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WildEarth Guardians Petition to List<br />

Jemez Mountains Salamander Under the ESA<br />

29<br />

Fire<br />

Table 5. Salvage/thinning operations proposed after occurrence of stand-replacing<br />

fires. Sources: USFS 1996b; Watson 2002; USFS 2003c.<br />

Salvage<br />

acreage<br />

Acreage in<br />

Jemez<br />

Mountains<br />

salamander<br />

habitat<br />

Percent<br />

in Jemez<br />

Mountains<br />

salamander<br />

habitat<br />

Acreage<br />

Essential<br />

Zone<br />

habitat<br />

Percent<br />

Essential<br />

Zone<br />

Acreage<br />

Survey/priority<br />

Zone habitat<br />

Percent<br />

Survey/<br />

priority<br />

Zones<br />

Dome 2,200 ac 2,200 ac 100% 500 ac 23% 1,700 ac 77%<br />

Cerro 4,279 ac 4,279 100% 4,279 100% 0 0<br />

Grande*<br />

BMG/ 890 ac 673 ac 76% 184 ac 21% 489 ac 55%<br />

Lakes<br />

Totals 7,369 ac 7,152 ac 97% 4,963 69% 2,189 31%<br />

*Thinning treatment consisting of removal of snags and slash<br />

Figure 6: Dome fire area and salvage sale area. Source: USFS 1996b.

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