CHARACTERIZE AND ASSESS WILDLIFE-HABITAT TYPES AND STRUCTURAL CONDITIONS FOR SUB-BASINS WITHIN THE BLUE

MOUNTAIN PROVINCE

Project: 27003

PurposePurpose Develop a Coordinated and Consistent Set of

Landscape Information Across Subbasins within the Mountain Snake

NeedNeed Subbasin Planning: calls for detailed wildlife-

habitat mapping to establish new habitat baseline conditions that are critical to evaluating the effectiveness of projects in improving habitat, watershed health….and to develop watershed assessments…to facilitate integrated resources management and planning efforts..” [Snake Hells Canyon Subbasin Summary, p.147].

specific local resource mangers goals and objectives support a need for mapping, for example specific local resource mangers goals and objectives support a need for mapping, for example specific local resource mangers goals and objectives support a need for mapping, for example specific local resource mangers goals and objectives support a need for mapping, for example

Finer Resolution Mapping is supported or will meet over 20 current local Resource Manager’s Fish and Wildlife Goals, Objectives, and/or Strategies:

Several examples are in the Snake Hells Canyon Subbasin Summary: Nez Perce Tribal Fisheries/Conservation Enforcement Goals (p.120); IDFG’s Goal #1, Objective 1, Strategy 1.1.1. and 1.1.3 (p.121); Idaho Conservation Data Center Objective 2 (p. 126); and ODFW’s Wildlife Diversity Plan, Objective 1, Strategy 1.2 (p.132).

Develop a Product that will Assist in Evaluating and Assessing Future Fish and Wildlife Needs

Evaluating Alternative Management Strategies

Integrated Assessments of Fish and Wildlife

and Ecological Functions

Establish a Benchmark or Desired Condition

Consistently MapWildlife Habitat Types Across the

Province

Consistently MapStructural ConditionsAcross the Province

ConclusionConclusion

Mapping is consistent with NWPPC’s Mapping is consistent with NWPPC’s Multi-Species FrameworkMulti-Species Framework

Mapping is integrated with a regional Mapping is integrated with a regional wildlife-habitat relationships data setwildlife-habitat relationships data set

Mapping will be consistent with and within Mapping will be consistent with and within other subbasins other subbasins

Finer resolution maps would directlyFiner resolution maps would directlysupport local Fish and Wildlife Goals, support local Fish and Wildlife Goals, Objectives, and Needs as outlined in Objectives, and Needs as outlined in

Sub-basin SummariesSub-basin Summaries