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Red Knight Silviculture Report 2012 Red Knight 1 Faith Brown NW Zone Silviculturist Chemult Ranger District Fremont-Winema NFs December, 2012 Photo #1 by Weaver: In T29S, R11E, Section 15 in the Red Knight area circa 1958. In stand #8921082 Red Knight.

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Faith Brown NW Zone Silviculturist

Chemult Ranger District Fremont-Winema NFs

December, 2012

Photo #1 by Weaver: In T29S, R11E, Section 15 in the Red Knight area circa 1958. In stand #8921082

Red Knight.

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Photo #2 by Brown: T29S, R11E, Section 15; same stand as photo #1 in 2012. Notice growth of small

trees. “The presence of several to many cohorts of small diameter stems represents the single most

dramatic difference between historic and present-day conditions” (Youngblood et al., 2004).

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Introduction

The Red Knight Project area is in the southeast portion of the Chemult Ranger District of the

Fremont-Winema National Forests and south of the Silver Lake Highway (County Road 76). The

legal location is T30S, R11E, Sec 1-12, 14-18; T29S, R11E, Sec 7-36; T29S, R10E Sec 12-14,

23-27, 34-36; T30S, R10E Sec 1-4; 11-12 (Willamette Meridian). The project area has mostly

gently rolling terrain dotted with numerous cinder cones and meandering drainages running

mostly east to west from the northwest flanks of Yamsay Mountain to the broad Williamson

River valley. Riparian systems include Bear Creek fed by Boundary Springs, Trapper Spring and

Still Spring on the east side of the project area; Doeskin Creek, Dillon Creek drain into Jack

Creek (northwest of the Red Knight area); Doe Creek, Knight Creek, Deely Creek and Rock

Creek that drain into the Long Prairie system on the western side of the project area. Jackson

Creek headwaters begin in the crater of Yamsay Mountain and numerous springs on the north

flank of the mountain. There are few meadows in the area with the largest being Long Prairie.

McCarty Flat is a large scab flat (322 acres) on the east boundary of the project area. Elevation

ranges from 6,500 feet in the southeast corner near Yamsay Mt. Semi-Primitive Recreation Area

to 4,600 feet at the Jackson Creek diversion ditch near private property near the southwest corner

of the project area. All of the Red Knight project area is National Forest lands.

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Photo 3. McCarty Flat (rocky scabland with sagebrush and forbs) with Yamsay Mountain in the

background.

Jackson Creek is the only perennial stream in the project area. Rock, Deely, Doeskin, Doe, Bear,

Knight and several unnamed tributaries are class IV intermittent or ephemeral streams. Overland

flow occurs during snowmelt in the springtime.

The project area contains portions of five 6th

field stream subwatershed HUCs (hydrologic unit

class) (Lower Jack Creek HUC 180102010403, Lower Rock Creek HUC 171200050105, Bear

Creek HUC 171200050105 (check looks like same number), Long Prairie-Williamson River

HUC 180102010205, and Dillon Creek HUC 180102010402) within the Klamath River Basin

watershed. These sub watersheds are within the Williamson River watershed above Klamath

Marsh, and were designated as an INFISH priority watershed by the Fremont-Winema NFs in

2004.

The Red Knight project area is entirely within the Klamath Tribes’ former reservation lands and

covers approximately 32,262 acres.

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History

Fire suppression, selective logging history, even-age forest management and livestock grazing

have had major impacts on the vegetation in the past century. There has been a shift in species

composition from predominantly pure ponderosa pine stands to stands of ponderosa pine with

components of lodgepole pine at lower elevations and riparian stringers and ponderosa stands

with white fir in the higher elevations of the Red Knight area. There has been a shift in structure

from a heterogeneous forest with patches of dense trees, openings and clumps of trees resulting

from frequent fires that created a mosaic across the landscape to a more homogeneous forest

structure with dense understories. There has been a dramatic increase in the numbers of small

trees across the landscape with the suppression of fires. The numbers of plant species (diversity)

and composition has changed in the meadows due to grazing and fire suppression. Bitterbrush

was far less abundant historically than it is today (Busse, et al, 2009) probably due to frequent

fires. There were more grass and forb species (adapted to the frequent fire regime) until the

advent of fire suppression and intense grazing reduced the grasses. Above average precipitation

during the 1880-1920 era allowed bitterbrush and ponderosa pine to become established in

higher densities than during the pre-settlement fire regime. Bitterbrush (sensitive to fire) is more

abundant in the understory today with suppression of fire and managed grazing. Aspen and other

hardwoods and forb species are declining as a result of encroachment of conifers into riparian

and meadow areas and fire suppression. Historically, lodgepole was kept in check by frequent

wildfires and the stands that did develop were of various ages and sizes with a more clumpy

appearance of patches and scattered dog-hair thickets of regeneration. The stands dominated by

lodgepole pine in the lower elevations near Long Prairie experienced a mountain pine beetle

outbreak in the late 1980s. Many of the 7-9 inch diameter lodgepole pine died and were salvaged

through End Result Contracts and large scale firewood units. Much of the area had the large

diameter ponderosa pine selectively harvested after 1945 when it was part of the Klamath Indian

Reservation. In the 1920s and 1930s there was a western pine beetle outbreak in the Klamath

Reservation lands and large ponderosa pine that had beetles were felled and had the bark peeled

and burned to reduce the spread of the beetles (photo 1, Weaver 1931). From 1970-1993 (under

the Winema NF management) approximately 7,000 acres were harvested in the ponderosa pine

and mixed conifer stands mostly selection harvests and some overstory removals (under even-

aged management until about 1990, then uneven aged management direction). Recent past

harvests (since the 1970s) have covered approximately 22% of the Red Knight area. Some

stands had the large overstory ponderosa pine harvested to release the “vigorous white fir

understory.” The faster-growing white fir and lodgepole pine were released and encroached into

the higher elevations and other areas of relatively high moisture with the lack of fire.

Shelterwood and seed tree harvests as well as planting of lodgepole pine and ponderosa pine also

occurred in the Red Knight project area. There has not been any vegetation management activity

in the Red Knight project area since the harvest of Cinder Timber Sale unit #3 in 1993 (using

“clump management” prescription) and its associated 352 acre underburn in 1997. Cinder

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Timber Sale was planned along with three other sales and marked with tree marking paint in the

early 1990s. The paint is still quite visible on trees over approximately 5,000 acres of Chester,

Dillon, Matt and Cinder timber sales. Cinder unit #3 was the only unit harvested. The sales also

had wildlife snag clumps marked (about 5% of unit area) with orange wildlife tags and rock

outcrops were buffered. The southwest quarter section of T30S, R 11 E, section 7 private lands

adjacent to the Red Knight area had mostly overstory removal of the ponderosa pine in late 2010

and there are still large debris piles in the landings visible from the 49 road. From Weaver (1958)

notes indicate that three sections of the Red Knight area (640 acres each) were considered for a

Yamsay Mountain Sustained Yield Unit. Some of these acres have had little harvest activity and

most of the large, old tree structure still exists.

Photo #4: By Weaver. Peeling western pine beetle infested ponderosa pine (1931). It is estimated

that the outbreak killed 2 billion board feet of timber on the Klamath Reservation lands in the

1920s and 1930s.(In contrast approx. 5 billion board feet was harvested between 1913 and 1959.)

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Photo #5. By Weaver. Heavy mature ponderosa pine stand in SW Section 2, T. 30 S., R. 11 E., in

Economic Unit 56 within the proposed Yamsay Mt. Sustained Yield Unit. Economic Unit 56,

comprised of three sections of approximately 640 acres each, averages 30 M ft., BM per acre of

ponderosa pine. Sept. 1958.

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The natural channel for Jackson Creek was restored in 1996 by placing boulders to act as vortex

weirs in the old diversion channel. The boulder plug failed and was overtopped during a

snowmelt event in 1998. A new channel was constructed 75 feet upstream from the existing

diversion point with a backhoe and “fuzzy dams” (felled trees with tops and limbs attached

pointing upstream) were placed in the diversion channel. The creek now runs in its natural

channel. The culvert at the Jackson Creek crossing of the 49 road was replaced in the late 1990s.

The Boundary Spring spring box, trough and wooden tank were developed in the early 1970s for

the sheep allotment and for a fire suppression water source. The Boundary Spring area is an

important camping and hunting spot for Klamath Tribal members historically and to the present

day.

Recreation in the area historically was mostly hunting, trapping and fishing (Jackson Creek).

Historically, families from the Klamath Tribes lived and camped near Jackson Creek all summer

long. There is an historic hunting cabin (Knight’s Cabin, est. 1938) near Knight Creek in the

southeast portion of the Red Knight area. There is another historic hunting cabin on Jackson

Creek on the 4973-130 road. There are numerous dispersed hunting camps in the area. Jackson

Creek Campground was constructed in the early 1970s and the Jackson Creek guard station

housed fire crews historically. The guard station now is used by hunters during hunting season.

Small diameter trees (less than 6” DBH) were thinned to reduce competition on large, old

ponderosa pines in Jackson Creek Campground in April, 1999 with guidance from the

silviculturist and others from Chemult District with on-site consultation with the Klamath Tribes

representative on what and where to thin in the campground. The Alla Mage Ski club (Klamath

Falls) developed cross country ski trails in the area with the hub being the guard station in the

early 1990s. The club has since disbanded and the trails are not maintained or used by the public.

Most of the trails are on existing roads marked with blue diamonds and directional signs at road

intersections.

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Photo #6. By Weaver. Knight’s Cabin, 1958 (built in 1938).

Regulatory Framework

The Red Knight Restoration Project was designed to move towards the desired future condition

described in the Winema LRMP (Land and Resource Management Plan) as amended 1990 and

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will follow the standards and guidelines for the different management areas within the project

area (See Table 1). Numerous laws govern the management and restoration of National Forest

lands (listed at Forest Service Manual (FSM) 2020.11, p.3-7) including The Organic Act,

Knutson-Vandenberg Act, Sikes Act, Multiple-Use Sustained Yield Act of 1960, National

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 to name a few. FSM 2000-National Forest Resource

Management Chapter 2020 – Ecological Restoration and Resilience provides foundational policy

for using ecological restoration to manage National Forest System lands in a sustainable manner.

Chapter 2020 lists objectives including healthy, resilient landscapes with greater capacity to

survive natural disturbances and large scale threats to sustainability, especially under changing

and uncertain future environmental conditions such as those driven by climate change and

increasing human uses. The guidance in FSM 2020 includes developing goals and objectives

within the framework defined by laws, Indian treaties and regulations, collaboratively developed

public and Indian tribal values and desires, historical conditions, current and likely future

ecological capabilities, a range of climate change projections, the best available scientific

information and technical and economic feasibility to achieve desired conditions (FSM 1905).

Table 1 – Winema Land Resource Management Plan management areas goals, desired

conditions, approximate acres within the Red Knight project area, and approximate

percent of the project area.

Management

Area (MA)

Winema Land Resource Management Plan Goals and Desired

Conditions Acres % of

Area

MA-2

Developed

Recreation

Jackson Creek

Campground

(Winema

LRMP 4-94)

Goal- Provide variety of recreation opportunities & development levels at

developed recreation sites. Emphasis is to meet demand for developed

camping, except on holiday weekends. Desired Condition- developed

recreation occurring in a natural-appearing forest environment. A variety

of recreation activities are supported by the appropriate facilities. These

include picnicking, camping, boating, swimming, hiking, riding, cross-

country skiing, and snowmobiling. Developed recreation areas are

generally accessible by passenger car.

58 0.2

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Management

Area (MA)

Winema Land Resource Management Plan Goals and Desired

Conditions Acres % of

Area

MA-3B

Scenic

Management,

Foreground

Partial

Retention

(Winema

LRMP 4-107)

Goal- Provide attractive scenery that is slightly altered from a natural

condition as viewed in the foreground. Activities may repeat or introduce

form, line, color, or texture common or uncommon to characteristic

landscape, but changes in their qualities of size, amount, intensity,

direction, and pattern must be visually subordinate to the visual strength

of the characteristic landscape. Desired Condition- the same as the area

wide condition with large tree character emphasized and maintained

perpetually in the foreground in all species, except lodgepole pine,

through retaining large-diameter trees in groupings and by having large

trees sometimes scattered individually among other tree size classes. To

achieve diversity, small openings with natural-appearing edges may be

created. Overall, trees with distinctive bark and tree form characteristics,

including occasional character snags, are very evident. Management

activities may be noticeable, but they remain subordinate to the natural

landscape character. An interdisciplinary team desired condition is to not

have landings or slash piles located within sight of main travelways.

1,358 4.2

MA-7

Old Growth

Ecosystems

(Winema

LRMP 4-128

and

Amendment

#3)

Goal- Provide, maintain, and enhance existing mature and old-growth

communities that are needed to meet the management requirements for

associated wildlife species, for mature successional stage diversity,

preservation of natural gene pools, aesthetic qualities, and to maintain the

inherent values of these ecosystems. Desired Condition- old-growth

environments of mature and overmature communities of lodgepole pine,

ponderosa pine, mixed conifer, ponderosa pine and associated species,

and mountain hemlock/subalpine fir, as well as stands of cottonwood or

aspen. Timber management techniques may be used to enhance low

quality stands to greater potential.

6,313 19.6

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Management

Area (MA)

Winema Land Resource Management Plan Goals and Desired

Conditions Acres % of

Area

MA-8

Riparian

Areas

(Winema

LRMP 4-136)

Goal- to protect soil, water, wetland, floodplain, wildlife, and fish

resource values associated with riparian vegetative communities and

adjacent drier ecosystems. Management emphasis is on water quality,

deer fawning, wildlife habitat, and aquatic ecosystems. Existing

conditions will be maintained or enhanced. Desired Condition- riparian

vegetative communities containing openings and meadows interspersed

with stands in various successional stages. These stands differ in age,

species composition, density, and size. Riparian vegetation provides

wildlife habitat and adequately protects floodplains, bank stability, and

water quality. Few roads and other facilities are present within the

riparian area. Timber harvest shall be programmed outside of 100 foot

buffers of class 1 streams

1,656 5.1

MA-12

Timber

Production

(Winema

LRMP 4-153)

Goal- Produce a high level of growth and timber production with

considerations for economic efficiency and resource protection.

Screening direction is to manage for restoration of late or older seral

stages. Desired Condition- a mosaic of healthy sands capable of

sustaining high levels of timber production. Such stands typically are

comprised of trees that are growing rapidly and have well-developed

crown ratios and low levels of mortality. Timber harvest shall be

programmed.

22,648 70.1

MA-15

Upper

Williamson

(Winema

LRMP 4-160)

Goal- Provide a natural-appearing forest setting for dispersed recreation

activities and special wildlife habitats. Desired Condition- a slightly

altered forest environment, including a mix of native coniferous and

deciduous trees and shrubs There is a generally uniform appearing

forested environment with a variety of age classes throughout the

ponderosa pine working group. Cutting units will dominate in the

lodgepole pine working group. Timber harvest shall be programmed.

272 0.8

Total 32,305 100

HRV

The Regional Forester’s Eastside Forest Plan Amendment amended the Winema LRMP in 1998.

Part of the amendment requires characterizing the proposed timber sale and its associated

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watershed for patterns of stand structure by biophysical environment and comparing it to the

Historic Range of Variability (HRV). It goes on to say the HRV should be based on conditions in

the pre-settlement era and should be developed for large landscapes across which forest types,

environmental settings and disturbance regimes are relatively uniform. Late, Old Structure

(LOS) a term used in the wildlife standard refers to the structural stages where large trees are

common (Multi-stratum with Large Trees and Single-stratum with Large Trees.). For the HRV

analysis for Red Knight LOS refers to the old-growth definitions from Hopkins, 1993

(appendix***). The landscape boundary used is the Red Knight project area since it is large

enough (32,000+ acres), forest types, environmental settings and disturbance regimes are

relatively uniform. The FSM 2000 Chapter 2020 broadens the definition of ecological restoration

beyond the goal of reestablishing resource conditions that existed some time in the past (HRV).

