Year_2012_
Inventory Unit Number/Name__OR-015-106 / Flint Hills_
FORM 1
DOCUMENTATION OF BLM WILDERNESS INVENTORY FINDINGS ON RECORD
1. Is there existing BLM wilderness inventory information on all or part of this area?
No
(go to Form 2) Yes ___X____ (if more than one unit is within the area,
list the names/numbers of those units.)
a) Inventory Source: Wilderness Inventory Oregon & Washington: Final Intensive
Inventory Decisions, November 1980.
b) (Historic) Inventory Unit Name(s)/Number(s):___1-106/Flint Hills _
c) Map Name(s)/Number(s): U.S. Department of the Interior: Bureau of Land
Management, Oregon, Intensive Wilderness Inventory: Final Decisions, November 1980.
d) BLM District(s)/Field Office(s):_Lakeview District/Lakeview Resource Area
2. BLM Inventory Findings on Record
Existing inventory information regarding wilderness characteristics (if more than one
BLM inventory unit is associated with the area, list each unit/acreage and answer each
question individually for each inventory unit):
Unit#/
Name
1-106
Size
Natural
(historic Condition
acres)
?
Y/N
23,840
Outstanding
Solitude?
Y/N
Outstanding
Primitive &
Unconfined
Recreation?
Y/N
Supplemental
Values?
Y/N
N
N
Unknown
N
Summarize any known primary reasons for prior inventory findings listed in this table):
In 1980, unit 1-106 (Flint Hills) was described as having hills and a ridge in the northern
end of the unit that rose 300 feet above the remainder of the unit. The remainder of the unit
was described as low rolling hills and basins with sagebrush cover. The unit was severely
affected by the works of man due to the presence of eight interior motorized routes and 4
lakebed pits that significantly displayed the impacts of man. The unit did not offer
outstanding opportunities because of the lack of vegetation and topographic screening.
There was limited potential for hunting and hiking, but neither of these activities were
found to represent outstanding primitive/unconfined recreation opportunities.
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FORM 2
DOCUMENTATION OF CURRENT WILDERNESS INVENTORY CONDITIONS
a. Unit Number/Name____OR-015-106 / Flint Hills__
(1) Is the unit of sufficient size? Yes __X__
No
Between 2008 and 2011, members of the BLM staff conducted a field inventory of the
area to update its road and wilderness inventory for this area. This field work included
photo documentation of the boundary and interior routes in the area. Using BLM photos,
field logs, and staff field knowledge, a BLM inter-disciplinary (ID) team completed route
analyses on the routes within the area in 2012. The results of the route analysis are
documented in the road analysis forms and ID team meeting notes contained in the
wilderness evaluation file.
The BLM ID team determined that the unit is currently bounded by County Road 3-10
(Hogback), and BLM Roads 6165-00 (Corn Lake), 6115-00 (Sherlock Gulch), 8175-00
(Rabbit Basin), and private lands. In 1980, BLM Road 6115-B0 (Lower Rabbit Creek)
divided the area into former units 1-106 and 1-107. This former boundary route is now
reclaiming and no longer receives regular and continuous use and, therefore, no longer
serves as a unit boundary. (See Map 2, route analysis forms, photos, and photo log in the
wilderness inventory file for additional supporting information regarding these road
determinations).
Based on these findings, the ID team considered lumping these 2 former units into a
single, larger 32,712-acre unit and evaluating the potential wilderness characteristics
based on that boundary. However, several large unnatural disturbances still exist within
the southeastern portion which the ID team felt could collectively result in finding the
entire area to be in an unnatural condition. The BLM opted to use an existing pasture
division fence as a unit boundary. Even though this fence does not meet the inventory
definition of a boundary road, it did provide a logical place to draw a unit boundary that
excluded these unnatural features and an 80-acre private in-holding, while still leaving an
area (fairly similar to former unit 1-106) meeting the size criteria for further evaluation.
The excluded portion was fairly similar to former unit 1-107 and was evaluated
separately.
As a result, the unit OR-015-106 currently contains approximately 20,642 acres of BLMadministered land (Map 2).
Additional background on the process that the BLM ID team followed during this
evaluation is contained in the document Wilderness Inventory Maintenance Process for
the Lakeview Resource Area, BLM contained in the wilderness inventory file.
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DESCRIPTION OF CURRENT CONDITIONS: The unit is located about 20 miles
north of Plush, Oregon (Map 1). The unit is approximately 9.3 miles long and 5.6 miles
wide (Map 2).
