Chapter Consultation and Coordination

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1 Chapter Consultation and Coordination Preparers and Contributors Federal, State, County, and Local Agencies Tribes Organizations

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3 Final Environmental Impact Statement for Livestock Grazing on the Battle Park & Misty Moon Allotments Chapter 4: Consultation and Coordination Preparers and Contributors The following Forest Service employees and agencies contributed to this environmental assessment: Name Mark Booth Bernie Bornong Matt Moran Jake Powell Scott Gall Dan Scaife Will Young Rick Hall Warren Roberts Bill Matthews Amy Ortner Leslie Horsch Position District ranger/decision-maker Resource staff officer/interdisciplinary team leader District wildlife biologist, Medicine Wheel-Paint Rock Ranger District Rangeland management specialist, Powder River Ranger District Rangeland management specialist, Powder River Ranger District Forest hydrologist Forest fisheries biologist Recreation specialist, Powder River Ranger District Fuels and fire management specialist Heritage resources specialist GIS specialist Writer-editor Agencies, Organizations, and Persons Contacted The following is a list of individuals, federal, state, and local agencies, tribes, and non-forest Service persons the Forest Service consulted during the development of this environmental impact statement (EIS). A legal notice requesting comment on the draft EIS was published in the Bighorn National Forest official paper of record, the Casper Star Tribune, and the documents were made available on CD and on the Internet to any interested party. A total of 4 letters were received during the comment period. A letter indicating that the final EIS and record of decision (ROD) is available and has been distributed to agencies, organizations, and individuals who provided comments during the scoping process. Individuals or organizations who specifically requested a copy of the document received copies. Chapter 4: Consultation and Coordination 4-1

4 Bighorn National Forest Powder River Ranger District Federal, State, County, and Local Agencies Federal U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management Worland Field Office U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Federal Activities Advisory Council on Historic Preservation USDA APHIS PPD/EAD Natural Resources Conservation Service National Environmental Coordinator USDA National Agricultural Library U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 8 USDI Office of Environmental Policy Compliance U.S. Coast Guard Environmental Management Federal Aviation Administration Federal Highway Administration US Department of Energy Office of NEPA Policy and Compliance State State Planning Office State Historic Preservation Office Department of Agriculture Department of Environmental Quality- Land Quality Division Wyoming Game and Fish Department Wyoming Livestock Board County/Local Bighorn County Commissioners Washakie County Commissioners South Big Horn Conservation District Washakie County Conservation District Tribes Northern Arapaho Business Council Crow Tribal Council Blackfeet Nation Elected Officials Honorable Mike Enzi Honorable Barbara Cubin Northern Cheyenne Tribal Council Shoshone Tribe Honorable John Barasso Organizations, Businesses, and Individuals Wilderness Watch, Cloud Peak Chapter Wyoming Wilderness Association Western Watersheds Project Guardians of the Range Wyoming Farm Bureau Federation Buffalo Bulletin Sheridan Press Casper Star Tribune Jerry Altermatt, Wyoming Game and Fish Tom Easterly, Wyoming Game and Fish Forshee Land and Livestock, LLC George T. Shirran, Revocable Trust Forshee Trust 4-2 Chapter 4: Consultation and Coordination