The Forest Service definition of ecological restoration focuses on reestablishing the resilience or

adaptive capacity of ecosystems. Historical conditions are essential to understanding ecosystem

dynamics considering the uncertainties of climate change and have great value in helping

develop restoration goals and objectives. Historical vegetation information from The Interior

Columbia Basin Ecosystem Project Scientific Assessment (ICBEMP, Quigley and Arbelbide,

1997) and Hagmann’s interpretation of 1920 forest inventory by the Bureau of Indian Affairs

(Hagmann, unpublished data, 2012, BIA) was used to determine the HRV for the Red Knight

area. Ecosystems within their HRV are assumed to be more resilient to widespread disturbances

and sustainable over time. Resilience to fire, insects and disease is important so that disturbance

events do not lead to uncharacteristic large-scale loss of forest habitat. Creating a resilient forest

allows for the development and maintenance of diverse wildlife habitats closer to what occurred

historically. The concept of historic reference provides a range of natural variability in

composition and structure in ponderosa pine ecosystems, a point of reference to evaluate

departures within the ecosystem and criteria for measuring success of restoration treatments

(Youngblood et al., 2004).

Insert HRV map with current seral stages in Red Knight

Table 2. Current and Historical Range of Variation by Physiognomic Type in Red Knight*

Physiognomic Type – Dry

Forest

Historical Range* Current**

Early-Seral 6-10% 10%

Mid-Seral 14-35% 37%

Late-Seral Multi-Layer 12-15% 53%

Late-Seral Single-Layer 39-65% <1%

*From ICBEMP current and historic period physiognomic types for the dry forest vegetation

group for Upper Klamath Ecological reporting Unit (ERU) table 3.118 ; p. 659.

**Current percentages are from timber stand exams (1991-1993) and existing conditions field

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interpretations (Brown, 2010). All plant groups were combined to compare to data from

ICBEMP.

Table 3. Old Forest Multi and Single Stratum by Biophysical Environment

Successional Stage Comparisons

Biophysical Environments

Late Single Stratum

Late Multi-Stratum

H% C% %D H% C% %D

Dry Ponderosa 70-90 <1 -70 4-6 53 +49

Dry Lodgepole 5-16 <1 -4 2-5 16 +14

Dry Mixed Conifer

0-2 <1 0 2-4 60 +58

H=Historic, C=Current, D=Difference

The intent of the wildlife screen is to maintain options in the short term for conservation of

wildlife species associated with late/old successional (LOS) habitat. The wildlife screen provides

guidelines in two scenarios depending on results of the ecosystem screen. The following table

displays the current status (below, within, or above HRV) of biophysical environments.

HRV Categories by Late/Old Stages

Biophysical Environments Single Stratum with large trees Multi-Stratum with large

trees

Dry Ponderosa Pine below HRV above HRV

Dry Lodgepole Pine below HRV above HRV

Dry Mixed Conifer within HRV above HRV

Scenario 3a is used if the abundance of late successional stages in a biophysical environment is

below historic levels. With Scenario 3a, if either one or both of the late stages is below HRV

there should be no net loss of LOS from that biophysical environment. One type of late stage

can be manipulated to move stands into a late stage that is deficit.

Scenario 3b is used if the abundance of LOS falls within or above historic levels. Scenario 3b

allows harvest within late stage stands if guidelines are followed and harvest does not cause late

stages to fall below HRV. All biophysical environments are above HRV for multi-stratum with

large trees. The ponderosa pine and lodgepole pine plant groups are below HRV for single

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canopy with large trees and the dry mixed conifer is within HRV for single stratum with large

trees.

Proposed activities would move ponderosa pine, lodgepole pine and mixed conifer stands from

multi-stratum toward structural stages and conditions that occurred historically (single-stratum).

Stands with a large component of older trees would closely resemble more open, clumpy

conditions dominated by large, old trees that were prevalent historically.

Need to insert FRCC discussion with biophysical environments matrix*****discussion about

fire regime condition class and how it is highly departed from the historical – hence the need to

move the stands towards more resilient, historical conditions.

Table 2. Red Knight BioPhysical environments matrix

Biophysical

Environment

Dominant

Disturbance

Factors

Disturbance

Regime

Average

Disturbance

Patch

Typical

Landform

Setting

Typical

Elevation

Range

Typical

Aspects

Warm, Dry

Ponderosa

Pine

Fire, Insects

Disease

(including

bark beetles,

dwarf

mistletoe

and Pandora

moth)

Low

intensity,

frequent fire

Also mixed

1-5 acres Flat, side

slopes,

ridges

Below

5,000 feet

Flat

Warm, Dry

Lodgepole

Pine

Insects,

(bark

beetles),

Disease, Fire

Moderate 5-15 acres Flat, cold

air

drainages

5,000 feet Flat,

concave

depressions

Warm, Dry

Mixed

conifer

Insects,

disease, fire

Mixed (low

and

moderate)

5-30 acres Ridges,

side slopes

5-6,000

feet

North,

West, Flat

The low severity/low intensity fire regimes typically had large fires but small patch sizes (Table

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2). Fires burned frequently and regularly consuming fuels, killing small trees, and pruning the

boles of the residual trees and maintained a relatively fire-resistant landscape. Forests with

ponderosa pine had very small patch sizes (.02-.35 ha) due to group kill of pines by bark beetles

or root disease pockets and subsequent consumption of the debris by fire. Most of the forest was

a fairly uniform mosaic of mature tree clusters and grassy understories. As individual tree

clumps became less vigorous, they would be attacked by bark beetles, creating a patch of coarse

woody debris. The landscape was dotted with regenerating patches and clusters of coarse woody

debris (Agee, 2002).

Mixed severity fires had larger patch sizes (2.5- 250 ha) and edges. These fires maintained a

naturally fragmented forest structure and fuel structure.

Direction

Proposed action for the Red Knight area would also follow recommendations from the Fremont-

Winema National Forest (FWNF) for forest treatment priority from health risk analysis

(Krommes, 6/2010), borax application manual direction (Krommes, 2012). Red Knight area is

within the Williamson River watershed above the Klamath Marsh – a priority watershed for

treatment on the FWNF. Red Knight proposed action would follow 2012 emphasis areas for the

FWNF:

promoting resiliency of forested landscaped in the face of climate change by

planning and implementing fuels and vegetation projects that reduce hazardous

fuels accumulation,

thin stands of overstocked and diseased trees and remove less resilient tree

species;

Manage vegetation to restore and sustain relatively rare habitat components such

as old growth and aspen;

promote projects that remove barriers to fish passage and take actions to restore

meadows and riparian areas;

focus on restoration and sustainability of rangelands/meadow/riparian areas;

provide sustainable forest products such as timber, forage, firewood, mushrooms,

cones and boughs within the capability of the land as a consequence of land and

watershed restoration efforts;

continue to honor our government to government relationship with the Klamath

Tribes and consult with them regarding activities, programs and decisions that

have the potential to affect treaty resources, cultural values and the exercise of

treaty rights., (RFs letter 3/20/2012 emphasizing describing outcomes and not

how to accomplish)

Collaboration

Following the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between the Klamath Tribes (as amended

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2005) and the US Forest Service the Interdisciplinary Team (IDT) collaborated with the Tribal

natural resource department in the development of the Red Knight restoration project. A

proposed action for the Red Knight area was developed with participation of the Klamath Tribes’

forester, the Red Knight IDT and the public through scoping. Later, modification to the proposal

for treatments in the Red Knight area was developed using a collaborative process involving the

Klamath Tribes and their representatives Debbie and Dr. Norm Johnson, Dr. Jerry Franklin,

Keala Hagmann and Derek Churchill. Over several months, field trips, e-mails, phone

conversations and meetings were held with collaborators (including Oregon Wild and American

Forest Resources Counsel and concerned publics) to discuss the existing conditions of the project

area, scientific principles and new concepts for managing the area. Many topics were discussed

and the proposed action was developed utilizing the recommendations from the collaboration.

One purpose for entering the Red Knight project area is to restore the forest landscape to more

resilient historic conditions. Key principles for restoration management in the Red Knight area

are consistent with “A Plan for the Klamath Tribes’ Management of the Klamath Reservation

Forest” (Johnson, et al, 2008); The Case for Active Management of Dry Forest Types in Eastern

Washington: Perpetuating and Creating Old Forest Structures and Functions (Franklin, et al,

2008); Dry Forest Restoration Principles and Prescriptions (Franklin and Johnson, 2011); A

Restoration Framework for Federal Forests in the Pacific Northwest (Franklin and Johnson, J of

F, 12/2012) and Okanagan Wenatchee Forest Restoration Strategy, 2012

(http://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb5340103.pdf). A field trip with

interested publics was conducted on July 3, 2012 to the Red Knight project area where many of

the scientific principles and concepts for managing the area were discussed including timber

harvest possibly not generating enough revenue to conduct the whole suite of proposed

restoration activities.

Current forest structure and composition

The existing condition of the vegetation was determined from timber stand exams (1991-1993),

field reconnaissance (2010-2012), interpretations of satellite imagery (remote sensing and GNN

(greatest nearest neighbor) models) and LANDFIRE (structural and FRCC) data. The LOS (late,

old structural stage) definitions used for the Red Knight area are the “old-growth” definitions

from Region 6 Interim Old-Growth Definitions (Hopkins et al., 1993) of various plant groups.

There are three major plant association groups in the Red Knight area including dry lodgepole

pine (approximately 4,342 acres), dry ponderosa pine (approximately 24,178 acres) and dry

mixed conifer about 3,046 acres). For this assessment, plant associations where ponderosa pine

would be the major climax species with low intensity, frequent fire disturbances (fire climax) are

referred to as the ponderosa pine type (Franklin and Dyrness, 1988). Plant associations with a

combination of ponderosa pine, white fir, sugar pine and western white pine as climax species

are referred to as mixed conifer types. Plant associations with lodgepole pine as the major climax

species are referred to as the lodgepole pine type. Meadows include McCarty Flat as a scab flat

formation, Long Prairie and scattered smaller meadows mostly being encroached by lodgepole

pine and other conifers with fire suppression. There are nine cinder pits in the Red Knight project

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area.

Table 3. Plant Associations grouped by forest type

Forest Type Plant Associations Acres % of Red Knight

Ponderosa

Pine

CPS211, CPS212 24,178 75%

Lodgepole

Pine

CLM211, CLS211, CLS212,

CLS311

4,341 13%

Mixed Conifer CWS112 3,046 9%

Meadow MW, MD(includes McCarty

Flat)

702 2%

Non-forest cinder pits, rocks 35 <1%

(Plant associations from Plant Associations of the Central Oregon Pumice Zone, Volland and

Hopkins, 1988)

Lodgepole Pine – (Pinus contorta var. murryana)

Lodgepole pine is well established near meadows and wet riparian stringers throughout the Red

Knight area and is interspersed in the ponderosa pine plant associations with the lack of fire. The

extensive stands of lodgepole pine are a “biological anomaly” (Hopkins, 1993) because frequent

fires would have confined the fire-sensitive lodgepole to the riparian stringers and created a more

clumpy appearance of variously aged and sized trees. The stands dominated by lodgepole pine

are mostly in the lower elevations of the area near Long Prairie. With its characteristic prolific

seeding and high seed viability, lodgepole pine has established itself as a component of most of

the plant associations and greatly increased the stand densities in the area. The recent mountain

pine beetle outbreak has affected most of the project area including clumps of lodgepole pine

near the base of Yamsay Mountain. The lodgepole pine stands in the western part of the project

area and on Yamsay Mountain (outside the project area) are experiencing another outbreak of

mountain pine beetle as are the stands with clumps of lodgepole pine near the base of Yamsay

Mountain. (see map ***). Mountain pine beetles are attacking ponderosa pine and other five

needle pines in the area at the present time (Krommes, Eglitis 2010). Dwarf mistletoe, mountain

pine beetle, comandra blister rust, western gall rust and root rots are the most common diseases

and insects that are influencing the growth and health of the lodgepole pine stands in the area.

There are many standing dead and down lodgepole pine in stands that have nine inch and larger

diameter lodgepole pine from the most recent mountain pine beetle outbreak. Shrubs include

bitter bush, squirrel tail, Ross’ sedge, western needlegrass and in higher elevations manzanita.

Site productivity ranges from very low to moderately high.

Ponderosa Pine – (Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa)

Ponderosa pine stands in the area are predominantly multi-story with dense mid and understories

of ponderosa pine, lodgepole pine and in the higher elevations; white fir. There are many stands

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with large (>21” DBH), old ponderosa pine that are competing for water, nutrients and growing

space with the other large, old and mid and understory smaller diameter trees. Red Knight has

very similar conditions to many areas on the Fremont-Winema NFs (and former Klamath Tribes’

reservation lands) including the Black Hills, Modoc, Fort and BlueJay project areas. Mortality of

the large trees (snags) is higher now than it was historically throughout the ponderosa pine,

mixed conifer and lodgepole pine dry forest types (Brown, Simpson; personal observations

1989-2012 and wildlife report, 2012). The current forest condition is characterized by vegetative

composition, structure and spatial pattern that have moved away from the historic conditions.

The forest is much more homogeneous in spatial pattern (dense all over), has multi-storied

structure (less single-story), with more shade-tolerant and fire intolerant species (white fir,

lodgepole pine) in the stands. Mountain pine beetle is attacking even the larger diameter

ponderosa pine in the area. The competition between the trees is reducing growth and vigor in

the conifers resulting in high levels of stress making the trees more susceptible to insects and

disease. Dwarf mistletoe is widespread in most of the ponderosa pine stands. Brush species

including bitterbrush, manzanita and snowbrush are decadent with a large component of dead

stems. Needle drape in the bitterbrush from the overstory conifers adds to the ladder fuels. Other

plants include western needlegrass, squirrel tail, ross’ sedge and Idaho fescue.

Mixed conifer –

In the higher elevations and on north aspects where there is a little more available moisture are

dry mixed conifer stands with ponderosa pine, white fir (Abies concolor), sugar pine (Pinus

lambertiana), western white pine ( Pinus monticula) and lodgepole pine. These stands are

densely stocked and have clumps of down and dead wood from root rots and insect attacks on

the conifers. Fir engraver has caused mortality in all sizes of white fir and left many dead tops in

the white fir. Mountain pine beetles have successfully attacked the lodgepole pine, sugar pine,

western white pine in the mixed conifer stands. Annosus root disease and Armillaria root disease

is present and is causing tree mortality and growth loss. Indian paint fungus (Echinodontium

tinctorium), ET, is a fungus that attacks true firs. It is the most common heart rot of true firs in

the Red Knight area and has a distinctive hoof shaped conk on the bole of infected trees. White

pine blister rust has infected and killed many of the five needle pines in the area. Understory

plants include snowbrush, greenleaf manzanita, bitterbrush, needlegrass, squaw carpet and

prince’s pine. The southeast portion of the Red Knight area near the Yamsay Mountain Semi

Primitive Recreation Area and in the upper reaches of the Jackson Creek drainage is where most

of the mixed conifer stands are located.

Meadows and riparian systems – (See riparian report, Terry)

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EUI discussion and riparian habitat conservation areas.

Interruption of the natural fire regime, changes in grazing pressure and favorable weather and

seed crop have resulted in dense regeneration of conifers throughout the Red Knight area.

