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Table 28: Focal Species Motorized Activity Harvest Hooded Skunk Botta’s pocket gopher Gunnison’s prairie dog White Mountain ground squirrel Southern red-backed vole Long-tailed vole Arizona montane vole Beaver White-nosed coati Western red bat Arizona gray squirrel Disturbance Analysis Indicator Zone Area Motorized Trail/ORV Use Route Miles 250m Desert Shrub/Grasslands, & Pinon-Juniper/Shrub Oak Woodland Motorized Trail/ORV and Roads Motorized Trail/ORV and Roads Motorized Trail/ORV and Roads Motorized Trail/ORV and Roads Motorized Trail/ORV and Roads ” ” ” ” ” ” ” ” ” ” Plains & Mountain Grasslands Spruce Fir Wet Meadow, Wetland, & High Elevation Riparian Low, Middle, & High Elevation Riparian Low, & Middle Elevation Riparian 48
Small Mammals-Effects by Alternative Hooded Skunk and Botta’s Pocket Gopher (Forest Service Sensitive Species) Table 29: Analysis Area - Existing Condition and Proposed Change Table by Alternative: Hooded Skunk - Botta's Pocket Gopher Habitat (Desert Shrub and Pinon-Juniper/Shrub Oak Woodland) Analysis Area on USFS land = 1,661,235 acres Motorized Routes Open Existing ML 2 - ML 5 Existing Effects Change in Effects Alt B (No Action) Alt C Alt D Alt E Alt F Alt G Miles 1,667 -203 -642 -804 -553 -554 Acres 311,957 -36,816 -108,879 -139,523 -92,308 -92,901 Reopen Closed ML 1 Miles 0 3 1 1 1 1 Acres 0 628 115 115 115 115 Administrative Route Miles 0 99 173 192 152 152 Acres 0 22,063 39,008 43,377 34,732 34,454 Add Unauthorized Route Miles 0 5 3 1 4 4 Acres 0 1,719 1,901 318 1,412 1,502 Add Admin. Unauthorized Miles 0 2 3 3 2 2 Acres 0 557 894 894 540 675 Seasonal - Resource Protection Miles 0 0 0 0 0 0 Motorized Trails Existing Road to OHV Trail Acres 0 0 12 0 0 0 Miles 0 30 59 1 79 80 Acres 0 6,368 12,113 211 16,343 16,557 Existing ATV Trail Miles 4 0 -2 -4 0 0 Acres 690 -52 -452 -690 -52 -52 Closed Road to OHV Trail Miles 0 21 13 0 15 15 Acres 0 0 0 0 0 0 Administrative Trail Miles 0 3 5 5 3 3 Acres 0 550 1,054 939 550 550 Add Unauthorized Trail Miles 0 69 26 0 38 37 Acres 0 15,428 5,114 0 7,721 7,412 Total FS Routes and Trails Miles 1,671 1,698 1,309 1,066 1,412 1,410 Percent in Miles of Alt. B (Existing) %Miles 2% -22% -36% -16% -16% Motorized Dispersed Camping Acres 1,214,155 -1,169,980 -1,179,430 -1,214,155 -1,173,513 -1,175,926 Percent in Acres of Alt. B (Existing) %Acres -96% -97% -100% -97% -97% Motorized Areas-- All Vehicles Acres 17 NC -17 -17 NC NC Motorized Big Game Retrieval Acres 1,214,155 -235,755 -1,179,430 -1,214,155 -553,082 -1,175,926 Percent in Acres of Alt. B (Existing) %Acres -19% -97% -100% -46% -97% 49
Page 1 and 2: Gila National Forest Travel Managem
Page 3 and 4: that are on the Regional Forester S
Page 5 and 6: ALTERNATIVES and MITIGATION MEASURE
Page 7 and 8: AFFECTED ENVIRONMENT The Gila Natio
Page 9 and 10: In 1977, a study was published by a
Page 11 and 12: Regional Forester Sensitive Species
Page 13 and 14: MacGillivray’s Warbler HP Painted
Page 15 and 16: Barriers to Animal Travel or Moveme
Page 17 and 18: occupied sites, etc.). For habitat
Page 19 and 20: Issues identified during scoping re
Page 21 and 22: Elk (Game Species identified as spe
Page 23 and 24: Table 12 summarizes the harvest ind
Page 25 and 26: Table 14: Pronghorn Analysis Area -
Page 27 and 28: Bighorn Sheep (Forest Service Sensi
Page 29 and 30: Mule Deer (Gila Management Indicato
Page 31 and 32: Wide Ranging Carnivores Table19: Wi
Page 33 and 34: from a road, except when feeding. K
Page 35 and 36: HUC 1303020202 Hot/Cold Springs 195
