Table 1. Summary of Land Use Allocations and Management Actions/Direction

(Note: detailed management direction is described in the Resource Management Plan)

Major Land Allocations   Acres 1
Congressional Reserves   600
Late-Successional Reserves   136,800
District Defined Reserves 2   20,400
Riparian Reserves   89,600
General Forest Management Area   55,300
Connectivity/Diversity Blocks   6,600
 
Total   309,300

1 Allocations do not have any overlapping designations.

2 District Defined Reserves include areas designated for Special Management Areas, Existing or Potential Recreation Sites/Areas, TPCC Unavailable Lands, and Threatened and Endangered Species Habitat.

 

Water Quality and Riparian Zones

  

Acres
 
Riparian Reserves 3   203,200

3 Riparian Reserves occur within all other land use allocations.

 

Old-Growth and Mature Forest Habitat

  

Acres
Management Decision:
Manage 43 percent of the land as Late-Successional Reserves and 2 percent as
Connectivity/Diversity Blocks. 		   
Areas managed for retention and development of older forest stands 4   247,400
Areas managed for maintenance of older forest characteristics 5   6,600
Acres of older forest retained at the end of the decade 6   114,000

4 Includes Late-Successional Reserves, Riparian Reserves, and other lands not available for timber harvest.

5 Connectivity/Diversity Blocks.

6 Forest stands 100 years and older.

 

Timber

 

Acres
Forest Management Allocations (acres of commercial forest land)    
General Forest Management Area, intensive management   55,300
Connectivity/Diversity Blocks, restricted management   6,600
Enhancement of Other Uses or Not Available   247,400
 

Timber (continued)

  

Acres
Practices (assumed average annual acres for first decade)    
Regeneration Harvest   580
Commercial thinning/density management harvest   610
Site Preparation    
  Prescribed Fire   760
  Other   100
Stand Maintenance/Protection   6,400
Release/Precommercial thinning   3,480
Brushfield/Hardwood Conversion   120
Planting    
  Regular Stock   220
  Genetically-selected Stock   540
Fertilization   1,200
Pruning  

870


New Road construction: (18.6 miles)		    
New Road construction: (acres)   100
Allowable Sale Quantity 7 (MMCF)   5.3
Allowable Sale Quantity 7 (MMBF)   32
Miscellaneous volume 8 (MMCF)   0.8
Miscellaneous volume 8 (MMBF)   5

7 Based on coniferous volume only.

8 Volume harvested from Late-Successional Reservess, Riparian Reserves, District Defined Reserves, and hardwoods.

 

Special Status Species Including Threatened and Endangered
Species Habitat

  

Acres
Management Decision:
Manage habitats of Federal listed, Federal Candidate, State-listed, Bureau sensitive, and
SEIS Special Attention Species on all BLM-administered lands.		    
Acres managed so as not to contribute to need to list.   329,600

Wildlife (including Fisheries) Habitat

    
Special habitat buffer width (feet)   100-300
Fish habitat improvement (miles)   40
Forage seeding (acres/year)   290

Special Areas

    
Retain Existing RNA/ACECs    
  Number   1
  Acres   570
Retain Other Existing ACECs    
  Number   1
  Acres   880
Designate New RNA/ACECs    
  Number   0
  Acres   0
Designate Other new ACECs    
  Number   9
  Acres   7,950
Retain Existing Environmental Education Areas    
  Number   1
  Acres   70
Total RNA/ACECs    
  Number   1
  Acres   570
Total Other RNA/ACECs    
  Number   10
  Acres   8,830

Recreation Resource

    
Recreation Sites    
  Existing    
    Number of sites   12
    Acres   1,655
  New    
    Number of sites   12
    Acres   410
County Parks on BLM-administered land    
  Recreation Sites    
    Number of sites   6
    Acres   650
Trails Maintained    
  Existing    
    Number of trails   4
    Miles   4
  New    
    Number of trails   8
    Miles   38-52
Special Recreation Management Areas    
  Existing    
    Number of sites   4
    Acres   3,700
  New    
    Number of sites   3
    Acres   25,700
Back Country Byways    
  Number of roads   5
  Miles of road   155
Acres open to OHV use   80
Acres OHV limited to Designated Roads and Trails   326,600
Acres closed to OHV use   3,000
Miles of Road Open   830-1,360
Miles of Road Closed   205-735

Wild and Scenic Rivers

    
River segments found suitable for designation as:    
  Recreational    
    Number of segments   0
    Miles   0
  Scenic    
    Number of segments   0
    Miles   0
  Wild    
    Number of segments   0
    Miles   0

Visual Resources

    
Management Decision:
Manage Congressionally designated areas as VRM Class I. Manage available forest land as
inventoried within 0.25 mile of recreation sites, and state and federal highways. Manage other
available forest land as VRM Class IV. Manage all other land as inventoried.		    
Manage as VRM Class I   600
Manage as VRM Class II   6,600
Manage as VRM Class III   14,700
Manage as VRM Class IV   307,700

Land Tenure

  

Acres
Management Decision:
Make exchanges within zones 2 and 3 that would enhance management opportunities
to benefit one or more resource values. Sell PD lands and O&C or CBWR lands in zone
3 that meet criteria of FLPMA Section 203(a). Consider R&PP leases to provide public
facilities or services.		    
Identified for retention (Zone 1)   4,600
Potentially eligible for exchange only (Zone 2)   324,000
Potentially eligible for sale or exchange (Zone 3)   1,100

Rights-of-Way

  

Acres
Right-of-Way Avoidance Areas   146,700
Right-of-Way Exclusion Areas   600

Energy and Minerals Management

  

Acres
Available for oil and gas and geothermal leasing   328,000
Closed to oil and gas and geothermal leasing   1,600
Open to mining claim location and operation   317,100
Closed to mining location   12,500
Open to saleable mineral development   311,900
Closed to saleable mineral development   15,300

Rural Interface Management

  

Acres
Areas considered for alternative management practices   2,100
Areas where clearcutting, aerial herbicide, and prescribed burning are excluded   0
Areas managed for VRM Class II objectives   0
Areas managed for VRM Class III objectives   2,100