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use
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least
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means
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management
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cause
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Eighteenmile
wilderness
than
would
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acquisitions
for the
other
and
lack
of
human
as
roads
imprints
or
vehicle
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for
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limited
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ways
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and
way
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improvements
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resource
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value
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for wilderness
especially
the
in
the distance
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local
to
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currently
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is
application
for
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high
for
the
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wilderness
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gypsum
for prospective
area
proposed
limitless
designation
allow
and
receives
future
lies
to
phosphate
moderately high
permits
only
15
visitor
use
days per
year
opportunities
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this
occurs
the north
and
for
of
the
gypsum
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phosphate
four
miles
recommended
mining on
2470
of
acres
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new road probably
of
built
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of
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the
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WSA
portion
Continental
could
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access
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that
to
was
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not
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recommended
inholding
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more
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wilderness
likely
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of the
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designation
road would
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portion
of
dissecting
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240
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north
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Within
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surface
Split
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and
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Area
Study
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private
24922
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Within
BLM
BLM
the
Recommended
Wilderness
Boundary
WSA
within
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Split
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within
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outside
Total
BLM
for
WSA
WSA
Recommended
Land
Wilderness
14796
Inholdings
state
State
outside
land
private
WSA
Within
the Area
Not
Recommended
for
Wilderness
BLM
10126
Estate
Split
BLM
Total
for
this
is
report
minerals
owner
Not
Recommended
of the
10126
state
Inholdings
of
Land
Wilderness
Appendix
Study Area
WSA
subsurface
BLM
lnholdings
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of the
detailed
split
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description
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that
surface
private
lands are
have
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of
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defined
minerals
only
but
and
split
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tracts
as those lands with
nonfederal
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516
surface
included
within
federal
surface and
should
be
classified
the study
For purposes
nonfederal
subsurface
in
this report
by the
Considered
Criteria
Wilderness
Recommendations
the Wilderness
in Developing
Characteristics
Naturalness
The Eighteenmile
WSA
foot
Peak
Eighteenmile
to the
rising
smaller
drain
gulches
meadows
grassy
timber harvest
In
with
vehicle
way
of
Five
is
mining
WSA
the
edge
of
imprints
activity
in
acres
are
are
into
is
rail
The
Creek
visitor
Other
low
with
and
valleys
is
than
lodgepole
creek
most
occupies
have
cutting
outstanding
Eighteenmile
through Douglas-fir
up
several
hills
numerous
WSA
the
vegetation
by the 11141-
mountainous
and
pine
No
bottoms
limber pine
or
vegetation
occurred
wide
offered
minor
panorama dominated
and
improvements
range
by steep
small
negligible
four
of
miles
Creek
Clear
at
and
post
fence
the naturalness
draining
impacts
the perception
lessening
hundred
rated
creeks
human
human
only
as past
small
riparian
dominated
is
is
major creeks
Eight
outside
communities
topography
general
cliffs
steep
the west
to
Willow-aspen
some minor
than
recommended area
the
