeding birds further planning area lies along the west edge of in California, nest at a few of the small, shallow this area and IS recommended for wilderness lakes The Susan River origmates at Silver Lake designation and flows through the northern portion of the

Chapter 4-Management Direction 4-171 B. STANDARDSAND 4. Restrict snow plolvlng within the manage- GUIDELINES ment area to provide opportunities for winter sports

Fire 5 PreDare a recreation management plan for thesilver Lake area. 1 Give high- Drionty_ to fuel and fire manage- - and adJacent to swain Mountain 6 Manage Trail Lake and surrounding area Experimental Forest west of the trail as recommended wilderness to preserve the wilderness qualities until Firewood acted upon by Congress

1 Control personal-use firewood gathenng by 7 Allow non-motorized access (mountain bike) designating cutting areas and provlding ac- on Trail Lake Trail which forms wilderness cess specifically for this use boundary Fish Sensitive Plants

1. Cooperate mth California Department of 1 Inventory for possible occurrences of short Fish and Game to initiate stream and npar- petalled campion (Szlene anuzsa) in red fir ian inventories on the Susan River mainstem stands and develop an Aquatic Habitat Manage- ment Plan Visual Resources

Continue improving stream conditions On 1 Meetavisualquality objectiveofretentionm the Susan River and Robbers Creek for rea- the foreground along County Road 110 and dent fish around the Silver Lake Recreation area

Lands 2 Meet a visual quality objective of partial retention in the foreground ofthe Trail Lake 1. Keep the shorelines at Silver Lake free of trail, County Road 10 and A-21 private docks, floats, and other facilities. Water and Riparian Areas 2. Maintain near natural settings in the area between the cabins and the lakeshore at 1 Monitor the water quality of Silver Lake as Silver Lake needed

3 Maintain a foot trail around Silver Lake 2 Improve nparian conditions along the Su- san River Recreation Wildlife 1 CooDerate with Lassen County to DIOWsnow at National Forest road interseci&-s along 1 Control firewood cutting wthin 150 feet of County Road A-21, to allow cross-country designated lakes to protect nesting habitat skiers and snowmobilers to park offthe trav- for cavlty-nesting wldlife. Post the bound- eled way

aries of the Drotected areas and designate~ on personal use firewood maps 2 Maintain cross-country ski areas to Swain Mountain Experimental Forest 2 Maintain or enhance mllow flycatcher habitat. 3 Prohibit snowmobile use by the public in the Swain Mountain Expenmental Forest

4- 172 Chapter 4-Management Direction C. PRESCRIPTIONALLOCATION E. DESIRED STATE

FOR~ DIVERSITY Prescnption Acres Vegetation Acres B Range-Wildlife 290 C Firewood 300 Shrub D Developed Recreation 30 Chaparral 5 E Early Successional 100 Montane Shrub 5 F RiparianR'ish 600 Sagebrush 1 K Rocky/Sparse mmber 200 L Late Successional 3,050 Comfer Forest M Semi-Primitive Motonzed 800 Eastside Pine 0 N Semi-Pnmitive Non-Motonzed 100 Mixed Comfer 580 S Special Areas 6,000 Red Fm 110 T Timber 2,500 V ViewlTimber 7,600

Total 21,570 F. RANGEALLOTMENT STRATEGIES

D. WILDLIFE HABITAT Allotment Strategy ALLOCATIONS Clover Valley (15%) D Duck Lake (40%) B Fisher HMA 1 Robbers Creek (75%) C Spotted Owl Habitat Areas 1 Sllver Lake (25%) C Goshawk Temtones 2

Other Emphasis Species 'Deer (summer range), marten, bufflehead, wlllow flycatcher, rambow trout.

~ Chapter &Management Direction 4-173 Management Area 23CAMPBELL Scale

0 .5 1 2 3 4 5Miles 1/2" = 1 Mile -January 1992 4 A. DESCRIPTION

Location The Campbell Management Area lies Management Extensive loggmghas taken place. along State Highway 44 about 25 miles north- Lodgepole stands are heavily used by firewood west of Susanvllle. The Westwood Loggmg Road cutters Parts of several range allotments lie in (32N22)forms the western boundary of the area the area. Upper Pine Creek, Lower Pine Creek, Private and Forest lands are intermingled Clover Valley, Silver Lake, Bndge Creek, and throughout, butpnvate ownership predominates South Eagle Lake Bogard Campground (22 in the southeast campsites) along Pine Creek is used mainly during fishing and hunting seasons Snowmobiling, Physical Environment The area encompasses cross-country skiing, and snowshoeing are popu- the broad, flat Pine CreekValley A small cinder lar winter activities cone, Round Valley Butte, rises abruptly in the southwest; Campbell Mountain dominates the Facilities The Lassen and Nobles Emigrant northeast corner Soils are denvedfrom andesite Trails cross the area, and many cultural sites lie and basalt and are moderately deep and cobbly along Pine Creek In addition to Highway 44, Deep alluvial soils underlie Pine Creek Valley. access is by Lassen County Roads A-21,112, and Elevations range from 5,640 feet at the north 105 A Caltrans roadside rest area is present on edge of the valley to 6,762 feet on Campbell Highway 44 The Union Pacific Railroad crosses Mountain Precipitation averages 42 inches a the area An administrative site, Bogard Work year Except for Round Valley Butte, slopes are Center, is present gentle to moderate Pine Creek flows through the valley in the north Bridge Creek drains the east and joins the Susan River at McCoy Flat B. STANDARDSAND Reservoir. Water bodies include Feather Lakes, GUIDELINES Long Lake, and Mud Lake, wetlands occur in Little Round Valley and northern Pine Valley. Cultural Resources

Biological Environment Forest types include 1 At the Bogard Work Center visitor office, white fir, eastside pine, mixed conifer, and lodge- provide information on the Nobles and Las- pole pine Grass-sagebrush and wet meadow sen Emigrant Trails. vegetation occupy the flats Forested areas generally have moderate to heavy fuel loads and Firewood patches of extreme loads, caused mostly by loggmg Lightningfrequently ignites small fires In 1 Give personal use of firewood pnority over 1950, a lightning fire burned 10,000 acres ofthis commercial use and the adjacent management area Various areas have been enhanced for waterfowl and 2 Manage lodgepole pine stands for firewood sandhill cranes Habitat for mule deer, prong- rather than sawlog production horn antelope, rainbow trout, pileated woodpecker, and goshawk is also present

Chapter 4-Management Direction 4- 175 Fish Restore riparian vegetation in selected reaches of Pine and Martin Creeks Regen- 1 Eliminate bamers to fish passage in Upper erate aspen stands in the Martin Springs Pine Creek area Lands Enhance pronghorn antelope habitat by seeding and planting, coordinated with other Seek to acquire land around Long Lake and resource uses, to provide "high" habitat ca- Feather Lakes to facilitate wetland develop- pability ment Enhance and protect nesting habitat capa- Dispose ofisolated parcels of National Forest bility for bald eagles at Feather and Long land. Lakes Close areas to vehicles during the nesting season, as needed, to protect the Recreation eagles

1 Develop a plan to take advantage of the winter recreation potential in the vicinity of C. PRESCRIPTIONAL.LOCATION the Bogard Work Center Prescription Acres 2 Develop a visitor information facility at the Bogard Rest Area A Non-Timber Wildlife 500 B Range-Wildlife 9,180 3 Manage Willow Spnngs and Pine Creek Val- C Firewood 1,100 ley as dispersed campsites D Developed Recreation 5 E Early Successional 400 Sensitive Plants F Ripanaflish 2,970 K Rocky Sparse mmber 600 1 Monitor and protect populations ofEgg Lake R Range 800 monkeyflower (Mcmuluspygmaeus) Inven- T Timber 3,500 tory for additional Egg Lake monkeyflower V Viewnimber 2,600 populations in meadow areas Total 21,655 Soils

1 Restnct tractor loggmg on cinder cone slopes D. WILDLIFE HABITAT steeper than 20 percent ALLOCATIONS

Water and Riparian Areas Goshawk Territories 1

1 Restore and improve riparian conditions Other Emphasis Species Deer (summer range), along Pine Creek Consider fencing, grazing mallard, bufflehead, pronghorn antelope, management and improvement projects rainbow trout, sandhill crane

2 Remove the splitter at McKenzie Cow Camp and restore Pine Creek to its natural course WildZife

1 Adjust livestock grazing schedules and fence islands and nesting sites to protect the waterfowl and sandhill crane nesting in the Pine Creek wetlands

4-176 Chapter 4-Management Direction E. DESIRED STATE F. RANGEALLOTMENT FOR DIVERSITY STRATEGIES

Vegetation Acres Allotment Strategy

Shrub Bndge Creek (30%) C Chaparral 0 Clover Valley (15%) D Montane Shrub 0 Lower Pine Creek (40%) D Sagebrush 240 Silver Lake (5%) C South Eagle Lake (&%) D Conifer Forest Upper Pine Creek (50%) D Eastside Pine 300 Mixed Cotllfer 235 Red Fir 0

Chapter 4-Management Direction 4-177 Management Area McCOY

Scale

0 .5 1 2 3 4 5Miles 1/2" = 1 Mile -January 1992 Management Area 24 - McCOY

Count ------Lassen,Plumas (about 200 acres Ranger District ______..______EagleLake Acreage -----National Forest ------23,950 Other _.______..______9 236

A. DESCRIPTION

Location The McCoy Management Area lies about three miles north of Westwood. Concen- Management Most of the larger-sized trees trations of private land exist near Barrel Spring, have been harvested with overstory removal and Duck Lake, Clover Valley, and McCoy Flat Res- intermediate cuttings. Much of the area is for- ervoir ested mth lodgepole pine and is an important source of firewood for Westwood and Susanville Physical Environment The area is nearly flat residents Parts of the Duck Lake, Robbers except at Clover Butte, a cinder cone, in the Creek, Bndge Creek, and Clover Valley Range northwest corner of the area Bedrock is com- Allotments are within the area The Bizz John- posed of andesite and basalt Soils are moder- son Trail follows the abandoned Southern Pacific ately deep and cobbly, mth lava ndges exposed Railroad nght-of-way McCoy Flat reservoir is a in many areas Elevations range from about popular fishing site in normal or wet years; the 5,200 to 6,200 feet Two major watersheds are area near the dam receives heavy day use and present Robbers Creek in the south drains into some overnight camping. Other recreation in- Mountain Meadows Reservoir, whle the Susan cludes snowmobiling and hunting River flows through the northern part of the area and is dammed at McCoy Flat Reservoir. Lassen Facilities State Highway44 and Lassen County Irrigation Distnct holds the rights to all water Road A-21 are both paved roads kept open year- impounded in the reservoir, its easement and round. County Roads 101 and 104 and Forest use date from 1876 Precipitation averages 43 system roads also provide access. The Union inches a year Pacific Railroad bisects the area. Two histoncal emigration routes, the Lassen and Nobles Trails, Biological Environment Mlxed conifer, east- cross the area The area contains evidence of side pine, lodgepole pine, grass-sage, and ripar- railroad logging. ian woodland are the major vegetation types Fuel loads are moderate to heavy from both natural processes and human activlty Much of B. STANDARDSAND it is slash from firewood cutting and precommer- GUIDELINES cia1 thinning In the last decade, a number of lightning and human-caused fires have burned. CuZturaZ Resources In 1950, a large fire burned 1,000 acres near McCoy Reservoir Ospreys and bald eagles nest 1 At trailheads along the Bizz Johnson Trail, at McCoy Flat Reservoir A major portion of the interpret associated railroad loggmg history small Californiabreeding population ofthe bufflehead also nests here Other important wildlife 2 Along the Bizz Johnson Trail, protect his- species are mule deer and black-tailed deer, torical railroad camps by signing and other pronghorn antelope, mallard, rainbow trout, means, marten, pileated woodpecker, and goshawk Al- though McCoy Flat Reservoir supports a highly Firewood productive fishery in some years, its potential is not realized due to a total drawdown in most 1 Give personal use of firewood prionty over years for irngation commercial use

~ ~ Chapter 4-Management Direction 4-179 2. Manage lodgepole pine stands for firewood Wildlife production rather than sawlog production 1 Retain and recnnt a large number of snags Fish along the McCoy Reservoir shoreline for cavity-dependent wildlife Close an area around 1 Cooperate mth California Department of the reservoir to all firewood cutting Fish and Game and the Bureau of Land Management to imtiate stream and npanan 2 Provide at least the “medmin” habitat capa- inventones on the Susan River mainstem bility for deer summer range and develop an Aquatic Habitat Manage- ment Plan. 3. Enhanceandprotectnestmghabitatforsand- hill cranes at Norvell Flat. 1 Cooperate mth the California Department of Fish and Game and the Lassen Imgation 4 Maintain a high level of habitat diversity Distnct to develop a permanent pool and along the Bizz Johnson Trail to provide non- fishery for McCoy Reservoir, and establish game birds for public mewing waterfowl improvements.

Lands C. PRESCRIPTION ALLOCATION

1 Acqure lands around Duck Lake If they Prescnption Acres become available A Non-Timber Wildlife 400 Recreation B Range-Wildlife 2,800 C Firewood 1,700 1. Manage the undeveloped camping areas at E Early Successional 200 Norvell Flat and Lasco Well as dispersed F &panan/Fish 720 campsites K RockyISparse 500 L Late Successional 1,350 Soils T Tzmber 11,620 V View/Timber 4,660 1 Restrict tractor logging on cinder cone slopes steeper than 20 percent Total 23,950 Visual Resources D. WILDLIFE HABITAT 1. Meet a visual quality objective of Retention ALLOCATIONS in the foreground new of Highway 44 and around McCoy Flat Reservoir. Bald Eagle Terntones 1 Goshawk Terntones 1 2 Meet a vlsual quality objective of Partial Retention in the foreground view ofA-21 and Other Emphasis Species Osprey, mallard, buffle- the foreground new of the Bizz Johnson head, rainbow trout, deer (summer range), Trail pileated woodpecker Water and Riparian Areas

1. Restore and improve riparian conditions along the Susan River

4-180 Chapter 4-Management Direction E. DESIRED STATE F. RANGEALLOTMENT FOR DIVERSITY STRATEGIES

Vegetation Acres Allotment Strategy

Shrub Bndge Creek (40%) C Chaparral 2 Clover Valley (55%) D Montane Shrub 0 Duck Lake (40%) B Sagebrush 35 Robbers Creek (25%) C

Conifer Forest Eastside Pme 285 Mixed Conifer 555 Red Fir 5

Chapter 4-Management Direction 4-181 Scale

0 .5 1 2 3 4 5Yiles 1/2" = 1 Mile -January 1992 Management Area 25 - HOG

A. DESCRIPTION

Location The HogManagement Areais directly owl, goshawk, bald eagle, osprey, mallard, mar- west of Susanville Its northern and eastern ten, mule deer, black-tailed deer, and pileated edges coincide with the Forest boundary The woodpecker The Susan River is a significant area is bounded on the south by the linnts of the trout fishery. The area contains several large Susan River watershed and in other directions prehistoric sites and abundant evidence of rail- by pnvate land The abandoned Southern Pa- road loggmg cific Railway grade and Lassen County Roads 101 and 112 form the western edge of the area Management Overstory removal and interme- Pnvate inholdings are located in Crazy Harry diate cuts have harvested many of the larger Gulch and Hog Flat Reservoir trees in the area. Because of proximity to Susan- ville and abundance oflodgepole pine, the area is Physical Environment Except for the south- popular for firewood cutting The entire Susan ern and western slopes of Pegleg Mountain, the River Range Allotment and parts of the Duck area is part of the Susan River watershed Las- Lake and Bridge Creek Range Allotments are in sen Irngation Distnct holds the nghts to all this area. water impounded in the Hog Flat Reservoir, which' is usually drained during late summer Facilities Afew mining claims are present The and fall The area is nearly flat in the north, Bizz Johnson Trail follows the abandoned South- whde slopes in the south ace moderate to steep. ern PacificRailwaynght-of-way Pnmitive camp- Rocky soils are common, with lava ridges ex- ing sites occur at Goumaz, where the river, the posed in many locations Soils overlie Eocene trail, and Forest Road 30N03 meet The Nobles non-marine sediments in the Crazy Harry Gulch Trail crosses the area State Highway 44 crosses area Pegleg Mountain (7,112 feet) is the most the north end of the area, and County Roads 112 prominent landscape feature; the lowest point is and 101bound the area on the west The Califor- 4,600 feet at Devil's Corral The Susan River has nia Department of Forestry maintains a fire incised a steep, scenic canyon through the area lookout on Pegleg Mountain Annual rainfall averages 35 inches Biological Environment Vegetation types B. STANDARDSAND include eastside pine, mixed conifer, white fir, GUIDELINES lodgepole pine, brushfields, meadows, and riparian woodland Tree-bordered meadows are com- Firewood mon Fuel loads are light to moderate in the open pine flats, the brushfields and brushy planta- Give personal use of firewood priority over tions, but dangerously heavy loads occur in mured 1 conifer stands on the southeast quarter of the commercial use area In 1918, a fire burned 1,850 acres (930 acres ofNational Forest land) on the east side of 2 Manage lodgepole pine stands for firewood production and wildlife habitat rather than Pegleg Mountain. Usually two or three small fires burn every year Habitat exists for spotted sawlog production

Chapter 4-Management Direction 4- 183 Fish 2. Protect and recruit a large number of snags along the Hog Flat Reservoir shoreline for 1 Cooperate wlth California Department of cavity dependent wildlife. Close an area Fish and Game and the Bureau of Land adjacent to the reservoir to personal-use fire- Management to initiate stream and nparian wood cutting inventones on the Susan River mainstem and develop an Aquatic Habitat Manage- ment Plan C. PRESCRIPTION ALLOCATION

Lands Prescnption Acres

1 When available, acqun-e lands along the B Range-Wildlife 2,100 Susan River and Crazy Harry Gulch to im- C Firewood 1,100 prove riparian conditions E Early Successional 100 F RipariadFish 1,500 2 Cooperate with proposed efforts to develop a K Rocky/Sparse Timber 1,880 hydroelectnc dam on the Susan River in L Late Successional 4,900 exchange for other easements or lands T T’lmber 6,400 V ViewiTimber 1,700 Recreation Total 19,680 1 Assess the need and feasibility of developing a trailhead at the terminus of the Bizz John- son Trail in Westwood D. WILDLIFE HABITAT ALLOCATIONS 2 Manage Crazy Hany Gulch for dispersed camping Fisher HMA 1 Spotted Owl Habitat Areas 2 Soils Goshawk Territones 3

1 Map the occurrence of unstable Eocene non- Other Emphasis Species Deer (summer range), manne soils in detail (Order 2 Survey) for all mallard, pileated woodpecker, rainbow trout, proposed timber sale areas black bear, bufflehead, marten Visual Resources E. DESIRED STATE 1 Meet a vlsual quality objective of Partial Retention in the foremound ofthe Bizz John- FOR DIVERSITY son Trail and on Pegleg Mountain Vegetation Acres

Water and Riparian Areas Shrub Chaparral 0 1 Restore and improve riparian habitat along Montane Shrub 350 the Susan River and Crazy Harry Gulch Sagebrush 5

Wildlife Conifer Forest Eastside Pine 315 1 Maintain a high level of habitat diversity Mixed Conifer 440 along the Bizz Johnson Trail to provide non- Red Fir 30 game birds for public viewing

4-184 Chapter 4-Munugement Direction F. RANGEALLOTMENT STRATEGIES

Allotment Strategy

Bridge Creek (30%) C Duck Lake (20%) E Susan River (100%) C

Chapter 4-Management Direction 4-185 Ma n agemen t Area 280 MINERAL Q Scale P 0 .5 1 2 3 4 5Miles 1/2" = 1 Mile January 1992 A. DESCRIPTION

Location The Mineral Management Area is is a popular site near Mineral, and increasing adjacent to the southwestern corner of Lassen use is expected at the snowmobile park at Mor- Volcanic National Park. The western boundary gan Summit The Heart Lake National Recre- is also the boundary of both the Forest and the ation Trail and the McGowan Lake Cross-Coun- Almanor Distnct The community of Mineral is try Ski Trail attract use A gold mining clalm is located on the southern boundary. Several pn- located near Nanny Creek. The eastern half of vate inholdings are present the area is in the Lassen Known Geothermal Resource Area, and the western half has been Physical Environment The area has moun- subject to geothermal lease application. tainous terrain. Elevations range from 4,500 to 6,500 feet Annual precipitation averages 50 Facilities Mineral is a Forest Semce adminis- inches. Martin, Nanny, and Summit Creeks trative site An application has been filed for a ongmate in the eastern portion of the area, and small hydroelectnc generatlon facility on Battle all are tnbutary to Battle Creek The stony, Creek The Nobles Emigrant Trail crossed the moderately-deep soils overlie volcamcrock. Near area near Mineral, and later wagon roads also the park boundary, the area has been glaciated passed through enroute to Susanville and the and has shallow soils Idaho mines

Biological Environment Forests are gener- Further Planning Areas The Heart Lake ally compnsed of mrxed conifers wlth whlte and further planning area, whch is recommended red fir dominating at higher elevations The for Wilderness designation lies partly within Heart Lake area has red and white fir, lodgepole this area and is accessed by the Heart Lake pine, brush, andsubalpinevegetationwthmany National Recreation Trail. small lakes Fuel loads vary from light to heavy In the 1930's, a large fire burned over 1,500 acres west of McGowan Lake, but most fires have B. STANDARDSAND burned less than ten acres each. An average of GUIDELINES 2.4 fires occur each year, and over half of them are human-caused The area is part of the Cultural Resources summer range and migration corndor for the East Tehama deer herd Battle Creek is an 1 At recreation facilities, provide information important recreational fishery. Important wild- on the cultural history of the area. life species include black bear, marten, spotted owl, and goshawk. 2 Evaluate and protect the histoncal values of the old Mineral Ranger Station Management The western portion of the area is included in the Martin-Digger Range Allot- Recreation ment. Rmber harvesting has occurred outside the Heart Lake further planning area Some 1 Restnct plowing the McGowan Cross-Coun- firewood is cut and opportunlties for commercial try Ski Trail between December 1and April firewood sales exlst. Battle Creek Campground 15

Chapter 4-Management Directwn 4-187 2. Improve the parlung area for the McGowan C. PRESCRIPTIONALLOCATION Cross-country Slu Trail Prescnption Acres 3. Seek opportunities__ to expand cross-countrv sl~grooming of the McGiwan trail system. D Developed Recreation 15 E Early Successional 100 Sensitive Plants F Ripariaflish 200 K Rocky/Sparse Timber 1,000 1 Inventory for possible short petalled cam- L Late Successional 2,830 pion(SzZeneznuzsa)andclosed throatedheard T Timber 3,100 tongue (Penstemon personatus) in red fir V Viewmmber 7,800 stands W Wilderness 4,100

2. Monitor and protect populations of northern Total 19,145 spleenwort CAsplenaum septentnonale) In- ventory for additional populations in dacite rock outcrops D. WILDLIFE HABITAT ALLOCATIONS Visual Resources Spotted Owl Habitat Areas 2 1 Meet a visual quality objective of Retention Goshawk 2 in the foreground of State Highways 36 and 89 Other Emphasis Species Deer (summer range), marten, rainbow trout 2. Meet a visual quality obJective of Partial Retentionin the middleground ofstate High- way 36 and 99 E. DESIRED STATE 3 Meet partial retention vlsual quality obJec- FOR DTVERSITY tive in the forewound of the 17 Road Vegetation Acres Water and Riparian- Areas Shrub 1 Manage Martin Creek to maintam water Chaparral 0 quality for downstream domestic water us- Montane Shrub 5 ers Sagebrush 0

2. Protect the springs supplymg domestic wa- Conifer Forest ter for the East Mineral residences Eastside Pine 0 Mixed Conifer 640 Red Fir 285

F. RANGEALL0T"T STRATEGIES

Allotment Strategy

Martin Dlgger (100%) C

4- 188 Chapter 4-Management Direction ~ ~ Chapter 4-Management Direction 4-189 Management Area 27 UPPER MILL CREEK

