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SAGEHEN PROJECT
Tahoe National Forest, Truckee Ranger District
PSW Sagehen Experimental Forest
UC Berkeley Sagehen Field Station
SAGEHEN PROJECT
Agenda
10:00 Intros, Guidelines, Collaboration Lisa Wallace 10:15 SCP Overview Joanne Roubique 10:30 Issues List Kris, Scott, Peter 11:00 1st Small Group All 12 noon Lunch 12:30 Issues List – Am Marten Kris, Scott, Peter 1:15 2nd Small Group All 2:30 High Priority Issues Joanne, Peter,
Lisa 2:45 Next Steps Joanne, Peter
Tahoe National Forest, Truckee Ranger District
PSW Sagehen Experimental Forest
UC Berkeley Sagehen Field Station
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Meeting Guidelines
Contribute and share your best thinking Develop creative proposals View disagreements as problems to be solved Share thoughts, concerns and info Do not ascribe motivations or intentions Keep commitments Listen to understand Review and comment per the timeline Attend or send a representative to all meetings Inform yourself if you miss a meeting
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Collaboration The goal of a collaboration is to reach a
decision everyone can accept
Not everyone will like the solution equally well or will have an equal commitment to it
But the group recognizes that it has reached the best decision for all involved
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Impasse… Step 1: Break the issue into smaller pieces that the
group can agree on separately Step 2: Brainstorm more options Step 3: Look behind the content – ask “Why” to get at
real issue or concern Step 4: Ask for alternative proposals to meet concerns Step 5: Review participants’ interests Step 6: Ask people to be more specific about their
concerns Step 7: Expand or reduce the number of people at the
table – i.e.: create subgroup to address specific issues between meetings and bring back more options for consideration
Step 8: Reach a procedural agreement (Project Leads)Tahoe National Forest, Truckee Ranger District
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Strength of Agreement & Disagreement 1. Enthusiastic Support: Full agreement with all aspects of a
proposal 2. Moderate Support: Agreement with all or most aspects of
a proposal; no fundamental disagreements with any aspect. 3. General Support: Agreement with most aspects of the
proposal; no fundamental disagreement with key aspects. 4. Can Live With the Decision: Significant disagreement
with one or more aspects of proposal; however, the participant can live with the proposal – i.e., the suggestion is better than the status quo.
5. Willing to Stand Aside. Can not support the proposal but is willing to step aside in order to let agreement move forward.
6. Can’t Tolerate the Decision. Fundamental disagreement with key aspects of proposal. Not willing to support or live with the proposal as it stands. Participants with this perspective will be asked to suggest alternatives that move the proposal forward.
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PSW Sagehen Experimental Forest
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Overview – Outcomes
Thorough stakeholder participation and input in defining approaches for broad ecological restoration and vegetation management implementation methods
Significant stakeholder contributions toward development of the Proposed Action by the summer of 2011
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UC Berkeley Sagehen Field Station
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Roles Decision Signers: Joanne Roubique, Deanna
Stouder SCP Project Leads: Joanne Roubique, Peter Stine Meeting Planning Committee: Jeff Brown, Kris
Boatner, Scott Conway, Laurie Perrot, Joanne Roubique, Peter Stine, Craig Thomas, Lisa Wallace
Stakeholders: all of you Facilitator: Lisa Wallace GTR-220 Advisors: Malcolm North, Peter Stine
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Schedule
May 2010 Presentations, Tour – DONE Oct 14, 2010: Presentations, Tour - DONE Oct 29, 2010: Presentations, Tour - DONE Nov 16, 2010: Tour – DONE Dec 3, 2011: Presentations – DONE March 4, 2011: Issues, Veg/Marten Data April 18, 2011: Fire Modeling, Issues June 1, 2011: Draft Proposed Action July 12, 2011: Proposed Action
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PSW Sagehen Experimental Forest
UC Berkeley Sagehen Field Station
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Tahoe National Forest, Truckee Ranger District
PSW Sagehen Experimental Forest
UC Berkeley Sagehen Field Station
SAGEHEN PROJECT
Tahoe National Forest, Truckee Ranger District
PSW Sagehen Experimental Forest
UC Berkeley Sagehen Field Station
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COLLABORATION End goal is a Proposed Action and
Purpose and Need (PA/PN) document that will be used to begin NEPA process
Use input from the collaborative group to write a draft PA/PN
Expect that pieces of PA/PN (i.e. prescriptions, mitigations) written over the course of the spring with opportunities for review by the collaborative group
