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Show NATIONAL FOREST ' Market iB Unitr Mmnah ftfuetpuis. wlK)mislze(l,Eirf0,3 thkaremore oriented toward theservice ateMssm sectors of 9 .i A preiiminary.social Impact assessment indicates that twl of the HRUs, Fre-- e moot awl Piute, are heavily dependent onForest products; two, Fillmore and y Beaver, are moderately dependent; one. Delta, is moving rapidly toward ayy fr aBarfcM8 Mbamoie. basey and one, yftkhfieldLy Has" already moved to ;a:t ' nonagricultural baseBeeause of these perceived conditions of the Forest, .the! j f range in the Fremont and Piute HRUs. Within the Richfield HRU the emphasis ' J will been thenonmarket opportunities of recreation awl wildlife. Since potential 5 coal mines are located within this HRU, mineral production will also be emphasiz- - . I ; ed. Within the three remaining MRUs, toe emphasis will shift, over time, toward y A : ; the nonmarket opportunities of recreation, water,and wildlife, alternatives 2 would differ not much from the overall Forest Although outputs ' I- and 4, the special solution will be quite different, , y ; 7 7 S-- !f: abandoned-Nonecampgroundsor picnic sites would he built and existing sites of dispers- management f 7 would be dosed as they wear out. there would uhe minimal " 1 i- iKy s ' ; f' Syed recreation in areas of concentrated use. y ! ys V y .' s board would one reduced about feet! to be million Timber production j;,y: v. Livestock grazing would be reduced 23 percent to 109 thousand animal unit months since the amount of available forage is highly dependent on capital investments for 7 ; structural and improvements. Range permittees would have to take over construction, operation, and maintenance of all structural im- - V ji ; provements while the improvements would revert back to their pre- - ; :V y v 7 Y treatment condition. y. yy V v y. y " The minerals management program would remain at the current level which is ; ; , not expected to keep up with the anticipated workload. y as land of such The wildlife, fish, water, management outputs y and dispersed recreation would have to be severely restricted or eliminated. Both soil and watershed activities would be limited to technical assistance to commodity producing resources. The backlog of needed watershed v treatment could not be accomplished. There would be no land exchange or land line location programs, but there could be some land line location in conjunction ; : with commodity outputs or special uses. y 7 ; Million Board Feet MAUM Thousand Animal Unit Months MR VO Thousand Visitor days MS Thousand Dollars y .yyy non-mark- y ALTERNATIVE MMBF ! . two-third- . PRODUCTION FOR THE YEAR 2000 |