Desired Future Condition

The desired future condition resembles the historic conditions of a forest maintained by frequent

low-intensity fires with an abundance of fire-resistant large, single storied ponderosa pine

stands.in the lower elevations grading into mixed conifer stands in the higher elevations still

dominated by ponderosa pine. The lodgepole pine stands would be less susceptible to mountain

pine beetles with increased vigor and lower densities. The desired condition is more

heterogeneous spatial distribution with clumps of old trees, openings and individual trees

interspersed with dense, untreated clumps of trees. Overall stand densities would resemble

historic lower densities that were more resistant to insects, disease and wildfire. The riparian

areas would have more diversity of hardwood species including aspen and willow; the forbs and

grasses would thrive without competition from conifer encroachment. Riparian zones would

provide diversity and productivity of native plant communities and the amount and distribution

of large woody debris characteristic of the natural riparian ecosystems. Big game forage

including bitterbrush would be abundant and vigorous.

Recommendations From Big Bill Watershed Analysis (see Modoc Silviculture Report page 8-9)

From ICBMP1.3.1 - Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management Project (ICBEMP)

Several trends and opportunities fitting conditions in the Red Knight area were identified in

ICBEMP.

The composition, structure, and disturbance patterns in dry forests have changed

significantly.

The old single story stage of ponderosa pine is at 25 percent or less than its historical amount.

Overall, stand structures have changed from open, park-like stands of large trees with clumps

of small trees to dense overstocked young stands with several canopy layers.

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In the Upper Klamath Ecological Reporting Unit (ERU), ponderosa pine old forest multi-

story structure increased by 88 percent. 1

The dense mid-seral structures of the dry forest have high risks for crown and intense fire

events. Total available fuel has generally increased everywhere in dry forests.

Trends from Integrated Scientific Assessment:

Habitat conditions for nearly all species were found to be more favorable historically.

Species that are likely in decline are associated with habitat components that are declining,

specifically old forest structures.

The threat of severe lethal fires has increased by nearly 20 percent, predominantly in the dry

and moist forest types.

From LRMP –FP as amended by the “Eastside Screens”. The intent of the screens is to maintain

options in the short term for conservation of wildlife species associated with late/old forest

habitat. See Table 1 above for desired conditions for each MA. Timber management techniques may

be used to enhance low quality stands to greater potential. The general forest area MA 12 desired future

condition is a mosaic of healthy sands capable of sustaining high levels of timber production.

From “A plan for the Klamath Tribes’ Management of the Klamath Reservation Forest” Johnson

et al., 2008 (KTP, p. 37-42) – “The long term management goal should be to restore and

maintain structurally complex stands dominated by ponderosa pine across the ponderosa pine

and mixed-conifer habitat types. Complex ponderosa pine-dominated forest can be accomplished

through carefully designed silvicultural treatments using tree removal and prescribed fire … All

harvests would be in the form of partial cuts with the objective of reducing overall stand

densities as well as restoring spatial heterogeneity within the stand. General objectives: Reduced

basal areas in overstocked stands; increase of the mean diameter of stands; shift in composition

toward more fire and drought tolerant species such as ponderosa pine, sugar pine; restoration of

historical levels of spatial heterogeneity; protection of existing old-growth and provide for

restoration and maintenance of historic old growth population levels by management of younger

stand components. As described in the KTP (2008) desired future stand conditions for the

ponderosa pine forest type include large diameter trees (greater than 21” DBH) comprising 75%

of the basal area with basal area levels for the drier end of the range from 50-70 square feet to

120-140 square feet on the moistest and most productive forest types. Structural goals (pg. 17 of

the KTP) for the complex ponderosa pine/bitterbrush types (most of the lower elevations in Red

Knight) include 12-15 trees per acre over 21” DBH and 60 square feet of basal area and 2-4 trees

at least 25 square feet of trees over 32” DBH. The mixed-conifer forest types (the higher

elevations in Red Knight) would have a higher density and larger numbers of big trees with 15

1 ERU- A geographical mapping unit developed to report information on the description of biophysical environments, the

characterization of ecological processes, the discussion of past management practices and their effects, and the identification of

landscape management opportunities.

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trees per acre and 70 square feet of basal area over 21” DBH. There would also be 30 square feet

of trees larger than 32” DBH and include sugar pine, white fir. A relatively small number of

large snags (less than two per acre) would occur. The smaller trees would occur in clumps or

patches randomly distributed across the forest with 20-30 square feet of basal area per acre with

some denser patches maintained for hiding cover. (Table 5, pg. 19, KTP). The shrub layer

(mostly bitterbrush) will be patchily distributed as a result of periodic prescribed fire in the

ponderosa pine types. Snowbrush and manzanita will continue to occupy the shrub layer in the

mixed-conifer (higher elevations) forest types. These are targets to shoot for, not necessarily to

meet in the first entry into the forest stands. Maintaining most of the old, large trees and thinning

the smaller diameter trees and introducing prescribed fire in the ponderosa pine/bitterbrush forest

types will move the Red Knight area closer to the desired future conditions described above.

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Photo #7. Sheep grazing on Long Prairie June, 2011. Notice the lodgepole pine saplings encroaching on

the edge of the meadow. In early spring the sheep are kicking up dust in the dry meadow.

Need for Proposal

The difference between the existing condition and the desired future condition expresses the

following underlying needs within the Red Knight project area:

1. There is a need to amend the Winema LRMP in order to cut and remove white fir larger than

21 inches in ponderosa pine stands to restore single canopy late and old structural stages.

Historic range of variability analysis (Brown, 2012) indicates that the ponderosa pine, mixed

conifer, and lodgepole biophysical types are below the historic range of variability for single

canopy late and old structural stages. Winema LRMP standards and guidelines for the

eastside screens (Revised Continuation of Interim Management Direction Establishing

Riparian, Ecosystem, and Wildlife Standards for Timber Sales, 1995) would not allow the

cutting of green white fir trees larger than 21 inches. To accomplish the desired stand

composition in restoring the ponderosa pine single canopy late and old structural stages to the

landscape, there is a need to amend the Winema LRMP in order to cut and remove white fir

larger than 21 inches.

Lodgepole pine

encroachment into

meadow

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2. There is a need to amend the Winema LRMP in order to underburn, broadcast burn, or

jackpot burn management area 3B, scenic management, foreground partial retention , with

evidence of charred bark for greater than three years after the work has been completed

(Winema LRMP, 4-107). Also in this management area there is a need for visually appealing

scenery that represents the landscape character of the forest along the Silver Lake Highway.

In order to accomplish desired stand composition along the Silver Lake Highway, it is

necessary to follow up vegetative treatments with a combination of underburning, broadcast

burning, and jackpot burning to treat slash left after vegetation treatments in MA 3 - Scenic

Management along the Silver Lake Highway. Doing so would scorch and leave charred bark

on a portion of trees and would remain evident for longer than three years. There is a need to

amend the Winema LRMP to exempt this action from Scenic standard 1 for Management

Area 3B, Winema LRMP page 4-107.

3. There is a need to restore, enhance, and maintain a healthy forest habitat by developing

spatial patterns, forest composition, structure, and ecological processes more typical of a

sustainable, resilient, and fire-adapted forest. This includes the need for development of

large, open, limby ponderosa pine for replacement eagle nesting structure along the upper

Williamson River corridor. I would like to delete this sentence.

4. In riparian areas, there is a need to improve vegetation diversity, address adverse soil and

water conditions, provide wildlife habitat, release native riparian plant species from

competition with conifers, and increase hardwood vigor and ability to regenerate.

5. There is a need to reduce road density and reduce adverse resource impacts of roads.

6. There is a need for healthy stands capable of sustaining timber products (including

commercial timber, post and poles, firewood and other products) to the local and regional

economies.

Proposed Action Alternative 2

In order to move the Red Knight area towards the spatial patterns, forest composition and

structure more typical of the historical fire-adapted, resilient forest a proposed action was

developed using principles in the Klamath Tribes’ management plant for the former Klamath

Reservation (Johnson et al., 2009) and other strategies discussed in the collaboration section

above.

Ponderosa Pine and Mixed Conifer: Dry Forest Sites

Restore resilience of forest stands and landscapes to wildfire, insects and disease by reducing

stand densities and ladder fuels, and increasing spatial heterogeneity.

Restore more characteristic historical structure and composition of fire-adapted dry forests.

Implementation would include maintaining old (generally older than 150 years) and large trees in

clumps and as individuals. The publication Identifying Old Trees and Forests in Eastern

Washington (Van Pelt, 2008) would be used to help in identifying old trees that may be less than

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21 inches DBH and are appropriate to retain within the context of restoration prescriptions.

Treatments would favor fire resistant species such as ponderosa pine over white fir and

lodgepole pine. All ponderosa pine, sugar pine and western white pine over 21” DBH would be

retained.

Ponderosa Pine, Mixed Conifer, and Lodgepole Pine Retention Patches

Restore the fine-scale and landscape-scale heterogeneity by maintaining untreated patches

(skips) within treated units and larger untreated areas across the landscape. Openings (gaps)

ranging from approximately ½ acre to two and ½ acres would also be created as part of the

spatial heterogeneity within the units. Retention areas would be chosen at two different scales:

1. Small scale/stand retention patches would be included in the 16,900 acres of forest

restoration thinning with small tree thinning. These patches would promote habitat

diversity within the stand, especially retain snag and log patches, protect spiritual,

cultural, and places of worship areas, promote visual quality and aesthetic values, and

would implement the Klamath Tribes Retention Patch Strategy for providing adequate

hiding cover for big game. Small scale retention patches would cover approximately 10-

15% of treated units and range in size from <1 to 5 acres. The retention patches would be

laid out after consultation with the district wildlife biologist and Tribal wildlife

representative. Approximately 1,690 – 2,535 acres would be maintained in small

scale/stand retention patches within the treatment units (10-15% of 16,900 acres; 10-15%

of “Restoration” on map).

2. Large scale/landscape retention patches would be chosen to contribute to the required big

game cover:forage (30:70) ratio from the Winema LRMP and to provide habitat for

wildlife species that prefer higher tree densities and canopy closure. Large

scale/landscape retention patches consist of approximately 2,590 acres of untreated areas

well-distributed across the Red Knight area including around Little Yamsay Mountain

and within management areas for goshawk and great grey owl. Skidding and

underburning would be permitted in the retention patches, if necessary, in a manner that

would not adversely affect the integrity of the retention patch. Limited treatment,

including small and larger tree density reduction for two drip lines (20-30 feet

approximately) near old trees to reduce competition and increase heterogeneity, would be

done over approximately 7,300 acres. Young white fir trees greater than 21” DBH may

be removed if they are within two drip lines of old ponderosa pines. Approximately

9,890 acres would be maintained in large scale/landscape retention patches well

distributed across the Red Knight area that vary in size from 10 to 250 acres (about 31%

of the Red Knight area; “No Treatment ” - 2,590 acres and “Limited Treatment” - 7,300

acres on map).

Alternative 2 - Modified Proposed Action – by treatment type

No Treatment – Goal: leave undisturbed to provide cover for big game and nesting

habitat for goshawks and great grey owls. As discussed above, areas around Little

Yamsay Mountain, part of the Jackson Creek corridor and goshawk minimum

requirement areas from the Winema LRMP would not be treated. These areas are

culturally very important to the Klamath Tribes and/or would contribute toward cover for

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big game and habitat for goshawk and great grey owl. Approximately 2,590 acres – “No

Treatment” on map.

Winema LRMP Large White Fir Amendment – Goal: move multiple-layered

ponderosa pine stands towards late and old stages of a single layer where the white fir are

competing with ponderosa pine in ponderosa pine plant associations (Appendix B

Revised Interim Direction, pages 9-14). The Winema LRMP would be amended in order

to harvest white fir greater than 21” DBH and younger than 150 years old within the Red

Knight planning area. This amendment would apply to the following prescriptions:

limited treatment, forest restoration in ponderosa pine and lodgepole pine, forest

restoration with consideration of pileated habitat, lodgepole pine encroachment removal,

and aspen restoration. Up to approximately 26,880 acres.

Winema LRMP Scenic Standard Amendment – Goal: a combination of underburning

and pile burning to treat slash left after vegetation treatments in management area 3B -

scenic management along the Silver Lake Highway. The Winema LRMP would be

amended in order to exempt the above actions from scenic standard and guideline one for

management area 3B (4-107). This amendment would apply to the limited treatment and

forest restoration in ponderosa pine and lodgepole pine prescriptions. Underburning and

pile burning slash would scorch and create charred bark on a portion of trees and would

remain evident after three years over approximately 1,126 acres.

Limited Treatment – Goal: maintain and protect large old pine trees, reduce

competition, increase heterogeneity, and provide cover for big game. Limited treatment

would include commercial tree density reduction near old trees in past harvest units.

Removing competing trees from around old trees would occur for an approximate two

drip line or 20-30 foot radius. Harvest may include young white fir trees over 21” DBH.

Underburning to reduce accumulated ground fuels would be done in the spring or the fall

and would incorporate specific management objectives including limited mortality of old

and large trees. Pile burning may be considered in areas where underburning would not

achieve the desired objectives. In management area three, landings, decks, major skid

roads, temporary roads, and slash piles would be located to the rear of the stands to use

vegetative or landform screening opportunities. These would be located away from

critical line-of-sight viewing areas (Winema LRMP, 4-108). In all other areas, slash piles

within sight of roads would be burned, chipped, or removed within two to four years after

the close of the timber sale. Approximately 7,300 acres - “Limited Treatment (Large,

Old Tree Release)” on map.

Jackson Creek Corridor and Boundary Springs – Goal: reduce conifer densities (<7”

DBH) to lessen competition near large trees and hardwoods. The Jackson Creek Guard

Station would be moved from the riparian area. The toilets in the Jackson Creek

Campground would be removed and replaced with one vault toilet that meets current

health, safety and ADA requirements. Boundary Springs would be restored to its natural

condition by removing the water development infrastructure (concrete spring head, pipe,

and trough). Lopping and scattering of small tree thinning slash or hand piling and pile

burning would be the fuel reduction methods. Slash would not be piled within sight of

Jackson Creek. Piles within sight of roads or camping areas would be burned, chipped,

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or removed within two to four years. Approximately 710 acres – “Jackson Creek

Corridor and Boundary Springs” on map.

Small Tree Thinning – Goal: improve vigor, reduce competition, and increase

heterogeneity. Small trees (<7” DBH) would be thinned with chainsaws using variable

spacing in previously harvested stands and plantations in management area (MA) 12.

Removing competing trees from around existing old trees for two drip lines would be

done to reduce competition. Lopping and scattering of slash, hand piling, and pile

burning would be the fuel reduction methods. Slash piles within sight of roads would be

burned, chipped, or removed within two to four years. Approximately 2,100 acres -

“Understory Thinning” on map.

Forest Restoration in Ponderosa Pine and Lodgepole Pine – Goal: maintain old trees

and reduce competitive stresses on them, increase heterogeneity, reduce stand density to

maintain large tree overstory structure. The general intent is to retain trees over 150

years of age. The approach would include utilizing variable spacing with ground-based

harvest systems in ponderosa pine and lodgepole pine plant associations. Thinning

densities would vary by plant association and objectives for the management area, and

would follow a prescription that retains the natural clusters of ponderosa pine. Harvest of

trees would generally be limited to trees under 150 years of age. Harvest of white fir

greater than 21” DBH and younger than 150 years old would be allowed. Commercial

thinning would be followed by variable density small tree thinning of less than 1 foot tall

and up to 6.9” DBH. Restoration treatments in the lodgepole pine plant associations

would include variable density thinning, creation of small openings (gaps) to facilitate

natural regeneration, salvage of dead where it exceeds snag and down woody

requirements, and an increase in structural diversity by leaving untreated clumps.

Lodgepole pine would be harvested where it is competing with ponderosa pine.

Slash from small tree thinning would be lopped and scattered. Hand piling, grapple

piling and pile burning would occur in areas of high fuels accumulations. In management

area three, landings, decks, major skid roads, temporary roads, and slash piles would be

located to the rear of the stands to use vegetative or landform screening opportunities.

