Sequoia National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan TABLE OF CONTENTS LISTS OF TABLES & FIGURES I TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 7 APPENDICES AF'PENDIX TITLE .PAGE A . ISSUES, CONCERNS AND OPPORTUNITIES .............A.1 B . THE MODELING AND ANALYSIS PROCESS ..............B.l C . DESCRIPTION AND EVALUATION .FURTHER PLANNING AND WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS ................C.1 1. BLM ROCKHOUSE WSA. ...................C.2 2. OAT MOUNTAIN FPA .................... C.11 3 . DENNISON PEAK FPA .................... C.20 4. MOSES FF'A ........................ C.31 5. SCODIES FPA ....................... C.44 D . &ONOMIC EFFICIENCY ANALYSIS ................D.1 E . WILD AND SCENIC RIVERS ...................E.1 F . WATER YIELD BY WATERSHED ..................F.1 G . MAJOR SILVICULTURAL SYSTEMS AND THEIR APPLICATION ......G.1 H . EVALUATION OF ERNEST C . TWISSELMANN BOTANICAL AREA .....H.1 I. ACRONYMS .......................... 1.1 J . GLOSSARY .......................... J.l K . BIBLIOGRAPHY ........................ K.1 L . BUDGETS AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO THE FOREST PLAN ......1-1 M . EFFECT OF HERBICIDE CONSTRAINTS ON TIMBER MANAGEMENT ....M.1 N . SUMMARY OF PUBLIC RESPONSE TO THE DRAFT PLAN AND DEIS ....N.1** 1 Summary of the Content Analysis System ..........N-1 2 Demographic Characteristics of Respondents ........N -2 3 Summary of Comments by Analysis Categories. Subject Areas. and Alternatives ..............N -3 4 Summary of Comments on Issues ..............N -8 5 Summary of Comments on the Document and Process .....N-15 6 Sequoia National Forest Responses to Public Comments ..................... N.17 i 6A Alphabetical Listing of Respondents . N-196 7 Letters From Elected Officials and Public Agencies and Their Resolution. N-252 8 Sequoia National Forest Response to The CHEC Report. N-501 0. THE REGIONAL TIMBER SUPPLY-DEMAND SITUATION IN CALIFORNIA. 0-1 P. DESCRIPTION OF MANAGEMENT OF NON-WILDERNESS ROADLESS ARMS P-1 Q. WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT - BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES . Q-1 ** See Volume 2. Appendix N ii LIST OF TABLES APPENDIX TABLE TITLE PAGE A (no tables used) B B.l Prescriptions Used in Analysis.. ............... B-16 B.2 Outputs Used in Analysis ....................... B-28 B.3 Benefits Used in the FORPLAN Analysis .......... B-32 B.4 Rotation Lengths.. ............................. B-42 B.5 Summary of Constraint Analysis ................. B-44 B.6 Constraints Specific to Each Alternative. ...... B-70 C c.3 BLM Rockhouse WSA - Acres (and Percent) Allocated by Alternative and Management Prescription......... ........................ C-9 c.2 BLM Rockhouse WSA - Average Annual Outputs Decades 1 and 5 .............................. C-10 c.3 Oat Mountain FPA - Acres (and Percent) Allocated by Alternative and Management Prescription ................................. C-17 c.4 Oat Mountain FPA - Indicators .................. C-18 c.5 Oat Mountain FPA - Average Annual Outputs Decades 1 and 5 .............................. C-19 C.6 Dennison Peak FPA - Acres (and Percent) Allocated by Alternative and Management Prescription.. ............................... C-28 c.7 DeMiSOn Peak FPA - Indicators.......... ....... C-29 C.8 Dennison Peak FPA - Average Annual Outputs Decades 1 and 5. ............................. C-30 c.9 Moses FPA - Acres (and Percent) Allocated by Alternative and Management Prescription.. .... C-41 c.10 Moses FPA - Indicators ......................... C-42 c.11 Moses FPA - Average Annual Outputs Decades 1 and 5 .............................. C-43 c.12 Scodies FPA - Acres (and Percent) Allocated by Alternative and Management Prescription. ................................ C-51 c.13 Scodies F’PA - Indicators....................... C-5l C.14 Scodies FPA - Average Annual Outputs Decades 1 and 5 .............................. C-52 c.15 Acres by Management Emphasis Allocated by Alternative - Total for National Forest Further Pl.ming Areas.. .............. C-54 C.16 Further Planning and Wilderness Study Area Evaluation (USFS and BLM) Acres and Percent Allocated by Alternative and Management Prescription. ..................... C-55 D (no tables used) E (no tables used) iii APPENDIX TABLE F (no tables used) G G.l Ratings of the Major Silvicultural Systems by Principle Biological Attributes.............. G-20 G.2 Ratings of the Major Silvicultural Systems by Key Managerial Attributes.................... G-21 H H.l Vegetation by Plant Associations and Timber Volumes ............................... H-4 H.2 Southern Limits Within Sierra Nevada, Sirretta Peak.............,........... ....... H-5 H.3 Tulare County Endemics on Sirretta Peak. ....... H-5 1 (no tables used) J (no tables used) K (no tables used) L L.l Sequoia National Forest Budgets ................ L-3 M M.1 Typical Prescriptions and Treatment Costs...... M-3 M.2 Typical Treatment Costs for Reforestation and Timber Stand Improvement........... ...... M-9 M.3 No Applications of Herbicides - Regulation Class I Land Base - Effects on Timber Yields and Costs of Cultural Treatments, By Major Timber Types, By Alternative............ ..... M-10 M.4 No Aerial Applications of Herbicides - Regulation Class I Land Base - Effects on Timber Yields and Costs of Cultural Treatments, By Major Timber Types, By Alternative..... ............................. M-11 M.5 Herbicide Application - Regulation Class I Land Base - Effects on Timber Yields and Costs of Cultural Treatments, By Major Timber Types, By Alternative...... ........... M-12 M.6 No Applications of Herbicides - Regulation Class I1 Land Base - Effects on Timber Yields and Costs of Cultural Treatments, By Major Timber Types, By Alternative........ M-13 M.1 No Aerial Applications of Herbicides - Regulation Class I1 Land Base - Effects on Timber Yields and Costs of Cultural Treatments, By Major Tlmber Types, By Alternative.. ................................ M-14 iv APPENDIX TABLE TITLE -PAGE M M.8 Herbicide Application - Regulation Class I1 Land Base - Effects on Timber Yields and Costs of Cultural Treatments, By Major Timber Types, By Alternative............ ..... M-15 M-9 Effects on Timber Management of Two Policies that would Restrict Use of Herbicides ........ M-16 M. 10 Acres Suitable for Timber Management by Alternative, Forest Type and Regulation Acres........................................ M-17 N (no tables used) 0 0.1 California Timber Harvests by Ownership, 1952-86 ...................................... 0-7 0.2 Timber Harvest, Growth, and Inventory on Private Land in California ................... 0-8 0.3 Average Annual National Forest Timber Sales Compared to Allowable Sale Quantities in Forest Plans.............. ................... 0-9 P P.l Non-wilderness Roadless Areas. ..................P-1 P.2 Acres by Management Emphasis by Alternative for Non-wilderness Areas..... .................P -2 Q (no tables used) V LIST OF FIGURES APPENDIX FIGURE TITLE -PAGE A (no figures used) B (no figures used) C (no figures used) D (no figures used) E (no figures used) F (no figures used) G G.l Clearcutting.. ............................. G-4 G.2 Shelterwood System ......................... G-5 G-3 Seed-tree System.. ......................... G-6 G.4 Single-tree Selection System ............... G-7 . H (no figures used) I (no figures used) J (no figures used) K (no figures used) L (no figures used) M (no figures used) N (no figures used) 0 (no figures used) P (no figures used) 4 (no figures used) vi Appendix A ISSUES, CONCERNS AND OPPORTUNITIES APPENDIX A ISSUES, CONCERNS, AND OPPORTUNITIES I. Issues, Concerns, and Opportunities Identification Process The following is a summary of the steps completed by the Forest to identify issues, concerns, and opportunities (ICO's). A more detailed description of the process follows in narrative form. Full documentation is located in Forest planning records in "Documentation of the Issues Identification Process Used by the Sequoia NF for Land Management Planning" - October 8, 1980. Further documentation is in the FEIS Appendix N "Summary of Public Response" to the Draft Plan and DEIS which summarizes critical issues. SUMMARY OF THE SEQUOIA ISSUE IDENTIFICATION PROCESS 1. Preliminary issues package is developed by the Planning Team (PT) with Ranger/Staff review. 2. News releases made public, employee meetings held, and the issues package is distributed to obtain public input. 3. PT organizes and IDT reviews public comment on the preliminary screening criteria to provide final criteria. 4. PT organizes and makes preliminary analysis of public input on issues and questions. 5. IDT analyzes public input (as organized by PT) to revise the issues and questions and to produce preliminary Forest issues list. 6. PT organizes "identified" issues from public input and adds to IDT's preliminary Forest issues list. 7. The package from Step 6 is sent to Rangers/Staff for review and the addition of management concerns. 8. PT organizes management concerns and aggregates them with package from Step 6 to produce an issues and concerns package for IDT screenings. 9. IDT uses final screening criteria for screening issues and concerns package and produces draft Sequoia issues and questions. 10. IDT uses final screening criteria for screening draft issues and questions and produces Sequoia issues. 11. Sequoia issues sent to Rangers/Staff for final review and comment. 12. IDT considers Rangers/Staff comments and Sequoia issues package is recommended to the Forest Supervisor. 13. Forest Supervisor recommends issues to Regional Forester. ISSUES, CONCERNS, AND OPPORTUNITIES App. A-1 14. Regional Forester approves issues.