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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Wild and Scenic Rivers

Objectives

Manage designated and suitable segments of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System by protecting their outstandingly remarkable values. Maintain and enhance the natural integrity of river-related values in designated and suitable river areas.

Land Use Allocations

Designated River Segments

The Upper Klamath River was designated by the Secretary of the Interior as a Scenic River and is included in the National Wild and Scenic Rivers system under section 2(a)(ii) of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers Act.

The upper Klamath Scenic River is 11.0 miles and approximately 4,960 acres. The corridor width for the upper Klamath River Canyon is from rim-to-rim or ¹¦₄-mile from the normal high water mark on each side of the river, whichever is greater.

Management Actions/Direction

General

Provide the following types of interim protection from the John C. Boyle Powerhouse to the Oregon-California state line on the upper Klamath River until a river management plan is completed; exclude timber harvest in the Riparian Reserve, provide Visual Resource Management Class II management in the corridor, and protect the free-flowing values and identified outstandingly remarkable values (recreation, scenic, fish, wildlife, prehistoric, and historic resources, and its value as a Native American traditional use area).

Release from interim protection those rivers found to be eligible but not suitable for inclusion in the national rivers system (segments A and C of Antelope Creek, Barnes Valley Creek, Miller Creek, and Spencer Creek) upon completion of the Record of Decision for this Resource Management Plan.

Riparian Reserves

Address attainment of Aquatic Conservation Strategy objectives when developing Wild and Scenic River management plans.