San Bernardino National Forest Land Management Plan - Part 2
San Bernardino National Forest Land Management Plan - Part 2
San Bernardino National Forest Land Management Plan - Part 2
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<strong>Land</strong> <strong>Management</strong> <strong>Plan</strong> <strong>Part</strong> 2<br />
<strong>San</strong> <strong>Bernardino</strong> <strong>National</strong> <strong>Forest</strong> Strategy<br />
LG 2 - Rangeland Health<br />
September 2005<br />
Rangelands are healthy and sustainable over the long-term. Rangelands are meeting or moving<br />
toward forest plan, ecosystem, and site-specific desired conditions.<br />
• Prioritize and perform an interdisciplinary team rangeland assessment every five years<br />
(e.g., long-term condition and trend transects and proper functioning condition<br />
assessments (PFC)) to determine if key areas are meeting or moving toward desired<br />
conditions and resource objectives. Adjust livestock management as necessary.<br />
• Evaluate ecosystem health every five years. Indicators used in the evaluation include, but<br />
are not limited to: measures of riparian structure and function; the amount and<br />
distribution of noxious weeds and invasive non-native species; soil health; threatened,<br />
endangered, proposed, candidate, and sensitive species habitat; rare plant species vigor;<br />
plant community composition and structure; sensitive heritage resources; and water<br />
quality. Adjust livestock management as necessary.<br />
• Review and incorporate the <strong>Forest</strong> <strong>Plan</strong> Noxious Weed <strong>Management</strong> Strategy.<br />
• Implement Best <strong>Management</strong> Practices for Water Quality.<br />
Linked to <strong>National</strong> Strategic <strong>Plan</strong><br />
Goal 2 - Reduce the impacts from invasive species, objective 1,<br />
Goal 5 - Improve watershed condition, objectives 1, 2, and 3, and<br />
Goal 6 - Mission related work in addition to that which supports the agency goals,<br />
objectives 1 and 3.<br />
LG 3 - Wildhorse and Burro Territories<br />
Wildhorse and burro populations and distribution are managed as specified in the approved<br />
territory management plan. Wildhorse and burro territories remain suitable and sustainable over<br />
the long-term.<br />
• Periodically review the approved territory management plan and the forest plan to assess<br />
whether desired conditions are being met or moving towards. If necessary amend the<br />
Wildhorse and Burro Territory <strong>Management</strong> <strong>Plan</strong> to meet the forest plan's desired<br />
conditions.<br />
Linked to <strong>National</strong> Strategic <strong>Plan</strong><br />
Goal 5 - Improve watershed condition, objectives 1, 2, and 3, and<br />
Goal 6 - Mission related work in addition to that which supports the agency goals,<br />
objectives 1 and 3.<br />
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