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001939 "~lu2rne3;,,i 1.i~1L. ~tuj:Les 'lil.c.c~ dre [uree h.iI1(l'u o'i iHIorllidti.ou' you are::: seel~iI'l,.J ill cl '..il-.i...;'.rne~s fielJ citUJy. t\) :;eneral lanu use infornld t-ion b) uilderne.sti vcllue~ .ir..Loii.l<.ltion L) LOllwJa-rj ir.i.forlaation i\ Dnderstalldin.... Jl1 <J.rea r2quires. kno\llet.l~~e of ti.ie past present and 'potential uses of tile IJud. 'J.'~.le scar.s left. 01 past Llt.C8 ,:,uut -ue e::~a',:dned to see. bow: severely tile ll.:1turalness of t:'l.e are.a lEiS 'ueer; ..llter8J.. :;rcsent uses .ullst "Li~ consiaert:!o.J for t:ileir L.l;.Jact au tae IdWl as \';l:ll as the 'interest that tlle 'user iias ill tae ar(:a anJ llis consequent attitud2.~j to\!Clr'd uilderness uesiunation. ,i"otential ut>es incluJe .J.ctivities alread.y in tile jJlan.nin; ::.ta'~e and' act.ivities tuat tile area could s:..l?t>ort even thou;,')d n(1 one is .,Jresently. ucvl:.lopinu t.llt:i',l. 'lLiia is tile resource conflict study ui::icusseJ in other handouts. You ur'e looKin~ for illfordation t'o tell you 1) ...l....l t Jevelo~).,1ent can happer~ ill tile area,? J 1.) ..\re t"llere, any v1:lns for tl.at ciev121op:1ent?' d) "...re tlley seriou;:~ plans'?) u) !,uat is tll(:; tilaC sClleuul~ for tile plans?, u.lh.1 J) 1..0\; feasible i:3 tlk uevelol"'dent'? (StH:~cifics for cae;l .resource a..re listeu ill t~le FieloJ. Stu.Jy "":i.leci"list) '..l~liB infOrIaation. in an inJication of tHe viu~ility (uotn pllysical aud j;'ol.itical) of desio..:flc.tin~:. ti~e area as -.~iluernetis . .u \Jilcterness values are tllo::;e characteristics we. try to j?rotect \"ith \'Jilderness J.esi~:uationB. '..I.ueir iJresence provide reasou~ tor J.~sit~n.J.tin." an area so your jOIJ is to investi,j,.:J.te and catalo~ue ti~e..:. G~ction 1(c) of t.ile ~,iluerness .dCt uefines \-iiluerr:.esu as. .. .an area \.illerc tile e..lrtn and its community of life are untrut,\:i.ae.lc...J. by "clan) \,-mere 'i...18U Ui..l:.>elf is a visitor ';J110 does not r~l;taiil. .\i1 area of "ilderness is furti!e:c defined to dean ill thi3 Act an area of undevelol)ed l'eueral land retainin::; its ,lril:1cval character and. influence, l.'ithout l1eri;.lanent i..liJrovt:!!,_tents or duman h.aGitation, \Jllicii is protected all:..l ,ilalJ.d~ea so as to .:,reserve its I:iutural conditions and \/lliCil (1) generally G?pears to ll~ve been affected pri~adrily by the forces of nature~ \.it11 the i"lprint of lllaD; S "'lOrK substanti.:llly uur.oticeaille (L) l1as outstanLiin;::. o~J:.'ortunities for solituJe or a priLJitive and unconfined type of outdoor recreation" (3) lias .:..It least five thousand acres of land or i,3 sufficient size as to :;lake practica~le its iJreservation anLi use in o.ln Unilil~xlired condition, ana (4) ''lay dIso contain ecolo[;',ical ~ ~;colo;.~ical ,; or otiler features of scientific, educational) scenic or his'Loric value. 'Hie absence of Uuman Je.velopl.!tents, then, is a Hajor ~JilJerne8s value ('i'il~ r'orest ::>ervice calls it a '"requisite attribute .) 'tilis is the same information you gather \i~len you consider land uses:; i)a~;t and present. The pertinent y,uestions are 1) Hllat evide.nces of ;:tan a.re present in tile ar~a'? and -') .:.10\! .];reat is t"ilCdr iElpact on tile ar:..~as natur.:iluess? O.)lJortunities for oolituue or yrilnitiv0. type recreation in the ot:.ler .requisite dttribute" d.;;ain, 1) L:~re trley present? and 2) To Ullat de:;ree? This is d tiuuj ec tive use-your-ovm-jud;;€itlent-but -e:-::tJlain"-yoLlr-conclusions en tegor y . The Forest Service considers tne ecolo~;ical) c;eoloe,ical; scientific, educational, scenic and l:ds torical values to Le seconJ.ary (tHey call thea "SutJpleiHcntal attr Ibutes) l.Jecause of tile ~/orJin0 of tile l\.ct. lie differ 'tl]i~h tneiiL~ assigning equal:; or perhatJs :.:,reater value to SUCil features. Guciangered si>€cies ~ rel:luaut or unusual ecosysteHls, the use of tile area for scientific