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Management
Areas and Intensive Use Areas for Alternative A
Alternatives provide options for meeting the
purpose and need of a Plan revision process by emphasizing
reasonable ways to resolve management issues as though each
alternative were a separate Forest Plan. While all alternatives
provide a wide range of multiple uses, goods and services,
they respond to the issues needing change in different ways
and describe a different desired future condition.
Management Areas are spatially identified areas
within the Allegheny National Forest that are assigned sets
of Forest Plan decisions.
Intentive Use Areas are where motorized off-highway
vehicle trails can be constructed.
Management
Areas, Intensive Use Areas and Equestrian Use Areas for Alternative
B
Alternatives provide options for meeting the
purpose and need of a Plan revision process by emphasizing
reasonable ways to resolve management issues as though each
alternative were a separate Forest Plan. While all alternatives
provide a wide range of multiple uses, goods and services,
they respond to the issues needing change in different ways
and describe a different desired future condition.
Management Areas are spatially identified areas
within the Allegheny National Forest that are assigned sets
of Forest Plan decisions.
Intentive Use Areas are where motorized off-highway
vehicle trails can be constructed.
Equestrian Use Areas pertain to horseback riding for recreational
purposes.
Management
Areas, Intensive Use Areas and Equestrian Use Areas for Alternative
D
Alternatives provide options for meeting the
purpose and need of a Plan revision process by emphasizing
reasonable ways to resolve management issues as though each
alternative were a separate Forest Plan. While all alternatives
provide a wide range of multiple uses, goods and services,
they respond to the issues needing change in different ways
and describe a different desired future condition.
Management Areas are spatially identified areas
within the Allegheny National Forest that are assigned sets
of Forest Plan decisions.
Intentive Use Areas are where motorized off-highway
vehicle trails can be constructed.
Equestrian Use Areas pertain to horseback riding for recreational
purposes.
Forest
Type Classification
A descriptive term used to group stands of similar
character, species composition and other ecological factors.
ALLEGHENY HARDWOODS - A forest type containing black cherry,
red maple, yellow poplar, white ash and sugar maple.
NORTHERN HARDWOODS - A forest type of primarily sugar maple,
yellow birch, beech, and hemlock. May include red maple, white
ash, black cherry, and red spruce.
CONIFER - A tree that produces cones, such as a pine (mostly
red pine) or spruce trees.
ASPEN - Forest type containing mostly quaking aspen and bigtooth
aspen.
HEMLOCK - The eastern hemlock is the dominant species of
this forest type, found along streams and rivers.
OAK - Found mainly along the river corridors and their major
tributaries white oak, northern red oak and black oak are
components of this forest type. Other common oaks on dry sites
include scarlet oak and chestnut oak.
MIXED HARDWOODS - Poorly stocked stands with less than 45
percent stocking.
UPLAND HARDWOODS - A forest type containing red maple, sweet
(black) birches and a mixture of other hardwoods including
beech.
NON-FOREST - Areas not currently forested.
DEVELOPED - Areas with developments (recreation areas, offices,
etc)
OTHER OWNERSHIP - Private, state, county, Corps of Engineer
land (other than national forest)
Rivers
and Streams
Existing rivers and streams on the Allegheny
National Forest
Forest
Age Class
An age grouping of trees according to an interval
of years, usually 10 years. A single age class would have
trees that are within 10 years of the same age, such as 1-10
years or 21-30 years.
Inventoried
Recreation Opportunity Spectrum
A formal Forest Service classification system designed to
delineate, define, and integrate outdoor recreation opportunities
in land and resource management planning. ROS classes are
used to describe all recreation opportunity settings, from
natural, undisturbed, and undeveloped to heavily used, modified
and developed. ROS designations attempt to describe the kind
of recreation experience one may expect to have in a given
part of the National Forest. The ROS classes include:
RURAL - The natural environment is substantially modified
by land use activities. Opportunity to observe and affiliate
with other users is important as is convenience of facilities.
There is little opportunity for challenge and risk and self-reliance
on outdoor skills is of little importance. Recreation facilities
designed for group use are compatible. Users may have more
than 20 group encounters per day.
ROADED NATURAL - Resource modification and utilization are
evident, in a predominantly naturally-appearing environment
generally occurring within ½ mile (greater or less
depending on terrain and vegetation, but no less than ¼
mile) from better-than-primitive roads and other motorized
travel routes. Interactions between users may be moderate
to high (generally less than 20 group encounters per day),
with evidence of other users prevalent. There is an opportunity
to affiliate with other users in developed sites but with
some chance for privacy. Self-reliance on outdoor skills is
only of moderate importance with little opportunity for challenge
and risk. Motorized use is allowed.
ROADED NATURAL MODIFIED - Vegetative and landform alterations
typically dominate the landscape. There is little on-site
control of users except for gated roads. There is moderate
evidence of other users on roads (generally less than 20 group
encounters per day), and little evidence of others or interactions
at campsites. There is opportunity to get away from others
but with easy access. Some self-reliance is required in building
campsites and use of motorized equipment. A feeling of independence
and freedom exists with little challenge and risk. Recreation
users will likely encounter timber management activities.
SEMI-PRIMITIVE NON-MOTORIZED - A natural or natural-appearing
environment generally greater than 2,500 acres in size and
generally located within ½ mile (greater or less depending
on terrain and vegetation, but no less than ¼ mile),
but not further than 3 miles from all roads and other motorized
travel routes. Concentration of users is low (generally less
than 10 group encounters per day), but there is often evidence
of other users. There is a high probability of experiencing
solitude, freedom, closeness of nature, tranquility, self-reliance,
challenge, and risk. There is a minimum of subtle on-site
controls. No roads are present in the area.
Revised
Roadless Inventory
Roadless areas evaluated and considered for
wilderness in the forest plan revision process. Although evaluated
for wilderness, Allegheny Front did not meet qualifications
for potential wilderness. These areas are not covered by the
Roadless Area Conservation Rule unless included in the Roadless
Area Conservation Rule map.
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