3.0 Agreements

• 3.1 Beginning with the budget for Fiscal Year 2005, the BLM and the Forest Service severally agree that their annual program and budget requests to the Department of the Interior in the case of BLM and to the Department of Agriculture in the case of the Forest Service, will include a request for additional funds targeted to fully fund the obligations expressed in paragraphs 3.2, 3.4 and 3.5 below.


• 3.2 Contingent upon obtaining the necessary funds as described in paragraphs 2.13 and 3.1 above, the Agencies will use their best efforts every year beginning in Fiscal Year 2005: (1) to offer timber sales in an amount equal to the annual PSQ in the NWFP, currently estimated at 805 million board feet, for as long as there is a PSQ for the area covered by the NWFP, and (2) to offer thinning sales as described in paragraph 2.12 of approximately 300 million board feet per year to the extent that and for so long as such sales are consistent with the ecological objectives of the NWFP.


• 3.3 The Agencies agree to propose research/demonstration projects (projects) in three AMAs to evaluate alternative silvicultural practices and standards and guidelines based on the principle of management across the entire landscape, as follows:
  

  3.3.1 By October 1, 2003, the BLM and the Forest Service will identify proposed projects which (a) meet the purpose for which the AMA was established; (b) provide an opportunity for significant experimentation; (c) can be implemented in a timely fashion; and (d) are cost effective.

  3.3.2 In consultation with the plaintiffs, the BLM and the Forest Service will select from the proposed projects identified pursuant to paragraph 3.3.1, two projects for which the environmental analysis can be completed in accordance with the schedule set forth in paragraph 3.3.4 below under current projected fiscal year 2003 and 2004 funding levels. A lead agency for each project will also be selected by the BLM and the Forest Service.

  3.3.3 At least one proposed project in one AMA will test the Multi-Resource Land Allocation model, or a variation thereof.

  3.3.4 The schedule for the projects selected pursuant to paragraph 3.3.2 as being able to proceed under the 2003 and 2004 funding levels is as follows:

  3.3.4.1 By November 1, 2003, the Agencies will identify the proposed projects, and the AMAs where they would be implemented;

  3.3.4.2 If it is determined by the agency that an environmental Assessment (EA) is the NEPA documentation required for a particular project, the EA and any needed ESA section 7 consultation will be completed by September 1, 2004.

  3.3.4.3 If it is determined by the agency that an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) is the NEPA documentation required for a particular project, the EIS and any needed ESA section 7 consultation will be completed by April 1, 2005.

• 3.4 For the projects identified pursuant to paragraph 3.3.2 that do not have sufficient funding to proceed in fiscal years 2003 and 2004, a schedule for completion of the environmental analysis will be developed by the BLM and Forest Service, in consultation with the plaintiffs, upon receipt of required funding levels as described in paragraphs 2.13 and 3.1 above.


• 3.5 Contingent upon obtaining the necessary funds as described in paragraph 2.13 and 3.1 above, the BLM will revise the Resource Management Plans for its Coos Bay, Eugene, Lakeview, Medford, Roseburg and Salem Districts by December 31, 2008. At least one alternative to be considered in each proposed revision will be an alternative which will not create any reserves on O & C Lands except as required to avoid jeopardy under the Endangered Species Act. All plan revisions shall be consistent with the O & C Act as interpreted by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.