. Department of the Interior ouieau of Land Management Klamath Falls Resource Area Office 2795 Anderson Avenue, Building 25 Klamath Falls, Oregon 97603-7891 April 2003 Klamath Falls Resource Area Annual Program Summary and Monitoring Report Fiscal Year 2002 Klamath Falls Resource Area View of Gerber Reservoir from Yainax Butte As the Nation’s principal conservation agency, the Department of the Interior has responsibility for most of our nationally owned public lands and natural resources. This includes fostering the wisest use of our land and water resources, protecting our fish and wildlife, preserving the environmental and cultural values of our national parks and historical places, and providing for the enjoyment of life through outdoor recreation. The Department assesses our energy and mineral resources and works to assure that their development is in the best interest of all our people. The Department also has a major responsibility for American Indian reservation communities and for people who live in Island Territories under U.S. administration. ujM Library Denver Federal Center Bldg. 50, OC-521 P.oT BOX 25047 Denver, CO 80225 BLM/OR/WA/PT-03/021 +1792 Wt> IT'ySZOGHRO 10 -^ ^ 2d3 Annual Program Summary and Monitoring Report FY2002 01 - , U.S. Department of Interior KOI tool Bureau of Land Management C.2- Klamath Falls Resource Area ANNUAL PROGRAM SUMMARY and MONITORING REPORT FISCAL YEAR 2002 1 Annual Program Summary and Monitoring Report - FY2002 Public Input to this Document Although the Annual Program Summary gives only a very basic and brief description of the programs, resources and activities in which the Klamath Falls Resource Area is involved, the report does give the reader a sense of the enormous scope, complexity and diversity involved in management of the Klamath Falls Resource Area public lands and resources. The managers and employees of the Klamath Falls Resource Area take pride in the accomplishments described in this report. I value public input on this Annual Program Summary and Monitoring Report. In order for us to continually improve how information is displayed to the public for BLM activities in the Annual Program Summary, we request that you fill out this comment form and return it to us. It will assist us in making this document more understandable and easy to read for the public in future years. Please return your comments on the form on the back of this page or in any other format to: Bureau of Land Management Klamath Falls Resource Area c/o Planner 2795 Anderson Avenue, Building #25 Klamath Falls, OR 97603 “Comments, including names and street addresses of respondents, will be available for public review at the above address during regular business hours (8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.), Monday through Friday, except holidays, [and may be published as part of (the EA. the EIS. or other related documents)]. Individual respondents may request confidentiality. If you wish to withhold your name or street address from public review or from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act. you must state this prominently at the beginning of your written comment. Such requests will be honored to the extent allowed by law. All submissions from organizations or businesses, and from individuals identifying themselves as representatives or officials of organizations or businesses, will be made available for public inspection in their entirety.” Thank you for taking the time to review this document. /s/ Jon Raby Jon Raby, Acting Field Manager Klamath Falls Resource Area Klamath Falls Resource Area ‘ ; Annual Program Summary and Monitoring Report - FY2002 TABLE OF CONTENTS ANNUAL PROGRAM SUMMARY 1.0 Introduction.3 2.0 Summary of Accomplishments.3 3.0 Budget and Employment .6 4.0 Land Use Allocations within the Klamath Falls Resource Area .6 Late-Successional Reserves and Assessments.7 Matrix.9 5.0 Aquatic Conservation Strategy.9 Riparian Reserves.9 Watershed Analysis and Key Watersheds.9 Watershed Restoration.11 Roads.11 Riparian Habitat Enhancement.11 Stream Restoration.11 6.0 Air Quality.11 7.0 Water and Soils.12 State-listed Clean Water Act 303d Streams.13 RMP Best Management Practices.14 8.0 Terrestrial Species