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<br />O~(.53~ <br /> <br />Alternative I <br /> <br />This alternative responds to views expressed by a coalition of environmental groups that <br />a specific set of principles of conservation biology be used to guide management of the <br />Forest. These principles are somewhat different than the set of ecological principles <br />incorporated in other alternatives. Alternative I relies more on natural disturbance <br />processes for the maintenance of ecosystems. In all other alternatives, active <br />management IS used to improve ecosystem conditions. In the analysis of this alternative, <br />the effects of managing the Forest according to these conservation biology principles <br />has been compared to the effects of managing the Forest according to the principles <br />used in the other alternatives. <br /> <br />Theme. Alternative I emphasizes the idea that the best way to perpetuate ecosystems, <br />forest health, and biological diversity is to allow natural disturbance regimes and other <br />ecological and evolutionary processes to occur without human intervention. Commodity <br />production, including recreation, is accommodated only to the extent that it does not <br />fundamentally impair these natural processes, the restoration of ecological functions, or <br />the health of native plant and animal communities. To the highest degree possible, the <br />essential wildness of the land is maintained. <br /> <br />Figure 7 <br />Alternative J management area allocations, by category (see page 11) <br /> <br />78 <br /> <br />4 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />- 18- <br /> <br />. Category 1 . 56% <br />. Category 2 - S% <br />~ Category 3 - 7% <br /> Category 4 . B% <br />. Category 5 - 20% <br />. Category 7 - 0% <br />IIII! Category 8. 3% <br />