Table R-1. Summary of Land Use Allocations and Management Actions/Direction (detailed management direction is described in the Resource Management Plan)


Major Land Allocations Acres 1
Congressional Reserves 14,267
Late-Successional Reserves 178,467
Late-Successional Reserve within AMA 32,937
Marbled Murrelet Reserve 3,478
District Defined Reserves 1,290
Connectivity/Diversity Blocks 27,237
Applegate Adaptive Management Area 113,912
Reserved Habitat Area 16,732
General Forest Management Area 470,776
Total 859,096
1Allocations do not have any overlapping designations.
 
Reserves Acres
Riparian Reserves (estimated)2 369,200
2Riparian Reserves occur across all land use allocations
 
Old-Growth and Mature Forest Habitat Acres
Management Decision:
Manage 25 percent of the land as Late-Successional Reserves and 3 percent as
Connectivity/Diversity Blocks for old growth associated species.
 
Acres managed for retention and development of older forest.3 497,500
Acres managed for maintenance of older forest characteristics4 27,237
Existing Older Forest Retained5 128,700
3Includes Late-Successional Reserves, Riparian Reserves, and other lands not available for timber harvest.
4Connectivity/Diversity Blocks
5
Forest stands 100 years and older
   
Timber Acres
Forest Management Allocations (acres)  
Intensive 78,000
Restricted 113,000
Enhancement of Other Uses or Not Available 467,000
Total 668,100
   
Practices (assumed average annual acres for first decade)  
  Regeneration  
    Harvest 1,040
    Overstory Removal 100


Table R-1. Summary of Land Use Allocations and Management Actions/Direction (cont.)

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

Commercial Thinning/Density Management   1,860
Site Preparation    
  Prescribed Fire   600
  Other   100
Stand Maintenance/Protection   2,500
Stand Release/Precommercial thinning   7,800
Planting,    
  regular stock   270
  genetic stock   1,030
Fertilization   5,700
Miles of New Road Construction (miles/acres)   30/160
Underburning (acres)- timber and other resource related   800
Pruning   1,860
Forest Condition Restoration    
  Restoration Thinning   1,600
  Understory Reduction   1,030
  Restoration Underburning   1,000
  Plant Community Restoration   200
  Restoration Fertilization   3,500
Harvest(MMCF/MMBF)   10/57
     
Special Status Species Including Threatened and Endangered
Species Habitat
  Acres
     
Management Decision:
Manage habitats of Federal Candidate, State Listed, Bureau Sensitive,
and SEIS Special Attention Species on all BLM-administered lands.
   
Acres managed for all Category 1 and 2 Federal Candidate,
Listed and Bureau Sensitive species plants and animals
  859,096
     
Wildlife (including Fisheries) Habitat    
Buffer width, special habitats (feet)   100-200
Fish habitat improvement (miles)   40
Acres managed for big game management   205,100
     
Special Areas    
Existing RNA/ACECs retained (#/acres)   2/670
Other Existing ACECs retained (#/acres)   3/2,600
New RNA/ACECs designated (#/acres)   11/8,400
Other new ACECs designated (#/acres)   14/5,200
Total RNA/ACECs (#/acres)   13/9,100
Total other/ACECs (#/acres)   17/7,800
Environmental Education Areas (#/acres)   4/550


Table R-1. Summary of Land Use Allocations and Management Actions/Direction (cont.)
(detailed management direction is described in the Resource Management Plan)

Recreation Resource    
Recreation Sites    
  Existing (# sites/acres)   11/950
  New (# sites/acres)   29/850
Trails Maintained    
  Existing (# trails/miles)   14/80
  New (# trails/miles)   16/160
     
Special Recreation Management Areas    
  Existing (#/acres)   3/43,000
  New (#/acres)   2/13,000
Back Country Byways (#/miles)   11/352
Acres open to OHV use   391,400
Acres OHV limited to Designated Roads and Trails   441,700
Acres closed to OHV use   25,200
     
Wild and Scenic Rivers    
River segments found suitable for designation as:    
  Recreational (#/miles)   0/0
  Scenic (#/miles)   0/0
  Wild (#/miles)   4/20
     
Visual Resources    
Management Decision:
Manage important scenic values such as SRMAs, I-5, Hwy 62, Rogue Wild & Scenic River, Butte Falls-Prospect Hwy as VRM II. Manage Northern GFMA as VRM IV and Southern GFMA and RIAs as VRM III.
Acres managed as VRM Class I (acres)   14,330
Acres managed as VRM Class II (acres)   113,880
Acres managed as VRM Class III (acres)   393,100
Acres managed as VRM Class IV (acres)   337,220
     
Land Tenure    
Management Decision:
Make exchanges within zones 2 and 3 that would enhance management opportunities to benefit one or more resource values. In zone 3, sell lands other than O&C commercial forestland that meet criteria of FLPMA Section 203(a). Consider R&PP leases to provide public facilities or services, as appropriate.
Acres identified for retention (Zone 1)(acres)   292,100
Acres potentially eligible for exchange only (Zone 2)(acres)   558,600
Acres potentially eligible for sale or exchange (Zone 3)(acres)   7,600


Table R-1. Summary of Land Use Allocations and Management Actions/Direction (cont.)

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

Rights-of-Way    
Right-of-Way Avoidance Areas (acres)   179,800
Right-of-Way Exclusion Areas (acres)   43,300
     
Energy and Minerals Management    
Acres available for oil and gas and geothermal leasing   772,200
Acres closed to oil and gas and geothermal leasing   22,000
Acres open to oil and gas and geothermal mineral leasing
with no surface occupancy
  73,300
Acres open to mining claim location and operation   829,900
Acres closed to mining location   37,600
     
Rural Interface Management    
Acres considered for alternative management practices   136,000
Acres managed for VRM Class III objectives   136,000