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maintain a healthy forest , contributing to aesthetic, <br /> recreation, wildlife and watershed values . <br /> -*Retains the option for expansion of the existing <br /> Sunlight ski area to 3000 PAOT and protects the Coal <br /> Basin inventoried ski area for future development of <br /> 3000 PAOT (People at One Time) . <br /> -Community growth would not be stimulated at a <br /> rate which could be a burden to local government . <br /> -Provides for 12 , 200 acres of Perham Creek roadless <br /> area. <br /> -Increase Annual Water Yield . <br /> -Provides for continued energy development . <br /> -Use of the transportation system beyond the <br /> Thompson Creek Ditch by vehicles for general enjoyment <br /> and sightseeing will not be permitted . <br /> -Nineteen miles of additional roadway would be <br /> necessary , taking 104 acres of National Forest out of <br /> production. <br /> -Increased recreation adjacent to State Highway <br /> 133 could affect the natural environment . <br /> -Water quality may be temporarily reduced . <br /> -*In Coal Basin and Sunlight , forgo developments <br /> other than those compatible with winter sports . <br /> -The natural appearing landscape will be altered . <br /> *For Coal Basin, the plan, as stated above : <br /> -Retains the option for expansion of the existing Sunlight <br /> ski area to 3000 PAOT and protects the Coal Basin <br /> inventoried ski area for future development of 3000 <br /> PAOT (People at One Time) . <br /> The Forest Transportation System proposed for the <br /> alternative selected includes , for Coal Basin, use of <br /> the existing road system (Exhibit II-B-5) . <br /> Mid-Continent believes it is obligated to incor- <br /> porate the multiple-use policies of the Forest Service <br /> as mandated in the Multiple Use Sustained Yield Act of <br /> 1960 (P . L. 86-517) and of the Thompson Creek Land Use <br /> Plan in planning for the postmining land use of not <br /> only the national forest lands but the adjoining areas <br /> which are under private ownership by Mid-Continent . <br /> -4- <br />