Common use of Proposed Action Clause in Contracts

Proposed Action. Under the Proposed Action Alternative, 453 acres of old-growth forest (210+ years old Hemlock) would be set aside as Presumed Habitat for the term of the permit. These set-asides could have reasonably foreseeable positive impacts on Special Status Plant Species that prefer old-growth forests and have the potential to occur on Enrolled Lands, like Coptis asplenifolia or Oxalis suksdorfii. Most of the Special Status Plant Species that have the potential to occur on Applicant’s lands are plants that are associated with wetlands or non-forest habitats. Federally-listed plant species, such as Howellia aquatilis, or Sidalcea nelsoniana, are both species that are associated with uncommon habitats (remnant lowland prairies and/or wetlands), and would not be affected in any way by the issuance of the proposed SHA from what would occur under the No Action Alternative. The alternatives do not differ in their impacts to federally-listed or Special Status Plant Species. In addition, 2,068 acres of Occupied Sites would become no harvest zones whereas, under the No Action Alternative, they potentially could be harvested under a Class IV-Special Forest Practice application (and possibly a federal HCP). These Sites are broadly distributed across the Enrolled Lands and so could result in reasonably foreseeable impacts to plant species that have the potential to occur within those lands. A beneficial impact, due to no disturbance, would occur for any plants present in these protected areas when compared to the No Action Alternative. Likely impact to rare and threatened plant species in Forests & Fish Buffers and commercial forests will be the same under all alternatives, including the No Action Alternative, as discussed above.

Proposed Action. Under the Proposed Action Alternative, 453 494 acres of old-growth forest (210+ years old Western Hemlock, 250+ years old ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Fir) would be set aside as Presumed Habitat for the term of the permit, as well as Murrelet Habitat Development Areas (64 acres, 30 of which are outside the Forest & Fish Buffers) that would be set aside for no harvest. These set-asides could have reasonably foreseeable positive impacts on Special Status Plant Species that prefer old-growth forests and have the potential to occur on Enrolled Lands, like Coptis asplenifolia or Oxalis suksdorfii. Most of the Special Status Plant Species that have the potential to occur on the Applicant’s lands are plants that are associated with wetlands or non-forest habitats. Federally-Federally- listed plant species, such as Howellia aquatilis, or Sidalcea nelsoniana, are both species that are associated with uncommon habitats (remnant lowland prairies and/or wetlands), and would not be affected in any way by the issuance of the proposed SHA from what would occur under the No Action Alternative. The alternatives do not differ in their impacts to federallyFederally-listed or Special Status Plant Species. In addition, 2,068 1,240 acres of Occupied Sites would become no harvest zones whereas, under the No Action Alternative, they potentially could be harvested under a Class IV-IV- Special Forest Practice application (and possibly a federal HCP). These Sites are broadly distributed across the Enrolled Lands and so could result in reasonably foreseeable impacts to plant species that have the potential to occur within those lands. A beneficial impact, due to no disturbance, would occur for any plants present in these protected areas when compared to the No Action Alternative. Likely impact impacts to rare and threatened plant species in Forests & Fish Buffers and commercial forests will be the same under all alternatives, including the No Action Alternative, as discussed above.