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Bluejay Vegetation Management Project United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service Bluejay Vegetation Management Project Environmental Assessment Chiloquin Ranger District, Fremont-Winema National Forest, Klamath County, Oregon March 2015 Bluejay Vegetation Management Project For More Information Contact: Anne Trapanese, Assistant Environmental Coordinator Chiloquin Ranger District, Fremont-Winema National Forest 38500 Highway 97 North Chiloquin, OR 97624 Phone: 541-783-4001 Email: [email protected] Fax: 541-783-2134 Riparian meadow (Photo courtesy of Trent Seager, Oregon State University, PhD Candidate), Bluejay Vegetation Management project, Chiloquin Ranger District, Fremont-Winema National Forest, Klamath County. U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) prohibits discrimination in all its programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, and where applicable, sex, marital status, familial status, parental status, religion, sexual orientation, genetic information, political beliefs, reprisal, or because all or part of an individual’s income is derived from any public assistance program. (Not all prohibited bases apply to all programs.) Persons with disabilities who require alternative means for communication for program information (e.g. Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.) please contact USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TDD). To file a complaint of discrimination, write to USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250-9410, or call (800) 795-3272 (voice) or (202) 720-6382 (TDD). USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.[1] [1] An update to the USDA Design Standards (January 2013) included an updated EEO statement that is currently under review. This template will be revised and posted online when the official updated statement is available. 2 Bluejay Vegetation Management Project Table of Contents Table of Contents ....................................................................................................................................................... 3 Chapter 1, Introduction ............................................................................................................................................... 5 Historical Conditions ................................................................................................................................................... 7 Existing Conditions ..................................................................................................................................................... 8 Desired Conditions ................................................................................................................................................... 15 Need for the Proposed Action ................................................................................................................................... 16 Decision Framework ................................................................................................................................................. 22 Public Involvement and Tribal Consultation .............................................................................................................. 22 Chapter 2 Proposed Action and Alternatives ............................................................................................................ 25 Alternatives and Treatments Considered but Eliminated from Detailed Study .......................................................... 25 Alternatives Considered in Detail .............................................................................................................................. 25 Alternative 1- No Action ............................................................................................................................................ 26 Alternative 2, Proposed Action ................................................................................................................................. 26 Project Design Features (PDFs) ............................................................................................................................... 47 Chapter 3 - Environmental Impacts of the Proposed Action and Alternatives ........................................................... 56 Yamsay Mountain as a Cultural Landscape ............................................................................................................. 57 Forested Vegetation ................................................................................................................................................. 66 Fire and Fuels ........................................................................................................................................................... 80 Non-Forested Vegetation and Range ....................................................................................................................... 88 Threatened, Endangered, and Sensitive Terrestrial Wildlife Species ....................................................................... 93 Aquatic Species and Habitat ................................................................................................................................... 152 Plants ..................................................................................................................................................................... 174 Cultural Resources ................................................................................................................................................. 184 3 Bluejay Vegetation Management Project Soil and Hydrology ................................................................................................................................................. 185 Smoke Management and Air Quality ...................................................................................................................... 191 Transportation System............................................................................................................................................ 193 Inventoried Roadless Areas .................................................................................................................................... 201 Scenery and Visual Resources ............................................................................................................................... 206 Recreation .............................................................................................................................................................. 210 Irreversible and Irretrievable Effects ....................................................................................................................... 214 Farmland ................................................................................................................................................................ 215 Floodplain and Wetlands ........................................................................................................................................ 215 Forest Plan Consistency ......................................................................................................................................... 221 Civil Rights and Environmental Justice ................................................................................................................... 224 Chapter 4 ................................................................................................................................................................ 225 Agencies and Governments Consulted .................................................................................................................. 225 Persons and Organizations Consulted ................................................................................................................... 226 Chapter 5 ................................................................................................................................................................ 226 Interdisciplinary Team............................................................................................................................................. 226 References ............................................................................................................................................................. 227 4 Bluejay Vegetation Management Project Chapter 1, Introduction The Fremont-Winema National Forest is proposing forest restoration actions on approximately 65,000 acres. Restoration actions include thinning in ponderosa and lodgepole pine stands, thinning conifers to enhance aspen, meadow, riparian and other hardwood species, large wood and spawning gravel placement in streams, spring enhancements, and road closures and decommissioning. The Forest is proposing these actions to be implemented on the Chiloquin Ranger District of the Fremont-Winema National Forest. We prepared this environmental assessment (EA) to determine whether implementation of forest restoration actions in several dry forest ecosystems may significantly affect the quality of the human environment and thereby require the preparation of an environmental impact statement. By preparing this EA, we are fulfilling agency policy and direction to comply with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). For more details on the proposed action, please see the Proposed Action and Alternatives section of this document.
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