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<br />.'-33 <br />OIJ,'J. <br /> <br />How each alternative differs from the other five is expressed as its management area <br />allocation-the management areas it contains, their size. and their distribution across the <br />Forest. The management area maps in the accompanying map packet show that, in a <br />given alternative, particular management areas can occur more than once and can <br />appear in many different locations on the Forest. <br />The theme of each alternative was used to guide the allocation process. Depending on <br />this theme, an alternative can include some management areas while excluding others <br />and can vary significantly from other alternatives in Ihe size, locatIon and frequency of <br />management areas it contains. See Table 2 following the alternative descriptions for the <br />total acreage, by alternative, of each management area on the Forest. <br /> <br />Alternative B <br /> <br />Alternative S, an updated version of the existing Forest Plan that reflects current <br />Forestwide direction, represents the "No Action" alternative. It meets the NEPA <br />requirement (36 CFR 219.12(f)(7)) that a No Action alternative be considered, <br />No Action means that current management allocations, activities and management <br />direction found in the existing Forest Plan, as amended, would continue. All alternatives <br />contain some modifications to direction provided by the 1984 Plan. These include new <br />definitions, new technologies and inventories, and updated standards and guidelines. <br />Output levels have been recalculated for this alternative to comply with new information. <br />Theme. AlternatIVe B emphasizes production of goods and services such as developed <br />recreation, downhill skiing and range, which all would be increased to meet expected <br />levels of demand. Vegetation management would be applied to improving wildlife <br />habitat. maintaining and improving visual quality in travel cOrridors and recreation areas, <br />treating of overmature and diseased tree stands. and providing firewood and other wood <br />products. (Source: 1984 Forest Plan, FEIS, Summary. page 8) <br /> <br />Figure 2 <br />Alternative B management area allocations, by category (see page 11) <br /> <br />7 8 <br /> <br />5 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />, <br />r. <br /> <br /> <br />. Category 1 - 36% <br />. Category 2 - 0% <br />~ Category 3.12% <br /> Category 4 - 11% <br />. Category 5 - 36% <br />. Category 7. 0% <br />III Category 8 - 5% <br /> <br />4 <br /> <br />~13- <br />