BLM Coos Bay District Coos Bay District Annual Program Summary and Monitoring Report Fiscal Year 2012 U.S. Department of Interior Bureau of Land Management October 2005 October FY 2012 FY As the Nation’s principal conservation agency, the Department of the Interior has responsibility for most of our nationally owned public lands and natural resources. This includes fostering the wisest use of our land and water resources, protecting our fish and wildlife, preserving the environmental and cultural values of our national parks and historical places, and providing for the enjoyment of life through outdoor recreation. The Department assesses our energy and mineral resources and works to assure that their development is in the best interest of all our people. The Department also has a major responsibility for American Indian reservation communities and for people who live in Island Territories under U.S. administration. Jerome Perez State Director Oregon/Washington Cover photo: Blue Ridge Area, Coos Bay District BLM/OR/WA/PL-13/026+1792 (13-0163) Coos Bay District Annual Program Summary FY2012 A Message from the District Manager This is the seventeenth Annual Program Summary prepared by the Coos Bay District. As in past years, this report contains accomplishments made during Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 (October 2011 through September 2012) and includes cumulative accomplishments during the second decade of implementation (Fiscal Years 2005 through 2014). Table S-1 summarizes many of the resource management accomplishments. The District manages public lands in accordance with the 1995 Coos Bay District Resource Management Plan Record of Decision. In FY 2012, the District sold 28.3 million board feet (MMBF) of allowable harvest, primarily from commercial thinning. An additional 8.8 MMBF of density management sales were sold from the reserve land use allocations. These sales are designed to improve habitat conditions for late-successional and old-growth dependent species within Late-Successional and Riparian Reserves. Eleven of the twelve sales offered for auction this year were sold. The District and our many partners had another busy year implementing in-stream restoration projects. In total, approximately 554 logs/trees and 645 boulders were placed in 7.5 stream miles on the District; more are planned for next year. This work will provide important habitat for chinook salmon, coho salmon, steelhead trout, and both resident and searun cutthroat trout. We appreciate your interest in public lands management and look forward to your continued involvement in 2013. Mark E. Johnson District Manager i Coos Bay District Annual Program Summary FY2012 [Table S1: Coos Bay Summary] ii Coos Bay District Annual Program Summary FY2012 Table of Contents 2012 Annual Program Summary Introduction . 1 Budget . 2 Pipeline Restoration Funds . 2 Timber Sale Pipeline Restoration Program . 2 Recreation Pipeline Restoration Program . 2 Recreation Fee Program . 3 Partnerships, Volunteers, and Cost Share Projects . 3 Partnerships . 3 Volunteers . 3 Cost Share Projects . 4 Resource Management Plan Implementation Land Use Allocations - Changes and Adjustments . 5 Land Acquisitions and Disposals . 5 Unmapped LSRs . 5 Aquatic Conservation Strategy Objectives . 5 Watershed Analysis . 5 Watershed Councils and Associations . 5 Watershed Restoration . 6 Late-Successional Reserve Assessments & Restoration . 6 Resource Program Accomplishments Air Quality . 7 Water . 7 Water Monitoring . 7 Project Monitoring . 7 State-listed Clean Water Act 303(d) Streams . 8 Public Water Systems Using Surface Water . 8 Soils . 8 Wildlife Habitat . 8 Green Tree and Coarse Woody Debris Retention . 8 Nest Sites, Activity Centers, Special Habitats and Rookeries . 9 Fish Habitat . 9 Fisheries Inventory and Assessment . 9 Aquatic Habitat Restoration . 9 Riparian Improvement . 12 Project Monitoring . 12 Special Status and Special Attention Species . 12 Endangered Species Act - Section 7 Consultation . 12 Interagency Special Status Species Program - Wildlife . 13 Federal Threatened and Endangered Species . 13 Special Status Species . 14 Interagency Special Status Species Program - Aquatic . 15 iii Coos Bay District Annual Program Summary FY2012 Interagency Special Status Species Program - Plants . 15 Federal Threatened and Endangered Species . 15 Special Status Species Program . 16 Special Areas . 16 Environmental Education and Interpretation Programs . 18 Cultural Resources Including American Indian Values . 19 Socioeconomic . 21 Recreation . 23 Recreation Sites Managed and Visitor Use . 23 Special Recreation Permits (SRP) Issued: . 23 Forest Management . 23 Silvicultural Practices . 30 Young Stand Silviculture in Late-Successional Reserves . 31 Special Forest Products . 32 Energy and Minerals . 33 Access and Right-of-Way . 33 Land Tenure Adjustments . 34 Transportation/Roads . 35 Noxious Weeds . 35 Sudden Oak Death . 36 Hazardous Materials . 36 Fire/Fuels Management . 36 Rural Interface Areas/Wildland Urban Interface Areas . 37 Cadastral Survey . 37 Law Enforcement . 38 National Environmental Policy Act Analysis and Documentation . 39 Protest and Appeals . 39 Research . 39 Resource Management Plan Maintenance and Amendments . 42 Plan Maintenance for FY 2012 . 42 Resource Management Plan for Western Oregon . 43 Resource Management Plan Evaluations . 44 Resource Management Plan Monitoring . 45 Effectiveness Monitoring . 45 Coos Bay RMP FY 2012 Monitoring Report Glossary . 71 Acronyms/Abbreviations . 77 Appendix A . 79 Appendix B . 83 iv Coos Bay District Annual Program Summary FY2012 Figuress Figures 1_2: Comparison of Regen & Thinning Acres . 29 Tables Table S1: Coos Bay Summary of Accomplishments . ii Table 1: Fee Recreation Sites . 3 Table 2: Challenge Cost Share . 4 Table 3: Title II Projects . 11 Table 4: Acreage Marbled Murrelet Habitat . 14 Table 5: Summary Socioeconomic Activities . 22 Table 6: Extensive and Special Recreation Management . 23 Table 7: Timber Volumes Offered FY 2005 -.