CHAPTER 1 - INTRODUCTION | 1 |
Resource Management Plan Overview | 1 |
Resource Area Overview | 1 |
Coast, Valley, and South Sierra Management Areas | 2 |
Caliente Resource Area Management Area Boundaries (map) | |
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CHAPTER 2 - MANAGEMENT OBJECTIVES & ALLOCATIONS | 3 |
Introduction | 3 |
Resource Area-Wide Objectives | 3 |
Coast Management Area | 4 |
Management Area Summary | 4 |
Management Area Objectives | 4 |
Management Mechanisms, Allocations and Actions | 5 |
Special Designations | 5 |
Summary of ACEC/SMA Allocations and Guidelines | 6 |
Land Tenure Adjustments | 7 |
Livestock Grazing | 7 |
Minerals | 7 |
Fluid Minerals | 7 |
Solid Minerals | 8 |
Valley Management Area | 9 |
Management Area Objectives | 9 |
Management Mechanisms, Allocations and Actions | 10 |
Special Designations | 10 |
Summary of ACEC/SMA Allocations and Guidelines | 11 |
Biological Resources | 12 |
Land Tenure Adjustments | 12 |
Livestock Grazing | 12 |
Minerals | 13 |
Fluid Minerals | 13 |
Solid Minerals | 13 |
South Sierra Management Area | 14 |
Management Area Objectives | 14 |
Management Mechanisms, Allocations and Actions | 15 |
Special Designations | 15 |
Summary of ACEC/SMA Allocations and Guidelines | 16 |
Land Tenure Adjustments | 17 |
Livestock Grazing | 18 |
Minerals | 18 |
Fluid Minerals | 18 |
Solid Minerals | 19 |
Recreation | 19 |
Area-Wide Management Allocations | 20 |
Biological Resources | 20 |
Livestock Grazing | 20 |
Lands | 21 |
Recreation | 21 |
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CHAPTER 3 - GENERAL MANAGEMENT GUIDELINES | 23 |
Standard Practices | 23 |
Four Common NEPA Categories | 24 |
Examples of Elements in the Existing Planning Base | 25 |
Examples of Resource Values Considered During NEPA Compliance Review | 25
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CHAPTER 4 - LAND TENURE MANAGEMENT GUIDELINES | 27 |
Land Tenure Adjustments | 27 |
Reposition Management Classification | 28 |
New Manager Classification | 28 |
Cooperative Management Classification | 29 |
Fee Acquisition Needs | 29 |
Access Acquisition Needs | 30 |
Overview of the BLM Land Exchange Process | 30 |
Classifications and Withdrawals - Recommendations | 31 |
Withdrawals/Classifications Terminating | 32 |
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CHAPTER 5 - OIL/GAS AND SOLID MINERALS MGMT GUIDELINES | 33 |
Part I | |
Oil & Gas - Introduction | 33 |
Lands Closed to Oil and Gas Leasing | 33 |
Non-Discretionary Closures To Leasing | 33 |
Lands Proposed for Discretionary Closures To Leasing | 33 |
Part II | |
Lands Opened to Oil and Gas Leasing | 34 |
Leasing with Standard Lease Stipulation | 34 |
No Surface Use Stipulation | 34 |
Leasing with the Limited Surface Use Stipulation | 35 |
Limited Surface Use Stipulation | 35 |
Waivers, Modifications, Exceptions & Deferral to other plans | 35 |
a. Limited Surface Use Stipulations - Dept of Defense | 36 |
b. Limited Surface Use Stipulations - Federal | 37 |
c. Limited Surface Use Stipulations - Critical Habitat | 39 |
d. Limited Surface Use - Sensitive Species | 41 |
e. Limited Surface Use Stipulations - Coast ACEC/SMAs | 42 |
f. Limited Surface Use - Raptor | 43 |
Summary of Oil and Gas Stipulations by Location | 44 |
Part III | |
Standard Engineering Practices | 45 |
Drilling a New Well | 45 |
Temporary Abandonment of a Producing Well (Idle Well) | 46 |
Plugging and Abandonment | 46 |
Surface Reclamation | 46 |
Solid Minerals | 47 |
Introduction | 47 |
Lands Withdrawn from Solid Mineral Development | 48 |
Lands Open to the Mining of Locatable Minerals | 48 |
Guidelines | 48 |
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Chapter 6 - LIVESTOCK GRAZING MANAGEMENT | 49 |
Standards for Rangeland or Ecosystem Health | 49 |
Soils | 49 |
Species | 50 |
Riparian | 51 |
Water Quality | 51 |
Guidelines for Grazing Management | 52 |
Mulch Management | 52 |
Perennial Utilization | 53 |
Resource Trend Monitoring | 53 |
Specific Livestock Management Guidelines (Table) | 54 |
Selective Management Categories for Grazing Allotments | 56 |
Standard Criterial Used to Categorize Grazing Allotments | 56 |
Optional Criteria Used to Categorize Grazing Allotments | 56 |
Selective Management Category (Table) | 57 |
Grazing Allocations (Table) | 58 |
Coast Management Area | 58 |
