Appendix H

Grazing Management
and
Rangeland Program Summary

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Introduction

This appendix has six major sections: Livestock Grazing Allotments, Potential Range Improvements by Allotment, Selective Management, Rangeland Monitoring and Evaluation, General Allowable Use Guidelines, and Grazing in Riparian-Wetland Areas.

Livestock Grazing Allotments

The following tables summarize multiple-use information for each allotment in the resource area. Pertinent information is organized in four general sections: Allotment Identification, Grazing Administration, Identified Resource Conflicts/Concerns and Management Objectives, and Constraints.

Allotment Identification. This section of the tables identifies each allotment by name and allotment number. The Selective Management Category (M,I,C) is identified (See the section Selective Management for more information), type of livestock authorized, and acreage within the allotment (public and private) is provided.

Grazing Administration Information. This section provides basic information on the grazing license and other forage demands within the allotment including active preference, suspended nonuse, total preference, exchange-of-use, current season-of-use (No Action) and proposed season-of-use (Proposed Resource Management Plan), and estimated average forage use by major wildlife grazing species. All changes to these and other attributes of livestock grazing management will be made through the monitoring and evaluation process as outlined in the section Rangeland Monitoring and Evaluation.

Based on the preliminary evaluation of vegetative monitoring information by an interdisciplinary team, the following livestock grazing reductions are proposed as part of the Proposed Resource Management Plan (Allotments are listed by number, name, and category; the numbers reflect the animal unit months proposed reduction). The actual evaluation and implementation of these proposed reductions will be as outlined in the section Rangeland Monitoring and Evaluation and the applicable policies and regulations.

Stukel Mountain
0815 Stukel-Dehlinger (I)	90
0822 Jeld Wen (I)	60
0852 Rodgers (I)	74
0859 Cunard (I)	20

Gerber Block
0876 Bear Valley (I)	75
0889 Timber Hill (I)	145
0890 Willow Valley (I)	220

Identified Resource Conflicts/Concerns and Management Objectives. This section of the tables presents the major resource conflicts or concerns that have been identified in each allotment through public input and internal interdisciplinary team interactions. For each conflict/concern identified, a general management objective for its resolution has been developed. This section forms the basis for establishing or revising Allotment Management Plans (or equivalent) and for the further quantification of grazing related objectives during the implementation period for the Proposed Resource Management Plan. Upon completion of an Ecological Site Inventory on the Klamath Falls Resource Area, ecological status related objectives will be developed for all allotments. (an Ecological Site Inventory is currently not scheduled until after 1999.)

This section of the tables also forms the basis for the direct integration of other pertinent resource values into the allotment monitoring and evaluation process. The grazing use objectives and direction found in the section General Allowable Use Guidelines and Appendix F, best management practices will apply, as applicable, to all of the allotments within the resource area. The information in those sections/appendices is, thus, not reiterated in each allotment table.

Constraints. This section of the tables presents information and multiple-use constraints that may influence the nature and degree of change that can be implemented on the allotment through grazing management adjustments, rangeland improvements, or other potential management actions. This section also includes the identification of known areas that are excluded from general livestock grazing (that is riparian exclosures) for resource enhancement purposes. Note that this exclusion designation is not all inclusive, in that additional areas may be designated in the future. Conversely, any generally excluded area may be grazed in the future, as needed, to achieve specific resource objectives.

Potential Range Improvements at the end of the allotment tables section is a summary of the planned potential range improvements by allotment. This table, entitled Potential Range Improvements by Allotment outlines the types, numbers, and estimated costs of improvements that could reasonably be predicted at the time of issuance of this Proposed Resource Management Plan. During the life of the plan it is expected that some additional new projects will arise and that some of the listed potential projects will not be completed.

Over time, changes, additions, and adjustments to the tables in this appendix will be made through the Resource Area's Rangeland Program Summary Update found in the annual Planning Update. This summary will also outline pertinent accomplishments within the grazing and wild horse management programs, range improvements proposed and completed, changes/additions/adjustments to grazing related objectives, grazing management changes, allotment evaluation and activity planning results and efforts, and other grazing related items as they occur.

Listing by Allotment Number

Allotment Number	Allotment Name	Allotment Number	Allotment Name
0101	Chase Mountain	0839	Bryant-Loveness
0102	Edge Creek	0840	Bryant-Lyon
0103	Buck Mountain	0841	Marshall
0104	Buck Lake	0842	Masten
0105	Johnson Prairie	0843	McAuliffe
0107	Dixie	0844	Paddock
0140	Dry Lake	0845	K-Hills-O'Connor
0141	Chicken Hills	0846	OK
0142	Long Lake	0847	Swede Cabin
0147	Grubb Springs	0848	Pope
0800	Adams	0849	Rajnus Bros.
0801	Haught	0850	Wilkinson
0802	Stock Drive	0851	Harpold Ridge
0803	J. Spring	0852	Rodgers
0804	Bar CL	0853	7C
0805	SE 80	0854	Jump
0806	Two Mile	0855	Bryant-Smith
0807	Barnwell	0856	Bryant-Stastny
0808	Lee	0857	Taylor
0809	Brown	0858	Swan Lake RIm
0810	Brenda	0859	Cunard
0811	Cheyne	0860	McCartie
0812	Stukel-Coffin	0861	Yainax Butte
0813	Plum Hills	0862	Klamath Forest Estate
0814	Cunningham	0863	Wirth
0815	Stukel-Dehlinger C.	0864	Rajnus & Son
0816	Stukel-Dehlinger H.	0865	Mills Creek
0817	Drew	0876	Bear Valley
0818	Duncan	0877	Bumpheads
0819	Dupont	0878	Campbell
0820	Flesher	0879	Devaul
0821	North Horsefly	0881	Goodlow
0822	Jeld-Wen	0882	Horsefly
0823	North Horsefly	0883	Horton
0824	Jeld-Wen	0884	Pankey Basin
0825	Naylox	0885	Dry Prairie
0826	Haskins	0886	Horse Camp Rim
0827	Stukel-High	0887	Pitchlog
0828	Stukel-Hill	0888	Rock Creek
0829	Horton	0889	Timber Hill
0830	Hungry Hollow	0890	Willow Valley
0831	Warlow	0892	Williams
0832	Jesperson	0893	Fields
0833	Johnson	0894	Voight
0834	Kellison	0895	Harpold Canyon
0835	Ketcham	0896	McFall
0836	Harpold Chaining
0837	Bryant-Horton
0838	Windy Ridge

Management Summaries By Allotment

Allotment Name:	Chase Mountain	Management Category:	C
Allotment Number:	0101	Livestock Kind:	Cattle
Public Acres:	8,823	Other Acres :	19,680

Grazing Administration Info. (AUMs)		Other Forage Demands (AUMs)
Active Preference:	195	Deer:	1,681
Suspended Nonuse:	0	Elk:	0
Total Preference:	195	Antelope:	0
Exchange of Use:	239	Horses:	0
Total:	434	Total:	1,681
Season of Use: 5/15 - 8/13

Identified Resources Conflicts/Concerns	Management Objectives
None

Constraints

The grazing lease for BLM lands (and the exchange of use listed) within this allotment is dependent on and tied to the intermingled private land grazing lease (Weyerhaeuser Company).

Allotment Name:	Edge Creek (Ward, Edge Creek & North Pastures)	Management Category:	I
Allotment Number:	0102	Livestock Kind:	Cattle
Public Acres:	8,860	Other Acres:	29,400

Grazing Administration Info. (AUMs)		Other Forage Demands (AUMs)
Active Preference:	207	Deer	1,681
Suspended Nonuse:	0	Elk:	100
Total Preference:	207	Antelope:	0
Exchange of Use:	349	Horses:	100
Total:	556	Total:	1,881
Season of Use: Ward Edge Creek & North	5/1 - 7/1 5/1 - 9/1

Identified Resources Conflicts/Concerns	Management Objectives
Under current management the range condition, level or pattern of utilization, and/or season-of-use may be unacceptable; or carrying capacity may be exceeded.	Maintain or improve rangeland condition and productivity through a change in grazing management practices, timing, and/or level of active use.
Large area that is not included in allotment but grazed in common with the Ward Pasture.	Include south and east side of Klamath River Canyon in Edge Creek allotment and Ward Pasture.
Critical deer winter range occurs in allotment.	Management systems should reflect the importance of deer winter range.
Special status species and/or habitat exists within the allotment.	Prevent significant risk to well-being of special status species and/or habitat from BLM-authorized actions.
Riparian or aquatic habitat is in less than good habitat condition.	Maintain and improve riparian or aquatic habitat in good or better habitat condition.
Water quality may not currently meet the Department of Environmental Quality water quality standards for beneficial use.	Maintain and improve water quality on public lands to meet or exceed standards for beneficial uses, as specifically established by the Department of Environ- mental Quality, where BLM authorized actions are having a negative effect on water quality.
River segment under study for inclusion in the National Wild and Scenic River System.	Ensure livestock grazing management within the river corridor conforms with the river management plan if Congressional approval of river segment occurs.
Potential Area of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC) within this allotment.	If designated, grazing management will be consistent with the ACEC management plan.
Allotment makes up a large portion of the Pokegama Herd Management Area.	Manage wild horse grazing levels on public lands to ensure a thriving natural ecological balance and prevent deterioration of the range.
Potential for grazing/recreation conflicts within the allotment.	Grazing management should consider recreation concerns.

Constraints

Officially listed threatened or endangered species and/or critical habitats occur within allotment. Mitigate all management practices, as needed, to ensure full compliance with the recovery plan in effect for the species in question.

Critical deer winter range occurs in allotment. Vegetation conversions must be coordinated to adequately address the needs of both big game and cattle. No more than 10 percent of current browse in deer winter range may be converted in any one year.

Allotment contains all or a portion of a wild horse herd management area. Management actions must be mitigated, as needed, to ensure the free-roaming nature of the herd.

Ensure that substantial vegetation conversions do not significantly reduce the variety of plant species or communities in abundances necessary for their continued existence and proper functioning.

The grazing lease for the BLM lands (and the exchange of use) within the North and Edge Creek pastures is dependent on and tied to the intermingled private land grazing lease (Weyerhaeuser Company).

The following areas are excluded from general livestock grazing: The upper and lower Hayden Creek Riparian Exclosures and Fox Lake.

Allotment Name:	Buck Mountain		Management Category:	C
Allotment Number:	0103		Livestock Kind:	Cattle
Public Acres:	Medford District* Lakeview District Total	1,120 7,022 8,142	Other Acres:	Medford* Lakeview Total	8,420 33,300 41,720

*These acres are within the Medford District boundary but licensed for grazing by the Klamath Falls Resource Area, Lakeview District.

Grazing Administration Info. (AUMs)		Other Forage Demands (AUMs)
Active Preference:	204	Deer:	1,643
Suspended Nonuse:	0	Elk:	0
Total Preference:	204	Antelope:	0
Exchange of Use:	948	Horses:	0
Total:	1,152	Total:	1,643
Season of Use:	5/15 - 9/1

Identified Resources Conflicts/Concerns	Management Objectives
Under current management the range condition, level or pattern of utilization, and/or season-of-use may be unacceptable; or carrying capacity may be exceeded.	Maintain or improve rangeland condition and productivity through a change in grazing management practices, timing, and/or level of active use.
No forage allocations for elk use in the allotment have been made.	Allocate forage to meet elk forage demands.
Riparian or aquatic habitat is in less than good habitat condition.	Maintain and improve riparian or aquatic habitat in good or better habitat condition.
Potential for grazing/recreation conflicts within the allotment.	Grazing management should consider recreation concerns.

Constraints

The grazing lease for BLM lands (and the exchange of use listed), within this allotment is dependent on and tied to the intermingled private land grazing lease (Weyerhaeuser Company).

Allotment Name:	Buck Lake	Management Category:	C
Allotment Number:	0104	Livestock Kind:	Cattle
Public Acres:	11,971	Other Acres:	4,380

Grazing Administration Info. (AUMs)		Other Forage Demands (AUMs)
Active Preference:	280	Deer:	2,129
Suspended Nonuse:	0	Elk:	0
Total Preference:	280	Antelope:	0
Exchange of Use:	169	Horses:	0
Total:	449	Total:	2,129
Season of Use: 6/15 - 9/15

Identified Resources Conflicts/Concerns	Management Objectives
Under current management the range condition, level or pattern of utilization, and/or season-of-use may be unacceptable; or carrying capacity may be exceeded.	Maintain or improve rangeland condition and productivity through a change in grazing management practices, timing, and/or level of active use.
No forage allocations for elk use in the allotment have been made.	Allocate forage to meet elk forage demands.
Riparian or aquatic habitat is in less than good habitat condition.	Improve and maintain riparian or aquatic habitat in good or better habitat condition.
Water quality may not currently meet the Department of Environmental Quality water quality standards for beneficial use.	Maintain and improve water quality on public lands to meet or exceed standards for beneficial uses, as specifically established by the Department of Environmental Quality, where BLM authorized actions are having a negative effect on water quality.
Potential for grazing/recreation conflicts within the allotment.	Grazing management should consider recreation concerns.

Constraints

Multiple use management of the allotment has been and will continue to be directed and adjusted via the Spencer Creek coordinated resource management planning (CRMP) process currently in place.

Allotment Name:	Johnson Prairie	Management Category:	C
Allotment Number:	0105	Livestock Kind:	Cattle
Public Acres:	120	Other Acres:	400

Grazing Administration Info. (AUMs)		Other Forage Demands (AUMs)
Active Preference:	12	Deer:	0
Suspended Nonuse:	0	Elk:	0
Total Preference:	12	Antelope:	0
Exchange of Use:	0	Horses:	0
Total:	12	Total:	0
Season of Use: 5/1 - 10/1

Identified Resources Conflicts/Concerns	Management Objectives
None

Allotment Name:	Dixie		Management Category:	I
Allotment Number:	0107		Livestock Kind:	Cattle
Public Acres:	Medford District* Lakeview Total	3,260 2,287 5,547	Other Acres:	Medford* Lakeview Total	14,060 8,200 22,260

*These acres are within the Medford District boundary but licensed for grazing by the Klamath Falls Resource Area, Lakeview District.

