Migratory Landbird Conservation on the. Stanislaus National Forest. City of Berkeley Tuolumne Camp Permit (46690)

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1 Migratory Landbird Conservation on the Stanislaus National Forest City of Berkeley Tuolumne Camp Permit (46690) Under the National Forest Management Act (NFMA), the U.S. Forest Service is directed to provide for diversity of plant and animal communities based on the suitability and capability of the specific land area in order to meet overall multiple-use objectives. (P.L , Sec 6 (g) (3) (B)). The January 2000 USDA Forest Service Landbird Conservation Strategic Plan, Executive Order (USDA 2000), Partners in Flight specific habitat conservation plans for birds (CalPIF 2002a, 2002b, 2004), the Sierra Nevada Forest Plan Final Environmental Impact Statement (USDA 2004), and the January 2004 PIF North American Landbird Conservation Plan (Rich et al. 2004) all reference goals and objectives for integrating bird conservation into forest management and planning. Migratory birds are defined as species protected by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of The criteria for a migratory bird include a breeding area within the North American temperate zones and migration, in many cases south of the continental United States during non-breeding seasons (Hunter et al. 1993). The total number of species protected by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) as of December 2013 is 1,026 birds, of which 40 species are designated to be of concern in the Sierra Nevada Forest Plan (USDA 2004). All bird species analyzed within this document are listed in the General Provision: Revised List of Migratory Birds (2013 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 212 pp ). In 2008, a Memorandum of Understanding between the USDA Forest Service and the US Fish and Wildlife Service to Promote the Conservation of Migratory Birds was signed. The intent of the MOU is to strengthen migratory bird conservation through enhanced collaboration and cooperation between the USFS and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) as well as other federal, state, tribal and local governments. Within the National Forests, conservation of migratory birds focuses on providing a diversity of habitat conditions at multiple spatial scales and ensuring that bird conservation is addressed when planning for land management activities. The Berkeley Tuolumne Camp is a family camp that was operated by the City of Berkeley from 1922 until August 25, 2013, when it was largely destroyed by the Rim Fire, one of the largest and most damaging wildfires in California s history. The USFS proposes, in partnership with the City of Berkeley, the issuance of a Special Use Permit that will allow the City to reconstruct and operate the Berkeley Tuolumne Camp much as it was prior to the Rim Fire ( BTC Project ). Opportunities to promote conservation of migratory birds and their habitats in the project area were considered during development and design of the BTC Project and include encouraging biodiversity, preserving resources, maintaining habitat, preserving and enhancing wildlife 1

2 linkages to adjacent forest uplands, and enhancing the health and diversity of native vegetation within the Camp, among others. The BTC Project has been designed to improve habitat conditions throughout much of the 30- acre Special Use Permit area ( BTC Project site ) through stream restoration activities, revegetation efforts, and forest stewardship. Stream restoration activities will consist of stabilizing slopes to reduce erosion along the South Fork Tuolumne River and tributaries. The revegetation program will encompass approximately 6 acres, and will target areas burned by the Rim Fire within camp use areas, selected riparian zones along drainages within the BTC Project site, and all ground disturbance areas related to construction of the Camp. Forest stewardship activities include removing hazard trees while allowing live trees to grow and reach maturity. In fact, removal of live trees is proposed for only one project component, the Camp s leach field, as discussed in more detail below. Many of these measures and other aspects of the design of the BTC Project correspond with those recommended in the California Partners in Flight Conservation Plans for riparian, oak woodland, Sierra, and conifer habitats (Siegel and DeSante 1999, RHJV 2000, CalPIF 2002a/ 2002b). Among the goals and objectives described in these plans are maintaining and enhancing mature conifer, meadow, and oak woodland habitats, maintaining and enhancing habitat diversity, and reducing fuel loading to allow for more natural fire regimes. The BTC Project will result in a small reduction in the extent of one habitat type and one ecosystem component identified on the site. Maintenance and potential expansion of an existing leach field will require the removal of an undetermined number of live and dead trees from a 1.4- acre area of mid-seral coniferous forest that burned at low severity during the Rim Fire. Following tree removal, the leach field will be managed as an upland meadow. Removal of trees from this area represents a reduction in the extent of both mid-seral coniferous forest and the snags in green forest ecosystem component. Additionally, the development of staff housing in snag-rich mid-seral coniferous forest will likely require the complete removal of snags (hazard trees) from a 2-acre area. The removal of these hazard trees would not change the distribution or extent of mid-seral coniferous habitat, but would represent a 2-acre reduction in the snags in green forest ecosystem component. In addition to slightly reducing the extent of forest habitats and snags, the proposed project will result in reduced habitat suitability for migratory birds subject to the installation of structures, roads, and other Camp facilities in forest habitats, and a concomitant increase in human use of these habitats. Likely impacts to habitats and select bird species resulting from the BTC Project have been assessed in detail in the Management Indicator Species (MIS) report and impacts to Forest Service Sensitive (FSS) birds and their habitats were analyzed in the terrestrial wildlife BE/BA. These impacts are summarized below. Effects on Migratory Birds The effects of project implementation to all bird species cannot be described generally, because different species utilize different habitats and strategies. As discussed, the BTC Project would retain all but 1.4 acres of its existing forested habitat, while somewhat reducing its suitability 2

