Draft Environmental Assessment Klum Landing Campground Improvement Project Jackson County, Oregon U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Department of the Interior Lead Agency Cooperating Agency Bureau of Reclamation Bureau of Land Mangament Pacific Northwest Region Medford District Office Lower Columbia Area Office Medford, Oregon Portland, Oregon November 2008 U.S. Department of the Interior The mission of the Department of the Interior is to protect and provide access to our Nation’s natural and cultural heritage and honor our trust responsibilities to Indian tribes and our commitments to island communities. Mission of the Bureau of Reclamation The mission of the Bureau of Reclamation is to manage, develop, and protect water and related resources in an environmentally and economically sound manner in the interest of the American public. Draft Klum Landing Campground Improvement Project EA TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1 Introduction ........................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Location and Background ....................................................................................... 1 1.2 Purpose and Need.................................................................................................... 3 1.3 Authority ................................................................................................................. 3 1.4 Scoping.................................................................................................................... 3 1.5 Related Actions and Activities................................................................................ 4 Chapter 2 Alternatives ............................................................................................................ 7 2.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................. 7 2.1.1 Alternative Development ............................................................................ 7 2.2 Alternatives ............................................................................................................. 8 2.2.1 Alternative A – No Action.......................................................................... 8 2.2.2 Preferred Alternative................................................................................... 9 Chapter 3 Affected Environment and Environmental Consequences.............................. 11 3.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................... 11 3.2 Recreation.............................................................................................................. 11 3.2.1 Affected Environment............................................................................... 11 3.2.2 Environmental Consequences................................................................... 14 3.3 Cultural Resources ................................................................................................ 15 3.3.1 Affected Environment............................................................................... 15 3.3.2 Environmental Consequences................................................................... 17 3.4 Indian Trust Assets................................................................................................ 17 3.4.1 Affected Environment............................................................................... 17 3.4.2 Environmental Consequences................................................................... 18 3.5 Socioeconomics and Environmental Justice ......................................................... 18 3.5.1 Affected Environment............................................................................... 18 3.5.2 Environmental Consequences................................................................... 20 3.6 Water Quality ........................................................................................................ 20 3.6.1 Affected Environment............................................................................... 20 3.6.2 Environmental Consequences................................................................... 20 3.7 Vegetation ............................................................................................................. 21 3.7.1 Affected Environment............................................................................... 21 November 2008 i Draft Klum Landing Campground Improvement Project EA 3.7.2 Environmental Consequences....................................................................21 3.8 Wildlife ..................................................................................................................22 3.8.1 Affected Environment................................................................................22 3.8.2 Environmental Consequences....................................................................22 3.9 Threatened and Endangered Species......................................................................23 3.9.1 Affected Environment................................................................................23 3.9.2 Environmental Consequences....................................................................24 3.10 Cumulative Impacts ...............................................................................................24 Chapter 4 Consultation and Coordination ..........................................................................27 4.1 Public Involvement ................................................................................................27 4.2 Agency Consultation and Coordination.................................................................27 4.2.1 Endangered Species Act ............................................................................27 4.2.2 National Historic Preservation Act............................................................27 4.3 Tribal Consultation and Coordination....................................................................28 4.3.1 Government-to-Government Consultation with Tribes.............................28 4.3.2 Indian Sacred Sites (Executive Order 13007)............................................28 4.3.3 Indian Trust Assets ....................................................................................28 4.3.4 Other Laws and Regulations......................................................................28 Chapter 5 Cited Sources ........................................................................................................29 Chapter 6 List of Preparers...................................................................................................31 LIST OF TABLES Table 1 – Features of Each Alternative.......................................................................................7 Table 2 - Ethnicity in Jackson County, Oregon in 2000...........................................................19 LIST OF TABLES Figure 1 – Location Map........................................................................................................... iii Figure 2 – Detailed Map of Location........................................................................................ iv Figure 3 – Land Ownership Boundaries .....................................................................................2 Figure 4 – New Restroom and Shower Facility at Klum Landing Campground........................5 Figure 5 –Klum Landing Campground Current Configuration ..................................................8 Figure 6 – Proposed Klum Landing Campground Configuration (Conceptual Design) ............9 Figure 7 – Native surface campsite at Klum Landing Campground. .......................................12 ii November 2008 Draft Klum Landing Campground Improvement Project EA Figure 1 – Location Map November 2008 iii Draft Klum Landing Campground Improvement Project EA Figure 2 – Detailed Map of Location iv November 2008 Draft Klum Landing Campground Improvement Project EA Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) is proposing to allow Jackson County Parks (JCP) to improve Klum Landing Campground at Howard Prairie Reservoir. This draft Environmental Assessment (EA) evaluates the proposed alternatives for the Klum Landing Campground Improvement Project. Reclamation administers the Howard Prairie Reservoir along with land sections of irregular length and width around it. Land ownerships vary with each section as indicated in Figure 3. Half of the campground is on Reclamation land and half is on Oregon & California Railroad (O&C) lands under management jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). This draft EA evaluates the actions proposed for the entire campground through a Memorandum of Understanding with BLM (Appendix A), which is a cooperating agency under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). This draft EA will be used to determine whether to issue a Finding of No Significant Impact or a Notice of Intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement. 1.1 Location and Background Howard Prairie Dam and Reservoir is located approximately 15 miles east of Ashland, Oregon in the Rogue River Project Talent Division in southwestern Jackson County, Oregon (see Figure 1). The reservoir is located on Beaver Creek in the Klamath River basin. Howard Prairie Dam impounds water that is released into the Howard Prairie Delivery Canal for irrigation districts in the Bear Creek Valley.