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GROUNDWATER DEPENDENT
ECOSYSTEMS
POLICY AND INVENTORY IN THE FOREST SERVICE
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Groundwater Program Goals
Maintain ground-water quantity and quality for human use while
maintaining ecosystem integrity on NFS lands.
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Policy PiecesLaws
Executive ordersRegulationsDirectives
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To manage ground-water and the dependent ecosystems at the
project level, the forest plans need to address groundwater.
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DRAFT LMP HANDBOOKChapter 10-- Assessment
• Ecosystems• Water Resource• At-Risk Species • Social and economic
sustainability
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DRAFT LMP HANDBOOKChapter 23– Requirements for Integrated Plan Components
• Riparian areas for Ecosystem Integrity and Ecosystem Diversity
• Water quality and resources
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DRAFT LMP HANDBOOKChapter 30– Monitoring
Monitor water flow, timing, and quality to sustain aquatic ecosystems, GDEs and existing human uses.
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Groundwater Dependent Ecosystems
Groundwater Dependent Ecosystems
(GDE)
Inland and Freshwater
GDE
Discharge GDE
Springs FensOther wetlands
(marshes, swamps, etc.)
Lakes (groundwater-
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Streams (base-flow)
Shallow water table GDE
Phreatophytic(includes some
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Subsurface GDE
Cave/Karst Aquifers
Marine GDE (mangroves,
etc.)
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Inventory field forms
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ENDANGERED
Ground Water Rank
MAMMALS
Gray wolf 4Black-footed ferret 4
BIRDS
Southwestern willow flycatcher 3
Whooping crane 3FISH
June sucker 2
Bonytail chub 2
Kendall Warm Springs dace 1
Sockeye salmon 2
Dependence on Groundwater: 1 = Uses ground water as primary habitat 2 = Part of life cycle uses ground water for habitat 3 = Primary food source uses ground water for habitat 4 = May come in contact with, but not dependent on ground water
INTERMOUNTAIN REGION PETS SPECIES DEPENDENCE ON GROUND WATER
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Management Impacts to groundwater and GDEs
1. Ground-water depletion2. Contamination3. Surface disturbance4. Invasive species
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Montanore Mine GDE Inventory
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Questions