5 Final Environmental Impact Statement for Livestock Grazing on the Battle Park & Misty Moon Allotments A Adaptive management. See also Alternative 3 options, 2-3 strategies, 2-6 Air desired condition, 3-5 Air quality, 3-4 cumulative effects from alternatives, 3-5 effects from alternatives, 3-5 Allotment management plans, 1-2 Allowable use guidelines, 1-7 Allowable use monitoring, 2-16 Alternative 1, 2-1 benefit to soils, 3-11 cumulative effect on fisheries, 3-61 cumulative effect on soil, 3-13 cumulative effect on watershed health, 3-25 cumulative effect on wildlife species, 3-96 description of, 2-1 effect on fire suppression, 3-31 effect on fisheries, 3-60 effect on forest-dependent species, 3-94 effect on grassland-dependent species, 3-94 effect on heritage resources, 3-48 effect on invasive species, 3-54 effect on jobs and earnings, 3-44 effect on livestock grazing, 3-36 effect on management indicator species, 3-92, 3-93 effect on plant demand species, 3-82 effect on plant species of local concern, 3-74, 3-76, 3-80 effect on rangeland vegetation, 3-51 effect on recreation, 3-41 effect on sagebrush-dependent species, 3-94 effect on sedimentation, 3-24 effect on sensitive plant species, 3-69 effect on sensitive wildlife species, 3-84, 3-86, 3-88, 3-89, 3-90 effect on soil, 3-11 effect on streambanks, 3-24 effect on water temperature, 3-24 effect on wildlife forage, 3-94 Alternative 2 cumulative effect on aquatic resources, 3-28 cumulative effect on fisheries, 3-63 cumulative effect on soil, 3-16 cumulative effect on wildlife species, 3-97 current management, 2-1 description of, 2-2 effect on aquatic resources, 3-28 effect on beaver populations, 3-95 effect on Brewer s sparrow, 3-94 effect on demand species, 3-95 effect on elk, 3-94 effect on fire suppression, 3-31 effect on fisheries, 3-61, 3-62 effect on forest-dependent species, 3-94 effect on heritage resources, 3-48 effect on invasive species, 3-55 effect on jobs and earnings, 3-44 effect on livestock grazing, 3-37 effect on management indicator species, 3-92, 3-93 effect on plant demand species, 3-82 effect on plant species of local concern, 3-76 effect on rangeland vegetation, 3-51 effect on recreation, 3-41 effect on sedimentation, 3-26 effect on sensitive plant species, 3-67, 3-69 effect on sensitive wildlife species, 3-84, 3-86, 3-88, 3-89, 3-90 effect on soil, 3-13, 3-15, 3-26 effect on streambanks, 3-26 effect on streamflow, 3-26 effect on streamside vegetation, 3-25 effect on water quality, 3-26 effect on wildlife forage, 3-94 effect on wildlife species of local concern, 3-95 Alternative 3 adaptive management, 2-2 cumulative effect on aquatic resources, 3-29 cumulative effect on fisheries, 3-64 cumulative effect on soil, 3-18 cumulative effect on wildlife species, 3-97 description of, 2-2 i

6 Bighorn National Forest Powder River Ranger District Alternative 3, cont. design criteria, 2-4 allowable use, 2-6 fences, 2-4 permitted numbers, 2-5 rotation grazing, 2-5 season of use, 2-5 water developments, 2-5 effect on aquatic resources, 3-29 effect on fire suppression, 3-32 effect on fisheries, 3-61, 3-63 effect on grassland-dependent species, 3-95 effect on habitat generalists, 3-95 effect on heritage resources, 3-48 effect on invasive species, 3-55 effect on jobs and earnings, 3-44 effect on livestock grazing, 3-38 effect on management indicator species, 3-92, 3-93 effect on plant demand species, 3-82 effect on plant species of local concern, 3-76 effect on rangeland vegetation, 3-52 effect on recreation, 3-42 effect on sagebrush-dependent species, 3-95 effect on sedimentation, 3-26 effect on sensitive plant species, 3-67, 3-69, 3-71 effect on sensitive wildlife species, 3-84, 3-86, 3-88, 3-89, 3-90 effect on soil, 3-13, 3-15, 3-17, 3-26 effect on streambanks, 3-26 effect on streamflow, 3-26 effect on streamside vegetation, 3-25 effect on water quality, 3-26 proposed action, 2-2 sagebrush treatment, 2-4 Alternatives cumulative effects on air quality, 3-5 cumulative effects on fuels and fire, 3-32 cumulative effects on heritage resources, 3-49 cumulative effects on invasive species, 3-56 cumulative effects on jobs and earnings, 3-46 cumulative effects on livestock grazing, 3-39 cumulative effects on rangeland vegetation, 3-52 cumulative effects on recreation, 3-42 effects on air quality, 3-5 sensitive plant species effects determinations, 3-72 AMP. See Allotment management plans Aquatic resources cumulative effects from alternative 2, 3-28 cumulative effects from alternative 3, 3-29 effects from alternative 2, 3-28 effects from alternative 3, 3-29 B Battle Park allotment stocking rate, 3-35 Benchmark monitoring, 1-6, 2-17 Benchmark sites, 1-5, 1-6, 2-17 Buckskin Ed Creek impacts from livestock grazing, 3-20 C Canada lynx, 3-82 Capability. See Rangeland:capability Cary beard-tongue, 3-65 Clean Air Act requirements, 3-4 Cover frequency transects, 2-18 Cryaquolls soils, 3-5 Cumulative effect, 3-1 Current management. See Alternative 2 Design criteria, 2-4 Direct effect, 3-1 D E Economic analysis components of, 3-43 perspectives considered, 3-43 Economic efficiency, 3-43 Economic impacts, 3-43 Effect cumulative, 3-1 direct, 3-1 indirect, 3-1 Effectiveness monitoring, 2-15, 2-17 protocols, 2-18 cover frequency transects, 2-18 photopoints, 2-18 stream channel cross-sections, 2-18 F Fire cumulative effects from alternatives, 3-32 Dorn Draw II, 3-32 frequency, 3-30 intensity, 3-30 occurrence on the Bighorn National Forest, 3-30 regime, 3-30 ii