(2) Is the unit in a natural condition? Yes
X
No __ ____ N/A_______
During the 1980 inventory effort, the unit was determined to be in an unnatural condition
due to the high number of manmade disturbances including vehicle ways and livestock
water developments.
While BLM Road 6115-B0 in the southeastern portion of the unit is currently reclaiming
and no longer receives regular and continuous use, the other documented impacts of man
have increased since 1980. Currently there are about 5 miles of pasture division fence,
12 livestock water developments, 8.2 miles of primitive motorized routes, and 13.1 miles
of reclaiming routes within the unit. These disturbances are mostly scattered throughout
the unit and are substantially unnoticeable from a distance (greater than 0.25 mile).
Based on a review of all the available information including photos, staff knowledge, and
field review, the BLM ID team concluded that, due the unit is in a predominantly natural
condition where the imprint of man is substantially unnoticeable (Map 2).
Table 1: Summary of Disturbances within the Flint Hills Unit
Motorized Routes
8.2 miles
Reclaiming Routes
13.1 miles
Pasture Division Fence
5 miles
Livestock Water Developments
12
(3) Does the unit (or the remainder of the unit if a portion has been excluded due to
unnaturalness and the remainder is of sufficient size) have outstanding opportunities
for solitude? Yes
No
X
N/A________
There are some small areas in the northern end of the unit near the Flint Hills that offer
some topographic screening. However, even with the relatively large size of the unit, the
area has an overall lack of screening. The gentle contours and low angles of the slopes,
and low vegetation heights within the unit would not allow one to avoid the sights and
sounds of others.
For this reason, the ID team determined that the unit does not provide outstanding
opportunities for solitude.
(4) Does the unit (or the remainder of the unit if a portion has been excluded due to
unnaturalness and the remainder is of sufficient size) have outstanding opportunities
for primitive and unconfined recreation?
Yes
No
X
N/A________
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The unit continues to offer some primitive recreation opportunities such as hiking, rock
hounding, hunting, and horseback riding, but none of these opportunities are outstanding.
The unit is currently open to motorized off-highway vehicle use (see Lakeview
RMP/ROD, Map R-7) and most existing recreational use is associated with motorized
access. The ID team found the existing primitive recreation opportunities were limited
and were similar to opportunities available throughout much of the surrounding area.
The unit did not offer any single unique primitive recreation opportunity or a unique
diversity of primitive recreation opportunities.
For these reasons, the ID team determined that the unit does not provide any outstanding
opportunities for primitive and unconfined recreation.
(5) Does the unit have supplemental values? Yes
No
N/A__X___
Although supplemental values could exist within the unit, they were not evaluated as the
unit failed to meet all of the wilderness characteristics criteria.
Summary of Findings and Conclusion
Unit Name and Number: OR-015-106 / Flint Hills_
Summary Results of Analysis:
1. Does the area meet the size requirements?
2. Does the area appear to be natural?
__X Yes _
No
X Yes _
_ No
3. Does the area offer outstanding opportunities for solitude or a primitive and unconfined type of recreation?
____Yes __X__No ___NA
4. Does the area have supplemental values?
__ _Yes __X__No _ _NA
Conclusion (Check One):
_____ The area- or a portion of the area- has wilderness character (items 1, 2 and 3 are
checked “yes”).
___X__The area does not have wilderness character (any of items 1, 2 and 3 are checked
“no”).
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Prepared by (ID Team Member Names and Titles):
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Date
Paul Whitman: Planning Coordinator
Glenn Lorton:
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Date
1ldhfe Btolog1st
u{ -1/-!:2Brennan Hauk: Weed Specialist
Date
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Approved by:
Tom Rasmussen, Field Manager
This form documents information that constitutes an inventory finding on wilderness characteristics. It does not
represent a formal land use allocation or a final agency decision subject to administrative remedies under either
43 CFRparts 4 or 1610.5-2.
Year_2012_
Inventory Unit Number/Name__OR-015-107
FORM 1
DOCUMENTATION OF BLM WILDERNESS INVENTORY FINDINGS ON RECORD
1. Is there existing BLM wilderness inventory information on all or part of this area?
No
(go to Form 2) Yes ___X____ (if more than one unit is within the area,
list the names/numbers of those units.)
a) Inventory Source: Wilderness Review - Initial Inventory: Final Decision on Public
Lands Obviously Lacking Wilderness Characteristics and Announcement of Public Lands
to be Intensively Inventoried for Wilderness Characteristics, August, 1979.
b) (Historic) Inventory Unit Name(s)/Number(s):___1-107 _
c) Map Name(s)/Number(s): U.S. Department of the Interior: Bureau of Land
Management, Oregon, Intensive Wilderness Inventory: Final Decisions, November 1980.
d) BLM District(s)/Field Office(s):_Lakeview District/Lakeview Resource Area
2. BLM Inventory Findings on Record
Existing inventory information regarding wilderness characteristics (if more than one
BLM inventory unit is associated with the area, list each unit/acreage and answer each
question individually for each inventory unit):
Unit#/
Name
1-107
Size
Natural
(historic Condition
acres)
?
