Mt. Ashland Overview

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Mt. Ashland Overview
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The Mt. Ashland LSR was analyzed

• Late-Successional Reserve Assessment - Mt.
  Ashland Late-Successional Reserve, June 21, 1996
• Beaver Creek Ecosystem Analysis, July 1996
• Klamath National Forest Forestwide LSR
  Assessment, January 1999
• Klamath National Forestwide Roads Analysis, June
  2002

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The Forestwide LSR Assessment and the Mt. Ashland
LSR Assessment identified three priority
treatment objectives for the Mt. Ashland LSR

• Promote the continued development of
  late-successional and old-growth habitat.
• Protect existing habitat by implementing fuels
  reduction projects
• Contribute to the recovery of the Northern
  spotted owl.

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Based on these analyses and a comparison and
field review of several LSRs in the fall of 2003,
the Forest Service selected Mt. Ashland LSR as a
priority for restoration/protection, and
developed a long-term strategy.
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Mt. Ashland LSR Strategy
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Using this strategy, an interdisciplinary team
composed of Forest Service and United States Fish
and Wildlife Service employees was assigned the
task of developing a proposal entitled