January 1992 1 Management Area 27 - UPPER MILL CREEK

A. DESCRIPTION

Location The Upper Mill Creek Management mingled private lands, and by steep slopes and Area contains the upper Mill Creek drainage rocky soils. Firewood cutting is a minor use from Big Bend north to the southwest boundary Portions of the area are included in the Morgan of Lassen Volcanic National Park It is bounded Springs, Collins, Rice Creek, Lyonsmlle, and on the west by the Battle Creek drainage and on Deer Creek Range Allotments Campers use the the east by the Deer Creek drainage Near the Mill Creek Campground and the Hole-In-The- Mill Creek Summer Home Tract, the creek en- Ground Campground Some fishing and hiking ters a well defined canyon The Mill Creek occurs along Mill Creek Spencer Meadows Na- Plateau in the southeastern portion ofthe area is tional Recreation Trail passes through the area almost entirely private land The northern half of the area is in the Lassen Known Geothermal Resource Area, and an adja- Physical Environment Elevations range from cent area is subject to geothermal lease apphca- 3,000 to 8,000 feet Precipitation averages 55 tion The private land from Childs Meadows inches a year, most of it as snow at the hgher north to the National Park has surface geother- elevations The soils in the area are moderately mal features deep to deep, stony, and overlie volcanic rock Erodible rhyolite soils occur in a few areas Facilities The area is accessed by Highways 36 and 172 The Mill Creek Summer Home Tract is Biological Environment In the north, large located in the south central portion ofthe area on meadows are bordered by aspen, and steep slopes Highway 172 Mill Creek has been the subject of are covered with white and red fir The southern applications for small hydroelectric generation and eastern slopes are rocky and brush-covered facilities, but no licenses have been issued. The southern slopes support Douglas-fir and ponderosdJeffrey pine stands Fuel loads are Further Planning Areas Parts of the Wild moderate to heavy Fires are frequent, averag- Cattle Mountain and Heart Lake further plan- ing more than eight per year in the last decade, ning areas he in this area and are recommended but all have burned less than 10 acres Over half for Wilderness designation have been human-caused The area is summer range for the East Tehama deer herd Important Wild and Scenic The upper one-third of the wildlife species include spotted owls, marten proposed Mill Creek Wild and Scenic River is in andgoshawks Mill Creekis an important anadro- the area mous fishery for spawning of spring-run chinook salmon and steelhead upstream above the High- B. STANDARDSAND way 36 crossing The Yahi Yana Native Ameri- GUIDELINES cans depended heavily on the fishery and the oaks on the canyon slopes Archaeoloacal evi- Facilities dence indicates a lengthy and intensive use of the canyon by Native Americans 1 Analyze opening the old road to Big Bend and promding a trailhead and access trail to Management Timber management has been Mill Creek from the end of the road limited by the complexities presented by mter-

Chapter 4-Management Direction 4-191 Fish Sensitive Plants

Evaluate existing fish habitat conditions in 1 Inventory for short-petalled campion (SzZene Mill Creek and determine relative distnbu- znuzsu) in red fir stands tion and abundance of anadromous fish species Soils

Evaluate enhancement opportunities for 1 Restrict tractorloggmgonrhyohticsoils hav- anadromous fish habitat in Mill Creek ing slopes greater than 35 percent Enhancement may include placement of instream habitat structures, stabilizing stream- Visual Resources banks and bars, revegetating the floodplain, "cleaning" spawning gravels, fencing and/or 1. Meet a nsual quality objective of Retention redistnbuting livestock in the foreground ofMill Creek, County Road 172 and Highway 36 Restrict disturbance of floodplain vegetation upstream from Mill Creek homesites to en- 2 Meet a visual quality objective of Partial hance ripanan values Retention in the foreground of the Spencer Meadows National Recreation Trail and in Evaluate the compatibility of proposed the middleground of Highway 36 stream access (roaddtrails) with the protection of the anadromous resource Water and Riparian Areas In cooperation mth private landowners and the California Department ofFish and Game, 1 Recommend no hydroelectric development monitor adult salmon holding and spawning that would cause damage to fisheries, water habitat utilization from near the Lassen quality, or recreation values of tnbutaries of Volcanic National Park boundary to Hole-in- Mill Creek the-Ground Wild and Scenic Rivers Work cooperatively with private landowners and the Nature Conservancy to protect and 1 Presenrethe"outstandinglyremarkable"va1- improve stream conditions for anadromous ues of Mi11 Creek until congressional action fish upstream of Highway 36 on the proposed inclusion in the Wild and Scenic Rivers System, commensurate mth Recreation recommended classifications

1 Protect the recreation qualities of the potential expansion area for the Hole-in-the- C. PRESCRIPTION ALLOCATION Ground Campground Prescription Acres 2 Close the Mill Creek Trail to motorized use below Big Bend and maintain the trail at D Developed Recreation 10 Maintenance Level 2 K Rocky/Sparse Timber 900 L Late Successional 3,700 3 Restrict plowing along roads that comprise S Special Areas 3,500 the trail system within the Morgan Summit T Timber 2,400 Snowmobile Park between December 1 and V ViewRimber 3,390 April 15 W Wilderness 2,830

Total 16,730

4-192 Chapter 4-Management Dzrectwn D. WILDLIFE HABITAT F. RANGEALLOTMENT ALLOCATIONS STRATEGIES

Marten HMA 1 Allotment Strategy Spotted Owl Habitat Areas 2 Goshawk Territones 2 Collins (100%) C Deer Creek (20%) C Other Emphasis Species Deer (summer range), Lyonsville (10%) C chinook salmon, steelhead trout, rainbow Morgan Spnngs (100%) C trout Rice Creek (30%) C

E. DESIRED STATE FOR DIVERSITY

Vegetation Acres

Shrub Chaparral 10 Montane Shrub 20 Sagebrush 0

Conifer Forest Eastside Pine 0 Mmed Conifer 650 Red Fir 105

Chapter 4-Management Direction 4-193 Management Area 280 FEATHER RIVER Scale P 0 .5 1 2 3 4 5 Miles 3/8" = 1 Mile January 1992 A. DESCRIPTION the Sacramento Valley and mines in Idaho and Location The Feather River Management Area Nevada. mmber production has been extensive lies south ofLassenVolcanieNationa1 Park The Firewood cutting is heavy, and opportunities headwaters of the North Fork of the Feather exist for commercial firewood sales The area River, Bunchgrass Creek, and the north and includes Rice Creek, Soldier Meadows, and south forks of Rice Creek join at Feather River Benner Creek Range Allotments The area pre- Meadows to form the nver Several large sec- sents many recreation opportunities, associated tions of pnvate land are present mth numerous streams, Willow Lake, and Ter- minal Geyser on National Park lands north of Physical Environment The terrain is gener- Willow Lake. mmber stand conditions and other ally mountainous Elevations range from 4,500 factors make this management area appropnate to almost 7,000 feet at Kelly Mountam Precipi- for testing the feasibility of uneven-aged timber tation averages 70 inches annually The soils management in mlxed conifer and red fir vegeta- over the majonty of the area are stony and tion types. moderately deep to deep Near the park boundary soils have been glaciated and are shallow and Facilities The Pacific Crest National Scenic rocky Erodible rhyolite soils occur in a few Trail crosses the area from North Stover Moun- areas tain past Domingo Springs and into the National Park near Terminal Geyser A hiking trail leads Biological Environment Forests are pnma- from Willow Lake to Terminal Geyser. Devel- rily comprised of mixed conifers, with red fir at oped campgrounds are located at Domingo the higher elevations Fuel loads vary from light Spnngs, HighBndge, and Warner Creek. Alow- to heavy An average of two fires per year have quality cinder pit is located on road 29N18 near occurred over the past decade None have been Upper Rice Creek Campground Most of this over ten acres, and all have been lightning- management area lies in the Lassen Known caused A number of important fisheries are Geothermal Resource Area and much of the rest present, mcludingthose oftheNorth ForkFeather has been subject to geothermallease application River, Rice Creek, Warner Creek, and Willow Exceptinthenorthwestcorner, theareais crossed Creek Willow Lake is a significant fishery and by many Forest roads, includlng the Warner waterfowl production area It produces both Valley road into Lassen Volcanic National Park. common and uncommon species, including Two summer home tracts, Willow Creek and Canada goose, mallard, cinnamon teal, mergan- Feather River are present A private summer ser, bufflehead, and ring-necked duck. Other home tract is located in Warner Valley in the important emphasis species include spotted owls, northeast corner of the area Also included are goshawks, bald eagles, marten, and black bear the Locherman Canyon outdoor classroom and The area is also important as a major fawning the Stover Mountain Ski Hi11 area for black-tailed deer. Further Planning Areas Part of the Wild Management Kelly Mountain was an impor- Cattle Mountain further planning area lies in tant source of obsidian for local Native Ameri- this area It is recommended for Wilderness cans The Red Bluff to Susanvllle road, con- designation structed about 1860, allowed commerce between

Chapter 4-Mmcqement Direction 4- 195 Special Areas A 110-acre area including Wil- Soils low Lake Bogisestablishedas a botamcalspecial interest area, representing unusual bog vegeta- 1 Restrict tractor logging on rhyolitic soils hav- tion ing slopes steeper than 35 percent. B. STANDARDSAND Special Areas GUIDELINES 1 Prepare and implement a plan for the Willow Cultural Resources Lake Bog Special Interest Area, to protect and accentuate the botanical area’s distinc- 1 At recreation facilities, provlde information tive features Include recreation objectives on the cultural hstory of the area for this area Lands Timber

1 Acquire lands adjacent to Willow Lake when 1 As part ofthe Forest’s uneven-aged manage- available ment test, emphasize individual tree selection and group selection where appropriate Recreation 2. Apply the full range of silvlcultural practices 1 Install recreation facilities atWillow Lake to when uneven-aged management is not fea- manage use sible

2 Maintain the natural values of the Locher- Visual Resources man Canyon outdoor classroom and nature trail area. 1 Meet visual quality ObjeCtiveS along the Pa- cific Crest National Scenic Trail as shown on 3. Construct a trailhead at Domingo Spnngs the Adopted Visual Quality Objective Map for the Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail Wildlife 4 Continue to provide downhill ski opportunb ties at Stover Mountain. 1 Maintam and enhance potential bald eagle nesting habitat at Stover Mountain 5 Manage the undeveloped camping areas at Upper Rice Creek as dispersed campsites. 2. Maintain and enhance mllow flycatcher babi- tat 6. Develop a management plan for the Willow Lake Special Interest Area to insure resource 3 Maintain and enhance potential sandhill protection through management of recre- crane habitat ational use Sensitive Plants

1 Monitor and protect populations of Amen- can scheuchzena (Scheuchzerzapalustras uar amerzcana) at Willow and Domingo Lakes Inventory for additional populations at other lake and bog areas

2 Monitor and protect short-petalled campion (Sdene znuzsa) near Rice Creek and inventory for additional populations in red fir areas

4-196 Chapter 4-Management Directwn C. PRESCRIPTION ALLOCATION E. DESIRED STATE FOR DIVERSITY Prescnption Acres Vegetation Acres B Range-Wildlife 300 C Firewood 800 Shrub D Developed Recreation 30 Chaparral 5 E Early Successional 200 Montane Shrub 10 F RipanadFish 1,900 Sagebrush 0 K RockyBparse nmber 600 L Late Successional 4,780 Conifer Forest S Special Areas 100 Eastside Pine 0 T Timber 6,870 Mlxed Conifer 1200 V Viewfl'imber 9,580 Red Fir 60 W Wilderness 1,590 Z Minimal Management 100

Total 26,850 F. RANGEALLOTMENT STRATEGIES

D. WILDLIFE HABITAT Allotment Strategy ALLOCATIONS Benner Creek (5%) C Rice Creek (70%) C Marten HMA 1 Solher Meadows (20%) C Bald Eagle Temtones 1 Spotted Owl Habitat Areas 2 Goshawk Temtones 3

Other Emphasis Species Deer (summer range), mallard, black bear, rainbow trout, osprey

Chapter 4-Management Direction 4-197 Management Area 29 BENNER Scale 0- .5 1 2 3 4 5Niles 1/2" = 1 Mile January 1992 c A. DESCRIPTION

Location The Benner Management Area lies The Benner Creek Range Allotment covers the ahacent to the southeast corner ofLassenVolca- area Benner Creek Campground is located in nic National Park The community of Chester is the central portion of the area on County Road adjacent to the southern border The western 318 Last Chance Campground is a PG&E fad- boundary is Warner Valley and the eastern ity at the extreme north end of Lake Almanor boundary is the Mud Creek drainage In the Some fishing and hiking occurs along Benner south, along Lake Almanor are two isolated par- Creek The western half of the area lies in the cels surrounded by pnvate land Lassen Known Geothermal Resource Area Physical Environment Last Chance, Benner, Facilities Plumas County Road 318 crosses the and Louse Creeks origmate here The terrain IS area and is the only access road to Juniper Lake mountainous, and elevations range from 4,500 to in Lassen Volcanic National Park A recreation 6,000 feet Precipitation is approximately 60 camp under special use permit to the Boy Scouts inches a year The soils are stony, moderately of America is located at Fleischmann Lake deep to deep, and generally productive Near the park boundary the area has been glaciated and has ahall-- rocky aaxte. Biological Environment Forests are pre- dominately comprised of mixed conifers, with red fir at higher elevations Fuel loads range Facilities fromlight to heavy Some large fires have burned the area in the past Currently, an average of2 4 1 Evaluate Childs Meadows for the location of fires burn each year, but none have been over ten an administrative site acres Over half the fires are lightning-caused Benner Creek and Fleischmann Creek areheady Lands used fishenes Although Louse Creek was once a major spawning stream for lake-run rainbow 1. Retain Fleischmann Lake in public owner- trout, the run is virtually depleted Waterfowl ship because of its high recreational value to breed near Lake Almanor where National Forest the local community parcels are scattered During summer, this area is moderately used by deer for fawning Spotted Recreation owls, goshawks, sandhill cranes, martens, and black bears are also found in this area 1 Manage the undeveloped areas at Fleis- chmann Lake and along Benner Creek for Management The southern portion of the area dispersed recreation was harvested heady in the 1930’s by Red River Lumber Company, and several of today’s roads 2 Continue special use permit for Camp Fleis- are built on their railroad grades Local resi- chmann so longas permit conditions are met dents rely heavily on the area for firewood, but in a satisfactory manner opportunities exist for commercial firewood sales

Chapter 4-Management Directwn 4-199 3 Incorporate public recreational needs in the D. WILDLIFE HABITAT management plan for the Fleischmann Lake ALLOCATIONS Boy Scout Camp Marten HMA 1 Visual Resources Spotted Owl Habitat Areas 1 Goshawk Territones 2 1 Meet avisualqualityobjective ofretentionin the foreground of the Juniper Lake road Other Emphasis Species Deer (summer range), mallard, black bear, rainbow trout, sandhll Wildlife crane

1 Protect and enhance greater sandhill crane neet1r.g habitats E. DESI-D STATE FOR DIVERSITY 2 Enhance wetland habitats for waterfowl production Vegetation Acres

3 Maintain and enhance mllowflycatcherhabi- Shrub tat Chaparral 0 Montane Shrub 0 Sagebrush 0 C. PRESCRIPTION ALLOCATION Conifer Forest Prescription Acres Eastside Pine 0 Mixed Conifer 515 B Range-Wildlife 200 Red Fir 60 C Firewood 200 D Developed Recreation 5 E Early Successional 100 F. FLANGEmL0T"T F Ripanaflish 100 L Late Successional 2,810 STMTEGIES T Timber 1,230 Allotment Strategy V ViewJTimber 5,670 Total 10,315 Benner Creek (30%) C

4-200 Chapter 4-Management Direction Chapter 4-Management Direction 4-20 1 Management Area 30 BAILEY CREEK Scale

07 .5 1 2 3 4 5Yiles 1/2" = 1 Mile January 1992 4 A. DESCRIPTION

Location The Bailey Creek Management Area Lake. The Hay Meadows trailhead for the Can- is adjacent to the southern boundary of both the bou Wilderness lies at the north boundary For- Canbou (#20) and Swain (#22) Management est Road 32N10 connects with Highway 36 and Areas It extends south toward Lake Almanor, accesses the area west to the Mud Creek drainage, and east to Jennie Mountain Except for pnvate land in the B. STANDARDSAND south, most of the area is National Forest land GUIDELINES

Physical Environment The terrain is moder- Fire ately rugged Elevations average 5,000 to 5,500 feet Precipitation averages 50 mches per year 1 Give high prionty to fire and fuel manage- The so& are generally deep, stony, and produc- ment a&acent to the Swam Mountain Ex- txro. Nonr tho Dmrxbnu Wlldc-oss, they hnro De"e.ltal Forest been glaciated and are shallow and relatwely unproductive Firewood

Biological Environment In the southern half, 1 Facilitate personal-use firewood gathering the forest is the mixed conifer type The north- by designating areas and providing access west portion is predommately lodgepole, while specifically for firewood gatherers the northeast is red fir A large volume of red fir is adjacent to Swain Mountain Fuel loads are Recreation moderate to heavy The large brushfields present are the result of past conflagrations More re- 1 Analyze development of a recreation area at cently, fires have averaged two per year, all Echo Lake to manage use smaller than ten acres Most fires are lightning- caused The Mud Creek Rim on the southwest- Visual Resources ern boundary is well known as prime habitat for black-tailed deer and receives considerable hunt- 1. Meet a visual quality obJective of Retention inguse. EchoLake is headyusedforfishmgand in the foreground vlew of Echo Lake camping Spotted owls, goshawks, bald eagles, martens, and black bears are also present in this 2. Meet a vlsual quality objective of Partial area Retention in the foreground view of the 10 Road and the non-wilderness (east) side of Management The area was first harvested by the Trail Lake Trail Red River Lumber Company in the 1930's and many of the current roads are built on railroad Wildlife grades The northwestern portion-Heckle Ranch-is an important fuelwood cutting area 1. Protect and enhance the bald eagle nesting for the residents of Chester The area IS in the territory Benner Creek Range Allotment Fishing, hiking, and camping occur at Echo Lake and Star 2. Protect and enhance potential willow flycatcher and bufflehead duck habxtat

Chapter 4-Management Direction 4-203 C. PRESCRIPTION ALLOCATION E. DESIRED STATE FOR DIVERSITY Prescnption Acres Vegetation Acres B Range-Wildlife 200 C Fuewood 1,620 Shrub E Early Successional 200 Chaparral 0 F Ripariaflish 100 Montane Shrub 1 K RockyISparse 'lhmber 100 Sagebrush 0 L Late Successional 5,520 T "ber 5,700 Conifer Forest V ViewPTimber 2,540 Eastside Plne 0 Mixed Conifer 515 Total 15,980 Red Fir 210

D. WILDLIFE HABITAT F. RANGEALLOT-NT ALLOCATIONS STRATEGIES

Marten HMA 1 Allotment Strategy Bald Eagle Terntones 1 Spotted Owl Habitat Areas 3 Benner Creek (50%) C Goshawk Terntones 3 Other Emphasis Species Deer (summer range), black bear, rainbow trout, willow flycatcher, bufflehead

4-204 Chapter 4-Management Direction Chapter 4-Management Direction 4-205

Management Area 31 - HAMILTON

County ______...... -.-Lassen Plumas Ranger District ...... _.....______Eagle Lake Acreage - National Forest ------8,710 Other ______.....-...-.-7 553

A. DESCRIPTION

Location The Hamilton Management Area Management Past loggmg has been extensive. includes lands drained by Duffy, Cottonwood, The Coyote and Mountain Meadows Range Al- Mountain Meadows Creeks, and the east branch lotments and a portion of the Fredonyer Allot- of Goodrich Creek, all of which flow into Moun- ment are in this area The Coppervale Ski Area tain Meadows ReServOir Much of the area over- is located south of Highway 36 on the west side looks Westwood, which is about eight miles to of Fredonyer Summit and is managed under the west Forest and private lands are inter- special use permit by Lassen Community Col- mixed throughout the area lege Loggmg roads near Coppervale are popular for cross-country skiing Physical Environment The terrain is rugged wth peaks and drainages The lowest point is Facilities State Highway 36 crosses the north- 5,200 feet near Coppervale Hill, and the highest ern part of the area, and telephone and electrical point is the 7,651 foot Coyote Peak on the bound- transmission lines parallel the highway Access ary between the Hamilton and Willard Manage- from the north is from State Highway 36, except ment Areas Mean annual precipitation aver- in the vicinity of Moonlight Pass where access is ages 40 inches, but reaches only 30 inches in the over private land From the south, access is over lowlands Much of the soil is denved from volca- Plumas National Forest roads. Two snow survey nic rocks and Eocene non-manne sediments, courses are locatedjust north of Fredonyer Sum- soils aremoderatelydeep Landslides and slumps mit occur m the non-marme sediments B. STANDARDSAND Biological Environment Forest types are red GUIDELINES fir and mixed conifer, the latter type includes most of the Douglas-fir on the Eagle Lake Dis- Firewood trict Riparian zones and subalpine meadows are also scattered throughoutthe area The north- 1 Give personal use of firewood priority over ern end has moderate to heavy slash loads, and commercial use the southern end has light to moderate natural fuel loads. Adjacent pnvate lands have heavy fuel buildups, which represent a fire hazard to Lands this area. In 1920, a large fire started on private land and swept over Hamilton Mountain Over 1 Exchange or otherwise dispose of isolated the last decade, about one lightning fire per year Forest Service land holdings has occurred Habitat exists for goshawk, spotted owl, pileated woodpecker, fisher, rainbow Recreation trout, black bear, and black-tailed deer Signifi- cant historic sites include the old Coppervale 1 Develop a plan to take advantage of the Guard Station and mining remains along Moun- dispersed winter recreation potential in the tain Meadows Creek Fredonyer Pass area

Chapter 4-Management Direction 4-207 2. Establish a snowmobile recreation facility at D. WILDLIFE HABITAT Fredonyer Summit ALLOCATIONS

3 Restnct plowing (and log hauling) on desig- Fisher HMA 1 nated snowmobile and cross country ski Suotted Owl Habitat Areas 1 routes between December 1and Apnl 15 Goshawk Terntones 1

Sensitive Plants Other Emphasis Species Pileated woodpecker, blue grouse, deer (summer range), black 1 Inventory for possible occurrences of short bear petalled campion (Silene inuzsu) in red fir stands E. DESIRED STATE Soils FOR DIVERSITY Map the occurrence of unstable Eocene non- 1 Vegetation Acres manne soils in detail (Order 2 Survey) Shrub Visual Resources Chaparral 0 Montane Shrub 10 1 Meet a visual quality objectives of retention Sagebrush 1 in the foreground and partial retention in the middleground of Highway 36 Conifer Forest Eastside Pine 20 Wildlife Mixed Conifer 395 Red Fir 20 1 Cooperate with the California Department of Fish and Game to enhance blue grouse habitat F. RANGE ALLOTMENT STRATEGIES C. PRESCRIPTION ALLOCATION Allotment Strategy Prescnption Acres Coyote (100%) B D Developed Recreation 40 Fredonyer (25%) C E Early Successional 100 Mountain Meadows (100%) B F Ripariaflish 100 K Rocky/Sparse Timber 1,500 L Late Successional 2,700 T Timber 2,170 V View/Timber 2.000 Z Minimal Management 100

Total 8,710

4-208 Chapter 4-Management Direction Chapter 4-Management Direction 4-209 a Management Area a& WILLARD Scale P 0 .5 1 2 3 4 5Milea 1/2" = 1 Mile January 1992 4 A. DESCRIPTION