3 subject to increased human use, and would improve riparian and riverine habitat. Overall, a diversity of habitat types would remain, including early- and mid-seral coniferous forest, riparian, riverine, and snags in green forest. Project-related activities could result in disturbance to migratory birds, particularly during the nesting season. Surveys for nesting FSS raptors will be conducted within ¼ mile of construction activities implemented during the breeding season throughout the life of the Special Use Permit, and protective measures will be implemented for any active FSS raptor nests identified. Construction of the Small Falls Trail through the California spotted owl Protected Activity Center (PAC) located immediately adjacent to the project site will be subject to limited operating periods (LOPs) during the spotted owl nesting season, March 1 to August 31, unless nest surveys find that the PAC is not being used for nesting by spotted owls or other FSS raptors. Such protective measures would be expected to reduce project-related disturbance for other avian species nesting in the vicinity. Conversely, if nest surveys confirm non-nesting by FSS raptors, protective measures would not be implemented, and nesting migratory birds would be at risk of project-related disturbance or mortality. Nest surveys and associated protective measures would not be required for normal Camp operations during the 30-year permit term, including use of Camp facilities, roads, and trails, and removal of hazard trees. Removal of hazard trees has the potential to result in disturbance or mortality of migratory birds, should such birds be nesting in the trees to be removed. The remaining activities are not expected to result in avian injury or mortality, but do have the potential to disturb migratory birds. Birds that would be most at risk of project-related disturbance or mortality during the breeding season would be those using approximately 12 acres of early- and mid-seral coniferous forest proposed for development of Camp buildings, roads, and parking lots, and approximately 1.4 acres of mid-seral coniferous forest proposed for the expanded leach field. Species observed in or near this habitat during a June 2, 2015 site visit included mountain quail, turkey vulture, mourning dove, white-headed woodpecker, western wood-pewee, Pacific slope flycatcher, common raven, brown creeper, American robin, orange-crowned warbler, Nashville warbler, yellow-rumped warbler, black-throated gray warbler, western tanager, spotted towhee, chipping sparrow, black-headed grosbeak, lazuli bunting, lesser goldfinch, and Lawrence s goldfinch. Two of these species, the chipping sparrow and lazuli bunting, were identified as land bird species of concern (SOC) in the Sierra Nevada Forest Plan Final Environmental Impact Statement (USDA 2004). Although not protected under the MBTA, the mountain quail is a Management Indicator Species (MIS) identified in the Stanislaus National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan (USDA 1991). The Rim Fire and other large, stand-replacing fires on the Groveland Ranger District have generally reduced the availability of large, contiguous stands of mature conifer forest and oak woodland on the District while increasing brush and young oak woodland for decades into the future. Many of the management activities on the District have been and continue to be associated with these fires, including the Rim Fire Recovery and Rim Fire Hazard Tree Project and various reforestation, fuels reduction, and plantation maintenance projects. These projects have been analyzed with respect to effects on wildlife species and incorporate measures, as needed, to prevent or reduce adverse effects. Although temporary construction-related disturbance, reduction in the density of snags, and the conversion of approximately 1.4 acres of 3

