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<br />0n2556 <br /> <br />. it contained 5,000 acres or more, or <br />. it contained fewer than 5,000 acres but <br /> <br />(a) was manageable in its natural condition, or <br />(b) was a self-contained ecosystem, or <br />(c) was adjacent to an existing Wilderness, and <br /> <br />. it did not contain facilities for purposes of travel by vehicles greater than 50 inches in <br />width. <br /> <br />Areas were excluded if they contained reservoirs, utility corridors, electronic sites, <br />developed recreation sites, or current mining activity. However, some improvements <br />were deemed acceptable -if motorized trails, fences, outfitter camps, or historical mining <br />and timber activities were present, the area was still regarded as physically <br />undeveloped. <br /> <br />During the evaluation, all physically undeveloped areas were evaluated for capability. <br />Only those found to be capable of Wilderness recommendation were evaluated for <br />availability. Only those found to be available were evaluated to determine the need to <br />recommend them for Wilderness designation. <br /> <br />Using these criteria, 37 areas were found to be capable of and available for Wilderness <br />recommendation on the Forest. Collectively, these areas comprise about 298,000 acres. <br /> <br />Table 9 summarizes capable and available road less acres recommended for Wilderness <br />(Management Area 1.2) by alternative. It also shows whether they are adjacent to <br />existing Wilderness. <br /> <br />Table 9 <br />Areas of Management Area 1.2, by alternative <br /> <br />ALTERNATIVE <br /> <br /> B C 0 E F I <br />Acres of Management Area 1.2 0 94,300 47,200 103,000 0 205,000 <br />Percent of capable and available <br />road less areas recommended for 0 32 16 35 0 69 <br />Wilderness <br />Number of adjacent areas 0 9 3 0 0 22 <br />Number of non-adjacent areas 0 1 2 6 0 4 <br /> <br />Alternative I recommends both the largest number of roadless areas for Wilderness <br />designation and the largest number of acres. Alternative E recommends the next highest <br />acreage, but fewer areas. There are fewer, but larger road less areas recommended in <br />Alternative E than there are in Altemative C. Alternative C recommends 10 areas, with <br />less acreage than E or I and more acres than D. Of the alternatives that do recommend <br />Wilderness, D has the fewest areas and the fewest acres. Alternatives Band F make no <br />recommendations. <br /> <br />Capable and available road less areas were assigned either Management Area 1.2 or <br />allocated to one of the other available management areas. Table 10 summarizes how <br />road less areas have been assigned to different management areas. <br /> <br />-- 36 - <br />