Land Management Plan - Part 2 Los Padres National Forest Strategy

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Land Management Plan Part 2 Los Padres National Forest Strategy September 2005 connected mainly to Native Americans, who used the area as a trade route between the coast and interior valleys. Development of private land adjacent to the national forest boundaries is occurring; private lands intermingle with public lands throughout the Place. These are mostly family ranches that are managed for livestock production. There are four allotments and two livestock-area special-use permits within the Place. All but one of the allotments extends into adjacent Places. There is a communication site on Tepusquet Peak that houses a transmitter for a television station in Santa Maria, as well as other communication facilities. There are no special designations in this Place. Total national forest acres--Colson Place: 43,345 Desired Condition: The Colson Place is a natural appearing and pastoral landscape that functions as a traditional back-road area for recreation and livestock grazing. Riparian vegetation, the oak-grasslands along the canyon bottoms (with a mix of chaparral vegetation on the slopes) are sustainable. The facilities maintain the dispersed rural character that recalls the family histories that make this Place. Program Emphasis: Implement forest health projects to reduce fuel accumulations and threats to adjacent homes and ranches. Continue multiple-use management while minimizing conflicts between threatened, endangered, proposed, candidate and sensitive species, recreation, and livestock grazing activities. Provide additional Forest Service presence in the area. Explore opportunities for a managed recreational target shooting area. Improve developed campground facilities and access to historic trails. Page 48
September 2005 Land Management Plan Part 2 Los Padres National Forest Strategy Cuesta Theme: A scenic backdrop to urban areas that separates inland and coastal zones. It is one of the 'Key Places' representing the most picturesque national forest locations, containing its own landscape character. Steep canyons shelter important riparian habitats. Day-use trails, wilderness and recreation provide direct linkages to urban areas. Cuesta Ridge Botanical Area offers opportunities for interpretation of serpentine plant communities and the Sargent cypress (Cupressus sargentii). Communication sites along the ridgeline are an increasingly important activity in this Place. Setting: Cuesta Place is situated in the narrow, northwest trending Santa Lucia Mountains. The Santa Lucia Mountain Range (locally referred to as 'East and West Cuesta') creates a dramatic backdrop to coastal communities, such as San Luis Obispo and Arroyo Grande. California State Highway 101 climbs through Cuesta Grade and links the coast to inland communities like Santa Margarita, Paso Robles and Atascadero. The ridge top offers panoramas of the ocean and coastal communities, as well as the expansive inland ranchlands and towns. There are several Special Area Designations in the Place including the Santa Lucia Wilderness in which there is opportunity for hiking along year-round streams. The Black Butte Research Natural Area provides opportunities for research on knobcone pine (Pinus attenuata)-chaparral and Sargent cypress plant communities, while the Cuesta Ridge SIA supports stands of Sargent cypress, Coulter pine, and 12 percent of the national forest's Region 5 sensitive plant species. Page 49
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