Klamath Falls Record of Decision and Resource Management Plan

Klamath Falls Record of Decision

Klamath Falls District Resource Management Plan Table of Contents:

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Appendix I

Land Tenure

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Introduction

This appendix includes criteria to be used in evaluating land disposal or acquisition actions and a listing of public lands, by legal description, that may be suitable for sale, pending site-specific environmental analysis.

Land Ownership Adjustment Criteria

In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA) and other laws, Executive Orders, and Departmental and Bureau policy the following criteria that would be used to evaluate opportunities for disposal or acquisition. This list is not considered all inclusive, but represents the major factors to be evaluated. They include:

• Threatened, endangered, or sensitive plant and animal species habitat;
• Riparian areas and wetlands;
• Nesting/breeding habitat for game and non-game animals;
• Key big game seasonal habitat;
• Developed recreation sites and recreation use areas;
• High quality scenery;
• Land adjacent to rivers eligible for designation under the National Wild and Scenic Rivers Act;
• Significant cultural resources and sites eligible for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places;
• Designated wilderness areas and areas being studied for possible wilderness designation;
• Accessibility of the land for public recreation and other uses;
• Amount of public investments in facilities or improvements and the potential for recovering those investments;
• Difficulty or cost of administration (manageability);
• Suitability of the land for management by another federal agency;
• Significance of the decision in stabilizing business, social and economic conditions, and/or lifestyles;
• Whether private sites exist for the proposed use;
• Encumbrances, including but not limited to, withdrawals or existing leases or permits;
• Consistency with cooperative agreements and plans or policies of other agencies; and
• Suitability (need for change in land ownership or use) for purposes, including but not limited to, community expansion or economic development, such as industrial, residential, or agricultural (other than grazing) developments.

Zone 3 Lands

The following lands are potentialy suitable for disposal through sale under section 203(a) of FLPMA if important recreation, wildlife, watershed, threatened or endangered species habitat, and/or cultural values are not identified during disposal clearance reviews and no viable exchange proposals for them can be identified. These lands would also be available for transfer to another agency or to local governments, as needed, to accommodate community expansion and other public purposes.