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DEC. 3 '98 10:14AM DMG,GJCT 1 303 2410336 P.4 <br /> • renewable surface resources for multiple uzo and sustained <br /> vield or nrnrl,trtn, and ,cr`incs : "Tt is r_h.? nolic of the <br /> Congress that the national forests are established and shall <br /> be administered far nitr.door recreation , range , umber, <br /> wa:crshcd , and wildlife and fish purposes . " <br /> As defined in the Act (P . L . 86-517) : <br /> " 'Multiple use ' mean* : the management of all the <br /> various renewable surface resources of the national. <br /> forest3 so that they are utilized in the com- <br /> bination that will best meet the needs of the <br /> American people ; making the most judicious use of <br /> the land for some or all of these resource3 or <br /> related services over areas large enough to provide <br /> sufficient latitude for periodic adjustments in <br /> ucc to ronform to changing nFc.els and randi.tions ; <br /> that some land will be uzcd for less than all the <br /> resources ; and harmonious: and coordinztrd management <br /> of the various resources , each with the other , <br /> without impairment of the productivity of the <br /> land , with consideration being given to the relative <br /> values of the various resources , and not necessarily <br /> the combination of uses that will give the greatest <br /> dollar return or the greatest unit output . <br /> " ' Surtair_ed yield of the several products <br /> and services ' means the achievement and <br /> maintenance in perpetuity of a high-level <br /> annual or regular periodic output of the <br /> various renewable resources of the national <br /> forests without impairment of the productivity <br /> of the land . " <br /> Land use planning for the Thompson Creek Unit , <br /> which. includes Coal Basin, was done in 1.976 by the U . <br /> S . rerest Service. the vlanninr document , called the <br /> "ThorsDson Creek Land Use Plan , " identifies six land use <br /> alternatives . .Selection cf the preferred alternative <br /> was based on evaluation of environmental. , i-rnnomic and <br /> t <br /> -2- <br />