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Wild Rogue South Watershed Analysis Wild Rogue - South Watershed Analysis WILD ROGUE - SOUTH WATERSHED ANALYSIS REO Fifth Field Watershed #1710031004 Rogue River/Kelsey Creek (Portion South of the Rogue River) March 2000 U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Medford District Grants Pass Resource Area Version 1.0 - March 2000 Wild Rogue - South Watershed Analysis March 2000 Dear Reader: The purpose of this watershed analysis is to identify the various ecosystem components in the Wild Rogue - South Watershed and their interactions at a landscape scale. The analysis looks at historical ecological components, current ecological components, and trends. It makes recommendations for future management actions that could be implemented to reach certain ecological conditions. The watershed that is being analyzed in this document is the Wild Rogue - South. This watershed is the southern half (south of the Rogue River) of the Rogue Kelsey fifth field watershed (REO Watershed #1710031004). The northern half is analyzed in the Wild Rogue - North Watershed Analysis. As you read this document, it is important to keep in mind that the watershed analysis process is an iterative process. As new information becomes available it will be included and periodic updating will occur. It is also important to keep in mind that this analysis document is not a decision document. The recommendations that are included are a point of departure for project-specific planning and evaluation work. Project planning then includes the preparation of environmental assessments and formal decision records as required by the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). Project planning and land management actions would also be designed to meet the objectives and directives of our Medford District Resource Management Plan (RMP). This watershed analysis will thus be one of many tools in land management planning and project implementation within the Wild Rogue - South Watershed on Bureau of Land Management (BLM) administered lands. Although ecological information, discussions and recommendations are presented at the landscape scale irrespective of administrative ownership, please understand that the BLM will only be implementing management actions on the lands it administers. Preparation of the watershed analysis follows the format outlined in the draft federal watershed analysis guidelines in the document entitled Ecosystem Analysis at the Watershed Scale: Federal Guide for Watershed Analysis (Version 2.2, August 1995). If you have additional resource or social information that would contribute to our better understanding the ecological and social processes within the watershed, we would appreciate hearing about them. John Prendergast Field Manager Grants Pass Resource Area Version 1.0 - March 2000 Wild Rogue - South Watershed Analysis Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION .................................................................. 1 I. CHARACTERIZATION ....................................................... 3 A. PURPOSE ............................................................ 3 B. INTRODUCTION ...................................................... 3 C. CLIMATE ............................................................ 3 D. OWNERSHIP ......................................................... 3 E. REGULATORY CONSIDERATIONS ...................................... 5 F. EROSIONAL PROCESSES .............................................. 5 G. HYDROLOGY ........................................................ 6 H. WATER QUALITY .................................................... 6 I. STREAM CHANNEL .................................................. 6 J. VEGETATION ........................................................ 7 K. SPECIES AND HABITATS .............................................. 7 1. Terrestrial ..................................................... 7 a. Special Status Plants ........................................ 7 b. Wildlife ................................................. 8 2. Aquatic ........................................................ 9 L. FIRE ................................................................ 9 1. Fire History .................................................... 9 2. The Role of Fire Disturbance ...................................... 11 3. Fire Risk ...................................................... 13 M. HUMAN USES ....................................................... 13 II. KEY ISSUES .............................................................. 15 A. WILD AND SCENIC RIVER CORRIDORS: RECREATIONAL USE ........... 15 B. FUELS AND FIRE .................................................... 16 C. COMPOUND HYDROLOGIC ........................................... 16 D. CONDITION OF FISHERIES AND AQUATIC HABITAT .................... 16 E. ELK MANAGEMENT AREA ........................................... 17 F. LATE-SUCCESSIONAL RESERVE DESIGNATION/CRITICAL HABITAT DESIGNATION ...................................................... 17 III. CURRENT CONDITION ..................................................... 18 A. PURPOSE ........................................................... 18 B. CLIMATE ........................................................... 18 C. SOILS .............................................................. 18 1. Erosional Processes ............................................. 18 2. Variable Road Densities .......................................... 19 D. HYDROLOGY ....................................................... 20 E. WATER QUALITY ................................................... 21 Version 1.0 - March 2000 i Wild Rogue - South Watershed Analysis Table of Contents 1. Water Temperature .............................................. 22 2. Stream Flow ................................................... 23 a. Peak Flow ............................................... 23 b. Low Flow ............................................... 24 F. STREAM CHANNEL ................................................. 25 G. VEGETATION ....................................................... 27 1. Description .................................................... 27 2. Site Productivity ................................................ 28 3. Landscape Patterns .............................................. 29 H. SPECIES AND HABITATS ............................................. 30 1. Introduction .................................................... 30 2. Terrestrial ..................................................... 31 a. Botanical ............................................... 31 b. Wildlife ................................................ 33 c. Aquatic Habitat ........................................... 35 d. Specialized/Sensitive Habitats ............................... 35 e. Special Status Species ..................................... 37 f. Survey and Manage Species ................................. 40 g. Threatened or Endangered Species ............................ 40 h. Other Species of Concern ................................... 43 3. Aquatic Habitats and Species ...................................... 47 a. Special Status Species ..................................... 47 b. General ................................................. 48 c. Class I, II, III and IV Stream Conditions ........................ 48 d. Large Woody Material ..................................... 51 e. Macroinvertebrates ........................................ 51 f. Distribution and Abundance ................................. 52 g. Fish Passage Barriers ...................................... 53 I. FIRE MANAGEMENT ................................................ 54 1. Fundamental Changes to the Natural Fire Regime ...................... 54 2. Fuel Hazard, Wildfire Ignition Risk, Values at Risk ..................... 55 a. Fuel Hazard ............................................. 55 b. Wildfire Ignition Risk ...................................... 56 c. Values at Risk ............................................ 56 3. Fire Protection and Suppression ................................... 58 J. HUMAN USE ........................................................ 58 1. Socioeconomic Overview ........................................ 58 2. Recreation .................................................... 58 a. Rogue Wild and Scenic River ............................... 58 b. Trails/Campgrounds ....................................... 59 c. Dispersed Recreation ...................................... 60 d. Visual Resource Management ................................ 60 3. Roads ........................................................ 60 4. Quarries ...................................................... 61 5. Minerals and Mining ............................................. 61 Version 1.0 - March 2000 ii Wild Rogue - South Watershed Analysis Table of Contents a. Minerals ................................................ 61 b. Surface Uses of a Mining Claim .............................. 63 c. Mineral Potential ......................................... 63 d. Physical Condition Resulting from Past Mining Activities .......... 63 6. Cultural Resources .............................................. 63 7. Lands/Realty ................................................... 64 8. Illegal Dumping ................................................ 64 IV. REFERENCE CONDITION ................................................... 65 A. PURPOSE ........................................................... 65 B. CLIMATE ........................................................... 65 C. EROSIONAL
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