Y/N
10,900
Outstanding
Solitude?
Y/N
Outstanding
Primitive &
Unconfined
Recreation?
Y/N
Supplemental
Values?
Y/N
N/A
N/A
N/A
N
Summarize any known primary reasons for prior inventory findings listed in this table):
During the initial original inventory in 1979, unit 1-107 was found to clearly and obviously
lack wilderness character. The unit was eliminated from the intensive inventory phase
because the unit had received heavy off-road vehicle use and numerous disturbances from
mining activities. The unit also lacked topographic and vegetative screening, and did not
offer any outstanding opportunities for solitude or primitive and unconfined recreation.
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FORM 2
DOCUMENTATION OF CURRENT WILDERNESS INVENTORY CONDITIONS
a. Unit Number/Name____OR-015-107_
(1) Is the unit of sufficient size? Yes __X__
No
Between 2008 and 2011, members of the BLM staff conducted a field inventory of the
area to update its road and wilderness inventory for this area. This field work included
photo documentation of the boundary and interior routes in the area. Using BLM photos,
field logs, and staff field knowledge, a BLM inter-disciplinary (ID) team completed route
analyses on the routes within the area in 2012. The results of the route analysis are
documented in the road analysis forms and ID team meeting notes contained in the
wilderness evaluation file.
The BLM ID team determined that the unit is currently bounded by County Road 3-10
(Hogback), and BLM Roads 6165-00 (Corn Lake), 6115-00 (Sherlock Gulch), 8175-00
(Rabbit Basin), and private lands. In 1980, BLM Road 6115-B0 (Lower Rabbit Creek)
divided the area into former units 1-106 and 1-107. This former boundary route is now
reclaiming and no longer receives regular and continuous use and, therefore, no longer
serves as a unit boundary. (See Map 2, route analysis forms, photos, and photo log in the
wilderness inventory file for additional supporting information regarding these road
determinations).
Based on these findings, the ID team considered lumping these 2 former units into a
single, larger 32,712-acre unit and evaluating the potential wilderness characteristics
based on that boundary. However, several large unnatural disturbances still exist within
the southeastern portion of the area which the ID team felt could be collectively result in
finding the entire area to be in an unnatural condition. The BLM opted to use an existing
pasture division fence as a unit boundary. Even though the fence does not meet the
inventory definition of a boundary road, it did provide a logical place to draw a unit
boundary that excluded these unnatural features and an 80-acre private in-holding, while
still leaving an area (fairly similar to former unit 1-106) meeting the size criteria (that
was evaluated separately). This excluded portion was fairly similar to former unit 1-107
and has been evaluated herein.
As a result, the unit OR-015-107 currently contains approximately 12,094 acres of BLMadministered land and an 80-acre private in-holding (Map 2).
Additional background on the process that the BLM ID team followed during this
evaluation is contained in the document Wilderness Inventory Maintenance Process for
the Lakeview Resource Area, BLM contained in the wilderness inventory file.
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DESCRIPTION OF CURRENT CONDITIONS: The unit is located about 20 miles
north of Plush, Oregon (Map 1). The unit is triangular shaped and approximately 5 miles
long and 7.5 miles wide (Map 2).
(2) Is the unit in a natural condition? Yes
No __ X____ N/A_______
During the 1979 initial inventory effort, the unit was considered unnatural due to the high
number of manmade disturbances including vehicle ways, off-road vehicle use, and
mining and rock-hounding disturbances.
Since that time, the number of active sunstone mining claims in the southeastern corner
of the unit has grown considerably in areal extent (Map 2) and are more noticeable than
during the original inventory. Currently there are about 4.1 miles of pasture division
fence, 3 livestock water developments, 21.9 miles of primitive motorized routes, and
1,871 acres of active mining claims within the unit. In 1984, a wildfire occurred in the
south central portion of the unit resulting in a 1,583-acre crested wheatgrass seeding.