These would be located away from critical line-of-sight viewing areas (Winema LRMP,

4-108). In all other areas, slash piles within sight of roads would be burned, chipped, or

removed within two to four years after the close of the timber sale. Spring or fall

underburning would be conducted in ponderosa pine plant associations to restore historic

conditions and would incorporate specific management objectives including limited

mortality of old and large trees. Pile burning may be considered in areas where

underburning would not achieve the desired objectives. Landing piles would be utilized

or burned. (Approximately 16,900 acres - “Restoration” on map. –actual acres treated

would be closer to 14,365 to 15,210 after small scale retention patches are laid out within

the treatment units)

Forest Restoration with Consideration of Pileated Habitat – Goal: maintain old trees

and reduce competitive stresses on them, increase heterogeneity, reduce stand density to

maintain large tree overstory structure, and provide structures and species of use to

pileated woodpeckers. This area is a part of the number one priority area for

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implementation (see implementation priorities map) and provides the best opportunities

for white fir snags that pileated woodpeckers use. These acres also contain a large

number of old growth ponderosa pine that are threatened by white fir encroachment.

Removal of young (<150 year old) white fir threatening old growth trees would be a

priority. The intent, though, is to maintain white fir in this area. This area would also

follow a prescription that retains the natural clumping pattern of ponderosa pine, but

young white fir in the open would be given equal consideration in retention to ponderosa

pine, and clumps of white fir would be favored as skips. Young ponderosa pine

threatening old white fir would be removed as would young white fir around old

ponderosa pine. White fir >21” DBH and <150 years old would be harvested only if

competing with (within two drip lines) ponderosa pine and old sugar pine. Upper

Jackson Creek canyon in this area would be largely left untreated, as historically, white

fir was dominant in this canyon. Basal area targets would generally range from about 80

to 120 square feet, but the basal area targets would not be a basis for removing some old

trees as “surplus.” Previously harvested stands would have “Limited Treatment” as

described above to release old trees (mostly in the dry mixed conifer stands). Fuels

treatments would include lopping and scattering slash, hand piling, and pile burning.

Slash piles within sight of roads would be burned, chipped, or removed within two to

four years after the close of the timber sale. Landing piles would be utilized or burned.

No underburning would occur in the pileated area to maintain down woody material for

foraging. (Approximately 1,630 acres - “Restoration with Pileated Woodpecker

Consideration” on map. Past harvest units 358 acres within the Pileated Woodpecker area

would receive the Limited Treatment prescription thinning around existing old trees.

About 1,081 to 1,145 acres would receive restoration treatment after 10-15% is laid out

in retention patches.)

Lodgepole Pine Encroachment Removal - Goal: improve vegetation diversity, provide

wildlife habitat, release native riparian plant species from competition with conifers, and

increase hardwood vigor and ability to regenerate. In riparian corridors of hardwood

habitat and in riparian meadows (MA 8 and Riparian Habitat Conservation Areas

(RHCAs)), cut, girdle or otherwise kill and leave encroaching conifers generally less than

150 years old in hardwood and meadow habitat where it is not feasible to remove and/or

is desirable to leave onsite to deter browse of riparian vegetation. In areas where it is

feasible, commercial harvest of encroaching conifers would take place to reduce fuels,

competition, and restore riparian habitat. Additional lodgepole pine encroachment areas

discovered during implementation would also be treated. All actions within RHCAs

would comply with INFISH direction and RHCA objectives. Thinning slash would be

lopped and scattered and concentrations would be piled and burned. Slash piles within

sight of roads would be burned, chipped, or removed within two to four years after the

close of the timber sale. Creep from hand pile burning and/or from adjacent upland units

being burned would be allowed. Pile burning and underburning would reduce activity

fuel and aid in the reduction of encroaching lodgepole pine. Fall and spring

underburning would be considered. Approximately 950 acres - “Lodgepole

Encroachment Removal” – on map.

Aspen Restoration – Goal: reduce conifer competition and encourage aspen using aspen

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restoration recommendations. Restoration would include cutting encroaching/competing

conifers (generally less than 150 years old and less than 21” DBH) and leaving some

slash on the ground to reduce browse by big game and livestock. Additional aspen areas

discovered during implementation would also be treated. Commercial harvest of the

competing conifers would be done where needed. Thinning slash would be lopped and

scattered and concentrations would be piled and burned. Slash piles within sight of roads

would be burned, chipped, or removed within two to four years after the close of the

timber sale. Creep from hand pile burning and/or from adjacent upland units being

burned would be allowed. Approximately 100 acres – “Aspen Restoration” on map.

Road Decommissioning, Closures, and Maintenance - Reduce road density and

resource damage by closing and decommissioning roads as recommended through

project-level travel analysis. Total miles of proposed closures (ML 2 or 3 ML 1): 4.3

miles.

Currently closed (ML 1) roads

to be decommissioned

Currently open (ML 2 or 3)

roads to be decommissioned

Total miles of proposed road

decommissioning

178.7 miles 55.1 miles 233.8 miles

o Prioritize decommissioning of the following roads with resource concerns:

1. FR 7650420 (1.9 miles, currently a ML 2 road, crosses Doeskin Creek).

2. FR 7600785 (1.8 miles, currently a ML 1 road, causing resource concerns

in Long Prairie)

3. FR 7600786 (1.3 miles, currently a ML1 road, causing resource concerns

in Long Prairie)

Total miles of proposed priority decommissioning: 5.0 miles

o Prioritize closure of the following roads:

1. Portion of FR 4900740 (0.9 miles of eastbound road segment from

Jackson Creek Campground to the end of the road is proposed to lower

from ML 2 to ML 1).

2. FR 7645460 (1.5 mile road to Boundary Springs proposed to lower from

ML 2 to ML 1).

Total miles of proposed priority closures: 2.4 miles

o Prioritize maintenance or reconstruction of the following roads:

1. FR 4973130 (3.6 mi proposed for storm proofing; drainage improvements)

2. Portion of FR 4975000 (0.8 miles between Rock Creek and FR 7645000

proposed for drainage improvements).

3. FR 7645460 (1.5 mile road to Boundary Springs proposed for

reconstruction and drainage improvements).

Total miles of proposed priority maintenance and reconstruction: 5.9 miles

Special Forest Product Removal – would include posts, poles, firewood and other

special forest products, from all treatment areas.

Prescribed Fire Maintenance Treatments – would occur over time following the initial

application of prescribed fire to manage natural fuels to levels more closely resembling

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historic fuel loading, fire regime, and vegetative conditions.

Ground-based logging systems may include tree felling with mechanical harvesters or

chain saws, and yarding with skidders or forwarders. Vegetative treatments may include

leave tops attached, top removal and delimbing in piles or corridors.

Establish temporary roads to access portions of units that are not readily accessible from

existing forest roads or disturbed areas. Decommission temporary roads following

treatments.

Table 2 - Alternative 2, Modified Proposed Action

Treatment Type Description Goal Fuels Approx. Acres

No Treatment Areas around

little Yamsay,

near Jackson

Creek, Goshawk

and Great Grey

Owl areas

Leave

undisturbed to

provide cover for

big game and

habitat for

goshawks and

great grey owls

No treatment 2,590

Limited

Treatment

Previously

harvested areas

that will be left

untreated except

to reduce stress

on large (old)

ponderosa pine

Maintain and

protect large old

pine trees, reduce

competition,

increase

heterogeneity,

and provide

cover for big

game

Underburning and

pile burning to

reduce fuels, limit

large tree mortality

7,300

Jackson Creek

Corridor and

Boundary

Springs

Recreation area

for public and

Tribal members

Reduce conifer

invasion into

hardwood/forb

habitats, remove

buildings from

riparian area, and

restore spring

Lop and scatter

slash, hand pile and

burn piles

710

Small Tree

Thinning

Previously

harvested stands

not needed for

big game cover

Improve vigor,

reduce

competition, and

increase

heterogeneity

Lop and scatter

slash, hand pile and

burn piles

2,100

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Treatment Type Description Goal Fuels Approx. Acres

Forest

Restoration in

Ponderosa Pine

and Lodgepole

Pine types

Forest with

remnant old tree

structure,

generally in the

ponderosa pine

type. Variable

density thinning,

creation of small

openings, dead

salvage, and

untreated clumps

in lodgepole pine

Protect old trees

of all species,

increase

heterogeneity,

increase stand

diameter, favor

ponderosa pine

and sugar pine

Lop and scatter,

hand and/or grapple

pile and burn in

high fuel

accumulations.

Underburning in

spring or fall to

limit mortality of

old and large trees;

lodgepole pine

types would not be

underburned

16,900

Forest

Restoration with

Consideration of

Pileated Habitat

Forest with

remnant old tree

structure,

generally in the

dry mixed

conifer type

Protect old trees

of all species,

increase

heterogeneity,

increase stand

diameter,

maintain young

white fir as part

of the stand in

addition to

ponderosa pine

and sugar pine

Lop and scatter

slash, hand piling,

and pile burning

1,630

Lodgepole Pine

Encroachment

Removal

Riparian

corridors of

hardwood habitat

and riparian

meadows

Remove conifers

that have

encroached on

meadows and

restore forbs and

hardwoods

Lop and scatter

and/or hand piling

and pile burning.

Underburning

would reduce

activity fuel and aid

in the reduction of

encroaching

lodgepole pine

950

Aspen

Restoration

Jackson Creek,

Boundary

Springs, and

other aspen areas

Reduce conifer

competition and

encourage aspen

Lop and scatter

slash;

concentrations

would be piled and

burned. Creep from

pile burning and/or

from adjacent

upland unit burning

would be allowed

100

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PROPOSED ACTION REDKNIGHT_12_18_12.PDF

Insert proposed action map. Stored in T: drive. And as pdf.

Project Design Criteria/Features

Apply borax as a preventative measure to reduce the spread of Annosus root disease (caused by

the fungus Heterobasidion annosum) within 24 hours of cutting to conifer stumps greater than 18

inches in diameter and minimize the wounding of residual trees in order to decrease the risk of

introducing H. annosum as a cause of butt rot. (R-6 Fremont-Winema 2409.15-2011-Annosus

root disease control and stump treatment guides). Use of bumper trees may be appropriate to

reduce incidence of tree wounds, or season of harvest – springtime sap run is when bark of

ponderosa pines are very sensitive to bark wounding.

A goal during underburning and harvest operations would be to maintain plants of bitterbrush for

reseeding and to minimize the loss of 20-40 centimeter high plants to maintain and improve big

game forage over approximately 30 percent of the area burned or treated.

The removal of tops attached to the last log as allowed in the Timber Sale Contract is encouraged

to reduce fuels in residual stands. In order to reduce undesired effects to the residual stand,

removal of tops attached must be approved by the FSR, AFMO, and District Silviculturist to

determine the suitability of units for such treatment.

Ground-based logging system would be used for the harvest operations in Red Knight. Skid trails

would be located approximately 100-150 feet apart in order to meet the LRMP standard and

guideline of not exceeding 20 percent of the total acreage within the activity area in detrimental

soil conditions.

Tractor logging would generally not be prescribed when slopes exceed 35 %. Operating on short

pitches exceeding 35% has been deemed acceptable.

Small tree thinning (<7” DBH) should utilize a variable spacing to introduce heterogeneity in

plantations and understory trees in harvest units. Thinning leave trees to a 25% variation on 20

foot spacing (15-25 feet) and culturing around large and old trees for two driplines would be

recommended.

Landings would be created within units or in adjacent past harvested units/areas at a rate of one

landing (1/3-1/2 acres in size approximately) per 10-15 acres _ check on this number. Past

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existing transportation system including landings, skid trails and roads would be evaluated for

use during harvest operations to reduce impact to the soil resource.

Retention of existing snags would done where safety is not compromised. Dead lodgepole pine

would be salvaged where not needed for down and dead woody requirements in all treatment

units.

Harvest of merchantable material in riparian, meadow and aspen areas that are adjacent to or

within proposed restoration treatment areas would be done in conjunction with the restoration

treatment while meeting the soils conditions requirements in those areas (get example fro

Chiloquin). Some standing trees dead or alive would be left in aspen areas to be felled or fall

over later to create barriers to browse after the harvest treatment where deemed necessary and

where possible. (Seager, 2010)

Firewood cutting in areas with down wood protecting aspen sprouts from browse would not be

permitted until the sprouts reach above browse level.

Sufficient sprouting of forbs, grasses and other hardwoods including aspen would be available

for wildlife.

Where grapple piling is necessary to reduce excess fuels, piles would be located along skid trails

or other disturbed sites wherever possible to reduce soil disturbance. Breaking up the fuels

profile for a buffer along roads would also be acceptable.

For vegetation management in MA 3B scenic management along the Silver Lake HWY –

Maintain large tree character except lodgepole pine. Openings may or may not have mature large

diameter trees, stumps shall be cut to 6 inches or less in height on the uphill side of the tree,

variable density thinning shall be used. Landings, decks, major skid roads, temporary roads and

slash piles should be located to the rear of the stands to use vegetative or landform screening

opportunities. These should be located away from critical line-of-sight viewing areas. Harvest

residues resulting from stand management activities may be evident, but blend where possible

with the surrounding landscape characteristics.

For vegetation management in MA 15 Upper Williamson – provides a natural-appearing forest

setting for dispersed recreation activities and special wildlife habitats. Scenic management

activities shall generally achieve the foreground partial retention level as described in 3B above.

Uprooted stumps are not desirable, and should be removed unless they are blended to appear

natural in the landscape.

All live and dead ponderosa pine over 21” DBH would be retained in the stands. If a danger tree

over 21” DBH needs felling it will remain on site. No dead or down ponderosa pine would be

salvaged.

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Focus on describing the required outcome rather than specifying equipment or methods that must

be used to provide the purchaser or contractor some flexibility in completing required treatments.

(RF letter 3/30/2012). Need to describe soil acceptable detrimental damage, residual tree damage

after harvest operations, tree damage and mortality after underburning, percent of area or units

under burned..

Consider having the purchaser or contractor perform all needed brush disposal work in lieu of

assessing a BD deposit.

Consider requiring the removal of a portion of the Included Timber within 1 or 2 operating

seasons following award to increase jobs short term.

After thinning, hand piling or machine grapple piling along existing skid trails or roads; lopping

and scattering of slash; burning or chipping the piles or underburning of the stands will occur

after post harvest exams determine the need for slash disposal.

Appendix A

FSM 2000 Chapter 2020 – Ecological Restoration and Resilience

2020.5 Definitions

Clump – A clump is two or more trees in close enough proximity that their crowns are interlocking (Long

and Smith, 2000). (Recommendation from Churchill (2012) is to use trees within 20 feet of each other

with interlocking crowns when determining the size of a clump.

Sustainability – Meeting needs of the present generation without compromising the ability of future

generations to meet their needs. Sustainability is composed of desirable social, economic, and ecological

conditions or trends interacting at varying spatial and temporal scales, embodying the principles of

multiple-use and sustained-yield (FSM 1905).

Resilience – The ability of a social or ecological system to absorb disturbances while retaining the same

basic structure and ways of functioning, the capacity for self-organization and the capacity to adapt to

stress and change. (FSM 1905)

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Restoration – The process of assisting the recovery of an ecosystem that has been degraded, damaged,

or destroyed. Ecological restoration focuses on establishing the composition, structure, pattern and

ecological processes necessary to facilitate terrestrial and aquatic ecosystem sustainability, resilience

and health under current and future conditions. (FSM 1905)

Adaptive management – A system of management practices based on clearly identified outcomes and

monitoring to determine if management actions are meeting desired outcomes, and if not, to facilitate

management changes that will best ensure that outcomes are met or reevaluated. Adaptive

management stems from the recognition that knowledge about natural resource systems is sometimes

uncertain (36 CFR 219.16; FSM 1905)

Retention Patch – from Klamath Tribes’ Retention Patch Strategy

2020.6 Principles

Ecosystems are dynamic and change is inevitable.

