Chickamauga Land Management Plan
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CHICKAMAUGA RESERVOIR FINAL RESERVOIR LAND MANAGEMENT PLAN Volume II MULTIPLE RESERVOIR LAND MANAGEMENT PLANS FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT August 2017 This page intentionally left blank Document Type: EIS Administrative Record Index Field: Final EIS Project Name: Multiple RLMPs & CVLP EIS Project Number: 2016-2 CHICKAMAUGA RESERVOIR Final Reservoir Land Management Plan VOLUME II MULTIPLE RESERVOIR LAND MANAGEMENT PLANS FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT Prepared by Tennessee Valley Authority August 2017 This page intentionally left blank Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS ...................................................................................................... II-V CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................. II-1 1.1 Tennessee Valley Authority History ............................................................................. II-2 1.2 Overview of TVA’s Mission and Environmental Policy ................................................ II-2 TVA’s Mission ....................................................................................................... II-2 Environmental Policy ............................................................................................ II-3 Land Policy ........................................................................................................... II-3 Shoreline Management Policy .............................................................................. II-4 1.3 The Natural Resource Plan ......................................................................................... II-6 1.4 Purpose of Reservoir Land Planning ........................................................................... II-6 CHAPTER 2. REGIONAL OVERVIEW .................................................................................................. II-9 2.1 History of Chickamauga Dam ...................................................................................... II-9 2.2 Chickamauga Reservoir and Present Shoreline ........................................................ II-10 Land Use and Prime Farmland .......................................................................... II-13 Recreation .......................................................................................................... II-14 Terrestrial Ecology ............................................................................................. II-18 Aquatic Ecology .................................................................................................. II-24 Threatened and Endangered Species ................................................................ II-27 Water Quality ...................................................................................................... II-41 Wetlands ............................................................................................................ II-43 Floodplains ......................................................................................................... II-45 Air Quality ........................................................................................................... II-45 Cultural and Historic Resources ......................................................................... II-46 Natural Areas and Ecologically Significant Sites ................................................ II-50 Aesthetics and Visual Resources ....................................................................... II-50 Noise .................................................................................................................. II-51 Socioeconomics ................................................................................................. II-53 2.3 Major Features of Chickamauga Reservoir ............................................................... II-55 Historical Overview of the Chickamauga Region ............................................... II-55 Natural Resource Management ......................................................................... II-57 Natural Areas ..................................................................................................... II-58 2.4 The Future Management of Reservoir Lands ............................................................ II-58 CHAPTER 3. LAND PLANNING PROCESS ....................................................................................... II-61 3.1 Process for Planning Land ........................................................................................ II-61 3.2 Chickamauga Reservoir Goals and Objectives ......................................................... II-66 II-i Chickamauga Reservoir Land Management Plan 3.3 Parcel Allocations ...................................................................................................... II-67 3.4 Property Administration ............................................................................................. II-74 CHAPTER 4. PARCEL DESCRIPTIONS ............................................................................................ II-77 CHAPTER 5. PLANNING TEAM ....................................................................................................... II-337 CHAPTER 6. LITERATURE CITED ................................................................................................... II-339 GLOSSARY ..................................................................................................................................... II-343 INDEX ..................................................................................................................................... II-347 Appendices Appendix A – Land Management Plan Maps – Panels 1 through 13 ................................................... II-351 Appendix B – Comparison of Parcel Allocations by Alternative ............................................................. II-361 Appendix C – Chickamauga Final RLMP Allocation and Acreage Changes ......................................... II-379 List of Tables Table 2-1. Prime Farmland on Chickamauga Reservoir ...................................................................... II-14 Table 2-2. Developed Public Recreation Areas on TVA Lands on Chickamauga Reservoir .............. II-16 Table 2-3. Developed Commercial, Private and Semi-Private (Camps) Recreation Areas on TVA Lands on the Chickamauga Reservoir ................................................................................ II-17 Table 2-4. Land Cover on TVA Owned Parcels and within the Vicinity of Chickamauga Reservoir ... II-19 Table 2-5. Invasive Non-native Plant Species that Pose a Severe Threat Known to Occur in Tennessee .......................................................................................................................... II-23 Table 2-6. RFAI and Benthic Community Scores for Chickamauga Reservoir (2011-2015) ............... II-25 Table 2-7. Fish Species in Chickamauga Reservoir ............................................................................ II-25 Table 2-8. Federally and State-Listed Species in the Chickamauga Reservoir Counties ................... II-28 Table 2-9. Habitat Requirements for Plant Species of Conservation Concern within 5 Miles of Chickamauga Reservoir ...................................................................................................... II-34 Table 2-10. Habitat Requirements for Wildlife Species of Conservation Concern within 3 Miles of Chickamauga Reservoir ...................................................................................................... II-35 Table 2-11. Habitat Requirements for Aquatic Species of Conservation Concern within 10 Miles of Chickamauga Reservoir .................................................................................................. II-38 Table 2-12. Ecological Health Indicators at Chickamauga Reservoir – 2011 ....................................... II-41 Table 2-13. Direct Reservoir Average Daily Water Supply Withdrawals and Wastewater Discharges – 2016 .............................................................................................................. II-43 Table 2-14. Wetland Types on Chickamauga Reservoir ....................................................................... II-44 Table 2-15. Population and Percent Growth – Chickamauga Reservoir ............................................... II-53 Table 2-16. Employment and Income, 2010-2014 – Chickamauga Reservoir ...................................... II-54 Table 2-17. Minority Population and Poverty, 2010 -2014 – Chickamauga Reservoir .......................... II-55 Table 3-1. Land Use Zone Definitions .................................................................................................. II-62 II-ii Contents Table 3-2. Summary of Land Use Allocations for Chickamauga Reservoir Land Management Plan . II-67 Table 3-3. Final Chickamauga Reservoir Land Management Plan and 2011 CVLP Estimates for Chickamauga Reservoir ...................................................................................................... II-72 Table A-1. Chickamauga Reservoir Parcel Directory to Map Panels ................................................. II-353 List of Figures Figure 1-1. TVA Managed Reservoir Land .............................................................................................. II-5 Figure 2-1. Chickamauga Reservoir Map .............................................................................................