7 Final Environmental Impact Statement for Livestock Grazing on the Battle Park & Misty Moon Allotments Fire suppression effects from alternative 1, 3-31 effects from alternative 2, 3-31 effects from alternative 3, 3-32 Fisheries cumulative effects from alternative 1, 3-61 cumulative effects from alternative 2, 3-63 cumulative effects from alternative 3, 3-64 desired condition, 3-58 effects from alternative 1, 3-60 effects from alternative 2, 3-61, 3-62 effects from alternative 3, 3-61, 3-63 potential effects from livestock grazing, 3-58 Flooding. See also Paint Rock Creek:historic flood historic, 3-21 Fuel models in analysis area, 3-30 G Grazing guidelines, 1-17 Grazing permit requirements, 3-34 Grazing strategy Battle Park allotment, 3-34 H Heritage resources cumulative effects from alternatives, 3-49 determination under alternative 3, 3-48 effects from alternative 1, 3-48 effects from alternative 2, 3-48 effects from alternative 3, 3-48 inventory, 3-47 sites in the analysis area, 3-47 Historic district, 3-47 Hummocking, 3-7, 3-14 Hunting on the Bighorn National Forest, 3-40 Implementation monitoring, 2-15 Indirect effect, 3-1 Invasive species cumulative effects from alternatives, 3-56 effect on wildlife habitat, 3-96 effects from alternative 1, 3-54 effects from alternative 2, 3-55 effects from alternative 3, 3-55 in the analysis area, 3-53 in the Cloud Peak Wilderness, 3-54 leafy spurge, 3-53 on the Bighorn National Forest, 3-53 oxeye daisy, 3-53 I Invasive species, cont. spotted knapweed, 3-53 whitetop, 3-53 yellow toadflax, 3-53 Issues identified during scoping, 1-18 key. See Key issues K Key areas, 1-6 Key issues, 1-18 Kotzebue s grass-of-parnassus, 3-65 Leavitt soils, 3-6 Lesser bladderwort, 3-67 Livestock grazing Battle Park allotment, 3-33 cumulative effects from alternatives, 3-39 ecosystems impacted by, 3-33 effects from alternative 1, 3-36 effects from alternative 2, 3-37 effects from alternative 3, 3-38 impacts to aquatic resources, 3-58 importance of federal land, 3-46 improvements, 3-34 Misty Moon allotment, 3-33 on federal land, 3-46 L M Management indicator species, 3-91, 3-92 effects from alternative 1, 3-92, 3-93 effects from alternative 2, 3-92, 3-93 effects from alternative 3, 3-92, 3-93 MIS. See Management indicator species Misty Moon allotment stocking rate, 3-35 Monitoring allowable use, 1-6, 2-16 benchmark sites, 2-17 effectiveness, 2-15, 2-17 implementation, 2-15 types, 2-15 utilization, 2-16 vegetative residue, 2-16 Mountain sucker, 3-57 N No action alternative. See Alternative 1 No change alternative. See Alternative 2 No grazing alternative. See Alternative 1 iii