Grazing Administration Info. (AUMs)		Other Forage Demands (AUMs)
Active Preference:	415	Deer:	928
Suspended Nonuse:	0	Elk:	100
Total Preference:	415	Antelope:	0
Exchange of Use:	259	Horses:	50
Total:	674	Total:	1,078
Season of Use: 5/15 - 9/15

Identified Resources Conflicts/Concerns	Management Objectives
Under current management the range condition, level or pattern of utilization, and/or season-of-use may be unacceptable; or carrying capacity may be exceeded.	Maintain or improve rangeland condition and productivity through a change in grazing management practices, timing, and/or level of active use.
Critical deer winter range occurs in allotment.	Management system should reflect the importance of deer winter range.
Riparian or aquatic habitat is in less than good habitat condition.	Improve and maintain riparian or aquatic habitat in good or better habitat condition.
Water quality may not currently meet the Department of Environmental Quality water quality standards for beneficial use.	Maintain and improve water quality on public lands to meet or exceed standards for beneficial uses, as specifically established by the Department of Environmental Quality, where BLM authorized actions are having a negative effect on water quality.
Allotment comprises a large portion of the Pokegama Herd Management Area.	Manage wild horse grazing levels on public lands to ensure a thriving natural ecological balance and prevent deterioration of the range.

Constraints

Allotment contains all or a portion of a portion of a wild horse herd management area. Management actions must be mitigated, as needed, to ensure free-roaming nature of the herd.

Ensure that substantial vegetation conversions do not significantly reduce the variety of plant species or communities in abundances necessary for their continued existence and proper functioning.

The exchange of use figure listed within this allotment is dependent on the renewal of the private land grazing lease (Weyerhaeuser Company).

The following area is excluded from general livestock grazing: Dixie Riparian Exclosure.

Allotment Name:	Dry Lake	Management Category:	C
Allotment Number:	0140	Livestock Kind:	Cattle
Public Acres:	145	Other Acres :	1,040

Grazing Administration Info. (AUMs)		Other Forage Demands (AUMs)
Active Preference:	10	Deer:	10
Suspended Nonuse:	0	Elk:	0
Total Preference:	10	Antelope:	0
Exchange of Use:	145	Horses:	0
Total:	155	Total:	10
Season of Use: 5/1 - 6/30

Identified Resources Conflicts/Concerns	Management Objectives
None

Constraints

The grazing lease for BLM lands (and the exchange of use listed) within the allotment is dependent on and tied to the intermingled private land grazing lease (Weyerhaeuser Company).

Allotment Name:	Chicken Hills	Management Category:	C
Allotment Number:	0141	Livestock Kind:	Cattle
Public Acres:	3,422	Other Acres:	5,340

Grazing Administration Info. (AUMs)		Other Forage Demands (AUMs)
Active Preference:	80	Deer:	931
Suspended Nonuse:	0	Elk:	0
Total Preference:	80	Antelope:	0
Exchange of Use:	383	Horses:	0
Total:	463	Total:	931
Season of Use: 5/15 - 8/1

Identified Resources Conflicts/Concerns	Management Objectives
Under current management the range condition, level or pattern of utilization, and/or season-of-use may be unacceptable; or carrying capacity may be exceeded.	Maintain or improve rangeland condition and productivity through a change in grazing management practices, timing, and/or level of active use.

Allotment Name:	Long Lake	Management Category:	C
Allotment Number:	0142	Livestock Kind:	Cattle
Public Acres:	363	Other Acres:	1,160

Grazing Administration Info. (AUMs)		Other Forage Demands (AUMs)
Active Preference:	18	Deer:	0
Suspended Nonuse:	0	Elk:	0
Total Preference:	18	Antelope:	0
Exchange of Use:	0	Horses:	0
Total:	18	Total:	0
Season of Use: 6/15 - 8/1

Identified Resources Conflicts/Concerns	Management Objectives
No forage allocations for deer use in the allotment have been made.	Allocate forage to meet deer forage demands.
Riparian or aquatic habitat may be in less than good habitat.	Maintain and improve riparian or aquatic habitat in good or better habitat condition.

Allotment Name:	Grubb Springs	Management Category:	C
Allotment Number:	0147	Livestock Kind:	Cattle
Public Acres:	3,524	Other Acres:	34,620

Grazing Administration Info. (AUMs)		Other Forage Demands (AUMs)
Active Preference:	130	Deer:	650
Suspended Nonuse:	0	Elk:	0
Total Preference:	130	Antelope:	0
Exchange of Use:	454	Horses:	0
Total:	584	Total:	650
Season of Use: 5/1 - 8/15

Identified Resources Conflicts/Concerns	Management Objectives
Riparian or aquatic habitat is in less than good habitat condition.	Maintain and improve riparian or aquatic habitat in good or better habitat condition.
Water quality may not currently meet the Department of Environmental Quality water quality standards for beneficial use.	Maintain and improve water quality on public lands to meet or exceed standards for beneficial uses, as specifically established by the Department of Environ- mental Quality, where BLM authorized actions are having a negative effect on water quality.
Potential for grazing/recreation conflicts with the allotment.	Grazing management should consider recreation concerns.

Constraints

Multiple use management of the allotment has been and will continue to be directed and adjusted via the Spencer Creek Coordinated Resource Management Planning process currently in place.

The grazing lease for BLM lands (and the exchange of use listed) is dependent on and tied to the intermingled private land grazing lease (Weyerhaeuser Company).

Allotment Name:	Adams	Management Category:	C
Allotment Number:	0800	Livestock Kind:	Cattle
Public Acres:	40	Other Acres:	0

Grazing Administration Info. (AUMs)		Other Forage Demands (AUMs)
Active Preference:	6	Deer:	0
Suspended Nonuse:	0	Elk:	0
Total Preference:	6	Antelope:	0
Exchange of Use:	0	Horses:	0
Total	6	Total:	0
Season of Use: 5/15 - 10/31

Identified Resources Conflicts/Concerns	Management Objectives
None

Allotment Name:	Haught	Management Category:	C
Allotment Number:	0801	Livestock Kind:	Cattle
Public Acres:	400	Other Acres:	0

Grazing Administration Info. (AUMs)		Other Forage Demands (AUMs)
Active Preference:	27	Deer:	7
Suspended Nonuse:	0	Elk:	0
Total Preference:	27	Antelope:	0
Exchange of Use:	0	Horses:	0
Total:	27	Total:	7
Season of Use: 5/1 - 6/15

Identified Resources Conflicts/Concerns	Management Objectives
Critical deer winter range occurs in allotment.	Management systems should reflect the importance of deer winter range.

Allotment Name:	Stock Drive	Management Category:	C
Allotment Number:	0802	Livestock Kind:	Cattle
Public Acres:	40	Other Acres:	0

Grazing Administration Info. (AUMs)		Other Forage Demands (AUMs)
Active Preference:	2	Deer:	0
Suspended Nonuse:	0	Elk:	0
Total Preference:	2	Antelope:	0
Exchange of Use:	0	Horses:	0
Total	2	Total:	0
Season of Use: 5/1 - 5/31

Identified Resources Conflicts/Concerns	Management Objectives
None

Allotment Name:	"J" Spring	Management Category:	C
Allotment Number:	0803	Livestock Kind:	Cattle
Public Acres:	320	Other Acres:	260

Grazing Administration Info. (AUMs)		Other Forage Demands (AUMs)
Active Preference:	7	Deer:	6
Suspended Nonuse:	0	Elk:	0
Total Preference:	7	Antelope:	2
Exchange of Use:	0	Horses:	0
Total	7	Total:	8
Season of Use: 5/1 - 6/30

Identified Resources Conflicts/Concerns	Management Objectives
None

Allotment Name:	Bar CL	Management Category:	C
Allotment Number:	0804	Livestock Kind:	Cattle
Public Acres:	480	Other Acres:	0

Grazing Administration Info. (AUMs)		Other Forage Demands (AUMs)
Active Preference:	20	Deer:	10
Suspended Nonuse:	22	Elk:	0
Total Preference:	42	Antelope:	0
Exchange of Use:	0	Horses:	0
Total	42	Total:	10
Season of Use: 5/1 - 5/31

Identified Resources Conflicts/Concerns	Management Objectives
None

Allotment Name:	SE 80	Management Category:	C
Allotment Number:	0805	Livestock Kind:	Cattle
Public Acres:	80	Other Acres:	0

Grazing Administration Info. (AUMs)		Other Forage Demands (AUMs)
Active Preference:	8	Deer:	1
Suspended Nonuse:	0	Elk:	0
Total Preference:	8	Antelope:	0
Exchange of Use:	0	Horses:	0
Total	8	Total:	1
Season of Use: 5/1 - 10/31

Identified Resources Conflicts/Concerns	Management Objectives
None

Allotment Name:	Two Mile	Management Category:	C
Allotment Number:	0806	Livestock Kind:	Cattle
Public Acres:	817	Other Acres:	0

Grazing Administration Info. (AUMs)		Other Forage Demands (AUMs)
Active Preference:	80	Deer:	16
Suspended Nonuse:	0	Elk:	16
Total Preference:	80	Antelope:	0
Exchange of Use:	0	Horses:	0
Total	80	Total:	32
Season of Use: 5/1 - 9/30

Identified Resources Conflicts/Concerns	Management Objectives
None

Allotment Name:	Barnwell	Management Category:	C
Allotment Number:	0807	Livestock Kind:	Cattle
Public Acres:	1,708	Other Acres:	0

Grazing Administration Info. (AUMs)		Other Forage Demands (AUMs)
Active Preference:	100	Deer:	80
Suspended Nonuse:	0	Elk:	0
Total Preference:	100	Antelope:	0
Exchange of Use:	0	Horses:	0
Total	100	Total:	80
Season of Use: 5/1 - 6/15

Identified Resources Conflicts/Concerns	Management Objectives
Important waterfowl habitat exists within allotment.	Maintain or improve existing waterfowl habitat.
Critical deer winter range occurs in allotment.	Management systems should reflect the importance of deer winter range.

Allotment Name:	Lee	Management Category:	C
Allotment Number:	0808	Livestock Kind:	Cattle
Public Acres:	40	Other Acres:	0

Grazing Administration Info. (AUMs)		Other Forage Demands (AUMs)
Active Preference:	10	Deer:	0
Suspended Nonuse:	0	Elk:	0
Total Preference:	10	Antelope:	0
Exchange of Use:	0	Horses:	0
Total	10	Total:	0
Season of Use: 6/1 - 6/30

Identified Resources Conflicts/Concerns	Management Objectives
Important waterfowl habitat exists within allotment.	Maintain or improve existing waterfowl habitat.

Allotment Name:	Brown	Management Category:	C
Allotment Number:	0809	Livestock Kind:	Cattle
Public Acres:	80	Other Acres:	0

Grazing Administration Info. (AUMs)		Other Forage Demands (AUMs)
Active Preference:	30	Deer:	1
Suspended Nonuse:	0	Elk:	0
Total Preference:	0	Antelope:	0
Exchange of Use:	0	Horses:	0
Total:	30	Total:	1
Season of Use: 6/1 - 6/30

Identified Resources Conflicts/Concerns	Management Objectives
Important waterfowl habitat exists within allotment.	Maintain or improve existing waterfowl habitat.

Allotment Name:	Brenda	Management Category:	C
Allotment Number:	0810	Livestock Kind:	Cattle
Public Acres:	1,300	Other Acres:	0

Grazing Administration Info. (AUMs)		Other Forage Demands (AUMs)
Active Preference:	124	Deer:	24
Suspended Nonuse:	0	Elk:	24
Total Preference:	124	Antelope:	0
Exchange of Use:	0	Horses:	0
Total:	124	Total:	48
Season of Use: 5/1 - 6/30

Identified Resources Conflicts/Concerns	Management Objectives
None

Constraints

The grazing lease for BLM lands in this allotment is dependent on and tied to the intermingled private land grazing lease (Jeld-Wen, Inc.)

Allotment Name:	Cheyne	Management Category:	C
Allotment Number:	0811	Livestock Kind:	Cattle
Public Acres:	840	Other Acres:	0

Grazing Administration Info. (AUMs)		Other Forage Demands (AUMs)
Active Preference:	51	Deer:	40
Suspended Nonuse:	0	Elk:	0
Total Preference:	51	Antelope:	0
Exchange of Use:	0	Horses:	0
Total:	51	Total:	40
Season of Use: 5/1 - 6/15

Identified Resources Conflicts/Concerns	Management Objectives
Critical deer winter range occurs in allotment.	Management systems should reflect the importance of deer winter range.

Allotment Name:	Stukel-Coffin	Management Category:	C
Allotment Number:	0812	Livestock Kind:	Cattle
Public Acres:	760	Other Acres:	0

Grazing Administration Info. (AUMs)		Other Forage Demands (AUMs)
Active Preference:	55	Deer:	14
Suspended Nonuse:	0	Elk:	5
Total Preference:	55	Antelope:	0
Exchange of Use:	0	Horses:	0
Total:	55	Total:	19
Season of Use: 5/1 - 7/1

Identified Resources Conflicts/Concerns	Management Objectives
None

Allotment Name:	Plum Hills	Management Category:	C
Allotment Number:	0813	Livestock Kind:	Cattle
Public Acres:	160	Other Acres:	0

Grazing Administration Info. (AUMs)		Other Forage Demands (AUMs)
Active Preference:	20	Deer:	4
Suspended Nonuse:	0	Elk:	0
Total Preference:	20	Antelope:	0
Exchange of Use:	0	Horses:	0
Total:	20	Total:	4
Season of Use: 5/1 - 6/15

Identified Resources Conflicts/Concerns	Management Objectives
None

Allotment Name:	Cunningham	Management Category:	C
Allotment Number:	0814	Livestock Kind:	Cattle
Public Acres:	840	Other Acres:	0

Grazing Administration Info. (AUMs)		Other Forage Demands (AUMs)
Active Preference:	108	Deer:	16
Suspended Nonuse:	0	Elk:	0
Total Preference:	108	Antelope:	0
Exchange of Use:	0	Horses:	0
Total:	108	Total:	16
Season of Use: 5/1 - 6/15

Identified Resources Conflicts/Concerns	Management Objectives
Active erosion occurs in the allotment.	Maintain and improve erosion condition to moderate or better condition.