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COLLABORATION Expectation is that FS will write the
PA/PN document Want feedback and review of a full
draft PA/PN from the collaborative group before it is finalized and before official NEPA scoping would begin
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COLLABORATION Project meeting April 18, 2011 - results
of fire modeling, proposed prescriptions, and treatments
Project meeting June 1, 2011 – review of detailed draft PA/PN document
Project meeting July 12, 2011 – final draft of PA/PN document, expectation is for only small edits before finalized as PA/PN for NEPA scoping
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PSW Sagehen Experimental Forest
UC Berkeley Sagehen Field Station
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NEPA PROCESS Scoping an early and open process
for determining scope of issues to be addressed and determining significant issues
Based on impacts, determine level of NEPA – Environmental Assessment (EA) or Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
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NEPA PROCESS Issues drive number of alternatives
considered, project design and mitigation, and environmental effects analysis
Assuming EA, will have a formal 30 day comment period on EA (appeal regulations)
After consideration of comments, issue a decision with response to comments included
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APPEAL PROCESS After decision, 45 day appeal
period Assuming either no appeals, or
decision upheld, implementation could begin as early as fall 2012 or summer 2013
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UC Berkeley Sagehen Field Station
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SAGEHEN PROJECT ISSUES
All previous collaboration meeting notes were reviewed for any issue that was introducedAbout 75 separate issues were recordedIssues were then categorized Goal: effective/efficient collaboration meetings that focus on complex issues within the scope of the projectMoved issues that were thought to be immediately resolvable to “holding” area
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SAGEHEN PROJECT ISSUES
Current Needs:Were all issues captured?Were all issues captured accurately? Which issues in “holding” need more discussion?Which issues in “holding” can be “resolved” and filed accordingly?
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VEG/MARTEN SUBGROUP
Updates and Progress
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VEG/MARTEN SUBGROUPCURRENT MEMBERS
Peter Stine (FS R&D) and Joanne Roubique (TNF) – research, biology, and decision makersBill Zielinski (PSW) and Katie Moriarty (Oregon St) – research, species expertsSue Britting – Sierra Forest Legacy, interested stakeholder, resource and species expertiseKris Boatner, Scott Conway, and Sally Hallowell (TNF) – biology, silviculture, fire/fuels, veg management, GIS expertise
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SIGNIFICANCE OF MARTEN STATUS
American marten is considered a “species at risk” in the Sierra Nevada Forest Plan Amendment FS policy requires that proposed management actions address conservation objectives for such speciesPopulations have been declining in California, particularly in the northern SierraStudies at Sagehen over the last 30+ years indicate a significant local decline
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MARTEN DECLINECauses are unknown; potential influences include:
Macrohabitat concerns; changes in habitat due to timber removal
Microhabitat concerns; significant reduction of suitable resting/denning sites (downed logs, snags, large stumps, deformed trees with platforms or cavities, etc.)
Microhabitat concerns; loss of living ground cover, downfall cover
Warming climate Changes in prey populations Competition and/or predation, disease
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KEY HABITAT FEATURESRest Sites and Denning Sites
Stumps/downed logsSnags/cavities
Photos courtesy of Katie Moriarty (taken on Lassen NF)
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CONSERVATION/RESTORATION OF MARTEN HABITAT IS ONE OF THE PROJECT OBJECTIVES
Protection of existing habitat features, prevention/minimization of project impactsRestoration/enhancement of habitat that has been degraded in the past
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VEG/MARTEN SUBGROUPAgreement on definitions of high quality marten reproductive habitat
LPN4M, LPN4D, LPN5M, LPN5D (Lodgepole pine)
MRI5M, MRI5D, MRI6 (Montane riparian)
RFR4M, RFR4D, RFR5M, RFR5D (Red fir)
SCN4M, SCN4D, SCN5M, SCN5D (Subalpine conifer)
SMC5M, SMC5D, SMC6, (Sierran mixed conifer) - fir dominated stands only
WFR 4M, WFR4D, WFR5M, WFR5D, WFR6 (White fir)
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VEG/MARTEN SUBGROUPTo address different representations of vegetation, RSL did analysis for current condition
