Land Management Plan - Part 2 Los Padres National Forest Strategy

September 2005 Land Management Plan Part 2
Los Padres National Forest Strategy
WL 2 - Wildlife, Fish and Plant Habitat Management
WL 2 - Wildlife,
Fish, and Plant Habitat Management
Maintain and im prove habitat for fish, wildlife, and plants, including those with the following
designations: game species, harvest species,
management indicator species, and watch list
species.
• Manage State
of California designated Wild Trout Streams to maintain high quality habitat
for wild trout
populations.
• Coordinate and form partnerships with the California
Department of Fish & Game and other
cooperators,
such as Partners in Flight, Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, and Quail
Unlimited to
maintain and improve fish, wildlife and plant habitat.
• Monitor Management Indicator Species
(MIS).
• Monitor habitat for ecological health indicators (e.g., tamarisk, aquatic macroinvertebrates,
bullfrogs).
• Maintain de veloped wildlife water sources and other habitat improvement structures.
• Protect habitat
during fire suppression activities where feasible.
• Annually treat
200-300 acres of vegetation for wildlife habitat improvement.
• Cooperate with other agencies, partners, and other national forest programs to maintain
and
improve landscape level habitat conditions and ecological
processes over the long-term for
landscape linkages,
wildlife movement corridors, key deer and bighorn sheep fawning,
lambing, and winter ranges, and raptor nesting sites.
Linked to National Strategic Plan
Goal 2 - Reduce the impacts from invasive species
Goal 5 - Improve watershed condition
Goal 6 - Mission related work in addition to that which supports the agency goals.
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