Page 37 and 38: Percent Change -0.17% -20.66% -45.4
Page 39 and 40: Mountain Lion and Black Bear (game
Page 41 and 42: So under this alternative through t
Page 43 and 44: microhabitat in the desert landscap
Page 45 and 46: Southern red-backed vole (Forest Se
Page 47: largely unknown, but it is thought
Page 51 and 52: Beaver (Gila Management Indicator S
Page 53 and 54: White-nosed Coati, Western Red Bat,
Page 55 and 56: 2% in the Hooded Skunk and Botta’
Page 57 and 58: The literature documents that a lar
Page 59 and 60: iparian (cottonwood/sycamore), and
Page 61 and 62: Reptiles and Amphibians-Effects by
Page 63 and 64: effects to the species and its habi
Page 65 and 66: Arizona Toad and Narrow Headed Gart
Page 67 and 68: Under this alternative you continue
Page 69 and 70: from grassland areas, and game bird
Page 71 and 72: Spotted Owl and determined that roa
Page 73 and 74: and Miller, 1997, Hamann et al, 199
Page 75 and 76: Shrub/Grassland vegetation types, a
Page 77 and 78: Table 49: Mexican Spotted Owl Criti
Page 79 and 80: The potential disturbance area in P
Page 81 and 82: Table 51: Mexican spotted owl feder
Page 83 and 84: Northern Goshawk (Gila MIS Species,
Page 85 and 86: Peregrine Falcon (Forest Service Se
Page 87 and 88: dates the species’ successful nes
Page 89 and 90: NMPIF High-Priority Species Alt. B
Page 91 and 92: Cavity Nesting Birds-Effects by Alt
Page 93 and 94: Findings: Table66: Hairy woodpecker
Page 95 and 96: 2008). The GBMA is primarily manage
Page 97 and 98: trees, and succulents dominated by
Page 99 and 100:
New Mexico, where it is resident in
Page 101 and 102:
Table 71: Analysis Area - Existing
Page 103 and 104:
In these analysis areas the area of
Page 105 and 106:
Neotropic Cormorant (Forest Service
Page 107 and 108:
the Wilson’s phalarope analysis a
Page 109 and 110:
NMPIF High Priority Species Common
Page 111 and 112:
Gray Vireo (Forest Service Sensitiv
Page 113 and 114:
Song Bird Summary: Table 82 list ro
Page 115 and 116:
Costa’s Hummingbird (Forest Servi
Page 117 and 118:
Plains Titmouse (Forest Service Sen
Page 119 and 120:
For the focal species and their ass
Page 121 and 122:
the forest edge (New Mexico Partner
Page 123 and 124:
conifers with dense foliage. Limiti
Page 125 and 126:
Merriam’s Wild Turkey (Ponderosa
Page 127 and 128:
Findings: Table 96: Mearn’s quail
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showed an increase in numbers from
Page 131 and 132:
Insect - Effects by Alternative A M
Page 133 and 134:
Dashed Ringtail (Forest Service Sen
Page 135 and 136:
area. These routes continue to caus
Page 137 and 138:
ecreational activities, game manage
Page 139 and 140:
6 th codes remains between 1.5 to 2
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Table 107: 5th Code 6th Code Waters
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MSO PACs Analysis Area 187,083 Acre
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HUC 1302020804 Alamocito Canyon Tot
Page 147 and 148:
6th Code Watershed Alt B Alt C Alt
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Forest Plan and Other Laws and Regu
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Topic Threatened & Endangered Speci
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Appendix A Gila National Forest Neo
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Oak-Juniper Acorn Woodpecker Dark-e
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Ponderosa Pine Acorn Woodpecker Chi
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Marsh/Open American Avocet Clark’
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