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12/9/2019 ESD Printable Report This site provides hunting,hiking,photography,bird watching and other opportunities.The wide varieties of plants that bloom from spring until fall have an esthetic value that appeals to visitors. Wood Products Fence posts and firewood are potential wood products. Other Products Site Development&Testing Plan: General Data(MLRA and Revision Notes,Hierarchical Classification,Ecological Site Concept,Physiographic,Climate,and Water Features, and Soils Data): -Updated,All'Required"items complete to Provisional level Community Phase Data(Ecological Dynamics,STM,Transition&Recovery Pathways,Reference Plant Community,Species Composition List,Annual Production Table): -Updated.All'Required"items complete to Provisional level. NOTE:Annual Production Table and Species Composition List are from the"Previously Approved ESD.These will need review for future updates at the next Approved level. Each Alternative State/Community: Complete to Provisional level.Narrative for each state/community has been updated. A canopy percent will need to be established for the threshold of the 4.1 One-seed Juniper PC.This will need to be determined at the next "Approved"level after further site investigation/analysis. -1.3 Low Plant Density,Decadent Plants Plant Community.Retained in STM as a concept for now.It is likely this plant community exists on steeper and less accessible slopes.This is due to increased plant decadence(not excessive litter accumulation).Need further site investigation/analysis at the next"Approved"level. Supporting Information(Site Interpretations,Assoc.&Similar Sites,Inventory Data References,Agency/State Correlation,References): Updated.All'Required"items complete to Provisional level. Supporting Information.: Updated.All"Required"items complete to Provisional level. Animal Community Wildlife interpretations: General narrative,updated(Provisional"+„).Interpretations for individual plant community states/phases,pending. Livestock Interpretations: -Updated to reflect the Plant Community name revisions.The Stocking rate calculations remain the same since they are based on the"Legacy"Total Annual Production table. -The stocking rate calculations will be updated when Total Annual Production and Plant Community annual production is revised at the next"Approved"level. Hydrology: -From'Previously Approved"ESD(2004).Will be updated at next"approved"level. Other Site Interpretations: -Recreational Uses,Wood Products,Other Products,and Plant Preferences table,carried over from"Previously Approved"ESD(2004). Rangeland Health Reference Sheet: -From'Previously Approved"ESD(2004).Will be updated at the next"Approved"level. LRU C Sandstone Breaks ESD will be developed at a future date. "Future work,as described in a project plan,to validate the information in this provisional ecological site description is needed.This will include field activities to collect low and medium intensity sampling,soil correlations,and analysis of that data.Annual field reviews should be done by soil scientists and vegetation specialists.A final field review,peer review,quality control,and quality assurance reviews of the ESD will be needed to produce the final document."(NI 430_306 ESI and ESD,April,2015) Other Information Relationship to Other Classifications: NRCS Classification Hierarchy: Physiographic Divisions of the United States(Fenneman, 1946):Physiographic Division>Physiographic Province>Physiographic Section>Land Resource Region>Major Land Resource Area(MLRA)>Land Resource Unit(LRU). USFS Classification Hierarchy: National Hierarchical Framework of Ecological Units(Cleland et al,181-200): Domain>Division>Province>Section>Subsection>Landtype Association>Landtype>Landtype Phase. https://esis.sc.egov.usda.gov/ESDReport/fsReportPrt.aspx?id=R069XY053CO&rptLevel=all&approved=yes&repType=regular&scrns=&comm= 14/19