Public involvement and consultation with Indian Tribes is important in setting objectives for restoration.

Knowledge of past and current ecosystem dynamics, current and desired conditions, climate change

projections and human uses is fundamental to planning restoration activities.

Adaptive management, monitoring and evaluation are essential to ecological restoration.

Appendix B: Landscape Analysis for Red Knight

Landscape evaluation process for Red Knight:

Step 1: Determine the extent of the landscape evaluation area: Two or more subwatersheds

are recommended (12th

field hydrologic unit code) totaling between 10,000 and 40,000 acres.

Since the size of Red Knight is large, the IDT determined it was large enough for a landscape

level assessment (~32,000 acres). Cumulative effects analysis for wildlife may require a larger

evaluation area. The former Klamath Reservation boundary of 1954 was used for cumulative

effects on treaty rights and the Klamath Tribes.

Step 2: Describe the current condition/landscape pattern: The vegetative pattern was

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evaluated using stand exam information (1993, which delineated the stand polygons) and GNN

data (2006). Cover types were determined from Plant Associations of the Central Oregon Pumice

Zone (Volland, 1988) and Forested Plant Association of the Oregon East Cascades (Simpson,

2007). The 500+ stands were stratified into the 7 structural classes based on O’Hara, et al; and

modified by Hessberg, et al. 2000 (Brown, 2011).

Step 3: Determine reference landscape patterns. Historical vegetation information from The

Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem Project Scientific Assessment (ICBEMP, Quigley and

Arbelbide, 1997) and Hagmann’s interpretation of 1920 forest inventory by the Bureau of Indian

Affairs (Hagmann, unpublished data, 2012, BIA) was used to determine the HRV for Red Knight

and the broad scale assessment of patterns. Historical records including Government Land

Office notes, notes of Munger (1917), Leiberg (1899), Timber Type map of Klamath Tribes

Reservation (1934), and ICBEMP reports were used. GNN data was queried for current

conditions and HRV (M. Simpson, Yamasaki, 2012. Simpson used GLO records to determine

historical condition.).

Evaluate the departure of the landscape vegetation from historical conditions: The

current condition is compared to the HRV percentages in each structural category

and the differences are quantified and described. A table showing the relative

differences between historical and current conditions by each biophysical

environment is to be included in the EA (complies with Winema LRMP – as

amended by Eastside Screens).

Keala Hagmann (graduate student at UW) has determined historical spatial

patterns across Red Knight and will be sharing this information with the IDT.

This info will help determine the historical old tree densities and what the desired

future condition of the stands will be (clumpy pattern in ponderosa pine old trees).

Step 4: Determine the Fire regime and departure from the historical regime across the

landscape. (Tim Yurkiewicz and Faith Brown). Biophysical environments matrix table was

created using Agee info (get citation from Tim. During the review of the FRCC information from

LANDFIRE (national level analysis) Tim Y. and Faith B. agreed that the model did not reflect

the project area accurately. The GIS data used for the analysis reflects the biophysical setting,

watershed and landscape of the Red Knight area. Local knowledge and field observations were

used to calibrate and refine the FRCC to better represent the Red Knight conditions.

Step 5: Locate MR habitats for species of interest; determine cover:forage ratio across the

landscape. Terry Simpson (wildlife biologist) with Faith Brown (silviculturist) looked at stand

exam information and used local knowledge to map MRs as required under the Winema LRMP

(using species and habitat requirements from the LRMP. Ex: great grey owl and goshawk MR

located on south end of Long Prairie is in dense older lodgepole pine stands and there is an

existing great grey owl nest in the area. Two other goshawk MRs were located in dense stands

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on buttes and the pileated MR was located in stands that had large white fir as a component of

the stand and were located mostly above the precipitation threshold for maintaining white fir).

Terry determined the cover:forage ratio for the Red Knight area. Jen Sanborn and Faith Brown

worked together estimating the effects of proposed treatments on wildlife habitats including

cover and forage. RHCAs (riparian habitat conservation areas) were identified for treatment

including aspen restoration patches and lodgepole pine encroachment thinning out of meadows

through field reconnaissance by the wildlife biologist and silviculturist.

Step 6: Roads Analysis: Travel Analysis was conducted for the Modoc and adjacent Red

Knight areas by the IDT. IDT established criteria questions and identified road-by-road

recommendations and improvement opportunities. These recommendations may be analyzed and

some may be part of the proposed action in the NEPA document.

FRCC (from Tim Y.)

During the review of the FRCC information obtained from Landfire data Chemult Fire

management and the district silviculturist agreed that the model did not reflect the area

accurately. This was most evident on the drainages and meadows where the Landfire data

reported that these areas were in a condition class of 2 but on the ground knowledge says

otherwise. This discrepancy in the Landfire data and local knowledge is partly due to the

Landfire information being processed at a national level so the scale for the analysis can miss the

frequent successional model that the project area consist of.

To create a more representative FRCC model of the Red Knight project area a local GIS analysis

was completed. In order to achieve this calibration the district used the same tool that Landfire

uses to create the National FRCC map, except the data for this analysis was at the local project

level. The GIS data that is used to perform the analysis reflects the biophysical setting,

watershed, and landscape of the project area.

The reference condition class is part of the analysis in which the GIS data correlates to and

determines how far departed the study area is from its historical range of variance. Since the fire

frequency for this area has historically been frequent low intensity fires the scale for the

landscape can be done at the project level and still capture the successional patterns that are part

of this project areas ecology. Upon review of the reference condition class table Chemult fire

management and the district silviculturist corrected several of the succession classes to more

accurately reflect what the current stage is as well as some discrepancies in the interpreted

historical representation. These corrections were made from field observations and more

relevant local historical data.

With these changes the final result of the FRCC departure analysis more closely reflected what

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observations were made from the field. There were a few areas where there was insufficient data

at the project level to obtain an effective FRCC analysis but those areas were mostly in the

meadows which have minimal impact on the FRCC for the entire project area.

Appendix C:

Big Bill Watershed Analysis

The watershed analysis done in 1998 found the following conditions and trends and

recommendations for the prevalent plant communities and seral stages in the watershed. Red

Knight lies within the 5th

field hydrologic unit Williamson River above Klamath Marsh

(#1801020101) and two 6th

field hydrologic units: Long Prairie (#180102010105) and Yamsay

(#180102010104).

Hydrologic function of the Williamson River Basin has changed over time resulting in less water

being retained in the system later in the year.

There is great variability from year to year of the total precipitation. It is not uncommon for 4-6

consecutive years to be significantly above or below the average. There is a boom/bust nature of

the precipitation reflected in the variability of total stream discharge.

Thinning stands either mechanically or by fire to provide growing space for hardwood species

and grasses/sedges and forbs would increase the diversity of the ponderosa pine stands.

Management to increase the old tree component in the ponderosa pine type could be

accomplished most quickly by thinning out the advanced regeneration stands and favoring

ponderosa pine, whether or not a residual overstory stand is present. Management in the mixed

conifer will be dictated by the amount of risk to fire, insects and disease that management is

willing to incur. The lowest risk alternative would be to return these stands to a single-story

ponderosa pine type.

There has been a reduction in large-tree dominated stands, with corresponding increase in poles

and seedling/sapling dominated stands. The large ponderosa pine tree component within the

watershed has been reduced due to harvest and competition. Seral composition is shifting to

favor white fir.

Many stands in the watershed are crowded with small trees competing with large trees for

nutrients, water, and growing space. The general forest health of the Modoc area shows most

stands not receiving some sort of vegetation management in the past 15-20 years are showing

signs of decline, low vigor, recent tree mortality, and are at moderate to high risk of beetle

attack.

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The ability to maintain current old-growth structure in overstocked condition in the short term

and grow old-growth structure in the long term is compromised with overstocked conditions.2 A

balance should be maintained where stocking remains high enough to develop structural

decadence that is a necessary part of old-growth habitat, but yet is not so high that mortality

collapses the stand prematurely.

Willows are in serious decline as evidenced by the preponderance of dead willow carcasses.

Riparian systems appear to be drying out and willows are being heavily browsed. Very little

flowering is occurring. Lodgepole pines are overtopping the willows in many areas. Quaking

aspen is also disappearing from the system.

The watershed analysis recommended removal of encroaching lodgepole pine, thinning of

overstocked stands to reduce fire risk and promote stand health, and thinning of plantations to

encourage good growth.

The Big Bill Watershed Analysis recommended that restoration of fire within the Williamson

River watershed should be emphasized within the ponderosa plant communities. Fire should be

applied at intervals not exceeding every 30-40 years to ensure that the understory vegetation

(bitterbrush) does not become a severe fire hazard. Unburned islands should be left throughout

the burned areas for seed sources and interim big game forage. In general, mixed conifer

communities will require mechanical treatments prior to restoring fire, due to continuous ladder

fuels and densely stocked stands. Combination treatments of thinning, followed by prescribed

burning, can be very effective in reducing stand replacement wildfire hazard. In addition these

treatments would increase stand resilience to other disturbances such as insects and disease.

Changes that have occurred within the analysis area are a combination of events over time

combined with human activities and their intervention and interruption of natural processes. The

most obvious has been the interruption of natural fire regimes. The primary reasons have been to

protect timber resources in an effort to gain more growth and production. The other common

interruptions are the road systems that crisscross the riparian systems, and the ditching, diverting,

and changing of the water movement to and through riparian systems. The primary reasons have

been to improve access for timber harvesting, improving riparian areas for pasturing and growing

livestock, and to provide water for domestic use. The changes to these habitats (upland and

riparian) has benefitted those species of wildlife that were adapted to the conditions that have

been created, and has reduced or eliminated those species that could not adapt.

2 Overstocking is defined as a point at which a given plant series (i.e. ponderosa pine and lodgepole pine) has

exceeded carrying capacity for the site and tree mortality has begun due to competition for the site's resources (i.e.

water and nutrients).

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Appendix D:

Prescription table with stand numbers and acres (everything table)

Need to insert table with 506 stands or so

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Restoration Treatment Proposed Action - Alternative 2:

The publication Identifying Old trees and Forests in Eastern Washington (Van Pelt, 2008) would

be used to help in identifying old trees that may be less than 21 inches DBH and are appropriate

to retain within the context of restoration prescriptions. Treatments would favor fire resistant

species such as ponderosa pine over white fir and lodgepole pine. All ponderosa pine over 21”

DBH would be retained.

No Treatment (NT and nt in RX table) areas include Little Yamsay Mountain, part of the

Jackson Creek corridor and goshawk minimum requirement areas from the Winema LRMP.

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42 STAND_NUM ACRES SALE Priorty_v stage Exist_c alt2_c mr STAND_NU_1 SALE_1 RX Priorty__1 Species S__Stage TPA_21" notes Plant_grouPlant_Asso

9000228 56 low yes y 9000228 HSP low pp 5 0 pp

8921048 37 high yes n 8921048 HSP high wf/lp/pp 6 0 bndry spr/aspenpp CWS112

8921049 14 high yes n 8921049 HSP high wf/lp/pp 6 0 bndry spr/aspenpp CWS112

9021231 47 low yes y 9021231 HSP low pp 6 0 pp CPS212

9021232 65 low yes y 9021232 HSP low pp 6 23 pp CPS213

9021227 45 low yes y 9021227 HSP low wf/pp 6 0 edge of Jackson creekpp CPS212

9021226 78 high yes n 9021226 HSP high pp 6 0 Jackson Cr. CGpp CPS211

9221435 31 low bigfir yes y 9221435 HSP low wf/pp 6 0 mcon mcon CWS112

9221432 21 low bigfir yes y 9221432 HSP low wf/pp 6 0 mcon jackson creekpmcon CWS112

9021247 73 high yes n 9021247 HSP high wf/lp/pp 6 0 pp pp CPS213

9221434 41 medium yes y 9221434 HSP medium pp 6 18 p CPS213

9221436 15 low bigfir yes y 9221436 HSP low wf/lp/sp/pp 6 0 mcon mcon CWS112

9221430 66 medium yes n 9221430 meadow HSP medium lp/pp 6 13 Jackson Creek pp CLM9

9021246 96 high yes y piwo_p 9021246 HSP high wf/sp/pp 6 0 pp pp CWS112

9221431 29 medium yes n 9221431 HSP medium pp 6 20 edge of Jackson creekpp CPS211

77010110 16 Little Skeeter unit 10 yes y 77010110 Little Skeeter unit 10HTH/spc 1 0

9221440 49 medium yes n 9221440 HTH/spc medium pp 3 0 blackbarks p CPS213

8921029 50 medium yes n 8921029 HTH/spc medium lp 4 0 flat lp lp CLM311

9321260 22 medium yes n 9321260 HTH/spc medium lp/pp 4 0 lp lp CLS211

9321259 65 medium yes n 9321259 HTH/spc medium lp 4 0 lp lp CLS211

9321248 19 medium yes n 9321248 HTH/spc medium lp/pp 4 0 lp lp CLS211

9321247 13 medium yes n 9321247 HTH/spc medium lp/pp 4 0 lp lp CLS211

lp n of* 402 yes n lp n of* HTH/spc lp/pp 4 0

no data 66 South Jackson 7. 8, 9, 11, 12low yes y no data South Jackson 7. 8, 9, 11, 12HTH/spc low 4 0 pp CPS213

8921023 42 low yes y 8921023 HTH/spc low pp/lp 5 0 aspen pp CPS215

8921054 21 low yes y 8921054 HTH/spc low lp/pp 5 0 salvage lp pp CPS215

8921053 39 low yes y 8921053 HTH/spc low lp/pp 5 0 pp CPS215

8921052 9 low yes y 8921052 HTH/spc low lp/pp 5 0 pp CPS215

8921084 53 medium yes n 8921084 HTH/spc medium lp/pp 5 0 pp CLS211

8921108 16 low yes y 8921108 HTH/spc low lp/pp 5 0 pp CPS215

8921056 44 medium yes n 8921056 HTH/spc medium lp/pp 5 0 pp CPS215

8921027 22 low yes y 8921027 HTH/spc low lp/pp 5 4 pp CPS215

8921030 57 medium yes n 8921030 HTH/spc medium lp/pp 5 0 meadow/aspenpp CLM211

8921079 8 low yes y 8921079 HTH/spc low lp/pp 5 0 Dillon Creek pp CLM211

8921110 73 low yes y 8921110 HTH/spc low lp/pp 5 0 doeskin creek pp CPS212

8921112 59 medium yes n 8921112 HTH/spc medium lp/pp 5 0 lp encr. Doeskin creekpp CLS215

