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Final Environmental Impact Statement Rio de los Pinos Vegetation Management Project Action: This will be accomplished through Adaptive Management, i.e., begin with a strategy of approved management tools, then, if that does not work, other tools may be implemented. Starting management tools will be: • Salt or supplement will not be placed in the Analysis Area • Cattle will be allowed to drift into the Analysis Area, large numbers will not be pushed into the Analysis Area • If large numbers of cattle begin to use the Analysis Area, the herd will be dispersed by riders • Maintain a pasture rotation to avoid season-long grazing in the Analysis Area The Annual Operating Instructions will be the implementing document for the management tools applied. NOXIOUS WEED MONITORING Objective: To ensure that project design criteria are effective for: • Monitoring / Detection – Implement efforts to monitor and inventory the analysis area during and after project implementation to locate infestations for early and swift treatment to allow for eradication. • Control - Eliminate or contain the existing noxious weeds in the analysis area. • Prevention - Prevent new infestations of noxious weeds from being introduced into the analysis area due to project implementation. • Restoration – Restore disturbed sites to minimize niches for noxious weed establishment. Method: Site inspections during and after project implementation to ensure that design criteria are fully implemented. Perform periodic surveys for noxious weeds. Action: Implement those measures to prevent the introduction and spread of noxious weeds. Locate and treat noxious weeds in a timely manner as part of the forest noxious weed treatment program. Restore disturbed sites to prevent the introduction of noxious weeds. TIMBER RESOURCES - MONITORING Objective: Ensure that all resource protection measures in the Decision are included in the timber sale contract and properly implemented. Method: The timber sale contracts will be reviewed by the District Ranger and certified for conformance with the Decision document prior to advertisement of timber sales. Implementation monitoring will continue through harvest inspections. As a routine part of project implementation, contract administrators monitor harvest and construction activities. This monitoring ensures that project elements and Forest Plan standards and guidelines are followed as designed. Action: The District Ranger will ensure that pre-sale Foresters include required protection measures in the timber sale contract. Chapter 2 – Alternatives Page 2-14
Final Environmental Impact Statement Rio de los Pinos Vegetation Management Project The Timber Sale Administrator is responsible for administrating the contract. If required, the Timber Sale Administrator will initiate action to repair resource damage and suspend operations until problems have been corrected. Objective: To ensure that the treated stands are reforested to NFMA standards. Method: Site inspections the first, third and fifth year if necessary after project implementation to ensure that the areas are successfully reforested. Action: If reforestation is inadequate, plant the areas. AQUATIC RESOURCES - MONITORING Objective: To ensure that project design criteria are being properly implemented and that Forest Plan standards and guidelines are being met in regard to stream health. Method: Site inspections along affected streams in the project area during and after vegetation management and road activities to assess changes in stream conditions. Method: Inspect road segments near and at stream crossings after reconstruction/maintenance operations have been completed. Inspections will occur prior to, during, and following vegetation management activities. Action: Ensure that the project design criteria are properly incorporated into the timber sale contracts and work with the Timber Sale Administrator as necessary to ensure that contract provisions are being implemented. Implement additional mitigation if necessary to eliminate sediment or other negative impacts to streams if necessary. SOIL RESOURCES - MONITORING Objective: To ensure that project design criteria are being properly implemented and that Forest Plan standards and guidelines are being met in regards to soils. Method: Soil moisture conditions will be monitored during harvest activities by Forest Service Personnel. Action : Timber harvesting operations would be suspended when soil conditions are too wet to operate and would result in resource damage. The Forest Service will ensure that project design criteria are properly incorporated into the timber sale contracts and ensure that contract provisions are understood and implemented. Chapter 2 – Alternatives Page 2-15
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