Compared 2005 TNF and 2007 RSLAnalysis to compare high quality marten habitatRecommended some changes – result in reconciled high quality habitat vegetation layer
In very general terms, RSL more accurate for veg type, TNF more accurate for tree size
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UC Berkeley Sagehen Field Station
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VEG/MARTEN SUBGROUP
Performed GIS analysis that combined high value marten habitat, slope, and elevationGTR 220 suggests using topographic position on the landscape as a template for landscape heterogeneity
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VEG/MARTEN SUBGROUPGIS analysis included:
North-facing, south-facing, canyon, ridgeAbove 2050m (upper basin), below 2050m (lower basin) (2050m = 6,725ft)High value habitat, not high value habitat
Sixteen classifications/categories
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VEG/MARTEN SUBGROUP Map Inputs Category
high habitat, canyon, above 2050m 1high habitat, north midslope, above 2050m 2
high habitat, canyon, below 2050m 3high habitat, north midslope, below 2050m 4high habitat, south midslope, above 2050m 5
high habitat, ridge, above 2050m 6high habitat, south midslope, below 2050m 7high habitat, ridge, below 2050m 8not high habitat, canyon, above 2050m 9
not high habitat, north midslope, above 2050m 10not high habitat, canyon, below 2050m 11not high habitat, north midslope, below 2050m 12not high habitat, south midslope, above 2050m 13not high habitat, ridge, above 2050m 14not high habitat, south midslope, below 2050m 15not high habitat, ridge, below 2050m 16
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UC Berkeley Sagehen Field Station
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VEG/MARTEN SUBGROUPConsolidate classifications into 7
emphasis areas
1 High habitat, north midslope, GT 2050m1 High habitat, north midslope, LT 2050m1 High habitat, ridge, GT 2050m1 High habitat, south midslope, GT 2050m2 High habitat, canyon, GT 2050m2 High habitat, canyon, LT 2050m3 High habitat, ridge, LT 2050m3 High habitat, south midslope, LT 2050m4 Not high habitat, canyon, GT 2050m4 Not high habitat, canyon, LT 2050m5 Not high habitat, north midslope, GT 2050m5 Not high habitat, north midslope, LT 2050m6 Not high habitat, south midslope, GT 2050m6 Not high habitat, south midslope, LT 2050m7 Not high habitat, ridge, GT 2050m7 Not high habitat, ridge, LT 2050m
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Emphasis Areas – High Value
Habitats
Total in Basin (ac)
Potentially Affected (ac)
Percentage
1 1,407 323 23%2 378 76 20%3 109 59 54%
Total 1,894 458 24%
Emphasis Areas – Not High Value
Habitats
Total in Basin (ac) Potentially Affected (ac)
Percentage
4 1,118 236 21%5 3,803 1,156 30%6 1,899 817 43%7 766 256 33%
Total 7,586 2,465 32%
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VEG/MARTEN SUBGROUP
Added another emphasis area = #8 Aspen
Collapsed emphasis area #3 into either emphasis area #1 or #2
Only 109 acres total in basin of emphasis area #3
Always bordered either emphasis area #1 or #2
Combined it with closest area, resulted in more conservative designation
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UC Berkeley Sagehen Field Station
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Agree on veg map
Segregate landscape
(slope, elevation)
Create emphasis
areas
Develop objectives
Develop draft Rxs
Landscape analysis within
emphasis areas
Model Rxs with FVS, Farsite,
Flammap
Adjust Rxs/boundari
es
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VEG/MARTEN SUBGROUPOVERALL GOALS
Accelerate creation of or enhance microsite habitats for marten with high value rest sites/structures, large trees, snags, down logs, high stumpsMore heterogeneous forestGrow bigger trees faster, higher BA in large treesManage for different tree species compositions depending on landscape position
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VEG/MARTEN SUBGROUP
SAGEHEN PROJECT FLOWCHARTVIA EXCEL
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VEG/MARTEN SUBGROUPONGOING EFFORTS
Exploring another representation of current condition using LiDARWorking on the creation of a single “reconciled” historic high value marten habitat vegetation layer – will use this as another filter for proposed prescriptions and/or restoration opportunitiesDevelop prescriptionsModeling for post treatment fire behavior and forest stand dynamics/tree growth
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PSW Sagehen Experimental Forest
UC Berkeley Sagehen Field Station
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Tahoe National Forest, Truckee Ranger District
PSW Sagehen Experimental Forest
UC Berkeley Sagehen Field Station
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COLLABORATION Project meeting April 18, 2011 - results
of fire modeling, proposed prescriptions, and treatments
Project meeting June 1, 2011 – review of detailed draft PA/PN document
Project meeting July 12, 2011 – final draft of PA/PN document, expectation is for only small edits before finalized as PA/PN for NEPA scoping