These disturbances are scattered across the unit and are substantially noticeable.
Based on a review of all the available information including photos, staff knowledge, and
field review, the ID team concluded that due to the large number of existing disturbances
the unit is not in a predominantly natural condition where the imprint of man is
substantially unnoticeable.
Table 1: Summary of Disturbances within Unit OR-015-107
Motorized Routes
21.9 miles
Active Mining Claim Area
1,871 acres
Seeding
1,583 acres
Pasture Division Fence
4.1 mile
Livestock Water Developments
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(3) Does the unit (or the remainder of the unit if a portion has been excluded due to
unnaturalness and the remainder is of sufficient size) have outstanding opportunities
for solitude? Yes
No
N/A____X____
The current opportunities for solitude were not evaluated because the unit failed to meet
the naturalness requirement.
(4) Does the unit (or the remainder of the unit if a portion has been excluded due to
unnaturalness and the remainder is of sufficient size) have outstanding opportunities
for primitive and unconfined recreation?
Yes
No
N/A___X_____
The current opportunities for recreation were not evaluated because the unit failed to
meet the naturalness requirement.
(5) Does the unit have supplemental values? Yes
3
No
N/A__X___
Supplemental values were not evaluated because the unit failed to meet the naturalness
requirement.
Summary of Findings and Conclusion
Unit Name and Number: OR-015-107_
Summary Results of Analysis:
1. Does the area meet the size requirements?
2. Does the area appear to be natural?
__X Yes _
No
Yes _ X _ No
3. Does the area offer outstanding opportunities for solitude or a primitive and
unconfined type of recreation?
____Yes ____No _X__NA
4. Does the area have supplemental values?
__ _Yes ____No _ X _NA
Conclusion (Check One):
_____ The area- or a portion of the area- has wilderness character (items 1, 2 and 3 are
checked “yes”).
___X__The area does not have wilderness character (any of items 1, 2 and 3 are checked
“no”).
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Prepared by (ID Team Member Names and Titles):
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Date
Paul Whitman: Planning Coordinator
~~
Date
Glenn Lorton: Wildlife Biologist
'--'{ -(( ---;2_
Brennan Hauk: Weed Specialist
Date
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~
Approved by:
Thomas R. Rasmussen
Field Manager
This form documents information that constitutes an inventory finding on wilderness characteristics. It does not
represent a formal/and use allocation or a final agency decision subject to administrative remedies under either
43 CFR parts 4 or 1610.5-2.
Year_2012_
Inventory Unit Number/Name__OR-015-108G / Rabbit Hills South
FORM 1
DOCUMENTATION OF BLM WILDERNESS INVENTORY FINDINGS ON RECORD
1. Is there existing BLM wilderness inventory information on all or part of this area?
No
(go to Form 2) Yes ___X____ (if more than one unit is within the area,
list the names/numbers of those units.)
a) Inventory Source: Wilderness Inventory Oregon & Washington: Final Intensive
Inventory Decisions, November 1980.
b) (Historic) Inventory Unit Name(s)/Number(s):___1-108F/ Rabbit Hills___
c) Map Name(s)/Number(s): U.S. Department of the Interior: Bureau of Land
Management, Oregon, Intensive Wilderness Inventory: Final Decisions, November 1980.
d) BLM District(s)/Field Office(s):_Lakeview District/Lakeview Resource Area
2. BLM Inventory Findings on Record
Existing inventory information regarding wilderness characteristics (if more than one
BLM inventory unit is associated with the area, list each unit/acreage and answer each
question individually for each inventory unit):
Unit#/
Name
1-108F
Size
(historic
acres)
11,840
Natural
Condition?
Y/N
Outstanding
Solitude?
Y/N
Outstanding
Primitive &
Unconfined
Recreation?
Y/N
Supplemental
Values?
Y/N
Y
N
N
Y
Summarize any known primary reasons for prior inventory findings listed in this table):
In 1980, unit 1-108F (Rabbit Hills) was described as including the Rabbit Hills and some
of the Rabbit Basin. The Rabbit Hills rose 900 feet from the surrounding sagebrush
covered flat. Rabbit Basin was described as a flat vegetated dry lakebed. The area did meet
the naturalness criteria despite several noticeable man made features within the unit. In
1980, within the larger unit, there were 3 miles of primitive routes, 2 miles of pasture
division fence, and a few stock tanks. The unit did not offer outstanding opportunities
because the configuration between the low angles of the slopes in the unit, in combination
with low vegetative cover, left one exposed to the presence of other persons within the unit.
