Final Environmental Impact Statement Rio de los Pinos Vegetation ...

Final Environmental Impact Statement Rio de los Pinos Vegetation Management Project
below in Table 1.5-1.
Table 1.5-1. Relevant Regional and Forestwide Objectives.
Forestwide Objective 2.2 – Manage the Forest to maintain or improve the health and vigor of
all native plant associations (Forest Plan p. II-2).
Forestwide Objective 2.10 – Use appropriate vegetative-management methods (e.g.,
Prescribed Natural and Management Ignited Fires, timber harvesting, grazing, etc.) to modify
unacceptable fuel profiles and reduce potentially unacceptable future high-intensity wildfires.
Regional Objective 3 – Provide for multiple uses and sustainability of National Forests and
Grasslands in an environmentally acceptable manner (Forest Plan p. II-3).
Forestwide Objective 3.2 – Emphasize long-term sustainable production of resources for
economies, communities, and people (Forest Plan p. II-3).
Forestwide Objective 3.3 – Use a range of silvicultural prescriptions to achieve ecosystem
management objectives. These objectives may include supplying forage for wildlife, reducing
insect and disease infestations, maintaining or improving aspen stands, or enhancing scenery
(Forest Plan p. II-3).
Forestwide Objective 3.4 – Use existing roads, instead of constructing new ones (Forest Plan
p. II-3).
1.6 Governing Management Direction
All land management decisions are governed by an array of law and policy which direct or
provide bounds for those decisions. While some law and policy provide constraints, others
provide intent and direction for certain actions to occur. This is a general overview of such
guidance which gives intent or direction for the proposed action.
Where consistent with other Forest Plan goals and objectives, there is Congressional intent to
allow timber harvesting on suitable lands (Organic Administration Act of 1897, Multiple-Use
Sustained-Yield Act of 1960; Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974;
Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976; National Forest Management Act of 1976).
Intent is also expressed to allow the salvage of dead timber and to protect against and prevent the
spread of insects and disease (Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of
1974). Such actions are also directed and authorized by Federal Regulation (36CFR221.3;
36CFR223). In keeping with these intents, it is Forest Service policy to provide timber resources
to the local and regional economy (Forest Service Manual [FSM] 2402; Forest Plan, pp. II-3
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