8921031 50 medium yes n 8921031 HTH/spc medium pp/lp 5 0 pp CLS214

8921036 20 low yes y 8921036 HTH/spc low lp/pp 5 0 pp CLS215

8921113 45 low yes y 8921113 HTH/spc low lp/pp 5 0 big lp pp CLS211

8921082 98 medium yes n 8921082 HTH/spc medium 5 0 pp

8921151 106 medium yes n 8921151 HTH/spc medium lp/pp 5 0 pp CPS314

8921121 144 high yes n 8921121 HTH/spc high lp/pp 5 0 pp CPS213

8921085 37 medium yes n 8921085 HTH/spc medium lp/pp 5 0 pp CPS314

8921134 11 medium yes n 8921134 HTH/spc medium lp/pp 5 0 pp CLS211

8921125 73 medium yes n 8921125 HTH/spc medium lp/pp 5 0 pp CPS212

8900064 46 medium yes n 8900064 HTH/spc medium pp/lp 5 0 pp

8921133 72 medium yes n 8921133 HTH/spc medium lp/pp 5 0 pp CPS212

8921119 10 low yes y 8921119 HTH/spc low lp/pp 5 0 near drainage pp CPS213

8921116 742 medium yes n 8921116 HTH/spc medium pp 5 7 cinder part pp CPS215

8921046 223 high yes n 8921046 HTH/spc high wf/lp/pp 5 0 doeskin creek pp CPS215

8921138 87 low yes y 8921138 HTH/spc low lp/pp 5 0 pp CPS212

8921070 44 medium yes n 8921070 HTH/spc medium lp/pp 5 0 pp CPS215

8921051 34 medium yes n 8921051 HTH/spc medium wf/lp/pp 5 0 aspen wet pp CLM211

8921131 17 medium yes n 8921131 HTH/spc medium lp/pp 5 0 pp CPS212

8921103 9 low yes y 8921103 HTH/spc low wf/lp/sp/pp 5 0 pp CPS311

8921104 58 high yes n 8921104 HTH/spc high wf/pp 5 0 pp pp CPS213

9321231 36 medium yes n 9321231 HTH/spc medium lp/pp 5 0 lp lp CLS211

9021120 63 high yes n 9021120 HTH/spc high lp/pp 5 0 pp CPS211

9321265 16 medium yes n 9321265 HTH/spc medium lp/pp 5 0 lp lp CLS211

9021139 26 medium yes n 9021139 HTH/spc medium lp/pp 5 0 pp CLS211

9021124 125 high yes n 9021124 HTH/spc high lp/pp 5 0 pp CPS211

9021132 32 low yes y 9021132 HTH/spc low pp 5 0 pp CPS213

9021133 48 medium yes n 9021133 HTH/spc medium pp 5 0 pp CPS213

9021135 61 medium yes n 9021135 HTH/spc medium pp 5 0 Deely/rock creekpp CPS213

9321257 72 medium yes n 9321257 HTH/spc medium lp/pp 5 10 pp pp CLS211

9021152 28 medium yes y 9021152 HTH/spc medium pp 5 0 pp CPS213

9321233 40 medium yes n 9321233 HTH/spc medium lp 5 0 lp lp CLS211

9021141 58 medium yes n 9021141 HTH/spc medium lp/pp 5 0 pp CPS212

9021142 43 medium yes n 9021142 HTH/spc medium pp 5 0 pp CPS212

9021143 114 medium yes n 9021143 HTH/spc medium pp 5 0 pp CPS212

9021154 42 low yes y 9021154 HTH/spc low wf/lp/pp 5 0 riparian pp CPS212

9321255 26 medium yes n 9321255 HTH/spc medium lp/pp 5 0 lp lp CPS212

9000149 48 medium yes n 9000149 HTH/spc medium pp 5 0 pp

9021168 53 high bigfir yes n 9021168 HTH/spc high wf/lp/pp 5 0 knight creek pp CLM111

9021166 39 medium yes n 9021166 HTH/spc medium wf/pp 5 0 mcon mcon CPS213

9021170 34 high yes n 9021170 HTH/spc high lp/pp 5 0 pp CLS211

9021169 78 high yes n 9021169 HTH/spc high lp/pp 5 0 pp CPS212

9021199 46 high yes n 9021199 HTH/spc high wf/lp/pp 5 0 pp CPS311

9021175 60 low yes y 9021175 HTH/spc low pp 5 0 pp CPS213

9321241 129 medium yes n 9321241 HTH/spc medium lp/pp 5 0 lp lp CLS211

9021181 70 medium yes n 9021181 HTH/spc medium pp 5 0 blackbarks pp CPS212

9021192 29 high yes n 9021192 HTH/spc high wf/lp/pp 5 0 pp CPS212

9021212 83 high yes n 9021212 HTH/spc high lp/pp 5 0 pp CPS212

9321245 73 medium yes n 9321245 HTH/spc medium lp/pp 5 0 lp lp CPS212

9321217 38 medium yes n 9321217 HTH/spc medium lp 5 0 big lp/dense poleslp CLS211

9021218 134 medium yes n 9021218 HTH/spc medium pp 5 0 pp CPS212

9321266 30 medium yes n 9321266 HTH/spc medium lp/pp 5 0 lp lp CLS211

9221441 45 medium yes n 9221441 HTH/spc medium pp 5 0 p CPS211

8921078 200 medium yes n 8921078 HTH/spc medium lp/pp 6 22 pp CPS215

8921055 105 low yes y 8921055 HTH/spc low lp/pp 6 10 ne knob/dense regenpp CPS311

8921061 134 medium yes n 8921061 HTH/spc medium lp/pp 6 17 pp CPS311

8921022 24 low yes y 8921022 HTH/spc low pp/lp 6 10 pp CPS215

8921109 77 medium yes n 8921109 HTH/spc medium lp/pp 6 10 Dillon Creek pp CPS214

8921028 23 low yes y 8921028 HTH/spc low lp/pp 6 11 pp CPS215

8921057 15 low yes y 8921057 HTH/spc low lp/pp/sp 6 11 pp CPS312

8921111 13 low yes y 8921111 HTH/spc low lp/pp 6 26 pp CPS212

8921086 134 low yes y 8921086 HTH/spc low pp 6 19 pp CPS213

8921035 158 medium yes n 8921035 HTH/spc medium pp/lp 6 14 pp CPS215

8921114 712 medium yes n 8921114 HTH/spc medium lp/pp 6 21 big unit pp CPS212

8921033 16 low yes y 8921033 HTH/spc low lp/pp 6 10 flat pp CPS215

8921062 44 medium yes n 8921062 HTH/spc medium lp/pp 6 14 pp CPS215

8921115 628 medium yes n 8921115 HTH/spc medium lp/pp 6 18 big unit pp CPS212

8921038 230 high yes n 8921038 HTH/spc high pp/lp 6 0 pp CPS215

8921063 213 medium yes n 8921063 HTH/spc medium lp/pp 6 14 Dillon Creek pp CPS215

8921087 105 medium yes n 8921087 HTH/spc medium lp/pp 6 27 pp CPS311

8921090 75 medium yes n 8921090 HTH/spc medium lp/pp 6 17 doeskin creek pp CPS212

8921089 75 low yes y 8921089 HTH/spc low lp/pp 6 20 pp CPS213

8921123 117 high yes n 8921123 HTH/spc high lp/pp 6 12 pp CPS213

8921136 105 medium yes n 8921136 HTH/spc medium lp/pp 6 16 cut lp pp CPS212

8921093 31 low yes y 8921093 HTH/spc low lp/pp 6 20 pp CPS215

8921094 129 medium yes n 8921094 HTH/spc medium lp/pp 6 20 pp CPS212

8921041 90 medium yes n 8921041 HTH/spc medium wf/lp/pp 6 12 fir/cherry pp CWS112

8921092 31 low yes y 8921092 HTH/spc low lp/pp 6 13 pp CPS215

8921067 21 low yes y 8921067 HTH/spc low lp/pp 6 11 lp encroachmentpp CWS112

8921128 72 high yes n 8921128 HTH/spc high lp/pp 6 19 pp CPS212

8921039 218 high yes n 8921039 HTH/spc high wf/lp/pp 6 17 fir pp CPS215

8921127 43 low yes y 8921127 HTH/spc low pp 6 18 pp CPS212

8921120 56 medium yes n 8921120 HTH/spc medium lp/pp 6 11 doe creek pp CLS211

8921137 62 low yes y 8921137 HTH/spc low lp/pp 6 10 pp CLS211

8921096 173 high yes n 8921096 HTH/spc high pp 6 13 pp CPS212

8921071 82 high yes n 8921071 HTH/spc high pp/lp/wf 6 0 pp CWS114

8921129 36 low yes y 8921129 HTH/spc low lp/pp 6 11 large lp pp CPS212

8921102 33 high yes n 8921102 HTH/spc high wf/lp/sp/pp 6 19 pp CWS112

8921069 17 medium yes n 8921069 HTH/spc medium wf/lp/pp 6 20 big lp pp CPS215

8921074 144 high yes n 8921074 HTH/spc high wf/lp/pp 6 17 pp CPS311

8921042 87 medium yes n 8921042 HTH/spc medium lp/pp 6 15 pp CPS311

9021102 58 medium yes n 9021102 HTH/spc medium pp 6 13 pp CPS212

8921100 25 medium yes n 8921100 HTH/spc medium wf/lp/sp/pp 6 9 mcon mcon CWS112

8921101 28 high yes y 8921101 HTH/spc high wf/sp/pp 6 16 pp pp CPS311

9021101 39 medium yes n 9021101 HTH/spc medium lp/pp 6 12 pp CPS212

8921118 61 medium yes n 8921118 HTH/spc medium pp 6 0 pp CPS212

8921044 290 high yes n 8921044 HTH/spc high lp/wf/pp/sp 6 16 fir pp CWS112

9021103 77 medium yes n 9021103 HTH/spc medium pp 6 15 pp CPS213

9021104 48 low yes y 9021104 HTH/spc low pp 6 20 pp CPS213

9021105 130 medium yes n 9021105 HTH/spc medium pp 6 10 pp CPS213

9321263 11 medium yes n 9321263 HTH/spc medium lp/pp 6 0 lp lp CPS212

9321262 13 medium yes n 9321262 HTH/spc medium lp/pp 6 0 lp lp CLM9

8921105 78 medium yes n 8921105 HTH/spc medium lp/pp 6 19 pp pp CPS213

8921099 229 medium yes n 8921099 HTH/spc medium pp 6 18 pp CPS213

8921043 77 medium yes n 8921043 HTH/spc medium lp/pp 6 11 knob pp CPS213

8921106 89 medium yes n 8921106 HTH/spc medium pp 6 26 pp CPS311

9321261 26 medium yes n 9321261 HTH/spc medium lp/pp 6 0 lp lp CPS212

9021107 75 medium yes n 9021107 HTH/spc medium lp/pp 6 12 pp CPS212

9321262 19 medium yes n 9321262 HTH/spc medium lp/pp 6 0 lp lp CLM9

9021106 20 medium yes n 9021106 HTH/spc medium lp/pp 6 15 aspen Rock creekpp CPS212

9021121 27 medium yes n 9021121 HTH/spc medium lp/pp 6 16 doeskin creek pp CPS211

9021114 31 medium yes n 9021114 HTH/spc medium pp 6 19 pp CPS213

9021113 48 medium yes n 9021113 HTH/spc medium lp/pp 6 15 pp CLS213

9021117 60 medium yes n 9021117 HTH/spc medium wf/lp/pp 6 17 big wf/root rot/pileatedpp CPS213

9021122 19 low yes y 9021122 HTH/spc low lp/pp 6 11 pp CPS211

9021115 80 high yes n 9021115 HTH/spc high lp/pp 6 10 Deely meadowpp CPS213

9021112 49 medium yes n 9021112 HTH/spc medium pp 6 11 Deely/ north sidepp CPS213

9321229 59 medium yes n 9321229 HTH/spc medium lp/pp 6 17 pp pp CPS212

9021109 64 medium yes n 9021109 HTH/spc medium pp 6 11 Deely/rock creekpp CPS213

9021118 48 high yes n 9021118 HTH/spc high lp/pp 6 20 pp CPS213

9021134 66 medium yes y 9021134 HTH/spc medium lp/pp 6 16 Deely creek pp CPS213

8921107 19 medium bigfir yes y 8921107 HTH/spc medium wf/pp 6 16 big wf mcon CPS311

9321232 47 medium yes n 9321232 HTH/spc medium lp/pp 6 0 lp lp CLS211

9021127 59 medium yes n 9021127 HTH/spc medium lp/pp 6 22 pp CPS213

9021138 125 medium yes n 9021138 HTH/spc medium lp/pp 6 13 pp CPS212

9021137 122 medium yes n 9021137 HTH/spc medium lp/pp 6 15 pp CPS212

9321230 41 low yes y 9321230 HTH/spc low lp/pp 6 15 pp pp CPS212

9021249 45 high yes n 9021249 HTH/spc high lp/pp 6 0 pp pp CPS212

9021140 57 medium yes n 9021140 HTH/spc medium lp/pp 6 0 lp old growth lp CPS212

9321234 35 medium yes n 9321234 HTH/spc medium lp/pp 6 0 lp lp CLS211

8921047 46 medium yes n 8921047 HTH/spc medium wf/lp/pp 6 12 fir mcon CPS311

9021249 0 high yes n 9021249 HTH/spc high lp/pp 6 0 pp pp CPS212

9021123 61 high yes n 9021123 HTH/spc high lp/pp 6 18 pp CPS212

9321258 45 medium yes n 9321258 HTH/spc medium lp/pp 6 10 pp pp CPS212

9321227 46 medium yes n 9321227 HTH/spc medium lp/pp 6 20 pp pp CPS212

9021129 81 medium yes n 9021129 HTH/spc medium pp 6 18 pp CPS213

9021130 37 medium yes n 9021130 HTH/spc medium lp/pp 6 16 pp CPS213

9021126 62 medium yes n 9021126 HTH/spc medium pp 6 16 pp CPS213

9021144 119 medium yes n 9021144 HTH/spc medium pp 6 15 pp CPS212

9021128 115 medium yes n 9021128 HTH/spc medium pp 6 18 pp CPS213

9021153 143 medium yes n 9021153 HTH/spc medium pp 6 0 pp CPS211

9021125 65 high yes n 9021125 HTH/spc high lp/pp 6 19 pp CPS212

9021162 69 high yes n 9021162 HTH/spc high wf/lp/pp 6 17 mcon mcon CPS311

9321228 34 medium yes n 9321228 HTH/spc medium lp/pp 6 22 pp pp CPS212

9021150 133 medium yes n 9021150 HTH/spc medium lp/pp 6 19 pp CPS213

9021161 136 high yes n 9021161 HTH/spc high wf/lp/pp 6 21 pp CPS212

9021160 30 high yes n 9021160 HTH/spc high lp/pp 6 16 pp CPS212

9021158 32 medium yes n 9021158 HTH/spc medium pp 6 23 pp CPS213

9021148 54 medium yes n 9021148 HTH/spc medium pp 6 23 pp CPS213

9021159 28 high yes n 9021159 HTH/spc high lp/pp 6 18 pp CPS213

9021147 66 medium yes n 9021147 HTH/spc medium lp/pp 6 13 pp CPS212

9021145 39 medium yes n 9021145 HTH/spc medium lp/pp 6 11 drainage pp CPS211

9321256 27 medium yes n 9321256 HTH/spc medium pp/lp 6 14 pp pp CPS212

9021163 76 high yes n 9021163 HTH/spc high wf/lp/pp 6 22 doeskin creek pp CPS311

9321235 30 medium yes n 9321235 HTH/spc medium lp/pp 6 0 lp lp CLS211

9021157 45 medium yes n 9021157 HTH/spc medium lp/pp 6 18 pp CPS213

9021146 121 medium yes n 9021146 HTH/spc medium pp 6 17 pp CPS212

9321226 89 medium yes n 9321226 HTH/spc medium lp/pp 6 0 lp wet lp CLS211

9021155 43 high yes n 9021155 HTH/spc high lp/pp 6 10 riparian pp CPS211

9021165 91 high yes n 9021165 HTH/spc high wf/lp/pp 6 21 pp CPS212

9021156 43 high yes n 9021156 HTH/spc high lp/pp 6 12 riparian pp CPS211

9021173 63 medium yes n 9021173 HTH/spc medium lp/pp 6 14 pp CPS213

9321221 113 medium yes n 9321221 HTH/spc medium lp/pp 6 15 pp pp CPS212

9021180 91 medium yes n 9021180 HTH/spc medium lp/pp 6 11 pp CPS212

9321236 17 medium yes n 9321236 HTH/spc medium lp/pp 6 0 lp lp CLS211

9321236 34 medium yes n 9321236 HTH/spc medium lp/pp 6 0 lp lp CLS211

9321237 67 medium yes n 9321237 HTH/spc medium lp/pp 6 0 lp lp CPS212

9021193 148 high yes n 9021193 HTH/spc high wf/lp/pp 6 17 pp CPS212

9021164 37 medium yes n 9021164 HTH/spc medium wf/lp/pp 6 18 mcon mcon CPS213

9021178 65 medium yes n 9021178 HTH/spc medium pp 6 14 pp CPS213

9021171 31 high yes n 9021171 HTH/spc high lp/pp 6 11 pp CPS212

9021179 110 high yes n 9021179 HTH/spc high pp 6 13 root rots pp CPS212

9021172 45 medium yes n 9021172 HTH/spc medium pp 6 20 pp CPS213

9021176 68 medium yes n 9021176 HTH/spc medium pp 6 11 pp CPS212

9021167 60 medium yes n 9021167 HTH/spc medium lp/pp 6 19 pp CPS213

9321221 8 medium yes n 9321221 HTH/spc medium lp/pp 6 15 pp pp CPS212

9321254 44 medium yes n 9321254 HTH/spc medium lp/pp 6 11 pp pp CPS212

9021177 124 high yes n 9021177 HTH/spc high pp 6 10 pp CPS212

9021196 115 high yes y piwo_p 9021196 HTH/spc high wf/lp/pp 6 19 mcon big fir mcon CPS311

