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000293 PLANNING QUESTION 9: How will the Forest administer existing winter sports sites and allocate inventoried potential sites? The issues rela ted to skiing deal wi th what sites should be developed and when. There is also concern about the effects of major resort expansion on local areas. PLANNING QUESTION 10: How will the Forest be managed in response to the increasing demands associated with oil shale and other energy developments? The issues and concerns related to this question deal with the expectation that private land development will continue to consume wildlife habitat for human use and there will be substantial increases in demand for dispersed recreation use. PLANNING QUESTION II: What will the management direction be for the Wilder- nesses on the Forest? Wilderness is a major use of the Forest, accounting for more than 30 percent of the land area for which the plan is being prepared. Some of the majo r issues related to wilderness are mineral exploration; vegetation management, particularly related to the mountain pine beetle infestation; commercial use of wilderness by outfitter guides; conflicts between users; questions about water diversions; and the general concern about the overall effect people will have on wilderness. PLANNING QUESTION 12: How will the Forest be managed in response to increas- ing pressure on wildlife habitat? The issues in this question are similar to Planning Question 10. The include the loss of wildlife habitat to human use, particularly winter range and calving areas, conflicts between uses, and appropriate methods of vegetation treatment to increase effective wildlife habitat. PLANNING surface to the used? QUESTION 13: Where on the Forest will surface occupancy or no occupancy of land for oil, gas, or geothermal leases be recommended BLM, and if leases are permitted, what lease stipulations should be The issues related to this question include the amount and type of acreage to be leased, its location, and how the Forest Service will protect and restore the resources in the leased area. ALTERNATIVES INCLUDING THE PROPOSED ACTION This chapter of the EIS describes and compares the alternatives analyzed in the Forest planning process. Six alternatives, including the Proposed Action, are conSidered in detail. Prior to development of the alternatives, benchmark levels were developed to derive reference points for comparison with the alternatives as well as to define the range of outputs and costs within which feasible alternatives would be constructed. These benchmarks also provided a basis for analyzing trade-offs between alternatives. 5