Klamath Falls Record of Decision: Withdrawals

Withdrawals

Objectives

Protect lands with important resource values and/or significant levels of investment by withdrawing them from the operation of public land and mineral laws. Withdrawal is necessary to avoid irreparable damage that may be caused by nondiscretionary activities.

Land Use Allocations

Tables 15, 16, and 17 show recommendations for communication sites, withdrawals, and management direction for land returning to BLM-administration. (Table 16 is located in Appendix J.)

Bureau of Land Management-proposed withdrawals are as follows:

1. T. 39S. R. 9E., Sec. 21, lots 15, 17, and 18 Klamath Falls administrative site - 10.04 acres. Transfer jurisdiction of an existing Fish and Wildlife Service Administrative site withdrawal to the BLM. Withdrawal is needed to protect improvements (tree seedling cooler) placed upon public land.

2. T. 38N. R. 5E., Sec. 19 lots 3 and 4, S¹¦₂S¹¦₂NE¹¦₄SW¹ ¦₄, SE¹¦₄SW¹¦₄, SW¹¦₄NE¹¦₄SE¹¦₄, E¹¦₂NW¹¦₄SE¹¦₄, SW¹¦₄NW¹¦₄SE¹¦₄, S¹¦₂SE¹¦₄;

Sec. 29 W¹¦₂W¹¦₂W¹¦₂NW¹ ¦₄; Sec. 30 lots 1, and 2, N¹¦₂NE¹¦₄, N¹¦₂SW¹¦₄NE¹¦₄, SE¹¦₄NE¹¦₄, N¹¦₂SE¹¦₄NW¹¦₄. Old Baldy Research Natural Area - 581.20 acres located within the above described public land. A new withdrawal is proposed to protect the proposed Old Baldy Research Natural Area.

Management of Newly Acquired Lands. Lands may come under BLM administration after completion of the Record of Decision for this Resource Management Plan/Environmental Impact Statement through exchange, donation, purchase, revocation of withdrawals of other Federal agencies, or relinquishment of Recreation and Public Purpose Act leases. Newly acquired or administered lands will be managed for their highest potential or for the purposes for which they are acquired. For example, lands acquired within "special management areas" with Congressional or Resource Management Plan allocation/direction will be managed in conformance with guidelines for those areas. If lands with unique or fragile resource values are acquired, it may be appropriate to protect those values until the next plan revision.

Lands acquired with no identified special values or management goals will be managed in the same manner as surrounding or comparable BLM-administered lands. This implies typical timber harvest opportunities, grazing management practices, management of the mineral estate, standard operating procedures and precommitted mitigation measures.

Management Actions/Direction

Complete the review of existing withdrawals to determine whether continuation of the withdrawal is consistent with the statutory objectives of the programs for which the lands were dedicated and with other important programs.

Terminate unnecessary or duplicative withdrawals and continue those which still meet the intent of the withdrawal.

Implement the BLM-proposed withdrawals listed under land use allocations. This will involve recommendations to and approval by the Secretary of the Interior.

Evaluate future withdrawal proposals for compliance with program objectives and federal law and recommend appropriate action to the Secretary of the Interior.

Limit withdrawals to the minimum area needed and restrict only those activities that will be detrimental to the purposes of the withdrawal.