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Page 1: Riparian Rule Analysis for Oregon Board of Forestry · –Oregon Board of Forestry (“Board”) finding of degradation (PCW)→ began rule analysis (Jan. 2012) –Rule objective

Riparian Rule Analysis for Oregon Board of Forestry

WESTERN REGION COUNCIL ON FOREST ENGINEERING

14 January, 2016

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Presentation Outline

ODF study (RipStream) – origin of riparian rule analysis

Board Actions + analyses of rule and options

Board Decision

Next steps

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RipStream Study –33 Sites (18 Private forests, 15 State

forests; medium, small F streams)

– Objective: Evaluate effectiveness of FPA rules at protecting stream temperature, promoting riparian structure

–External review team – industry, agencies

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2 years Pre-harvest, 5 years Post-harvest:

• Stream temperature

• Shade

• Channel morphology (e.g., gradient, widths)

• Riparian vegetation (e.g., tree heights, DBH, distances)

Upstream Control Treatment

3

4 2

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RipStream – Data Collection

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RipStream Findings

• RipStream - small & medium F streams with FPA protections:

–Meet Biologically-based numeric temperature criteria

–Not meet Protecting Cold Water (PCW) criterion (≤0.3 °C increase due to human activity)

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Board actions + Rule Analysis

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Board actions: timeline

–Oregon Board of Forestry (“Board”) finding of degradation (PCW)→ began rule analysis (Jan. 2012)

– Rule objective (April 2012)

Establish riparian protection measures for small and medium fish-bearing streams that maintain and promote shade conditions that insure, to the maximum extent practicable, the achievement of the Protecting Cold Water criterion

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Board actions: timeline

– Range of alternatives to consider (July 2012)

– Scientific info: Systematic Review protocol (March 2013) & subsequent findings (Nov. 2013) → Develop alternatives

– Science and policy workshop (June 2014; workshop summary Sept. 2014)

–Methods for evaluating prescriptions (April 2015) and associated results (June and July 2015)

–Decision on rule change (November 2015)

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Riparian Rule Analysis: Context

Throughout analysis, ODF worked with:

– Board advisory committees:

• Regional Forest Practices Committees,

• Committee for Family Forestlands,

–stakeholders

–partner agencies

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Rule Analysis: RipStream Predictions

• Based on vegetation plots, shade and stream temperature data

–Estimates of harvest-related warming

–Predictions of proposed harvest effects on temperature

–Measure of confidence in model results

Developed in consultation with external review team, professional statisticians

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Rule Analysis: RipStream Predictions

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Rule Analysis: RipStream findings in context (Systematic Review)

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Gomi et al., 2006

Janisch et al., 2012

Newton & Cole, 2013

RipStream

Veldhuisen & Couvelier, 2006

PCW

8.3° (Veld. & Couv., 2006)

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Rule Analysis: Geographic Extent

• Two aspects of where rules could apply:

–Geographic Regions in W. Oregon

– Stream Extent: which small & medium streams

• Only streams with salmon, steelhead, or bull trout (SSBT)

• Fish streams

• Combination of SSBT and F streams

• Largely policy questions, science provides minimal direction

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Rule Analysis: W. Oregon Geographic Regions • Information from Systematic Review • Implications of current policy as identified in rule BOTH equivocal

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Rule Analysis: Stream Extent

Guidance:

• Rule analysis objective:

Establish riparian protection measures (Small, Medium F streams) to meet PCW

• PCW [OAR 340-041-0028 (11)(a)]:

–“…applies to all sources taken together at the point of maximum impact where salmon, steelhead or bull trout [SSBT] are present.”

– Indicates need contributing waters (i.e., upstream)]

Board bookends (small & medium streams): SSBT to all F

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Rule Analysis: Stream Extent - upstream Challenges: 1. Distance upstream of main stem: some science, lots of variance

Remaining temperature change downstream of harvest

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Rule Analysis: Stream Extent - upstream

Challenges:

2. Tributaries: volume-weighted flow (complicated modeling, much uncertainty) plus challenge #1

3. All sources taken together: timing of heat load arrival from multiple streams at point of maximum impact

Minimal scientific direction; Board policy call

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Summary of Information provided to Board

