Environmental Assessment

IMPLEMENTATION GUIDELINES CHAPTER 2
Range
1. To avoid unwanted disturbances associated with livestock grazing along Road 2017, do not create
new landings or skid trails or use existing landings and skid trails that are visible from the road.
2. Protect range improvements and range study plots. Protect fences scheduled for removal to the
extent that removal is not affected by treatment activities. Avoid breaking the fence into
segments, burying the wire or posts, bending posts, or dragging all or potions of the fence. Table
2-8 displays treatment type (vegetation or fuel), and treatment unit, the range improvements and
range study plots to be protected during vegetation and fuel treatment operations. A more
complete description can be found in Table 5 (pages 49-53) and Table 8 (pages 57-61) in the
Range Report.
3. Avoid existing fences in mechanical treatment units,
4. When prescribed burning avoid or protect fences constructed from primarily wood components or
portions of fences constructed primarily of wood components (posts, braces, etc.). Reconstruct
fences damaged during treatment using project funds (timber, fire).
5. Involve a range specialist in review of treatment contracts and burning or treatment plans prior to
approval and implementation to ensure that range resources are protected as prescribed above.
6. Areas of concern: To maintain healthy rangeland conditions, do not treat non-forested southern
or southeastern facing slopes of Pine Mountain with fall burning or with burning intensities that
would alter vegetation conditions and cause exotics such as cheatgrass to invade and takeover the
site.
7. Units R1A and R1B, (both alternatives) and units R2A, and R2B (Alternative 2) will need vehicle
access for implementation of proposed treatments. Some existing access roads will need to
remain open or be maintained during treatment.
8. Implementation activities can occur simultaneously with livestock use under most situations by
communication with operators and permittees. Closing gates, using increased caution when
heavy equipment share roads and being made aware of potential hazards such as livestock in the
roadway can generally mitigate activities. Table 2-9 lists specific roads that need additional
mitigations to minimize impacts and conflict between vegetation and fuel treatment activities and
ongoing grazing activities and improvements.
9. The fire/fuels and range program managers will develop a vegetation management
implementation plan that would direct activities to treat only one pasture of each active allotment
within the project area in a given grazing season.
Table 2-8 Alternative 2 Mitigation Measures and Improvement Protection Requirements for existing Range
Improvements associated with Proposed Vegetation and Fuel Treatments, Alternatives 2 and 3
Treatment Improvement Type Mitigation Measures
Vegetation
Barbed Wire Fence
2-52
Units
Alternative 2 Alternative 3
SD03, SD04, SD05, P09,
P10, P14, P15, P16, P22,
H01, H10, H11, H12, H22,
H24, H25, H38, H39, H40.
P301, P317, P321, P327,
P328, P330, P331, P333,
P335, P337, P345, C307,
C309, C320, C321. C322.
C326, C336, C337,