Allotment Name:	Stukel-Dehlinger C	Management Category:	I
Allotment Number:	0815	Livestock Kind:	Cattle
Public Acres:	1,680	Other Acres:	560

Grazing Administration Info. (AUMs)		Other Forage Demands (AUMs)
Active Preference:	240	Deer:	31
Suspended Nonuse:	0	Elk:	11
Total Preference:	240	Antelope:	0
Exchange of Use:	46	Horses:	0
Total:	286	Total:	42
Season of Use: 5/1 - 7/1

Identified Resources Conflicts/Concerns	Management Objectives
Under current management the range condition, level or pattern of utilization, and/or season-of-use may be unacceptable; or carrying capacity may be exceeded.	Maintain or improve rangeland condition and productivity through a change in grazing management practices, timing, and/or level of active use.
Critical deer winter range occurs in allotment.	Management systems should reflect the importance of deer winter range.
Active erosion occurs in the allotment.	Maintain and improve erosion condition in moderate or better erosion condition.

Allotment Name:	Stukel-Dehlinger H	Management Category:	C
Allotment Number:	0816	Livestock Kind:	Cattle
Public Acres:	440	Other Acres:	0

Grazing Administration Info. (AUMs)		Other Forage Demands (AUMs)
Active Preference:	30	Deer:	8
Suspended Nonuse:	0	Elk:	0
Total Preference:	0	Antelope:	0
Exchange of Use:	0	Horses:	0
Total:	30	Total:	8
Season of Use: 5/1 - 7/1

Identified Resources Conflicts/Concerns	Management Objectives
Critical deer winter range occurs in allotment.	Management systems should reflect the importance of deer winter range.

Allotment Name:	Drew	Management Category:	C
Allotment Number:	0817	Livestock Kind:	Cattle
Public Acres:	720	Other Acres:	0

Grazing Administration Info. (AUMs)		Other Forage Demands (AUMs)
Active Preference:	72	Deer:	34
Suspended Nonuse:	0	Elk:	14
Total Preference:	72	Antelope:	0
Exchange of Use:	0	Horses:	0
Total:	72	Total:	48
Season of Use: 5/1 - 6/30

Identified Resources Conflicts/Concerns	Management Objectives
None

Allotment Name:	Bryant-Duncan	Management Category:	C
Allotment Number:	0818	Livestock Kind:	Cattle
Public Acres:	200	Other Acres:	0

Grazing Administration Info. (AUMs)		Other Forage Demands (AUMs)
Active Preference:	15	Deer:	4
Suspended Nonuse:	0	Elk:	0
Total Preference:	15	Antelope:	0
Exchange of Use:	0	Horses:	0
Total:	15	Total:	4
Season of Use: 5/1 - 6/15

Identified Resources Conflicts/Concerns	Management Objectives
None

Allotment Name:	Dupont	Management Category:	C
Allotment Number:	0819	Livestock Kind:	Cattle
Public Acres:	79	Other Acres:	0

Grazing Administration Info. (AUMs)		Other Forage Demand (AUMs)
Active Preference:	7	Deer:	0
Suspended Nonuse:	0	Elk:	0
Total Preference:	7	Antelope:	0
Exchange of Use:	0	Horses:	0
Total:	7	Total:	0
Season of Use: 5/1 - 6/15

Identified Resources Conflicts/Concerns	Management Objectives
None

Allotment Name:	Flesher	Management Category:	C
Allotment Number:	0820	Livestock Kind:	Cattle
Public Acres:	160	Other Acres:	0

Grazing Administration Info. (AUMs)		Other Forage Demand (AUMs)
Active Preference:	16	Deer:	4
Suspended Nonuse:	0	Elk:	0
Total Preference:	16	Antelope:	0
Exchange of Use:	0	Horses:	0
Total:	16	Total:	4
Season of Use: 5/1 - 6/15

Identified Resources Conflicts/Concerns	Management Objectives
None

Allotment Name:	North Horsefly	Management Category:	C
Allotment Number:	0821	Livestock Kind:	Cattle
Public Acres:	988	Other Acres:	0

Grazing Administration Info. (AUMs)		Other Forage Demands (AUMs)
Active Preference:	68	Deer:	18
Suspended Nonuse:	0	Elk:	0
Total Preference:	68	Antelope:	0
Exchange of Use:	0	Horses:	0
Total:	68	Total:	18
Season of Use: 5/1 - 6/15

Identified Resources Conflicts/Concerns	Management Objectives
None

Allotment Name:	Jeld-Wen	Management Category:	I
Allotment Number:	0822	Livestock Kind:	Cattle
Public Acres:	3,122	Other Acres:	3,160

Grazing Administration Info. (AUMs)		Other Forage Demands (AUMs)
Active Preference:	210	Deer:	59
Suspended Nonuse:	0	Elk:	20
Total Preference:	210	Antelope:	0
Exchange of Use:	0	Horses:	0
Total:	210	Total:	79
Season of Use: 5/1 - 7/1

Identified Resources Conflicts/Concerns	Management Objectives
Under current management the range condition, level or pattern of utilization, and/or season-of-use may be unacceptable; or carrying capacity may be exceeded.	Maintain or improve rangeland condition and productivity through a change in grazing management practices, timing, and/or level of active use.
Big game limited by unsatisfactory habitat condition.	Maintain and improve big game habitat in satisfactory condition.
Critical deer winter range occurs in allotment.	Management systems should reflect the importance of deer winter range.
Active erosion occurs in the allotment.	Maintain and improve erosion condition in moderate or better erosion condition.
Riparian or aquatic habitat is in less than good habitat good or better habitat condition.	Maintain and improve riparian or aquatic habitat in condition.

Constraints

The grazing lease for BLM lands within this allotment is dependent on and tied to the intermingled private land grazing lease (Jeld-Wen, Inc.)

The following area is excluded from general livestock grazing: The "Aspen" exclosure.

Allotment Name:	North Horsefly	Management Category:	C
Allotment Number:	0823	Livestock Kind:	Cattle
Public Acres:	920	Other Acres:	0

Grazing Administration Info. (AUMs)		Other Forage Demands (AUMs)
Active Preference:	60	Deer:	17
Suspended Nonuse:	0	Elk:	0
Total Preference:	60	Antelope:	0
Exchange of Use:	0	Horses:	0
Total:	60	Total:	17
Season of Use: 5/1 - 6/15

Identified Resources Conflicts/Concerns	Management Objectives
None

Allotment Name:	Jeld-Wen	Management Category:	C
Allotment Number:	0824	Livestock Kind:	Cattle
Public Acres:	360	Other Acres:	0

Grazing Administration Info. (AUMs)		Other Forage Demands (AUMs)
Active Preference:	36	Deer:	7
Suspended Nonuse:	0	Elk:	0
Total Preference:	36	Antelope:	0
Exchange of Use:	0	Horses:	0
Total:	36	Total:	7
Season of Use: 6/1 - 7/15

Identified Resources Conflicts/Concerns	Management Objectives
None

Constraints:

The grazing lease for BLM lands within this allotment is dependent on and tied to the intermingled private land grazing lease (Jeld-Wen, Inc.)

Allotment Name:	Naylox	Management Category:	C
Allotment Number:	0825	Livestock Kind:	Cattle
Public Acres:	760	Other Acres:	0

Grazing Administration Info. (AUMs)		Other Forage Demands (AUMs)
Active Preference:	76	Deer:	14
Suspended Nonuse:	0	Elk:	0
Total Preference:	76	Antelope:	0
Exchange of Use:	0	Horses:	0
Total:	76	Total:	14
Season of Use: 5/1 - 6/30

Identified Resources Conflicts/Concerns	Management Objectives
None

Allotment Name:	Haskins	Management Category:	C
Allotment Number:	0826	Livestock Kind:	Cattle
Public Acres:	560	Other Acres:	0

Grazing Administration Info. (AUMs)		Other Forage Demands (AUMs)
Active Preference:	80	Deer:	11
Suspended Nonuse:	0	Elk:	0
Total Preference:	80	Antelope:	0
Exchange of Use:	0	Horses:	0
Total:	80	Total:	11
Season of Use: 5/1 - 6/15

Identified Resources Conflicts/Concerns	Management Objectives
None

Allotment Name:	Stukel-High	Management Category:	C
Allotment Number:	0827	Livestock Kind:	Cattle
Public Acres:	237	Other Acres:	0

Grazing Administration Info. (AUMs)		Other Forage Demands (AUMs)
Active Preference:	17	Deer:	5
Suspended Nonuse:	0	Elk:	0
Total Preference:	17	Antelope:	0
Exchange of Use:	0	Horses:	0
Total:	17	Total:	5
Season of Use: 5/1 - 7/1

Identified Resources Conflicts/Concerns	Management Objectives
Under current management the range condition, level or pattern of utilization, and/or season-of-use may be unacceptable; or carrying capacity may be exceeded.	Maintain or improve rangeland condition and productivity through a change in grazing management practices, timing, and/or level of active use.
Big game limited by unsatisfactory habitat condition.	Maintain and improve big game habitat in satisfactory condition.
Critical deer winter range occurs in allotment.	Management systems should reflect the importance of deer winter range.
Active erosion occurs in the allotment.	Maintain and improve erosion condition in moderate or better erosion condition.

Allotment Name:	Stukel-Hill	Management Category:	C
Allotment Number:	0828	Livestock Kind:	Cattle
Public Acres:	960	Other Acres:	0

Grazing Administration Info. (AUMs)		Other Forage Demands (AUMs)
Active Preference:	60	Deer:	18
Suspended Nonuse:	0	Elk:	7
Total Preference:	60	Antelope:	0
Exchange of Use:	0	Horses:	0
Total:	60	Total:	25
Season of Use: 5/1 - 7/1

Identified Resources Conflicts/Concerns	Management Objectives
Under current management the range condition, level or pattern of utilization, and/or season-of-use may be unacceptable; or carrying capacity may be exceeded.	Maintain or improve rangeland condition and productivity through a change in grazing management practices, timing, and/or level of active use.
Big game limited by unsatisfactory habitat condition.	Maintain and improve big game habitat in satisfactory condition.
Active erosion occurs in the allotment.	Maintain and improve erosion condition in moderate or better erosion condition.
Riparian or aquatic habitat is in less than good habitat condition.	Maintain and improve riparian or aquatic habitat in good or better habitat condition.

Allotment Name:	Horton	Management Category:	C
Allotment Number:	0829	Livestock Kind:	Cattle
Public Acres:	760	Other Acres:	0

Grazing Administration Info. (AUMs)		Other Forage Demands (AUMs)
Active Preference:	26	Deer:	36
Suspended Nonuse:	0	Elk:	0
Total Preference:	26	Antelope:	0
Exchange of Use:	0	Horses:	0
Total:	26	Total:	36
Season of Use: 5/1 - 6/15

Identified Resources Conflicts/Concerns	Management Objectives
Critical deer winter range occurs in allotment.	Management systems should reflect the importance of deer winter range.

Allotment Name:	Hungry Hollow	Management Category:	C
Allotment Number:	0830	Livestock Kind:	Horses
Public Acres:	280	Other Acres:	0

Grazing Administration Info. (AUMs)		Other Forage Demands (AUMs)
Active Preference:	40	Deer:	5
Suspended Nonuse:	0	Elk:	0
Total Preference:	40	Antelope:	0
Exchange of Use:	0	Horses:	0
Total:	40	Total:	5
Season of Use: 5/1 - 6/15

Identified Resources Conflicts/Concerns	Management Objectives
None

Allotment Name:	Warlow	Management Category:	C
Allotment Number:	0831	Livestock Kind:	Cattle
Public Acres:	460	Other Acres:	0

Grazing Administration Info. (AUMs)		Other Forage Demands (AUMs)
Active Preference:	50	Deer:	8
Suspended Nonuse:	0	Elk:	3
Total Preference:	50	Antelope:	0
Exchange of Use:	0	Horses:	0
Total:	50	Total:	11
Season of Use: 5/1 - 9/30

Identified Resources Conflicts/Concerns	Management Objectives
Riparian or aquatic habitat is in less than good habitat good or better habitat condition.	Maintain and improve riparian or aquatic habitat in condition.

Allotment Name:	Jesperson	Management Category:	C
Allotment Number:	0832	Livestock Kind:	Cattle
Public Acres:	1,578	Other Acres:	0

Grazing Administration Info. (AUMs)		Other Forage Demands (AUMs)
Active Preference:	158	Deer:	30
Suspended Nonuse:	0	Elk:	30
Total Preference:	158	Antelope:	0
Exchange of Use:	0	Horses:	0
Total:	158	Total:	60
Season of Use: 5/1 - 7/1

Identified Resources Conflicts/Concerns	Management Objectives
None

Allotment Name:	Bryant-Johnson	Management Category:	C
Allotment Number:	0833	Livestock Kind:	Cattle
Public Acres:	40	Other Acres:	0

Grazing Administration Info. (AUMs)		Other Forage Demands (AUMs)
Active Preference:	6	Deer:	0
Suspended Nonuse:	0	Elk:	0
Total Preference:	6	Antelope:	0
Exchange of Use:	0	Horses:	0
Total:	6	Total:	0
Season of Use: 5/1 - 6/30

Identified Resources Conflicts/Concerns	Management Objectives
None

Allotment Name:	Kellison	Management Category:	C
Allotment Number:	0834	Livestock Kind:	Cattle
Public Acres:	335	Other Acres:	0

Grazing Administration Info. (AUMs)		Other Forage Demands (AUMs)
Active Preference:	19	Deer:	6
Suspended Nonuse:	0	Elk:	0
Total Preference:	19	Antelope:	0
Exchange of Use:	0	Horses:	0
Total:	19	Total:	6
Season of Use: 5/1 - 6/15

Identified Resources Conflicts/Concerns	Management Objectives
None

Allotment Name:	Kethcham	Management Category:	C
Allotment Number:	0835	Livestock Kind:	Cattle
Public Acres:	320	Other Acres:	0
Grazing Administration Info. (AUMs)		Other Forage Demands (AUMs)
Active Preference:	20	Deer:	16
Suspended Nonuse:	0	Elk:	0
Total Preference:	20	Antelope:	0
Exchange of Use:	0	Horses:	0
Total:	20	Total:	16
Season of Use: 5/1 - 6/15
Identified Resources Conflicts/Concerns		Management Objectives
Critical deer winter range occurs in allotment.		Management systems should reflect the importance of deer winter range.