Location The Willard Management Area en- Management Most timber stands in the Wil- compasses all Forest land witlnn the Willard lard Creek watershed have had intermediate Creek watershed. The management area bound- harvests In recent years, extensive salvage ary coincides mth the watershed boundary in sales have resulted in removal of much insect- the north, west, and south The eastern and infested timber Susanvllle residents utilize this northern parts of the area include some pnvate nearby area for firewoodcutting All but thevery land, notably Stephens and Willard Ranches. eastern edge of the Fredonyer Range Allotment is within the area Cross-country sluers frequent Physical Environment Elevations range from the ridge between Fredonyer Summit and 4,400 to 7,651 feet Precipitation averages 35 Hamilton Mountain, as well as the Forest roads inches per year. Bedrockis composed of andesite in the area Other recreation includes snow- on the higher slopes and primarily volcanic mud- mobiling, dispersed camping, hunting, and oc- flows at lower elevations Many areas below casional fishing. 6,200 feet are blanketed with cobbly sedimentary eocene deposits of non-marine onan On Facilities CalifonnaState Highway36 traverses steeper slopes, these deposits show extensive the northern part of the area, and other access is evidence of both ancient and recent landslides provided by Forest roads and slumps. Erosion of these failure areas is significant today Surface rock is common, espe- B. STANDARDSAND cially at higher elevations GUIDELINES Biological Environment Major vegetation types are eastside pine, nuxed conifer, red fir, Firewood and ripanan woodland Fuels are mostly the result of management activlties. Moderate to 1. Give personal use of firewood priority over heavy loads are interspersed mth some light commercial use loads Heavy fuel buldups on adjacent private land present a threat to this area. In 1920, a Fish large fire started on pnvate land to the west and burned into the area Few lightning fires have 1 Restore the Willard Creek watershed to pro- started in the last decade A study of this area's vide "high" habitat capability for fish. fire-scarred trees revealed that large, moderate- intensity ground fires burned roughly every 80 Recreation years until 1980 Habitat exists for black-tailed deer, black bear, pileated woodpecker, spotted 1 Conduct ause survey, and prepare andimple- owl, fisher, and goshawk Willard Creek and its ment a plan to manage dispersed camping tributanes from Hamilton Mountain are peren- along Willard Creek nial and provlde brook and rainbow trout habitat Several archaeoloacal sites have been iden- 2 Cooperate in the development of a camp- tified, includinga significant habitation ofMaidu ground along Willard Creek in partnership Native Amencans with Native American groups

Chapter 4-Management Direction 4-211 Sensitive Plants D. WILDLIFE HABITAT ALLOCATIONS 1 Inventory for possible occurrences of short petalled campion (Szlene muisa) in red fir stands Fisher HMA 1 Spotted Owl Habitat Areas 2 Soils Goshawk Terntories 2

1. Map the occurrence of unstable Eocene non- Other Emphasis Species: Pileated woodpecker, marine soils in detail (Order 2 Survey) blue grouse, deer (summer range), rainbow trout, black bear Visual Resources

1 Meet a vlsual quality objectives of Retention E. DESIRED STATE in the foreground and partial retention in the FOR DIVERSITY middleground of Highway 36 Vegetation Acres 2 Meet a visual quality objectives of Retention in the foreground of the Willard Creek road Shrub Chaparral 0 Water and Riparian Areas Montane Shrub 2 Sagebrush 0 1 Restore and improve nparian conditions along Willard Creek and its tributaries Con- Conifer Forest sider fencing, grazing management and im- Eastside Pine 65 provement projects Mured Conifer 540 Red Fir 90 Wildlife

1 Cooperate with the California Department F. RANGEALLOTMENT of Fish and Game to enhance blue grouse STRATEGIES habitat Allotment Strategy

C. PRESCRIPTION ALLOCATION Fredonyer (270%) C

Prescriation Acres

D Developed Recreation 15 E Early Successional 100 F Ripariaflish 1,420 K Rocky/Sparse Timber 1,900 L Late Successional 4,600 T Timber 2,400 V ViewiTimber 3,720

Total 14,155

4-212 Chapter &Management Direction Chapter 4-Management Direction 4-213 Management Area 33DIAMOND Scale I= 0 .5 1 2 3 4-Miles 1/2" = 1 Mile January 1992 r, Management Area 33 - DIAMOND

A. DESCRIPTION

Location The Diamond Management Area is on Management Slopes up to 30 percent have had the east endofthe EagleLake RangerDistrict. It repeated intermedlate cuttmgs. Some firewood abuts the Plumas National Forest on the south is cut from the area The Diamond Mountain and the Willard Creek watershed to the west Range Allotment and the extreme eastern por- The northern portion includes several National tionoftheFredonyerRange Allotment are within Forest parcels surrounded by private lands the area. In 1850, a gold discovery spurred a small, four-year gold rush to the Diamond Moun- Physical Environment The areais situated on tain Mining Distnct. Evidence of histoncal min- the abrupt northern end of the Sierra Nevada mg actinties lies along streams Numerous The 7,338-foot Diamond Mountain nses above mining claims still exist, although most are inac- the 5,000-foot lowlands and is the dominant tive Hunting and dnvlng for pleasure are pri- landscape feature viewed from Susanville Sce- mary forms of recreation nic attnbutes include sharp relief, perennial snowfields, timberline, aspen groves, old growth Facilities Lassen County Road 204 and various timber, avalanche chutes, and alpine character Forest roads access the area in general Slopes are moderate to steep. Gra- nitic soils are prevalent, but metavolcanic soils B. STANDARDSAND and cobbly sedimentary Eocene non-manne soils GUIDELINES also occur, havlng large areas of rocky soils Numerous intermittent streams feed Cheney, Lands Gold Run, Hills, Lassen, Baxter, and Elysian Creeks Average annual precipitation is 30 1. Dispose of isolated parcels of National Forest inches land if not needed for mldhfe habitat

Biological Environment Vegetation types Facilities include mixed conifer, red fir, brushfields, alpine grasslands, lodgepole pine, and nparian wood- 1 Work in cooperation with the California De- land Some large timber is present Flatter partment of Fish and Game and local hunt- areas have moderate loads ofslash, while steeper ing groups to fanhtate closure of the road at slopes have moderate to heavy loads of natural Bear Flat during deer hunting season to fuels. Heavy fuel buildup on adjacent private conform to seasonal area closures on the land poses a hazard Long-time residents recall Plumas National Forest that, until 1930, ranchers set the grasslands afire after removing their cattle in the fall Since Sensitive Plants then no large fires have burned Recently, the occurrence rate of lightning and human-caused 1 Inventory for possible occurrences of short fires has been moderate. The area provides petalled campion (Szlene znuzsa) in red fir habitat for goshawk, spotted owl, pileated wood- stands. pecker, black bear, and black-tailed deer 2 Inventory for possible occurrences of talus collomia (Collomza debrlrs uar larsenzz) and other rare alpine species In alpine areas

Chapter 4-Management Direction 4-215 Soils E. DESIRED STATE FOR DIVERSITY 1 Map the occurrence of unstable Eocene non- marine deposits and granitic soils in detail Vegetation Acres (Order 2 Survey) before conducting ground- disturbing activities Shrub Chaparral 0 Visual Resources Montane Shrub 2 Sagebrush 40 1. Maintain a lugh level of visual quality on Diamond Mountain as shown on the Adopted Conifer Forest Visual Quality Objective Map Eastside Pine 0 Mixed Conifer 155 Red Fir 210 C. PRESCRIPTION ALLOCATION

Prescription Acres F. RANGE ALLOTMENT STRATEGIES A Non-Timber Wildlife 400 B Range Wildlife 200 Allotment Strategy E Early Successional 100 F RipanadFish 100 Diamond Mountain (100%) B K Rocky/Sparse Timber 2,250 Fredonyer (15%) C L Late Successional 2,420 V Viewmmber 2,800

Total 8.270

D. WILDLIFE HABITAT ALLOCATIONS

Spotted Owl Habitat Areas 1 Goshawk Terntories 2

Other Emphasis Species. Deer (summer range), black bear, pileated woodpecker

4-216 Chapter 4-Management Direction Chapter 4-Management Direction 4-217 /J Management Area r3>% ANTELOPE CREEK

0- .5 1 2 3 4 5Mila 3/8" = 1 Mile January 1992 t Management Area 34 - ANTELOPE CREEK

A. DESCRIPTION

Location The Antelope Creek Management An early V-flume used to transport lumber to Area borders the northwestern edge of the Al- Red Bluff crossed the area from Lyonsvllle, past manor Ranger Distnct. West oftheForest bound- Finley Lake, and along Hogback Ridge Many ary is private land The area encompasses the early ranches utilized the grazing lands in the upper portion of Antelope Creek and many tribu- western portion This is still an important hve- tanes. The east and west parts of the area are stock area and is included in the Antelope, private land Lyonsvllle, and Tehama Range Allotments. A small developed campground, South Antelope, is Physical Environment The terrain is moun- located on the South Fork ofhtelope Creek near tainous Many steep-sided canyons are sepa- Panther Spnngs The entire area is heavily used rated by long, flat ndges Elevations range from by deer hunters, and some OHV use occurs year- 2,000 to 4,200 feet Precipitation averages 30 round on Jeep trails inches a year The moderately deep soil overlies volcanic rock Facilities Panther Springs is a Forest administrative facility Access is limited to a few roads Biological Environment Forest vegetation is in the north and to Ponderosa Way (28N29), primanly oak, pine, and some Douglas-fir. which traverses the eastern half from north to Grasses and brush grow in non-forested areas. south Antelope Creek has been the subject of The eastern portion contains some merchant- applications for small hydroelectnc development able timber, mostly mxed conifer. Fuel loads are light to moderate Many large fires have oc- Further Planning Areas The central one- curred, one in 1929 burned over 2,500 acres The third ofthe area is in the Ishi B further planning 1990 Fmley Fire started in ths area and burned area 23,700 acres Much of the area has burned at least tmce in the last 80 years Currently, one or Special Areas A 3,890-acre area of the blue oak two fires burn here each year Over half are and digger pine vegetation type comprises the human caused, and usually are small. The area recommended Indian Creek Research Natural provldes important wildlife habitat. It includes Area a major portion of the East Tehama deer herd's mnter range, as well as transitional range. Wild and Scenic The area contains the north Antelope Creek is an important anadromous and south forks of the proposed Antelope Creek fishery, containing remnant runs of chinook Wild and Scenic River salmon and steelhead. Golden eagles and goshawk are also present Considerable archaeo- B. STANDARDSAND logtcal evidence shows long and regular use by GUIDELINES Native Amencans Cultural Resources Management Timber harvesting has been hm- ited to the eastern, or forested, half of this area 1 Provlde protection of cultural resource sites

Chapter 4-Management Direction 4-219 Fire Water and Riparian Areas

1. Continue with the prescribed fire program in 1 Recommend denial of hydroelectric develop- ponderosa pine stands along Ponderosa Way ment on Antelope Creek and its tnbutaries if when compatible wth management objec- site specific analysis indicates that damage tives for the timber stands present to fishenes, water quality or recreational values would result 2 Use fire suppression and rehabilitation strateaes and tactics that least alter the land- Wild and Scenic Rivers scape or disturb the land surface in the Semi- Pnmitive Prescnption areas. 1 Preserve the "outstandmgly remarkable" values of Antelope Creek until congressional Fish action on the proposed inclusion in the Wild and Scenic Rivers System, commensurate 1 Coordinate efforts with the Califorma De- with recommended classifications partment of Fish and Game (CDFG) to inventory Antelope Creek to determine emst- Wildlife ing habitat conditions for resident and anadromous fish. 1 Retain old growth in the canyons ofAntelope Creek as needed to meet diversity standards 2 Coordmate efforts with CDFG to evaluate the need to modify potential barriers to anadromous fish migration C. PRESCRIPTIONALLOCATION 3 Protect habitat and evaluate restoration opportunities for resident and anadromous Prescnption Acres fish on Antelope Creek B Range-Wildlife 2,940 Law Enforcement D Developed Recreation 5 F RipanaOish 640 1 Establish a station at Panther Spnngs to K Rocky/Sparse Timber 1,000 help admimsterthe Ish Wilderness and semi- M Semi-Primitive Motorized 8,200 primtive areas, and to protect cultural and N Semi-Pnmitive Non-Motonzed 1,900 other resources S Special Areas 7,700 V ViewPTimber 2,800 Recreation Z Minimal Management 100 Total 25.285 1 Develop a recreation management plan for the Ishi B Semi-Primitive Motorized and Non-Motorized Areas D. WILDLIFE HABITAT 2 Manage the undeveloped camping areas ALLOCATIONS along Middle Ridge as dispersed campsites Goshawk Territories 1 Sensitive Plants Other Emphasis Species Deer (mnter range), 1 Inventory for possible occurrences of Butte gray squirrel, chinook salmon, steelhead County fntillary (Fratallarza eastwoodsue) in trout foothill woodland areas

- 4-220 Chapter 4-Management Direction E. DESIRED STATE F. RANGEALLOTMENT FOR DIVERSITY STRATEGIES

Vegetation Acres Allotment Strategy

Shrub Antelope (100%) C Chaparral 300 Tehama (10%) C Montane Shrub 0 Lyonsvllle (35%) C Sagebrush 0

Conifer Forest Eastside Pine 0 Mured Conifer 200 Red Fir 0

Chapter 4-Management Direction 4-221 Management Area 35 TURNER Scale 0- .5 1 2 3 4 5Yilea l/r = 1 Mile January 1992 1 A. DESCRIPTION

Location The Turner Management Area is Facilities Access is provided by Highway 36; situated south of Mineral and Highway 36 The County Road 172; Forest Roads 29N43,29N04, western and southern boundary is the Forest and 29N48; and other Forest Service and private boundary, and the eastern boundary is the Mill roads Creekdrainage The major terrain featureis the 6,893-foot Turner Mountain, topped by a Forest B. STANDARDSAND Service lookout The western and northern por- GUIDELINES tions are pnvate land Recreation Physical Environment The terrain is mountainous. Elevations range from 4,500 to 6,900 1 Analyze the need for a recreation area and feet Precipitation averages 50 inches a year sanitation facilities at Diamond Lake Soils are moderately deep to deep and overlie volcanic rock Cobbles and stones are common in the soil profile C. PRESCRIPTION ALLOCATION Biological Environment The forest is compnsed of mixed conifers, except for red fir at the Prescription Acres higher elevations Fuel loads range from light to heavy Fuel loads are heavier on surrounding B Range-Wildlife 100 private lands because little or no fuel treatment E Early Successional 100 followed loggmg. This presents a hazard to F RipariadFish 100 National Forest lands Fires are infrequent; two K Rocky/Sparse nmber 2,300 occur about every five years Most burn less than L Late Successional 200 10 acres Half are lightning-caused, and half are T Timber 4,000 human-caused A small part of the 23,700 acre V Viewfl'imber 4,290 Finley Fire burned in this area in 1990 Great gray owls may occur in this area Marten and Total 11.090 goshawk are other important resident species This is a summer range and migration route for black-tailed deer. D. WILDLIFE HABITAT ALLOCATIONS Management The area was first logged around 1900, and today about 75 percent ofthe area has Goshawk Territories 1 had some harvesting Very little dispersed recreation occurs Three gold mining claims are Other Emphasis Species Deer (summer range), clustered near Mineral Summit. The northwest gray squirrel, marten, black bear, rainbow tip of the Management Area lies in the Lassen trout, spotted owl Known Geothermal Resource Area

Chapter 4-Management Direction 4-223 E. DESIRED STATE F. RANGE ALLOTMENT FOR DIVERSITY STRATEGIES

Vegetation Acres Allotment Strategy

Shrub Lyonsvllle (55%) C Chaparral 0 Montane Shrub 10 Sagebrush 0

Conifer Forest Eastside Pine 0 Mixed Conifer 495 Red Fir 40

4-224 Chapter 4-Management Direction Chapter 4-Management Direction 4-225 Management Area 360 UPPER DEER CREEK Sclle P 0 -5 1 2 3 4 5Niles l/f = 1 Mile January 1992 i Management Area 36 - UPPER DEER CREEK

A. DESCRIPTION

Location The Upper Deer Creek Management lished about 1880 still existthetunnel, flume, Area is a large, diverse area containing the and ditch used to carry water from Wilson Lake headwaters and upper tributaries of Deer Creek. to Feather River Meadows Sites at Childs Mead- It lies midway between the towns ofMineral and ows show the area’s importance to the Yahi Yana Chester Deer Creek Meadows is a prominent Native Amencans for summer settlement landmark at the confluence ofDeer and Gurnsey Creeks. Except for continuous National Forest Management Timber has been harvested land in the south, the area is pnmanly scattered throughout this area except on Butt Mountain National Forest parcels surrounded by pnvate The area is mthm the Deer Creek and Soldier land. Meadows Range Allotments Deer Creek Mead- ows is utilized as summer livestock range and Physical Environment The diverse terrain has anundeveloped camping site Gurnsey Creek includes rocky peaks, flat plateaus, and steep Campground and Elam Campground are devel- creekgorges. Elevations rangefrom4,OOOfeetto oped sites Fishing and hilung are popular along 7,866 feet at Butt Mountain Precipitation is Deer Creek, Gurnsey Creek, and Lost Creek about 60 inches a year The soils are moderately deep to deep, and are developingin andesite and Facilities The northern portion of the manage- rhyolite The rhyolite soils are erodible and have ment area lies within the Lassen Known Geo- lower productivity than other soils in the area thermal Resource Area, and other portions have been subject togeothermal lease application, but Biological Environment Forests consist of no leases have been issued Highways 32 and 36 mured conifers at the lower elevations and red fir intersect near the center of the area A segment at higher elevations The highest points of Butt ofthe Panfic Crest National ScenicTrail traverses Mountain are sub-alpine Fuel loads vary from the northeast corner of the Management Area light to heavy Fires occur at a rate of ahout two The Lassen Trail also crosses the area. per year Well over half are from lightning, and nearly all are smaller than ten acres Wilson Further Planning Area The area contains the Lake in the extreme north central portion is an northwestern half of the Butt Mountain further important waterfowl area, supporting breeding planning area Canada geese, mallards, cinnamon teal, and the uncommon nng-necked duck Bald eagles are Wild and Scenic The area contains the upper- often seen at the lake and, in past years, osprey most end of the proposed Deer Creek Wild and breeding has occurred. Both Gurnsey Creek and Scenic River. Deer Creek support popular put-and-take fisheries Potential habitat could he provlded to steel- B. STANDARDSAND head and spring-run chinook salmon in tribu- GUIDELINES tary streams with the rehahilitation the upper Deer Creek fish ladder The area is summer Cultural Resources range for the East Tehama deer herd Marten, spotted owls, and goshawks are also present 1 At recreation facilities, provide information Major features of the Dutch Hill Mine estab- on the cultural history of the area

Chapter 4-Management Direction 4-227 2 Interpret the Dutch Mill Mine ditch for visi- Visual Resources tor information. 1. Meet partial retention msual quality objec- Fish tives or higher along the Pacific Crest Na- tional Scenic Trail as shown on the Adopted 1 Protect habitat and evaluate for enhance- Visual Quality Objective Map. ment opportunities for anadromous and resident fisheries along Deer Creek and its tnbu- 2 Meet a vlsual quality objective of Retention tanes in the foreground of Highway 36.

2. Pursue the opportunity with pnvate land- 3. Meet a visual quahty objective of Partial owners in Deer Creek Meadows to improve Retention in the foreground of Wilson Lake stream conditions through the management of hestock Wild and Scenic Rivers

Lands 1. Preserve the "outstandingly remarkable" values of Deer Creek until congressional 1 Acquire lands containingfisb habitat and/or action on the proposed inclusion in the Wild npanan areas and Scenic Rivers System, commensurate wth recommended classifications Recreation Wildlife 1 Maintain the potential ofthe Butt Mountain area for a downhll sh area development 1 Maintain or enhance potential bald eagle nesting habitat near Wilson Lake. 2 Assess the need for snowmobile and cross- country skiing facilities 2 Control access and minimize impacts to the area around Wilson Lake. 3 Manage recreation use on acquired lands to protect nparian habitat and streamside man- 3 Maintain or enhance potential wllow fly- agement zones catcher habitat Sensitive Plants C. PRESCRIPTION ALLOCATION 1 Inventory for possible occurrences of short petalled campion (Szlene inuzsa) and closed Prescnption Acres throated beard tongue (Penstemon personatus) m red fir stands A Non-Timber Wildlife 200 D Developed Recreation 40 2. Inventory for possible occurrences ofwillun's E Early Successional 100 harebell (Campanula wrlkrnsrana) at Deer F Ripanaflish 600 Creek and other meadows K Rocky/Sparse Timber 900 L Late Successional 1,900 3 Inventory for Cantelow's lewisia (Lewrsra S Special Areas 100 cantelowzz) on wet rock faces T Timber 6,200 V Viewfhmber 4,690 Soils Z Mimmal Management 2,490

1 Prohibit tractor loggmg on rhyolitic soils Total 17,220 having slopes steeper than 35 percent

4-228 Chapter 4-Management Direction D. WILDLIFE HABITAT F. RANGEALLOTMENT ALLOCATIONS STRATEGIES

Bald Eagle Terntones 1 Allotment Strategy Suotted Owl Habitat Areas 2 Goshawk Terntones 2 Deer Creek (50%) C Soldier Meadows (20%) C Other Emphasis Species. Deer (summer range), mallard, chinook salmon, steelhead trout, rainbow trout, willow flycatcher, marten.

