United States Department of Agriculture	Forest Service	R-6 R-5	OR/WA CA	Bureau of Land Management		United States Department of Interior
Reply Refer To: 1950 (FS)/ 1736PFP (BLM) (OR-935) P					Date: February 21, 2003

FS-Memorandum		EMS TRANSMISSION BLM-Instruction Memorandum No. OR-2003-044 Expires: 9/30/04
To:	Bureau of Land Management District Managers (Coos Bay, Eugene, Lakeview, Medford, Roseburg, Salem) and Field Managers (Klamath Falls and Tillamook, OR. and Arcata, Redding and Ukiah, CA.) and Forest Service Supervisors within the Area of the Northwest Forest Plan.
Subject:	Survey and Manage Survey Protocol – Terrestrial Mollusks Version 3.0

Attached is a revised Survey Protocol for terrestrial mollusk species prepared in accordance with the requirements of the 2001 Record of Decision (ROD) for Amendments to the Survey and Manage (S&M), Protection Buffer, and other Mitigation Measures Standards and Guidelines. This protocol is to be used for those species listed in management categories that require site-specific, pre-disturbance surveys (including equivalent effort surveys) prior to habitat-disturbing activities. Species requiring pre-disturbance surveys are listed in Table 1.1 of the S&M ROD, as amended annually. Attached is the current list of all S&M mollusk species and current management categories (Attachment 1).

Surveys are required for those species in management categories, requiring pre-disturbance surveys, when proposed projects: 1) occur within the species range, 2) contain or lie within suitable habitat for the species, and 3) have the potential to cause a significant negative effect on the species habitat or the persistence of the species at the site. The protocol describes the range and habitat for each species, and provides guidance to assist line officers in determining the potential for a proposed project to cause a significant negative effect on habitat or site persistence. Line officers should seek specialists’ recommendations on the type, timing, and intensity of the proposed habitat-disturbing activity in order to evaluate significant negative effect.

Full implementation of this revised protocol is required for Ancotrema voyanum, Monadenia fidelis klamathica, and Monadenia fidelis ochromphalus, on grazing projects that have National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) decisions, or decision documents, signed one year from the date of this memorandum and thereafter. Implementation of this revised protocol, for all other S&M terrestrial mollusk species in management categories requiring pre-disturbance surveys, is required on new projects where surveys have not yet been initiated.

This protocol will be revised, as appropriate, after field implementation and peer review but should be considered adequate to meet all ROD requirements until further notice. Questions

regarding implementation of this protocol should be directed to taxa lead Nancy Duncan

(nduncan@blm.gov, 541-464-3338); BLM agency representative Rob Huff (rob_huff@blm.gov, 503-808-6479); R6 agency representative Carol Hughes (cshughes@fs.fed.us, 503-808-2661); or R5 agency representative Paula Crumpton (pcrumpton@fs.fed.us, 530‑242‑2242).

/s/ Elaine M. Brong ELAINE M. BRONG State Director Bureau of Land Management Oregon/Washington /s/ James Wesley Abbott MICHAEL J. POOL State Director Bureau of Land Management California		/s/ Jim Golden LINDA GOODMAN Regional Forester Forest Service Region 6 /s/ Bernie Weingardt JACK A. BLACKWELL Regional Forester Forest Service Region 5
2 Attachments
	1 – S&M Mollusks from Table 1.1, amended June 2002 (2p) 2 – Survey Protocol for Survey and Manage Terrestrial Mollusk Species from the Northwest Forest Plan V3.0(2003) (70pp) (under separate cover)

BLM Distribution WO-230 (Room 204LS) - 1 CA-330 (Paul Roush) - 1 CA-930 (DSD) - 1 OR-010 (Lucile Housley) - 1 OR-930 (Ed Shepard) - 1 OR-931 (Judy Nelson) - 1 OR-932 (Janis VanWyhe) - 1 OR-934 (Louisa Evers) - 1 OR-935 (Nancy Duncan, Paul Hohenlohe, Russell Holmes, Rob Huff, Neal Middlebrook, Bruce Rittenhouse) - 6 FWS Jay Watson Laura Finley Barbara Amidon Paul Phifer Steve Morey

cc: Forest Service Kathy Anderson R5 Kent Connaughton R5 Paula Crumpton R5 Terry Brumley R6 Carol Hughes R6 Kathleen Cushman R6 Chiska Derr R6 Judy Harpel R6 Richard Helliwell R6 Peggy Kain R6 Pat Ormsbee R6 Deb Quintana-Coyer R6 Roger Sandquist R6 Marty Stein R6 PNW Brian Biswell Tina Dreisbach, PNW, Corvallis Randy Molina, PNW, Corvallis Dede Olson, PNW, Corvallis Nan Vance PNW, Corvallis PSW Ted Weller Cindy Zabel

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