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Sagehen Project

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

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Sagehen Project

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  1. Sagehen Project Tahoe National Forest, Truckee Ranger District PSW Sagehen Experimental Forest UC Berkeley Sagehen Field Station Sagehen Project

  2. 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 Sagehen Project

  3. 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 Tahoe National Forest, Truckee Ranger District PSW Sagehen Experimental Forest UC Berkeley Sagehen Field Station Sagehen Project

  4. 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 Tahoe National Forest, Truckee Ranger District PSW Sagehen Experimental Forest UC Berkeley Sagehen Field Station Sagehen Project

  5. 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 PSW Sagehen Experimental Forest UC Berkeley Sagehen Field Station Sagehen Project

  6. 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. Tahoe National Forest, Truckee Ranger District PSW Sagehen Experimental Forest UC Berkeley Sagehen Field Station Sagehen Project

  7. 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 Tahoe National Forest, Truckee Ranger District PSW Sagehen Experimental Forest UC Berkeley Sagehen Field Station Sagehen Project

  8. 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 Tahoe National Forest, Truckee Ranger District PSW Sagehen Experimental Forest UC Berkeley Sagehen Field Station Sagehen Project

  9. 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 Tahoe National Forest, Truckee Ranger District PSW Sagehen Experimental Forest UC Berkeley Sagehen Field Station Sagehen Project

  10. Sagehen Project Tahoe National Forest, Truckee Ranger District PSW Sagehen Experimental Forest UC Berkeley Sagehen Field Station Sagehen Project

  11. 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 collaboration Tahoe National Forest, Truckee Ranger District PSW Sagehen Experimental Forest UC Berkeley Sagehen Field Station Sagehen Project

  12. 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 collaboration Tahoe National Forest, Truckee Ranger District PSW Sagehen Experimental Forest UC Berkeley Sagehen Field Station Sagehen Project

  13. 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 collaboration Tahoe National Forest, Truckee Ranger District PSW Sagehen Experimental Forest UC Berkeley Sagehen Field Station Sagehen Project

  14. 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) NEPA PROCESS Tahoe National Forest, Truckee Ranger District PSW Sagehen Experimental Forest UC Berkeley Sagehen Field Station Sagehen Project

  15. 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 NEPA PROCESS Tahoe National Forest, Truckee Ranger District PSW Sagehen Experimental Forest UC Berkeley Sagehen Field Station Sagehen Project

  16. After decision, 45 day appeal period • Assuming either no appeals, or decision upheld, implementation could begin as early as fall 2012 or summer 2013 APPEAL PROCESS Tahoe National Forest, Truckee Ranger District PSW Sagehen Experimental Forest UC Berkeley Sagehen Field Station Sagehen Project

  17. Sagehen Project Tahoe National Forest, Truckee Ranger District PSW Sagehen Experimental Forest UC Berkeley Sagehen Field Station Sagehen Project

  18. Sagehen Project Issues Tahoe National Forest, Truckee Ranger District PSW Sagehen Experimental Forest UC Berkeley Sagehen Field Station All previous collaboration meeting notes were reviewed for any issue that was introduced About 75 separate issues were recorded Issues were then categorized Goal: effective/efficient collaboration meetings that focus on complex issues within the scope of the project Moved issues that were thought to be immediately resolvable to “holding” area Sagehen Project

  19. Sagehen Project Issues Tahoe National Forest, Truckee Ranger District PSW Sagehen Experimental Forest UC Berkeley Sagehen Field Station 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? Sagehen Project

  20. Sagehen Project Tahoe National Forest, Truckee Ranger District PSW Sagehen Experimental Forest UC Berkeley Sagehen Field Station Sagehen Project

  21. Updates and Progress Veg/MARTEN SUBGROUP Tahoe National Forest, Truckee Ranger District PSW Sagehen Experimental Forest UC Berkeley Sagehen Field Station Sagehen Project

  22. Veg/MARTEN SUBGROUPCurrent members Tahoe National Forest, Truckee Ranger District PSW Sagehen Experimental Forest UC Berkeley Sagehen Field Station Peter Stine (FS R&D) and Joanne Roubique (TNF) – research, biology, and decision makers Bill Zielinski (PSW) and Katie Moriarty (Oregon St) – research, species experts Sue Britting – Sierra Forest Legacy, interested stakeholder, resource and species expertise Kris Boatner, Scott Conway, and Sally Hallowell (TNF) – biology, silviculture, fire/fuels, veg management, GIS expertise Sagehen Project

  23. Significance of Marten Status Tahoe National Forest, Truckee Ranger District PSW Sagehen Experimental Forest UC Berkeley Sagehen Field Station 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 species Populations have been declining in California, particularly in the northern Sierra Studies at Sagehen over the last 30+ years indicate a significant local decline Sagehen Project

  24. Causes 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 Marten Decline Tahoe National Forest, Truckee Ranger District PSW Sagehen Experimental Forest UC Berkeley Sagehen Field Station Sagehen Project

  25. KEY HABITAT FEATURESRest Sites and Denning Sites Snags/cavities Stumps/downed logs Photos courtesy of Katie Moriarty (taken on Lassen NF) Tahoe National Forest, Truckee Ranger District PSW Sagehen Experimental Forest UC Berkeley Sagehen Field Station Sagehen Project