E. DESIRED STATE FOR DIVERSITY

Vegetation Acres

Shrub Chaparral 0 Montane Shrub 10 Sagebrush 0

Conifer Forest Eastside Pine 0 Mixed Conifer 605 Red Fir 210

~______~ Chapter 4-Management Direction 4-229 Management Area 37 BUTT CREEK Scale 0 .5 1 2 3 4 5Miles 1/2" = 1 Mile -January 1992 F! k DESCRIPTION

Location The Butt Creek Management Area Management Over half the area has had somc lies in the east-central portion of the Almanor harvesting The area is included in four range Ranger Distnct The east boundary of the area allotments Soldier Meadows, Butte Creek, West is the Forest boundary near Coyote Flat, Fanani Humbug, and Soda Creek-North Butte Devel- Meadows, Humbug Valley, and Yellow Creek. oped recreation sites are present at Little Gnzzly Several large pnvate inholdings occur along Valley Campground and PG&E's Yellow Creek creeks Campground Fishermen and hikers use Soldier Creek, Butt Creek, Yellow Creek, and Stover Physical Environment The highest elevation Camp is about 7,800 feet at Butt Mountain Average elevation is 5,500 feet. Most of the terrain is Facilities Access is by county, Forest Service, moderately sloping Soils are moderately deep to and private roads Aportion ofthe area has been deep and are productive Large amounts of subject to geothermal lease application The stones and cobbles are present in some areas Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail follows the Precipitation averages 40 inches a year Two western edge of this area. The Lassen Trail major streams origmate in the area Butt Creek (1849-51) also crosses parts of the area begins near Humboldt Summit and flows into Butt Valley Reservoir Yellow Creek ongmates Further Planning Areas The area contains between Eagle Rocks and Lost Lake, and flows the southeastern half of the Butt Mountain fur- into the Feather River at Belden Both contnb- ther planning area ute to hydroelectric generation by Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E). B. STANDARDSAND Biological Environment Forest types in the GUIDELINES area are predominantly mured conifer and red fir Fuel loads range from light to heavy. Large fires have burned in the past, including a 250 Cultural Resources acre fire in 1973. Fire occurrence has recently averaged 3.5 per year None have burned more 1. At Humboldt Summit, interpret the Hum- than ten acres, and well over half are lightning- boldt Road for visitor information caused The area supports moderate densities of summering black-tailed deer, and marten and Fish goshawks are believed to occur Yellow, Soldier, and Butt Creeks are productive trout fisheries 1 Protect fish habitat and evaluate restoration The area is crossed by part of the Dutch Mill opportunities for resident fish of the Butt Mine Ditch (c 18801, and by two early commer- Creek and Yellow Creek drainages cial freight and stage routes, the Humbug and the Chico-Humboldt roads (c 1860) A well- 2 Develop a working relationship with adja- preserved section of the latter at Humboldt cent landowners to protect and improve Summit shows the engmeenng abilities of the stream conditions in upper Yellow Creek time

Chapter 4-Management Direction 4-231 Recreation C. PRESCRIPTION ALLOCATION

1 Develop trailheads for the Pacific Crest Na- Prescnption Acres tional Scemc Trail at Humboldt and Hum- bug roads, assess the need atthe Highway 36 B Range-Wildlife 200 crossing D Developed Recreation 5 E Early Successional 200 2 Interpret significant land management ac- F Ripanan/Fish 1,200 tivlties along the Pacific Crest National Sce- K Rocky/Sparse Timber 1,800 nic Trail for trail users L Late Successional 100 S Special Areas 100 3 Manage the undeveloped camping areas at T Timber 17,200 Stover Spnngs and Soldier Meadows as dis- V ViewPTimber 11,100 persed campsites Install sanitation facilities Total 31,905 Sensitive Plants D. WILDLIFE HABITAT ALLOCATIONS 1 Inventory for possible occurrences of short petalled campion (Szlene znursa) and closed Marten HMA 1 throated beard tongue (Penstemon persona- Goshawk Territones 3 tus) in red fir stands Other Emphasis Species. Deer (summer range), 2 Inventory for Cantelow’s lewisia (Lewasaa rainbow trout, spotted owl, willow flycatcher. cantelowzr) on wet rock faces E. DESIRED STATE 3 Inventory for Quincy lupine (Lupmus dale- FOR DIVERSITY slue) in open, rocky areas Visual Resources Vegetation Acres Shrub 1 Meet a vlsual quality objective of Partial Chaparral 0 Retention in the foreground along the Pacific Montane Shrub 30 Crest National Scenic Trail Sagebrush 0

Water and Riparian Areas Conifer Forest Eastside Pine 0 1 Continue bank stabilization and stream en- Mixed Conifer 1255 hancement of Soldier, Yellow, and Butt Red Fir 335 Creeks F. RANGEALLOTMENT Wildlife STRATEGIES

1 Continue improvement of nparian, meadow, Allotment Strategy and stream habitats along Soldier, Yellow, and Butt Creeks Butt Creek (100%) C Soda Creek - North Butte (30%) C 2 Maintain or enhance potential willow fly- Soldier Meadows (50%) C catcher habitat West Humbug (50%) C

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Management Area 38 - PRATTVLLLE

A. DESCRIPTION

Location The Prattvllle Management Area Allotment. Several developed campgrounds are includes the southwest shore of Lake Almanor present the National Forest's Almanor Camp- Itlsisolatedbypnvatelandonthreesidesandby ground, and PG&Es Fox Farm, Rocky Point, and Lake Almanor on the east. In places, thin stnps Lassen View Campgrounds A day-use beach of shoreline are pnvately owned area also is on Forest land near the Almanor Campground A summer home tract and resort Physical Environment The terrain is very at the community ofAlmanor on National Forest gentle Elevations range from about 4,480feet at land is under special use permt Hilung and the lakeshore up to 5,000 feet Precipitation beach activlties occur along the lakeshore One averages 40 inches a year Soils are productive gold mining claim lies in this area and moderately deep to deep A few areas have large amounts of stones and cobbles in the soil Facilities Highway 89 runs along the east side of the area The Butt Valley Reservoir, adjacent Biological Environment The forest type is to the southern boundary, is partially supplied mostly mlxed conifer; approximately 1,200 acres ulth water by a two mle long tunnel from Lake are plantations of ponderosa and Jeffrey pine. Almanor that crosses the area from northeast to Fuel loads vary widely from light to heavy. Al- southwest The mouth is just south ofprattville. though two fires in 1958 burned a total of 150 The management area denves its name from the acres, all other recorded fires have been kept community of Prattvllle founded by Dr. Ben- under ten acres Fires average almost three per jamin Pratt in the late 1800's. The origmal site year, and over 80 percent are human-caused. was flooded by Lake Almanor, and the current Two bald eagle nest territones and several active community is a resort area on the lake shore. osprey nests are present Proximity to both Lake The Forest Service operates the Almanor Camp- Almanorand ButtValley Reservoir makes this a ground and beach facility In 1973, the Forest pnme habitat for both these raptor species Supervisor approved a plan to terminate permits Canada geese, common mergansers, and other of seven ofthe summer homes, and to expand the waterfowl nest in trees adjacent to the lake campground and reconstruct a day-use beach Black-tailed deer use the area heady in sum- area to allow adequate public access The deci- mer An uncommon furbearer, the fisher, is sion was upheld on appeal by the ReDonal For- believed to occur here Spotted owl and goshawk ester and the Chief of the Forest Service are also present. The middle section ofthe Dutch Hill Mine ditch (circa 1880),a nveted metal pipe, B. STANDARDSAND crosses through this area, as do the remnants of GUIDELINES an extensive network of railroad loggmg grades Cultural Resources Management Red River Lumber Company logging operations continued here until the 1930's 1 At recreation facilities, provide information About half the area now has been logged The about the cultural history of the area area is included in the Soldier Meadows Range

Chapter 4-Management Direction 4-235 Recreation C. PRESCRIPTION ALLOCATION

1. Prepare a comprehensive recreation devel- Prescnption Acres opment plan for the Lake Almanor Camp- ground and vicmity. D Developed Recreation 480 L Late Successional 2,210 2. Conduct a site study and, if conditions are V Viewmmher 3,600 favorable, construct a group campground near Lake Almanor. Total 6,290

3. Maintain a near natural settingalongshore- line at Lake Almanor. D. WILDLIFE HABITAT ALLOCATIONS Sensitive Plants Bald Eagle Terntones 2 1 Monitor and protect Egg Lake monkeyflower Spotted Owl Habitat Areas 1 (Mzmuluspygmaeus) population and inven- Goshawk Temtones 2 tory for additional populations in open, seasonally wet areas. Other Emphasis Species Osprey, pileatedwood- peeker, mallard, deer (summer range), fisher 2. Inventory for Qumcy lupine (Lupznus dale- szae) in open, rocky areas Visual Resources E. DESIRED STATE FOR DIVERSITY 1. Meet a visual quality objective of Retention between Lake Almanor and Highway 89 Vegetation Acres

2. Meet a Partial Retention or Retentionvisual Shrub quality objectives southwest of Highway 89 Chaparral 0 as shown on the Adopted Visual Quality Montane Shrub 1 Objective Map Sagebrush 0 Wildlife Conifer Forest Eastside Pine 0 Mixed Conifer 1. Maintain “high” habitat capability for snags 300 (see Appendix 0)to maintain habitat for Red Fir 0 nesting ospreys and Canada geese mthin 0.5 miles of Lake Almanor and near small wetlands F. RANGEALLOTMENT STRATEGIES 2. Protect and enhance nesting habitat capability for bald eagles at the Rocky Point and Allotment Strategy Prattvllle temtones, in cooperation with the Plumas National Forest. Close areas to ve- Soldier Meadows (10%) C hicles dunng the nesting season as needed to protect the eagles.

4-236 Chapter 4-Management Direction Chapter 4-Management Direction P A. DESCRIPTION

Location The Keddie Management Area IS Management Most of the area has been har- located east of Lake Almanor between the com- vested by intermediate cuts In 1979, the Will munities of Westwood and Greenvllle The area Fire burned 760 acres along Greenvllle Creek is bounded by the Plumas National Forest along and its east branch Timber was salvage logged Keddie Ridge and by private land to the north. after the fire, and most of the burn has been Pnvate land is concentrated in the north and planted mth Jeffrey pine The area is within the east portions Homer Lake Range Allotment A hikmg trail connects Homer, Hidden, and Deerheart lakes, Physical Environment This area is situated whichare popular camping and fishing spots An at the steep northern end of the Sierra Nevada. undeveloped camp is located beside Greenville Elevations range widely from 5,000 feet to over Creek 7,400 feet on Keddie Peak and Dyer Mountain Metamorphic volcanic rocks underlie porous, Facilities Many gold mining claims have been shallow, seemingly stable rocky soils Average worked throughout the area Dyer Mountain annual precipitation is 35 inches Glaciers carved Lookout is located on the highest point in the three small lake basins (Homer, Hidden, and western part of the area. Access to the area from Deerheart Lakes) and produced a bold escarp- the north is over pnvate roads; Plumas County ment of bare rock nsing above Westwood and and Plumas National Forest roads provide ac- State Highway 36, about six miles to the north cess from the south Greenvllle Creekand other unnamed creeks drain into Mountain Meadows Reservoir to the north Special Areas A 1,480 acre area is established as the Homermeerheart Scenic Special Interest Biological Environment Mixed Conifer For- Area est and brushfields predommate over much of the area, while red fir stands occur in the west- B. STANDARDSAND ern portion Fuel accumulations are hazardous GUIDELINES in forested areas; heavy loads result from both slash and natural processes, icludmg blow- Recreation downs. As the area burned in the 1979 Will Fire returns to brush, the fire hazard increases. Heavy 1 Consider outside proposals for a downhill ski fuel accumulations on surrounding private lands area, and cooperate in any ski area planning pose another hazard Over the last ten years, by other agencies seven small fires have burned, started mainly by lightning The area provides habitat for black- Sensitive Plants tailed deer, black bear, fisher, marten, pileated woodpecker, spotted owl and goshawk Rainbow Inventory for possible occurrences of short trout are planted in Homer and Deerheart Lakes 1 Theareahasrehaous significanceforlocalMaidu petalled campion (Szlene znuzsa) and closed throated beard tongue (Penstemonpersona - Native Amencans tus) in red fir stands

Chapter 4-Management Directton 4-239 Special Areas D. WILDLIFE HABITAT ALLOCATIONS 1. Prepare and implement a plan for the Homer/ Deerheart Scenic Special Interest Area, rec- Fisher HMA 1 ognizing the sigmficant cultural and recre- Spotted Owl Habitat Areas 1 ation values of the area Goshawk Temtories 2

Visual Resources Other Emphasis Species: Deer (summer range), marten, rainbow trout, pileated woodpecker, 1 Meet a vlsual quality objective of Partial black bear, peregnne falcon. Retention on the portions of Keddie Ridge seen as background from Highway 36 and Westwood E. DESIRED STATE 2. Meet a vlsual quality objective of Retention FOR DIVERSITY on the top of Keddie Ridge seen as middleground from Greenvdle and Highway 89. Vegetation Acres Shrub Wildlife Chaparral 0 Montane Shrub 10 1 Improve and protect nesting habitat capabil- Sagebrush ity for bald eagles in areas mthin two miles 0 of Mountain Meadows Reservoir Conifer Forest Eastside Pine 0 2 Create, improve and protectintroductionsites Mixed Conifer 145 and nesting habitat for peregnne falcon m- Red Fir 185 troductions and natural recruitment

F. RANGE ALLOTMENT C. PRESCRIPTION ALLOCATION STRATEGIES

Prescripbon Acres Allotment Strategy

B Range Wildlife 200 Homer Lake (100%) B E Early Successional 100 F RipanadFish 220 K RockylSparse 190 L Late Successional 1,900 N Semi-Primitive Non-Motonzed 900 S Special Areas 1,200 T Timber 2,280 V ViewPTimber 600

Total 7,590

4-240 Chapter 4-Management Direction Chapter 4-Management Direction 4-24 1 Management Area 40 LOWER MILL CREEK Scale 0- .5 1 2 3 4 5 Miles 3/8" = 1 Mile January 1992 eI %

A. DESCRIPTION

Location The Lower Mill Creek Management cans for centunes, as the anadromous fishenes Area extends from the central portion of the and oaks provlded ample food sources Almanor Ranger Distnct to Ponderosa Way and the Ishi Wilderness Its elongated shape encom- Management nmber management has been passes the 10-mile portion ofMill CreekfromBig limited by admnistrative restnctions to allow Bend downstream to Black Rock Several private for further planning area studies and wdd and sections of land lie in the area scenic river evaluations Steep slopes, harsh sites, and sparse timber stocking have also hm- Physical Environment The major terrain fea- ited harvesting in this area Commercial timber ture is the deep, dramatic Mill Creek Canyon, stands are small The area has been used by local wth upland plateaus on each side The lowest ranchers since the turn of the century and is part point is about 2,000 feet where Mill Creek flows of the Tehama Range Allotment Black Rock around Black Rock Barkley Mountain has the Campground is a small developed site Hikers, highest elevation of 4,488 feet Precipitation backpackers, and fishermen use Mi11 Creek and averages 30inches ayear The soilis shallow and the trails in the area Some OHV use also occurs overhes volcanic rock Facilities Only one road crosses the creek in Biological Environment Ponderosa and dig- this area. Forest Road 28N29 3 at Black Rock. ger pine are widespread, and Douglas-fir occu- Mi11 Creek has been the subject of applications pies the dramages and north facing slopes of the for small hydroelectric facilities. The Lassen upper canyon At the lower elevations, oak and Emigrant Trail crosses the southern tip of the brush species are predominant The light fuel area near Obe Fields Spring loads here are denved from natural sources - grass, brush, and oak leaves These fuels pro- Further Planning Areas The area contains all moteintense, fast-movmgfires Since 1916 most of the Mi11 Creek further planning area ofthe area has burned more than once in a series of large fires Recent fires before 1990 averaged Special Areas The area contains a 15-acre vol- less than one a year, and slightly over half of canic dome established by this Plan as the Black them were lightning-caused. Asmall part ofthis Rock Geologx Special Interest Area area was burned in the 131,000 acre Campbell Fire in 1990. The area provides important habi- Wild and Scenic The area contains the middle tat for wldlife Mill Creek supports steelhead segment of the proposed Mill Creek Wild and trout and one of the last native runs of the rare Scenic River spring-run chinook salmon The area has a diverse and dense raptor fauna including golden B. STANDARDSAND eagles, spotted owls, and prairie falcons. Al- GUIDELINES though the peregrine falcon apparently does not occur in the area now, habitat is smtable Cur- Cultural Resources rent plans are to eventually release these birds here to assist their population recovery The Mill 1 Protect, stabilize, recover and interpret val- Creek canyon was inhabited by Native Amen- ues of archaeologuzal sites

Chapter 4-Management Direction 4-243 2. Nominate the area used by Ishi and the Yahi Wild and Scenic Rivers Yana people as a National Regmter District 1 Preserve the "outstandingly remarkable" Facilities values of Mi11 Creek until congressional action on the proposed inclusion in the Wild 1 Maintain the tralhead at Obe's Field. and Scenic Rivers system, commensurate wth recommended classifications. Fire and Fuels Water and Riparian Areas 1 Use fire suppression strategies and tactics that least alter the landscape or hsturb the 1 Recommend denial of hydroelectnc develop- land surface. ment that would cause damage to fisheries, water quality, or recreational values of M111 Fish Creek

1. Protect and mamtam habitat conditions for Wildlife anadromous fish 1. Monitor chffsites in theM111 Creek drainage 2. When condhons permit, continue coopera- for peregnne falcon nesting use Use artifi- tive efforts mth the California Department cial propagation to insure success of active of Fish and Game, U. S Fish and Wildlife nest sites if necessary to meet population Service, Department of Water Resources recovery goals. and U C. Dams to monitor the in-nver population of adult spnng-run chinook salmon. C. PRESCRIPTION ALLOCATION 3 Cooperate with Callfornia Department of Fish and Game on spawning stock surveys. Prescnption Acres

4 Evaluate existing habitat conditions for B Range-Wildlife 200 anadromous fish D Developed Recreation 5 K RockyISparse 600 Lands L Late Successional 900 M Semi-Pnmitive Motonzed 800 1. Through land exchange, acquire lands or S Special Areas 400 interests therein needed to provlde consis- T 'lhmber 590 tent management ofthe proposed Mill Creek V Viewfl'imber 900 Wild and Scenic River. W Wilderness 7,580

Sensitive Plants Total 11.975

1. Inventory for possible occurrences of Butte County fntillary (Frztrllarra eastwoodrae) D. WILDLIFE HABITAT populations in foothill woodlands. ALLOCATIONS 2 Inventory for Cantelow's lewisia (Lewzsaa Spotted Owl Habitat Areas 1 cantelowar) on wet rock faces Peregrine Falcon Territones 1

Special Areas Other Emphasis Species Deer (wmter range), gray squirrel, chinook salmon, steelhead 1. Prepare and implement a plan for the Black trout Rock Geologw Area to protect and accentuate the area's distinctive features.

4-244 Chapter 4-Management Direction E. DESIRED STATE F. RANGEALLOTMENT FOR DIVERSITY STRATEGIES

Vegetation Acres Allotment Strategy

Shrub Tehama (30%) C Chaparral 625 Montane Shrub 35 Sagebrush 0

Comfer Forest Eastside Pine 0 Mixed Conifer 375 Red Fir 0

Chapter 4-Management Direction 4-245 Management Area 41 MIDDLE DEER CREEK d Scale P 0 .5 1 2 3 4 5Milea 1/2" = 1 Mile ? January 1992 4 A. DESCRIPTION remaining National Forest land is either road- Location The Middle Deer Creek Management less or solated by private lands. The area is part Area is the portion of Deer Creek Canyon from of the Tehama, Deer Creek, and Butte Meadows Elam Campground downstream to the Forest Range Allotments Alder Campground and Po- boundary. Also included are the headwaters of tato Patch Campground are popular sites along Deer Creek's tnbutanes-Slate, Forked, and Highway 32 Very little dispersed camping oc- Rattlesnake Creeks. Deer Creek Canyon is the curs, except for hunter camping around Round major feature The southeast half is completely Valley in National Forest ownership, while the northwest half is mostly private land. Facilities Access is ma Highway 32 and numerous Forest Semce and pnvate roads Deer Physical Environment The terrain in the Creek has been the subject of an application for canyon is quite steep mth many cliffs and bluffs a small hydroelectnc facility The Lassen Trail The uplands are also mountainous, but are less crosses the area north of Deer Creek in the steep. At 6,000 feet, Colby Mountain on the vlcinity of Round Valley southernboundary is the highest point AForest Service lookout is located on the summit The Wild and Scenic The upper one-third of the lowest point is 3,200 feet Precipitation averages proposed Deer Creek Wild and Scenic River lies 30 inches ayear The moderately deep, rocky soil within the area overlies volcanic rock Specialheas The area contains the Cub Creek Biological Environment Forests are mainly Research Natural Area compnsed ofmlxed conifers Red fir is present on the uplands near Colby and Upper Rattlesnake Creek, while oaks and other low elevation spe- E. STANDARDSAND cies are found from Alder Campground down- GTJIDELINES stream to the area boundary Fuel loads vary from light to heavy While a few large fires Cultural Resources burned in the past, none recently has exceeded ten acres Fires average one per year and are 1 At recreation facilities, provide information started equally by humans and lightning Much about the cultural history of the area of the area north of Deer Creek is a wildlife refuge Spotted owls have been found on the Fish steep south side ofDeer Creek Black-tailed deer use the areaas summerrangeormigrate through 1 Protect and maintain habitat conditions for inspnng andfall Deer Creeksupports apopular anadromous fish put-and-take trout fishery It also supports runs of steelhead and a remnant population of spring- 2 Continue cooperative efforts with the Cali- run chinook salmon This anadromous fishery fornia Department of Fish and Game, U S has enhancement potential Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of Water Resources andU C Dams to monitor Management Timber harvesting has occurred the in-river population of adult spring-run in the southern one-third of this area The chinook salmon

Chapter 4-Management Direction 4-247 3. Evaluate the distribution and abundance of C. PRESCRIPTIONALLOCATION anadromous fish and their habitat to deter- nune the need for bamer modification at the Prescnption Acres fish ladder at Upper Deer Creek Falls A Non-Timber Wddlife 200 Fire and Fuels D Developed Recreation 10 E Early Successional 100 1 Use fire suppression stratemes and tactics F RipanadFish 200 that least alter the landscape or disturb the K Rocky/Sparse mmber 210 landsurfacem the CubCreekResearchNatu- L Late Successional 3,300 ral Area. S Special Areas 5,700 T Rmber 3,350 Recreation V Viewmimber 3,500

1. Restnct camping or other occupancy along Total 16,570 Deer Creek parallel to Highway 32, other than at designated campgrounds D. WILDLIFE HABITAT Sensitive Plants ALLOCATIONS

1. Inventory for possible occurrences of short Spotted Owl Habitat Areas 3 petalled campion (Sdene muzsa) and closed Goshawk Terntories 2 throated beard tongue (Penstemon personatus) m red fir stands Other Emphasis Species. Pileated woodpecker, deer (summer range), chinook salmon, steel- Visual Resources head trout, rainbow trout

1 Meet a wsual quality objective of Retention in the foreground of Highway 32 and/or Deer E. DESIRED STATE Creek and Partial Retention middleground. FOR DIVERSITY

Water and Riparian Areas Vegetation Acres

1 Recommend denial of hydroelectnc develop- Shrub ment that would cause damage to fishenes, Chaparral 0 water quality, or recreational values of Deer Montane Shrub 195 Creek or its perennial tnbutaries Sagebrush 0

Wild and Scenic Rivers Conifer Forest Eastside Pine 0 1. Preserve the "outstandingly remarkable" val- Mixed Conifer 630 ues of Deer Creek until congressional action Red Fir 115 on the proposed inclusion in the Wild and Scenic Rivers System, commensurate wth recommended classifications F. WGEALLOTNIENT STRATEGIES

Allotment Strategy

Butte Meadows (25%) C Deer Creek (30%) C Tehama (15%) C

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4-248 Chapter 4-Management Direction ~~ ~ Chapter 4-Management Direction 4-249 fl fi Management Area LOWER DEER CREEK Scale 0 .5 1 2 3 4 5 Miles 3/0" = 1 Mile January 1992 i Management Area 42 - LOWER DEER CREEK

A. DESCRIPTION

Location The Lower Deer Creek Management Management Because commercial timber is Area is located along the southwest boundary of scarce, loggmg has been limited. However, the the Almanor Ranger Distnct It contains the area was lnstoncally used for extensive livestock Deer Creek drainage from below Onion Butte operations by many ranchers Approxlmately 21 downstream to Devll’s Kitchen Substantial sec- head of horses roam the area, remnants of do- tions of pnvate land are in the south and east mestic herds gone wild. The area is part of the portions of the area The chief features are its Tehama and Campbell Mountain Range Allot- history andits anadromous fishery inDeer Creek ments Hikers, backpackers, and fishermen en- canyon The northwest boundary borders the JOY streams and trails in the area, particularly Ishi Wilderness. along Deer Creek at Transfer Bndge, Murphy’s Trail, and Ponderosa Way. Physical Environment The highest elevation is 4,038 feet at Cold Spnng Hill, and the lowest Facilities Access is limited to two roads in the is about 1,400 near Sulphur Creek. The major eastern portion and Ponderosa Way in the west terrain feature is the rugged Deer Creek canyon Deer Creek has been the subject of applications Precipitation averages 30 inches a year A shal- for small hydroelectnc facilities, but no leases low soil overlies volcanic rock have been issued

Biological Environment The area is typical Further Planning Areas Tlns area includes “front”country--the western most forested slopes part of the Ishi B further planning area of the Sierra Nevada- mth mixed conifer forest on the ndge tops, and oaks, chaparral, and grass- Wild and Scenic The area contains the middle lands at lower elevations Fuel loads are light segments of the proposed Deer Creek Wild and and consist mostly offine materials Many large Scenic River fires histoncally occurred, and most of the area has burned at least once in the last 60 years B. STANDARDSAND Average fire occurrence is about three fires every GUIDELINES two years Eighty percent are lightning-caused, and rarely do they burn more than 10 acres each, Cultural Resources but the 131,000 acre Campbell Fire burned the western portion of this area in 1990. Golden 1 Protect archaeological sites by resource pro- eagles, prairie falcons, goshawks, and other rap- tection patrol or other methods tors are present. Steelhead and spring-run chinook salmon also occur as remnant runs in 2 Nomnate the area used by Ishi and the Yahi Deer Creek Other wildlife present are species Yana people as a National Register Distnct. associated with oak, grassland, chaparral, and ripanan habitats For subsistence, the Native Americans relied on acorns, and resident and Facilities anadromous fish 1 Develop an administrative site mth tempo- raryquartersin thevlcinityofDevll’s Etchen for mlderness and recreation management

Chapter 4-Management Direction 4-251 Fish on the proposed inclusion in the Wild and Scenic Rivers System, commensurate with 1. Protect and maintain habitat conditions for recommended classifications. anadromous fish.

