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Pikeview Quarry Environmental Assessment Page 4 <br />d <br />ld <br />f <br />i , <br />orest lan <br />wou <br />be located <br />n a Management Prescription azea SB (USDA Forest Service, <br />1991). Areas designated SB emphasize the management of forage and cover on big game <br />winter ranges. , <br />Applicable management activities may include: Visual Resource Management, <br />Managemt^nt of Developed Recreation Sites, Dispersed Recreation Management, Wildlife ' <br />and Fish Resource Management, Wildlife Habitat Improvement and Maintenance, Rangr~ <br />Resource lvlanagement, Silvicultural Prescriptions, Special Use Management (non- <br />recreation), Rights-of--Way and Land Adjustments, Transportation System Management, t <br />and Fuel Treatment. The guidelines for each of these management activities are described <br />below. <br /> <br />Visual Resources management activities are designed and implemented to blend v~ith <br />natural landscape, according to Visual Quality Objective (VQO) of modification. <br />Under these VQOs, management activities may visually dominate the original , <br />chazacteristic landscape. However, activities of vegetative and land form alteration <br />must borrow from naturally established form, line, color, or texture so completely and <br />at such scale that its visual characteristics are those of natural occurrences within the ' <br />surrounding area or character type. Reduction in line, form, color, and texture <br />contrasts should be accomplished within one year. <br /> ' <br />Management of Developed Recreation Sites goals are to close all developed sites <br />during the winter management seasons. Design, construction and operation of <br />developed recreation sites occur only to the extent that summer season management ' <br />objectives need to be met. <br />Dispersed Recreation Management is to manage summer use-season for appropriate ' <br />Recreation Opportunity Spectrum (ROS) opportunities, including: (1) "provide <br />roaded natural recreation opportunities within 1 /2 mile of Forest arterial, collector, <br />and local roads with better than primitive surfaces which are open to public motorized , <br />travel; (2) provide semi-primitive motorized recreation opportunities with a low to <br />moderate incidence of contact with other groups and individuals within 1/2 mile of <br />designated local roads with primitive surfaces and trails open to motorized recreation , <br />use; (3) where local roads aze closed to public motorized recreation travel, provide for <br />dispersed non-motorized recreation opportunities. Manage recreation use to provide <br />for the incidence of contact with other groups and individuals appropriate for the <br />established ROS classification; and (4) provide semi-primitive non-motorized <br />recreation opportunities in all areas more than 112 mile away from roads and trails <br />open to motorized recreation use." In addition, winter use is managed for very low ' <br />densities. Areas are closed to human use to the degree necessary in winter to prevent <br />disturbance of wildlife. <br />Wildlife and Fish Resource Management goals are to maintain habitat capability for , <br />management indicator species. According to National Forest Service standazds and <br />guidelines for this management activity, habitat capability should be maintained at a ' <br />level at least 80 percent of potential capability. <br />1 <br />Hydrosphere Resource Consullan[s, 1002 Walnut Sveet Suite 200, Boulder, CO 80302 <br /> <br />