9021195 72 high yes n 9021195 HTH/spc high wf/lp/pp 6 14 pp CPS211

9321240 45 medium yes n 9321240 HTH/spc medium lp/pp 6 16 pp pp CPS212

9321220 75 medium yes n 9321220 HTH/spc medium pp/lp 6 19 pp pp CPS212

9021194 43 medium yes n 9021194 HTH/spc medium wf/lp/pp 6 31 pp CPS211

9021185 102 medium yes n 9021185 HTH/spc medium pp 6 11 pp CPS212

9021186 117 medium yes n 9021186 HTH/spc medium pp 6 10 pp CPS213

9021208 92 high yes n 9021208 HTH/spc high wf/pp 6 15 mcon mcon CPS311

9321219 51 medium yes n 9321219 HTH/spc medium pp/lp 6 13 pp pp CPS212

9321253 22 medium yes n 9321253 HTH/spc medium lp/pp 6 10 pp pp CPS212

9021183 118 medium yes n 9021183 HTH/spc medium lp/pp 6 14 pp CPS212

9021184 160 medium yes n 9021184 HTH/spc medium pp 6 11 pp CPS212

9021211 75 medium yes n 9021211 HTH/spc medium wf/lp/pp 6 24 knight creek mcon CPS212

9321224 23 low yes y 9321224 HTH/spc low lp/pp 6 0 lp lp CPS212

9021182 119 medium yes n 9021182 HTH/spc medium lp/pp 6 16 pp CPS212

9021217 120 medium yes n 9021217 HTH/spc medium sp/pp 6 11 pp CPS212

9321218 32 medium yes n 9321218 HTH/spc medium pp/lp 6 0 lp lp CLS211

9021216 65 medium yes n 9021216 HTH/spc medium pp 6 13 pp CPS213

9321244 65 medium yes n 9321244 HTH/spc medium lp/pp 6 0 lp lp CLS211

9021236 66 high yes n 9021236 HTH/spc high wf/lp/pp 6 0 mcon mcon CPS311

9021237 31 medium yes n 9021237 HTH/spc medium wf/pp 6 0 pp pp CPS213

9021221 137 medium yes n 9021221 HTH/spc medium lp/pp 6 16 pp CPS212

9021223 84 high yes n 9021223 HTH/spc high lp/pp 6 0 pp CPS212

9021225 54 medium yes n 9021225 HTH/spc medium pp 6 0 riparian pp CPS212

9321249 29 medium yes n 9321249 HTH/spc medium pp/pp 6 20 pp pp CPS212

9221429 76 low yes y 9221429 fuel reductionHTH/spc low lp/pp 6 20 pp CPS212

9321250 43 high yes n 9321250 HTH/spc high pp/lp 6 15 pp pp CPS212

9221442 46 medium yes n 9221442 HTH/spc medium pp 6 0 p CPS211

9321251 72 medium yes n 9321251 HTH/spc medium pp 6 20 pp pp CPS212

9321252 8 medium yes n 9321252 HTH/spc medium lp/pp 6 12 pp pp CPS212

9221425 69 medium yes n 9221425 HTH/spc medium pp 6 11 pp CPS211

9221423 59 low yes y 9221423 HTH/spc low lp/pp 6 15 pp CPS211

9221443 20 medium yes n 9221443 HTH/spc medium wf/pp 6 20 pp p CPS213

9221444 18 medium yes n 9221444 HTH/spc medium sp/pp 6 10 pp p CPS213

9221422 23 medium yes n 9221422 HTH/spc medium pp 6 0 near Modoc pp CPS213

9021174 43 medium yes n 9021174 HTH/spc medium lp/pp 6 15 Little Yamsay pp CPS213

9021189 25 high yes y 9021189 HTH/spc high wf/lp/pp 6 13 Little Yamsay pp CWS112

jcreek 4 yes y piwo jcreek HTH/spc/wf 0 0

pplant 22 ppplant yes y piwo pplant ppplant HTH/spc/wf 3 0

77010334 49 LIL SKEETER 2- 34 yes y piwo 77010334 LIL SKEETER 2- 34HTH/spc/wf 4 0 mcon

77010330 45 LIL SKEETER 2- 30 yes y piwo 77010330 LIL SKEETER 2- 30HTH/spc/wf 4 0 mcon

85050125 51 Little Skeeter 25 yes y piwo 85050125 Little Skeeter 25HTH/spc/wf 4 0 mcon

85050132 57 Little Skeeter 32 yes y piwo 85050132 Little Skeeter 32HTH/spc/wf 4 0 mcon

9021202 49 high bigfir yes y piwo 9021202 HTH/spc/wf high wf/lp/pp 5 0 big fir mcon CPS311

85050105 51 KNIGHT 05 yes y piwo 85050105 KNIGHT 05 HTH/spc/wf 5 0 piwo

85050107 19 KNIGHT 07 yes y piwo 85050107 KNIGHT 07 HTH/spc/wf 5 0 piwo

85050106 50 KNIGHT 06 yes y piwo 85050106 KNIGHT 06 HTH/spc/wf 5 0 piwo

85050108 16 KNIGHT 08 yes y piwo 85050108 KNIGHT 08 HTH/spc/wf 5 0 piwo

85050109 21 KNIGHT 09 yes y piwo 85050109 KNIGHT 09 HTH/spc/wf 5 0

85050110 7 KNIGHT 10 yes y piwo 85050110 KNIGHT 10 HTH/spc/wf 5 0

mcon 14 yes y piwo mcon HTH/spc/wf 5 0

9021191 49 high bigfir yes y piwo 9021191 HTH/spc/wf high wf/pp 6 0 knight creek mcon

9021198 54 high bigfir yes y piwo 9021198 HTH/spc/wf high wf/lp/pp 6 0 mcon mcon CPS213

9021197 32 high bigfir yes y piwo 9021197 HTH/spc/wf high wf/pp 6 21 pp CPS213

9021206 34 high bigfir yes y piwo 9021206 HTH/spc/wf high wf/lp/pp 6 15 mcon mcon CPS311

9021209 39 high bigfir yes y piwo 9021209 HTH/spc/wf high wf/lp/pp 6 0 aspen Knight creek mconmcon CWS112

9021210 70 high bigfir yes y piwo 9021210 HTH/spc/wf high wf/lp/pp 6 11 mcon rocks mcon CPS311

9021205 66 high bigfir yes y piwo 9021205 HTH/spc/wf high wf/lp 6 18 big fir mcon CWS112

9021207 37 high bigfir yes y piwo 9021207 HTH/spc/wf high wf/pp 6 0 mcon mcon CWS112

9021240 70 high bigfir yes y piwo 9021240 HTH/spc/wf high wf/lp/pp 6 0 riparian mcon mcon CWS112

9021204 40 high yes y piwo 9021204 HTH/spc/wf high wf/pp 6 0 mcon CPS311

9021203 54 high bigfir yes y piwo 9021203 HTH/spc/wf high wf/lp/sp/wwp/pp6 0 mcon mcon CWS114

9021239 73 high bigfir yes y piwo 9021239 HTH/spc/wf high wf/lp/pp 6 0 mcon mcon CWS112

9021238 77 high bigfir yes y piwo 9021238 HTH/spc/wf high wf/pp 6 0 mcon mcon CPS213

9021241 51 high bigfir yes y piwo 9021241 HTH/spc/wf high wf/lp/wwp/pp 6 0 mcon big fir mcon CWS112

9021242 95 high bigfir yes y piwo 9021242 HTH/spc/wf high wf/lp/wwp/pp 6 0 mcon mcon CPS311

9221521 32 low bigfir yes y piwo 9221521 HTH/spc/wf low wf/pp 6 20 mcon mcon CWS112

9221522 13 low bigfir yes y piwo 9221522 HTH/spc/wf low wf/lp/wwp/pp 6 0 mcon mcon CPS212

9021245 40 high bigfir yes y piwo 9021245 HTH/spc/wf high wf/lp/pp 6 0 mcon mcon CWS112

9021244 67 medium bigfir yes y piwo 9021244 HTH/spc/wf medium wf/lp/pp 6 0 mcon mcon CWS112

9221516 62 high bigfir yes y piwo 9221516 HTH/spc/wf high wf/lp/wwp/pp 6 0 mcon mcon CWS112

9221520 30 high yes y piwo 9221520 HTH/spc/wf high wf/pp 6 30 Jackson creek pp CWS112

9221519 22 high bigfir yes y piwo 9221519 HTH/spc/wf high wf/lp 6 0 Jackson creek mcon CWS112

9221517 18 high bigfir yes y piwo 9221517 HTH/spc/wf high wf/lp/wwp/pp 6 0 mcon mcon CWS114

9221518 33 low bigfir yes y piwo 9221518 HTH/spc/wf low wf/lp/wwp/pp 6 0 mcon mcon CWS114

mc 17 yes y piwo mc HTH/spc/wf wf/lp/pp 6 0 mcon mcon

9321415 3 low yes y 9321415 Limit Treat low 0 0 pp CPS212

rock qu* 5 no n rock qu* Limit Treat 0 0

9321416 0 low yes y 9321416 Limit Treat low 0 0 lp CLS211

9321410 1 low yes y 9321410 Limit Treat low 0 0 lp CLS211

9321424 0 low yes y 9321424 Limit Treat low 0 0 pp CPS212

9321374 1 low yes y 9321374 Limit Treat low 0 0 pp CPS212

9321397 0 low yes y 9321397 Limit Treat low 0 0 pp CPS212

9321401 1 low yes y 9321401 Limit Treat low 0 0 pp CPS211

9321372 0 low yes y 9321372 Limit Treat low 0 0 lp CLS211

9321373 0 low yes y 9321373 Limit Treat low 0 0 pp CPS212

9321371 0 low yes y 9321371 Limit Treat low 0 0 lp CLS211

9321427 0 low yes y 9321427 Limit Treat low 0 0 pp CPS212

meadow 9 yes n meadow Limit Treat 0 0

cind pit 9 no n cind pit Limit Treat 0 0

9321432 0 low yes y 9321432 Limit Treat low 0 0 pp CPS212

cind pit 7 no n cind pit Limit Treat 0 0

meadow 4 yes n meadow Limit Treat 0 0

knob 8 yes y knob Limit Treat 0 0

cind pit 2 no n cind pit Limit Treat 0 0

cind pit 2 no y cind pit Limit Treat 0 0

9221514 0 low yes y 9221514 Limit Treat low 0 0 CWS112

meadow 1 yes n meadow Limit Treat 0 0

cind pit 5 no n cind pit Limit Treat 0 0

8921050 108 low yes y 8921050 Limit Treat low lp/pp 1 0 lp plantation lp CPS215

8921080 145 low yes y 8921080 Limit Treat low pp 1 0 pp CPS215

8921141 21 past harvest low yes y 8921141 past harvest Limit Treat low lp/pp 1 0 pp CPS215

8921144 19 low yes y 8921144 Limit Treat low lp/pp 1 0 pp CPS215

8921145 16 low yes y 8921145 Limit Treat low lp 1 0 lp CPS215

8921152 29 past harvest low yes y 8921152 cinder ts Limit Treat low lp/pp 1 0 pp CPS212

8921132 50 low yes y 8921132 Limit Treat low lp/pp 1 0 past unit pp CPS213

9000108 93 past harvest low no y 9000108 past harvest Limit Treat low pp 1 0 pp

70040103 77 Long Prairie unit 3 yes y 70040103 Long Prairie unit 3Limit Treat 1 0

77010208 53 LEFTOVER 08 yes y 77010208 LEFTOVER 08 Limit Treat 1 0

88050217 73 ROW ERC 17 yes y 88050217 ROW ERC 17 Limit Treat 1 0

77010311 13 LIL SKEETER 2- 11 yes y 77010311 LIL SKEETER 2- 11Limit Treat 1 0 mtoe HCC

77010209 40 LEFTOVER 09 yes y 77010209 LEFTOVER 09 Limit Treat 1 0

88050203 25 ROW ERC 03 yes y 88050203 ROW ERC 03 Limit Treat 1 0

Row 14 35 Row 14 yes y Row 14 Row 14 Limit Treat 1 0

Row 16 58 ROW yes y Row 16 ROW Limit Treat 1 0

84030112 60 Brown eyes 12 yes y 84030112 Brown eyes 12Limit Treat 2 0

84030111 51 Brown eyes 11 yes y 84030111 Brown eyes 11Limit Treat 2 0

77010205 73 LEFTOVER 05 no y 77010205 LEFTOVER 05 Limit Treat 2 0

77010206 80 LEFTOVER 06 yes y 77010206 LEFTOVER 06 Limit Treat 2 0

77010202 52 LEFTOVER 02 yes y 77010202 LEFTOVER 02 Limit Treat 2 0

Row 48 ROW yes y Row ROW Limit Treat 2 0

77010204 67 LEFTOVER 04 no y 77010204 LEFTOVER 04 Limit Treat 3 0

77010203 39 LEFTOVER 03 yes y 77010203 LEFTOVER 03 Limit Treat 3 0

Row 12 52 ROW no y Row 12 ROW Limit Treat 3 0

84030101 31 Brown eyes 01 yes y 84030101 Brown eyes 01Limit Treat 4 0 pp CPS212,211

84030103 90 BROWN EYES 03 yes y 84030103 BROWN EYES 03Limit Treat 4 0 pp CPS212

80040229 17 SCHOONER 29 yes y 80040229 SCHOONER 29 Limit Treat 4 0 pp

84030102 13 Brown eyes 02 yes y 84030102 Brown eyes 02Limit Treat 4 0 pp CPS212

80040231 59 SCHOONER 31 yes y 80040231 SCHOONER 31 Limit Treat 4 0 pp

80040230 21 SCHOONER 30 yes y 80040230 SCHOONER 30 Limit Treat 4 0 pp

80040228 73 SCHOONER 09 and 28 yes y 80040228 SCHOONER 09 and 28Limit Treat 4 0 pp CPS212

80040207 110 SCHOONER 08 and 07 no y 80040207 SCHOONER 08 and 07Limit Treat 4 0 pp CPS212

84030109 67 BROWN EYES 09 yes y 84030109 BROWN EYES 09Limit Treat 4 0 pp CPS212

80040232 10 SCHOONER 32 yes y 80040232 SCHOONER 32 Limit Treat 4 0 pp

80040210 32 SCHOONER 10 no y 80040210 SCHOONER 10 Limit Treat 4 0 pp CPS212

8921142 247 low yes y 8921142 eb 15,16 Limit Treat low lp/pp 4 0 pp CPS215

80040211 61 SCHOONER 11 yes y 80040211 SCHOONER 11 Limit Treat 4 0 pp CPS212

84030105 47 Brown eyes 05 yes y 84030105 Brown eyes 05Limit Treat 4 0 pp CPS212

80040233 8 SCHOONER 33 yes y 80040233 SCHOONER 33 Limit Treat 4 0 pp

80040203 40 SCHOONER 03 no y 80040203 SCHOONER 03 Limit Treat 4 0 pp CPS213

84030107 112 Brown eyes 06 and 07 yes y 84030107 Brown eyes 06 and 07Limit Treat 4 0 pp CPS211

