San Bernardino National Forest Land Management Plan - Part 2

More documents

Recommendations

Info

Land Management Plan Part 2 San Bernardino National Forest Strategy September 2005 carbonate plant habitat reserve by approximately 2,600 acres through land acquisition or exchange (Lands 1 - Land Ownership Adjustment), allowing for future mining in other areas. As determined in a 2003 study of Oil and Gas potential, the San Bernardino National Forest contains no lands classified by the Bureau of Land Management as having potential for occurrence of Oil and Gas resources. Therefore, pursuant to 36 CFR 228.102(d), national forest lands are “not available” for exploration and development of Oil and Gas resources. If at some future date new information shows some potential for Oil or Gas occurrence, this decision will be reconsidered. Grazing The Grazing Program provides forage for cattle while at the same time helps achieve vegetation and wildlife goals. Currently, the national forest has five active cattle grazing allotments. The Forest Service concentrates its efforts on managing the vegetation resources across the range allotments to serve a multitude of resource needs, including habitat for a variety of plant and animal species, clean water, and sustainable grazing and browsing. The type of resource work that occurs on allotments includes inventory and monitoring of rangeland conditions to maintain or improve rangeland health. The goal of the Grazing Program is for all rangelands to progress toward a healthier condition. Where there are unhealthy rangelands, national forest personnel strive to restore rangeland ecosystem functions through the understanding and cooperation of everyone involved in grazing management, including landowners, land managers, users, universities, other agencies, and the public. The Livestock Grazing Program will emphasize protecting and restoring rangelands. Priority will be given to completing the backlog of National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) compliance projects in order to meet the requirements of the Recission Act of 1995 (LM 2 - Landscape Restoration). Forest Biomass Special Forest Products Special Forest Products are renewable products derived from biological resources for personal, educational, commercial, and scientific use. Examples include: personal fuelwood, ethnobotanic products (such as ferns and basket weaving materials), native seeds for commercial sale, pine cones, etc., (see SFP 1 - Offer Special Forest Products). Wood Products The national forest generates wood products, such as saw timber, pulpwood, cull logs, small round wood, house logs, utility poles, and biomass from healthy forest restoration, fuels management and community protection projects. Product removal could benefit the national forest by reducing fuel loading and reducing the cost to remove the material. There is potential for use of forest biomass for energy generation. National Forest staff expect to accommodate legitimate proposals for biomass utilization and to cultivate use as a means of vegetation management (see ME 2 - Biomass Utilization, and WP1 - Offer Wood Products). Page 38
September 2005 Land Management Plan Part 2 San Bernardino National Forest Strategy Table 2.4.8. Commodities and Commercial Uses Performance Indicators, SBNF Performance Indicators for Commodity and Commercial Uses Current Level Estimated Forest Capability and Need Land Use Authorizations Administered to Standard 439 800 Number of Mineral Operations Administered 15 15 Manage Grazing Allotments 17,000 32,500 Fire Management Today there are over 90,000 residential and commercial structures worth approximately 10 billion dollars in assessed value located within the national forest boundary. Not included in this figure, are the increasingly dense urban interfaces with communities including Hesperia, Hemet, Highland, Rancho Cucamonga, Redlands, San Bernardino, San Jacinto, Palm Desert, Palm Springs, Yucaipa, Banning, Beaumont, and Devore. All of these communities are susceptible to an out-of-control wildland fire and the floods that result from steep slopes where vegetation has burned. Fire prevention, fuels reduction and fire suppression are the major components of the Fire and Aviation program. When a wildland fire is reported, fire personnel are dispatched to the fire and also to other fire stations to provide assistance. Related actions including evacuations are then coordinated within the national forest and through adjoining Fire Department jurisdictions with various law enforcement agencies to keep people safely away from wildland fire. Fires are suppressed on the ground with engines, hand crews, and machinery and from the air with helicopters and airtankers. Physical barriers, such as hand and dozer lines and fire retardant drops are used to slow fire progress so that fires can be more effectively contained. Once a fire is contained, lands damaged by fire suppression activities are evaluated and then rehabilitated. Effects of the fire and the potential for post-fire effects to life, property and natural resources are also evaluated and mitigated as needed by a team of resource specialists as part of the Burned Area Emergency Response. All wildland fires on the San Bernardino National Forest are considered to be a potential threat to communities. The Fire Management Program will emphasize preparation for aggressive fire suppression and implementing prevention strategies to achieve Page 39
Page 1 and 2: United States Department of Agricul
Page 3: Land Management Plan Part 2 San Ber
Page 6 and 7: Forest-specific Design Criteria....
Page 8 and 9: Horse Meadow.......................
Page 10 and 11: Lands 2 - Non-Recreation Special Us
Page 12 and 13: Document Format Protocols The follo
Page 14 and 15: Land Management Plan Part 2 San Ber
Page 100 and 101:
Land Management Plan Part 2 San Ber
Page 102 and 103:
Page 104 and 105:
Page 106 and 107:
Page 108 and 109:
Page 110 and 111:
Page 112 and 113:
Page 114 and 115:
Page 116 and 117:
Page 118 and 119:
Page 120 and 121:
Page 122 and 123:
Page 124 and 125:
Page 126 and 127:
Page 128 and 129:
Page 130 and 131:
Page 132 and 133:
Page 134 and 135:
Page 136 and 137:
Page 138 and 139:
Page 140 and 141:
Page 142 and 143:
Page 144 and 145:
Page 146 and 147:
Page 148 and 149:
Page 150 and 151:
Page 152 and 153:
Page 154 and 155:
Page 156 and 157:
Page 158 and 159:
Page 160 and 161:
Page 162 and 163:
Page 164 and 165:
Page 166 and 167:
Page 168 and 169:
Page 170 and 171:
show all

San Bernardino National Forest Land Management Plan - Part 2

Create successful ePaper yourself

Delete template?

Save as template?