United States Department of Agriculture Kahler Dry Forest Restoration Project Final Environmental Impact Statement Volume 2 Appendices A - J for the greatest good Project Number 40712 December 2015 Final Environmental Impact Statement Volume 2 Appendices A - J Table of Contents Appendix A - Botanical Resources Report ........................................ 5 Appendix B - Economics Report ................................................ 33 Appendix C - Fisheries Report .................................................. 43 Appendix D - Fire and Fuels Report ............................................. 99 Appendix E - Air Quality Report. .171 Appendix F - Hydrology Report ................................................ 197 Appendix G - Invasive Plants Report ........................................... 273 Appendix H - Recreation Report ............................................... 299 Appendix I - Wilderness, Inventoried Roadless Areas, Lands with Wilderness Characteristics, and Other Undeveloped Lands Report ............... 317 Appendix J - Roads and Travel Report .......................................... 337 1 Kahler Dry Forest Restoration Project Appendix A Botanical Resources Report 2 Final Environmental Impact Statement Volume 2 Appendices A - J Appendix A Botanical Resources Report Appendix A - Botanical Resources Report 3 Kahler Dry Forest Restoration Project 4 Final Environmental Impact Statement Volume 2 Appendices A - J Kahler Dry Forest Restoration Project Botanical Resource Report Prepared by: Mark Darrach and Joan Frazee Umatilla National Forest Botany Program for: Heppner Ranger District Umatilla National Forest 17 March 2015 edited with Alternative 4 7 April 2015, edited to add THEU 5 Kahler Dry Forest Restoration Project Botanical Resource Report Kahler Dry Forest Restoration Project Contents Introduction ..............................................................................................................................................2 Resource Indicators and Measures........................................................................................................2 Methodology .........................................................................................................................................2 Affected Environment ..............................................................................................................................4 Existing Conditions...............................................................................................................................4 Management Direction........................................................................................................................16 Desired Condition ...............................................................................................................................16 Environmental Consequences.................................................................................................................16 Effects from Alternative 1 – No Action..............................................................................................16 Action Alternatives 2 (Proposed Action), 3 and 4 ..............................................................................16 Regulatory Framework...........................................................................................................................19 Land and Resource Management Plan................................................................................................19 Summary .............................................................................................................................................20 References Cited.....................................................................................................................................21 Tables Table 1: Resource indicators and measures for assessing effects.................................................................2 Table 2: Rare plant species known to occur and considered likely to occur within the KDFRPA.............3 Table 3: Plant associations documented by field surveys in the KDFRPA during the 2012 and 2013 field seasons. .................................................................................................................................................6 Table 4: Botanical Surveys Conducted Within The KDFRPA – 2012 and 2013 ........................................7 Table 5: Historical Botanical Surveys Within and Peripheral To The KDFRPA........................................7 Figures Figure 1: Typical overstocked forested area in the KDFRPA ......................................................................5 Figure 2: Pseudotsuga menziesii / Calamagrostis rubescens plant association at or near desired condition within the KDFRPA..............................................................................................................................5 Figure 3: Botanical survey tracks within the KDFRPA. Tracks in orange represent surveys conducted in 2012 and 2013. Survey tracks in brown represent historical surveys conducted within the last 25 years......................................................................................................................................................8 Figure 4: Location of Cryptantha rostellata population within the KDFRPA. Track in orange represents survey conducted on 12 June 2013. ....................................................................................................10 Figure 5: Photo of Cryptantha rostellata.....................................................................................................10 Figure 6: Location of Erigeron instillauratus population within the KDFRPA. Tracks in orange represent survey conducted on 6 June 2013 (east) and 11 June 2013 (west). ....................................................11 Figure 7: Photo of Erigeron instillauratus..................................................................................................12 Figure 8: Location of Pyrola dentata on the KDFRPA in unit 22..............................................................13 Figure 9: Photo of Pyrola dentata on the KDFRPA in unit 22...................................................................13 The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) prohibits discrimination against its customers, Figure 10: Location of proposed Henry Creek Botanical Area in KDFRPA Unit 14. ...............................14 employees, and applicants for employment on the bases of race, color, national origin, age, Figure 11: Wyethia amplexicaulis in the proposed Henry Creek Botanical Area.......................................15 disability, sex, gender identity, religion, reprisal, and where applicable, political beliefs, marital status, familial or parental status, sexual orientation, or all or part of an individual's income is derived from any public assistance program, or protected genetic information in employment or in any program or activity conducted or funded by the Department. (Not all prohibited bases will apply to all programs and/or employment activities.) 1 6 Final Environmental Impact Statement Volume 2 Appendices A - J Botanical Resource Report Kahler Dry Forest Restoration Project Contents Introduction ..............................................................................................................................................2 Resource Indicators and Measures........................................................................................................2 Methodology .........................................................................................................................................2 Affected Environment ..............................................................................................................................4 Existing Conditions...............................................................................................................................4 Management Direction........................................................................................................................16 Desired Condition ...............................................................................................................................16 Environmental Consequences.................................................................................................................16 Effects from Alternative 1 – No Action..............................................................................................16 Action Alternatives 2 (Proposed Action), 3 and 4 ..............................................................................16 Regulatory Framework...........................................................................................................................19 Land and Resource Management Plan................................................................................................19 Summary .............................................................................................................................................20 References Cited.....................................................................................................................................21 Tables Table 1: Resource indicators and measures for assessing effects.................................................................2 Table 2: Rare plant species known to occur and considered likely to occur within the KDFRPA.............3