Unk?d States Department of agriculture Land and Resource ? aclflc ibihwest Management Plan Pegion as0 Siuslaw National Forest LAND AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PLAN for the SIUSLAW NATIONAL FOREST Pacific Northwest Region Lead Agency: USDA Forest Semce Responsible Official: John Butrulle Regmnal Forester Pack Northwest Region For Further Information Forest Supernor Siuslaw NatIonal Forest 4077 SW Research Way P.O. Box 1148 Comlhs, OR 97339 Telephone. (503) 750-7000 PREFACE l’hm Forest Land and Resource Management Plan (Forest Plan) has been prepared according to Secretary of Agriculture regulations (36 CFR 219) which are based OII the For& and Bangeland Renewable Resources Plannmg Act (BPA) as amended by the NatIonal Forest Management Act of 1976 (NFMA). The plan has also been developed in accordance with regulations (40 CFR 1500) for implementmg the National Enwronmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) Because this plan is considered a ma..or federal action svgokantly affecting the quahty of the human environment, a detailed statement (environmental impact statement) has been prepared as required by NEPA. The Forest Plan represents the implementation of the Preferred Alternative as identified in the Fmal Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the Forest Plan If any parkular provision of this Forest Plan, or the application thereof to any person or circumstances, 1s found to be invalid, the remainder of the Forest Plan and the apphcatlon of that provlslon to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected l-1 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page PREFACE . i-l LIST OF TABLES . i-5 LIST OF FIGURES . i-6 CHAPTER I - INTRODUCTION Purpose . I-l Plan Relationship to Other Documents . I-l Plan structure . I-2 Forest OveMew . I-3 CHAPTER II - SUMMARY OF THE ANALYSIS OF THE MANAGEMENT SITUATION Introduction . II-1 Resourceand EconomtcPotentlaIs . II-1 Key Issue Discussion . II-2 Akrnatrves m Relation to Supply and Demand II-4 Demand Projectmns . II-5 InformatIonal Needs . II-8 CHAPTER III - RESPONSE TO ISSUES, CONCERNS, AND OPPORTUNITIES Introduction . ......... III-1 Issues . .......... III-1 CHAPTER IV - FOREST MANAGEMENT DIRECTION Introduction ............... IV-1 Forest Management Goals ........ IV-1 Dewed Future Condnion of the Forest .... IV-4 Forest Management Objectives ........ IV-I Resource Summaries . IV-10 Timber ........ : : : : : : : : : : . IV-10 Recreation ............ IV-22 Wdderness ........... IV-25 Vwal Resources ......... IV-26 Undeveloped Areas ...... IV-27 Wddhfe Habitat ........ IV-27 Watershed Condition and Fish Habitat ... IV-34 pansportation Fachties ......... IV-35 ResearchOpportunities ... IV-36 Rivers Included m the Natlonal Rivers Inventory IV-36 Cultural Resources ............ IV-36 Range ................. IV-37 Insects and Disease ........ IV-37 Landownership ......... IV-37 SIUSLAW NATIONAL FOREST PLAN i-3 Municipal Watersheds .............. IV-37 Electronic Sites ................ IV-38 Rights-of-&y .................. IV-38 Forest-wide Standards and Guidelines ......... IV-39 Project Planning and Implementation ....... IV-39 Recreation .................... IV-40 Cultural Resources ................ IV-42 Visual Quality .................. IV-43 Threatened, Endangered and Sensitive AniialsandPlants . IV-43 Wildlife ............... : : : .. : . : : : : . IV-47 Ftsh ....................... IV-48 Riparian Areas .................. IV-49 Range ...................... IV-SO Timber ...................... IV-SO Soil and Water .................. IV-51 Municipal Watersheds ............... IV-S4 Mmerals and Geology ............... IV-S4 Research ................... IV-55 Lands .................... IV-55 ?fansportation .................. IV-S6 Protection ..................... IV-S7 Air Quality ................... IV-58 Facihties .................. IV-58 Management Area Prescriptions ......... , . IV-59 Management Area Boundaries .... IV-59 Management AreaModificatton ...... IV-59 Management Area 1 - Silverspot Butterfly Habitat . IV-62 Management Area 2 - Old Growth .......... , . IV-66 Management Area 3 - Northern Spotted Owl Habltat . IV-69 Management Area 4 - Bald Eagle Habttat ....... IV-73 Management Area5 - SpecialInterestAreas ...... IV-76 Management Area 6 - Cascade Head Scenic ResearchArea . IV-81 Management Area 7 - Cascade Head Experimental Forest . IV-85 Management Area 8 -Sand Lake ......... IV-87 Management Area 9 - Sutton Area ........ IV-89 Management Area 10 - Oregon Dunes NRA ... IV-93 Management Area 11 - Undeveloped Areas .... IV-96 Management Area 12 - Wdderness ....... IV-99 Management Area 13 - ResearchNatural Areas ..... IV-104 Management Area 14 -Scenic VIewsheds ..... IV-108 Management Area 15 - Tunber/Wtldhfe/Fsh/ Dispersed Recreatton .............. IV-112 i-4 SIUSLAW NATIONAL FOREST PLAN CHAPTER V - IMPLEMENTATION AND MONITORING Implementation Direction . V-l Project Scheduling . V-l Consistency With Other Instruments . v-2 Budget Proposals . v-2 Environmental Analysis . v-3 Momtormg and Evaluation . v-3 Monitoring . v-3 Evaluation . ‘v-45 Amendmentsand Renslons . v-4.5 Plan Amendments . v-4.5 PlanRevwons. V-46 REFERENCES . REF-1 ACRONYMS . : : : : : : : : : : : : . : . : . ACR-1 GLOSSARY . GLOS-1 APPENDICES A- Timber Sale Schedule . A-l B - Other Resource Schedules . B-l B-l Watershed Actwq Schedule . B-l B-2 Fish Activity Schedule . B-3 B-3 Wddhfe Activity Schedule . B-5 B-4 Recreation Actlwty Schedule B-9 B-5 ‘&adActivity Schedule . B-11 B-6 Road Actlvlty Schedule . B-13 B-7 Bridge Activity Schedule . B-16 B-8 Facdities Actlvlty Schedule . B-17 C - LandownershIp Adjustment Plan . c-1 D - Road and Area Closure Plan . D-l SIUSLAW NATIONAL FOREST PLAN i-5 LIST OF TABLES Page II-1 Decision Space and Demand Projecttons for Major IssuesIndicators . II-6 III-1 Allocated and Managed Old-Growth Stands,Acres . III-3 IV-1 Projected Average Annual Resource Outputs, Activities, and Costs . IV-7 IV-2 Lands Suitable for Tnnber Production, Acres ..... ... IV-11 IV-3 Management Area Land Stratification for Tnnber Production ... IV-13 IV-4 Characteristics of LandsSuitable forTimber Production ...... IV-14 IV-5 ASQ and tiber Sale Program Quantny ........... IV-15 IV-6 Distribution of Annual Timber Harvest by Ranger Datrtct ..... IV-17 IV-7 Distribution of Annual Timber Harvest ........ ... IV-19 IV-8 Vegetation Management Practices .......... ... IV-20 IV-9 Management of LandsSuitable forTtmber Production ...... IV-21 IV-10 Forest Vegetative Condttions ............. IV-22 IV-11 Needed Developed Stte Capacity ............... IV-23 IV-12 Wndemess ‘Rail Miles ...... ............ IV-25 IV-13 Viewshed Visual Quahty ObIectives ......... IV-26 IV-14 Habnat Areas and Acres in Mature Comfer ........... IV-28 IV-15 Spotted Owl Habitat Areas (SOHAs) ........... IV-29 IV-16 Spotted Owl Habitat by MA ................ IV-29 IV-17 Bald Eagle Habitat by MA .................. IV-32 IV-18 Prolected Operational Status of Forest Road System . IV-36 IV-19 Descnption and Stse of Each Management Area ...... IV-60 IV-20 Resources (Chapter-III Issues) Lmked wtth Management Areas . IV-61 IV-21 Wilderness Prrmmveness,‘ Ball Mdes, Recreatton Capaaty . IV-102 V-l Monitoring Questions-Cultural Resources . V-6 V-2 Monitormg Questions - Economtc and Social . v-7 V-3 Monitoring Questions- Fish . : ‘v-10 V-4 Monitoring Questions - Recreatton and Scenery . v-12 V-S Monitoring Questions-Research Natural Areas . V-16 V-6 Monitoring Questions-Sod and Water . v-17 V-7 Monitoring Questions-Timber . v-22 V-8 Momtoring Questions-Transportatton . V-27 V-9 Momtormg Questions - Wddhfe . V-28 A-l Timber Sale Schedule _ Ftscal Year 1990 . A-2 A-2 TimberSaleSchedule-FrscalYear 1991 . A-6 A-3 Timber Sale Schedule - Frscal Year 1992 . A-10 i-6 SIUSLAW NATIONAL FOREST PLAN - LIST OF TABLES (continued) Page B-l WatershedAct&y Schedule . B-2 B-2 Fish Activtty Schedule . B-2 B-3 Wrldhfe Activity Schedule . : ’ . B-5 B-4 Recreation Activity Scheduleand Associated Road Projects . B-7 B-5 Ikarl Actwity Schedule . B-9 B-6 Road Activity Schedule . B-11 B-7 Bridge Activity Schedule . B-13 B-8 Facllittes Activity Schedule . B-14 Cl Approxtmate Acreagesfor Acquisttion and Disposition . c-2 C-2 ManagementAreas and LandownershipGroups . c-3 D-l Restrtctions on the Use of Motor Vehiclesm Forest Areas . D-4 D-2 ‘Bails Closed to Motor Vehtcles . 1.. D-5 D-3 Roads Closed toMotor Vehtcles . D-6 LIST OF FIGURES I-l Locanon of thesmslaw Nattonal Forest . I-5 II-1 Benchmark Dectsron Spacefor Malor Indtcators ............. II-2 IV-l ASQ and LTSYC by Decade ............... IV-16 IV-2 SpottedOwlHabnat Areas ............ ’ IV-30 V-l Decrsion Flow Diagram for the Evaluatron of theForest Plan .......... V-45 SIUSLAW NATIONAL FOREST PLAN 1-7 - CHAPTER I Introduction CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION PURPOSE The Forest Land and Resource Management Plan guides all natural resource management a&vi&s and establishes management standards and gtudelmes for the Smslaw Natmnal Forest It describes resource management practices, levels of resource production and management, and the avadablhty and smtabxhty of lands for resource management The Forest Plan estabhshes. Forest-mde multiple-use goals and ObJectlves, . Forest-wide standards and guldehnes to fulfill reqmrements of the National Forest Management Act (NFMA) applymg to future actlvltles, . Management area dire&on mcludmg management area prescnptmns and standards and gmdehnes applying to future management actlvltles m specific management areas; . Allowable timber sale quantity and deslgnatmn of land smtable for timber management; . Momtonng and evaluation