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: 2630(FS)/1736PFP(BLM)(OR935) P

Date: August 8, 2003

 


FS-Memorandum

EMS TRANSMISSION  08/11/03
BLM-Instruction Memorandum No. OR-2003-099
Expires: 09/30/2004

 

To:

USDA Forest Service Forest Supervisors within the Area of the Northwest Forest Plan; USDI Bureau of Land Management District Managers (Coos Bay, Eugene, Lakeview, Medford, Roseburg, Salem) and Field Managers (OR: Klamath Falls, Tillamook; CA: Arcata, Redding, Ukiah)

 

 

Subject:

Transmittal of Exception to Survey and Manage Pre-disturbance Survey Requirements for Wildland Fire for Resource Benefits

 

This Instruction Memorandum transmits information regarding an exception to the Survey and Manage pre-disturbance survey requirements for wildland fire for resource benefits.  The attached Regional Interagency Executive Committee memorandum, dated July 31, 2003, states that no pre-disturbance surveys are required for wildland fires for resource benefits, regardless of land allocation, if specific conditions are met.  Forest Supervisors and District Managers should review the attached memorandum and implement as appropriate.

 

Please address questions to the appropriate Survey and Manage agency representative:

BLM-Rob Huff, Rob_Huff@or.blm.gov, (503) 808-6479; FS R5-Paula Crumpton, pcrumpton@fs.fed.us, (530) 242-2242; and FS R6-Carol Hughes, cshughes@fs.fed.us,

(503) 808-2661; or to the Interagency Survey and Manage Program Manager, Terry Brumley, tbrumley@fs.fed.us, (503) 808-2968.

 

 

 

Elaine M. Brong

ELAINE M. BRONG
State Director, OR/WA
USDI Bureau of Land Management

 

 

 

J. Anthony Danna for

MICHAEL J. POOL

State Director, CA

USDI Bureau of Land Management

 

Authenticated by

John Hamil

Staff Assistant

 

Linda Goodman

LINDA GOODMAN
Regional Forester, Region 6

USDA Forest Service

 

 

 

Kent Connaughton for

JACK A. BLACKWELL

Regional Forester, Region 5

USDA Forest Service

 

 

 

1 Attachment

 

1 - RIEC memo dated July 31, 2003; Subject:  Exception to Survey and Manage pre-disturbance survey requirements for wildland fire for resource benefits ( 4pp)

 

 

BLM Distribution

WO-230 (Room 204LS)

CA-330 (Paul Roush)

OR-010 (Lucile Housley)

OR-930 (Judy Nelson)

OR-931 (Acting Branch Chief)

OR-932 (Janis VanWyhe)

OR-934 (Louisa Evers)

OR-935 (Nancy Duncan, Paul Hohenlohe, Russell Holmes, Rob Huff, Neal Middlebrook,

Dick Prather, Bruce Rittenhouse)

REO (Anne Badgley, Debbie Pietrzak)

Fish and Wildlife Service

Barbara Amidon

Dave Clayton

Laura Finley

Steve Morey

Cliff Oakley

Jay Watson

cc:

Forest Service, Region 5

Kathy Anderson, Paula Crumpton

 

Forest Service, Region 6    

Terry Brumley, Kathleen Cushman,

Chiska Derr, Linda Geiser, Judy Harpel, Richard Helliwell, Carol Hughes, Peggy Kain, Pat Ormsbee, Deb Quintana-Coyer,

Roger Sandquist, Marty Stein

 

Forest Service PNW

Brian Biswell, Olympia

Tina Dreisbach, Corvallis

Randy Molina, Corvallis

Dede Olson, Corvallis

Nan Vance, Corvallis

 

Forest Service PSW

Ted Weller