2 Continue cooperative efforts with the Cali- C. PRESCRIPTIONALLOCATION fornia Department of Fish and Game, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Semce, Department of Prescnption Acres Water Resources and U.C. Davis to monitor the in-nver population of adult spring-run B Range-Wildlife 700 chinook salmon. E Early Successional 100 F RipanadFish 220 Lands K Rocky/Sparse Timber 2,800 M Semi-Pnmitive Motonzed 2,700 1. Pursue the acquisition of pnvate lands in N Semi-Pnmitive Non-Motonzed 6,900 areas highly suitable for peregrine falcons, S Special Areas 3,000 and for cultural resource values T Timber 1,600

Range Total 18,020

1. Complete the Wild Horse Terntory Manage- ment Plan, and monitor management objec- D. WILDLIFE HABITAT tives. ALLOCATIONS

Recreation Goshawk Terntories 2

1. Develop a trailhead at Deer Creek for access Other Emphasis Species: Deer (mnter range), into Ishi Wilderness. gray squirrel, chinook salmon, steelhead trout Sensitive Plants

1. Inventory for possible occurrences of Butte E. DESIRED STATE County fritillary (Fritillaria eastwoodzae) in FOR DIVERSITY foothill woodland areas. Vegetation Acres 2. Inventory for Cantelow's lewisia (Lewzsia cantelowii) on wet rock faces. Shrub Chaparral 0 Visual Resources Montane Shrub 195 Sagebrush 0 1. Meet a vlsual quality objective of Retention in the foreground of Deer Creek. Conifer Forest Eastside Pine 0 Water and Riparian Areas Mixed Conifer 300 Red Fir 0 1. Recommend denial of hydroelectric development that would cause damage to fisheries, water quality, or recreational values of Deer F. RANGEALLOTMENT Creek or its perennial tnbutaries STRATEGIES

Wild and Scenic Rivers Allotment Strategy

1. Preserve the "outstandingly remarkable" val- Campbell Mountain (100%) C ues of Deer Creek until congressional action Tehama (15%) C

4-252 Chapter 4-ManagementDirection Chapter 4-Management Direction 4-253 4 y;;rtent Area Scale P 0 .5 1 2 3 4 5Miles 1/2" = 1 Mile January 1992 I Management Area 43 - LOMO

A. DESCRIPTION

Location The Lomo Management Area has the important loggmg center for Diamond Interna- least amount of National Forest lands of any tional and supported a large camp In addition to management area on the Almanor Ranger Dis- loggmg, mining was an important activity. The trict. It contains scattered National Forest par- community of Inskip was a thriving commercial centerfortheminesin the arealongbeforelarge- cels rangng in size from 80 to 640 acres; the majonty are plantations and reforestation sites scale lumberingbegan; all that remains is a hotel initiated by the former Magalia Ranger Distnct and a few buildings The area is part of the Bull Hill and Butte Meadows Range Allotments De- in the 1950’s. veloped sites are Soda Springs Campground and Physical Environment The terrain is moun- Butte Meadows Campground; Butte Meadows tainous, especially in the vlcinity of Big Chico also has a summer home tract and West Branch Canyons. The highest eleva- Facilities The Butte Meadows fire station is tion is 5,307 feet at Bottle Hill. Short reaches of Big Chico and Cascade Creeks are on Forest occupied in the summer and fall Butte Creek has been the subject of applications for small lands, these streams support fisheries Precipi- tation averages 65 inches a year The soils are hydroelectnc generation facilities State High- generally moderately deep and weathered from way 32 and the road to Butte Meadows and andesite, metavolcanic, and metasedimentary Jonesvllle gwe access to many pnvate roads in rock the area

Biological Environment Vegetation is pre- B. STANDARDSAND dominately the mured conifer type Fuel loads GUIDELINES vary from light to heavy Fires burn an average of only once every three years. While records Facilities show the occurrence of large fires in the past, in recent years none has exceeded 10 acres Almost 1 Evaluate the Butte Meadows fire station for 70 percent have been human caused Wildlife future administrative purposes species are typical of the mixed-conifer community, and include goshawks and black bears Big Lands Chico Creek supports a high-quality trout fishery and contributes high quality water to a reach 1. Assesstheneed topreserve biodiversitywhen downstream occupied hy anadromous fish. It selected isolated parcels are proposed for was listed on the USDI Nationwide Rivers In- land exchange. ventory of 1981 Sensitive Plants Management The area was the scene of early loggmg Small mills were located at various places, including the West Branch ofthe Feather 1. Inventory for possible populations of Constance’s rock cress (Arabzs constancez), River Lumber was flumed from an early mill at Stebbin’s monardella (Monardella stebbm- Chico Meadows down Big Chico Creek Canyon to the Central Valley Butte Meadows was an szz), and Feather River stonecrop (Sedum albomargznatum) on serpentine soils

~ ~ ~ Chapter 4-Management Direction 4-255 2. Inventory for closed-throated beardtongue E. DESIRED STATE (Penstemonpersonatus)in red fir and mixed FOR DIVERSITY conifer stands. Vegetation Acres C. PRESCRIPTION ALLOCATION Shrub Prescription Acres Chaparral 635 Montane Shrub 0 B Range-Wildlife 900 Sagebrush 0 D Developed Recreation 15 E Early Successional 100 Conifer Forest K Rocky/Sparse Timber 600 Eastside Pine 0 T Timber 410 Mixed Conifer 140 V View/Timber 3,000 Red Fir 0 Total 5,025 F. RANGEALLOTMENT STRATEGIES D. WILDLIJ?EHABI!I'AT ALLOCATIONS Allotment Strategy

Goshawk Territones 1 Bull Hill (100%) A Butte Meadows (50%) C Other Emphasis Species Black bear, rainbow trout

4-256 Chapter 4-Management Direction Chapter 4-Management Direction 4-257 P A. DESCRIPTION

Location The Jonesvllle Management Area is Facilities The area is crossed by the Humbug located in the south central portion of the Dis- and Humboldt County Roads. These were devel- tnct Several scattered inholdings occur along oped on early competing stage routes from the creeks and valley floors Sacramento Valley to mining communities in Nevada and Idaho. Remnants of the origmal Physical Environment The terrain is moun- Humboldt Grade are found near Humboldt Sum- tainous The highest elevation is Humboldt mit Jonesvllle, in the approximate center ofthe Peak at 7,087 feet The Pacific Crest Trail area, was one of the stage stops. The Pacific crosses the area in thevlcinity ofthe peak Butte Crest National Scenic Trail follows the eastern Creek and its tributanes dram most of the area. edge of this area Precipitation averages 75 inches a year. Soils are stony and moderately deep to deep. The Snow Mountam area has been glaciated and has B. STANDARDSAND large numbers of stones on the surface GUIDELINES Biological Environment The forest at higher elevations is composed of red fir, while a mixed Facilities conifer forest charactenzes themiddle andlower elevations Fuel loads vary from light to heavy. 1. Assess the Cold Springs location for a pro- Approximately one third of the area consists of posed administrative site. vast brushfields resulting from fires Several pine plantations have recently~beenestablished Fish in them In 1970, a 75-acre fire burned in this area, but since then no fire has exceeded ten 1. Evaluate fish habitat conditions and use in acres Fires average one per year, and all are the Butte Creek watershed. human-caused Goshawks are known to nest here Black-tailed deer summer in the meadows Recreation and brushy areas Butte Creek and other fish streams flow through the area 1. Interpret significant land management activities along the Pacific Crest National Sce- Management Timber has been harvested nic Trail for trail users throughout the eastern two-thirds ofthe area. It is part of the Soda Creek-North Butte, Butte 2. Manage the undeveloped camping area at . Meadows and Coon Hollow Range Allotments Cold Spnngs as dispersed campsites. Cherry Hill Campground is along Butte Creek, and the Jonesville summer home tract ISlocated 3. Analyze the developed recreation potential nearby. Some hiking, fishing, and camping oc- of newly acquired parcels along Colby Creek curs along Butte Creek and Scotts John Creek before engagmg in any activities that could Two gold mining clams are present near Colby adversely affect that potential Mountain.

Chapter 4-Management Direction 4-259 Sensitive Plants D. WILDLIFE HABITAT ALLOCATIONS 1. Inventory for possible occurrences of short- petalled campion (SzZene znuisa) and closed Goshawk Temtories 1 throated beard tongue (Penstemonpersona - tus) in red fir stands Other Emphasis Species. Deer (summer range), black bear, rainbow trout, spotted owls. Visual Resources

1. Meet a visual quality objective of Partial E. DESIREDSTATE Retention in the foreground of Pacific Crest Trail. FOR DIVERSITY Wildlife Vegetation Acres Shrub Maintain or enhance potential mllow fly- 1. Chaparral 9 catcher habitat Montane Shrub 25 Sagebrush 0

C. PRESCRIPTION AUOCATION Conifer Forest Eastside Pine 0 Prescription Acres Mixed Conifer 685 Red Fir 275 A Non-Timber Wildlife 900 B Range-Wildlife 1,860 D Developed Recreation 20 F. RANGEmLOTMENT E Early Successional 100 STRATEGIES F Riparian/Fish 900 K Rocky/Sparse Rmber 1,350 Allotment Strategy L Late Successional 330 T Timber 11,030 V Viewfl'imber 6,630 Butte Meadows (25%) C Coon Hollow (40%) C Total 23,120 Soda Creek-North Butte (45%) C

4-260 Chapter 4-Management Direction Chapter 4-Management Direction 4-26 1 Management Area 45 SODA RIDGE Scale

0 .5 1 2 3 4 5Milea 1/2" = 1 Mile -January 1992 Management Area 45 - SODA RIDGE

A. DESCRIPTION

Location The Soda Ridge Management Area is on the Forest The Humbug Wagon Road (c situated southwest ofHumbugValley The area's 18651, which connected Orovllle with mines in eastern boundary is the boundary between the Idaho and Nevada, passes through the area The Plumas and Lassen National Forests Three former settlement of Longville served as a way- contiguous sections of the northeast portion are station near the northern end of Humbug Valley privately owned, while the rest is National For- est land Management Due to roadless area management, timber harvesting has been limited to the Physical Environment The maJor terrain fea- northwest portion of the area The area was ture is the Soda Creek canyon, a steep-sided probablyfirstenteredbyprospectors in the 1850's gorge with rocky summits on both sides. Soda because of its proximity to the gold fields of the Creek originates at Green Island, Frog, and Feather River Major drainages such as Yellow Saucer Lakes and joins Yellow Creek at the Creek were routes for exploration. The area is Forest boundary. Elevations range from 5,000 to included in three range allotments Soda Creek- 5,440 feet at Castle Rocks Precipitation aver- North Butte, West Humbug, and Chips Creek. ages 65 inches a year Except for the productive Hikers and backpackers use trails through the and level Soda Ridge, the area is rocky and not area and, along with anglers, vlsit Soda Creek high site timberland Soils range from shallow to and Yellow Creek. deep and are almost always stony. Soils are weathering from andesite, metavolcanics, and Facilities Access is limited to the Humbug metasediments. Valley road along the eastern portion and to minor roads off of 27N04 north of the area Biological Environment The forest is pnma- Several creeks in the area have been the subject nlycomposedofredfir, with somemixedconifers of applications for small hydroelectric facilities. and lodgepole pine. Fuel loads vary from light to heavy. Fires average slightly over one per year, Special Areas Soda Ridge (1,295 acres) and and over 70 percent are from lightning. In recent GreenIsland Lake (1,210 acres) are recommended times, only two fires have burned more than ten asResearchNatura1Areas torepresent thewhite acres each. Soda Ridge contains three quality fir and bog vegetation types, respectively fisheries: Soda, Gnzzly, and Yellow Creeks. As a result of their remoteness and resulting low angler use, all support self-sustaining trout popu- B. STANDARDSAND lations A portion of Yellow Creek is a State- designated wld trout stream, the portion in GUIDELINES Humbug Valley receives heavy use. Habitat is available for spotted owl, goshawk, marten, and Fire and Fuels black bear In summer, part of the Buck's Moun- tain deer herd uses the area This area may 1 Use fire suppression stratepes and tactics contain the greatest concentration of Martis that least disturb the landscape and ground Complex (1500 BC -AD 500) archaeolopcal sites surface in the Soda Ridge and Green Island Lake candidate Research Natural Areas

Chapter 4-Management Direction 4-263 Fish C. PRESCRIPTION ALLOCATION

1 Cooperate mth Plumas National Forest and Prescnption Acres the California Department ofFish and Game regarding projects that could affect water- E Early Successional 100 shed values or access to Yellow Creek. F RipanadFish 100 K Rocky/Sparse nmber 200 2. Continue cooperation wth California De- L Late Successional 5,590 partment of Fish and Game to manage the N Semi-Pnmitive Non-Motorized 2,800 trophy and mld trout sections of Yellow S Special Areas 1,600 Creek. T Rmber 5,070

3 Develop a working relationship with adja- Total 15,460 cent landowners to protect and improve stream conditions in theyellow Creek drain-

age D. WILDLIFE~ HABITAT ALLOCATIONS Recreation Marten HMA 1 1 Mamtainemstingtrailsmmanagementarea Spotted owl 3 Continue to manage designated OHV route Goshawk Territories 2 on Soda Ridge and maintain access to the High Lakes Other Emphasis Species Back bear, rainbow trout Sensitive Plants

1. Monitor and protect populations of Constance’s rock cress (Arabs constancez), E. DESIRED STATE Feather River stonecrop (Sedum albomar- FOR DIVERSITY grnatum), and cut-leaved butterweed (Sene- cio eurycephalus uar lewrsroser). Inventory Vegetation Acres for populations of Stebbins’ monardella (Monardella stebbinsri) on serpentine Shrub Chaparral 0 2 Monitor and protect populations of Quincy Montane Shrub 130 Lupine (Lupinusdaleszae) and inventory for Sagebrush 0 additional populations on open, rocky areas Conifer Forest Visual Resources Eastside Pine 0 Mixed Conifer 550 1 Meet a visual quality objective of Preserva- Red Fir 360 tion or Retention in the foreground of Soda Creek F. RANGE ALLOTMENT STRATEGIES

Allotment Strategy

Chips Creek (40%) C Soda Creek-North Butte (25%) C West Humbug (50%) C

4-264 Chapter 4-Management Direction Chapter 4-Management Direction 4-265 Management Area I96 0 PHILBROOK c Scale 0 .5 1 2 3 4 5Miles 1/2" = 1 Mile January 1992 I k DESCRIPTION Management Timber management opportuni- Location The Philbrook Management Area is ties are wdespread, as about 70 percent of the located along the south-central Forest boundary area has not had any harvesting. The northern Several pnvate inholdings are scattered through- one-third ofthe area lies wthin the Coon Hollow out the area. and Murphy Hill Range Allotments The area was the scene of early gold mining activity. Carr Physical Environment The terrain is moun- Mine is the only currently active mine, but re- tainous Philbrook and Coon Hollow Creeks mains of several others, including the Sky High dram pronounced canyons, and the West Branch Mine, are evident. The community ofInskip west of the Feather River is the major stream Eleva- of the area was a commercial center during the tions range from 6,988 feet on Snow Mountain to late 1800’s. West Branch Campground and 4,800 feet at the south boundary The soils vary PG&Es Philbrook Campground are located near wdely Most are moderately deep to deep, stony, Philbrook Creek Hiking, fishing, and camping and denved from volcanics, but portions of the occur along the West Branch and around area have been glaciated and have shallow rocky Philbrook Lake soils Many rock outcrops emerge at the high elevations Precipitation averages 80 inches a Facilities Road access is limited to several year. routes along the major drainages. Philbrook and Snag Lakes are reservoirs developed to supply Biological Environment The forest is pnma- water for hydroelectnc generation. The West nly the mixed conifer type, but red fir dominates Branch and other creeks in the area are the the higher elevations The southern portion of subject of applications for small hydroelectric the area is high site timberland Fuel loads vary facilities wdely from light to extreme Except for a large fire in 1929, all fires in recent decades have been B. STANDARDSAND smaller than ten acres Fires average slightly GUIDELINES less than one per year and nearly 80 percent of them are human-caused The West Branch Feather River, Fish Creek, and Philbrook Creek Recreation are important fishenes. Philbrook Lake supports a catchable trout fishery and a small nest- 1 Continue to cooperate with Pacific Gas and ing population of Canada geese. Spotted owls Electric Company regarding recreation de- have been located here and, dunng summer, velopments deer use the areaheavily as a fawning area Past gold mining throughout the southern half of the 2. Manage the undeveloped camping areas at area left extensive ditch systems, tailings, and Snag Lake and Cuddleback as dispersed miningartifacts. Among the archaeoloscal sites campsites is a large prehistorical quarry where tools were fashioned from basalt, perhaps as early as 1500 Sensitive Plants BC. 1 Inventory for possible occurrences of Constance’s rock cress (Arubrs constancer),

Chapter 4-Management Direction 4-267 Stebbin’s monardella (Monardella stebbin- E. DESIRED STATE szz), cut-leaved butterweed (Senecio eu- FOR DIVERSITY rycephalus var. Lewzsrosez), and Feather River stonecrop (Sedum albomargznatum) Vegetation Acres on serpentine soils. Shrub 2 Monitor and protect closed throated beard Chaparral 0 tongue (Penstemonpersonatus) populations. Montane Shrub 65 Inventory other mixed conifer and red fir Sagebrush 0 areas for additional populations. Conifer Forest 3 Inventory for possible occurrences of short Eastside Pine 0 petalled campion (Szlene znvzsa) in red fir Mixed Conifer 470 areas Red Fir 290

C. PRESCRIPTION ALLOCATION F. ALLOTMENT STRATEGIES Prescription Acres

A Non Timber Wildlife 100 Allotment Strategy B Range-Wildlife 1,200 C D Developed Recreation 10 Coon Hollow (60%) C E Early Successional 100 Murphy Hill (10%) F Ripandish 1,050 K Rocky/Sparse T”er 290 L Late Successional 2,580 M Semi-Primitive Motonzed 200 T Timber 6,500 V View/Timber 5,720

Total 17,750

D. WILDLIFE HABITAT ALLOCATIONS

Spotted Owl Habitat Areas 1 Goshawk Terntones 3

Other Emphasis Species: Deer (summer range), black bear, rainbow trout

4-268 Chapter 4-Management Direction Chapter 4-Management Direction 4-269 A TManagement Area %I/ MT. HOPE Scale

0 .5 1 2 3 4 5Miles 1/2" = 1 Mile -January 1992 I Management Area 47 - Mt. HOPE

A. DESCRIPTION

Location The Mt Hope Management Area is A loggmg camp was located at Ramsey Bar on the southernmost area on the Forest It includes Gmshew Creek in the south, and operations Chips Creek and other tnbutanes to the North reached approximately the southern area bound- Fork Feather River. The area’s eastern boundary about 1910. The area is part of the Murphy ary is the boundary between the Plumas and Hi11 and Chips Creek Range Allotments The Lassen National Forests About seven sections Pacific Crest National ScenicTrail follows Chips of land in the west half of the area are pnvately Creek through the area The High Lakes area is owned a popular camping and OHV spot, and hikers and backpackers use several of the trails Physical Environment The terrain is typical Sierra Nevada high country. Elevations range Facilities Access is provided by several rough from 4,500 feet to 6,862 feet at Spring Valley jeep trails reached over a private road from the Mountain. Precipitation averages 70 inches per west. Several creeks in the area have been the year The soils scattered among the hare granite subject of applications for small hydroelectnc outcrops are rocky and sandy generation facilities

Biological Environment Vegetation includes extensive brushfields and mixed conifer forests, B. STANDARDSAND with red fir on the ndge tops and lodgepole pine GUIDELINES on the moist sites. Fuel loads range from light to heavy A large fire in 1945 origmating on private Fish land burned into the area Since then, no fire has burned more than ten acres Fires burn about once every two years, and half of them are hu- 1 Continue cooperation with the California Department of Fish and Game (DFG) in man-caused. The many small lakes support a fishenes planting and management significant recreational fishery, as does Chips Creek in its lower reaches In summer, the Buck’s Mountain deer herd uses the area Some Fire and Fuels uncommon species that would be expected here are marten, red fox, and possibly wolvenne 1. Use fire management techniques and strat- Spotted owls and goshawks are also present eaes that least alter the landscape and land surface in the Chips Creek and High Lakes Management This was the scene of early min- Basins ing activlty The Lott and Morris mines were active prospects around 1900,but no major de- Lands velopments resulted This prospecting was an extension of the activities in the Feather River 1 Investigate jurisdictional exchange with the Canyon to the east Although some loggmg did Plumas National Forest for areas that can be take place dunng the early 19OO’s, major timber better accessed from the Lassen National harvests were never a part of the area’s history Forest

Chapter 4-Management Direction 4-271 Minerals C. PRESCRIPTION ALLOCATION

1 In the High Lakes area, insure that pros- Prescnption Acres pecting and mining operation plans involve full reclamation of sites upon completion, B Range-Wildlife 400 and that all facilities and operations are E Early Successional 100 consistent with prescnptions for semi-pnmi- F RipanadFish 100 tive areas, protect wildlife values, and mam- K Rocky/Sparse "her 1,010 tain existing water quality in the surround- L Late Successional 2,280 ing lakes and streams M Semi-Prinntive Motonzed 4,600 N Semi-Pnnntive Non-Motorized 13,900 Recreation T nmber 600 V ViewrTimber 300 1 Prepare a comprehensive recreation plan to manage use in the High Lakes and Chips Total 23,290 Creek Basin areas, and provide sanitation facilities as needed D. WILDLIFE HABITAT 2. In the areas southwest from Long Lake and ALLOCATIONS south from Bear Lake, allow motonzed use only on existingjeep trails Spotted Owl Habitat Areas 1 Goshawk Territories 2 Sensitive Plants Other Emphasis Species Deer (summer range), Inventory for possible occurrences of red fox, marten, rainbow trout Constance's rock cress (Arabas constances), Stebbin's monardella (Monardella stebbin- sis), cut-leaved butterweed (Senecio eu- E. DESIRED STATE rycephalus uar Lewisrosei) and Feather River stonecrop (Sedum albomargcnatum) FOR DIVERSITY on serpentine soils Vegetation Acres Inventory for short-petalled campion (Sslene inucsa) and closed-throated beardtongue Shrub (Penstemonpersonatus) in red fir and mixed Chaparral 0 conifer stands. Montane Shrub 200 Sagebrush 0

Soils Conifer Forest Eastside Pine 0 1 Monitor and take necessary actions to pre- Mixed Conifer 260 vent damage to meadows and soils in the Red hr 575 High Lakes area.

