Plan Components [100749]
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Section:
Region:
R3: Southwest
National Forest:
Carson (1986)
Alternative:
Plan Direction:
Treat fuel accumulations to abate fire risk:
- Select for treatment 10% of the protected activity centers where nest sites are known in each recovery unit having high fire risk conditions. Also select another 10% of the protected activity centers where nest sites are known as paired sample to serve as control areas.
- Designate a 100-acre "no treatment" area around the known nest site of each selected protected activity center. Habitat in the no treatment area should be as similar as possible in structure and composition as that found in the activity center.
- Use combinations of thinning trees less than 9 inches in diameter, mechanical fuel treatment and prescribed fire to abate risk in the remainder of the selected protected activity center outside the 100-acre "no treatment" area.
- Retain woody debris larger than 12 inches in diameter, snags, clumps of broad-leafed woody vegetation, and hardwood trees larger than 10 inches in diameter at the root collar.
- Select and treat additional protected activity centers in 10% increments if monitoring of the initial sample shows there were no negative impacts of there were negative impacts which can be mitigated by modifying treatment methods.
- Use light prescribed burns in nonselected protected activity centers on a case-by-case basis. Burning should avoid a 100-acre "no treatment" area around the activity center. Large woody debris, snags, clumps of broad-leafed woody vegetation should be retained and hardwood trees larger than 10 inches diameter at the root collar.
- Pre- and post-treatment monitoring should be conducted in all protected activity centers treated for the fire risk abatement (See monitoring guidelines).
- Select for treatment 10% of the protected activity centers where nest sites are known in each recovery unit having high fire risk conditions. Also select another 10% of the protected activity centers where nest sites are known as paired sample to serve as control areas.
- Designate a 100-acre "no treatment" area around the known nest site of each selected protected activity center. Habitat in the no treatment area should be as similar as possible in structure and composition as that found in the activity center.
- Use combinations of thinning trees less than 9 inches in diameter, mechanical fuel treatment and prescribed fire to abate risk in the remainder of the selected protected activity center outside the 100-acre "no treatment" area.
- Retain woody debris larger than 12 inches in diameter, snags, clumps of broad-leafed woody vegetation, and hardwood trees larger than 10 inches in diameter at the root collar.
- Select and treat additional protected activity centers in 10% increments if monitoring of the initial sample shows there were no negative impacts of there were negative impacts which can be mitigated by modifying treatment methods.
- Use light prescribed burns in nonselected protected activity centers on a case-by-case basis. Burning should avoid a 100-acre "no treatment" area around the activity center. Large woody debris, snags, clumps of broad-leafed woody vegetation should be retained and hardwood trees larger than 10 inches diameter at the root collar.
- Pre- and post-treatment monitoring should be conducted in all protected activity centers treated for the fire risk abatement (See monitoring guidelines).
Type:
Standard
Page:
88
Doc ID:
Mexican Spotted Owl B9
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