1987-12-01_PERMIT FILE - C1981017 ‎(299)‎

• Permit No: C1981017
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 12/1/1987
• Doc Name: Postmining Land Use
• Section_Exhibit Name: Chapter VI Volume 9
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

renewable surface resources for multiple use and sustained
yield of products and services : "It is the policy of the
Congress that the national forests are established and shall
be administered for outdoor recreation, range , timber ,
watershed , and wildlife and fish purposes . "
As defined in the Act (P .L. 86-517) :
" 'Multiple use ' means : the management of all the
various renewable surface resources of the national
forests so that they are utilized in the com-
bination that will best meet the needs of the
American people ; making the most judicious use of
the land for some or all of these resources or
related services over areas large enough to provide
sufficient latitude for periodic adjustments in
use to conform to changing needs and conditions ;
that some land will be used for less than all the
resources ; and harmonious and coordinated management
of the various resources , each with the other ,
without impairment of the productivity of the
land , with consideration being given to the relative
values of the various resources , and not necessarily
the combination of uses that will give the greatest
dollar return or the greatest unit output .
" ' Sustained yield of the several products
and services ' means the achievement and
maintenance in perpetuity of a high-level
annual or regular periodic output of the
various renewable resources of the national
forests without impairment of the productivity
of the land . "
Land use planning for the Thompson Creek Unit ,
which includes Coal Basin, was done in 1976 by the U.
S . Forest Service . The planning document , called the
"Thompson Creek Land Use Plan, " identifies six land use
alternatives . Selection of the preferred alternative
was based on evaluation of environmental , economic and
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