Terrestrial Resources Working Group

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Terrestrial ResourcesWorking Group

• June 3, 2008

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• Update
• TERR 2 - Special-Status Plants
• and
• TERR 3 - Noxious Weeds

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Update on TERR 2 and TERR 3 Studies

• Reference population monitoring completedon May
  7, 2008
• Verified survey schedule
• Early season surveys initiated May 19, 2008
• Early season surveys to be completed by May 30,
  2008
• Late season reference population monitoring to be
  conducted mid-July 2008
• Late season surveys proposed for late-July 2008

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• TERR 4 -
• Special-Status Wildlife
• Northern Goshawk Surveys

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TERR 4Northern Goshawk Surveys

• Focused Northern Goshawk surveys will be
  conducted at Potential Project Betterments and
  new recreation facilities that are
• Proposed in appropriate Northern Goshawk habitat,
  and
• Could alter/remove habitat or result in
  disturbance

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Northern Goshawk Habitat

• Study Area
• Areas within ¼ mile of Project Betterments
• Hell Hole Reservoir Seasonal Storage Increase
• French Meadows Powerhouse Capacity Upgrade
• Ralston Powerhouse Capacity Upgrade

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Northern Goshawk Habitat

• Defined as
• Conifer and mixed conifer forests with at least
  70 tree canopy cover
• Sierra National Forest Plan - January 2004

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Vegetation Communities in the Vicinity of the MFP
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Northern Goshawk Habitat

• Consists of the following TERR 1 - vegetation
  communities
• Gray Pine (PD)
• Douglas-Fir Pine (DP)
• Mixed Conifer-Fir (MF)
• Mixed Conifer-Pine (MP)
• Pacific Douglas-Fir (DF)
• Ponderosa Pine (PP)
• White Fir (WF)
• Mapped as dense (60-80 canopy cover) or
  extremely dense (gt80 canopy cover) communities

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Northern Goshawk Habitat atPotential Project
Betterments
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Potential Habitat Hell Hole Reservoir Seasonal
Storage IncreaseHell Hole Reservoir
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Potential Habitat Hell Hole Reservoir Seasonal
Storage IncreaseSouth Fork Long Canyon Diversion
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Potential HabitatFrench Meadows Powerhouse
Capacity Upgrade
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Potential Habitat Ralston Powerhouse Capacity
Upgrade
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• Finalization of
• Terrestrial Technical
• Study Reports

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Finalization of 2007 Technical Study Reports

• TERR 1 - Vegetation Communities and Wildlife
  Habitat Technical Study Report
• Distributed on January 31, 2008
• No comments received
• Electronic Distribution of Final TSR - June 2008
• TERR 6 - Special-Status Bats Technical Study
  Report
• Distributed on March 5, 2008
• No comments received
• Electronic Distribution of Final TSR - June 2008