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Siuslaw National Forest Region Fiscal Year 2012 Monitoring and United Evaluation Report States Department of Agriculture Forest Service Pacific Northwest Siuslaw National Forest Region Fiscal Year 2012 Alder Falls, Siuslaw National Forest ii September, 2013 Thank you for taking the time and interest in reviewing the results of the Siuslaw National Forest 2012 Monitoring Report. The report focuses on key monitoring activities and findings since the previous publication in September, 2012. It also summarizes some of our most successful restoration projects. As you read the report you will see where we are using our past successful restoration projects to build upon and improve restoration projects in the future. The Forest still remains diligent in restoring fish and wildlife habitat including resident and anadromous fish species, northern spotted owl, marbled murrelet, and snowy plover habitat. In the last several years the Forest built and maintained several partnerships, started and completed several successful restoration projects. In this report you will be able to review the outcome of this work. Until we begin Plan revision, it is my commitment to keep you informed of the results of monitoring through this report; however if you would like more information, feel free to contact the Forest or visit our website at http://www.fs.usda.gov/siuslaw. Your continued interest in the Forest Plan is just one way for you to stay current with activities on your public lands. Sincerely, /s/ Jeremiah C. Ingersoll JEREMIAH C. INGERSOLL Forest Supervisor Siuslaw National Forest iii SIU-13-09 The 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 of program information (Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.) should 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, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20250-9410, or call (800) 795-3272 (voice) or (202) 720-6382 (TDD). USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer. iv FOREST PLAN MONITORING QUESTIONS INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................. 2 AQUATIC GROUP ............................................................................................... 3 Monitoring Question: Anadromous Fish Habitat ........................................................................................ 3 Monitoring Question: Lake Fish Habitat ..................................................................................................... 7 Monitoring Question: Fish Populations .................................................................................................... 10 Monitoring Question: Water Quality ........................................................................................................ 14 TERRESTRIAL GROUP .................................................................................... 41 Monitoring Question: Forest Vegetation Condition .................................................................................. 41 Monitoring Question: Plantation Management ......................................................................................... 42 Monitoring Question: Suitable Timber Land ............................................................................................ 42 Monitoring Question: Special Forest Products ......................................................................................... 43 Monitoring Question: Soil Productivity .................................................................................................... 44 Monitoring Question: Air Quality ............................................................................................................. 45 Monitoring Question: Northern Spotted Owl ............................................................................................ 61 Monitoring Question: Marbled Murrelet ................................................................................................... 62 Monitoring Questions: Northern Bald Eagle .............................................................................................. 63 Monitoring Questions: Western Snowy Plover .......................................................................................... 64 Monitoring Questions: Oregon Silverspot Butterfly .................................................................................. 67 SOCIAL GROUP ................................................................................................ 69 Monitoring Question: Commodity Production .......................................................................................... 69 Monitoring Question: Cultural Resources .................................................................................................. 70 Monitoring Questions: Ownership status .................................................................................................. 71 Monitoring Questions: Local Economies and Communities ..................................................................... 72 Monitoring Question: Public Coordination, Cooperation and Collaboration ............................................ 72 Monitoring Question: Recreation Diversity .............................................................................................. 73 Monitoring Question: Recreation Off-highway Vehicles ......................................................................... 74 Monitoring Question: Accessibility .......................................................................................................... 75 Monitoring Question: Access and Travel Management ............................................................................ 76 OTHER GROUP ................................................................................................. 78 Monitoring Question: Programs and Budget ............................................................................................. 78 FOREST PLAN AMENDMENTS ........................................................................ 80 LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS ................................................................................ 83 Acknowledgments ........................................................................................................................................ 83 FOREST PLAN MONITORING QUESTIONS Introduction his report provides information to the Regional Forester, Siuslaw forest managers and the public as to how well the Forest Plan is being implemented and if the Plan objectives are being met. Monitoring is intended to keep the Forest plan responsive T to change and new information, and is therefore critical to adaptive management. Monitoring and evaluation may lead to changes in management practices or provide the basis for adjustments to the Plan. Practices will be changed when monitoring results indicate the practice or standards and guidelines are not working to meet the desired conditions. 2 FOREST PLAN MONITORING QUESTIONS Aquatic Group he Forest Standards and Guidelines provide direction to enable the Forest to meet the goals of maintaining and improving water quality, fish habitat and other water related resource. Below is a summary of FY12 monitoring questions designed to T assist the Forest in determining the effectiveness of the Forest Plan Standards and Guidelines to meet the goals of protecting, maintaining, and improving the physical environment of the Forest. Monitoring Question: Anadromous Fish Habitat How is anadromous fish habitat changing? The Forest-wide Level II Stream Survey Program continues to be one of our most important aquatic monitoring tools on the Siuslaw National Forest. In 2012, we surveyed 13 miles of stream habitat on the Central Coast Ranger District in the Siuslaw River basin in the Indian Creek watershed. The survey data provides a record of current physical stream conditions and baseline information about the aquatic species present in the streams using physical survey protocol. Each of the four streams surveyed was surveyed at least 2 times in the past. Although there are some challenges to directly comparing surveys from things like changes in survey protocol and reach breaks not always aligning, the tables below highlight 2 of the more important habitat components relating to overwintering habitat which is a key limiting factor for salmon. Pools greater than 3 feet deep provide key overwinter habitat and large wood is key for creating pools, providing cover, and trapping spawning gravel. Three sizes of wood are recorded in surveys, but only the largest size is reported below. Large wood is defines as wood pieces at least 50 feet long (or 2 times the Bankfull width in smaller streams) and 36 inches in diameter 50 feet from the large end. Wood must intersect the Bankfull channel to be counted. Prior to 1996, wood outside the Bankfull channel was counted, so down trees that spanned above the channel counted as well as live or dead standing trees that were leaning over the channel. Pools
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