Land and Resource Management Plan
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, Department of Agriculture Land and Resource Forest Service Pacific Management Plan Northwest Region Deschutes National Forest [Deschutes National Forest Deschutes National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan This National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan (Forest Plan or Pian) was developed to guide all natural resource management activities and establish standards/guidelines for the Deschutes National Forest. The purpose of the Plan is to provide for the use and protectionof Forest resources, fulfill legislative requirements, and address local, regional, and national issues and concems. To accomplish this, the Forest Plan: Establishes the management direction and associated long-range goals and objectives for the Forest for the next 10 to 15 years; Sets the allowable sale quantity for timber and identlfies land sultable for timber management; Specifies standards/guldelines for Forest-wide application; Creates management areas with goals, themes and objectives and additional standards/guideiines: Calls for a monitoring and evaluation program to ensure that the direction is carried out. It includes measures which must be taken if outputs and environmental effects are other than those which were predicted. This Forest Plan has been prepared according to Secretary of Agriculture regulations (36 CFR 219) which are based on the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act (RPA) as amended by the National Forest Management Act of 1976 (NFMA). The plan has aim been developed in accordance with regulations (40 CFR 1500) for implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). Because this plan is considered a major Federal action significantly affecting the qualrty of the human environment, a detailed environmental impact statement has been prepared as required by the NEPA. The Forest Plan represents the Preferred Altemative as identfied in the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS or EIS) for the Plan. If any particular provision of this Forest Plan or its application to any person or circumstance, is hela invalid, the remainder of the Forest Plan and ts application to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby. Addtional information about this plan is available from the: Forest Supervisor Deschutes National Forest 1645 Highway 20 East Bend, OR. 97701 TABLE OF C0"TS PAGE 1- Chapter 1 Introduction to the Forest Plan ........................... 1 Introduction/Purpose of the Forest Plan .......................... 1 Relationship to the EIS and ROD ................................... 1 Relationship to Other Plans ..................................... 1 Relationship to Special Area Plans .............................. 2 Relationship to FEIS for Managing Competing ti Unwanted Vegetation.2 Plan Structure and Organization ................................ 2 Forest Description........................................... 3 Map 1 Deschutes National Forest Location Map ..................... 4 PAGE 2- Chapter 2 Summary of the Analysis of the Management Situation .......1 Introduction ................................................... 1 Social Economic Overview ......................................... 1 Population ................................................. 1 Local Economy ............................................ 2 Agriculture ............................................... 2 Recreation and Tourism ............................. 2 Manufacturing ....................................... 2 Primary Processing or Milling ..................... 2 Secondary Manufacturing ........................ 2 Social Environment ............................................ 3 Rural Industrial Communities ................................ 3 Rural Recreation and Residential Communities ..................3 Central Oregon Urban Center .................................. 3 Westside Communities ....................................... 3 Resource Supply Conditions ................................... 4 Resource Demand Projections ..................................... 7 Recreation .................................................. 7 Timber .................................................... 7 Range ............................................... 9 Wildlife ................................................ 9 Information and Research Needs ................................. 11 Long-term Site Productivity (LTSP) ......................... 11 Uneven-aged Management .................................. 11 Growth and Yield .......................................... 11 Forest Insects and Diseases ................................. 11 Ponderosa Pine Products .................................... 11 Wildlife ................................................... 12 Conifer Regeneration .................................... 12 Cone Production...................................... 12 Ecology Program ......................................... 12 Additional Needs ......................................... 13 PAGE 3- Chapter 3 Response to Issues. Concerns. and Opportunities ............1 PAGE 4- Chapter 4 Forest Management Direction ............................... 1 Introduction................................................... 1 Forest Management Goals ..................................... ....2 ......... Desired Future Condition ................................... .3 Forest Management Objectives/Proposed Outputs ..................... 8 Resource Summaries .......................................... ...11 Timber ................................................ ... Recreation ......................................... ...17 Wildlife/Fisheries Habitat ................................ ...19 Range ................................................. ...20 Transportation . Construction Proiects, Nat . Funded Progr~ .22 Resea;ch Natural Areas ...........1. ...................... 28 Land Exchange Program ..................................... 28 Special Uses .............................................. 28 Forest Wide Standards/Guidelines ..................................... 31 Recreation .................................................... 31 Cave Management.(CV) ......................................... 31 Trail System Mgm.(TR) ..................................... 32 Cultural Resources.(CR) ..................................... 34 Wild & Scenic Rivers.(WS) ................................ 36 Forest Health.(FH) .............. .... .................... 36 Timber Management.(TM) ....................................... 37 Range.(RG) .................................................... 49 Wildlife.(WL). ............................................. 51 Threatened, Endangered. and Sensitive Plant Species (TE) ........60 Riparian Areas.(RP) ........................................... 61 Fisheries.(FI) ................................................... 67 Minerals.(MN) ................................................. 68 Water. Soils, Best Management Practices.(WT) ..................... 69 Soils.(SL) ................................................. 70 Fuelwood.(FL) ............................................... 71 Transportation System.(TS) .................................. 71 Fire and Fuels Mgm.(FF) ..................................... 73 Special Uses.(SU) ............. ........................... 74 Energy Resources . Oil. Gas. Geothermal.(EN) ...................77 Energy Resources - Newberry Caldera KGRA.(EN) .................83 Human Rights.(HM) ............................................. 83 Law Enforcement.(LE) ............................................. 84 Administrative Buildings and Sites.(AD) ......................... 86 Land Adjustments.(LA) .......................................... 87 Management Areas and Prescriptions................................... 88 M1 - Special Interest Areas ................................. 90 M2 - Research Natural Areas .................................... 92 M3 - Bald Eagle ................................................. 94 M4 . Northern Spotted Owl ................................... 97 M5 - Osprey ................................................. 100 M6 - Wilderness .............................................. 103 M7 - Deer Habitat .......................................... 113 ME - General Forest ......................................... 117 M9 - Scenic Views ........................................... 121 M10- Bend Municipal Watershed ................................ 132 M11- Intensive Recreation ................................... 135 M12- Dispersed Recreation ..................................... 140 M13- Winter Recreation ....................................... 143 M14- Oregon Cascade Recreation Area ........................... 146 M15- Old Growth .............................................. 149 M16- Experimental Forest ...................................... 152 M17- Wild and Scenic Rivers .................................. 155 M18- Front Country ............................................ 159 Metolius Conservation Area .......................................... 164 M19- Metolius Heritage ........................................ 165 M20- Metolius Wildlife/Primitive .............................. 169 M21- Metolius Black Butte Scenic .............................. 173 M22- Metolius Special Forest .................................. 178 M23- Metolius Special Interest ........ .................... 183 M24- Metolius Research Natural Area ........................... 185 M25- Metolius Spotted Owl ..................................... 187 M26- Metolius Scenic Views ..................................