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<br />rtr, '; ~c: '5 <br />v_- <br /> <br />Another issue influencing winter travel management is the effect of motorized travel on <br />wildlife habitat. Some alternatives reduce the acres of motorized areas to avoid conflicts <br />occurring in wildlife winter ranges. Figure 12 displays the acreage of Forest land <br />proposed for non.motorized travel only. <br /> <br />Figure 12 <br />Acres of NFS land where motorized travel is restricted <br /> <br /> . Motonzed Use Of! Designated Routes Only n <br /> 1200 . Closed lo Motofized Use <br />. <br />. <br />. 1 <br />< <br />. 600 ~ <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. ttttL <br />0 <br />. '00 <br />~ <br /> 0 ~ <br /> B C 0 E F <br /> <br /> <br />Roadless Areas <br /> <br />Additions to the National Wilderness Preservation System are made only by Congress. <br />During the forest planning process, national forests are required to inventory their <br />road less areas, evaluate the wilderness values of these areas, and recommend to <br />Congress those areas that meet the criteria for Wilderness designation. <br />Roadless areas can be managed as RNAs or special interest areas; they can be used <br />for resource production or to provide non-motorized recreation: or, if suitable, they can <br />be recommended as Wilderness. <br /> <br />A full inventory of roadless areas on the White River National Forest included all areas <br />that are undeveloped and that do not have any permanent evidence of human use. Each <br />inventoried area was evaluated for potential Wilderness recommendation, focusing on <br />three primary criteria-capability, availability and need. These are measures of the area's <br />wilderness characteristics, its value relative to other uses, and its value as an additional <br />wilderness resource at its location. <br /> <br />The 1984 Forest Plan does not contain a roadless area inventory. Although the second <br />roadless area review and evaluation (RARE II) had just been completed when the Plan <br />was prepared, It was found to be of limited accuracy and utility. For the revised Plan, a <br />new and more complete inventory was needed to address ongoing roadless area <br />management issues. <br /> <br />Each undeveloped area on the Forest was identified during the inventory according to <br />the following measures: <br /> <br />- 35- <br />