An initial evaluation of potential options for managing riparian reserves of the Aquatic Conservation Strategy of the Northwest Forest Plan / Gordon H. Reeves, Brian R. Pickard, and K. Norman Johnson.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Reeves, Gordon H., author.

Pickard, Brian R., author.

Johnson, K. Norman, author.

Contributor:

Pacific Northwest Research Station (Portland, Or.), issuing body.

Series:

General technical report PNW ; 937.

General technical report PNW ; 937

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Northwest Forest Plan (U.S.).

Riparian areas--Northwest, Pacific--Management.

Riparian areas.

Riparian ecology--Northwest, Pacific.

Riparian ecology.

Aquatic ecology--Northwest, Pacific.

Aquatic ecology.

Aquatic habitats--Northwest, Pacific.

Aquatic habitats.

Forest management--Environmental aspects--Northwest, Pacific.

Forest management.

Forest management--Environmental aspects.

Riparian areas--Management.

Pacific Northwest.

Genre:

technical reports.

Technical reports

Technical reports.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (97 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)

Other Title:

Potential options for managing riparian reserves of the Aquatic Conservation Strategy of the Northwest Forest Plan

Place of Publication:

Portland, OR : United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, April 2016.

Summary:

"The Aquatic Conservation Strategy (ACS) of the Northwest Forest Plan guides management of riparian and aquatic ecosystems on federal lands in western Oregon, western Washington, and northern California. We applied new scientific findings and tools to evaluate two potential options, A and B, for refining interim riparian reserves to meet ACS goals and likely challenges of climate change while supporting other management goals, including timber production. Interim riparian reserves are retained in late-successional reserves and other special land designations in the options. In lands designated as matrix, the area for aquatic conservation extends upslope one site-potential tree-height along all streams, divided into an inner zone devoted solely to achieving ACS goals and an outer zone managed to achieve ACS and other goals. Option A uses a fixed-width approach and option B a context-dependent approach, with partitioning of zones based on the ecological sensitivity of stream reaches. Based on simulations of the area of interim riparian reserves in six watersheds in western Oregon with lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM): (1) about 76 percent under option A and 72 percent under option B remain solely devoted to ACS goals; (2) 15 percent under option A and 19 percent under option B should be able to meet ACS goals and also contribute toward matrix goals such as timber production; and (3) 9 percent would be returned to matrix. A large percentage of streams with high ecological sensitivity occurred on nonfederal lands, a circumstance that merits further analysis in the context of landscape-scale considerations for biodiversity and recovery of species listed under the Endangered Species Act. Information needs remain with regard to the application and effectiveness of these options, and an adaptive management context is critical for continued improvement."

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed June 2, 2016).

"April 2016."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 81-97).

Other Format:

Print version: Reeves, Gordon H. Initial evaluation of potential options for managing riparian reserves of the Aquatic Conservation Strategy of the Northwest Forest Plan

OCLC:

951065678