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United States Department of Agriculture Environmental Analysis and Decision Making A Case For Change Intermountain Region (Region 4) Mark Bethke Director of Planning and Financial Resources Forest Service March 29 2018 Region 4 EADM Cadre

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Environmental Analysis and Decision Making

A Case For Change Intermountain Region (Region 4) Mark Bethke Director of Planning and Financial Resources

United States Department of Agriculture

Forest Service March 29 2018

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Region 4 EADM Cadre Members:

Dave Rosenkrance

  • Deputy. Regional Forester

Regional Office drosenkrance@fs.fed.us Tricia O’Connor Forest Supervisor Bridger-Teton poconnor@fs.fed.us Cecilia Seesholtz Forest Supervisor Boise cseesholtz@fs.fed.us Chad Hudson

  • Dep. Forest Supervisor

UWC chadhudson@fs.fed.us Mark Bethke Director Planning-Budget Regional Office markdbethke@fs.fed.us Kris Lee Director Natural Resources Regional Office Kristinelee@fs.fed.us Rob Mickelsen Acting Forest Supervisor Caribou-Targhee rmickelsen@fs.fed.us Kristy Groves District Ranger Ashley SO Kgroves@fs.fed.us Lyn Snoddy Nepa Coordinator Sawtooth SO lynlsnoddy@fs.fed.us Sue Dixon Nepa Coordinator Payette SO sdixon@fs.fed.us Jeff Hunteman Nepa Planner Salmon-Challis SO jhunteman@fs.fed.us Mike Golden Fisheries Biologist Dixie SO mgolden@fs.fed.us Kris Boatner Wildlife Biologist H-T SO kboatner@fs.fed.us Jeff Rust Archeologist Ashley SO jarust@fs.fed.us Jenneka Knight Environmental Coordinator Fishlake SO jknight@fs.fed.us Daniel Lay Forest Botanist Manti-Lasal dlay@fs.fed.us Kit Mullen Forest Supervisor Sawtooth kmullen@fs.fed.us Stephaney Kerley District Ranger Boise-Mtn Home skerley@fs.fed.us Terry Hardy Watershed Program Manager Boise SO thardy@fs.fed.us Tera Little NEPA Coordinator Boise SO teralittle@fs.fed.us Richa Wilson Regional Architectural Historian Regional Office rwilson@fs.fed.us Steve Scheid Recreation Special Uses Program Manager Regional Office sscheid@fs.fed.us Bruce Anderson Acting Regional NEPA coordinator Regional Office brucepandersen@fs.fed.us Wade Muehlhof Media and Legislative Affairs Coordinator Regional Office ewmuehlhof@fs.fed.us Ken Capps OGC Denver Office KENNETH.CAPPS@OGC.USDA.GOV Eric Davis WO - NFS WO ericdavis@fs.fed.us William Carromero Marcano WO - NFS WO wcarromero@fs.fed.us Theresa Davidson R-9 Mark Twain NF tmdavidson@fs.fed.us Carrie Gilbert R-9 RO carriegilbert@fs.fed.us

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Number of Environmental Documents:

Agency Wide NEPA Documents 2006 - 2016

Type of NEPA Documents

  • No. Of

Documents

  • Approx. No.

Per Year EIS 1,220 122 EA 9,536 954 DM 27,532 2,753 Total 38,288 3,829

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Number of Environmental Documents:

Region 4 NEPA Documents 2006 – 2016

Type of NEPA Documents

  • No. Of

Documents

  • Approx. No.

Per Year EIS 90 9 EA 576 58 DM 2,134 213 Total 2,800 280

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R4 Decisions

FY 13-17 Project Purpose ROD DN DM Grand Total Special use management - SU 5 33 301 339 Recreation management - RW 3 47 130 180 Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants - WF 8 27 120 155 Vegetation management (other than forest products) 6 39 69 114 Minerals and Geology - MG 10 38 60 108 Watershed management - WM 5 31 69 105 Fuels management - HF 7 45 48 100 Grazing management - RG 2 15 58 75 Road management - RD 5 21 24 50 Forest products - TM 6 25 18 49 Facility management - FC 2 15 17 Land management planning - PN 6 2 3 11 Land ownership management - LM 1 2 8 11 Special area management - RU 1 4 3 8 Heritage resource management - HR 4 3 7 Research and Development - FR 3 4 7 Land acquisition - LW 2 2 Decision Types

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Region 4 Average Days to Decision

861 1348 1055 914 957 1004 908 923 653 1464 1681 373 447 715 506 362 480 601 450 508 810 596 210 238 214 201 236 224 174 162 216 212 243 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 1600 1800 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Days Year

Average Days to Decision

ROD DN DM Linear (ROD) Linear (DN) Linear (DM)

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Region 4 Number of Decisions

15 6 13 10 10 6 5 5 4 8 8 64 44 51 79 92 51 54 58 21 31 31 290 283 245 215 181 161 153 154 135 188 129 369 333 309 304 283 218 212 217 160 227 168 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Number of Decisions Year

R4 Number of Decisions

EIS EA CE Total

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Region 4 Accomplishments:

  • 22 EADM Engagement Sessions - Completed within the

Region.

  • Themes, challenges, and opportunities captured in EADM

engagement sessions were upward reported and utilized by the R-4 Cadre and RLT to further define our regional strategy.

  • EADM Cadre created a PALS based CE Category pivot table
  • R4 EADM Workshop (Forest Environmental Coordinators

and Resource Specialist)

  • A team was created to look at the way we are organized

around Environmental Analysis and Decision Making. The team’s recommendations served as the foundation for several EADM pilot projects in the Region.

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Region 4 Accomplishments Continued:

  • Implementing goals for completion of NEPA documents in

the Region: EIS’s -18 months, EA’s - 10 months and DM’s - 2 months. Will include quarterly check-ins, schedules with key milestones and cost estimates.

  • Contract restoration NEPA documents through the State of

Idaho.

  • Contract a Range NEPA Environmental Assessment to serve

as a template for additional projects.

  • Develop a consistent small NEPA process for the Region

including report templates.

  • Develop Regional Training to help reduce Special use

Backlog