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ACEC Existing - Roseburg

ACEC Nomination - Roseburg District
ACEC Name	Acres	Designation/ Nomination Values	Meets Relevance	Meets Importance	ACEC Recommendation	Rationale
Bear Gulch RNA	351	Low elevation mixed coniferous forest at the intersection of the west slope of Oregon Cascades, western Oregon interior valleys, and Klamath Mountains.	Yes	Yes	Recommend for further analysis.	Existing RNA. Special management attention is needed. Fills ONHP cells (Douglas fir/canyon live oak woodland with poison oak and dwarf Oregon grape; and Douglas fir-canyon live oak forest).
Beatty Creek RNA	864	Serpentine plant communities.	Yes	Yes	Recommend for further analysis.	Existing RNA.  Special management attention is needed. Fills ONHP cell (Jeffrey pine grassland savanna). Six rare plant species.
Bushnell-Irwin Rocks RNA	1,086	Six rare plant species.	Yes	Yes	Recommend for further analysis.	Existing RNA. Special management attention is needed. Fills ONHP cells (Oregon white oak savanna or open woodland with forb or grasses; and Oregon white oak-Douglas fir/poison oak woodland).
Myrtle Island RNA	21	Old-growth California bay laurel and Douglas-fir.	Yes	Yes	Recommend for further analysis.	Existing RNA.  Special management attention is needed. Fills ONHP cell for riparian hardwood forest along a major river (with alder, bigleaf maple and myrtle).
North Bank	6,167	Wildlife, botanical, and cultural values.	Yes	Yes	Recommend for further analysis.	Special management attention is needed.
North Myrtle Creek RNA	453	White fir/dwarf Oregon grape moderately dry site forest with twinflower and vanilla leaf; and Douglas fir-bigleaf maple forest.	Yes	Yes	Recommend for further analysis.	Special management attention is needed. Fills ONHP cells (Douglas fir-Ponderosa pine forest with poison oak, hairy snowberry or Piper's Oregon grape understory).
North Umpqua River	1,791	Fish, wildlife, and scenic values.	Yes	Yes	Dropped from consideration.	Area designated as Wild and Scenic River, which protects important values.
Red Ponds RNA	141	Botanical values.; Northern spotted owl and other old-growth associated plant and animal species.	Yes	Yes	Recommend for further analysis	Special management attention is needed. Fills ONHP cells (Low elevation permanent pond-west slope of Cascades; Douglas fir/salal/swordfern forest; and white fir/dwarf Oregon grape-salal).
Tater Hill RNA	303	Natural process: active landslide of pyoclastic volcanic rocks and ashflow tuffs.	Yes	Yes	Recommend for further analysis	Special management attention is needed. Fills ONHP cell for Western hemlock/oceanspray.
Umpqua River Wildlife Area	989	Fish and wildlife values.	Yes	Yes	Recommend for further analysis	Special management attention is needed. Raptor nesting sites.