Allotment Name:	Harpold Chaining	Management Category:	C
Allotment Number:	0836	Livestock Kind:	Cattle
Public Acres:	900	Other Acres:	0
Grazing Administration Info. (AUMs)		Other Forage Demands (AUMs)
Active Preference:	96	Deer:	101
Suspended Nonuse:	0	Elk:	0
Total Preference:	96	Antelope:	0
Exchange of Use:	0	Horses:	0
Total:	96	Total:	101
Season of Use: 5/1 - 5/31
Identified Resources Conflicts/Concerns		Management Objectives
Under current management the range condition, level or pattern of utilization, and/or season-of-use may be unacceptable; or carrying capacity may be exceeded. Critical deer winter range occurs in allotment.		Maintain or improve rangeland condition and productivity through a change in grazing management practices, timing, and/or level of active use. Management systems should reflect the importance of deer winter range.

Allotment Name:	Bryant-Horton	Management Category:	C
Allotment Number:	0837	Livestock Kind:	Cattle
Public Acres:	1,249	Other Acres:	0
Grazing Administration Info. (AUMs)		Other Forage Demands (AUMs)
Active Preference:	130	Deer:	24
Suspended Nonuse:	0	Elk:	8
Total Preference:	130	Antelope:	0
Exchange of Use:	0	Horses:	0
Total:	130	Total:	32
Season of Use: 6/1 - 6/30
Identified Resources Conflicts/Concerns		Management Objectives
None

Allotment Name:	Windy Ridge	Management Category:	C
Allotment Number:	0838	Livestock Kind:	Cattle
Public Acres:	600	Other Acres:	0
Grazing Administration Info. (AUMs)		Other Forage Demands (AUMs)
Active Preference:	52	Deer:	11
Suspended Nonuse:	0	Elk:	0
Total Preference:	52	Antelope:	0
Exchange of Use:	0	Horses:	0
Total:	52	Total:	11
Season of Use: 5/1 - 6/15
Identified Resources Conflicts/Concerns		Management Objectives
Under current management the range condition, level or pattern of utilization, and/or season-of-use may be unacceptable; or carrying capacity may be exceeded. Critical deer winter range occurs in allotment.		Maintain or improve rangeland condition and productivity through a change in grazing management practices, timing, and/or level of active use. Management systems should reflect the importance of deer winter range.

Allotment Name:	Bryant-Loveness	Management Category:	C
Allotment Number:	0839	Livestock Kind:	Cattle
Public Acres:	3,440	Other Acres:	0
Grazing Administration Info. (AUMs)		Other Forage Demands (AUMs)
Active Preference:	490	Deer:	161
Suspended Nonuse:	0	Elk:	21
Total Preference:	490	Antelope:	0
Exchange of Use:	0	Horses:	0
Total:	490	Total:	182
Season of Use: 5/1 - 6/30
Identified Resources Conflicts/Concerns		Management Objectives
Under current management the range condition, level or pattern of utilization, and/or season-of-use may be unacceptable; or carrying capacity may be exceeded.		Maintain or improve rangeland condition and productivity through a change in grazing management practices, timing, and/or level of active use.

Allotment Name:	Bryant-Lyon	Management Category:	C
Allotment Number:	0840	Livestock Kind:	Cattle
Public Acres:	565	Other Acres:	0
Grazing Administration Info. (AUMs)		Other Forage Demands (AUMs)
Active Preference:	38	Deer:	11
Suspended Nonuse:	0	Elk:	0
Total Preference:	38	Antelope:	0
Exchange of Use:	0	Horses:	0
Total:	38	Total:	11
Season of Use: 5/1 - 5/31
Identified Resources Conflicts/Concerns		Management Objectives
None

Allotment Name:	Marshall	Management Category:	C
Allotment Number:	0841	Livestock Kind:	Cattle
Public Acres:	348	Other Acres:	0
Grazing Administration Info. (AUMs)		Other Forage Demands (AUMs)
Active Preference:	14	Deer:	17
Suspended Nonuse:	0	Elk:	0
Total Preference:	14	Antelope:	0
Exchange of Use:	0	Horses:	0
Total:	14	Total:	17
Season of Use: 5/1 - 6/15
Identified Resources Conflicts/Concerns		Management Objectives
Critical deer winter range occurs in allotment.		Management systems should reflect the importance of deer winter range.

Allotment Name:	Masten	Management Category:	C
Allotment Number:	0842	Livestock Kind:	Cattle
Public Acres:	485	Other Acres:	0
Grazing Administration Info. (AUMs)		Other Forage Demands (AUMs)
Active Preference:	40	Deer:	10
Suspended Nonuse:	0	Elk:	0
Total Preference:	40	Antelope:	0
Exchange of Use:	0	Horses:	0
Total:	40	Total:	10
Season of Use: 5/1 - 6/15
Identified Resources Conflicts/Concerns		Management Objectives
None

Allotment Name:	Mc Auliffe	Management Category:	C
Allotment Number:	0843	Livestock Kind:	Cattle
Public Acres:	80	Other Acres:	0
Grazing Administration Info. (AUMs)		Other Forage Demands (AUMs)
Active Preference:	10	Deer:	1
Suspended Nonuse:	0	Elk:	0
Total Preference:	10	Antelope:	0
Exchange of Use:	0	Horses:	0
Total:	10	Total:	1
Season of Use: 5/1 - 5/31
Identified Resources Conflicts/Concerns		Management Objectives
None

Allotment Name:	Paddock	Management Category:	C
Allotment Number:	0844	Livestock Kind:	Cattle
Public Acres:	440	Other Acres:	240
Grazing Administration Info. (AUMs)		Other Forage Demands (AUMs)
Active Preference:	31	Deer:	8
Suspended Nonuse:	0	Elk:	0
Total Preference:	31	Antelope:	3
Exchange of Use:	0	Horses:	0
Total:	31	Total:	11
Season of Use: 5/ 1 - 6/30
Identified Resources Conflicts/Concerns		Management Objectives
None

Allotment Name:	K-Hills O'Connor	Management Category:	C
Allotment Number:	0845	Livestock Kind:	Cattle
Public Acres:	500	Other Acres:	0
Grazing Administration Info. (AUMs)		Other Forage Demands (AUMs)
Active Preference:	55	Deer:	10
Suspended Nonuse:	0	Elk:	0
Total Preference:	55	Antelope:	0
Exchange of Use:	0	Horses:	0
Total:	55	Total:	10
Season of Use: 5/1 - 6/15
Identified Resources Conflicts/Concerns		Management Objectives
None

Allotment Name:	OK	Management Category:	C
Allotment Number:	0846	Livestock Kind:	Cattle
Public Acres:	1,260	Other Acres:	0
Grazing Administration Info. (AUMs)		Other Forage Demands (AUMs)
Active Preference:	105	Deer:	24
Suspended Nonuse:	0	Elk:	0
Total Preference:	105	Antelope:	0
Exchange of Use:	0	Horses:	0
Total:	105	Total:	24
Season of Use: 5/1 - 6/15
Identified Resources Conflicts/Concerns		Management Objectives
Potential for grazing/recreation conflicts within the allotment.		Grazing management should consider recreation concerns.

Constraints

Allotment recently changed from sheep to cattle use via a grazing decision. The active preference listed above is an initial estimate of grazing capacity for cattle that will be monitored and adjusted if necessary in the future. The prior sheep preference was 140 AUMs.

Allotment Name:	Swede Cabin	Management Category:	C
Allotment Number:	0847	Livestock Kind:	Cattle
Public Acres:	1,921	Other Acres:	0
Grazing Administration Info. (AUMs)		Other Forage Demands (AUMs)
Active Preference:	108	Deer:	36
Suspended Nonuse:	0	Elk:	0
Total Preference:	108	Antelope:	0
Exchange of Use:	0	Horses:	0
Total:	108	Total:	36
Season of Use: 5/1 - 6/15
Identified Resources Conflicts/Concerns		Management Objectives
Special status species and/or habitat exists within the allotment.		Prevent significant risk to well-being of special status species and/or habitat from BLM-authorized actions.

Allotment Name:	Pope	Management Category:	C
Allotment Number:	0848	Livestock Kind:	Cattle
Public Acres:	1,044	Other Acres:	0
Grazing Administration Info. (AUMs)		Other Forage Demands (AUMs)
Active Preference:	70	Deer:	19
Suspended Nonuse:	0	Elk:	0
Total Preference:	70	Antelope:	0
Exchange of Use:	0	Horses:	0
Total:	70	Total:	19
Season of Use: 5/1 - 6/15
Identified Resources Conflicts/Concerns		Management Objectives
None

Allotment Name:	Rajnus Bros.	Management Category:	C
Allotment Number:	0849	Livestock Kind:	Cattle
Public Acres:	480	Other Acres:	0
Grazing Administration Info. (AUMs)		Other Forage Demands (AUMs)
Active Preference:	32	Deer:	10
Suspended Nonuse:	0	Elk:	0
Total Preference:	32	Antelope:	0
Exchange of Use:	0	Horses:	0
Total:	32	Total:	10
Season of Use: 5/1 - 6/15
Identified Resources Conflicts/Concerns		Management Objectives
None

Allotment Name:	Wilkinson	Management Category:	C
Allotment Number:	0850	Livestock Kind:	Cattle
Public Acres:	320	Other Acres:	0
Grazing Administration Info. (AUMs)		Other Forage Demands (AUMs)
Active Preference:	18	Deer:	6
Suspended Nonuse:	0	Elk:	0
Total Preference:	18	Antelope:	0
Exchange of Use:	0	Horses:	0
Total:	18	Total:	6
Season of Use: 5/1 - 6/15
Identified Resources Conflicts/Concerns		Management Objectives
Critical deer winter range occurs in allotment.		Management systems should reflect the importance of deer winter range.

Allotment Name:	Harpold Ridge	Management Category:	M
Allotment Number:	0851	Livestock Kind:	Cattle
Public Acres:	1,043	Other Acres:	0
Grazing Administration Info. (AUMs)		Other Forage Demands (AUMs)
Active Preference:	108	Deer:	49
Suspended Nonuse:	0	Elk:	0
Total Preference:	108	Antelope:	0
Exchange of Use:	0	Horses:	0
Total:	108	Total:	49
Season of Use: 5/1 - 5/31
Identified Resources Conflicts/Concerns		Management Objectives
Critical deer winter range occurs in allotment.		Management systems should reflect the importance of deer winter range.

Allotment Name:	Rodgers	Management Category:	I
Allotment Number:	0852	Livestock Kind:	Cattle
Public Acres:	2,549	Other Acres:	0
Grazing Administration Info. (AUMs)		Other Forage Demands (AUMs)
Active Preference:	249	Deer:	48
Suspended Nonuse:	0	Elk:	17
Total Preference:	249	Antelope:	0
Exchange of Use:	0	Horses:	0
Total:	249	Total:	65
Season of Use: 5/1 - 7/1
Identified Resources Conflicts/Concerns		Management Objectives
Under current management the range condition, level or pattern of utilization, and/or season-of-use may be unacceptable; or carrying capacity may be exceeded.		Maintain or improve rangeland condition and productivity through a change in grazing management practices, timing, and/or level of active use.
Big game limited by unsatisfactory habitat condition.		Maintain and improve big game habitat in satisfactory condition.
Critical deer winter range occurs in allotment.		Management systems should reflect the importance of deer winter range.
Active erosion occurs in the allotment.		Maintain and improve erosion condition in moderate or better erosion condition.
Riparian or aquatic habitat is in less than good habitat condition.		Maintain and improve riparian or aquatic habitat in good or better habitat condition.

Constraints

The following area is excluded from general livestock grazing: Van Meter Flat Reservoir exclosure.

Allotment Name:	7C	Management Category:	C
Allotment Number:	0853	Livestock Kind:	Cattle
Public Acres:	688	Other Acres:	0
Grazing Administration Info. (AUMs)		Other Forage Demands (AUMs)
Active Preference:	104	Deer:	13
Suspended Nonuse:	0	Elk:	0
Total Preference:	104	Antelope:	0
Exchange of Use:	0	Horses:	0
Total:	104	Total:	13
Season of Use: 5/1 - 6/30
Identified Resources Conflicts/Concerns		Management Objectives
Special status species and/or habitat exists within the allotment.		Prevent significant risk to well-being of special status species and/or habitat from BLM-authorized actions.

Allotment Name:	Jump	Management Category:	C
Allotment Number:	0854	Livestock Kind:	Cattle
Public Acres:	200	Other Acres:	0
Grazing Administration Info. (AUMs)		Other Forage Demands (AUMs)
Active Preference:	20	Deer:	4
Suspended Nonuse:	0	Elk:	0
Total Preference:	20	Antelope:	0
Exchange of Use:	0	Horses:	0
Total:	20	Total:	4
Season of Use: 5/1 - 5/31
Identified Resources Conflicts/Concerns		Management Objectives
None

Allotment Name:	Bryant-Smith	Management Category:	C
Allotment Number:	0855	Livestock Kind:	Cattle
Public Acres:	1,140	Other Acres:	0
Grazing Administration Info. (AUMs)		Other Forage Demands (AUMs)
Active Preference:	109	Deer:	22
Suspended Nonuse:	0	Elk:	7
Total Preference:	109	Antelope:	0
Exchange of Use:	0	Horses:	0
Total:	109	Total:	29
Season of Use: 5/15 - 6/15
Identified Resources Conflicts/Concerns		Management Objectives
Under current management the range condition, level or pattern of utilization, and/or season-of-use may be unacceptable; or carrying capacity may be exceeded.		Maintain or improve rangeland condition and productivity through a change in grazing management practices, timing, and/or level of active use.
Riparian or aquatic habitat is in less than good habitat condition.		Maintain and improve riparian or aquatic habitat in good or better habitat condition.
Potential for grazing/recreation conflicts within the allotment.		Grazing management should consider recreation concerns.