Although hiking, rock hounding and photography were available within the unit, these
primitive recreation opportunities were not found to be outstanding.
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FORM 2
DOCUMENTATION OF CURRENT WILDERNESS INVENTORY CONDITIONS
a. Unit Number/Name____OR-015-108G / Rabbit Hills South ________
(1) Is the unit of sufficient size? Yes __X__
No
Between 2008 and 2011, members of the BLM staff conducted a field inventory of the
area to update its road and wilderness inventory for this area. This field work included
photo documentation of the boundary and interior routes. Using BLM photos, field logs,
and staff field knowledge, a BLM inter-disciplinary (ID) team completed route analyses
of the routes within the area in 2012. The results of the route analysis are documented in
the route analysis forms and ID team meeting notes contained in the wilderness
evaluation file.
The ID team determined that the former unit 1-108F was currently bounded by County
Road 3-10 (Hogback) and BLM Roads 6155-00 (Warner Valley) and 6155-B0 (South
Rabbit Basin). In addition, BLM Road 6155-A0 (Rabbit Hills) was also determined to
meet the definition of an inventory boundary road (due to mechanical blading during a
wildfire in 1984). This road split former unit 1-108F into two new units OR-015-108F
and OR-015-108G. Both units still meet the minimum size criteria. Unit OR-015-108G
contains approximately 6,207 acres of BLM-administered lands. (Unit OR-015-108F is
evaluated separately).
Additional background on the process that the BLM ID team followed during this
evaluation is contained in the document Wilderness Inventory Maintenance Process for
the Lakeview Resource Area, BLM contained in the wilderness inventory file.
DESCRIPTION OF CURRENT CONDITIONS:
The unit is located 17 miles north of Plush, Oregon (Map 1). The unit is approximately 4
miles long and 2.5 miles wide (Map 2). The topography has not changed since the
original inventory; however the vegetation has changed from primarily mid-height shrubs
to low grasses as a result of wildfire and seeding with crested wheatgrass in the mid1980’s.
(2) Is the unit in a natural condition? Yes
X
No __ ____ N/A_______
Currently, there are about 1 mile of primitive motorized routes, 0.2 miles of reclaiming
routes, 5 miles of pasture fence, 2 wells/troughs, and 0.2 miles of pipelines. Since 1980,
the vegetation in the unit has changed dramatically. In 1984, a wildfire burned the
majority of the unit. Approximately 3,821 acres of the burned area was seeded to nonnative grasses. Although the original seeding is still highly visible, the rows of grass
(drill rows) created from the seeding are now mostly not apparent to the casual observer.
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Human disturbances in the unit have increased since 1980 (Map 2), but are still
substantially unnoticeable.
Based on a review of all the available information including photos, staff knowledge, and
field review, the BLM ID team concluded that the unit is in a natural condition where the
imprint of man is substantially unnoticeable.
(3) Does the unit (or the remainder of the unit if a portion has been excluded due to
unnaturalness and the remainder is of sufficient size) have outstanding opportunities
for solitude? Yes
No
X
N/A________
The low-angle slopes and lack of tall vegetation leave the visitor exposed. The unit’s
relatively small size also makes it vulnerable to outside intrusions such as vehicles
traveling on County Road 3-10 and Road 6155-00. Both of these roads have a moderate
level of traffic and vehicles traveling these routes would be highly visible and audible
from most of the unit.
For these reasons, the ID team determined that the unit does not provide outstanding
opportunities for solitude.
(4) Does the unit (or the remainder of the unit if a portion has been excluded due to unnaturalness and the remainder is of sufficient size) have outstanding opportunities for primitive and unconfined recreation?
Yes
No
X
N/A________
The unit continues to offer some primitive recreation opportunities such as hiking, rock
hounding, hunting, and horseback riding. The unit is currently open to motorized offhighway vehicle use (see Lakeview RMP/ROD, Map R-7) and most existing recreational
use is associated with motorized access. The ID team found the existing primitive
recreation opportunities were limited and were similar to opportunities available
throughout much of the surrounding area. The unit did not offer any single unique
primitive recreation opportunity or a unique diversity of primitive recreation
opportunities.
For these reasons, the ID team determined that the unit does not provide any outstanding
opportunities for primitive and unconfined recreation.
(5) Does the unit have supplemental values? Yes
No
N/A__X___
Although supplemental values could exist within the unit, they were not evaluated as the
unit failed to meet all of the wilderness characteristics criteria.