For each prescription: • Predicted temperature change with measure of

confidence • Equivalent fixed width of buffer • Large wood recruitment, decrease in shade, fish

response • Additional encumbered acres by georegion

ownership, stream type (SSBT or all Fish) • Land and Timber Value of these additional

encumbered acres

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Board Decision on Riparian Rule November 2015

Coarse level, not yet formal rule language

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Board Decision - Georegions

Rule to apply in: Coast Range, Interior, Western Cascades, South Coast

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Board Decision - Stream extent

Rule to apply to:

• Small, Medium Salmon, Steelhead, and Bull Trout (SSBT) streams

~30% of Small + Medium F streams

• Fish Streams immediately upstream of end of SSBT within same harvest unit

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Harvest Unit

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Board Decision: New Rule Prescriptions

Landowners can pick any of options

Option 1, No-cut buffer

• 60’ Small SSBT streams

• 80’ Medium SSBT streams

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Board Decision: New Prescriptions Option 2, Variable Retention

• 60’ RMA Small SSBT streams (per 1,000 feet):

–110 ft.2 (maximum 37 ft.2 from 0-20 foot no-cut zone)

–15 conifers in the 20-60 foot zone

• 80’ RMA Medium SSBT streams (per 1,000 feet):

– 184 ft.2 (maximum 46 ft.2 from 0-20 foot no-cut zone)

–30 conifers in the 20-80 foot zone

• Trees well-distributed throughout RMA

• Hardwoods count equal to conifers

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Board Decision: New Prescriptions Option 3, North-side buffers

• 40’ no-cut north-side buffers (stream segments with valley azimuth within 30˚ of east-west)

• South-side buffers meet Options 1 or 2

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Next Steps

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Conclusion

• Intensive RipStream study led to Board’s rule analysis

• Rule analysis: 3+ years, multiple analyses, transparent & inclusive process

• Board decisions on new rules: geographic extent, prescription options

• Next steps: draft rule language with public input, secretary of state process (estimate: rule effective 9/1/2017)

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Questions?

[email protected]

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Extra slides to help answer questions

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Geographic Regions & Stream Size

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Two types of “upstream”

Main stem Tributaries

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Temperature response: South-sided Prescriptions

Stream Buffer width (left, right; ft.)

Change in 7-day maximum through the unit (°C)

Cascade Not available

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Mill 85, 82 0.0

Scheele 62, 31 1.4

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Predicted temperature change as a function of total basal area

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Predicted temperature change for each prescription

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Differential Impact to small landowners

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1. Watershed- and Reach-scale Studies

A. Watershed studies (e.g., Hinkle, Alsea, Trask)

– More info on why/process at a site

– Few sites, less inference beyond sites

B. Reach-scale studies (e.g.,RipStream)

– More sites, greater inference across landscape and “population”-level effects

– Less info on why/process

C. Study types = complimentary

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Conclusions: RipStream & Other studies

1. Wide range in shade & temperature responses to harvest-adjacent buffers, yet clear relationships exist:

– Shade with basal area, buffer width

– Temperature with buffer width

2. Temperature & shade variability:

– Appears to decrease with increasing: buffer width, basal area

– Reason to assess effectiveness across landscape for robust statistics

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North Side Buffers DEQ model to assess additional gains in shade from trees on North side of stream

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South-sided Buffers

• 1 study, 3 sites; temperature change: 0.0-1.4 °C

• Additional Encumbered Acres & Value, large wood recruitment

• Numerous assumptions, thus put bounds on values

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Fish Response

• Responses from 5 fish biologists • One biologist convened 2 panels of 12

additional fish biologists • State and federal agencies, landowners,

environmental community • Matrix Responses: { + - 0 ? } • Complexity, uncertainty of response at stream

reach level • Different assumptions, metrics

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• Common themes: • Existing temperatures matter

• Different starting points affect responses

• Complex issue, particularly when not taking into

account other factors (large wood availability, climate change, cumulative effects, other stream characteristics)

Fish Response

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Differential Impact based on Ownership

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Land and Timber Values of Additional Encumbered Acres

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s (M

illio

ns)

