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Medicine Bow National Forest Routt National Forest Medicine Bow National Forest Routt National Forest 2006 Annual Monitoring And Evaluation Report October 1, 2005 through September 30, 2006 United States Forest Service Rocky Mountain Region July, 2007 Table of Contents Introduction .......................................................................................................................4 Conclusions and Recommendations.................................................................................6 Forest Plan and Policy Updates........................................................................................7 Projects and Ongoing Activities ........................................................................................9 Monitoring items..............................................................................................................14 Ensure Sustainable Ecosystems.................................................................................14 Soil Productivity .......................................................................................................14 Air Quality ................................................................................................................19 Water Quality ...........................................................................................................20 Invasive Species......................................................................................................29 Insects and Disease.................................................................................................31 Old Growth...............................................................................................................34 Threatened, Endangered and Sensitive Species Habitat Improvement ..................35 Threatened, Endangered, Sensitive Species and MIS Habitat and Populations.....39 Fire Management Plans...........................................................................................49 Fuels Treatments.....................................................................................................50 Multiple Benefits to People..........................................................................................53 Outdoor Recreation..................................................................................................53 Recreational Opportunities ......................................................................................57 Effects of Recreational Activities..............................................................................58 Effects of Off-Road Vehicles....................................................................................61 Scenery....................................................................................................................67 Livestock Use...........................................................................................................69 Harvested Land Adequately Restocked...................................................................72 Costs........................................................................................................................73 Comparison of Estimated and Actual Outputs and Services ...................................73 Scientific and Technical Assistance ............................................................................74 Partnerships.............................................................................................................74 Watchable Wildlife ...................................................................................................75 Effective Public Service...............................................................................................77 Road System – Passenger Cars..............................................................................77 Roads– High Clearance Vehicles ............................................................................77 Roads – Road Decommissioning.............................................................................78 Facilities – Safety and Security................................................................................78 Facilities - Maintenance ...........................................................................................79 Implementation Monitoring ..........................................................................................80 Endangered Species Act .........................................................................................80 Implementation of Standards and Guidelines..........................................................81 References......................................................................................................................94 Interdisciplinary Team.....................................................................................................95 Acronyms ........................................................................................................................96 Appendix 1 – Medicine Bow Goals and Objectives.........................................................98 Appendix 2 – Routt Goals and Objectives ....................................................................101 Appendix 3 – FY06 Survey Information ........................................................................108 Cover photo is an aspen clone near Haggerty Creek in the Sierra Madre Mountain Range. 2 Certification The Medicine Bow National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan (Medicine Bow Plan) Record of Decision (ROD) was signed on December 29, 2003. The Routt National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan (Routt Plan) Record of Decision (ROD) was signed on February 17, 1998. The Plans are dynamic documents, subject to change based on annual monitoring and evaluation as we implement them. Monitoring is intended to provide me with information necessary to determine whether the Plans are sufficient to guide management of the Medicine Bow and Routt National Forests for the subsequent year or whether modification of the Plans or if modifications of management actions are necessary. Overall, the 2006 Monitoring and Evaluation results indicate that the management of both Forests meets goals, objectives, standards and guidelines, and management area prescriptions. I have reviewed the 2006 Annual Monitoring and Evaluation Report for the Medicine Bow and Routt National Forests that was prepared by the Forest Interdisciplinary Team (IDT). I believe that the results of monitoring and evaluation for FY06 meet the intent of Chapter 4 of the two Forest Plans. I also believe that the monitoring and evaluation requirements displayed in Chapter 4 of the Forest Plans have been met, and that the decisions made in the Forest Plans are still valid. The Forest IDT has not identified any modifications to the Plans or adjustments to management actions, except for the Routt Management Indicator Species (MIS) amendment. This amendment was completed in February 2007, and was identified as a need through a 2001 Forest Service Region 2 review of MIS. The Medicine Bow Plan and Routt Plan are sufficient to continue to guide management of the Forests. Please contact Frank Romero at the Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, 2468 Jackson Street, Laramie, Wyoming, 82070, or call (307) 745-2300, if you have any specific concerns, questions, or comments about this report. /s/ Mary H. Peterson 7/30/07 MARY H. PETERSON Date Forest Supervisor 3 Introduction The Medicine Bow and Routt National Forests are managed under the administrative unit known as the Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests and Thunder Basin National Grassland extending into the states of Wyoming and Colorado. Since there are three Land and Resource Management Plans that provide guidance for the National Forest System (NFS) lands managed on this unit, we are required to prepare three annual monitoring and evaluation reports. In an effort to streamline costs for field work and report preparation and because the forested ecosystems are similar and provide for similar multiple uses, the Management Team decided to combine reporting for the Medicine Bow and Routt portions of the unit into a single annual monitoring report. This single report is intended to meet the requirements of monitoring and evaluation for the implementation of the two Forest Plans. Beginning in the 2004 monitoring report, monitoring questions are combined from both forests, where possible. Chapter 4 in each Forest Plan contains monitoring direction. Some of the monitoring direction is similar between Forest Plans and some is not. Over the next few years, we intend to combine direction wherever feasible. The Medicine Bow National Forest contains 1,095,384 acres of National Forest System lands in southeast Wyoming. The Forest includes four units in three distinct mountain ranges; the Laramie Range, the Medicine Bow Mountains, and the Sierra Madre Mountains. The Continental Divide crosses the Forest for approximately 45 miles. The major river drainages are the Green River Basin that flows west into the Colorado River system and the western Dakota sub-Basin that flows into the Platte River to the east. Elevations range from 5050 feet above sea level in the Laramie Range to 12,013 feet above sea level at Medicine Bow Peak. More than 50% of Wyoming’s population lives in the vicinity of the Forest. Timber harvest and domestic livestock grazing have been historic uses on the Forest since before the turn of the century. The Forest provides a wide variety of recreation activities, including
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