8 Bighorn National Forest Powder River Ranger District Northern blackberry, 3-66 Noxious weeds, 3-53 O Owen Creek Waybe soils, 3-7 Paint Rock Creek historic flood, 3-21 Peculiar moonwort, 3-65 Photopoints, 2-18 Plant communities in analysis area, 3-49 Plant demand species, 3-73 effects from alternative 1, 3-82 effects from alternative 2, 3-82 effects from alternative 3, 3-82 Plant species of local concern, 3-73 effects from alternative 1, 3-76 effects from alternative 2, 3-76 effects from alternative 3, 3-76 Plants sensitive. See Sensitive plant species Proposed action. See Alternative 3 Rainbow trout, 3-57 Rangeland capability, 1-16 suitability, 1-16 Rangeland condition Battle Park allotment, 3-50 Misty Moon allotment, 3-50 satisfactory, 1-7 unsatisfactory, 1-7 Rangeland vegetation cumulative effects from alternatives, 3-52 effects from alternative 1, 3-51 effects from alternative 2, 3-51 effects from alternative 3, 3-52 Recreation conflicts under alternative 1, 3-41 conflicts under alternative 2, 3-41 cumulative effects from alternatives, 3-42 effects from alternative 1, 3-41 effects from alternative 2, 3-41 effects from alternative 3, 3-42 hunting, 3-40 impacts to livestock management, 3-34, 3-46 opportunities, 3-40 Recreation use on the Bighorn National Forest, 3-40 P R Riparian areas benefits from alternative 1, 3-24 desired condition, 3-22 importance of, 3-62 potential effects from livestock grazing, 3-22 Riparian vegetation guidelines, 1-7 importance to fish habitat, 3-59 Russet cotton-grass, 3-65 Sagebrush treatment. See Alternative 3:sagebrush treatment Sedimentation effects from alternative 1, 3-24 effects from alternative 2, 3-26 effects from alternative 3, 3-26 effects on streams, 3-61 Sensitive plant species, 3-64 Cary beard-tongue, 3-65 effects determinations by alternative, 3-72 effects from alternative 1, 3-67, 3-69, 3-74 effects from alternative 2, 3-67, 3-69, 3-71 effects from alternative 3, 3-67, 3-69, 3-71 Kotzebue s grass-of-parnassus, 3-65 lesser bladderwort, 3-67 northern blackberry, 3-66 peculiar moonwort, 3-65 russet cotton-grass, 3-65 tranquil goldenweed, 3-66 upward-lobed moonwort, 3-64 wool twinpod, 3-66 Sensitive wildlife species, 3-82 effects from alternative 1, 3-84, 3-86, 3-88, 3-89, 3-90 effects from alternative 2, 3-84, 3-86, 3-88, 3-89, 3-90 effects from alternative 3, 3-84, 3-86, 3-88, 3-89, 3-90 Soil affected acreage in project area, 3-14 compaction, 3-10 cumulative effects from alternative 1, 3-13 cumulative effects from alternative 2, 3-16 cumulative effects from alternative 3, 3-18 desired condition, 3-8 effects from alternative 1, 3-11 effects from alternative 2, 3-13, 3-15, 3-26 effects from alternative 3, 3-13, 3-15, 3-17, 3-26 erosion, 3-8 field surveys, 3-7 hummocking, 3-7 impacts from livestock, 3-13 impacts in riparian areas, 3-7 S iv

9 Final Environmental Impact Statement for Livestock Grazing on the Battle Park & Misty Moon Allotments Soil, cont. infiltration rates, 3-11 potential effects from livestock grazing, 3-10 recovery from livestock impacts, 3-12 recovery from wildfire, 3-12 Soil associations, 3-5 Cryaquolls, 3-5 Leavitt, 3-5 limitations to grazing, 3-6, 3-7 Owen Creek Waybe, 3-7 Tongue River, 3-7 Stocking rates, 3-35 Streambanks effects from alternative 1, 3-24 effects from alternative 2, 3-26 effects from alternative 3, 3-26 Streamflow effects from alternative 2, 3-26 effects from alternative 3, 3-26 Streams desired condition, 3-21 Streamside vegetation effects from alternative 2, 3-25 effects from alternative 3, 3-25 Suitability. See Rangeland :suitability T Term grazing permits, 3-33 TES. See Wildlife:threatened and endangered species Threatened and endangered species. See Wildlife:threatened and endangered species Tongue River soils, 3-7 Tranquil goldenweed, 3-66 U Upward-lobed moonwort, 3-64 Utilization monitoring, 2-16 V Vegetative residue monitoring, 2-16 W Water quality, 3-21 desired condition, 3-22 effects from alternative 2, 3-26 effects from alternative 3, 3-26 Water temperature effects from alternative 1, 3-24 Wetlands desired condition, 3-22 in the project area, 3-18 Wildfire watershed recovery, 3-24 Wildlife cumulative effects from alternative 1, 3-96 cumulative effects from alternative 2, 3-97 cumulative effects from alternative 3, 3-97 demand species, 3-91 sensitive species, 3-82 species of local concern, 3-91 threatened and endangered species, 3-82 Canada lynx, 3-82 determination, 3-83 Wooly twinpod, 3-66 Y Yellowstone cutthroat trout, 3-57 v

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