Allotment Name:	Bryant-Stastny	Management Category:	C
Allotment Number:	0856	Livestock Kind:	Cattle
Public Acres:	440	Other Acres:	0
Grazing Administration Info. (AUMs)		Other Forage Demands (AUMs)
Active Preference:	70	Deer:	8
Suspended Nonuse:	0	Elk:	3
Total Preference:	70	Antelope:	0
Exchange of Use:	0	Horses:	0
Total:	70	Total:	11
Season of Use: 5/10 - 9/30
Identified Resources Conflicts/Concerns		Management Objectives
None

Allotment Name:	Bryant-Taylor	Management Category:	C
Allotment Number:	0857	Livestock Kind:	Cattle
Public Acres:	1,080	Other Acres:	0
Grazing Administration Info. (AUMs)		Other Forage Demands (AUMs)
Active Preference:	74	Deer:	14
Suspended Nonuse:	0	Elk:	4
Total Preference:	74	Antelope:	0
Exchange of Use:	0	Horses:	0
Total:	74	Total:	18
Season of Use: 4/15 - 9/30
Identified Resources Conflicts/Concerns		Management Objectives
Potential for grazing/recreation conflicts within the allotment.		Grazing management should consider recreation concerns.

Allotment Name:	Swan Lake Rim	Management Category:	M
Allotment Number:	0858	Livestock Kind:	Cattle
Public Acres:	6,448	Other Acres:	0
Grazing Administration Info. (AUMs)		Other Forage Demands (AUMs)
Active Preference:	300	Deer:	121
Suspended Nonuse:	0	Elk:	116
Total Preference:	300	Antelope:	0
Exchange of Use:	0	Horses:	0
Total:	300	Total:	237
Season of Use: 5/1 - 6/30
Identified Resources Conflicts/Concerns		Management Objectives
Under current management the range condition, level or pattern of utilization, and/or season-of-use may be unacceptable; or carrying capacity may be exceeded.		Maintain or improve rangeland condition and productivity through a change in grazing management practices, timing, and/or level of active use.
Critical deer winter range occurs in allotment.		Management systems should reflect the importance of deer winter range.
Potential for grazing/recreation conflicts within the allotment.		Grazing management should consider recreation concerns.

Allotment Name:	Cunard	Management Category:	I
Allotment Number:	0859	Livestock Kind:	Horses
Public Acres:	370	Other Acres:	0
Grazing Administration Info. (AUMs)		Other Forage Demands (AUMs)
Active Preference:	60	Deer:	7
Suspended Nonuse:	0	Elk:	0
Total Preference:	60	Antelope:	0
Exchange of Use:	0	Horses:	0
Total:	60	Total:	7
Season of Use: 5/15 - 7/1
Identified Resources Conflicts/Concerns		Management Objectives
Under current management the range condition, level or pattern of utilization, and/or season-of-use may be unacceptable; or carrying capacity may be exceeded.		Maintain or improve rangeland condition and productivity through a change in grazing management practices, timing, and/or level of active use.
Big game limited by unsatisfactory habitat condition.		Maintain and improve big game habitat in satisfactory condition.
Critical deer winter range occurs in allotment.		Management systems should reflect the importance of deer winter range.
Active erosion occurs in the allotment.		Maintain and improve erosion condition in moderate or better erosion condition.
Riparian or aquatic habitat is in less than good habitat condition.		Maintain and improve riparian or aquatic habitat in good or better habitat condition.

Allotment Name:	McCartie	Management Category:	C
Allotment Number:	0860	Livestock Kind:	Cattle
Public Acres:	545	Other Acres:	0
Grazing Administration Info. (AUMs)		Other Forage Demands (AUMs)
Active Preference:	83	Deer:	25
Suspended Nonuse:	0	Elk:	0
Total Preference:	83	Antelope:	0
Exchange of Use:	0	Horses:	0
Total:	83	Total:	25
Season of Use: 5/1 - 5/31
Identified Resources Conflicts/Concerns		Management Objectives
Critical deer winter range occurs in allotment.		Management systems should reflect the importance of deer winter range.

Constraints

Multiple use management of the allotment will be consistent with the Yainax Butte Coordinated Resource Management Planning (CRMP) process currently in place.

Allotment Name:	Yainax Butte	Management Category:	M
Allotment Number:	0861	Livestock Kind:	Cattle
Public Acres:	2,520	Other Acres:	0
Grazing Administration Info. (AUMs)		Other Forage Demands (AUMs)
Active Preference:	120	Deer:	119
Suspended Nonuse:	0	Elk:	0
Total Preference:	120	Antelope:	0
Exchange of Use:	0	Horses:	0
Total:	120	Total:	119
Season of Use: 6/1 - 9/15
Identified Resources Conflicts/Concerns		Management Objectives
Critical deer winter range occurs in allotment.		Management systems should reflect the importance of deer winter range.
Potential Area of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC) within this allotment.		If designated, grazing management will be consistent with the ACEC management plan.

Constraints

Multiple use management of the allotment will be consistent with the Yainax Butte Coordinated Resource Management Planning (CRMP) process currently in place.

Allotment Name:	Klamath Forest Estates	Management Category:	C
Allotment Number:	0862	Livestock Kind:	Cattle
Public Acres:	2,520	Other Acres:	0
Grazing Administration Info. (AUMs)		Other Forage Demands (AUMs)
Active Preference:	47	Deer:	47
Suspended Nonuse:	0	Elk:	0
Total Preference:	47	Antelope:	0
Exchange of Use:	0	Horses:	0
Total:	47	Total:	47
Season of Use: 5/1 - 5/31
Identified Resources Conflicts/Concerns		Management Objectives
Critical deer winter range occurs in allotment.		Management systems should reflect the importance of deer winter range.

Constraints

Multiple use management of the allotment will be consistent with the Yainax Butte Coordinated Resource Management Planning (CRMP) process currently in place.

Allotment Name:	Wirth	Management Category:	C
Allotment Number:	0863	Livestock Kind:	Cattle
Public Acres:	1,360	Other Acres:	0
Grazing Administration Info. (AUMs)		Other Forage Demands (AUMs)
Active Preference:	113	Deer:	25
Suspended Nonuse:	0	Elk:	0
Total Preference:	113	Antelope:	0
Exchange of Use:	0	Horses:	0
Total:	113	Total:	25
Season of Use: 4/15 - 10/15
Identified Resources Conflicts/Concerns		Management Objectives
None

Allotment Name:	Rajnus & Son	Management Category:	C
Allotment Number:	0864	Livestock Kind:	Cattle
Public Acres:	1,440	Other Acres:	0
Grazing Administration Info. (AUMs)		Other Forage Demands (AUMs)
Active Preference:	110	Deer:	28
Suspended Nonuse:	0	Elk:	0
Total Preference:	110	Antelope:	0
Exchange of Use:	0	Horses:	0
Total:	110	Total:	28
Season of Use: 5/1 - 6/15
Identified Resources Conflicts/Concerns		Management Objectives
Critical deer winter range occurs in allotment.		Management systems should reflect the importance of deer winter range.

Allotment Name:	Mills Creek	Management Category:	C
Allotment Number:	0865	Livestock Kind:	Cattle
Public Acres:	280	Other Acres:	0
Grazing Administration Info. (AUMs)		Other Forage Demands (AUMs)
Active Preference:	40	Deer:	5
Suspended Nonuse:	0	Elk:	0
Total Preference:	40	Antelope:	0
Exchange of Use:	0	Horses:	0
Total:	40	Total:	5
Season of Use: 5/1 - 5/31
Identified Resources Conflicts/Concerns		Management Objectives
None

Allotment Name:	Bear Valley	Management Category:	I
Allotment Number:	0876	Livestock Kind:	Cattle
Public Acres:	5,018	Other Acres:	4,780
Grazing Administration Info. (AUMs)		Other Forage Demands (AUMs)
Active Preference:	475	Deer:	94
Suspended Nonuse:	0	Elk:	0
Total Preference:	475	Antelope:	34
Exchange of Use:	0	Horses:	0
Total:	475	Total:	128
Season of Use: 6/21 - 8/1
Identified Resources Conflicts/Concerns		Management Objectives
Under current management the range condition, level or pattern of utilization, and/or season-of-use may be unacceptable; or carrying capacity may be exceeded.		Maintain or improve rangeland condition and productivity through a change in grazing management practices, timing, and/or level of active use.
Active erosion occurs in the allotment.		Maintain and improve erosion condition in moderate or better erosion condition.
Riparian or aquatic habitat is in less than good habitat condition.		Maintain and improve riparian or aquatic habitat in good or better habitat condition.
Water quality may not currently meet the Department of Environmental Quality water quality standards for beneficial use.		Maintain and improve water quality on public lands to meet or exceed standards for beneficial uses, as specifically established by the Department of Environmental Quality, where BLM authorized actions are having a negative effect on water quality.

Allotment Name:	Bumpheads	Management Category:	I
Allotment Number:	0877	Livestock Kind:	Cattle
Public Acres:	9,220	Other Acres:	220
Grazing Administration Info. (AUMs)		Other Forage Demands (AUMs)
Active Preference:	420	Deer:	173
Suspended Nonuse:	265	Elk:	0
Total Preference:	685	Antelope:	63
Exchange of Use:	0	Horses:	0
Total:	685	Total:	236
Season of Use: 4/15 - 6/30
Identified Resources Conflicts/Concerns		Management Objectives
Under current management the range condition, level or pattern of utilization, and/or season-of-use may be unacceptable; or carrying capacity may be exceeded.		Maintain or improve rangeland condition and productivity through a change in grazing management practices, timing, and/or level of active use.
Critical deer winter range occurs in allotment.		Management systems should reflect the importance of deer winter range.
Grazing management system established but not formally documented.		Revise existing allotment management plan.
Potential for grazing/recreation conflicts within the allotment.		Grazing management should consider recreation concerns.

Allotment Name:	Campbell	Management Category:	C
Allotment Number:	0878	Livestock Kind:	Horses
Public Acres:	1,465	Other Acres:	3,140
Grazing Administration Info. (AUMs)		Other Forage Demands (AUMs)
Active Preference:	47	Deer:	28
Suspended Nonuse:	12	Elk:	0
Total Preference:	59	Antelope:	10
Exchange of Use:	173	Horses:	0
Total:	232	Total:	38
Season of Use: 5/1 - 6/15
Identified Resources Conflicts/Concerns		Management Objectives
Riparian or aquatic habitat is in less than good habitat condition.		Maintain and improve riparian or aquatic habitat in good or better habitat condition.

Allotment Name:	Devaul	Management Category:	C
Allotment Number:	0879	Livestock Kind:	Cattle
Public Acres:	240	Other Acres:	320
Grazing Administration Info. (AUMs)		Other Forage Demands (AUMs)
Active Preference:	12	Deer:	5
Suspended Nonuse:	15	Elk:	0
Total Preference:	27	Antelope:	2
Exchange of Use:	0	Horses:	0
Total:	27	Total:	7
Season of Use: 5/1 - 8/1
Identified Resources Conflicts/Concerns		Management Objectives
Riparian or aquatic habitat is in less than good habitat condition.		Maintain and improve riparian or aquatic habitat in good or better habitat condition.

Allotment Name:	Goodlow	Management Category:	C
Allotment Number:	0881	Livestock Kind:	Cattle
Public Acres:	285	Other Acres:	640
Grazing Administration Info. (AUMs)		Other Forage Demands (AUMs)
Active Preference:	32	Deer:	6
Suspended Nonuse:	52	Elk:	0
Total Preference:	84	Antelope:	2
Exchange of Use:	0	Horses:	0
Total:	84	Total:	8
Season of Use: 5/1 - 8/31
Identified Resources Conflicts/Concerns		Management Objectives
None

Allotment Name:	Horsefly	Management Category:	I
Allotment Number:	0882	Livestock Kind:	Cattle
Public Acres:	26,356	Other Acres:	4,779
Grazing Administration Info. (AUMs)		Other Forage Demands (AUMs)
Active Preference:	2,656	Deer:	495
Suspended Nonuse:	2,075	Elk:	30
Total Preference:	4,731	Antelope:	181
Exchange of Use:	70	Horses:	0
Total:	4,801	Total:	706
Season of Use: 4/15 - 6/30, 10/1 - 10/30
Identified Resources Conflicts/Concerns		Management Objectives
Under current management the range condition, level or pattern of utilization, and/or season-of-use may be unacceptable; or carrying capacity may be exceeded.		Maintain or improve rangeland condition and productivity through a change in grazing management practices, timing, and/or level of active use.
No forage allocations for elk use in the allotment have been made.		Allocate forage to meet elk forage demands.
Critical deer winter range occurs in allotment.		Management systems should reflect the importance of deer winter range.
Special status species and/or habitat exists within the allotment.		Prevent significant risk to well-being of special status species and/or habitat from BLM-authorized actions. Grazing use and management will be consistent with the biological opinion for the allotment.
Wetlands habitat in less than satisfactory condition.		Improve wetlands habitat condition to satisfactory or better.
Riparian or aquatic habitat is in less than good habitat condition.		Maintain and improve riparian or aquatic habitat in good or better habitat condition.
Water quality may not currently meet the Department of Environmental Quality water quality standards for beneficial use.		Maintain and improve water quality on public lands to meet or exceed standards for beneficial uses, as specifically established by the Department of Environmental Quality, where BLM authorized actions are having a negative effect on water quality.
Grazing management system established but not formally documented.		Revise existing allotment management plan.
Potential for grazing/recreation conflicts within the allotment.		Grazing management should consider recreation concerns.

Constraints

The following areas are excluded from general livestock grazing: The two Longbranch Creek exclosures (Norcross Pasture).

In the fall (10/1 - 10/30), after summer use on USFS lands, cattle are trailed through the allotment with short term stop overs in the Waterspreader pasture. Maximum use during this period is 204 AUMs.

Allotment Name:	Horton	Management Category:	C
Allotment Number:	0883	Livestock Kind:	Cattle
Public Acres:	880	Other Acres:	342
Grazing Administration Info. (AUMs)		Other Forage Demands (AUMs)
Active Preference:	58	Deer:	41
Suspended Nonuse:	211	Elk:	0
Total Preference:	269	Antelope:	6
Exchange of Use:	15	Horses:	0
Total:	284	Total:	47
Season of Use: 5/1 - 6/15
Identified Resources Conflicts/Concerns		Management Objectives
Under current management the range condition, level or pattern of utilization, and/or season-of-use may be unacceptable; or carrying capacity may be exceeded.		Maintain or improve rangeland condition and productivity through a change in grazing management practices, timing, and/or level of active use.
Critical deer winter range occurs in allotment.		Management systems should reflect the importance of deer winter range.
Potential for grazing/recreation conflicts within the allotment.		Grazing management should consider recreation concerns.

