the decision: motorized travel
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The Decision: Motorized Travel. Black Hills National Forest March 24, 2010. Announce the decision Answer your questions Show you the maps News Interviews. Background. Public discussions since August 2003 Travel Planning Rule 2005 - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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The Decision:Motorized Travel
Black Hills National Forest
March 24, 2010
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• Announce the decision • Answer your questions• Show you the maps• News Interviews
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Background• Public discussions since August 2003• Travel Planning Rule 2005• The National Forest Advisory Board – 11
design recommendations• Proposed Action – September 2007• Draft EIS – 5 Alternatives – March 2009• Public, agencies, Tribes, local govts
commented on DEIS• Final EIS
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Design Recommendations
• “active” versus passive• main arterial system – network of multi-
scale loops• allow for game retrieval• dispersed camping – 300’• motorized use to collect firewood• variety of motorized opportunities
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Design Recommendations
• pursue all possible funding• cooperative effort – FS, SD, WY, local• focused away from population• cross-country motorized OHV in
designated areas• no mud-bogging
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Table 1 – Alternatives and DecisionProposed Travel Designation A B C D E B Modified
Road miles 3,740 (668) 3,466 (837) 3,582 (992) 2,877 (626) 3,740 (668) 3,157 (993)
Trail miles 36 (24) 663 (338) 771 (370) 320 (141) 36 (24) 707 (329)
Total miles 3,776(692)
4,129(1,175)
4,353(1,362)
3,197(767)
3,776(692)
3,864(1,322)
Roads - highway legal 3,580 (656) 1,240 (249) 704 (70) 2,297 (361) 3,580 (656) 2,609 (773)
Roads - open to all 160(12)
2,226(588)
2,878(922)
580(265)
160(12)
548(220)
Trails open to all 0 173 (65) 176 (76) 118 (48) 0 148 (67)
Special vehicle designation: trails 62 inches or less in width SD*
0 319(177) SD
380(196) SD
150(62) SD 12 397
(152) SD
Trails 50 inches or less in width WY
36(24) SD12
95(95) WY
80(73) WY
31(31) WY
24(24)
72(72) WY
Trails motorcycle only 0 76 (1) 134 (25) 21 (0) 0 90 (38)
Total miles 3,776(692) 4,129 (1,175) 4,353 (1,362) 3,197
(767)3,776(692) 3,864 (1,322)
Trailheads 7 31 34 23 7 20
Game retrieval 864,000 acres 300 feet= 179,000 acres 385,500 acres 0 0 294,800 acres
Dispersed camping 864,000 acres 100 feet= 63,500 acres
300 feet= 184,000 acres 0 0 300 feet=
135,500 acres
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Table 1 –DecisionProposed Travel Designation B Modified
Road miles 3,157 (993)Trail miles 707 (329)
Total miles 3,864(1,322)
Roads - highway legal 2,609 (773)
Roads - open to all 548(220)
Trails open to all 148 (67)
Special vehicle designation: trails 62 inches or less in width SD*
397(152) SD
Trails 50 inches or less in width WY 72(72) WY
Trails motorcycle only 90 (38)
Total miles 3,864 (1,322)Trailheads 20
Game retrieval 294,800 acres
Dispersed camping 300 feet= 135,500 acres
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The Decision - Elements• Overall:
– Decision built from elements of alternatives
– Focusing on diversity of motorized recreation
– Road system for access and driving for pleasure
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The Decision - Elements– Trail systems for a
variety of user experiences• Family
opportunities– A network of
connected loop trails
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The Decision - Elements
Roads and motorized trails open to all
Principally connect:
• Looped trail systems
• Destinations
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The Decision - Elements
• Special Vehicle Designation – Vehicles 62 inches or
less in width in SD– Vehicles 50 inches or
less in width in WY
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The Decision - Elements• Game Retrieval – Elk Only
– 300 feet and in some cases up to 1 mile in portions of SD
– 300 feet in WY
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The Decision - Elements
• Dispersed Camping–– 300’ from most
open roads
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Table 2. Routes requiring design criteria, removal or rerouting to avoid impacts to special status plant species or areas
Species Occurrence Routenumber Alt. B Alt. C Alt. D Alt. B
Modif.Routes to be designed, removed, or rerouted to avoid impacts to Region 2 sensitive species
Bearlodge Ranger Dist.Botrychium campestre BOCA5-8 872.3 X
Botrychium lineare BOLI7-1864.1 (outside Dugout Gulch
Botanical Area)X X
Carex alopecoidea CAAL8-12 U71002 X
CAAL8-31 841.1L X X XCypripedium parviflorum CYPA19-10 863.2C X X
Viburnum opulus var. americanum VIOPA2-2, VIOPA2-16
864.1(in Dugout Gulch Botanical Area)
X X
03DUG3A, 94S460B U650017 X X
Northern Hills Ranger Dist.Carex alopecoidea CAAL8-22 U710024 X
Cypripedium parviflorum 950070B U080045 X X X
Platanthera orbiculata 01G040 CZ0418 U010076 X X
PLOR4-18 U010071 X X
Sanguinaria canadensis SACA13-2 567.1F X X X
SACA13-2 172.1A X X X
Viburnum opulus var. americanum VIOPA2-4 U080156 X X
980010 CZ4846 X X XMystic Ranger Dist.Cypripedium parviflorum CYPA19-2 CZ1790 X X X
Environmental & Cultural Resource Protection
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Environmental & Cultural Resource Protection
Gonyer Mats – Hardening Stream Crossings
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Trail locations to reduce conflicts with other users…
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Decision
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Next
• Notice of Availability – April• Followed by 45 day appeal period• Publish Motor Vehicle Use Map 2010
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Questions?
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Happy trails!