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<br />, Management Area Prescriptions
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<br />Forest Plans may Include eight categories of Management Areas. Each category ,
<br />, repre'sents general man'agement direction'and is' further subdi~ided into' : "
<br />Management Area Prescriptions, which describe specific,or pre~criplive, direction..
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<br />You will see Management Areas and Prescriptions on Management Areamaps.
<br />The first number in a Prescription represents the category of Management Area; ,
<br />numbers after the decimal define the Prescription, For instance, Category 8 areas are
<br />,managed for human activities; an 8.22 Management Area Prescription applies to ski
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<br />In Category 1 areas, ecological processes are allowed tooperate'relatively tree
<br />,from.iheinfluence ofhuinans, Few, ifany, mal)-made facilities are 'present
<br />Example: Rx #1.13. is Wilderness, Semi Primitive.
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<br />Category 2 areas provide for conservition of special ecological settings and ar~
<br />often formally designated: R.esearchNatural Areas, Special Interest Areas, etc.,
<br />Example: Rx #2.2 is Research Natural Area,
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<br />In Category 3, ecaiagical val~es are'balanced with human accupancy arid resaurce
<br />management Ecological processes and patterns noimally predominate.
<br />Example: Rx # 3.33 is Backcountry Recreation with Winter Non-MotQrized,'
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<br />Cate'gory 4 areas are managed to provide recreational use, but are maintained well '
<br />within the levels necessary ,to sustain overall ecological systems. '
<br />Example: IU # 4,3 is Dispersed Recreation. ' ,,' ,
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<br />Category 5 areas are prim,arily farested ecosystems managed to' meet a variety af !
<br />'ecological and human 'needs. These lands often display evidence afhuman use and
<br />, activity, facilities, and vegetative'manipulatian.' ,
<br />Example: Rx # 5.14 is Forest Products, Winter Non-Motorized
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<br />Category 6 areas are primarily grasslands ar ather non-forc;sted ecasystems
<br />managed to meet a variety af ecalogic'al and human needs, '
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<br />'Category,7 lands are intermingled with private lands sa that ecasystem'
<br />management abjectives must be tempered by ather landowners' ,uses a,nd objectives.
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<br />Category 8 areas are generally small. Ecological conditions are'likely to be
<br />permanently altered by human 'activities"such as for ski areas or utility corridars.
<br />Example: Rx # 8.3 is Utility Corridors '
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<br />, March 2002
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