valleys
The
on the Divide
other
Creek
Eighteenmile
lowland sagebrush-grass
from
Vegetation varies
to
into
and
WSA
The
imprints
The
boundary
meadows
rolling
few human
with
forms the eastern
Divides
Continental
natural
predominantly
is
which
of
way minor range improvements
vehicle
These
visual
intrusions
tip
of
the
habitat
the foothills
Approximately
240 head
of
WSA
Eighteenmile
General elk winter
winter
and
within
the
off-site
WSA
intrusions
visual
visible
are
such
from
much
acres
which
naturalness
the northwestern
as crucial elk
not
although
habitat
elk winter
in
are
extends
in
of
about
of
the
due
to
larger area
and
north
south
2500
crucial
area along
the
area
this
Solitude
The
recommended
and
per
year
The
area
per
year
to
Solitude
lack
exist
receives
currently
it
would
be
concentrate
within
the
more
use
the
of vegetative
outside
distributed
evenly
WSA
of the
screening remoteness
vegetative
tend
portion
less
and
use
than
along
screening
WSAs
in
100
the creek
nonrecommended
this
an
visitor
isolate
would
Under
use
visitors
days
be
of
per
from
of
ideal conditions
high
year
the
for solitude
opportunity
moderate
rugged
500
terrain
use
visitor
days
quality
With
sights
and
heavy
use
sounds
of
more
others
than 500
since
visitor
use
the steep
days
slopes
bottoms
portion
area
outstanding
accessibility
opportunities
to
difficult
provides
limited
is
also
opens much
However
nonrecommended
outstanding
of the
boundary
517
the proximity
portion
to
to
these
mining
sights
activities
and
and
sounds
that
Primitive
WSA
The Eighteenmile
hiking backpacking
snowshoeing
area sights
and
and
Special
The
Continental
and Unconfined
offers outstanding
camping
cross-country
sounds
of
horseback
skiing
mining
Recreation
rockhounding
are excellent
activities
coupled
in
and
for primitive
opportunities
riding
the
with
hunting
unconfined recreation
wildlite
viewing
recommended portion
less
vegetative
However
screening
Opportunities
photography
in
lessens the
the
nonrecommended
feeling
of
wildness
Features
Divide
forms the eastern
boundary
of
the
WSA
518
It
is
also the
Montana and
Idaho
for
fishing
boundary
Diversity in the National
the
Assessing
and Features
Wilderness designation
WSA
nearby Frank
19
the
represents
other
areas
as
of
Rocky
Church
BLM
Diversity
the
of Natural
Represented
this
WSA
would
Mountain
River
in
Wilderness
of
state
No
Preservation
Systems
by Ecosystems
not
Forest
new ecosystem
add
Province
study
with
this
or
landform
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Douglas-fir
Return Wilderness and
under
System
by 18
This
designated
to the
NWPS
ecosystem
areas
with
is
The Fighteenmile
in
represented
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the
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TABLE
Ecosystem Representation
NWPS
Bailey-Kuchier
areas
classification
Rocky Mountain
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Other
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BLM
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Province
NATIONWIDE
Douglas-Fir
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are
Expanding
Within
The Eighteenmile
of
designated
areas
the
Days
WSA
and
is
for Solitude
Opportunities
Driving
within
other
Time Five Hours
five-hour
BLM
or Primitive
drive
areas
study
from
of Major
Boise
within
Idaho
five-hour
drive
Recreation
Centers
Population
Table
of the
summarizes
population
the
number and
center
Table
Wilderness
of
Opportunities
Major Population
NWPS
Population
Boise
Idaho
Centers
Areas
for
Residents
Centers
Other
areas
acres
16
4741570
520
areas
141
BLM
Studies
acres
5374250
acreage
the
Balancing
Wilderness
areas
Idaho
NWPS
the
contains
six
of
percent
the
designated
the
further
areas
River
No
of
would
concentrate
wilderness
Church
not
contribute
wilderness
areas
Areas
to
balancing
in
Idaho
the largest wilderness
including
in
acres
of
geographic distribution
the contiguous
in
area
The 3869197
Return Wilderness
the
these
six
48
the
states
amount
areas
to
Idaho
in
acreage
WSA
Eighteenmile
would
but
Frank
2.2 million acre
seven
of
designation
within
of Wilderness
Distribution
Geographic
Manageability
The recommended
RARE
Areas
II
inaccessible
on
manageable
unit
On
and
portion
administrative
costs
patrolling
would
be
to
Several
thousand
acres
nonwilderness lands
The U.S
of
which
U.S
is
Forest
Idaho
in
since
Service
would
much
is
lands
east of
of
the
WSA
Forest
boundaries abut the
and
steep
logical
and
values
on
allows
of
However
access
to
lands
the
to
the Divide
as
of
the
suitable
and
Fencing
forms the
east
forming
would
Eighteenmile
ORVs
which
Divide
lower
the
most
recommended
not
portion
Service
west
of
protect
relief
the Continental
lie
portion
to
gentle
and
gentler
U.S
the
this
On
along
nonwilderness
more
is
ORVs
to
values even
Wilderness designation
extremely
creates
this
be necessary
the terrain
the terrain
to
adjacent
is
land
inaccessible
wilderness
protect
Areas
II
common
since
Divide
cause
an island
road
of
access
lands
problems to these
and
to
WSA
the
boundary
steep
is
RARE
patrolling
because
as wilderness
Continental
the
of the
and
use
and
The
with
lie
fencing
be higher
likely
necessary
eastern
Energy
extremely
is
and
ORV
by
Montana
combined
terrain
boundaries
caused
impacts
recommended
would
the steep
managed
reasonably
and
When
area
western
from
areas
of
be
can
both Idaho
in
the nonsuitable
the northern
elevation
