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Travel Analysis Criteria Preliminary Release –
January 2007 |
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Concerns and Risks |
Benefits and Access Need |
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Resource Values Unique concerns affecting this
route. Specific resources affected by
this route ·
Cultural
or Historic resources ·
Soils,
Erosion, Watershed condition ·
Vegetation ·
Wildlife ·
Road
Density ·
Vegetation
Recovered ·
Visuals |
Destination Opportunities What’s at the end of the route? Why are people going here? ·
Campsites ·
Day
use area – Picnics, fishing, swimming ·
Fuel
wood gathering ·
Views
and Vista points ·
Unique
or unusual features ·
Historical
Structure or Feature ·
Hunting
·
Tribal
uses |
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Direction, Law, Forest Plan Consistency with overriding laws,
direction, policy. ·
Travel
Management Rule - Minimum System ·
Wilderness
areas, non-motorized direction ·
National,
Regional and Forest Guidance ·
Conflict
with Laws ·
Memorandum
of Understandings ·
Forest
Plan Consistency |
Administrative Needs Commercial, specially permitted,
and USFS access. ·
Legal
Rights of access ·
Commercial
Permits (Mining, Timber, Grazing, Honey, etc.) ·
Research
and other Special Use Permits ·
Fire
suppression, Fuels Reduction ·
Wildlife
improvements – guzzlers, water, etc |
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Management Considerations ·
Maintainability/Stability/Sustainability ·
Cost
and budget considerations ·
Likelihood
and cost of mitigation ·
Maintenance
by Non-Forest entities ·
Proximity
to alternate route (Duplicate/Parallel) ·
Public
Safety ·
Private
Property - Rights-of-Way. ·
Conflicts
– Motorized and non-motorized |
Travel Experience/Need Experience while on route. Unique travel opportunity. ·
Unique
setting, exceptional route location ·
Particular
type of vehicle ·
Challenge/ease/difficulty ·
Historical
value of road ·
High
demand, use ·
Primary/Arterial
route ·
Key
to connecting loops or arterial routes. |