and Habitat Management.14 Survey and Manage Species.14 Threatened/Endangered Species.18 Special Status Species-Animals.19 Other Species of Concern.20 Neotropical Migratory Landbirds.21 Nest Sites, Activity Centers, and Rookeries.22 Big Game Habitat.23 Special Status Species - Plants.23 9.0 Aquatic Species and Habitat Management.24 Threatened/Endangered Species.24 Endangered Species Act Consultation.25 Aquatic Habitat Restoration.25 Klamath River Hydroelectric Facility Relicensing.26 10.0 Pathogen, Disease, and Pest Management.26 v Klamath Falls Resource Area 11.0 Weed Management.26 Inventories.26 Control.27 12.0 Special Areas/Management.27 Wild and Scenic Rivers.27 Wilderness.27 Areas of Critical Environmental Concern.29 Klamath Canyon ACEC.29 Old Baldy Research Natural Area.29 Wood River Wetland ACEC.30 Environmental Education Areas.31 13.0 Cultural Resources.31 14.0 Visual Resources.32 15.0 Rural Interface Areas.32 16.0 Socioeconomic Conditions.32 Jobs-in-the-Woods.33 17.0 Environmental Justice.34 18.0 Recreation.34 Recreation Projects.35 Gerber Recreation Site.35 Wood River Wetland.35 Upper Klamath River.36 Topsy and Surveyor Recreation Sites .36 Recreation Fee Demonstration Project.36 Volunteer Activities.37 Tourism.38 19.0 Forest Management and Timber Resources.38 Silvicultural Prescriptions.38 Density Management.38 Regeneration Harvests.38 Mortality Salvage.39 Timber Sale Planning.39 Cumulative Status of Timber Sale Volume and Acres.39 FY 2002 Timber Sale Accomplishments.39 Timber Sold in FY 2002.39 Status of Sold & Awarded Klamath Falls RMP Timber Sales.44 Forest Development Activities.44 Brushfield Conversion.44 VI Annual Program Summary and Monitoring Report - FY2002 Site Preparation.44 Planting (regular stock).44 Planting (improved stock).44 Vegetation Control.44 Precommercial Thinning (PCT).44 Restoration Thinning/Understory Reduction.46 Pruning.46 Fertilization.46 Animal Damage Control.46 20.0 Special Forest Products.50 21.0 Energy and Minerals.51 22.0 Land Tenure Adjustments.52 23.0 Access and Rights-of-Way...53 24.0 Transportation and Roads.53 25.0 Hazardous Materials.54 26.0 Wildfire/Fuels Management.54 27.0 Law Enforcement.55 28.0 Rangeland Resources / Grazing Management.56 Overview.56 Fiscal Year 2002 Summary.57 Rangeland Health Standards Assessments.57 Endangered Species Act Section 7 Consultation.57 Grazing Leases and Fees.57 Range Improvements.58 Tunnel Creek Fence Reconstruction.58 Riparian Fence Maintenance.58 Monitoring of Grazing Allotments.58 Fiscal Years 1996-2001 Summary.58 Rangeland Health Standards Assessments.58 Rangeland Ecological Site Inventory.58 Monitoring of Grazing Allotments.58 Four Mile Grazing Environmental Assessment.59 Wild Horse Management.59 29.0 Cadastral Survey.60 30.0 Education and Outreach.61 Vll Klamath Falls Resource Area 31.0 Research.64 Red-root Yampa.64 Bear Valley Refuge Bald Eagle Roosting Project.65 Neotropical Birds.65 Yellow Rails. 65 Ground Water.65 Prescribed Fire.65 32.0 Coordination and Consultation.66 Federal Agencies.66 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.66 Klamath Basin Ecosystem Restoration Office.66 State of Oregon.66 Counties.67 Cities.67 Tribes.67 Watershed Councils.67 Upper Klamath Basin Working Group.67 Chartered Advisory Groups.68 Klamath Provincial Advisory Committee.68 Southeast Oregon Resource Advisory Council.68 Medford District Resource Advisory Committee.68 Other Local Coordination and Cooperation.69 Klamath-Lake Forest Health Partnership.69 Klamath-Lake-Modoc-Siskiyou Outdoor Recreation Working Group.69 Klamath Basin Water Adjudication Resolution Process.69 Coordinated Resource Management Plans (CRMP).69 Yainax CRMP.69 Spencer Creek CRMP.70 Rock Creek CRMP.70 Gerber/Willow Valley CRMP.70 Pokegama Working Group. 70 Intermountain West Joint Venture (IWJV).70 33.0 National Environmental Policy Act Analysis and Documentation.71 Protests and Appeals.72 34.0 Plan Evaluation.72 Third Year Evaluation .72 35.0 Plan Maintenance.73 Plan Maintenance for fiscal year 1995 .73 Plan Maintenance for fiscal year 1996 .73 Plan Maintenance for fiscal year 1997 .74 Plan Maintenance for fiscal year 1998 .75 Plan Maintenance for fiscal year 1999 .75 Plan Maintenance for fiscal year 2000 .79 viii