80040205 67 SCHOONER 05 no y 80040205 SCHOONER 05 Limit Treat 4 0 pp CPS212

84030108 70 BROWN EYES 08 yes y 84030108 BROWN EYES 08Limit Treat 4 0 pp CPS212

88050218 208 ROW ERC 18, Long Prairie 2 and 4 yes y 88050218 ROW ERC 18, Long Prairie 2 and 4Limit Treat 4 0

9321246 13 medium yes n 9321246 Limit Treat medium lp/pp 4 0 lp lp CPS212

82080110 29 South Jackson 10 yes y 82080110 South Jackson 10Limit Treat 4 0 pp

Row 20 82 Row 20 yes y Row 20 Row 20 Limit Treat 4 0

Row 10 22 ROW no y Row 10 ROW Limit Treat 4 0

Row 8 83 ROW no y Row 8 ROW Limit Treat 4 0

Row 56 ROW no y Row ROW Limit Treat 4 0

85050133 52 Little Skeeter 33 yes y 85050133 Little Skeeter 33Limit Treat 4 0 mcon

8921077 20 low yes y 8921077 Limit Treat low lp/pp 5 0 next to pvt fencepp CPS215

82030102 28 East Bear 02 yes y 82030102 East Bear 02 Limit Treat 5 0 pp

82030105 21 East Bear 05 yes y 82030105 East Bear 05 Limit Treat 5 0 pp

8921021 15 low yes y 8921021 Limit Treat low pp 5 8 pp CPS211

82030101 22 East Bear 01 yes y 82030101 East Bear 01 Limit Treat 5 0 pp

82030106 36 East Bear 06 yes y 82030106 East Bear 06 Limit Treat 5 0 pp

82030104 42 East Bear 04 yes y 82030104 East Bear 04 Limit Treat 5 0 pp

8921058 64 low yes y 8921058 Limit Treat low lp/pp 5 8 steep pp CPS312

8900034 12 low mid yes y 8900034 Limit Treat low pp 5 0 pp

8921139 41 low yes y 8921139 eb 3 Limit Treat low pp 5 0 pp CPS312

82030114 24 East Bear 14 yes y 82030114 East Bear 14 Limit Treat 5 0 pp

82030113 18 East Bear 13 yes y 82030113 East Bear 13 Limit Treat 5 0 pp

8921122 18 high yes y 8921122 Limit Treat high pp 5 0 nt top of knob pp CPS213

82030118 24 East Bear 18 yes y 82030118 East Bear 18 Limit Treat 5 0 pp

8921124 18 low yes y 8921124 Limit Treat low pp 5 0 knob top pp CPS213

8921146 24 past harvest low yes y 8921146 past harvest Limit Treat low pp 5 0 nt pp CPS215

8921091 17 low yes y 8921091 Limit Treat low 5 0

84030120 33 Brown eyes 20 yes y 84030120 Brown eyes 20Limit Treat 5 0

8921126 48 low yes y 8921126 Limit Treat low lp/pp 5 0 between 2 ercspp CPS212

8921153 12 low yes y 8921153 Limit Treat low lp/pp 5 0 pp CPS212

91010203 69 Part of Cinder 03 yes y 91010203 Part of Cinder 03Limit Treat 5 0

82030121 207 East Bear 21 yes y 82030121 East Bear 21 Limit Treat 5 0 pp

84030121 65 Brown eyes 21 yes y 84030121 Brown eyes 21Limit Treat 5 0

84030117 90 Brown eyes 17 yes y 84030117 Brown eyes 17Limit Treat 5 0

84030118 86 Brown eyes 18 yes y 84030118 Brown eyes 18Limit Treat 5 0

8921097 37 high yes y 8921097 Limit Treat high wf/lp/sp/pp 5 0 mcon mcon CPS213

8921130 6 low yes y 8921130 Limit Treat low lp/pp 5 0 large lp pp CPS212

84030123 50 Brown eyes 23 yes y 84030123 Brown eyes 23Limit Treat 5 0

84030122 36 Brown eyes 22 yes y 84030122 Brown eyes 22Limit Treat 5 0

84030119 44 Brown eyes 19 yes y 84030119 Brown eyes 19Limit Treat 5 0

82030123 171 East Bear 23 yes y 82030123 East Bear 23 Limit Treat wf/pp 5 0 pp

8921117 25 high yes y 8921117 Limit Treat high pp 5 0 pp CPS213

8921147 20 low yes y 8921147 Limit Treat low wf/pp 5 0 pp CPS311

82030124 15 EB24 yes y 82030124 EB24 Limit Treat 5 0 pp

8921156 185 low yes y 8921156 Limit Treat low pp 5 0 nt pp CPS213

84030124 34 Brown eyes 24 yes y 84030124 Brown eyes 24Limit Treat 5 0

82030125 27 East Bear 25 yes y 82030125 East Bear 25 Limit Treat 5 0 pp

77010211 162 LEFTOVER 11 below road McCarty 10 above the roadyes y 77010211 LEFTOVER 11 below road McCarty 10 above the roadLimit Treat 5 0

77010207 96 LEFTOVER 07 yes y 77010207 LEFTOVER 07 Limit Treat 5 0

88050219 100 ROW ERC 19 yes y 88050219 ROW ERC 19 Limit Treat 5 0

85050102 111 Little Skeeter2 36 (south) and Knight 02 (north)yes y 85050102 Little Skeeter2 36 (south) and Knight 02 (north)Limit Treat 5 0

88050102 76 NARROW 02 yes y 88050102 NARROW 02 Limit Treat 5 0

85050103 14 KNIGHT 03 yes y 85050103 KNIGHT 03 Limit Treat 5 0

90010120 58 SANDBRUSH 16 and 20 yes y 90010120 SANDBRUSH 16 and 20Limit Treat 5 0

77010329 30 LIL SKEETER 2- 29 no y 77010329 LIL SKEETER 2- 29Limit Treat 5 0

88050304 80 ARROW 04 yes y 88050304 ARROW 04 Limit Treat 5 0 lp CLS211

77010307 67 Lil Skeeter2 - 07a yes y 77010307 Lil Skeeter2 - 07aLimit Treat 5 0

85050104 36 KNIGHT 04 yes y 85050104 KNIGHT 04 Limit Treat 5 0

9021219 17 low yes y 9021219 Limit Treat low 5 0 pp

9021222 26 medium yes n 9021222 Limit Treat medium lp/pp 5 0 riparian systempp CPS212

88050302 41 Arrow 2 no y 88050302 Arrow 2 Limit Treat 5 0 lp CLS211

row16pce 57 ROW yes y row16pce ROW Limit Treat 5 0

psthvst 105 psthvst yes y psthvst psthvst Limit Treat 5 0

82030110 25 East Bear 10 yes y 82030110 East Bear 10 Limit Treat 5 0 pp

82030112 122 East Bear 12 no y 82030112 East Bear 12 Limit Treat 5 0 pp

8921020 142 low yes y 8921020 Limit Treat low pp/lp 6 10 Bear Cr. pp CPS215

8921083 29 low yes y 8921083 Limit Treat low lp/pp 6 12 steep pp CPS312

8921026 11 low yes y 8921026 Limit Treat low lp/pp 6 8 pp CPS215

8921059 15 low yes y 8921059 Limit Treat low lp/pp/sp 6 19 n slope steep pp CPS312

8900037 31 low yes y 8900037 Limit Treat low pp 6 0 pp

8921088 27 low yes y 8921088 Limit Treat low pp 6 11 pp CPS213

8921095 140 medium yes n 8921095 Limit Treat medium lp/pp 6 16 knob pp CPS212

8921040 120 low yes y 8921040 Limit Treat low lp/pp 6 17 pp CPS215

8921098 18 low yes y 8921098 Limit Treat low pp 6 9 pp CPS213

9021111 86 medium yes n 9021111 Limit Treat medium pp 6 10 pp CPS213

9021131 63 medium yes n 9021131 Limit Treat medium lp/pp 6 11 s side of small buttepp CPS213

9021136 87 low yes y 9021136 Limit Treat low lp/sp/pp 6 11 pp CPS213

9021151 132 medium yes y 9021151 Limit Treat medium lp/pp 6 13 rock creek pp CPS213

9321238 71 low yes y 9321238 Limit Treat low lp/pp 6 10 pp pp CPS212

9321264 5 low yes y 9321264 Limit Treat low lp/pp 6 0 pp pp CPS212

9021229 60 medium yes n 9021229 Limit Treat medium pp 6 0 pp CPS213

9021230 62 low yes y 9021230 Limit Treat low pp 6 0 rocks pp CPS213

9221439 21 low yes y 9221439 Limit Treat low wf/sp/pp 6 0 pp p CPS213

9221428 58 low yes y 9221428 Limit Treat low pp 6 14 pp CPS212

8921066 16 meadow low yes y 8921066 meadow low meadow 0 0 Dillon meadowmdw CPS215

meadow 4 no n meadow meadow 0 0

meadow 5 no n meadow meadow 0 0

meadow 6 yes n meadow meadow 0 0

meadowLP 214 no n meadowLP meadow 0 0

mc flat 323 no n mc flat meadow 0 0

meadow 6 yes n meadow meadow 0 0

77010110 23 Little Skeeter unit 10 yes y 77010110 Little Skeeter unit 10NT 1 0

77010119 69 Little Skeeter 19 yes y 77010119 Little Skeeter 19NT 2 0

77010317 26 LIL SKEETER 2- 17 yes y 77010317 LIL SKEETER 2- 17NT 3 0

77010316 39 LIL SKEETER 2- 16 yes y 77010316 LIL SKEETER 2- 16NT 3 0

no data 185 South Jackson 7. 8, 9, 11, 12low yes y no data South Jackson 7. 8, 9, 11, 12NT low 4 0 pp CPS213

no data 21 South Jackson 7. 8, 9, 11, 12low yes y no data South Jackson 7. 8, 9, 11, 12NT low 4 0 ppplantation pp CPS213

8921068 15 high yes y gosh 8921068 nt high wf/wwp/pp 5 0 mcon mcon CPS215

9321222 96 medium yes y gosh 9321222 nt medium lp/pp 5 0 pp pp CLS211

9321239 57 medium yes y gosh 9321239 nt medium lp/pp 5 0 pp pp CPS212

9000187 44 past harvest low yes y 9000187 past harvest NT low lp/pp 5 0 pp

9321243 50 medium yes y gosh 9321243 nt medium lp/pp 5 0 lp lp CLS211

9021215 45 low yes y 9021215 NT low sp/pp 5 0 pp CPS213

9021214 51 low yes y 9021214 NT low sp/pp 5 0 pp CPS213

9321242 47 medium yes y gosh_p 9321242 nt medium lp/pp 5 0 pp pp CPS212

9321225 33 medium yes y gosh_p 9321225 nt medium lp/pp 5 0 lp lp CLS211

9221437 18 medium yes n 9221437 NT medium lp/pp 5 0 pp p CPS213

9221530 40 medium yes n 9221530 NT medium pp 5 0 open pp CPS213

Row 21 317 ROW no y gosh_p Row 21 ROW nt 5 0

Row 9 20 ROW yes y gosh Row 9 ROW nt 5 0

88050305 62 ARROW 5 yes y gosh 88050305 ARROW 5 nt 5 0 lp CLS211

8921024 55 low yes y gosh_p 8921024 nt low pp/lp 6 26 n. aspect pp CPS311

8921025 21 low yes y gosh 8921025 nt low lp/pp/sp 6 13 n. aspect pp CPS311

8921135 82 high yes n gosh_p 8921135 nt high pp 6 21 pp CPS213

8921072 16 high bigfir yes y gosh 8921072 nt high wf/lp/pp 6 19 mcon mcon CPS311

8921075 32 medium yes n gosh 8921075 nt medium wf/pp 6 12 pp CPS311

9021174 115 medium yes n 9021174 NT medium lp/pp 6 15 Little Yamsay pp CPS213

9021189 64 high yes y 9021189 NT high wf/lp/pp 6 13 Little Yamsay pp CWS112

9021188 93 high yes y 9021188 NT high wf/lp/pp 6 14 Little Yamsay pp CWS112

9021190 32 medium yes n 9021190 NT medium pp 6 0 Little Yamsay pp

9021213 57 medium yes n 9021213 NT medium sp/pp 6 20 Little Yamsay pp CPS213

9321223 158 medium yes y gosh 9321223 nt medium lp/pp 6 0 lp lp CLS211

9021234 51 low yes y 9021234 NT low lp/pp 6 14 pp CPS213

9021233 58 low yes y 9021233 NT low pp 6 18 pp CPS212

9021235 34 low yes y 9021235 NT low wf/pp 6 20 pp CPS212

9221524 52 low yes y 9221524 NT low wf/pp 6 0 mcon mcon CWS112

9221526 52 medium yes y 9221526 NT medium wf/pp 6 17 pp steep pp CWS112

9221438 28 medium yes y 9221438 NT medium wf/lp/pp 6 0 jackson/drainagep CPS213

9221433 6 low yes y 9221433 NT low wf/pp 6 0 pp p CPS212

9221523 36 medium yes n 9221523 NT medium wf/pp 6 23 pp pp CPS212

9021248 45 low yes y 9021248 NT low wf/lp/pp 6 0 mcon above Jackson creekmcon CPS213

9221525 48 medium yes n 9221525 NT medium wf/lp/pp 6 0 pp pp CWS112

9221527 48 low yes y 9221527 NT low wf/pp 6 17 pp pp CWS112

8921140 188 past harvest low yes y 8921140 past harvest spc low lp/pp 1 0 pp CPS215

77010210 64 LEFTOVER 10 yes y 77010210 LEFTOVER 10 spc 1 0

77010113 36 Little Skeeter 13 yes y 77010113 Little Skeeter 13spc 1 0

77010120 72 Little Skeeter unit 20 yes y 77010120 Little Skeeter unit 20spc 2 0

77010106 85 Little Skeeter 06 yes y 77010106 Little Skeeter 06spc 2 0

pp plan* 223 ppplant yes y pp plan* ppplant spc 3 0

past ha* 311 past harvest yes y past ha* past harvest spc 3 0

77010105 106 Litttle Skeeter unit 05 yes y 77010105 Litttle Skeeter unit 05spc 3 0

77010115 143 Little Skeeter 15 yes y 77010115 Little Skeeter 15spc 3 0

77010124 75 Little Skeeter 24 yes y 77010124 Little Skeeter 24spc 3 0

77010126 61 LIL SKEETER 2- 26 and Little Skeeter 26 below roadyes y 77010126 LIL SKEETER 2- 26 and Little Skeeter 26 below roadspc 3 0

77010323 60 LIL SKEETER 2- 23 no y 77010323 LIL SKEETER 2- 23spc 3 0

77010114 102 Little Skeeter 14 (below road) and L Skeeter 07yes y 77010114 Little Skeeter 14 (below road) and L Skeeter 07spc 3 0

80040204 293 SCHOONER 04 no y 80040204 SCHOONER 04 spc 4 0 pp CPS212

84030110 73 Brown eyes 10 yes y 84030110 Brown eyes 10spc 4 0 pp CPS212

84030116 175 past harvest yes y 84030116 past harvest spc lp/pp 5 0

8921150 21 past harvest low yes y 8921150 past harvest spc low lp/pp 5 0 nt pp CPS311

77010309 100 LIL SKEETER 2- 09 no y 77010309 LIL SKEETER 2- 09spc 5 0

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