Geographic Region

A: RFPC-A

SSBT-PI SSBT-PNI F-PI F-PNI

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$0

$10

$20

$30

$40

$50

$60

Coast Range Interior Siskiyou South Coast WesternCascades

Lan

d a

nd

Tim

be

r V

alu

e o

f ad

dit

ion

al e

ncu

mb

ere

d a

cre

s (M

illio

ns)

Geographic Region

B: 50 foot No-cut

SSBT-PI SSBT-PNI

F-PI F-PNI

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$0

$50

$100

$150

$200

Coast Range Interior Siskiyou South Coast WesternCascades

Lan

d a

nd

Tim

be

r V

alu

e o

f ad

dit

ion

al e

ncu

mb

ere

d a

cre

s (M

illio

ns)

Geographic Region

C: 90 foot No-cut

SSBT-PI SSBT-PNI

F-PI F-PNI

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$0

$100

$200

$300

$400

Coast Range Interior Siskiyou South Coast WesternCascades

Lan

d a

nd

Tim

be

r V

alu

e o

f ad

dit

ion

al e

ncu

mb

ere

d a

cre

s (M

illio

ns)

Geographic Region

D: FMP

SSBT-PI SSBT-PNI

F-PI F-PNI

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0

200

400

600

800

RFPC-A 50 foot no-cut 90 foot no-cut FMP

Lan

d a

nd

Tim

be

r V

alu

e o

f ad

dit

ion

al e

ncu

mb

ere

d a

cre

s ($

Mill

ion

s)

Prescription

All of Western Oregon

PI-SSBT PNI-SSBT

PI-F PNI-F

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Board Considerations and Policy Framework

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ORS 527.765 Factors to Consider

a) Beneficial uses of waters: SSBT b) Effects of past practices on beneficial uses: RipStream

sites were second growth; WRC results c) Appropriate practices of other forest managers: other

states, Oregon State Forests, Systematic Review d) Feasibility

i. Economic: info from ODF ii. Institutional: ODF staff iii. Technical: RFPCs

e) Natural variations in geomorphology, hydrology: Systematic Review, breadth of RipStream sites, Geographic Regions

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Board Considerations

Balance:

• Meet Protecting Cold Water Criterion to Maximum Extent Practicable

• Attain Desired Future Conditions

• Avoid unintended consequences

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Board Concerns Board Concerns

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Board Considerations & Origin of Analysis Framework

• Current FPA policy framework already intertwines

– Meeting the PCW to the maximum extent practicable

– Riparian desired future condition

• Board expressed desire to consider unintended consequences

– Economic impacts

– Active management of riparian areas & large wood placement

– CZARA disapproval

– Data extrapolation

– Complex or layered scientific assumptions

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Consideration Anticipated

Outcomes or

Risks

Decision Range

DFC, goals,

unintended

consequences

Analysis Framework Concept

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Consideration Anticipated

Outcomes

Decision Range

Unchanged or Small

Temperature

Performance

Improved

Temperature

Performance

Threshold

Temperature

Performance

Goal - Water

Quality

(Temperature)

Prescriptions with

similar responses

No-Cut: ≤~70 feet

FPA, OFIC-A, AOL-B,

RFPC-A

Variable: ≤~250

ft2/1000 ft.

Staggered-Harvest

options

No-Cut: ~70-90

feet

Variable: ~250-

275 ft2/1000 ft.

No-Cut: ≥~90

feet

Variable: ≥~275

ft2/1000 ft.

Likelihood temp.

change includes

0.3°C (PCW)

Low Moderate to high High

Likelihood of

temperature

improvements

Zero - Moderate Moderate to high High

Range of estimated

mean temperature

increases

0.64-1.45°C 0.29-0.64°C 0.2-0.33°C

Marginal returns for

temperature Zone 1- high

Zone 2-

moderate, starts

diminishing

Zone 3- low

/very low

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Consideration Anticipated

Outcomes

Decision Range

Unchanged or

Small

Temperature

Performance

Improved

Temperature

Performance

Threshold

Temperature

Performance

Water protection

rule purpose

Protect, maintain

and improve fish

resources Unknown Unknown Unknown

Goal – Fish (Wood

recruitment)

Range of wood

recruitment rates

relative to

unharvested stands

Small: ~40-78%

Medium: ~62-78%

Small: ~76-88%

Medium: ~76-

88%

Small: ~84-

100%

Medium: ~84-

100%

Likelihood of active

wood placement Moderate Low Low

Unintended

consequence

Increasing

encumbrance,

economic cost to

forest landowners

Lower

Moderate

High

(Continued)

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Consideration Anticipated

Outcomes

Decision Range

Unchanged or

Small

Temperature

Performance

Improved

Temperature

Performance

Threshold

Temperature

Performance

Vegetative Desired

Future Condition

(DFC)

Likelihood of

meeting DFC

• Only FPA, FMP have goal, pathway to a DFC

• Risk overstocking and/or insect and disease without

flexibility for forest health treatments.

