A Biological Assessment of Impacts to Threatened Anadromous Salmonids from the Middle Fork Lost Man Creek Forest Restoration Plan in Redwood National Park and NMFS Letter of Concurrence
Redwood National Park and National Marine Fisheries Service. 2012. A Biological Assessment of Impacts to Threatened Anadromous Salmonids from the Middle Fork Lost Man Creek Forest Restoration Plan in Redwood National Park and NMFS Letter of Concurrence. Redwood National Park, NOAA
The purpose of this biological assessment (BA) is to review the proposed Redwood National Park (RNP) Middle Fork Lost Man Creek Forest Restoration Plan. The aim of this document is to review, in sufficient detail, whether these current and proposed actions may affect any threatened or endangered species and/or their critical habitats. The project is expected to take one to three consecutive years to complete, but due to unpredictable funding schedules this assessment will have a life span of five years or through 2017. The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) letter of concurrence (LOC) concludes that this project will have limited effects to critical habitat from 1) ground disturbing activities causing a negligible increase in turbidity, 2) riparian thinning causing a negligible potential for increase in stream temperatures, and 3) the small possibility of petroleum products entering the stream network and decreasing water quality.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Redwood National Park; National Marine Fisheries Service
- Date of Issue
- 2012-03
- Publisher
- Redwood National Park, NOAA
- Units
- REDW
- Keywords
- Biological Assessment, endangered species, erosion control, forest restoration plan, human impact, letter of concurrence, National Marine Fisheries Service, park management, Salmonid species, sediment, threatened species