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645
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environment
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days
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649
special
features
unconfined recreation
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vegetation
opportunities
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impact
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Bailey-Kuchier
Intermountain
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NATIONWIDE
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30245
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12
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11
646687
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IDAHO
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30245
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NEVADA
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223716
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650
Expanding
Within
The
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acreage
of
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or Primitive
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five-hour
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drive
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areas
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five-hour
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population
center
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Wilderness
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4741570
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141
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5374250
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43243 acres
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impacts
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boundary
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vehicle
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as isolated
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difficult-to-identify
on
vehicles
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along
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and
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WSA
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1985
estates
mineral
degrade
camps
December 31
and
solitude
opportunities
bed
into
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and
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zero
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classified
low potential for locatable
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on
following
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spring
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claims
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the south
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problems from unauthorized
Management
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comparative impact table
including
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summarizes
or nondesignation
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of
effects
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652
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wilderness
for
all
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Table
Comparative
Summary of
WSA
ID-57-11
the Impacts by Alternative
NO
PROPOSED ACTION
ISSUE TOPICS
WILDER-
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on
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acres
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values
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use
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33531
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fire
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Local
Social
Social
and
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factors
economic
were not considered
Public
Summary of WSA-Specifxc
nine
comments
supporting
opportunities
supporting
for
reasons
wilderness
grouse habitat
sage
The
their position
and
native
in
the
study
Comments
designation
three
issue
significant
involvement has occurred throughout the wilderness
Public
EIS
Considerations
review
were
comments
with
No
vegetation
process
received
Six
supporting
comments
During
of
public
these
reasons
opposing
review
comments
cited
the
wilderness
of the
Draft
contained
no
areas wilderness
designation
were
received
The U.S Department
U.S Department
Game
Water
Department
Resources
specifically
of
of
Energy Bureau
Transportation
of
and
addressed
Health and
Idaho
the
State
Little
of
Welfare
Historical
Deer
U.S
Reclamation
Environmental
Protection
Department
Society
of
Fish
and Wildlife
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Lands
654
the
Transportation
commented on
WSA
and
the Draft
Service
Idaho
National
Department
Park Service
of Fish
and
of
Department Department
EIS
None of their comments