BLM LIBRARY K l a 88067082 m Annual Program a t h F Summary and a l l s R Monitoring Report e s o u r c e A for r e a Fiscal Year 2005 As the Nation’s principal conservation agency, the Department of the Interior has re¬ sponsibility 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. BLM Library Denver Federal Center Bldg. 50, OC-521 Po. Box 25047 Denver, CO 80225 BLM/OR/WA/PL-06/002+1792 Cover Photograph: Collecting Sandberg’s bluegrass seed - by Molly Juillerat (BLM - KFRA) ' # 10^1513$$ VT> 'ffiOQ’io'ga. tft> /rilO Annual Program Summary and Monitoring Report - FY2005 2-005 U.S. Department of Interior Bureau of Land Management Klamath Falls Resource Area ANNUAL PROGRAM SUMMARY and MONITORING REPORT FISCAL YEAR 2005 1 Klamath Falls Resource Area . r Annual Program Summary and Monitoring Report - FY2005 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 (KFRA) 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. Public input on this Annual Program Summary and Monitoring Report will assist us in making this document more understandable and easy to read for the public in future years. You may provide comments via email at: [email protected] or send written comments to the following address: 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. In August 2003, the U.S. Department of Justice, on behalf of the Secretary of Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture signed a Settlement Agreement which settles litigation with the American Forest Resource Council and the Association of O&C Counties (AFRC v. Clarke, Civil No. 94-1031-TPJ (D.D.C.). Among other items in the Settlement Agreement the BLM is required to revise the six existing Resource Management Plans in western Oregon, including the Klamath Falls Resource Area RMP. In FY 2004, the BLM in western Oregon began making preparations in order to comply with Resource Management Plan revision section of the Settlement Agreement. In FY 2005, the Analysis of the Management Situation (AMS) was prepared to assist managers in the formulation of alternatives and contains information relevant to subsequent development of the affected environment chapter in the RMP environmental impact statement. Copies of the AMS are available on compact disk. Thank you for taking the time to review this document. Klamath Falls Resource Area iii Klamath Falls Resource Area ' . i Annual Program Summary and Monitoring Report - FY2005 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.7 5.0 Aquatic Conservation Strategy.8 Riparian Reserves.8 Watershed Analysis and Key Watersheds.8 Watershed Restoration.9 Roads.9 Riparian Habitat Enhancement.10 Stream Restoration.10 6.0 Air Quality.10 7.0 Water and Soils.11 Water - Project Implementation.11 Soils - Project Implementation.11 State-listed Clean Water Act 303d Streams.11 Water - Inventory and Monitoring.11 Soils - Inventory and Monitoring.13 RMP Best Management Practices.13 8.0 Terrestrial Species and Habitat Management.13 Survey and Manage Species.13 Threatened/Endangered Species.14 Northern Spotted Owl.14 Bald Eagle.14 Special Status Species-Animals.14 Peregrine Falcon.14 Yellow Rails .15 Bats .15 Northern Goshawk. 15 Oregon Spotted Frog.15 Sage Grouse.15 Klamath Falls Resource Area Mollusks.16 Great Gray Owl.16 Special Status Species - Plants.16 Other Species of Concern..■.16 Neotropical Migratory Landbirds.16 Terrestrial Habitat Management. 17 Nest Sites, Activity Centers, and Rookeries.17 Big Game Habitat .18 9.0 Aquatic Species and Habitat Management.18 Threatened/Endangered Species .19 Lost River and Shortnose Suckers.19 Bull Trout.19 Endangered Species Act Consultation.20 Aquatic Habitat Restoration.20 Klamath River Hydroelectric Facility Relicensing.20 10.0 Pathogen, Disease, and Pest Management.21 11.0 Weed Management.21 Inventories.21 Control.22 12.0 Special Areas/Management.22 Wild and Scenic Rivers.22 Wilderness.22 Areas of Critical Environmental Concern.23 Tunnel Creek Special Botanical Area.23 Klamath Canyon ACEC.23 Old Baldy Research Natural Area.23 Wood River Wetland ACEC.23 Environmental Education Areas.25 13.0 Cultural Resources.25 14.0 Visual Resources.26 15.0 Rural Interface Areas.26 16.0 Socioeconomic Conditions.26 Jobs-in-the-Woods.27 17.0 Environmental Justice.30 18.0 Recreation.30 Recreation Pipeline Restoration Funds.30 Recreation Projects.31 VI Annual Program Summary and Monitoring Report - FY2005 Recreation Fee Demonstration Project.31 Status of Recreation Plans.32 Volunteer Activities.33 Tourism.33 19.0 Forest Management and Timber Resources.33 Silvicultural Prescriptions.33 Timber Sale Planning.34 FY 2005 Timber Sale Accomplishments.35 Status of Sold & Awarded Klamath Falls RMP Timber Sales .35 Forest Development Activities.40 Stewardship Contracting.43 20.0 Special Forest Products.43 21.0 Energy and Minerals. 44 22.0 Land Tenure Adjustments.45 23.0 Access and Rights-of-Way.46 24.0 Transportation and Roads.46 25.0 Hazardous Materials.47 26.0 Wildfire/Fuels Management.47 27.0 Law Enforcement.47 28.0 Rangeland Resources / Grazing Management.48 Fiscal Year 2005 Summary.49 Fiscal Years 1996-2005 Summary.51 Wild Horse Management.51 29.0 Cadastral Survey.52 30.0 Education and Outreach.53 31.0 Research.56 32.0 Coordination and Consultation.57 Federal Agencies.57 State of Oregon.58 Counties.58 Cities.58 Tribes.59 vii Klamath Falls Resource Area Watershed Councils.59 Chartered Advisory Groups.59 Other Local Coordination and Cooperation.60 33.0 National Environmental Policy Act Analysis and Documentation.....62 NEPA documentation.62 Protests and Appeals.63 34.0 Plan Evaluations.64 Third Year Evaluation.64 Eighth Year Evaluation.64 35.0 Plan Maintenance.65 36.0 Plan Amendments.72 Plan Revision.75 MONITORING REPORT Introduction.79 All Land Use Allocations.84 Late-Successional Reserves.87 Matrix .88 Riparian Reserves.93 Air Quality .96 Water and Soils .97 Terrestrial Species Habitat .102 Special Status and SEIS Special Attention Species Habitat .106 Aquatic Species Habitat.110 Noxious Weeds.113 Special Areas.113 Wild and Scenic Rivers.116 Cultural Resources Including American Indian Values .117 Visual Resources.119 Rural Interface Areas .119 Socioeconomic Conditions .120 Recreation .121 Forest Management and Timber Resources .122 Special Forest/Natural Products.123 Wildfire / Fuels Management.124 Rangeland Resources / Grazing Management .125 GLOSSARY / ACRONYMS.129 viii