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Summary of Findings and Conclusion
Unit Name and Number: Rabbit Hills South / OR-015-108G__
Summary Results of Analysis:
1. Does the area meet the size requirements?
__X Yes _
No
2. Does the area appear to be natural?
_ X_ Yes ____ No
3. Does the area offer outstanding opportunities for solitude or a primitive and
unconfined type of recreation?
____Yes _ X _No ___NA
4. Does the area have supplemental values?
__ _Yes __ __No _ X _NA
Conclusion (Check One):
_____ The area- or a portion of the area- has wilderness character (items 1, 2 and 3 are
checked “yes”).
___X__The area does not have wilderness character (any of items 1, 2 and 3 are checked
“no”).
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Prepared by (ID Team Member Names and Titles):
. Cti/:fc
Date
Paul Whitman: Planning Coordinator
~~
Date
Glenn Lorton: Wildlife Biologist
'--'{ -(( ---;2_
Brennan Hauk: Weed Specialist
Date
i I
/1"? /,--.,.
~
Approved by:
Thomas R. Rasmussen
Field Manager
This form documents information that constitutes an inventory finding on wilderness characteristics. It does not
represent a formal/and use allocation or a final agency decision subject to administrative remedies under either
43 CFR parts 4 or 1610.5-2.
Year_2012_
Inventory Unit Number/Name__OR-015-108F / Rabbit Hills North
FORM 1
DOCUMENTATION OF BLM WILDERNESS INVENTORY FINDINGS ON RECORD
1. Is there existing BLM wilderness inventory information on all or part of this area?
No
(go to Form 2) Yes ___X____ (if more than one unit is within the area,
list the names/numbers of those units.)
a) Inventory Source: Wilderness Inventory Oregon & Washington: Final Intensive
Inventory Decisions, November 1980.
b) (Historic) Inventory Unit Name(s)/Number(s):___1-108F / Rabbit Hills___
c) Map Name(s)/Number(s): U.S. Department of the Interior: Bureau of Land
Management, Oregon, Intensive Wilderness Inventory: Final Decisions, November 1980.
d) BLM District(s)/Field Office(s):_Lakeview District/Lakeview Resource Area
2. BLM Inventory Findings on Record
Existing inventory information regarding wilderness characteristics (if more than one
BLM inventory unit is associated with the area, list each unit/acreage and answer each
question individually for each inventory unit):
Unit#/
Name
1-108F
Size
(historic
acres)
11,840
Natural
Condition?
Y/N
Outstanding
Solitude?
Y/N
Y
N
Outstanding
Primitive &
Unconfined
Recreation?
Y/N
N
Supplemental
Values?
Y/N
Y
Summarize any known primary reasons for prior inventory findings listed in this table):
In 1980, unit 1-108F (Rabbit Hills) was described as including the Rabbit Hills and some
of the Rabbit Basin. The Rabbit Hills rose 900 feet from the surrounding sagebrush
covered flat. Rabbit Basin was described as a flat vegetated dry lakebed. The area did meet
the naturalness criteria despite several noticeable man made features within the unit. In
1980, within the larger unit, there were 3 miles of primitive routes, 2 miles of pasture
division fence, and a few stock tanks. The unit did not offer outstanding opportunities
because the configuration between the low angles of the slopes in the unit, in combination
with low vegetative cover, left one exposed to the presence of other persons within the unit.
Although hiking, rock hounding and photography were available within the unit, these
primitive recreation opportunities were not found to be outstanding.
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FORM 2
DOCUMENTATION OF CURRENT WILDERNESS INVENTORY CONDITIONS
a. Unit Number/Name____OR-015-108F / Rabbit Hills North_______
(1) Is the unit of sufficient size? Yes __X__
No
Between 2008 and 2011, members of the BLM staff conducted a field inventory of the
area to update its road and wilderness inventory for this area. This field work included
photo documentation of the boundary and interior routes. Using BLM photos, field logs,
and staff field knowledge, a BLM inter-disciplinary (ID) team completed route analyses
of the routes within the area in 2012. The results of the route analysis are documented in
the route analysis forms and ID team meeting notes contained in the wilderness
evaluation file.
The ID team determined that the former unit 1-108F was currently bounded by County
Road 3-10 (Hogback) and BLM Roads 6155-00 (Warner Valley) and 6155-B0 (South
Rabbit Basin). In addition, BLM Road 6155-A0 (Rabbit Hills) was also determined to
meet the definition of an inventory boundary road (due to mechanical blading during a
wildfire in 1984). This road split former unit 1-108F into two new units OR-015-108F
and OR-015-108G. Both units still meet the minimum size criteria. Unit OR-015-108F
contains approximately 7,367 acres of BLM-administered lands. (Unit OR-015-108G is
evaluated separately).
