TASK B (continued)
IFMAT I – 1993 II – 2003 III - 2013
Recommendation Implementation Status
Recommendations in Response to Task B Findings
Interdisciplinary Collaboration (continued)
With a transition from timber production to broader stewardship management for some tribes, proactive management across the landscape is declining. An increase in forest health improvement and risk-reduction actions will be needed to preserve non-timber values. Not implemented. The IRMP program which partially addressed these issues has been basically eliminated. There are significant challenges to adding new staff to Tribal forestry programs (see Task C). Prescribed burnings are still predominately managed through the wildfire management plan and not being integrated into a forest- wide cohesive management plan. Securing BIA approval of prescribed burn plans is often difficult. Partially implemented. Focus has been on the hazardous fuels programs, but backlogs remain.
Avoid the tendency to not manage (or to manage only by constraints) over large expanses due to issues associated with wildlife habitat, watershed protection and other non-timber values; less management might be a viable alternative in the near-term but carries a long-term risk, particularly from wildland fire, exotic and invasive pests, and climate change. (Recommendation B6, page 111)
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Promote the inherent connection of tribal human communities, including the land management
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professionals, to the resources being managed within the tribes and in the media. (Recommendation B10, page 112) Add staff, funding, and technology to address emerging issues associated with human expansion into the forest: exotic/invasive plant and animal species, land trespass/ safety, climate variability, watershed protections, threats to cultural resources, and wildlife management. (Recommendation B4, page 111)
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Silvicultural Practices
Devise a plan for expanded application of prescribed burning for Indian forestlands, emphasizing the mixed- conifer forests and pinyon-juniper woodlands of the Intermountain West. (Recommendation B2, page V-25)
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Expand commercial thinning and partial cutting of young and mature mixed conifer stands in the Intermountain West to improve forest health. (Recommendation B4, page V-26)
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Appendix v – IFMAT I-III Crosswalk Table of Recommendations A-37
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