Valley Management Area | 58 |
South Sierra Management Area | 59 |
Guidelines for New Grazing Allotments | 61 |
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CHAPTER 7 - RECREATION MANAGEMENT GUIDELINES | 63 |
Part I | |
Introduction | 63 |
Recreation Management Areas | 64 |
Management Guidelines for Roads and Trails | 65 |
PART II | |
Wild & Scenic River Eligibility & Preliminary Classification Report | 67 |
Introduction | 67 |
Identification | 67 |
Eligibility | 68 |
Classification | 69 |
Summary of Wild and Scenic River Eligibility Study | 69 |
Lower Kern River | 69 |
East Fork of the Kaweah River | 71 |
Middle Fork of the Kaweah River | 72 |
North Fork of the Kaweah River | 73 |
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CHAPTER 8 - CULTURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT GUIDELINES | 77 |
Purpose and Background | 77 |
Policy Summary | 77 |
Management Guidelines for Implementation of Policies | 78 |
Consideration of Cultural Resources | 78 |
Propertiety Data | 78 |
Collections | 79 |
Site Protection | 79 |
Trust Responsibilities | 79 |
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CHAPTER 9 - BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES MGMT GUIDELINES | 81 |
Introduction | 81 |
Conservation Strategy | 81 |
Background | 81 |
Regional Consevation Strategy | 82 |
Bureau Conservation Program | 83 |
Meeting the Public Need | 83 |
Threatened/Endangered Species Conservation Areas (map) | |
Sensitive Animals: Mammals, Birds, Reptiles, Amphibians, Fish, Snails, Insects, Fairyshrimp | 85 |
Sensitive Plants | 88 |
Neotropical Migrating Birds | 93 |
Exotic Pest Plant Species | 98 |
Known Locations of Proposed Plant Species | 100 |
Critical Habitat for California Condor | 101 |
Proposed Critical Habitat for Southwestern Willow Flycatcher | 102 |
Federal Candidate, California Listed & Bureau Sensitive Species Parcel & Geographic Area Lists | 103
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CHAPTER 10 - AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT GUIDELINES | 105 |
Introduction | 105 |
Emissions Summary | 105 |
Agency Direct and Indirect Sources | 105 |
San Joaquin Valley (Valley & South Sierra Mgmt Areas) | 107 |
Coastal Air Basins | 111 |
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CHAPTER 11 - AREAS OF CRITICAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN | 113 |
Introduction | 113 |
Coast Management Area | 114 |
California Rocks and Islands Wildlife ACEC | 114 |
Cypress Mountain | 115 |
Point Sal | 116 |
Salinas River | 118 |
Tierra Redonda | 119 |
Valley Management Area | 121 |
Alkali Sinks | 121 |
Carrizo Plain | 121 |
Chico Martinez | 125 |
Goose Lake | 126 |
Kettleman Hills | 127 |
Lokern | 128 |
South Sierra Management Area | 130 |
Blue Ridge | 130 |
Case Mountain | 131 |
Horse Canyon | 133 |
Piute Cypress | 135 |
ACEC Tables | 137 |
ACEC Maps | |
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CHAPTER 12 - SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREAS | 139 |
Introduction | 139 |
Summary | 139 |
SMA Descriptions - Coast Management Area | 140 |
Frog Pond Mountain | 140 |
Hopper Mountain | 141 |
Huasna Peak | 142 |
Irish Hills | 143 |
Rusty Peak | 144 |
SMA Descriptions Valley Management Area | 145 |
Bittercreek | 145 |
Caliente National Cooperative Land and Wildlife Mgmt Area | |
Temblor National Cooperative Land and Wildlife Mgmt Area | 146 |
SMA Descriptions - South Sierra Management Area | 147 |
Deer Spring | 147 |
Erskine Creek | 147 |
Granite Cave | 149 |
Keyesville | 149 |
KER-311 | 152 |
Monache - Walker Pass National Cooperative Land & Wildlife Management Area | 153
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North Fork of the Kaweah | 154 |
Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail | 155 |
Walker Pass National historic Landmark | 156 |
SMA Tables | 157 |
SMA Maps | |
Caliente Resource Management Plan Maps Side 1: Area of Critical Environmental Concern boundaries; Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail; Wilderness Study Areas; Land Tenure Adjustment (pdf document, 4.8 mb) Side 2: Grazing Allotments, Unlotted Land Available for Grazing; Land Unavailable for Grazing; San Joaquin Valley Listed Species Habitat (pdf document, 4.8 mb) | |
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