Additional background on the process that the BLM ID team followed during this
evaluation is contained in the document Wilderness Inventory Maintenance Process for
the Lakeview Resource Area, BLM contained in the wilderness inventory file.
DESCRIPTION OF CURRENT CONDITIONS:
The unit is located about 14 miles north of Plush, Oregon (Map 1). The unit is
approximately 4 miles long and 2.5 miles wide (Map 2). The topography has not changed
since the original inventory; however the vegetation has changed from primarily midheight shrubs to low grasses as a result of wildfire and seeding with crested wheatgrass in
the mid-1980’s.
(2) Is the unit in a natural condition? Yes
No __ X___
N/A_______
In 1980, the unit was in primarily in natural condition. Since that time, the impacts of
man have dramatically increased. Today there are 10.6 miles of pasture division fence,
5.4 miles of primitive motorized routes, and 3,248 acres of non-native seeding scattered
throughout the unit. These density and location of these disturbances, coupled with the
low height of the present vegetation, the gentle topography, and the relatively small size
of the unit, make it difficult to escape the presence of manmade features.
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Based on a review of all the available information including photos, staff knowledge, and
field review, the BLM ID team concluded that the unit was not currently in a natural
condition where the imprints of man were substantially unnoticeable.
(3) Does the unit (or the remainder of the unit if a portion has been excluded due to
unnaturalness and the remainder is of sufficient size) have outstanding opportunities
for solitude? Yes
No
N/A____X____
The current opportunities for solitude were not evaluated because the unit failed to meet
the naturalness requirement.
(4) Does the unit (or the remainder of the unit if a portion has been excluded due to
unnaturalness and the remainder is of sufficient size) have outstanding opportunities
for primitive and unconfined recreation?
Yes
No
N/A___X_____
The current opportunities for recreation were not evaluated because the unit failed to
meet the naturalness requirement.
(5) Does the unit have supplemental values? Yes
No
N/A__X___
Supplemental values were not evaluated because the unit failed to meet the naturalness
requirement.
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Summary of Findings and Conclusion
Unit Name and Number: Rabbit Hills North / OR-015-108F_
Summary Results of Analysis:
1. Does the area meet the size requirements?
__X Yes _
No
2. Does the area appear to be natural?
_ __ Yes _X__ No
3. Does the area offer outstanding opportunities for solitude or a primitive and
unconfined type of recreation?
____Yes ____No _X__NA
4. Does the area have supplemental values?
__ _Yes ____No _X _NA
Conclusion (Check One):
_____ The area- or a portion of the area- has wilderness character (items 1, 2 and 3 are
checked “yes”).
___X__The area does not have wilderness character (any of items 1, 2 and 3 are checked
“no”).
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Prepared by (ID Team Member Names and Titles):
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Paul Whitman: Planning Coordinator
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Glenn Lorton: Wildlife Biologist
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Brennan Hauk: Weed Specialist
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Approved by:
Thomas R. Rasmussen
Field Manager
This form documents information that constitutes an inventory finding on wilderness characteristics. It does not
represent a formal/and use allocation or a final agency decision subject to administrative remedies under either
43 CFR parts 4 or 1610.5-2.
Year: 2012
Inventory Unit Number/Name: Rabbit Hills Area Units <5,000 Acres
FORM 1
DOCUMENTATION OF BLM WILDERNESS INVENTORY FINDINGS ON RECORD
1. Is there existing BLM wilderness inventory information on all or part of this area?
No
(go to Form 2) Yes ___X____ (if more than one unit is within the area,
list the names/numbers of those units.)
a) Inventory Source: Wilderness Inventory Oregon & Washington: Final Intensive
Inventory Decisions, November 1980.
b) Inventory Unit Name(s)/Number(s): 1-108 / Rabbit Hills and 1-106 / Flint Hills
c) Map Name(s)/Number(s): U.S. Department of the Interior: Bureau of Land
Management, Oregon, Intensive Wilderness Inventory: Final Decisions, November 1980.
d) BLM District(s)/Field Office(s): Lakeview District, Lakeview Resource Area
2. BLM Inventory Findings on Record
Existing inventory information regarding wilderness characteristics (if more than one
BLM inventory unit is associated with the area, list each unit/acreage and answer each
question individually for each inventory unit):
Unit #
Size
(historic
acres)
1-106
1-108A thru
10108-E
23,840
< 5000 acres
Natural
Condition?