F. RANGEALLOTMENT STRATEGIES

Allotment Strategy

Chips Creek (60%) C Murphy Hill (90%) C

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MANAGEMENT AREA 48 - ISH1

A. DESCRIPTION

Location The Ishi Management Area is the Ish sumvor of the Yahi Yana tnbe, who emerged Wilderness It is located along the southwest from isolation near Orovllle in 1911. boundary of the Almanor Ranger Distnct It contins the middle reaches of Mill Creek and Management The area was the scene of exten- Deer Creek The wlderness is almost solidly sive hvestock operations by many ranchers. A National Forest land portion of the Brushy Mountain Wild Horse Ter- ntory is also wthin the area The area is part of Physical Environment The highest elevation two range allotments Tehama and Cone-Ward is 4,488feet atBarkley Mountain, and thelowest South Hikers, backpackers, and fishermen en- is about 900 feet, the lowest point on the Forest joy streams and trails in the area, particularly at the Forest boundary near Moak Cove. The along Deer Creek and along Mill Creek below majorten-ainfeatures are theruggedDeer Creek Black Rock. and Mi11 Creek Canyons Precipitation averages 30 inches a year A shallow soil overlies volcanic At the southwestern tip of Ish Wilderness are rock, which often shows as prominent bluffs and about 200 acres of BLM land included in the chffs. wlderness. Through a memorandum of under- standmg with BLM, the Lassen National Forest Biological Environment This is typical front manages ths area country mth mixed conifer forest on the ndge tops, and oaks, chaparral, and grasslands at Facilities A new trail system is located across lower elevations Ripanan areas along Deer and the ten-am between Mil1 and Deer Creeks Ac- Mill Creeks have scattered stands of ponderosa cess is by to two trail networks, one on each main pines and Douglas-firs Fuel loads are light and creek The main trailheads are at Black Rock consist mostly offine materials Most ofthe area and Deer Creek at Ponderosa Way. Access is also has burned at least once in the last 60 years, and available along Ponderosa Way and the Peh- many large fires histoncally occurred. More green Jeep Trail along the east and north bound- recently, the Iron fire burned 500 acres in 1980, aries of the wlderness respectively Deer Creek and the 131,000 acre Campbell fire burned 80 has been the subject of applications for small percent of the area in 1990 Average fire occur- hydroelectnc facilities. rence is about three fires every two years. Eighty percent are lightning-caused. Golden eagles, Wild and Scenic The area contains the lower praine falcons, peregrine falcons, and other rap- segments of the proposed Deer Creek and Mill tors are present Steelhead and spring-run Creek Wild and Scenic Rivers chinook salmon also occur as remnant runs in Deer and Mill Creeks. Other wldllfe present are Special Areas The wlderness contains the species associated mth oak, grassland, chapar- 660-acre GrahamPinery recommended Research ral, and ripanan habitats. Native Amencans Natural Area, representingthe Pacific ponderosa relied on acorns, and resident and anadromous pine vegetation type. The RNA was burned over fish for subsistence The area 1s named for Ish, in the 1990 Campbell Fire its last Native American inhabitant and last

Chapter 4-Management Direction 4-275 B. STANDARDSAND C. PRESCRIPTION ALLOCATION GUIDELINES Prescnption Acres Cultural Resources W Wilderness 41,100 1 Protect, stabilize, recover, and interpret values of archaeologcal sites Total 41,100 Fire and Fuels D. WILDLIFE HABITAT 1 Develop and implement a mlderness pre- ALLOCATIONS scribed burn plan Peregnne Falcon Territones 2 2 Allow fire to resume its natural role in the wilderness ecosystem except where it may Other Emphasis Species: Deer (wmter range), endanger public safety or pnvate lands gray squirrel, chinook salmon, steelhead trout Lands

1 Pursue acqulsition of inholdings within the E. DESIRED STATE Ishi Wilderness boundanes FOR DIVERSITY

Range Vegetation Acres

1 Monitor and adjust grazing practices in ac- Shrub cordance mth range conhtions and the Ishi Chaparral 0 Wilderness Implementation Plan (1989 and Montane Shrub 200 to be supplemented) Sagebrush 0

Recreation Conifer Forest Eastside Pine 0 1 Improve access for persons-with-disabilities Mixed Conifer 260 by constructing horse-mounting ramps at Red Fir 0 trailheads

Sensitive Plants F. RANGEALLOTMENT STRATEGIES 1 Inventory for possible occurrences of Butte County fntillary (Frctallarca eastwoodzae) in Allotment Strategy foothill woodlands Cone-Ward South (100%) C Wilderness Tehama (30%) C 1 Comply with the drection in the Ishi Wilder- ness Implementation Plan

4-276 Chapter 4-Management Direction Rlonit~ringand Eva uation

Lake water sampling in the Caribou Wilderness CHAPTER 5 - MONITORING AND EVALUATION

A. PURPOSE coeffimnts are queshonable. Figure 5-1 shows the three levels of momtoring. Monitonng and evaluation is required by the National Forest Management Act of 1976 and C. THE EVALUATION the implementing regulations found ln 36 CFR PROCESS 219 12(k). The purpose of monitonng is to measure and evaluate the effectiveness of Forest The evaluation process is described in the Land Plan implementation. Monitonng prondes quan- and Resource Management Planmng Handbook titative and qualitative information on imple- (FSH 1909 12, Chapter6) Monitoringandevalu- mentation progress and results. It is a means to ation are separate, sequential tasks. Monitonng determlne how well Plan objectives are being is designed to observe and record the results of met and the appropnateness of Forest Stan- implementing the Forest Plan Evaluation looks dards and Guldelines. Monitonng may lead to at those results, detemnes how well they meet changes in management practices, or provlde a Forest Plan direction, and identifies measures to basis for minor adjustments, amendment or pos- keep the Plan current. sible revision of the Plan. Evaluation techniques include, but are not hm- B. THE MONITORING ited to general management reviews, program PROCESS renews, actinty renews, field assistance trips by other resource specialists, and interdiscipli- Monitonng is intended to help keep the Forest nary team renew of monitoring results. Plan responsive to changes Monitonng and evaluation have a distinctly different purpose Implementation monitoring involves a periodic and scope. Monitonng consists of observations comparison between the end results that are and gathenngdata orinformation Duringevalu- realized and those projected in a project plan. ation, the data and information are analyzed and Costs, outputs, and environmental effects are interpreted Thsanalysis determines ifplanned compared in order to judge the overall progress conditions or results are being attained and are of Plan implementation and the achievement of lvlthm the intent of the Plan, and if not, why the desired future condition An annual monitonng report lvlll be prepared summanzing the There are three levels of monitoring. implemen- results of the previous year’s monitonng efforts tation monitonng; effectiveness monitoring, and validation monitonng Implementatron moni- Follolvlng implementation monitoring, evalua- tonng determnes whether practices and actin- tion ofmomtonngdata will occur. An interdisci- ties are implemented as designed and in comph- plinary team will analyze and evaluate the re- ance lvlth Forest Plan objectwes and Standards and sults of the monitonng program, and recom- Guidehes. Efectiueness monitonng determines mend to the Forest Supemsor any need for if plans, prescriptions, projects, and actin- further action or adjustment Their recommen- ties are effective in meeting management direc- dations can include: tion, objectives, and the Standards and Guide- lines. This level of monitonng is conducted by 1 Continue with the practice or activity. No resource specialists based on resource values change is necessary Monitoring indicates that and risks, and public issues. Validation monrtor- goals, objectives, and Standards and Guldelines ing deternnnes whether the initial data, as- are achieved. sumptions, and coefficients used in the development ofthe Plan are correct, or ifthere is a better 2. Refer a problem to the appropnate Forest way to meet Plan objectives Validation monitor- officer for corrective action to improve the ing is conducted when the results from effective- application of a Standard or Guideline, or man- ness monitonng indicate basic assumptions or agement prescription

Chapter 5-Monitoring and Evaluation Figure 6-1 Evaluation of Forest Plan Monitoring Results

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5-2 Chapter 5-Monitoring and Evaluation 3. Modify the management practice through 8 Determine if lands are adequately restocked Forest Plan amendments 9 Determine, at least every ten years, if lands 4. Modify land allocations through Forest Plan identified as unsuitable for timber production amendments. have become stntable

5. Rense output schedules. 10 Determine whether maximum size limits for harvest areas should be continued 6. Rense unit output costs 11 Insure that destructive insects and disease 7 Revise the Forest Plan organisms do not increase to potentially damag- ing levels followlng management activities. D. THE MONITORING PLAN The Forest Supemsor, Staff Directors, and Dis- Table 5-2 shows the detailed monitonng require- trict Rangers and their staffs wlll monitor the ments for the Forest Plan For each resource actinties and effects listed in Table 5-2 The parameter or management practice to be moni- District Rangers will prepare a monitoring pro- tored, the monitoring objective, the source of gram annually, as part ofthe total Forest annual management policy or law requinngmonitonng, program of work. This monitoring program wlll one or more measurement techniquesldata specify the amount and location of monitoring to sources, and the expected precision and reliabil- be accomplished, even the actinties in the pro- ity are specified Also specified are the minimum gram of work and gwen the funds available for frequency of measurement, the standard to com- monitonng It will identify specific projects, pare against, the allowed vanation from the locations, sampling intensities, person days re- standard that will requre no further action, and quired, and costs. the responsible staff director Finally, the annual cost is estimated for monitonng each item Appendix A identifies new or modified plans needed to implement the Forest Plan. Some of As a minimum, NFMA requres the following be theseplans,oncedeveloped,mayresultinchanges covered in a monitonng plan as directed in 36 to the monitonng program specified in Table 5-2. CFR 219. E. EXPECTED PRECISION 1 Compare planned versus apphed Manage- AND RELIABILITY ment Standards and Guidehnes to determine if objectives are achieved. Precision is the accuracy with which data are collected, reliability is the degree to which the 2 Quantitatively compare planned versus ac- monitoring reflects the actual Forest condition tual outputs and semces. Both expected precision and reliability of the monitoring program are qualitatively rated as 3 Measure effects of prescnptions, including high, moderate, or low in Table 5-2 as defined in significant changes in land productinty. Table 5-1 Key productinty targets, such as timber volumes and grazing animal numbers, 4. Determne planned cost versus actual costs can be accurately measured and wdl reflect ac- associated with carrymg out prescriptions. tual conditions. Monitoring of some environmental conditions, such as range condition and 5. Determine population trends of the Manage- trend, will entail less precision and reliability ment Indicator Species and relationship to habi- because of the enwronmental complexlty. The tat changes accuracy limits for precision and reliability are defined as follows: 6. Evaluate effects of National Forest management on adjacent land, resources, and communi- For each item monitored, Table 5-2 gives one of ties. these ratings for precision and one for reliability The precisiodreliability of portions of the moni- 7 Identify research needs to support or improve toring program will be sufficient to achieve the National Forest management purposes of the monitonng and evaluation plan.

Chapter 5-Monitoring and Evaluation 5-3 concerns into a future vision of the Forest It Table 6-1 charts a path for getting there by developing management goals and objectives, and translat- Expected Precision and ing them into management direction in the form Reliability of Standards and Guidelines. National Forest ~ planning is a dynamic process. Forest Plans can Expected Accuracv Limits and should bemodifiedifconditions warrant. As Precisionl management goals are applied on the ground or Rehabilitv as new information is learned about resources, the Plan’s goals and objectives may no longer be appropnate In these instances, activities may High Allows 10% vanation be tailored to fit the resource conditions, or plan- from actual values ning objectives as stated in the Plan may be amended Moderate Allows 33%vanation from actual values NFMA requires that the Forest Plan be evaluated every five years to see ifit is still applicable. Low Allows 50%variation Site specific planning and annual momtonng from actual values reports document shifts from Plan direction due to corrections in the database, new information, F. MONITORING COSTS changes in land allocations or envlronmental conditions, or adjustments in outputs because of The costs shown are estimates of actual annual funding or the workforce Depending upon the monitoring costs for each item Each cost esti- extent of the changes, a minor amendment or a mate includes current costs plus any expected significant revlsion of the Forest Plan may be additional costs needed to meet new Forest Plan needed direction. The Forest Supervisor may amend the Plan, and Monitonng costs can be part of a project or will deternnne whether the amendment is sig- independent ofprojects For example, in a tim- nificant or not. Sigmficant amendments and ber sale, the need for monitonng outputs, activi- revlsions are signed by the Reaonal Forester ties, and compliance mth standards is tnggered after appropnate public notification and satis- by the project, and monitoring funds are in- factory completion of NEPA procedures. The cluded as part of the project’s funding For some same process required for the development and other activities or resources, such as air quality, approval ofthe Forest Plan wll be followed when monitoring is an activity for which separate a significant amendment is proposed Insignifi- funding is needed cant amendments maybe approved by the Forest Supemsor after public involvement and NEPA Monitonng costs can be funded by one or more documentation. management functions In most cases, such as monitoring reforestation or bald eagle habitat, The Forest Plan will ordinanly be revlsed on a the entire monitoring cost is paid out of one 10-year cycle, or at least every 15 years, per function’s dollars in the Forest budget In other direction foundin 36 CFR219 lO(g) However, it cases, such as monitoring compliance with Best may be revlsed whenever the Forest Supervisor Management Practices, the monitoring cost is determines that conditions or demands in the shared by the involved functions, such as timber area covered by the Plan have changed signifi- management, watershed management and ens- neenng cantly or when changes in RPA policies, goals, or objectives have a significant effect on Forest level programs In the monitonng and evalua- G. THE AMENDMENT AND tion process, the interdisciplinary team may also REVISION PROCESS recommend a revision of the Plan at any time Figure 5-2 outlines the amendment process and The Forest Plan incorporates legal mandates, the dynamic nature of forest plans professional judgment, and the public’s stated

5-4 Chapter 5-Monitoring and Evaluatwn Figure 5-2

Amendment Process and Dynamic Nature of the Plan

re Plan amend

project or

Chapter 5-Monitoring and Evaluation 5-5 TABLE 5-2: GENERAL Is* MONITORING PLAN BY A Implement- 9. Project Planning C Economic and Social RESOURCE ation Cost and Implementation Effects

Compare actual (1) Assess compliance of (1) Compare actual against against projected environmental documents with projected changes in tounsm costs of NEPA requirements and Forest trends, and service sector and implementing the Plan direction timber industry employment Objective Plan (2) Assess compliance of (2) Encourage and implement project implementation with programs that increase economic environmental documents diversity and employment in the local area, where such opportunities do not conflict with Forest Plan direction NFMA NEPA State and County Records, Source Employment Office, Forest Records (RRIS) Record projected (1) Line Officer EA review and (I) Review records of actual costs versus actual approval process employment and compare with costs from forest (2) ID Team field review of projected levels Techniques/data accounts projects dunnglafter (2) Cooperate with individuals sources completion and groups for compatible Forest uses, such as Eagle Lake Children's Camp for special needs children Precision/reliability HighRligh HighiModerate Moderatenow Annually One timber sale per Distnct and Evaluate trends every five years one other project Forest-wide Encourage and implement Minimum monitoring each year programs to strengthen and frequency diversify local economies as opportunities arise

Annual expenditures Conformance with Socio-economic overview of the matching annual (I) NEPA Regulations, Forest Lassen National Forest, 1982 budget for each Standards and Guidelines, Recreation Resource Information Standard of budget element Prescriptions, and System (RRIS) data comparison Management Area Standards and Guidelines (2) Project environmental document

Plus or minus 10% None Any non-compliance More than 15% increase in timber will be cause to review project industry unemployment from Variation from administration, validity of projected level More than 25% standard Forest Plan direction andlor EA reduction in projected payments and to determine if corrective to counties action is necessaIy

Resoonsible staff Administration Planning Planning Annual cost $1,000 $5,000 $300 ($1.500 every five years)

5-6 Chapter 5-Monitoring and Evaluation GENERAL 1. AIR QUALITY isi+

D. Incomplete and Unavailable A. Condition of Air Quality Information Related Values in Class I Areas (Caribou and Thousand Lakes Wildernesses) (I) Review scientific literature for evolving Establish background data and trend\ definition of old growth umber stands. for in air quality new or improved vegetative diversity guidelines, and for habitat needed to maintain viable populations of dependent plant and animal species (2) Monitor group selection harvesting for cost and resources needed to implement that method Measure success in reestablishing desired species and growth rates Scientific literature, Regional guidelines, Clean Air Act Forest records

(1) Review literature and guidelines, Ambient air sampling as described in incorporate new information into Forest the Regional Air Quality Plan Plan (2) Compile Forest and Regional data for review and possible changes to Forest Plan

ModerateNoderate ModerateNoderate Annually, or as significant new information To be developed by a Regional Air becomes available Quality Monitoring Team

Conformance with Regional direction, Forest Prevention of significant Standards and Guidelines Adherence to deterioration (PSD) of existing air project environmental documents quality

None Any significant new information will PSD increments for particulate matter be incorporated into the Forest Plan, and and sulfur dioxide as specified in the corrective measures will be taken to amend Clean Air Act for Class I areas the Plan and change management activities

Resources and Timber Resources and Fire $1,000 (More if changes are significant) $10.000

Chapter 5-Monitoring and Evaluation 5-7 TABLE 5-2: 2. BIOMASS MONITORING PLAN BY B. Compliance with A. Biomass RESOURCE Local Air Quality Regulations

Assure that Forest Service Monitor and evaluate effects of activities that could create air biomass program on wildlife. pollution (road construction, soils and other resource values use. development under special Objective use permit. mining, and prescribed burning) comply with all regulations and permit requirements of local air quality regulatory agencies

Clean Air Act. Forest Standards and Gludelines Source I Review project environmental Review records of biomass and documents, prescribed bum firewood sold Compare with plans, and field inspections monitonng results of wildlife Techniquesldata and soil resources where sources potential conflict exists

Precision/reliability Moderatemoderate Moderatemoderate Annually on 20% of prescribed Field review of one project per bum projects. one timber sale Ranger Distnct per year Minimum monitoring per District, and one other frequency project Forest-wide

Conformance with project Adherence to project environmental documents and environmental documents requirements of local air Attainment of soil and wildlife Standard of quality regulatory agencies Objectives for leaving biomass comparison and woody debris Avoidance of excessive soil compaction

None No vanation from air None Meet obiectives of

Variation from standard

Resoonsible staff Resources Resources Annual cost $1,000 $10,000

5-8 Chapter 5-Monitonng and Evaluation 3. CULTURAL RESOURCES Ill*

A. Management of Cultural Resources 8. Inventory and Evaluation of Cultural Resources

Ensure that cultural resources are protected during Forest Assess the adequacy of the Forest I management activities, and that Forest actions do not cultural resource inventory and restnct traditional Native American religious practices determine if cultural resource inventories and evaluations will be completed by the first decade Assess if 20% of all cultural properties will be evaluated for eligibility to the National Register of Historic Places by the first decade

NFMA, National Histonc Preservation Act, Amencan NFMA, Regulations in 36 CFR Indian Religious Freedom Act, Regulations in 36 CFR 219 12 (k)2 and 36 CFR 60 0 219 24, Forest Standards and Guidelines Review cultural resource inventones and condition of Compare results of cultural resource cultural resources following the completion of projects inventories to locational models Prescnbe measures for protection of cultural resources in Review cultural resource the implementation plans for this Forest Plan accomplishment report

Moderatehfoderate HigWigh Field review of at least one project per Ranger Distnct Annually per year, where cultural resources are an issue

Maintenance of the condition of cultural resources as Strong correlation between cultural prescribed in FSM 2361 resources locational models and results of cultural resource inventories Inventory rate is at least 5% of Forest per year Eligibility for inclusion in the National Register of Histonc Places is determined for approximately 2% of cultural properties on the Forest per year None that results in an effect (36 CFR 800 3) to cultural Approximate correspondence between properties on or eligible for the National Register of cultural resource inventories and Historic Places, other than those allowable effects locational models Inventory and specified in Memoranda of Agreements with the State evaluations are within 25% of target Historical Preservation Officer and the Advisory Council on Histoncal Preservation

Resources Resources I $3,000 $1.000

~ ~ Chapter 5-Monitoring and Evaluation 5-9 TABLE 5-2: 3. CULTUTAL RESOURCES MONITORING PLAN BY C. Effect of Forest Vlsltors and D. lnterpretatlon of RESOURCE Natural Factors Cultural Resources on Cultural Resources

Determine the effects of Forest visitors and Determine the effectiveness of natural factors on cultural resources in the efforts to promote public forms of looting, vandalism, collection, education and enjoyment of erosion, and decay cultural resources Objective

National Histonc Preservatlon Act, Forest National Histonc Preselvation Source Standards and Guidelines Act, Forest Standards and Guidelines Field review of the condition of cultural Review facilities and resources information sources that interpret cultural resources to Techniqueddata the public and that provide sources information to the scientific community

Precisionlreliability ModerateIModerate Moderate/Moderate Review the condition of all cultural Field review two sites annually properties on or eligible for the National Minimum monitoring Register of Histonc Places once every five frequency years, annually review those vulnerable to significant damage Immediately review cultural properties reportedly disturbed Maintain condition of cultural resources as Adequate interpretation of prescribed in FSM 2361 cultural history and availability of cultural resource information Standard of of scientific interest, as comparison descnbed in FSM 2361

None for properties on or eligible for the None Adequate lnterpretatlon National Register of the cultural history of an area Variation from Release information of standard significant scientific interest within three years after acquisition

Responsible staff Resources Resources Annual cost $10,000 $1,000

5- 10 Chapter 5-Monitoring and Evaluation

____ 5. FIRE AND FUELS isu)

A. Trails B. Trail C. Road A. Wildland Fire Maintenance Maintenance Suppression Tactics and Strategies

Determine if Forest Determine Determine appropriate To assure that fire suppression Plan Objectives for the appropnate trail road maintenance levels actions are consistent with trail system are being maintenance levels for resource management Forest Plan Standards and achieved for resource needs Guidelines management needs

Forest Standards and Forest Standards and Forest Standards and Forest Service Manual Guidelines Guidelines Guidelines

~ Tabulation of mileages Field review of trail Field review of traffic, Field review of escaped fire of trails constructed, conditions and traffic road bed condition, and situations, including the reconstructed, and on 5% of trail system maintenance practice on situation analysis, the maintained, from final each year 2% of the inventoried operational shift plan, and the construction, road system each year actual results reconstruction, and Traffic counters will be maintenance reports used where maintenance levels appear too high Hieh/Hieh Moderatemoderate ModeratelModerate ModeratelModerate IAssess every five Annually Annually Annually for all fires over 300 years acres and 5% of all fires under 300 acres

Meet Forest Plan Maintenance levels Maintenance levels Conformance with Fire objectives by decade commensurate with commensurate with Management Action Plan for trail mileage user needs management needs

Plus or minus 25% by Less than 10% of Minor discrepancy None Any variability will be end of decade inventoried trails between maintenance cause to review validity of the below established levels and management Fire Management Action Plan trail maintenance needs, as revealed by and Standards and Guidelines levels roadway damage or to determine if corrective traffic counts action is necessary

Resources Resources Engineering Fire $500 $2,000 $20,000 525,000

Chapter 5-Monitoring and Evaluatron 5-11 TABLE 5-2: 5. FIRE AND FUELS 6. FIREWOOD iiiib MONITORING PLAN BY E. Burned Acreages by C. Fuel A. Firewood RESOURCE Fire Intensity Class Treatment and supply Prescribed Flre

Compare the actual and predicted Review prescnbed Determine if the extent of wildfire acres bums and fuel Forest is making treatments to available an adequate determine if project supply of firewood Objective objectives and Forest for personal use to Plan Standards and meet the demand Guidelines were met

Forest Standards and Guidelines, Forest Service Forest Standards and Source National Fire Management Manual Guidelines Analysis System (NFMAS) Review fire repons and compare Review prescnbed Maintain records of actual to predicted wildfire bum and annual fuel both personal use acreages for each Management treatment plans, and and commercial use Techniquesldata Area perform field permits Conduct sources inspections to venfy surveys to determine implementation amount of firewood available

Precisionlreliability High/High Moderatemoderate LowiModerate Annually Annually review 10% Annually of projects completed Minimum monitoring on each District frequency

Conformance with Fire Conformance with Availability of at Management Action Plan ObJeCtiveS stated in least the average the prescribed bum annual amount of Standard of and fuel treatment firewood taken from comparison plan the Forest dunng the previous five years

Plus or minus 20% over a five 20% vanation None year penod between actual and between actual and Variation from predicted burned acres planned effects standard

Responsible staff Fire Fire Timber

Annual cost $ I.000 $8,000 $1,000

5-12 Chapter 5-Monitoring and Evaluation 6. FIREWOOD 7. FISH 8. FOREST HEALTH

8. Snagsand A. Anadromous and A. Forest Pest Conditions A Land Down Logs Resident Fish Occupancy Authorization

Determine if Determine habitat status Detect and evaluate pest-related Determine if adequate snags and and trend in relation to problems and damage through the documents fallen ("dead and management activities for Forest pest detection reponing authorizing land down") logs are resident and anadramous process use occupancy and available for fish use are Consistent wildlife in areas of with Forest Plan heavy firewood cutting

Forest Standards ani Forest Standards and NFMA Forest Standards Guidelines Guidelines, Management and Guidelines. Area Direction Conduct field Population surveys in Timber stand or area-wide Review authonzing surveys to conjunction with examination by ground and aerial instruments determine number California Department of surveys in conjunction with pest of snags and down Fish and Game, direct detection reports logs per acre in counting of anadromous firewood source fish, and habitat surveys areas

