San Bernardino National Forest Land Management Plan - Part 2

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Land Management Plan Part 2 San Bernardino National Forest Strategy September 2005 evaluated and interpreted. Property lines are located and managed and administrative rights-ofway are appropriately acquired. Law enforcement presence in high-use areas minimizes unauthorized activities and conflicts. A wide variety of dispersed recreation opportunities are maintained over time. The OHV route system is improved and unauthorized use is directed to roads and trails that are designated for this use. Program Emphasis: Community protection from wildland fire is of the highest priority. It will be emphasized through public education, fire prevention, and fuels management in cooperation with city, county and state agencies. The Pinyon Fuelbreak on Circle Mountain Ridge on the San Bernardino National Forest will be maintained. Forest health and water needs will be managed to provide for a healthy forest ecosystem with in-stream flows necessary to support surface and subsurface resources. Uses will be balanced and will promote the conservation of resource qualities that sustain these uses and provide attractions for this Place. The Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail remains a priority for management and maintenance. Habitats for federally listed and Region 5 sensitive species within the Place will be managed to promote species conservation and recovery. The regional wildlife linkages between the San Gabriel Mountains and the San Bernardino Mountains will be kept intact, functioning and improved. The identification, evaluation, interpretation and protection of heritage properties will be emphasized. Partnerships with Native American tribes will be improved. Management will focus on recreation use by visitors, and national forest infrastructure that is sustainable, consistent with the natural setting and integrity, and has minimal effects to threatened, endangered or sensitive species or their habitat. There will be a focus on the interpretation of the San Andreas Fault, Mormon Rocks, and the Desert/Coastal evolutionary interface. Accurate national forest boundaries will be reestablished and maintained and encroachment will be reduced. Forest Service field personnel and law enforcement staff will be highly visible. Page 78
September 2005 Land Management Plan Part 2 San Bernardino National Forest Strategy San Bernardino Front Country Theme: A rugged, scenic backdrop to an urban, growing San Bernardino Valley. Steep canyons shelter important riparian habitat. Several heavily driven state highways provide a commuter and visitor portal into the communities and recreation opportunities of the high country forest. Setting: The San Bernardino Front Country Place is a rugged, scenic backdrop to a dynamic urban interface, prominently identified by the large historic 'Arrowhead' landmark on Arrowhead Peak. Rising to the north of the cities of San Bernardino, Redlands, Highland and Yucaipa, the steep brush-covered mountains quickly climb in elevation from 1,500 feet to 6,000 feet. Narrow canyons of critical riparian habitat and rounded summits with patches of montane conifer are found here. There are diverse and unique physical and biological resources that are strongly influenced by human activities from the nearby urban interface. The Serrano tribes and Mission Indians used these lands traditionally and continue this use today. Reservations established for the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians and the Morongo Band of Mission Indians are located within and adjacent to the Place. The management of the Whitewater watershed on National Forest System land is of concern to the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians. There are no existing special designations. The climate is generally warm (temperate) with a marine influence (Mediterranean) and the area receives 15 to 30 inches of precipitation per year, with some snow at the higher elevations. Rain may run off quickly from the steep mountainsides and through the canyons of the San Bernardino Front Country, at times causing flash floods and eroding the slopes along the roads. The Santa Ana River (recently dammed for flood control by the Seven Oaks Dam at the national forest boundary), Mill Creek and City Creek are the major watershed features here. The Santa Ana River (comprising the largest stream and watershed on the forest) runs through the southern tier Page 79
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