• Increasing hardwood component in riparian targets

may put DFC goal for increased conifer retention at

risk

(Continued)

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Geographic Extent Policy Considerations

• Insufficient science to support empirical Board decision

• Reaffirm or alter current policy re: rule specific to geographic region and stream size?

–Reaffirm policy – Limit rule analysis to Coast Range, assume a risk-intolerant position re:extrapolating RipStream results.

–Alter policy – Assume risk-tolerant position relative to RipStream results, include 2+ regions and/or define new region(s), and/or establish a single protection standard across all streams regardless of size.

• CZARA Disapproval

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Eastern Oregon

Interior

Eastern CascadeSiskiyou

Blue Mountains

Coast Range

Western Cascade

South Coast

FPA Geographic Regions

Oregon Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program Area

¯

CZARA

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Decision Consideration Risk statement Decision Range

Geographic

Region

Extent

Coast Range

only

Two or more

regions

Most or all

regions

Goals - Water

Quality and Fish

Areas with

unaddressed

temperature &

wood recruitment

concerns

Temperature

– High

Wood - High

Temperature

– Moderate

Wood -

Moderate

Temperature

– Low

Wood - Low

Water protection

rule purpose

Outcome will

protect/improve

fish resources

Unknown Unknown Unknown

Unintended

consequence

Extrapolating

RipStream results

(Statistical

perspective)

Low

Moderate

High

Unintended

consequence

Unaddressed CZARA

temperature

concerns

High

Moderate -

High

Low

Unintended

consequence

Risk of increasing

economic costs to

forest landowners

Lower Moderate Higher

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Decision Consideration Risk statement Decision Range

Stream

Reach

Extent

(Above

SSBT main

stems and

SSBT

tributaries)

Zero (0) feet

Upstream

1000 feet

Upstream

One mile

Upstream

Goals - Water

Quality & Fish

Significant portions of

streams with

unaddressed

temperature, wood

recruitment concerns

Temperature

– High

Wood - High

Temperature

– Moderate

Wood -

Moderate

Temperature

– Low

Wood - Low

Water

protection rule

purpose

Outcome will

protect/improve fish

resources

Unknown Unknown Unknown

Unintended

consequence

Incorrect and/or

complex and layered

assumptions,

modeling, and difficult

field implementation

Main stem –

none

Tributaries –

none

Main stem -

Moderate

Tributaries -

High

Main stem -

High

Tributaries -

High

Unintended

consequence

Increasing economic

costs to forest

landowners

None Moderate Higher

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Prescription Packages

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Prescription Package

Prescriptions Temperature, LW response

Geographic Regions

Stream Extent

1. Minimize Temp. Concerns

NC: 90 feet VR: 275 ft.2/1,000 ft.

ΔT: ~0.3 °C LW: 89-91%

All W. Oregon SSBT + 1,000 ft. Upstream

2. Mitigate Temp. Concerns

NC: 70 feet VR: 225 ft.2/1,000 ft.

ΔT: ~0.6 °C LW: 76-81%

All W. Oregon SSBT

3. Balance Temp. with avoidance of Unintended Consequences

NC: 85 ft., 75 ft. with LW placement VR: lower, with distributional requirement

ΔT: ~0.3-0.4 °C

?? SSBT + 100s-1,000s ft. Upstream

Prescription Packages

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Recommendations

• The Department recommends that the Board discuss the policy issues, using the above framework and all the information it has received to develop a set of prescription components that meet the PCW criterion to the maximum extent practicable, consistent with the ORS 527.765 factors and required ORS 527.714 findings.

• The Department also recommends that the Board include more than one prescription choice, e.g., a no-cut prescription, a variable retention prescription, and/or alternate prescription approach to increase forestland owner flexibility and minimize unintended consequences.

