Environmental Assessment

IMPLEMENTATION GUIDELINES CHAPTER 2
IMPLEMENTATION GUIDELINES_________________________________________
Alternatives are designed to be consistent with the desired conditions and the standards and guidelines
described in the LRMP for each land allocation. Appropriate LRMP Standard and Guidelines and
Eastside Screens were applied in the design of the alternatives.
MITIGATION MEASURES AND MANAGEMENT REQUIREMENTS SIMILAR OR COMMON
TO ACTION ALTERNATIVES
These mitigation and management requirements or resource protection measures are an integral part of
the action alternatives. Mitigation measures are specific actions that could be taken to minimize, avoid or
eliminate potentially significant impacts on the resources that would be affected by the alternatives, or
rectifying the impact by restoring the affected environment (40 CFR 1508.02). Management
requirements are also mitigation measures typically derived from LRMP standards and guidelines, but
other sources can also be existing laws or regulations, or guidelines for practices required by
extraordinary conditions.
Botany
Proposed, Endangered, Threatened, and Sensitive Plant Species
Alternative 2
1. Flag populations of green-tinged paintbrush in the following fuel treatment units prior to
treatment: F01-F05, F07-F10, F13, F17, F18, F21, F22, F33, and F37-F39 and the following
vegetation treatment units: P15 and H01. Avoid flagged areas with treatment operations
including fireline construction. Implementers will coordinate with botanist during layout and
prior to treatment.
2. The green-tinged paintbrush population adjacent to or on the boundary of fuel treatment Unit F11
will be identified for the implementing crew. To protect the populations, the unit boundary may
be moved or the populations flagged by the district botanist and those sites avoided during
treatment implementation.
3. The populations of green-tinged paintbrush in range treatment Unit R2B will be flagged out prior
to treatment and coordination will occur between the botanist and the implementers.
4. In fuel treatment unit F29, keep all treatments away from the pumice grape fern population. The
population will be flagged prior to treatment to avoid population and coordination will occur
between the botanist and the implementers.
Alternative 3
1. Flag populations of green-tinged paintbrush located within the boundaries of the following fuel
treatment units prior to treatment: F01, F03-F05, F10, F13, F17, F21, F22, F33, F37-F39 and the
following vegetation treatment units: P309, P325, C301, and C303. Within vegetation units,
include flagged populations within leave areas or leave out of the unit entirely, depending on
plant location. Avoid flagged areas with treatment operations including fireline construction.
Implementers will coordinate with botanist during layout and prior to treatment.
2. The green-tinged paintbrush population adjacent to or on the boundary of fuel treatment units
F07, F09, and F18 will be identified for the implementing crew. To protect the populations, the
unit boundary may be moved or the populations flagged by the district botanist and those sites
avoided during treatment implementation.
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