  26. Conservation/Restoration of Marten Habitat is one of the Project Objectives Tahoe National Forest, Truckee Ranger District PSW Sagehen Experimental Forest UC Berkeley Sagehen Field Station Protection of existing habitat features, prevention/minimization of project impacts Restoration/enhancement of habitat that has been degraded in the past Sagehen Project

  27. Veg/MARTEN SUBGROUP Tahoe National Forest, Truckee Ranger District PSW Sagehen Experimental Forest UC Berkeley Sagehen Field Station Agreement 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) Sagehen Project

  28. Veg/MARTEN SUBGROUP Tahoe National Forest, Truckee Ranger District PSW Sagehen Experimental Forest UC Berkeley Sagehen Field Station To address different representations of vegetation, RSL did analysis for current condition Compared 2005 TNF and 2007 RSL Analysis to compare high quality marten habitat Recommended 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 Sagehen Project

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  31. Veg/MARTEN SUBGROUP Tahoe National Forest, Truckee Ranger District PSW Sagehen Experimental Forest UC Berkeley Sagehen Field Station Performed GIS analysis that combined high value marten habitat, slope, and elevation GTR 220 suggests using topographic position on the landscape as a template for landscape heterogeneity Sagehen Project

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  33. Veg/MARTEN SUBGROUP Tahoe National Forest, Truckee Ranger District PSW Sagehen Experimental Forest UC Berkeley Sagehen Field Station GIS analysis included: North-facing, south-facing, canyon, ridge Above 2050m (upper basin), below 2050m (lower basin) (2050m = 6,725ft) High value habitat, not high value habitat Sixteen classifications/categories Sagehen Project

  34. Map InputsCategory high habitat, canyon, above 2050m 1 high habitat, north midslope, above 2050m 2 high habitat, canyon, below 2050m 3 high habitat, north midslope, below 2050m 4 high habitat, south midslope, above 2050m 5 high habitat, ridge, above 2050m 6 high habitat, south midslope, below 2050m 7 high habitat, ridge, below 2050m 8 not high habitat, canyon, above 2050m 9 not high habitat, north midslope, above 2050m 10 not high habitat, canyon, below 2050m 11 not high habitat, north midslope, below 2050m 12 not high habitat, south midslope, above 2050m 13 not high habitat, ridge, above 2050m 14 not high habitat, south midslope, below 2050m 15 not high habitat, ridge, below 2050m 16 Veg/Marten SUBGROUP Tahoe National Forest, Truckee Ranger District PSW Sagehen Experimental Forest UC Berkeley Sagehen Field Station Sagehen Project

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  37. Veg/MARTEN SUBGROUP Tahoe National Forest, Truckee Ranger District PSW Sagehen Experimental Forest UC Berkeley Sagehen Field Station Consolidate classifications into 7 emphasis areas 1 High habitat, north midslope, GT 2050m 1 High habitat, north midslope, LT 2050m 1 High habitat, ridge, GT 2050m 1 High habitat, south midslope, GT 2050m 2 High habitat, canyon, GT 2050m 2 High habitat, canyon, LT 2050m 3 High habitat, ridge, LT 2050m 3 High habitat, south midslope, LT 2050m 4 Not high habitat, canyon, GT 2050m 4 Not high habitat, canyon, LT 2050m 5 Not high habitat, north midslope, GT 2050m 5 Not high habitat, north midslope, LT 2050m 6 Not high habitat, south midslope, GT 2050m 6 Not high habitat, south midslope, LT 2050m 7 Not high habitat, ridge, GT 2050m 7 Not high habitat, ridge, LT 2050m Sagehen Project

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  40. 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 Veg/Marten SUBGROUP Tahoe National Forest, Truckee Ranger District PSW Sagehen Experimental Forest UC Berkeley Sagehen Field Station Sagehen Project

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  43. Veg/MARTEN SUBGROUPOverall Goals Tahoe National Forest, Truckee Ranger District PSW Sagehen Experimental Forest UC Berkeley Sagehen Field Station Accelerate creation of or enhance microsite habitats for marten with high value rest sites/structures, large trees, snags, down logs, high stumps More heterogeneous forest Grow bigger trees faster, higher BA in large trees Manage for different tree species compositions depending on landscape position Sagehen Project

  44. Veg/MARTEN SUBGROUPSagehen project flowchartvia excel Tahoe National Forest, Truckee Ranger District PSW Sagehen Experimental Forest UC Berkeley Sagehen Field Station Sagehen Project

  45. Veg/MARTEN SUBGROUPOngoing efforts Tahoe National Forest, Truckee Ranger District PSW Sagehen Experimental Forest UC Berkeley Sagehen Field Station Exploring another representation of current condition using LiDAR Working 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 opportunities Develop prescriptions Modeling for post treatment fire behavior and forest stand dynamics/tree growth Sagehen Project

  46. Sagehen Project Tahoe National Forest, Truckee Ranger District PSW Sagehen Experimental Forest UC Berkeley Sagehen Field Station Sagehen Project

  47. 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 collaboration Tahoe National Forest, Truckee Ranger District PSW Sagehen Experimental Forest UC Berkeley Sagehen Field Station Sagehen Project

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