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Downstream temperature response from multiple studies

0 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.0

3.5

4.0

Distance downstream (ft)

Te

mp

era

ture

de

cre

ase

(C

)

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Model Results: As harvested

Figure 4 from Attachment 3

-10

12

3

Incre

ase in D

egre

es C

51

01

,S,M

ed

51

04

,S,M

ed

52

01

,S,M

ed

53

01

,S,M

ed

53

54

,S,M

ed

53

55

,S,M

ed

55

61

,S,M

ed

74

53

,S,M

ed

78

01

,S,M

ed

51

02

,S,S

m

51

03

,S,S

m

52

02

,S,S

m

52

53

,S,S

m

74

52

,S,S

m

78

03

,S,S

m

52

03

,P,M

ed

52

04

,P,M

ed

52

05

,P,M

ed

52

06

,P,M

ed

52

07

,P,M

ed

53

02

,P,M

ed

55

02

,P,M

ed

55

03

,P,M

ed

55

56

,P,M

ed

55

57

,P,M

ed

55

58

,P,M

ed

73

53

,P,M

ed

74

54

,P,M

ed

78

54

,P,M

ed

51

06

,P,S

m

55

06

,P,S

m

55

59

,P,S

m

55

60

,P,S

m

Private Sites + 0.68 ⁰C

State Sites + 0.03 ⁰C

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Model Results: FMP Harvest

Figure 5 from Attachment 3

-10

12

3

Incre

ase in D

egre

es C

All

51

01

,S,M

ed

51

04

,S,M

ed

52

01

,S,M

ed

53

01

,S,M

ed

53

54

,S,M

ed

53

55

,S,M

ed

55

61

,S,M

ed

74

53

,S,M

ed

78

01

,S,M

ed

51

02

,S,S

m

51

03

,S,S

m

52

02

,S,S

m

52

53

,S,S

m

74

52

,S,S

m

78

03

,S,S

m

52

03

,P,M

ed

52

04

,P,M

ed

52

05

,P,M

ed

52

06

,P,M

ed

52

07

,P,M

ed

53

02

,P,M

ed

55

02

,P,M

ed

55

03

,P,M

ed

55

56

,P,M

ed

55

57

,P,M

ed

55

58

,P,M

ed

73

53

,P,M

ed

74

54

,P,M

ed

78

54

,P,M

ed

51

06

,P,S

m

55

06

,P,S

m

55

59

,P,S

m

55

60

,P,S

m

Mean + 0.19 ⁰C

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Model Results: FPA harvest

Figure 6 from Attachment 3

-10

12

3

Incre

ase in D

egre

es C

All

51

01

,S,M

ed

51

04

,S,M

ed

52

01

,S,M

ed

53

01

,S,M

ed

53

54

,S,M

ed

53

55

,S,M

ed

55

61

,S,M

ed

74

53

,S,M

ed

78

01

,S,M

ed

51

02

,S,S

m

51

03

,S,S

m

52

02

,S,S

m

52

53

,S,S

m

74

52

,S,S

m

78

03

,S,S

m

52

03

,P,M

ed

52

04

,P,M

ed

52

05

,P,M

ed

52

06

,P,M

ed

52

07

,P,M

ed

53

02

,P,M

ed

55

02

,P,M

ed

55

03

,P,M

ed

55

56

,P,M

ed

55

57

,P,M

ed

55

58

,P,M

ed

73

53

,P,M

ed

74

54

,P,M

ed

78

54

,P,M

ed

51

06

,P,S

m

55

06

,P,S

m

55

59

,P,S

m

55

60

,P,S

m

0.3 C

Mean + 1.45 ⁰C

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0100

200

300

400

500

600

700

Harvest Comparison

Sites

Square

feet

of

basal are

a t

o 1

70' fr

om

str

eam

5101

5104

5201

5301

5354

5355

5561

7453

7801

5102

5103

5202

5253

7452

7803

5203

5204

5205

5206

5207

5302

5502

5503

5556

5557

5558

7353

7454

7854

5106

5506

5559

5560

State Private Pre-Harvest

As Harvested

NWFMP

FPA

Comparison of Simulated Harvest to as Harvested