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<br />Issues <br />Wilderness <br /> <br />Natural History <br /> <br />Recreat i on <br /> <br />Off-Road Vehicle <br />Designations. <br /> <br />TABLE S-1 (Continued) <br /> <br />SUMMARY Cf" PROPOSED MANAGEMENT ACTl~S BY ALTERNATIVE <br /> <br />All AHer"flatives <br />All WSAs ~ould be managed <br />in compl i ~nce ....i th BlM's <br />Interim Management Policy <br />until they are re...ie....ed and <br />acted on by Congress or the <br />State Oi rector; designated <br />....ilderness ....ould be managed <br />in compl iance with [lLM's <br />~;lderness Management <br />Pol icy and Wi Iderness Act <br />of 1964. <br />Avoidance or no-surface. <br />occupancy stipulations <br />~ould be imposed, as <br />needed, to protec t spec i a I <br />values in areas of critical <br />en...ironmental concern or <br />..esearch natural areas. <br /> <br />Recl"eational information <br />....ould be prO...lded to the <br />publ ic; a sl')n pl dn would <br />be implemented; publ ic <br />access fOr recreational <br />use ....ould be acqui ren; and <br />visual resources ....ould be <br />eVdluated as a part of <br />activ'i ty <Ind project <br />planning. <br /> <br />Off-road vehicle <br />opportunities would <br />continue within the <br />Resource Area; use in <br />cert~in areas ....ould he <br />restl"icted to provide for <br />publ ic sdfety. protect <br />resource values 01" <br />minimize confl icts. <br /> <br />Current Manaqement <br />All WSAs ....ould be <br />recommended as nonsuitable <br />for designation. <br /> <br />No specidl managerrent areas <br />would be designated. <br /> <br />Cedar Mountain recreation <br />management area (8BO acres) <br />....ould be developed; Willa.... <br />Creek would be managed as <br />a recreational area, <br /> <br />1,131,110 acres ....ould be <br />rlesignated open, 168,000 <br />acres limi ted (to existing <br />roadsl, Il.nd 890 aCl"es <br />closelj, <br /> <br />5-10 <br /> <br />Energy and Minerals <br />Oi amond Break s WSA (35, 3BO <br />acresl would be recommended <br />as suitable for designa- <br />tion; the other 7 WSA~ <br />wOIJl d be recommended as <br />nonsu;table for <br />designation. <br /> <br />Irish Canyon, lookout <br />Mountain, and Cross <br />Mountain Canyon ACECs <br />(19,100 acres). and Ink. <br />SprIngs, Vermillion Creek, <br />Vermillion Bluffs, and <br />Calico Ora.... RNAs (1,710 <br />Il.cresl would be designated. <br /> <br />Cross Mountain (12,700 <br />acre5) would be <br />administered as a special <br />reCreation management area; <br />Vale of Tears drea (7,420 <br />acres) ....ould be managed to <br />maintain sem;primitive <br />nonmotOl"ized settings and <br />opportuni ties. <br /> <br />982,490 acres woul~ be <br />designated open, 262,000 <br />acres lfmited (existlng/ <br />desi')naten I"oads and <br />trails, permitted uses). <br />~nd 55,510 acres closed. <br />