Allotment Name:	Pankey Basin	Management Category:	C
Allotment Number:	0884	Livestock Kind:	Cattle
Public Acres:	282	Other Acres:	508
Grazing Administration Info. (AUMs)		Other Forage Demands (AUMs)
Active Preference:	43	Deer:	5
Suspended Nonuse:	39	Elk:	0
Total Preference:	82	Antelope:	2
Exchange of Use:	95	Horses:	0
Total:	177	Total:	7
Season of Use: 5/1 - 8/1
Identified Resources Conflicts/Concerns		Management Objectives
Riparian or aquatic habitat is in less than good habitat condition.		Maintain and improve riparian or aquatic habitat in good or better habitat condition.
Water quality may not currently meet the Department of Environmental Quality water quality standards for beneficial use.		Maintain and improve water quality on public lands to meet or exceed standards for beneficial uses, as specifically established by the Department of Environmental Quality, where BLM authorized actions are having a negative effect on water quality.

Allotment Name:	Dry Prairie	Management Category:	I
Allotment Number:	0885	Livestock Kind:	Cattle
Public Acres:	7,231	Other Acres:	3,624
Grazing Administration Info. (AUMs)		Other Forage Demands (AUMs)
Active Preference:	608	Deer:	149
Suspended Nonuse:	392	Elk:	0
Total Preference:	1,000	Antelope:	55
Exchange of Use:	275	Horses:	0
Total:	1,275	Total:	204
Season of Use: 4/15 - 8/31
Identified Resources Conflicts/Concerns		Management Objectives
Under current management the range condition, level or pattern of utilization, and/or season-of-use may be unacceptable; or carrying capacity may be exceeded.		Maintain or improve rangeland condition and productivity through a change in grazing management practices, timing, and/or level of active use.
No forage allocations for elk use in the allotment have been made.		Allocate forage to meet elk forage demands.
Special status species and/or habitat exists within the allotment.		Prevent significant risk to well-being of special status species and/or habitat from BLM-authorized actions. Grazing use and management will be consistent with the biological opinion for the allotment.
Wetlands habitat in less than satisfactory condition.		Improve wetlands habitat condition to satisfactory or better.
Riparian or aquatic habitat is in less than good habitat condition.		Maintain and improve riparian or aquatic habitat in good or better habitat condition.
Water quality may not currently meet the Department of Environmental Quality water quality standards for beneficial use.		Maintain and improve water quality on public lands to meet or exceed standards for beneficial uses, as specifically established by the Department of Environmental Quality, where BLM authorized actions are having a negative effect on water quality.
Grazing management system established but not formally documented.		Revise existing allotment management plan.
Potential for grazing/recreation conflicts within the allotment.		Grazing management should consider recreation concerns.

Allotment Name:	Horse Camp Rim	Management Category:	I
Allotment Number:	0886	Livestock Kind:	Cattle
Public Acres:	9,180	Other Acres:	40
Grazing Administration Info. (AUMs)		Other Forage Demands (AUMs)
Active Preference:	445	Deer:	172
Suspended Nonuse:	0	Elk:	0
Total Preference:	445	Antelope:	63
Exchange of Use:	0	Horses:	0
Total:	445	Total:	235
Season of Use: 5/1 - 7/31
Identified Resources Conflicts/Concerns		Management Objectives
No forage allocations for elk use in the allotment have been made.		Allocate forage to meet elk forage demands.
Riparian or aquatic habitat is in less than good habitat condition.		Maintain and improve riparian or aquatic habitat in good or better habitat condition.
Water quality may not currently meet the Department of Environmental Quality water quality standards for beneficial use.		Maintain and improve water quality on public lands to meet or exceed standards for beneficial uses, as specifically established by the Department of Environmental Quality, where BLM authorized actions are having a negative effect on water quality.
Grazing management system established but not formally documented.		Revise existing allotment management plan.

Constraints

The following area is excluded from general livestock grazing: 21 Reservoir exclosure.

Allotment Name:	Pitchlog	Management Category:	I
Allotment Number:	0887	Livestock Kind:	Cattle
Public Acres:	9,280	Other Acres:	1,040
Grazing Administration Info. (AUMs)		Other Forage Demands (AUMs)
Active Preference:	434	Deer:	174
Suspended Nonuse:	796	Elk:	37
Total Preference:	1,230	Antelope:	64
Exchange of Use:	80	Horses:	0
Total:	1,310	Total:	275
Season of Use: 5/1 - 6/30
Identified Resources Conflicts/Concerns		Management Objectives
Under current management the range condition, level or pattern of utilization, and/or season-of-use may be unacceptable; or carrying capacity may be exceeded.		Maintain or improve rangeland condition and productivity through a change in grazing management practices, timing, and/or level of active use.
No forage allocations for elk use in the allotment have been made.		Allocate forage to meet elk forage demands.
Special status species and/or habitat exists within the allotment.		Prevent significant risk to well-being of special status species and/or habitat from BLM authorized actions. Grazing use and management will be consistent with the biological opinion for the allotment.
Wetlands habitat in less than satisfactory condition.		Improve wetlands habitat condition to satisfactory or better.
Riparian or aquatic habitat is in less than good habitat condition.		Maintain and improve riparian or aquatic habitat in good or better habitat condition.
Water quality may not currently meet the Department of Environmental Quality water quality standards for beneficial use.		Maintain and improve water quality on public lands to meet or exceed standards for beneficial uses, as specifically established by the Department of Environmental Quality, where BLM authorized actions are having a negative effect on water quality.
Grazing management system established but not formally documented.		Revise existing allotment management plan.

Constraints

The following area is excluded from general livestock grazing: The Pitchlog Creek exclosure.

Allotment Name:	Rock Creek	Management Category:	C
Allotment Number:	0888	Livestock Kind:	Cattle
Public Acres:	2,750	Other Acres:	1,200
Grazing Administration Info. (AUMs)		Other Forage Demands (AUMs)
Active Preference:	216	Deer:	130
Suspended Nonuse:	639	Elk:	0
Total Preference:	855	Antelope:	19
Exchange of Use:	227	Horses:	0
Total:	1,082	Total:	149
Season of Use: 5/1 - 6/20
Identified Resources Conflicts/Concerns		Management Objectives
No forage allocations for elk use in the allotment have been made.		Allocate forage to meet elk forage demands.
Riparian or aquatic habitat is in less than good habitat condition.		Maintain and improve riparian or aquatic habitat in good or better habitat condition.
Water quality may not currently meet the Department of Environmental Quality water quality standards for beneficial use.		Maintain and improve water quality on public lands to meet or exceed standards for beneficial uses, as specifically established by the Department of Environmental Quality, where BLM authorized actions are having a negative effect on water quality.

Constraints

Grazing use and management of the allotment will be consistent with the Warm Springs Coordinated Resource Management Planning process currently in place.

Allotment Name:	Timber Hill	Management Category:	I
Allotment Number:	0889	Livestock Kind:	Cattle
Public Acres:	2,937	Other Acres:	760
Grazing Administration Info. (AUMs)		Other Forage Demands (AUMs)
Active Preference:	270	Deer:	55
Suspended Nonuse:	134	Elk:	0
Total Preference:	404	Antelope:	20
Exchange of Use:	34	Horses:	0
Total:	438	Total:	75
Season of Use: 6/21 - 7/31
Identified Resources Conflicts/Concerns		Management Objectives
Under current management the range condition, level or pattern of utilization, and/or season-of-use may be unacceptable; or carrying capacity may be exceeded.		Maintain or improve rangeland condition and productivity through a change in grazing management practices, timing, and/or level of active use.
No forage allocations for elk use in the allotment have been made.		Allocate forage to meet elk forage demands.
Riparian or aquatic habitat is in less than good habitat condition.		Maintain and improve riparian or aquatic habitat in good or better habitat condition.

Allotment Name:	Willow Valley	Management Category:	I
Allotment Number:	0890	Livestock Kind:	Cattle
Public Acres:	20,460	Other Acres:	887
Grazing Administration Info. (AUMs)		Other Forage Demands (AUMs)
Active Preference:	1,320	Deer:	960
Suspended Nonuse:	444	Elk:	0
Total Preference:	1,764	Antelope:	141
Exchange of Use:	175	Horses:	0
Total:	1,939	Total:	1,101
Season of Use: 4/15 - 6/30
Identified Resources Conflicts/Concerns		Management Objectives
Under current management the range condition, level or pattern of utilization, and/or season-of-use may be unacceptable; or carrying capacity may be exceeded.		Maintain or improve rangeland condition and productivity through a change in grazing management practices, timing, and/or level of active use.
No forage allocations for elk use in the allotment have been made.		Allocate forage to meet elk forage demands.
Special status species and/or habitat exists within the allotment.		Prevent significant risk to well-being of special status species and/or habitat from BLM-authorized actions.
Wetlands habitat in less than satisfactory condition.		Improve wetlands habitat condition to satisfactory or better condition.
Riparian or aquatic habitat is in less than good habitat condition.		Maintain and improve riparian or aquatic habitat in good or better habitat condition.
Water quality may not currently meet the Department of Environmental Quality water quality standards for beneficial use.		Maintain and improve water quality on public lands to meet or exceed standards for beneficial uses, as specifically established by the Department of Environmental Quality, where BLM authorized actions are having a negative effect on water quality.
Grazing management system established but not formally documented.		Revise existing allotment management plan.

Constraints

The following area is excluded from general livestock grazing: Duncan Spring/Antelope Creek exclosure.

Allotment Name:	Williams	Management Category:	M
Allotment Number:	0892	Livestock Kind:	Cattle
Public Acres:	1,790	Other Acres:	0
Grazing Administration Info. (AUMs)		Other Forage Demands (AUMs)
Active Preference:	75	Deer:	34
Suspended Nonuse:	0	Elk:	0
Total Preference:	75	Antelope:	12
Exchange of Use:	0	Horses:	0
Total:	75	Total:	46
Season of Use: 5/1 - 6/15
Identified Resources Conflicts/Concerns		Management Objectives
None

Constraints

Multiple use management of the allotment will be consistent with the Yainax Butte Coordinated Resource Management Planning (CRMP) process currently in place.

Allotment Name:	Fields	Management Category:	C
Allotment Number:	0893	Livestock Kind:	Cattle
Public Acres:	180	Other Acres:	0
Grazing Administration Info. (AUMs)		Other Forage Demands (AUMs)
Active Preference:	6	Deer:	4
Suspended Nonuse:	0	Elk:	0
Total Preference:	6	Antelope:	1
Exchange of Use:	0	Horses:	0
Total:	6	Total:	5
Season of Use: 4/15 - 5/20
Identified Resources Conflicts/Concerns		Management Objectives
None

Allotment Name:	Voight	Management Category:	C
Allotment Number:	0894	Livestock Kind:	Cattle
Public Acres:	112	Other Acres:	0
Grazing Administration Info. (AUMs)		Other Forage Demands (AUMs)
Active Preference:	8	Deer:	2
Suspended Nonuse:	0	Elk:	0
Total Preference:	8	Antelope:	0
Exchange of Use:	0	Horses:	0
Total:	8	Total:	2
Season of Use: 5/1 - 6/14
Identified Resources Conflicts/Concerns		Management Objectives
None

Allotment Name:	Harpold Canyon	Management Category:	C
Allotment Number:	0895	Livestock Kind:	Cattle
Public Acres:	760	Other Acres:	0
Grazing Administration Info. (AUMs)		Other Forage Demands (AUMs)
Active Preference:	76	Deer:	20
Suspended Nonuse:	0	Elk:	0
Total Preference:	76	Antelope:	0
Exchange of Use:	0	Horses:	0
Total:	76	Total:	20
Season of Use: 5/1 - 7/31
Identified Resources Conflicts/Concerns		Management Objectives
None

Allotment Name:	McFall	Management Category:	C
Allotment Number:	0896	Livestock Kind:	Cattle
Public Acres:	600	Other Acres:	0
Grazing Administration Info. (AUMs)		Other Forage Demands (AUMs)
Active Preference:	60	Deer:	11
Suspended Nonuse:	0	Elk:	0
Total Preference:	60	Antelope:	0
Exchange of Use:	0	Horses:	0
Total:	60	Total:	11
Season of Use: 5/1 - 5/31
Identified Resources Conflicts/Concerns		Management Objectives
None

Potential Range Improvements by Allotment

(See notes at the end of table for explanation of details.)

