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

Final Environmental Impact Statement Rio de los Pinos Vegetation Management Project
None of the areas proposed for management treatment contain documented Sensitive plant
species. There are eight Sensitive plants suspected to occur in the areas proposed for treatment
based on habitat affinity (see Table 3.13-1).
Direct, Indirect, and Cumulative Effects
The analysis below is a summary from a Biological Assessment / Biological Evaluation (BA/BE)
for plants that was prepared specifically for this project and is part of the project administrative
record. None of the Alternatives would be expected to result in significant direct, indirect, or
cumulative effects.
Alternative 1 – No Action
This Alternative proposes no new management actions. There are no current or foreseeable
future actions that would be expected to impact Sensitive plants. Therefore, there would be no
Table 3.13-1. Sensitive plant species suspected in the treatment areas and the effects
determination by Alternative.
Determination
Scientific name
1
Alternative
1 2 and 3
Botrychium furcatum NI MAII
Draba smithii NI MAII
Eriophorum altaicum var. neogaeum NI NI
Eriophorum chamissonis NI NI
Eriophorum gracile NI NI
Machaeranthera coloradoensis NI MAII
Salix arizonica NI NI
Sphagnum angustifolium NI NI
1 NI = No Impact;
MAII = May adversely impact individuals, but not likely to result in a loss of viability on the
Planning Area, nor cause a trend to federal listing or a loss of species viability rangewide.
direct, indirect, or cumulative effect anticipated on any Sensitive plant species (Table 3.13-1).
Alternatives 2, 3 and Cumulative Effects
Since all action Alternatives propose some level of timber harvest and minor road work, the
effects are considered equivalent for this analysis since they affect the same habitat (i.e., there is
no real distinction of effects between Alternatives for this particular Analysis Area). Proposed
actions would not impact any documented Sensitive plant populations. Potential habitat exists
for eight Sensitive plants in the proposed treatment areas. Table 3.13-1 summarizes the effects
determination made, by Alternative, for these species.
Five species were judged to be at such low risk from the proposed actions that there would be no
direct, indirect, or cumulative effect (Table 3.13-1).
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