Moderatemoderate Moderatemoderate Moderatemoderate Higb/High

~ One firewood area Annually for a defined Annually Review all per Ranger District sample of habitats authorizing per year instruments within 3 years of Forest Plan implementation Conformance with Maintenance of viable Maintenance of pest damage at FSM 2700, Forest Objectives stated in population levels and acceptable levels Standards and Forest Standards ani non-declining habitat Guidelines, and Guidelines status Management Area Direction

None No reduction in stream Pest damage levels not inhibiting None after 3 years shading No negative the Forest's ability to meet timber trend in pool to riffle production Objectives, and not ratios or residual pool increasing to dangerous levels volumes No temperature following management activities variation

Resources Resources Timber Lands $1,000 $10.000 $1,000 $3,000

Chapter 5-Monitoring and Evaluation 5-13 TABLE 5-2: 3. LANDS 10. MINERALS MONITORING PLAN BY B. Land Adjustments A. Plansof RESOURCE Operation

Ensure land adjustments are Operating plans are consistent with the Forest consistent with the Forest Land Adjustment Plan Plan

Objective

Forest Standards and Forest Standards and Source Guidelines, Management Guidelines Area Direction Review proposed land Review plans of operation adjustments

Techniquesldata sources

Precisionheliability Highmigh Highmigh Annually Annually and thereafter as amendments to operating Minimum monitoring plans are made frequency

FSM 5400, Forest Standards Forest Standards and and Guidelines, Land Guidelines. Management Adjustment Plan Area Direction, FSM 2810, 36 CFR 228, subpart A Standard of comparison

None None

Variation from standard

Responsible staff Lands Lands Annual cost $500 $1,000

5-14 Chapter 5-Monitoring and Evaluation all* 1”- RANGE A. Range Utilization Studies B. Rangeland Condition and Trend

Review Ranger District programs to determine appropriate Determine if all rangeland5 are maintaining livestock grazing levels to maintain proper vegetative productivity, are in \ati\factory or better conditions condition, and have a static or improving trend in range condition (Thi\ monitoring is in addition to Di\trict range program I monitoring of conditon and trend on allotments )

Forest Standards and Guidelines Forest Standards and Guideline\

Monitor Ranger District progress in (1) Document range condition, based on (1) Conducting utilization studies dunng and after the grazing review of Ranger District condition and season trend surveys that apply current, approved (2) Establishing utilization plots to evaluate forage production range analysis methods (3) Reviewing grazing reports to determine total animal months (2) Review range condition as\e\\ment\ in produced Distnct environmental analyse\ of (4) Establishing and maintaining range condition and trend projects that manipulate vegetation monitoring programs Moderatehloderate Highhloderate Review two Allotment Management Plans per Ranger District Evaluate utilitzation on each transect every per year five years

Utilization. and range condition and trend meeting standards Non-declining productivity. condition. and given in the Forest Service Handbook, Forest Standards and trend as described in FSH 2209 11 Guidelines, and range allotment strategies meeting Management Area Direction, and allotment management plans

None No measurable decline in range condition or any analysis that indicates declining trend

Resources Resource? $2.000 $2,000

Chapter 5-Monitoring and Evaluation 5- 15 TABLE 5-2: 11. RANGE 12. RECREATION 1111) MONITORING PLAN BY C. Updating of A. Developed E. ROS Classes RESOURCE Allotment Recreation Management Plans Sites

Determine if allotment Determine condition Determine management planning of recreational conformance with ROS meets the time frames facilities and need for class Objectives identified in the LRMP an< repair or replace- Objective meets the standards for ment AMP development in Regional direction

Region 5 Allotment Forest Standards and Forest Standards and Source Planning Handbook Guidelines Guidelines

Review Ranger District Sampling and Review projects, progress in developing inventory of plans, and EA'S for allotment management recreation facilities ROS class Techniquesldata plans condition and need conformance Review sources for repair or physical, social, and replacement managerial setting of ROS classes

Precisionlreliability ModerateIModerate Highmigh ModerateIModera'e Monitor progress in Annually for 20% One project per Ranger updating six AMP's of sites District per year Minimum monitoring annually for 15 years frequency

Standards in the Forest Maintenance of Physical, social, and Service Handbook and facilities in new managenal setting Forest Standards and condition guidelines for ROS Standard of Guidelines classes comparison

As a minimum. meet the Less than 20% At least 90% of the schedule developed for deterioration area meets the Variation from AMPs compared to the new allocated ROS class standard condition oblectives

Responsible staff Resources Resources Resources Annual cost $2,000 $8,000 3 I.000

5-16 Chapter 5-Monitoring and Evaluation 12. RECREATION 3. SENSITIVE PLANTS

C. Recreation D. Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) A. Sensitive Plant Populations Use Effects

Determine actual use Determine effects of OHVs on critical soil. Ensure habitat maintenance or improvement for as compared with vegetation, cultural, wildlife, and vlsual Sensitive plants to avoid Federal listing as projected use resources Determine level of conflict Threatened nr Endangered species Improve accuracy between OHV users and other recreationists of use reporting Update OHV plans

Forest Standards and NFMA, Forest Standards and Guidelines Forest Standards and Guidelines Guidelines

Recreation use Field review of OHV use areas and review of Gather ecological and biological data and document sampling and resource surveys, visitor reports, and Forest populations and habitat trends from field surveys analysis, RRIS data personnel observations via photo points or quadrant sampling, as described in Sensitive species management guides Conduct field surveys for environmental analyses of proposed projects dnnng the season when Sensitive plants can be accurately identified

Moderatemoderate Lowmoderate Moderatemoderate Annually for use areas where conflicts are Annually on a project-by-project basis Annually reported, ongoing sampling of other use areas

RRIS sampling Previous condition of areas used by OHV's, Maintenance of species viability as defined in FSM results, pnor year FSM 2355 2670, Forest Standards and Guidelines. and use, and use approved Sensitive species management guides projections

10% deviation from No more than ten reported user conflicts or Any decrease in population vigor, abundance, and pnor year use injunes per season of use in major OHV distribution that does not affect long-term viability projections areas Forest Standards and Guidelines not of the species or increase the potential for formal met for soil, vegetation, cultural resources, Federal listing under the Endangered Species Act wildlife. and visual resources in over 10% of Thresholds for change vary by plant species, as acreage surveyed (attributable to OHV use) identified in species management guides

Resources Resources Resources $2,000 $3,000 $3,000

Chapter 5-Monitoring and Evaluation 5-17 TABLE 5-2: 14. SOILS MONITORING PLAN BY A. Soll Productivity 6. Soll Compaction RESOURCE

Prevent irreversible loss of soil Determine soil compaction from timber productivity by using erosion hazard harvesting, biomass removal, site information and by assessing the effects preparation, rangeland use, recreational of management prescriptions and Forest activity, and other soil disturbing activities Use findings to develop more stringent Objective projects on soil properties mitigation measures where needed and to suggest areas requinng special site preparation measures to remedy past compaction

NFMA Forest Standards and Guidelines Source

Assess key soil properties (1 e puddling, Monitonng of changes in soil density will be erosion, mass movement, organic matter, conducted with the nuclear gauge, air and evidence of severe burning) to permeameter, penetrometer, or other Techniquesldata determine if any losses in soil equipment If possible, monitor selected sites sources productivity are likely to occur Sample before and after disturbance Otherwise, projects on each Distnct to determine if compare the disturbed site to an undisturbed erosion hazard ratings were made and site with the same soil considered in oroiect desim Precisionlreliabiiity Moderatemoderate Moderatemoderate Annually sample one land-disturbing Monitor 10% of land disturbing projects on prOJeCt per Ranger District the Forest each year Assign sample priorities Minimum monitoring to sites most likely to be compacted The frequency permanent road system is not considered as part of the annually disturbed acreage

Maintam soil charactenstics within No significant increase in bulk density or natural ranges Compare soils on reduction in total porosity on sites where more disturbed sites with equivalent soils on than 15% of the area has been disturbed Standard of undisturbed sites comparison

Loss of 1590 of productivity compared No more than 10% increase in bulk density or to the undisturbed condition no mnre than 10%reducuon in total porosity, Variation from or disturbance on more than 15% of a managed standard area Once these thresholds are exceeded, further activity would be restncted, pending successful applicauon of remedial actions

Responsible staff Resources Resources Annual cost $3,000 $3,000

5-18 Chapter 5-Monitoring and Evaluation 15. SPECIAL 16. TIMBER ~ilr) AREAS A. Research A. Timber Sale B. C Plantation Natural Areas and Volume Regeneration Stocking Level Special Interest Acreages Areas Evaluate timber sale Determine acreage Determine if tree the features for which a volume for the Plan of Forest's stocking in plantations special area was penod in relation to regeneration timber meets minimum established the allowable sale harvest in relation Regional standards and quantity to Forest Plan will assure regeneration objectives of the forest within five years

NFMA NFMA NFMA Guidelines

Determine the total Determine total Field review of 5% of according to the plan volume sold each year acreage of the plantation exam3 to established for each dunng the Plan period regeneration assure compliance with special area from MAR Reports harvest from timber R5 standards sale reports or other data sources

Highmigh HigNHigh Highmigh Annually Annually One and three years unless specified otherwise after planting in an area management I Natural condiuon Timber sale volume Forest Plan annual Adherence to Establishment report objective for the Plan acreage target procedures outlined in andlor area management period FSH 2409 26 plan

Insignificant changes tn Within *IO% of Plus or minus 10% None the features andlor natural decadal average of the objective processes described in the Annual timber sale establishment report volumes may vary randlor area plan Timber Timber Timber $1000 S500 $I ,000 $2,000

Chapter 5-Monitoring and Evaluation 5-19 TABLE 5-2: 16. TIMBER MONITORING PLAN BY D. Land Suitability for E. Maximum Clearcut RESOURCE Timber Production Size Limits

Determine if a change is needed in Determine whether maximum size limits for allowable sale quantity (ASQ) due to clearcut areas should be continued or revised new forest growth and utilization information, land base reductions Objective due to land exchange, RNA, wilderness, wildlife habitat and semi-primitive designations, or changes in management intensity

NFMA NFMA Source

Determine change in timber acreage Evaluate maximum size clearcut areas for their and volume due to new information productivity and capability to achieve and as a result of each Forest action resource Objectives, based on requirements Techniqueddata Compare the new land base and for watershed, wildlife habitat, scenery, sources inventory values to those listed in biodiversity, soils, and other resource the Plan protection needs

High/High ModerateLow Every ten years or when the Forest Every 5 years for 3 to 5 timber sale areas Plan IS revised Minimum monitoring frequency

Timberland acreage and productivity Review current literature for new information conform to Table 3-22 of the Forest on tht effects of clearcutting on other Plan FEIS, Timber Area, and multiple use values If available, evaluate Standard of Volume similar sales with different size clearcuts comparison and/or different sale design Determine effects on resource values, if possible

Reclassification of more than 5% Maximum clearcut areas could have a of the currently suitable timber significant added effect on water quality, soil Variation from lands productivity, plant and animal diversity, and standard visual quality A significant added effect is one which is clearly attnbutable to clearcut size

Responsible staff Timber and Resources Timber and Resources Annual cost $1.000 $5,000

5-20 Chapter 5-Monitoring and Evaluation 17. VEGETATION AND DIVERSITY 18. VISUAL RESOURCES

A. Vegetation Seral Stages B. Woodpeckers, Snags, A. Visual Including Old-Growth and Down Logs Condition of the Forest

Ensure that the minimum required Ensure that the amount, Determine compliance acreage (5%) and distribution of all distribution, and charactenstics with Visual Quality seral stages of the existing of snags and down logs in each Objectives (VQOs) vegetation types, including old Management Area are consistent growth forests, are provided within with the needs of woodpeckers as each Management Area specified in Habitat Capability Models

Regional Guide, Forest Standards Regional Guide, Forest Standards Forest Standards and and Guidelines and Guidelines, Management Area Guidelines Direction Survey old growth habitat and Survey snags and down logs, and Review effects of vegetation diversity in conjunction compare results with standards selected projects in areas with timber inventory, compartment established for woodpeckers in having VQOs of and stand exams, project Habitat Capability Models Retention and Partial environmental analyses, and timber Retention Occasionally sale reviews Include old growth review projects in areas inventory in the next Forestwide having VQO of timber inventory Modification ModerateModerate ModerateModerate ModerateModerate Annually on a sample of projects Annually on one timber sale and Annually on two projects with the potential to affect one site preparation project on per Ranger Distnct vegetation diversity each Ranger District

Maintain minimum (5%) acreages in Retain snags and down logs for Meet VQOs and visual each seral stage, as specified in habitat elements as prescnbed in elements of Forest Plan Management Area direction Forest and Management Area prescnptions Standards and Guidelines

None below minimum levels None below minimum identified Reduction in visual identified in Management Area in Forest or Management Area quality by no more than direction Standards and Guidelines one VQO level on no more than 10% of acreage reviewed

Timber and Resources Timber and Resources Resources $3,000 $5,000 $3.000

Chapter 5-Monitoring and Evaluation 5-2 1 TABLE 5-2: 19. WATER AND RIPARIAN AREAS 11111) MONITORING PLAN BY A. Water Quality B. Significant Changes in RESOURCE Management Watershed Condition

Assess compxance with and Identify damaged watersheds or effectiveness of Best subbasins and needed improvements Management Practices (BMPs) for all management activities in a Objective given watershed

Regional Guide, FSM Forest Standards and Guidelines Source

Review project environmental Review water resources project analysis documents, contract reports, watershed surveys, MAR provisions, field activitieS, water Reports, and the Watershed Techniquesldata quality analysis, and field Improvement Needs Inventory sources observations Compare with requirements of BMP’s

Precisionlreliability High/High Moderate/Moderate Annual activity review and Annually on two subbasins per analysis as specified in project Ranger District Minimum monitoring plans frequency

Implement BMPs as adopted for No watersheds or subbasins disturbed project impact mitigation or to beyond appropnate thresholds of meet Forest Standards and concern (TOC),although wildfire Standard of Guidelines or State water quality impacts may raise subbasins briefly ObjeCtiveS for beneficial uses over their TOC Inventoried co m pa r i so n improvement needs being met Forest Standards and Guidelines and Best Management Practices being implemented None Needed BMP’s arc None Where uncontrollable events identified in project planning such as wildfire or flood damage Variation from documents BMP’s must be create problems, promptly plan standard implemented, and State water appropnate improvements or quality Objectives and discharge preventive measures requirements are mandatory

ResDonsibie staff Resources Resources Annual cost $3,000 $4,000

~ 5-22 Chapter 5-Monitoring and Evaluation ~ ~

19. WATER AND RIPARIAN AREAS

C Eagle Lake Water Quality D Cumulative Watershed Effects

Detect any decreases in water quality Identify cumulative impacts of propo\ed land-di\turbing compared to long-term average quality, activities in specific watenheds and impacted subba.in5 particularly any adverse effects from National Forest lands

Forest Standards and Guidelines Forest Standards and Guidelines

Participate in an ongoing Challenge Cost Recommend appropriate Thresholds of Concern to Share project with California Department management to keep disturbance below levels that could of Water Resources to sample at nine create adverse water quality effects Consider cumulative established Stations on the lake, subject watershed effects in estimating effects of proposed to availability of funds land-disturbing activities Review project environmental documents and conduct watershed surveys Inspect completed projects to check for any adverse watershed impacts that might be due to cumulative effects Highmoderate Moderatemoderate Five times each year Annually on at least one 3rd 014th order watenhed per district

Maintain average water quality similar to Limit disturbance (measured as equivalent roaded acres [ERA]) long-term average water quality in sensitive watersheds to less than 15% of the water\hed area, or limit disturbance as otherwise specified in a project's environmental analysis

Nutrient concentrations 5% more than None Keep disturbance below 15% ERA or other appropriate long-term mean concentration threshold of concern (TOC) as noted in project EA'S If Dissolved oxygen concentrations IO% uncontrollable events (e g wildfire) raise disturbance above less than long-term mean concentration TOC. defer or minimize new disturbance andlor apply Biomass or duration of algae bloom IO% improvement measures to reestablish ground cover, control more than long-term mean erovon, and protect water quality

Resources Resource5 $7,000 s5.000

Chapter 5-Monitoring and Evaluation 5-23 TABLE 5-2: 19. WATER AND RIPARIAN AREAS MONITORING PLAN BY E. Riparian Habitat RESOURCE

Assess riparian values. condition, and trend

Objective

Forest Standards and Guidelines Source

Quantify riparian values, condition, and trend by measuring ripanan parameters on permanent nparian plots Establish plots with an interdisciplinary team Techniquesldata compnsed of soils, biology, hydrology, range, and sources other specialists The technique will include at least periodic photo point documentaries, channel condition ratings. and vegetation condition ratings on permanent plots Precisionlreliability High/High Annually for 20% of the permanent ripanan plots established on the Forest Minimum monitoring frequency

Maintain riparian area condition, and meet goals established for each riparian area Establish goals based on evaluation of the initial data sets from the plots Standard of comparison

At least 90% of established goals for each specified riparian area are achieved by decade one Variation from standard

ResDonsible staff Resources Annual cost $3,000

5-24 Chapter 5-Monitoring and Evaluation 20. WILD AND SCENIC 21. WILDERNESS AND FURTHER RIVERS PLANNING AREAS

A Wild, Scenic, and h. Wilderness Use and Recreational Values of Further Planning Area Recommended and Designated Use Wild and Scenic Rivers No degradation of wild, scenic, or Determine if wilderness values recreational values for which each river are being maintained in each corridor has been designated or Wilderness and recommended recommended for designation wilderness

Forest Standards and Guidelines Wilderness Act, Forest Standards and Guidelines

Field inspection of proposed andlor Inspect trails, camping areas, designated wild and scenic river corridors trailheads, and use data for heavy use areas Review activities adjacent to Further Planning Areas Annual wilderness reports

Moderatemoderate Moderatemoderate Assess impacts on wild and scenic nver Annually for heavy use areas values as management activities are proposed

Onginal condition, Wild and Scenic Rivers Original condition, wilderness Act, Forest Plan EIS Table E-17, implementation plans, capacity legislation document, and the Wild and estimates, or established limits Scenic River Plans of acceptable change (LAC)

95% of acreage meets "S" prescnption in When 10% of site inspections Standards and Guidelines Free flowing show degradation of one Frissell condition 1s maintained in 100% of river Site Condition Class from segments Maintain current wild, scenic or previous inspection recreational levels in 100% of acres

Resources Resources $2,000 $3,000

Chapter 5-Monitoring and Evaluation 5-25 TABLE 5-2: 22. WILDLIFE In* MONITOR I NG Threatened and Endangered Species PLAN BY A. Bald Eagle Habitat B. Northern RESOURCE Spotted Owls

I (1) Determine trends of the breeding (1) Evaluate trends in population habitat capability (2) Evaluate trends in habitat capability (2) Monitor Habitat Ifor both nesting and wintenng birds Conservation Area (HCA) for habitat integrity

Endangered Species Act, NFMA, Forest NFMA, Endangered Source Standards and Guidelines Species Act, Forest Standards and Guidelines (1) Survey use and productivity of existing (1) Follow Regional and potenually suitable nesting sites protocols to determine (2) Evaluate habitat conditions within population and Techniques/data nesting and wintering habitat, using the reproductive success sources vanables identified in Habitat Capability (2) Review and Models implement recovery plan (3) Conduct bald eagle counts in when released cooveration with other agencies I Highmigh HigbIModerate

Minimum monitoring frequency

I (1) Maintam breeding habitat according to (1) Compile records on Forest Plan objectives, Management Area distribution and Direction, and population goals reproduction established in the Pacific States Recovery (2) No loss in habitat Standard of Plan capability, as defined in comparison (2) Mamtain habitat capability, as an approved recovery measured against Bald Eagle Habitat Plan Capability Models

(1) No Forest-related reductions in None breeding or wintering populations Variation from (2) No reducuon in habitat capability due standard to Forest management acuons

Responsible staff IResources Resources Annual cost $3,000 $5,000 22. WILDLIFE IIII~) Sensitive Species C. Peregrine D. California Spotted Owls Falcons

Monitor histoncal and (1) Ensure compliance of Forest projects with Regional spotted owl potential nest sites in direction cooperation with other (2) Determine population and habitat condition trends in network agencies Spotted Owl Habitat Areas (SOHAs) (3) Validate Regional direction for maintaining viable populations of spotted owls

NFMA, Endangered NFMA, Regional Guide and current regional direction, Forest Species Act, Forest Standards and Guidelines Standards and Guidelines

Survey of histoncal and (IJ Rcview project plans and implemcniation io assess impacts on potential nest sites Spotted Owl Hahitai Arcas (SOIIASJand non-network spotted owls (2) Quantify habitat ch~acter~sticsand conduct direct counts of breeding pairs and fledging succe$s in a sample of network SOllA's. according to the protocols in the Spotted Owl Moniionng Handbook (3, Same 35 (2). but sample Sites having a variety of habiiat conditions. including non-network sites HighModerate HighModeraie Annually Annually.