Allotment Name/# (Pasture)	Type of Improvement	Units	Cost($)/ Unit	No.	Cost($)
Chase Mt.(0101)	Reservoir	each	1,200	3	3,600
Edge Crk.(0102) (Ward)	Reservoir Fence Veg. Control	each mile acre	1,200 3,000 90	3 3 500	3,600 9,000 45,000
(Edge Crk.& North)	Reservoir	each	1,200	1	1,200
Buck Mt. (0103)	Fence	mile	3,000	3	9,000
Buck Lake (0104)	Fence Reservoir	mile each	3,000 1,200	3 1	9,000 1,200
Johnson Prairie (0105)	Fence	mile	3,000	0.5	1,500
Dixie (0107)	Fence	mile	3,000	4	12,000
Chicken Hills (0141)	Reservoirs	each	1,200	5	6,000
Long Lake (0142)	Reservoirs Fence	each mile	1,200 3,000	2 3	2,400 9,000
Grub Springs (0147)	Spring Reservoirs	each each	2,300 1,200	1 2	2,300 2,400
Haught (0801)	Veg. Control	acre	90	100	9,000
"J" Spring (0803)	Spring Veg. Control	each acre	2,300 90	1 80	2,300 7,200
Barnwell (0807)	Reservoir Fence Veg. Control	each mile acre	1,200 3,000 90	1 2 80	1,200 6,000 7,200
Lee (0808)	Fence	mile	3,000	1	3,000
Brown (0809)	Fence	mile	3,000	1	3,000
Brenda (0810)	Veg. Control	acre	90	60	5,400
Cheyne (0811)	Reservoir	each	1,200	1	1,200
Stukel-Dehlinger (0815)	Reservoir Veg. Control	each acre	1,200 90	1 80	1,200 7,200
Stukel-Dehlinger (0816)	Veg. Control Reservoir	acre each	90 1,200	40 1	3,600 1,200
Drew (0817)	Reservoir Veg. Control Fence	each acre mile	1,200 90 3,000	1 100 2	1,200 9,000 6,000
Bryant-Duncan (0818)	Reservoir Veg. Control	each acre	1,200 90	1 100	1,200 9,000
Flesher (0820)	Veg. Control	acre	90	80	7,200
North Horsefly (0821)	Reservoirs	each	1,200	2	2,400
Jeld-Wen (0822)	Veg. Control Reservoirs	acre each	90 1,200	280 2	25,200 2,400
North Horsefly (0823)	Reservoir	each	1,200	1	1,200
Jeld-Wen (0824)	Reservoir Veg. Control	each acre	1,200 90	1 80	1,200 7,200
Haskins (0826)	Veg. Control	acre	90	80	7,200
Stukel-High (0827)	Veg. Control Reservoir	acre each	90 1,200	80 1	7,200 1,200
Stukel-Hill (0828)	Reservoir Veg. Control	each acre	1,200 90	1 80	1,200 7,200
Horton (0829)	Reservoir Spring Veg. Control	each each acre	1,200 2,300 90	2 1 100	2,400 2,300 9,000
Jesperson (0832)	Veg. Control	acre	90	100	9,000
Ketcham (0835)	Veg. Control	acre	90	80	7,200
Harpold (0836)	Veg. Control Reservoir	acre each	90 1,200	500 1	45,000 1,200
Windy Ridge (0838)	Reservoir Fence Veg. Control	each mile acre	1,200 3,000 90	2 1 80	2,400 3,000 7,200
Bryant-Loveness (0839)	Veg. Control	acre	90	100	9,000
Bryant-Lyon (0840)	Veg. Control	acre	90	40	3,600
Marshall (0841)	Veg. Control	acre	90	80	7,200
Masten (0842)	Veg. Control	acre	90	40	3,600
Paddock (0844)	Fence Reservoir	mile each	3,000 1,200	2 1	6,000 1,200
OK (0846)	Reservoir Fence Veg. Control	each mile acre	1,200 3,000 90	4 5 200	4,800 15,000 18,000
Pope (0848)	Veg. Control Reservoir	acre each	90 1,200	180 1	16,200 1,200
Rajnus Bros. (0849)	Veg. Control	acre	90	80	7,200
Wilkinson (0850)	Reservoir Spring Fence Veg. Control	each each mile acre	1,200 2,300 3,000 90	1 1 2 100	1,200 2,300 6,000 9,000
Harpold Ridge (0851)	Reservoir Spring Veg. Control	each each acre	1,200 2,300 90	2 1 100	2,400 2,300 9,000
Rodgers (0852)	Reservoir Fence Veg. Control	each mile acre	1,200 3,000 90	2 3 350	2,400 9,000 31,500
Jump (0854)	Veg. Control	acre	90	80	7,200
Bryant-Stastny (0856)	Reservoir	each	1,200	1	1,200
Venable & Biaggi (0858)	Spring Veg. Control	each acre	2,300 90	1 200	2,300 18,000
Cunard (0859)	Spring Veg. Control	each acre	2,300 90	2 80	4,600 7,200
Wirth (0863)	Reservoir	each	1,200	1	1,200
Rajnus & Son (0864)	Reservoir Veg. Control	each acre	1,200 90	1 200	1,200 18,000
Mills Creek (0865)	Reservoir Fence	each mile	1,200 3,000	1 1	1,200 3,000
Bear Valley (0876)	Reservoir Fence Veg. Control Springs	each mile acre each	1,200 3,000 90 2,300	1 2 500 2	1,200 6,000 45,000 4,600
Bumpheads (0877)	Fence Veg. Control	mile acre	3,000 90	2 500	6,000 45,000
Devaul (0879)	Fence	mile	3,000	1	3,000
Goodlow (0881)	Reservoir Fence	each mile	1,200 3,000	1 1	1,200 3,000
Horsefly (0882)	Reservoir Fence Veg. Control	each mile acre	1,200 3,000 90	2 4 3000	2,400 12,000 270,000
Horton (0883)	Reservoir Veg. Control	each acre	1,200 90	1 100	1,200 9,000
Panky Basin (0884)	Reservoir Fence	each mile	1,200 3,000	2 1	2,400 3,000
Dry Prairie (0885)	Reservoir Spring Fence Veg. Control	each each mile acre	1,200 2,300 3,000 90	3 1 4 400	3,600 2,300 12,000 36,000
Horse Camp Rim (0886)	Fence Veg. Control	mile acre	3,000 90	1 1000	3,000 90,000
Pitchlog (0887)	Fence Veg. Control Reservoirs	mile acre each	3,000 90 1,200	2 1000 2	6,000 90,000 2,400
Rock Creek (0888)	Veg. Control	acre	90	200	18,000
Timber Hill (0889)	Reservoir Spring Veg. Control	each each acre	1,200 2,300 90	2 1 100	2,400 2,300 9,000
Willow Valley (0890)	Reservoir Spring Fence Veg. Control	each each mile acre	1,200 2,300 3,000 90	2 2 4 1500	2,400 4,600 12,000 135,000
Voight (0894)	Veg. Control	acre	90	40	3,600
Harpold Canyon (0895)	Veg. Control	acre	90	100	9,000
McFall (0896)	Reservoir	each	1,200	1	1,200

Notes on Range Improvements Table:

All range improvements listed are for the benefit of multiple resource management and will provide for the rehabilitation, protection and improvement of public rangeland ecosystems. The projects listed in this table may be funded from a variety of sources besides the traditional "range betterment" funds (authorized and allocated by Congress through section 401(b) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act) including wildlife, fire, riparian, and others. It is expected that during the life of the plan not all of the listed projects will be completed and that some not listed will be implemented. Such changes will be due to future funding constraints or directions, priorities, policies, laws, activity planning, the outcome of Allotment Monitoring Evaluations, and other unknowns. The public will be informed of such changes through the Rangeland Program Summary update found in the Annual Program Summary. (Note: This list of projects is for new improvements; maintenance and/or reconstructions of existing projects, as needed, is already covered by current Bureau policy.)
The majority of the Vegetation Control ("Veg. Control") acres listed in the table are for juniper management/reduction via cutting, although other vegetative conversion techniques, such as fire, may be used when consistent with Bureau policy and procedures. Vegetation manipulation of other vegetative types (such as big sagebrush or wedgeleaf ceanothus) may also be done as part of some allotments vegetation control activities.
Unit costs of the listed range improvements are based on 1991-92 average costs for the Resource Area and are the same figures as listed in the Draft Resource Management Plan/Environmental Impact Statement. The actual costs of a given project could be more or less depending on specifics of design, complexity and difficulty of completion, changes in materials and labor costs, and other factors.

Selective Management

The goals and objectives derived through the planning process are prioritized and incorporated into the range land management program through the selective management process. The purpose of selective management is to prioritize allotments so as to direct management efforts and funding to the areas or allotments with the greatest needs and/or opportunities. The "I" category allotments receive the most management attention, followed by "M" allotments, with "C" allotments receiving the least attention, relatively.

An interdisciplinary team of resource specialists from the Klamath Falls Resource Area reviewed all allotments within the resource area during the draft Resource Management Plan/Environmental Impact Statement process for changes in categorization. The original categorization of allotments was done in the early 1980s and revision was needed to reflect changes in allotment status since that time. The parameters used in this process are listed below, by the three categories, and are consistent with the Bureau's categorization criteria outlined in the 1982 Rangeland Improvement Policy. (The criteria are not listed in a priority order, although on any given allotment some criteria may have more weight than others.) See the allotment specific tables in the section entitled Allotment Management Summaries for the designated selective management category for each allotment.

Criteria of M, I, C Categories

"M" Or Maintain

Present range condition is satisfactory.
Allotments have moderate or high resource production potential and are producing near their potential (or trend is moving in that direction).
No serious resource-use conflicts/controversy exist.
Opportunities may exist for positive economic return from public investments.
Present management appears satisfactory.

"I" Or Improve

Present range condition is unsatisfactory.
Allotments have moderate to high resource production potential and are producing at relatively low to moderate levels (trend is typically static to downward).
Serious resource use conflicts/controversy exists.
Opportunities exist for positive economic return from public investments.
Present management appears unsatisfactory.

"C" Or Custodial

Present range condition is not a factor.
Allotments have low resource production potential and are producing near their potential (trend is typically static).
Limited resource use conflicts/controversy may exist.
Opportunities for positive economic return on public investment do not exist or are constrained by technological or economic factors.
Present management appears satisfactory or is the only logical practice under existing resource conditions.

Note that an allotment does not have to meet all the criteria points in order to be designated as a particular category and managed by category objectives. It is more of a "best fit" concept versus an "exact fit". For example, most of the allotments in the Gerber Block continue to be designated as "I" category even though significant improvements in riparian and upland vegetative conditions have occurred in many areas. These allotments remain as "I" because of the intensity of public interest in the Gerber Riparian Demonstration Area, the need to continue focusing efforts on management implemented to date, continued opportunities to derive positive returns from expenditures of public funds, and other allotment specific reasons. (Also note that allotment categorization is a relative comparison of allotments within a planning area (that is, the Klamath Falls Resource Area) and allows no accurate comparison with other areas.)

Range Land Monitoring and Evaluation

Purpose of Monitoring

To determine the effects of management actions on the range land resources.
To determine the effectiveness of on-the-ground management actions in achieving resource management objectives within planned time frames.
To provide quantifiable data to identify and support needed management actions.
To provide quantifiable data for the periodic review of management objectives.

Monitoring Methods

Monitoring methods must be suitable for the vegetation types and resource conditions that will be encountered. The capability of the methods to detect subtle changes due to management over short periods of time must be carefully considered.

For monitoring data to be meaningful over time, there must be consistency in the kinds of data that are collected and the manner in which they are collected. However, the need for changes in sampling may occasionally arise when problems are detected during a cursory review of the collected data, when analyzing and interpreting the data, or when conducting an evaluation. Serious consideration must be given to the effect changes will have on the historical value of existing data.

The methods briefly discussed here are the methods currently in use and/or planned for future use within the Klamath Falls Resource Area. These methods are consistent with Klamath Falls Resource Area "Coordinated Monitoring and Evaluation Plan for Grazing Allotments", State monitoring guidance, and Bureau Policy. For further information and specifics the following Bureau guidance will be used: the Oregon Rangeland Monitoring Handbook, H-1734-2 (1988); the Rangeland Monitoring Technical References, TR 4400 series; the Riparian Area Management Technical References, TR 1737 series; the BLM Manual Handbooks, 4100 and 4400 series (including the National Range Handbook); and various BLM Washington Office and State Office level Instruction Memorandums. (Refer to the resource area monitoring and evaluation plan for more specifics on all of the following. This plan is available for review at the Klamath Falls Resource Area office.)

Actual Use

Actual use monitoring provides information concerning the actual amount of grazing use occurring on an area during a specific time period. It is a record of livestock, wildlife, and/or wild horse use in each pasture of an allotment and represents forage consumed in terms of animal unit months. Livestock actual use is provided by the permittees. Data is verified by field checks and other use supervision.

The report includes livestock numbers, pasture usage, and turnout/gathering dates.

Wild horse actual use, in animal unit months, is determined by multiplying inventoried (census) numbers by the grazing period in a given area. The Pokegama Herd Management Area, within the Klamath Falls Resource Area, is located totally within the Dixie (0107) and Edge Creek (0102) allotments.

Estimates of wildlife actual use will be requested from the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, through the BLM wildlife biologists.

Actual use is collected annually on all "I" and "M" allotments.

Utilization

Utilization data are collected to provide information concerning the percentage of forage that has been consumed or destroyed on an area during a specific period of time. It can also portray the grazing patterns on a pasture or allotment. Utilization data are important in evaluating the effects of grazing use on specific areas and identifying areas of concentrated use that may be dispersed by some form of range improvement.

In the short term, utilization data are considered with actual use and climatic data to determine resource use levels and to identify the need for range improvement projects, adjustment in management actions, and/or adjustments in grazing use levels. These data can be used as the basis for implementing adjustments in grazing use through agreement or by decision.

In the long term, utilization data are considered along with actual use, authorized use, trend, climate, and any other data available or necessary for allotment evaluation. Evaluations are conducted to determine if the grazing management actions and/or practices are achieving the long term management objectives identified in the land-use and activity plans.

The primary methods used in the Klamath Falls Resource Area are the Key Forage Plant method, the Modified Cole Browse method, and Utilization Pattern Mapping. The Key Forage Plant method is an ocular estimate method of judging utilization within one of six utilization classes on one or more key herbaceous and/or browse species, usually at established key areas within an allotment. (Key species are forage species that indicate the degree of use of associated species, or they are species which must, because of their importance, be considered in the management program. Key areas are indicator areas that have the capability to reflect the effectiveness of management on the resources of a larger area within an allotment/pasture.) The Modified Cole Browse method measures utilization of key wildlife browse plant species by all users. Utilization (or Use) Pattern Mapping records use made, within the six utilization classes used in the Key Forage Plant method, by all grazing animals. Key Forage Plant method write-ups may be utilized during Use Pattern Mapping to document the precise utilization taking place at selected locations during the mapping process.

Utilization is usually expressed as a percentage of available, current years production, forage weight that has been consumed or destroyed. The standard time for use mapping and utilization measurement should be at the end of the growing season or the end of the grazing season, whichever occurs later. Exceptions to this will occur as noted in the earlier referenced Technical References. One likely exception may be the reading of utilization prior to cattle use when it is desirable to differentiate (where possible) the use by cattle from that of wildlife or wild horses.

Utilization studies are read every one to two years on "I" allotments, every three to five years on "M" allotments, and as needed on "C" allotments.

Trend

Trend data are important in determining the effectiveness of on-the-ground management actions and evaluating progress toward meeting management objectives. Trend refers to the direction of change and indicates whether rangeland vegetation is being maintained or is moving toward or away from the desired plant community or other specific vegetation management objectives. Trends of rangelands may be judged by noting changes in composition, density, cover, production, vigor, age class, and frequency of the vegetation, and related parameters of other resources.

