Management Actions/Direction for all Land Use Allocations and Resource Programs

All management actions/direction in this resource management plan are subject to refinement through planning based on watershed analysis and the adaptive management process. In some areas, land use allocations overlap. A hierarchy of allocations and related management actions/direction will be used to guide plan implementation (see Appendix A, Hierarchy of Standards and Guidelines).

Survey and Manage for Amphibians, Mammals, Bryophytes, Mollusks, Vascular Plants, Fungi, Lichens, and Arthropods

For species listed in Appendix C (see that portion abstracted from Table C-3, SEIS ROD), apply the survey and manage guidance within the range of the species and within the particular habitats that they are known to occupy. There are four survey strategies indicated. Application of these strategies and priorities varies by species.

Survey Strategy 1: Manage known sites (highest priority).

Acquire information on these sites, make it available to all project planners, and use it to design or modify activities;
Protect known sites. For some species, apply specific management treatments such as prescribed fire, to maintain habitat value; and
For rare and endemic fungus species, temporarily withdraw 160 acres around known sites from ground-disturbing activities until the sites can be thoroughly surveyed and site-specific measures prescribed.

Survey Strategy 2: Survey prior to ground-disturbing activities and manage sites.

Continue existing efforts to survey and manage rare and sensitive species habitat;
For species without survey protocols, start immediately to design protocols and implement surveys;
Within the known or suspected ranges and within the habitat types of vegetation communities associated with the species, survey for Allotropa virgata, Bensoniella oregana, Cypripedium fasciculatum and Cypripedium montanum. Survey for Del Norte salamanders, Siskiyou Mountain salamanders, and red tree voles. These surveys will precede the design of all ground-disturbing activities to be implemented in 1997 or later;
For the other species listed in Appendix C, begin development of survey protocols promptly and proceed with surveys as soon as possible. These surveys will be completed prior to ground-disturbing activities that will be implemented in Fiscal Year 1999 or later. Work to establish habitat requirements and survey protocols may be prioritized relative to the estimated threats to the species as reflected in the FSEIS;
Conduct surveys at a scale most appropriate to the species;
Develop management actions/direction to manage habitat for the species on sites where they are located; and
Incorporate survey protocols and proposed site management in interagency conservation strategies developed as part of ongoing planning efforts coordinated by the Regional Ecosystem Office.

Survey Strategy 3: Conduct extensive surveys and manage sites.

Conduct extensive surveys for the species to find high-priority sites for species management. Specific surveys prior to ground-disturbing activities are not a requirement;
Conduct surveys according to a schedule that is most efficient and identify sites for protection at that time;
Design these surveys for efficiency and develop standardized protocols; and
Begin these surveys by 1996.

Survey Strategy 4: Conduct general regional surveys.

Survey to acquire additional information and to determine necessary levels of protection for arthropods, bryophytes, lichens, and fungi species that were not classed as rare and endemic; and
Initiate these surveys no later than Fiscal Year 1996 and complete them within 10 years.

Protection Buffer Species

Provide protection buffers for specific rare and locally endemic species and other species (See Appendix C). These species are likely to be assured viability if they occur within reserves. However, there might be occupied locations outside reserves that will be important to protect as well.

Apply the following management actions/direction:

Develop survey protocols that will ensure a high likelihood of locating sites occupied by these species;
Following development of survey protocols and prior to ground-disturbing activities, conduct surveys within the known or suspected ranges of the species and within the habitat types or vegetation communities occupied by the species. See the previous Survey and Manage section for an implementation schedule; and
When located, protect the occupied sites.

See Special Status and SEIS Special Attention Species section for additional details.