Maintain and expand the (1) No net decline in network SOHA habitat conditions as defined by breeding population Regional Standards and Guidelines Protect non-network pairs until according to Forest Plan SOHAs fully meet habitat standards ObJeCiiveS (2) No net decline in occupancy or reproductive success when compared to similar habitats in the Region, or no reduction in habitat conditions

None, except for None variations caused by changes in policy or cooperating agencies

Resources Resources $5,000 570,000

Chapter 5-Monitonng and Evaluation 5-27 TABLE 5-2: 22. WILDLIFE 11111) MONITORING PLAN BY E. Goshawks F. Marten and Fisher RESOURCE

Determine population and habitat trends (I) Field verify the suitability of designated within designated goshawk habitat marten and fisher habitat management areas (HMA's) Identify which areas are not currently suitable and plan for reaching suitability in the shortest possible time Objective (2) Review scientific literature for evolving definitions of suitable habitat Change and refine HMA's as appropnate (3) Venfy occupancy and use by designated speciesineachHMA

~~ NFMA, Regional Guide NFMA, Forest Standards and Guidelines Source

Identify and document habitat (1) Compare venfied habitat components to the conditions in Goshawk Management current regional literature review and Forest Areas (GMA's) Survey designated Habitat Capability Model Techniquesldata habitat and determine occupancy and (2) Conduct population sampling studies in sources reproductive success in 10% of selected HMA's as methods are developed designated GMAs

Precisionlreliability Moderatemoderate Lownow Annually, for the sample of GMA's and Annually for all projects that may modify habitat Minimum monitoring in designated GMA's Survey nest frequency occupancy in 10% of GMA's annually, and survey all project areas for post treatment evaluations No significant decline in occupancy or No decline in habitat capability within HMA's reproduction when compared to other identified for species viability Less than 10% Forests in NE California, based on decline in occupancy of the HMA's Standard of provisions in the Regional Guide, comparison previous surveys of occupancy and reproduction of goshawks in NE California, Management Area Direction. and Habitat Capability Models Less than 10% decline in occupancy or Allow no Forest-related decline in habitat reproduction within the network No capability within HMA's or comdors until more Variation from failure to designate GMA's prior to information on habitat requirements and standard implementing major habitat management effects is available modification projects in areas where GMA's are to be established

ResDonsible staff Resources Resources Annual cost $2,500 $5,000

5-28 Chapter 5-Monitoring and Evaluation 22. WILDLIFE 1111, Other Management Indicator Species G. BlackBear H Deerand 1. Western Gray Squirrel Antelope

Assess changes in habitat Determine population Determine population and capability and population trends for trends in relation to habitat trends Determine trends black bear resulting from management activities of selected habitat components, management activities Ensure that desired levels especially hardwoods of habitat capability are provided

NFMA,Regional Guide NFMA. Regional Guide NFMA, Regional Guide

Analysis of habitat capability for Comparison of habitat Sample habitat to determine black bear in Management Areas capability with current capability for squirrels On a where emphasized Post treatment population estimates from Management Area basis, reviews of projects involving the Calif Dept of Fish summarize acreages, species mitigation measures for black bear and Game Assessment of composition. condition, and Use California Dept of Fish and habitat conditions existing basal area Determine Game population data following vegetation desired basal area based on management projects Habitat Capability Models ModerateiLow LowiLow Moderatehloderate Every five years Annually for a sample of Annually for 20% of the projects vegetative treatment that affect hardwoods projects and every five years for correlations of habitat capability with population estimates Current acreage and spatial Maintenance of No reduction or negative trends arrangement of high and moderate population levels and in hardwood types, amount, habitat capability as specified in habitat capability as distribution. or habitat the R-5 Habitat Capability Models established in habitat characteristics capability models, and project environmental documents

Habitat amounts and arrangement Population levels or None meet “moderate” habitat capability habitat capability levels as a minimum near predicted levels or those specified in environmental documents

Resources Resources Resources $1,000 ($5,000 every 5 years ) 5 I.000 5500

Chapter 5-Monitoring and Evaluation 5-29 TABLE 5-2: 22. WILDLIFE IIII* MONITORING PLAN BY J. Hairy and Pileated K. Ospreys RESOURCE Woodpeckers

Determine population and habitat Ensure that ospreys are trends of these two cavity nesting successfully reproducing and that birds adequate nesting habitat exists for osprey around Eagle Lake, Objective Lake Almanor, Lake Britton. and other major water bodies

NFMA, Regional Guide NFMA, Regional Guide Source

Habitat or snag transects and Population and productivity population surveys on selected surveys and habitat transects near sites major water bodies Techniquesldata sources

Precisionlreliability ModerateIModerate Highmigh Annually for 20% of the projects Annually for a sample of nesting that affect snag levels sites Minimum monitoring frequency

No reduction in nesting based on No reduction in nesting success historical nesting records, and or nesting habitat, based on maintenance of habitat previous five year average of Standard of characteristics in Habitat nesting success and habitat comparison Capability Models characteristics in Habitat Capability Models

None 10% reduction in nesting success or nest tree densities No Variation from reduction in breeding and standard reproduction when compared to similar sites In NE Califomia

ResDonsibie staff Resources Resources Annual cost $ I.000 $ I.000

5-30 Chapter 5-Monitoring and Evaluation 22. WILDLIFE

L. Waterfowl Group (Mallard and Buillehead)

Determine trends in nesting populations of waterfowl

NFMA, Regional Guide

Direct counts of nests, adults, and young on selected sites

ModerateWoderate Annually

No reduction in nesting, based on historical nesting and production records Maintenance of habitat characterishcs in Habitat Capability Models

10% reduction in nesting habitat when compared to othei areas in NE Califomla

Resources s1,ooo

Chapter 5-Monitoring and Evaluation 5-3 1 Early forest cabin (Courtesy Eastman's Studio Postcards) CHAPTER 6 - PLANAPPENDICES

A Existing and Needed Implementation Plans ...... A-1 B. Research and Technical Planmng Needs ...... B-1 C. nmber Data ...... c-1 D Tentative IO-Year Tmber Sale Action Plan ...... D-1 E. Management Practices ...... E-1 F. Road Type Defimtions and Development Gutdehnes ...... F-1 G. Road Mmtenance Levels ...... G-1 H. Fire Management Program ...... H-1 I. Mineral Lease Stipulation Criteria...... 1-1 J. Recreation Opportunity Spectrum (ROS) ...... 61 K. Recreation Management Development Levels ...... K-1 L. Recreation Construction Projects and Priorities ...... L-1 M. nmber Stratification ...... M-1 N. Visual Quality Objectives ...... N-1 0. Wildlife Habitat Capability Models for Management Inhcator Species ...... 0-1 P Project Planning and Implementation Process ...... P-1 Q. Water Quality Management - Best Management Practices and Process ...... Q -1 R. Streamside Management Zone (SMZ) Guidelines ...... R-1 S Spotted Owl Habitat Management ...... s-1 T. Furbearer Management ...... T-1 U Seral Stage Codes for Wddhfe Habitat Relationshps ...... u-1 V Pnonkes for Revlsing Grazing Allotment Management Plans ...... v-1

Chapter 6-Plan Appendices 6- 1 APPENDIX A - EXISTING AND NEEDED IMPLEMENTATION PLANS

This appendix lists the Forest’s (1)exlsting (16) Thousand Lakes Wilderness Manage- plans and their status after the adoption of the ment Plan 1977 Forest Plan, and (2)implementation plans (17) Long-Range Plan for the Operation of that are needed. Swain Mountain Experimental Forest 1979 1. EMSTINGPLANS (18) Long-Range Plan for the Operation of Blacks Mountain Expenmental Forest a. Superseded by Forest Plan, no 1980 separate plan retained: (19) Canbou Wilderness Fire Management Plan 1982 Almanor Ranger Distnct Multiple Use (20) Pacific Coast Peregme Falcon Recovery Plan 1972 Plan 1982 Eagle Lake Ranger Distnct Multiple (21) Bizz Johnson Trail Management Plan Use Plan 1972 1983 fire Management Plan 1972 (22) Facilities Master Plan 1989 Hat Creek Ranger Distnct Multiple (23) Ishi Wilderness Implementation Plan Use Plan 1972 1989 Mineral Ranger District Multiple Use (24) Vegetation Management for Reforesta- Plan 1972 tion 1989 Forest mmber Management Plan 1975 (25) Winter Off-Highway Vehicle Plan 1989 &gh Lakes Recreation Management Plan 1976 2. IMPLEMENTATION PLANS TO BE PREPARED IN b. Review and update to be consis- CONFORMANCE WITH THE tent with the Forest Plan as soon as FOREST PLAN possible: (1) Antelope Creek Wild & Scenic River (1) Annual Cooperative Law Enforcement Implementation Plan Plan (2) Black Rock Special Interest Area Plan (2) Annual Manjuana Eradication Plan (3) Brushy Mountain Wild Horse Terntory (3) Antelope Herd Plan Management Plan (4) Bald Eagle Territory Plans (4) Campground Vegetation Maintenance (5) Deer Herd Plans Plans (6 Districts’ Annual Operating Plans (5) Canhou Wilderness Addition Imple- (7) Range Allotment Management Plans mentation Plan (8) Harvey Valley Expenmental Range (6) Crater Lake Special Interest Area Plan Plan 1954 (7) Deep Hole Special Interest Area Plan (9) Fish Habitat Management Plan 1967 (8) Deer Creek Wild & Scenic River (lo) Visitor Information Service Plan 1969 Implementation Plan (11) Osprey Management Plan 1971 (9) Eagle Lake Cultural Resource Plan (12) Lake Almanor Recreation Management (10) Eagle Lake Recreation Composite Plan Composite Plan 1972 (11) Fire Management Action Plans (13) Wild Horse Management Plan 1975 (12) Fisheries Management Plan (updated) (proposed) (13) Heart Lake Wilderness Implementa- (14) Caribou Wilderness Management Plan tion Plan 1976 (14) HomerDeerheart Special Interest (15) Forest Off-Road Vehicle Plan 1976

~ Appendix A-Existing and Needed Plans A- 1 Area Plan Plan (15) Lake Britton National Register of (24) Pacific Crest Trail Plan Histom Places District Plan (25) Pine Creek Watershed Management (16)Land Adjustment Plan Plan (17) Lassen Emigrant Trail Management (26) RNA Establishment Reports Plan (27) RNA Management Plans (18) Marten and Fmher Habitat Manage- (28) Sensitive Plant Species Management ment Area Plans Guides (19) Mill Creek Wild & Scenic River Imple- (29) Silver Lake Recreation Plan mentation Plan Spencer Meadows National Recreation Mill Wilderness Implementation (30) (20) Creek Trail Plan Plan (21)Montgomery Creek Grove Special (31) Spotted Owl Habitat Area Plans Interest Area Plan (32) Wild Cattle Mountain Wilderness (22) Murken Special Interest Area Plan Implementation Plan (23)Noble's Emigrant Trail Management (33) Willow Lake Bog Special Interest Area Plan

A- 2 Appendix A-Existing and Needed Plans APPENDIX B - RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL PLANNING NEEDS

This appendix lists and bnefly descnbes re- Soils, Water, and Riparian Areas search and technical planning needs Research needs are stuhes needed to fully implement the a Establish and validate a Reaon-wide stan- Forest Plan. Technical planning needs are dard for estimating cumulative disturbance ef- information needed for the scheduled Plan rem- fects sion that can be gathered through use of exlsting techmques. b Define thresholds for unacceptable cumulative disturbance in sensitive watersheds 1. RESEARCHNEEDS c Develop nparian area condition rating sys- Biomass tem a Determine soil, plant, and wildlife needs for d Define thresholds for unacceptable soil com- biomass retention paction Cultural Resources Timber a Develop and implement suitable criteria for a Develop improved site preparation methods allocation of cultural properties to preservation, for natural regeneration oftrue fir on slopes over conservation, public use, or no management. 30 percent Fire and Fuels b. Develop the full range of alternative methods for brush control in plantations a. Determine appropnate use ofprescribed fire in true fir and mixed conifer types of the North- c Evaluate the effects of individual tree and ern Sierra and the Southern Cascades This group selection harvesting. includes Vegetation and Diversity (1) Short and long-term impacts on stands in relation to stand size, tree sizes, sea- a Develop old growth evaluation system, in- son and intensity of burn, and existing cluding a definition for minimum and optimum fuels, stand charactenstics for old growth

(2) Cost effectiveness; and b Determine specific stand charactenstics required by late seral dependent plant and animal (3) Suitabihty as a treatment prior to har- species. vest activity e. In old growth retention areas, develop man- Fish agement tools for enhancing decadent conditions in younger stands that do not meet specified old a. Develop a scientifically valid method to pre- growth characteristics dict cumulative effects of land management activities on aquatic ecosystems. d Develop management strateaes for mini- mizing wildfire loss while maintaining desired b Validate habitat inventory procedures as a old growth stand charactenstics predictive model to determine production capa- bilities of stream ecosystems Wildlife c Define mnter habitat critical to the overmn- a Continue the California spotted owl demo- ter survival of trout and salmon graphic study to determne distribution, repro-

Appendix B-Research Needs and Technical Planning Needs B- 1 duction, and juvenile dispersion of spotted owls Fish throughout the Forest a Determine anadromous fisheries distribu- b Monitor spotted owls in SOHA's and the tion and abundance, habitat conditions and habi- HCA to determine reproductive success in desig- tat availabihty nated habitat areas b Determine anadromous smolt production c Continue the prey base study to determine from Forest lands abundance and habitat needs of the pnmary prey species found in spotted owl territones in c Determine the relationship between anadro- the range of the California spotted owl Deter- mous smolt production and the number of adults mme whether prey is a limiting factor in popula- which subsequentlyreturn and successfullyreach tion density the spawning grounds d Determine HMA occupancy and status for Geology fisher, marten and goshawk. Monitor populations to determme reproductive success and dis- a. Conduct a Forest-mde third-order Geolom persion of juveniles cal Resource Inventory (GRI) e Design and develop studies to evaluate ef- Range fects of vanous silvicultural and fuels management options on species that are dependent on a Determine effects of livestock grazing on old growth habitat (including but not limited to npanan zones. spotted owls, marten, fisher, goshawk, and pileated and hairy woodpeckers ) b Determine effects of livestock grazing on waterfowl productivlty f Evaluate the use of Habitat Capability Mod- els for MIS species to adequately meet the needs c Determine the extent of confhct between of other species. cattle grazing and plantation establishment

2. TECHNICAL PLANNING NEEDS d Conduct a wild horse and burro carrylng capacity study in conjunction with prepanng a Air Quality management plan for the Wild Horse Territory a Establish Air Quality Related Values e. Develop a riparian classification and rating (AQRV's) for Class I and I1 areas to respond to system for the east side of the Forest State or county requests for input on air-pollut- ing projects Collect baseline data on AQRV's. Recreation

Cultural Resources a. Identify the demand for recreation activltles and facilities on the Forest (Detemne dis- a Integrate plans for the management of cul- persed use by malor activity ) tural resources with those of the State of Cahfor- nia b. Compare the range of recreational opportunities to the expectations of the Forest visitors b Develop predictive models for the location of By ROS class, determine the adequacy of capaci- cultural resources. ties and levels of management. c Determine the research potential of known Sensitive Plants archaeoloacal sites based on their histoncal context (eg Paleo-Indian, mining, loggmg, etc ) a Inventory for populations of Sensitive plants on the Forest d Develop a method for identifying the vulner- ability of cultural resources to damage b Determine habitat requirements for Sensi- tive plant species. e Determine effective means to protect cultural resources from damage

B-2 Appendix B-Research Needs and Technical Planning Needs c Determine reproductive and dispersal re- d. Determine the carrying capacity of seasonal quirements, and investigate genetic vanabihty deer herd ranges on both public and pnvate for Sensitive species lands. d. Develop species management guides consoh- e Inventory deer presence and use, and forage dating known bioloDca1, ecologcal, and man- availability on 600 acres per year that are being agement information for each Sensitive species reforested usmg special techniques to encourage deer browse and natural succession Soils, Water, and Riparian Areas f Refine estimates of the demand for recre- a Conduct an Order 2 Water Resource Inven- ational use of fish and wildlife tory (WRI) for Deer and Antelope Creeks g. Inventory exlsting northern and California h. Update the Forest-wide Watershed Improve- spotted owl habitat and determine habitat condi- ment Needs (WIN) Inventory to determine the tion location and pnonty of needed watershed restoration h Determine the relationship between habitat condition, and spotted owl (both sub-species) c. Assess soil fertilization opportunities on the productivlty and viability Forest i Incorporate continuing scientific research d Determine thevalue and distribution ofben- into managmgspotted owls (both sub-species)to efits of induced water ylelds maintain species viability. Review on a continuing basis. Special Areas J Survey for spotted owls in non-traditional a Inventory for paleontologxal and geologcal habitat. sites, and evaluate their sigmficance for possible research natural areas (RNA’s) k. Inventory existing fisher and marten habitat areas and determine habitat condition b Prepare Establishment Reports and management plans for new research natural areas. 1. Determine the relationship between habitat condition and the productivlty and vlability of Timber fisher and marten a. Reinventory the timber resource before the m. Inventory Forest for existing goshawk nests nextplanmngpenod. Considerintegratingother with successful reproduction. Move goshawk resource needs, especially wildlife, when map- management areas to actual nesting sites. ping forest and non-forest vegetation n Incorporate continuing scientific research b. Monitor success of plantations that include into wildlife management strateaes. Change sugar pine seedlings that have genetic resis- management strateses where justified Ratio- tance to white pine blister rust nale for non-network owl protection and limited timber management in areas set aside for gos- Wildlife hawks will be reviewed at least annually a Determine snag longevlty of the vanous tree o Determine the relationship between silvi- species on the Forest cultural treatments and northern flymg squirrel, marten, fisher and goshawk habitat use and b Determine appropnate snag densities in the abundance eastside pine type c. Determine the relationships between snag density and cavlty nesting wildlife populations in the eastside pine type

Appendix B-Research Needs and Technical Planning Needs B-3 APPENDIX C- TIMBER DATA

Table C-1 shows the land classification of the acres bytimber productivity classification Table Forest Table C-2 shows the present timber C-6 shows the recommended number oftrees per inventory of growing stock, live cull, salvable acre for acceptable restocking levels Table C-7 dead, growth, and mortality Table C-3 shows shows the allowable sale quantity by harvest present and future age class distnbutions. Table method Figure C-1 shows a companson be- C-4 shows the average annual acreage by veg- tween the Long Term Sustained Yield Capacity etation management practice Table C-5 shows and the Allowable Sale Quantity

Table C-1 Land Classification

Classification Acres

1 Non-forested land (includmg water) 304,450

2 Forested land 825,135

3. Forest land withdrawn from timber production 55,025

4 Forested land not capable of producing crops of industrial wood 0

5. Forested land physically unsuitable irreversible damage likely 0 to occur, not restockable mthin 5 years

6. Forested land - inadequate information 1/ 0

7. Tentatively smtable timber base 770,110 (Item 2 minus items 3, 4, 5, and 6)

8 Forested land not suitable for timber production 2/ 173,769

9 Total unsuitabIe acres (Items 3,4, 5, 6, and 8) 228,794

10 Total suitable acres (Item 2 minus item 9) 596,341

11 Total National Forest land (Items 1and 2) 1,129,585

~~ ~ ~ 11 Lands for which current information is inadequate to project responses to timber management Usually applies to low site lands

21 Lands identified as not suitable for timber production due to (a) assignment to other resource uses to meet Forest Plan Objectives, (b) management requirements, and (c) not being cost efficient in meeting Forest Plan objectives over the planning honzon

Appendix C-Timber Data c- 1 Table C-2 Present and Future Forest Conditions Softwood Volume (Trees 11" DBH or greater) Total Suitable Unsuitable Forest Land Land Land

Present Forest: Growmg Stock MMCF 1,120 665 1,785 7,168 4,256 11,424

9 8 17 31 27 58

10 9 19 66 56 122 Non-Salvable Dead 21 MMCF 70 63 133 MMBF 475 426 901 Annual Net Growth MMCF 31 2 33 MMBF 201 12 213 Annual Mortality 3/ MMCF 6 3 9 MMBF 36 zi 57

Future Forest: 41 Growing Stock MMCF 2,354 1,100 3,454 MMBF 15,066 7,040 22,106

23 2 65 29.7 148 42 190 Rotation Age 51 Years 120 to 150

I/ From timber inventory (dead less than 5 years) 2/ Includes volume from trees that have been dead more than 5 years 3/ Total of salvable and non-salvable volume that has been dead (less than 5 years), divided by 5 4/ 16th decade 5/ Average rotation age is an approximate for regenerated stands on lands with timber emphasis

c-2 Appendix C--Timber Data Table C-3 Table C-5 Timber Productivity Age Class Distribution I/ Classification Approxlmate Present Future Age Class Forest Forest Potential Growth Suitable Lands Unsmtable (years) (percent) (percent) 21 (cubic feet/ (Acres) Lands acrdyear) (Acres)

20-49 32,500 5,300 0-30 4 8 50-84 185,100 32,500 30-60 18 14 84 + 378,700 191,000 60-120 56 53 120+ 22 25

U All forested land

Table C-6 Table C-4 Vegetation Management Stocking Standards Practices Forest Type R5 Site Number Minimum Annual Average Acreage in First Decade for Class Trees of Acceptable Sutable Lands Recommended for 21 Certification Practice Acres 21 Regeneration Harvest Ponderosa Pine I 200 150 Clearcut 1,600 Ponderosa Pine I1 200 125 Sheltenvood and Seed Tree Ponderosa Pine 111 150 100 (seed cut only) 1,000 Ponderosa Pine IV 125 75 Overstory Removal/ Red & Wlnte Fir All 300 200 Stand Maintenance 900 Douglas-fir All 225 125 Group Selection Harvest 500 Mlxed Comfer All 200 150 LodgepolePine 11 All 200 150 Intermemate Harvest 11 The Renonal Guide did not establish a mini- Commernal Thinrung 4,000 mum stocking goal for lodgepole pine type, SalvagdSamtation 1,500 however, the Forest has determined empiri- cally that the stoclung for mixed conifer applies Rmber Stand Improvement 4,700 to lodgepole pine

Reforestation U 4,000 21 Minimum stocking levels can be superseded by 11 Includes both natural and artificial a site-specific prescription approved by a regen er at ion certified silvlculturist

Appendix C--Timber Data c-3 Figure C-1 Annual Long Term Sustained Yield and AS.$. [Million Cubic Feet)

25.0

22.5 I.. '.I .. as... I

20.0

17.5

15.0

12.5 5 7 1 3 9 11 13 15 3Decade1

c-4 Appendix C--Timber Data Table C-7 Allowable Sale Quantity and Timber Sale Program Quantity (Average Volume Per Year for the First Decade) Allowable Sale Quantity 1/

Harvest Method Sawtimber Other Products (MMCF) l/ (MMCF) 2/

Regeneration Harvest

Clearcut 64 0

Shelterwoood and Seed Tree 3.5 0

Overstory Removal 02 0

Stand Maintenance 22 0

Group Selection 19 0

Intermediate Harvest

Commercial Thinning 04 02

Salvage/Sanitation -02 -01

Total 14 8 03

Allowable Sale Quantity 15.1 MMCF (96 0 MMBF)3/

Additional Sales 2/

Total for all harvest methods. .7 9

mmber Sale Program Quantity. 16.7 MMCF4/ (1080 MMBF) 31

11 Only includes chargeable volumes from suitable lands 21 Only includes nonchargeable volumes from suitable andlor unsuitable lands 31 Based on local unit of measure 41 Total of allowable sale quantity and additional sales

~~ Appendix C-nmber Data c-5 APPENDIX D -TENTATIVE 10" TIMBER SALE ACTION PLAN

In planning timber sales, the highest pnority is Abbreviations used in Table D-1 are as follows: gwen to regeneration harvest Within this harvest type, the poorly-stocked and two-story District strata are to receive first consideration, followed AL = Almanor by well-stocked strata Following the regenera- HC = Hat Creek tion harvest, the next pnority is intermedate EL = Eagle Lake harvest, followed by selection harvest Management Areas (MA) Table D-1 shows the tentative timber sale pro- Management Area numbers are gram for the first five years of the Plan This shown in Table 4-4 of the Forest program is based on current information and Plan. maybe revlsed due to unforeseen changes in sale area conditions or budget levels A Five-Year ForestType Timber Sale Programisupdatedeachyearbased MC = Mixed conifer on timber stand examination of sale areas to be Pine = Eastside pine incorporated into the Program Fn = True fir

Total volume to be harvested dnnngthe ten-year Loggmg Method Plan penod is 960 MMBF Because of recent T = Tractor constraints to maintain suitable habitat for the H = Helicopter Califorma Spotted Owl pending Regional drec- C = Cable Yarding System tion, the AS& for the first two years of the Plan penod will fall below the programmed harvest Harvest Method level of96 MMBF Upon the adoption ofmanage- GS = Group Selection ment direction, it is anticipated that the AS& CC = Clearcut mll increase above the programmed harvest OR = Overstory Removal ITM = Individual Tree Marked Because of increased harvesting in the first half SW = Shelterwood of the Plan penod, harvest levels in the second Int = Intermediate Sanitation half mll fall slightly below the programmed Regen = Regeneration Harvest ASQ. Unless a departure from the base sale schedule is considered, phasing in carries the drawback of lower programmed harvests in subsequent years.

Harvest methods for the second half of the Plan penod mll be similar to the first half of the Plan penod with a mixture of tractor and cable log gmg, and possiblyhelicopterloggmg The amount of harvesting in each timber type will appro=- mate the annual average amount indicated by FORPLAN Specific details of exact sale areas, volume to be harvested, and road construction are not known for sales in the second half of the Plan penod. Many of those areas have prewous timber sales with harvesting underway or recently completed

Appendvc &Tentative IO-Year Timber Sale Action Plan D- 1 Table D-1 10 Year Timber Program

Sale Name District Sale Forest Sale Road Road Logging Harvest MA# Area Type Volume Construction Reconstruction Method Method (Acres) (MMBF)

Fiscal Year 1992 WarnerRim AW28 2,300 MC 20 6.0 50 T GS, OR, sw Mavenck AW27 400 MC 50 35 76 T OR, CC, sw,Int Hampton Martin AW26 850 MC 10 20 50 T CC, OR Chnsty Summit AW26 380 MC 50 T cc. sw SnowyCarr AW46 300 MC 3.0 42 18 T OR Int Loco Aw44 400 MC 50 49 10 8 T,H Inti OR, sw, cc

Shotput HCl17 1,000 MC 2.0 T 0% cc Mr. WiIson HCl5 1,000 Pine 2.4 T OR, CC Blacktop HCl5 300 MC 3.0 T OR, CC, Int Daze HC/1 800 MC 2.0 14 19 T OR, CC. Int Mud HC/9 500 MC 1.0 T O%-CC, Int

Windy Gap EW11 1,000 Pine 50 T OR, SW,

cc~~ Stanford Spnngs EU11 800 Pme 45 T OR Swains Hole EU11 4,000 Pine 4.0 5 4 T OR, Int, cc Hog EW25 1,250 Pine 25 2 20 T OR, CC

Small Log All 8,000 19.0 T Int Salvage 8.0 Au ,' * Misc. All 7.0

Total 81 4 22 7 34.5

D-2 Appendix FTentattve 10-Year Timber Sale Action Plan