What is Forest Plan Recommended Wilderness and why would motorized and mechanized travel be prohibited in these areas under the proposed action?
The 1976 National Forest Management Act required that land and resource management plans or “forest plans” be developed for each of the National Forests. As part of the planning process, forest plans were required to evaluate roadless areas and consider them for recommendation as additions to the National Wilderness Preservation System. Sixteen roadless areas on the Clearwater NF were evaluated against a specified set of wilderness characteristics. Areas that best met these characteristics were recommended for designation as Wilderness in the 1987 Clearwater National Forest Plan. These areas included parts of the Mallard Larkins, Hoodoo (Great Burn) roadless areas and parts of several other roadless areas adjacent to the existing Selway Bitterroot Wilderness. Congress holds the authority to actually designate areas as Wilderness. It is the Forest Service’s responsibility to both recommend areas to Congress and to retain the characteristics that led to those recommendations until Congre
Related Questions
- I understand that the University legally has to produce a Travel Plan but aren’t all the proposed car parking changes just another way to make money out of hard-working staff?
- What is Forest Plan Recommended Wilderness and why would motorized and mechanized travel be prohibited in these areas under the proposed action?
- What will happen to the area closures shown on the old Okanogan National Forest Travel Plan Map?
