Craggy Vegetation Management Project Proposal 

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Record of Decision and Standards and Guidelines for Amendments to the Survey 

and Manage, Protection Buffer, and other Mitigation Measures Standards and 

Guidelines (January 2001) Compliance Review: Survey and Manage Wildlife 

Species

Salmon/Scott River Ranger District, Klamath National Forest

Project Name: Craggy Vegetation Management Project (Craggy Project)

Prepared By: Sam Cuenca, District Wildlife Biologist

Project Type: Forest Restoration Project Date: June 6, 2017

Survey and Manage List Date: 2003 Settlement Agreement List, as per Regional 

Foresters’ direction letter dated May 13, 2014

PROPOSED ACTION

Information on the proposed action, identification of management areas and direction, 

and purpose and need for the project are provided in Chapter 1 of the Craggy Project 

environmental impact statement.

AFFECTED ENVIRONMENT

Survey and Manage Species Status in the Craggy Project Area

Species listed in Table 1 are considered rare and uncommon and were compiled from the 

2003 Settlement Agreement, as per the Regional Foresters’ direction letter (May 13, 

2014). The species listed includes those vertebrate and invertebrate species whose known 

or suspected range includes the Craggy Project Analysis Area.

Table 1: Survey and Manage Species Considered in the Craggy Project

Species S&M 

Category

Survey Triggers Survey Results

Site 

Management

Within 

Range 

of the 

Species?

Project 

Contains 

Suitable 

habitat?

Project may 

significantly 

negatively affect 

species/habitat?

Surveys 

Required?

Survey 

Date

(month/

year)

Sites 

Known 

or 

Found?

Vertebrates

Siskiyou 

Mountains 

Salamander

(Plethodon 

stormi)

A No No No Yes N/ A N/A

None. Outside 

of Species 

Range

Scott Bar 

Salamander 

(Plethodon 

asupak)

A No No No Yes N/A N/A

None. Outside 

of Species 

Range

Great gray owl

(Strix 

nebulosa)

A; surveys 

not 

required in 

CA

No No No No N/A N/A

None. Outside 

of Species 

Range
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Species S&M 

Category

Survey Triggers Survey Results

Site 

Management

Within 

Range 

of the 

Species?

Project 

Contains 

Suitable 

habitat?

Project may 

significantly 

negatively affect 

species/habitat?

Surveys 

Required?

Survey 

Date

(month/

year)

Sites 

Known 

or 

Found?

Oregon red 

tree vole

(Arborimus 

longicaudus)

C No No No No N/A No

None. Outside 

of Species 

Range

Mollusks

Tehama 

Chaparral

(Trilobopsis 

tehemana)

A Yes No No Yes N/A Yes

Known sites will 

be flagged by 

District biologist 

and will be 

avoided during 

implementation. 

Surveys are 

needed before 

implementation.

Klamath 

Sideband 

(Monadenia 

fidelis 

klamathica)

B Yes Yes No No N/A No No known sites.

Yellow-based 

Sideband

(Monodenia 

infumata 

ochromphalus)

B Yes Yes No No N/A No No known sites.

Oregon 

Shoulderband 

(Helminthogly

pta hertleini)

B Yes Yes No No N/A Yes

Known sites will 

be flagged by 

District biologist 

and will be 

avoided during 

implementation.

Hooded 

Lancetooth

(Ancotrema 

voyanum)

E Yes Yes No No N/A No No known sites.

Siskiyou 

Sideband

(Monadenia 

chaceana)

B Yes Yes No No N/A Yes

Known sites will 

be flagged by 

District biologist 

and will be 

avoided during 

implementation.

Blue-gray Tail 

Dropper

(Prophysaon 

coeruleum)

A Yes Yes No No N/A No

No known sites. 

Surveys are 

needed before 

implementation.
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Species S&M 

Category

Survey Triggers Survey Results

Site 

Management

Within 

Range 

of the 

Species?

Project 

Contains 

Suitable 

habitat?

Project may 

significantly 

negatively affect 

species/habitat?

Surveys 

Required?

Survey 

Date

(month/

year)

Sites 

Known 

or 

Found?

Klamath 

Shoulderband

(Trinity 

Shoulderband)

(Helminthogly

pta talmadgei)

A Yes Yes No No N/A Yes

Known sites will 

be flagged by 

District biologist 

and will be 

avoided during 

implementation. 

Surveys are 

needed before 

implementation.

Management of Known Sites

Table 1 summarizes the known mollusk sites that occur within proposed Craggy Project

treatment areas. These sites will be managed with project design features identified in 

Chapter 2, section 2.2 of the Craggy Project environmental impact statement that meets 

the requirements of the 2001 Record of Decision and the 2003 Survey and Manage 

Settlement Agreement as per the Regional Foresters’ Direction Letter dated May 13, 

2014.

Table 2. Survey and Manage mollusk species known to occur within treatment units

Species Treatment Unit

Siskiyou Sideband (Monadenia chaceana) 137-8S

Based on the preceding information (Tables 1 and 2) regarding the status of surveys and 

site management for Survey and Manage species, it is my determination that the Project 

complies with the provisions of the 2001 Record of Decision and the 2003 Survey and 

Manage Settlement Agreement as per the Regional Foresters’ Direction Letter dated May 

13, 2014.

/s/ Sam Cuenca 6/6/2017

Sam Cuenca Date

District Wildlife Biologist

Salmon Scott River Ranger District

Literature Cited

USDA USDI. 2001. Record of Decision and Standards and Guidelines for Amendments 

to the Survey and Manage, Protection Buffer, and other Mitigation Measures 

Standards and Guidelines in Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management 

Planning Documents within the Range of the northern spotted owl. January 2001.

USDA Forest Service. 2014. Regional Foresters’ letter of Direction Regarding the Survey

and Manage Standards and Guidelines. Pacific Northwest Region (Region 6) and 

Pacific Southwest Region (Region 5). May 13, 2014.