Peaks
because
WSA
of the
portion
Italian
Minerals
Resource
Survey
Geological
Values
mineral
prepared
resource
for the
report
WSA
Eighteenmile
1988
in
USGS
Bulletin
1718-B
The
northern
lands
portion
immediately
such
as silver
Moderately
probably
Continental
oil
present
The
The
and
for
Bulletin
northern
under
in
at
1718-B
of
in
depths
to
of
the
is
above
the
has
has
been
for the
potential
sediments of Eighteenmile
of
commercially
occurrence
of
extracted
metallic
from
minerals
than
in
and
the
None
of
Cottonwood
Beaverhead
the
Creek These
Pluton which
outcrop samples
values
forms the
indicated
any
intrusion
this
is
feet
gas rather
WSA
of the
limit
from
taken
Creek
uranium
of
amounts
trace
10000
to
has
Gypsum
gypsum
moderate
others
geothermal resources
thought
WSA
for prospective
WSA
the southern
samples
form of natural
but
and
for
potential
The
zinc
occur
the
development
portion
application
the
high
WSA
Creek
including
potential
be
has
the
concentration
fluvial
from Pass
values
gas
would
potential
USGS
from
Divide
The
to
uranium values
high
uranium
WSA
the
molybdenum
copper
resulted
high
of
adjacent
low to moderate
It
is
expected
that
any hydrocarbons
oil
was
not
addressed
in
the
USGS
Mineral
Resource
Report
be low
moderate
to
high
potential
permit
521
for
phosphate
and
parts
of
the
WSA
are
presently
Occurrence
widespread
Poor
access
Impacts
on
of
mineral
Sand
and
and
the
distance
both the suitable
limestone
to
and
other
and
bulk
markets seriously reduce
nonsuitable
mineral
of
portions
resources
the potential
for
are
the
Eighteenmile
abundant
developing
throughout
these
WSA
is
the entire
resources
Resources
The comparative impact
alternatives
in
materials
gravel
considered
table
on
including
the
following
designation
or
page
summarizes
nondesignation
522
the
of
effects
the
entire
on
pertinent
area
as
resources
wilderness
for
all
the
WSA
Table
Summary of the Impacts
ID-43-3 EIGHTEENMILE
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WSA
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PARTIAL
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on
Impacts
Wilderness
Naturalness
would
Values
ed
and
be
10%
WSA
of
constriction
mad
new
of surface
to
sub-jeer
adverse
on
and
Energy
of
Loss
Exploration
of
Mineral
resnurces
both
on
for
area
not
to
Wit-
be
are
activities
anticipated
of both
gypsum
of
and
surface
acres
area
recommended
within
the
the
to
acres
road
Naturalness
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of
acres
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development
jected
face
not
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to
adverse
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Impacts
Nonmolorized
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activities
presently
Loss
on 2470
acres
area
recommended
within
the
of opportunity
de-velop
any
min-eral
resources
24780
energy
be
to
Opportunities
the
and
semi
and
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min-eral
resources
14796
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for
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primi-
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due
of
uses
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use
displaced
4026
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with
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be
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the
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and
and
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2470
on
projected
within
acres
the
recommended
sot
use
displaced
25
all
semi
recreational
be
gradual
of
days
ORV
15
displaced
visitor
of
days
be
would
use
ORV
displaced
opportunities
because
lost
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APPENDIX
Estimated
Costs
--
EIGHTEENMILE
of Acquisition
of
for
Within Areas Recommended
of
Type
by
Estate
Number
Legal
Total
Description
Acreage
Surface
by
Ownership
Estate
of
Owners
Holdings
Designation1
of
Type
Ownership
WSA
Nonfederal
Estate
Subsurface
Presently
Estate
Proposed
Preferred
Method
for
Acquisition
Estimated
Cost
of
Acquisition
Land
Processing
Costs
in
of
of
Acquisition
Costs
in
Acquisition
No
Parcel
14
Sec
Estimated
Cost
28
640
Stale
State
N/A
Exchange
10000
36
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mineral
holdings
estimated
estates
and
costs
with
in
listed
smitar
no way
in
this
represent
an
in
appendix
rharnetensties
offer
to
to
no way
those
purchase
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represent
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or
in
the
exchange
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at
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appraised
The
cost
estimates
estimate
value
are
of
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for
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land
purposes
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525
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or
mineral
of
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appendix
bat
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estimatea
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costs
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on
the
sates
or
government
exchanges
of
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lands
or
nonfedemi