» Summary
» Chapter 1-Purpose and Need
» Chapter 2-Alternatives, including the Proposed Action
» Chapter 3-Affected Environment
» Chapter 4-Environmental Consequences
» Appendix A-Standards and Guidelines
» Appendix B-Modeling Outputs and Effects of Alternative Proposed Actions
» Appendix C-Consistency Review of Documentation for the Sierra Nevada Forest Plan Amendment
SNFPA Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement
June 2003
Chapter 1: Purpose and Need
Chapter Contents
» Introduction
» Relationship to the Herger-Feinstein Quincy Library Group (HFQLG) Forest Recovery Act
1.1. Introduction
This draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) responds to new information about selected components of three problem areas identified in the Sierra Nevada region and analyzed in the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the Sierra Nevada Forest Plan Amendment (SNFPA) issued in January 2001. Specifically, the focus of the SEIS is on components within the broad problem areas of: (1) Old Forest Ecosystems and Associated Species, (2) Aquatic, Riparian and Meadow Ecosystems, and (3) Fire and Fuels.
Several alternatives are described in Chapter 2, including a "No Action" alternative that would continue the management direction in the January 2001 Record of Decision (ROD) for the Sierra Nevada Forest Plan Amendment. New information and analysis since the FEIS was completed are described in Chapter Three. The environmental consequences of each alternative are documented in Chapter Four.
The SEIS discloses the effects of proposed amendments to the Land and Resource Management Plans for the Modoc, Lassen, Plumas, Tahoe, Eldorado, Stanislaus, Sequoia, Sierra, Inyo, and Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forests and the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit. The management strategies that apply to portions of the Lassen and Modoc National Forests covered by the Record of Decisions for the Northwest Forest Plan are not affected by the changes proposed in this SEIS.
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