4 conifer forest to an upland meadow may have adverse effects on certain migratory bird species in the short term, many of the management activities proposed for the Camp would be expected to benefit forest-associated species in the long term. Because project activities are subject to management requirements designed for the protection of wildlife, and because the anticipated adverse effects of the BTC Project would be minimal, the action alternative is not expected to contribute to cumulative adverse effects to migratory birds. In summary, the BTC Project has the potential to result in injury and mortality of migratory birds, but only in association with project construction and occasional maintenance activities, including removal of hazard trees, over the 30-year term of the permit. Construction activities may be limited by protective measures implemented for active FSS raptor nests during the breeding season, when the risk of avian injury or mortality is highest. During normal Camp operations over the permit term, migratory birds occurring on or immediately adjacent to the project site may be disturbed by Camp activities, but would not be at risk of injury or mortality. The project would serve to maintain or enhance most habitat types by preserving important wildlife habitat components and encouraging the continued development of mature forest habitat. Prepared by: Date: March 8, 2018 Rebekah Jensen, Staff Ecologist Live Oak Associates, Inc. 4

5 References CalPIF (California Partners in Flight). 2002a. Version 1.0. The Draft Coniferous Forest Bird Conservation Plan: A Strategy For Protecting And Managing Coniferous Forest Habitats And Associated Birds In California (J. Robinson and J. Alexander, lead authors). Point Reyes Bird Observatory, Stinson Beach, CA. CalPIF (California Partners in Flight). 2002b. Version 2.0. The Oak Woodland Bird Conservation Plan: A Strategy For Protecting And Managing Oak Woodland Habitats And Associated Birds In California (S. Zack, lead author). Point Reyes Bird Observatory, Stinson Beach, CA. CalPIF (California Partners in Flight) Version 2.0. The Coastal Scrub and Chaparral Bird Conservation Plan: a Strategy for Protecting and Managing Coastal Scrub and Chaparral Habitats and Associated Birds in California (J. Lovio, lead author). PRBO Conservation Science, Stinson Beach, CA. Riparian Habitat Joint Venture (RHJV) Version 2.0. The riparian bird conservation plan: a strategy for reversing the decline of riparian associated birds in California. California Partners in Flight. (available on the web at Rich, T. D., C. J. Beardmore, H. Berlanga, P. J. Blancher, M. S. W. Bradstreet, G. S. Butcher, D. W. Demarest, E. H. Dunn, W. C. Hunter, E. E. Iñigo-Elias, J. A. Kennedy, A. M. Martell, A. O. Panjabi, D. N. Pashley, K. V. Rosenberg, C. M. Rustay, J. S. Wendt, T. C. Will Partners in Flight North American Landbird Conservation Plan. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Ithaca, NY. USDA Forest Service, USDI Fish and Wildlife Service Memorandum of Understanding between the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service and the US Fish and Wildlife Service to promote the conservation of migratory birds. FS Agreement #08-MU Washington, D.C. USDA Landbird Strategic Plan, FS-648. Washington, D.C. USDA Stanislaus National Forest, Land and Resource Management Plan. Stanislaus National Forest, Sonora, CA. USDA Sierra Nevada Forest Plan Amendment Final Environmental Impact Statement. Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Region USDA Stanislaus National Forest, Forest Plan Direction. Stanislaus National Forest, Sonora, CA. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Birds of conservation concern Division of Migratory Bird Management, Arlington, Virgina. 99pp. 5

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