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<br />lJ19;i5 <br /> <br />. the ~pel Hump Wildeme~s in Id.t.no. <br />BU1 Coni~u is rudy 10 decMJe on thcs.e <br />propos.ID. enn if t~ forni Se.....K'e is <br />noI. In our ...iew.thett ts an incon\i,tenc>, <br />bel~C'l'I Dr. CUller's r..lionak for RARE <br />II and the position he: h~ IIlen on IhcllC <br />worthy ~u. For otN:r an:as, mon: in- <br />(onnalion is needt'd; it is hen: ttw RARE II <br />c.ffen the mosc promi~. <br />Unfortunaldy. RARE II gOlorrlo a bad <br />SUln with the 200-plus WoBSOOps. htkll;r..t <br />July and AUIus.t around the rounllJ. In its <br />"Ie 10 begin woR. on RARE II .md 10 <br />comply with the act'Clelllltd 1ime1ablc for <br />the program spc:cilYd b)' Or. CUlier, lhe <br />FotnI ~"icc iChedukd the ....ort~ <br />_ithout knQwinC what they wen: 10 at- <br />rompliV1. InMtuCtionsforwhM to 00 at the <br />wor'uhops wc~ not approved unhl July', <br />only ,ill. days before the workshop\ began. <br />The instruchons for rompleli~r: rhe inYen- <br />tory of ro.Heu and undeveloped area!. <br />wttr 001 Kn~ our until June 27. <br />'The ~suhinl confusion. in Furu.t XI" <br />vtc:e office. and lmonllhc public. ,.encr- <br />o.1Ied both contlie! and conlro...e~y. In <br />mMl)' an:IS, lh... ~sl Service did an ad. <br />mirabie job of doing .n inll'enlory on !louch <br />. ~ n.."lCKe. Sue in other areas. especially <br />in the WI and lhe Soulh. rh( a,eney either <br />did an incomplrltjobnrs;mply abandoned <br />lhe dfott enlli~ly. A few eumpk'l; <br />. 1be IUlional (oreslS o( Mississippi <br />(\he!!: ~ ~Yeraj. b... lhey are adminis- <br />k~ as a slBl1e: entity) conducted DO i~ <br />veNory" ,II. <br />. The Ki..fCbie Nalional Fore,' in <br />l..t:Maisiatla J)d no( do u inventory- <br />ucqJC 10 1n.::IUde lhc KisalChic- Hills. . <br />lon,-I.tandin. citizen-proposed wikkr- <br />..... <br />. n.: Hlm'D-",,*,istte Nalionlll Forest5 in <br />Michisa, did noc JoUow Ibe C'OI'Tm pm:e- <br />durn (the). Iud MIl )'eIl'e(;%iYCd lhechler. <br />inICructiont). and as a ITS\i. no ro;,dacu <br />aft'uwrn:li&lui. WheAthc: fORst P'-"nen <br />dMJ recei'II'C ~ifiC' in~ruc1K>m u to <br />which cr;tcril were 10 be applied 10 lhe <br />invcntory, 00.) new iftll'eDlO1")' wu It- <br />.,,"pod <br />. Tht W}li~e Mountain N.ional forni in <br />., <br />Newi Hamr.rslllre iCnomj the- FOfut Ser- <br />va eritt,;,. lor conducti"g lhe in'o't'nIOf')'. <br />.lbe Grn:n Mounllin "'.Iional forni in <br />Vermonl !nll'cnted ilS own supplenw:fl- <br />tal-and I'UOfI: ratricthoe-cnttri' for lht <br />~ <br />. The CarlOn Nalional Forest in New <br />Me_lro wId the Siel'T1l Club thai 1M: <br />c:rimia were (I[Il}' guldtlinc:l. and there- <br />f(n fOrelt plUlDen were not obliged 10 <br />.sheri' to lhrm. <br />By ""= li:mr Ihis issue of Si..rru rnchn <br />its ~. lhc 6naI hwenlOC)' .iJl ha~ <br /> <br />]2 NOVEMBERIDECEMBER 1917 <br /> <br />been annouottd by the chief of lhe Foru( <br />Scrva. Bill if the inventol")' is taten in <br />~uch arbitnry wlYs. whal can we expect <br />(rom the remaLOOer of lhe RARE II pro- <br />....m'! <br />When an adcqualC' in'tDiory of ro.ad~1J <br />and undevdoped lands is I1nally rum- <br />rkted. thlt forni Sef\'n will aUtmpt <br />IDde-o!rS belwccn wildtmes.s and non- <br />wildemeu ~ of the ami in lhe invefto <br />lury. If it i, generally at:.rttd th.c I pw- <br />lieu I., roadie.. Uta il lechnic:ally quaJ.. <br />irted 10 br ~ilnated wikkmns. a iq" <br />mer-I must then be made whelher wilder. <br />nn.$lslheWLK'W uKo(IMlbnd. RARE II <br />is deliJned 10 hitthliJht: ncb trade-off is.- <br />WC',. As lhis is brin, wrMloCn.!he FoI'CSl <br />Sc-rv~ is drcidift, whal l'e1OUn.'C data <br />mU~1 be compiled abouc each roedlnl ard <br />in order 10 malt IraJc-off decistons. <br /> <br /> <br />., 'iJ( <br /> <br />Irlhe basic;d.la.re biasa:l or full of,aps <br />or 100 JeOC'r.al (. wut the dMa used ia <br />19n in RARE I). RARE II will ftOl: wod. <br />I( lhe pu~M: eannol1\.aw confide"" cb.al <br />the Jau used &0 JUStify lrade...,ns art <br />SOtIIWt. K'Cln~le .nd blilanced. the whole <br />t'el\..j~ will,imp~ plft'ipilalltydlDodier <br />".-.rid of cOrIlro'lfCl"lY..For cumplc:. it iI <br />dcnned nacnlial klcompde dr.au abcN. chi <br />YOIum: and vailX' 0( linlbtr wn_ each <br />~!cu lrea. 8.Il thew cbla are aa... <br />pkt~ w"houl irtiormation .tlouI rhe c:otIIS <br />of "lCWJ C'QIISlNCt.. &ad login, IhaIl <br />."ct.ld be NC"tUa'Y ., Mnoest Ihe lamber. <br />And we IMSI know how bo4h'Xl'l of <br />fit'"" roonpowe wilh simriar intonn.rKm <br />lot f'l(>nWJdemeu I~s. Withot.tl: this tittd <br />of ."idalCt. ~ion.aJ dloicca 0( who <br />aft"uI '0 b, taDftOt be made. <br /> <br />A Loophq/< <br />TIa.:!t is I major e:K':1pC hMch .. fofnt <br />Sc'nt('C ;woceduru fhal mizhl mull ill tm- <br />pona1! 'Ndkss areas bem, dropped fron. <br />tlx RA~E II in~ before iI is eVC1l <br />comp'd:d . <br />1l1'1 bophlle: it in lhe nonm.l land-UIC <br />pl&nnJ/'1 ~ss used by the fofnt Set. <br />v~. t~. rt,ul.ofll912 Saeml Ol;tbbw- <br />sui!..o ro.dleu arel ma, be devek:Jped by <br />