The trend techniques used in the Klamath Falls Resource Area are the Nested Frequency and Photo Plot methods. The Nested Frequency method consists of observing the frequency of occurrence (presence/absence) of key plant species within a specific size measurement frame. When frequency transect data indicate a statistically significant change in the frequency of occurrence of the key plant species, the change is evaluated to see if the specific management objectives for the range lands represented by the key area are being met. In addition, both a landscape and a close-up photograph are taken each time a transect is sampled.

The Photo plot method is also used to measure trend includes taking a close-up photograph of the three by three foot plot and a general view photograph of the study site. There are numerous photo plots within the Klamath Falls Resource Area that were established in the 1970's. Continuation of these studies for the purpose of long term photo documentation of changes in the rangelands is extremely important.

Once established, trend studies are read every three to five years on "I" allotments and every ten years on "M" and "C" allotments.

Condition

The Public Rangelands Improvement Act of 1978 definition of "range condition" may be summarized as "the degree to which the present plant community resembles the plant community that best satisfies range management objectives." The Ecological Site Inventory is the Bureaus' method of determining condition or ecological status of range land vegetation. The Ecological Site Inventory determines the composition of the existing vegetation by species, within defined homogeneous vegetation types, based on production (weight). Ecological status is use-independent and is defined as the present state of the vegetation and soil protection of an ecological site in relation to the potential natural community for that site. The potential natural community is a final vegetative community that would eventually become established, without interference by man, under present environmental conditions. Ecological status is an expression of the relative degree to which the kinds, proportions, and amounts of plants in the present plant community resemble that of the potential natural community. The Ecological Site Inventory determines the potential of a given range site allowing the eventual development of ecological status or desired plant community objectives. These vegetative objectives would define a plant community to maintain or strive for that would best meet the needs identified by the public. An ecological site inventory is planned for the Klamath Falls Resource Area, tentatively to begin in 1999, after which more specific desired plant community objectives would be developed. Condition will, however, be determined on high priority allotments, at key areas concurrent with trend studies.

Once established, condition monitoring of the Ecological Site Inventory would be done a minimum of once every fifteen years on all category allotments. Condition would, however, be read sooner if trend studies indicated that a statistically significant change in trend was occurring.

Climate

Climate studies provide a comparison of specific grazing season climatic conditions with long-term normals. Crop year (September through June) precipitation accounts for approximately 80 percent of the variation in vegetation production in Great Basin type plant communities. The Forage Yield Index developed at the Squaw Butte

Experiment Station will be used, as appropriate, to adjust forage utilization (F. Sneva and C.M. Britton 1983). Climate data collected at the Klamath Falls National Weather Service Station will be used due to its central location within the resource area.

Evaluation

The analysis and interpretation of inventory and monitoring data is extremely important in the evaluation of management actions to determine progress in meeting resource management objectives. In addition, an evaluation of monitoring information is necessary to establish or affirm the Appropriate Management Level for the wild horse population in the Pokegama Herd Management Area. The evaluation process must be carefully accomplished to determine if adjustments in grazing use and management actions are needed, and if so, to what extent. Although we believe the grazing use changes proposed in this plan are accurate, reasonable, and supportable, all changes in grazing use on an allotment will be based on the results of an interdisciplinary evaluation of range land monitoring studies, as outlined below. Similarly, the appropriate management level of 30 to 50 wild horses affirmed by this plan is believed to be an accurate appropriate management level, based on professional judgement, for the area encompassed by the Herd Management Area.

The major steps involved in the evaluation process are:

Assemble and display monitoring and other data. Review and summarize available data which has been collected from baseline inventories, monitoring studies, supplemental studies and other sources;

Analyze Data. Perform all necessary calculations of data; and

Interpret Data. After the data has been analyzed, it is interpreted to determine whether the results show a trend or have remained static over time for each type of study. This includes interpreting individual data sets and examining their interrelationships.

In order to assess a proper stocking level or carrying capacity, the following formula may be used (from BLM TR-4400-7):

Actual Use (animal unit months) = Desired Use (animal unit months)

Adjusted Utilization (percent) Desired Utilization (percent)

Actual Use - Amount of use in animal unit months made by livestock, wild horses, and wildlife
Adjusted Utilization - Actual utilization level(s) observed via monitoring studies as modified by the yield index
Desired Utilization - The maximum utilization objective for the area monitored
Desired Use - The proper stocking level (or population level for wild horses and wildlife), based on the monitoring studies used in the calculations, that would allow meeting of the utilization objective.

Evaluate Data. The data is evaluated for consistency, reliability, strong and weak points, completeness and accuracy. If the results of the interpretation indicate a trend, the evaluation attempts to determine the causes of the trends and establish a course of action for future management.

Review Management Objectives. Management objectives must be evaluated, as well as the monitoring data, in order to make sure that the objectives are meaningful. In order for management actions to be monitored and progress to be evaluated, the objectives must be measurable and quantifiable as well as simple and understandable. They must also have a probability of attainment within a reasonable time frame. In some cases, detection of a trend toward the desired value may be sufficient to justify continuation of the management practice being evaluated, especially on low response areas where vegetation objectives will be attainable only in the long term. In these cases, intermediate objectives may be useful in evaluating the progress.

Evaluate Progress in Meeting Management Objectives. This process determines if management objectives have been met or if adequate progress toward achieving them has occurred or if management objectives or monitoring techniques need redefining.

Summarize Findings and Make Recommendations. The formal evaluation concludes with the proposing of concise management recommendations as well as recommendations on changing monitoring techniques, management objectives, key areas, or key species.

By policy, allotment monitoring evaluations are done every five years on "I", every ten years on "M" category allotments, and as needed on "C" allotments.

General Allowable Use Guidelines

Allowable use is the degree of utilization considered desirable, given our best understanding of proper use, and attainable on various parts of the range or allotment considering the present nature and condition of the resource, management objectives, and level of management. Proper use is a maximum degree of utilization of the current year's growth which, if continued, will maintain or improve the long-term productivity of the site. Proper use varies with the year, season, the ecological site, the physiological requirement of the plant species, associated species, kind of livestock and species of wildlife, past grazing use, and other factors.

The importance of utilization limits has been well established and widely accepted in range research. A minimum level of plant biomass should be present at the end of the growing season to maintain the soil, plant vigor, livestock and wildlife diet quality, and wildlife habitat values. The consequences of continued overutilization are also widely documented. The removal of too much photosynthetic tissue from individual plants results in reduced plant vigor, and if continued, eventual demise of the plants involved. Repeated defoliations of preferred species results in a competitive disadvantage and eventual shifts in plant community composition. Deterioration of the vegetation eventually results in soil loss and reduced site potential.

The degree of allowable use identified for a key plant species for several years serves as a guideline or reference point to evaluate the impacts grazing may be having on the overall welfare of the plant community. In monitoring degrees of utilization, the primary concern is the trend in the community resulting from various levels of use. There are regulatory requirements for the establishment of utilization levels including the following: 43 Code of Federal Regulations 4100.0-8, "The authorized officer shall manage livestock grazing on public lands under the principle of multiple use and sustained yield, and in accordance with applicable land use plans. Land use plans shall establish allowable resource uses..., related levels of production or use to be maintained [emphasis added], areas of use, and resource condition goals and objectives to be obtained...". Also, 4110.3-2(b) states that, "When monitoring shows that active use is causing an unacceptable level or pattern of utilization [emphasis added] or exceeds the livestock carrying capacity as determined through monitoring, the authorized officer shall reduce active use if necessary to maintain or improve rangeland productivity...".

The following degrees of allowable use were developed as a set of definitive criteria to assist in managing range land vegetation on a sustained yield basis. This table is meant to be used as an area guideline and will be tempered by site specific judgement and experience during future evaluation and activity planning efforts. For example, "flash" grazing rotation systems (high intensity - short duration with multiple rotating pastures) are presently implemented on some allotments in the Gerber Block. This system may result in spring perennial grass utilization levels higher than that listed in the table (50 percent), but the higher level would be allowable due to the lengthy time after grazing for regrowth. In fact, after average regrowth, the total utilization level of current years growth would probably be less than 50 percent. Generally, most research has found that utilization should not exceed the moderate range (40 to 60 percent). Utilization objective levels may be adjusted downwards from the table figures for allotments/pastures where quicker improvement in condition objectives are desired. Also, the occasional exceeding of a utilization level objective on a small percentage or low resource concern portion of an allotment (such as around a water trough or salt block) may not key changes in management. However, exceeding the utilization objective on an important riparian area, though small in acreage, may well lead to changes in management. This may affect use on surrounding upland areas even though full upland utilization may have not been achieved.

For the following table, spring is considered to be the period of active vegetative growth; summer is flowering, seed production, and some regrowth; fall is cured and late regrowth. There is no winter grazing use within the Klamath Falls Resource Area. This table is generally for upland areas; riparian areas are covered in Appendix F, best management practices.

Degree of Allowable Use (by Percentage)
Plant Category*	Spring	Summer	Fall	Season-long
Perennial grasses & grasslike	50	50	60	50
Perennial & biennial forbs	50	50	60	50
Shrubs, half shrubs & trees	30	50	50	45
Annual grasses & forbs	No annuals are expected to be key species

* Plant category is used instead of species, as key species vary from area to area and this approach allows for wider application and greater flexibility. It is also appropriate to the general nature of this Resource Management Plan. For the types of vegetative communities found in the Klamath Falls Resource Area, research has indicated that key forage plants within each plant category have similar requirements and responses to similar utilization levels.

Grazing in Riparian-Wetland Areas

Objectives

Riparian zones and wetlands would be managed to protect, maintain, or improve riparian habitat for wildlife and native plant diversity. By 1997, 75 percent of BLM-administered riparian-wetland areas would be restored or maintained inproper functioning condition. Proper functioning condition exists when adequate vegetation, landform, or large woody debris are present to: dissipate stream energy associated with high water flows; filter sediment, capture bedload and aid floodplain development; improve floodwater retention and groundwater recharge; develop stabilizing root masses, create aquatic habitat; and insulate streams for summer and winter extremes.

Grazing management practices in riparian zones would either provide for regrowth of riparian plants or leave sufficient vegetation after use for maintenance of proper functioning condition.

Discussion

A primary mechanism for stream restoration is the development of new floodplains and banks. Paramount to this process is the presence of dense vegetation on the existing floodplain during spring flooding events to slow flood waters and allow suspended sediment to settle. Also necessary is the presence of vigorous plant growth to stabilize these new alluvial deposits. Grazing systems must accommodate these critical functions by providing residual cover for sediment filtering and good vegetative vigor for stability. Residual cover is a function of both utilization level and, for herbaceous species, post-grazing regrowth.

There is a complex set of both natural and human-controlled factors that influence the response of a riparian-wetland area to a particular grazing system. These include, but are not limited to: kind and class of stock; learned behavior of livestock social groups; non-riparian water and shade sources; terrain and weather influences; herding, riding, and salting practices; fencing locations; grazing system compliance; wildlife uses,

especially beaver and big game; soils; bank and channel vulnerability to detachment; and stream gradient and sediment load. Grazing systems which consider only upland plant growth requirements will generally not meet riparian-wetland site requirements. However, a grazing strategy designed to protect or encourage only riparian-wetland site requirements. Optimally, grazing strategies should be designed to concurrently meet the needs of both upland and riparian vegetation over time.

Management Actions/Direction

Because of the complexity involved in managing riparian-wetland systems, there are many variation of grazing strategies that can be used in riparian-wetland areas, and no one grazing strategy will fit all situations. In general, the most successful strategies for protecting or restoring these areas incorporate one or more of the following features:

inclusion of the riparian-wetland area within a separate pasture with separate management objectives and strategies;
fencing or herding of livestock out of riparian-wetland areas for as long as necessary to allow vegetation to recover;
controlling the timing of grazing to keep livestock off streambanks when they are most vulnerable to damage and to coincide with the physiological needs of target plant species;
adding more rest ot the grazing cycle to increase plant vigor, allow streambanks to heal, or encourage more desirable plant species composition;
limiting grazing intensity to level which will maintain desired species composition and vigor;
changing from cattle to sheep to obtain better animal distribution through herding;
permanently excluding livestock from those riparian-wetland areas that are at high risk and have poor recovery potential, and when there is no practical way to protect them while grazing adjacent uplands.

For specific riparian-wetland areas in the Klamath Falls Resource Area, a grazing strategy would be developed using one or more of the features listed above. This grazing strategy would be developed at the activity planning level, through an allotment evaluation and the development of an Allotment Management Plan. These allotment management plans would contain allowable use guidelines for the riparian-wetlands in the allotment as part of the grazing strategy. Allowable use of forage is based on the amount of forage that will be left at the end of the overall grazing season or the end of the growing season, whichever is later. These guidelines would generally follow the utilization standards below, which include cumulative annual use by big game and livestock:

	Maximum Annual Utilization (percent)
	Proper Functioning Condition		Functional - At Risk or Nonfunctioning
Utilization Standards in Riparian-Wetland Areas	Herbaceous	Woody	Herbaceous	Woody
Riparian Areas with Management	50	50	0-40	0-35
Riparian Areas without Management	40	30	0-30	0-25

In addition to these allowable use guidelines, grazing would be scheduled to allow at least 30 days of post-grazing regrowth annually.

Allotment management plans could include utilization standards which are either lower or higher than those outlined above, or could prescribe late season use of riparian vegetation. This prescription could occur when associated with intensive grazing systems and specific vegetation management objectives that meet the needs of riparian-dependent resources.

Appendix H

Grazing Management and Rangeland Program Summary

Introduction

Livestock Grazing Allotments

Management Summaries By Allotment

Potential Range Improvements by Allotment

Selective Management

Criteria of M, I, C Categories

Range Land Monitoring and Evaluation

Purpose of Monitoring

Monitoring Methods

Actual Use

Utilization

Trend

Condition

Climate

Evaluation

General Allowable Use Guidelines

Grazing in Riparian-Wetland Areas

Objectives

Discussion

Management Actions/Direction

Grazing Management
and
Rangeland Program Summary