Y/N
Outstanding
Solitude?
Y/N
N
N/A
N
N/A
Outstanding
Primitive &
Unconfined
Recreation?
Y/N
N
N/A
Supplemental
Values?
Y/N
Unknown
N/A
Summarize any known primary reasons for prior inventory findings listed in this table:
During the initial inventory phase in 1979, these areas were found to be part of two larger
units, 1-106 and 1-108. During the intensive inventory phase in 1980, unit 1-108 was
further subdivided into 6 units based on the identification of additional roads within the
northwest portion of the area that formed unit boundaries. The resulting units 1-108A to 1108E were found to be less than 5,000 acres in size and were not evaluated further. Only
unit 1-108F was of sufficient size to be evaluated further. Unit 1-106 was approximately
23,840 acres in size, but was severely affected by the works of man, lacked vegetative and
topographic screening, and had only limited primitive/unconfined recreation opportunities.
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FORM 2
DOCUMENTATION OF CURRENT WILDERNESS INVENTORY CONDITIONS
a. Unit Number/Name: Rabbit Hills Area Inventory Units <5,000 Acres
(1) Is the unit of sufficient size? Yes
No
X
Between 2008 and 2011, the BLM conducted field inventory of the area to update its road and
wilderness inventories. This field work included photo documentation of the boundary routes.
Using BLM photos, field logs, and staff field knowledge, a BLM inter-disciplinary (ID) team
completed an analysis of the motorized routes within the area in 2012. The results of the route
analysis are documented in the route analysis forms contained in the wilderness evaluation file.
These units in the area are bounded primarily by County Road 3-10 (Hogback) and by BLM
Roads 6115-00 (Sherlock Gulch), 6155-00 (Warner Valley), 6155-B0 (South Rabbit Basin),
8175-00 (Rabbit Basin), interim numbered roads 6155-BK and 8175-M0, and one private land
parcel boundary. See Map 2, route analysis forms, photos, and photo log in the wilderness
inventory file for additional supporting information regarding these road determinations.
As a result, there are a total of six inventory units within the Rabbit Hills Area. Only three of
these inventory units met the minimum size criteria and have been evaluated separately (OR015-106, OR-015-108F and OR-015-108G). The other three units are all less than 5,000 acres in
size and do not meet the minimum size criteria or any of the exceptions to the size criteria.
(Note: the ID team noted the presence of several other routes associated with pipelines in this
area (interim road numbers 6155-BI, 8175-AA, and 8175-F) that likely met the inventory
boundary road definition, but did not complete a formal route analyses because they were located
within units that did not meet the minimum size criteria and would have only served to subdivide these small units into smaller units).
Additional background on the process that the BLM ID team followed during this evaluation is
contained in the document, Wilderness Inventory Maintenance Process for the Lakeview
Resource Area, BLM, contained in the wilderness inventory file.
DESCRIPTION OF CURRENT CONDITIONS:
The three small inventory units in the Rabbit Hills Area are comprised of BLM-administered
land located approximately 12 miles north of the town of Paisley, OR (Maps 1 and 2). The
topography can be described as flat valley bottom. The dominant vegetation in the area is
grasslands with some sagebrush, greasewood, and other shrubs.
(2) Is the unit in a natural condition? Yes
No _____ N/A
X
The current natural condition of these units was not evaluated because the units failed to meet the
minimum size requirement.
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(3) Does the unit (or the remainder of the unit if a portion has been excluded due to
unnaturalness and the remainder is of sufficient size) have outstanding opportunities for
solitude?
Yes
No
N/A___X_____
The current opportunities for solitude within these units were not evaluated because the units
failed to meet the minimum size requirement.
(4) Does the unit (or the remainder of the unit if a portion has been excluded due to
unnaturalness and the remainder is of sufficient size) have outstanding opportunities for
primitive and unconfined recreation?
Yes
No
N/A___X_____
The current opportunities for recreation within these units were not evaluated because the units
failed to meet the minimum size requirement.
(5) Does the unit have supplemental values? Yes
No
N/A___X_____
Supplemental value was not evaluated within these units because the units failed to meet the size
criteria.
Summary of Findings and Conclusion
Unit Name and Number: Rabbit Hills Area Inventory Units <5,000 Acres
Summary Results of Analysis:
1. Does the area meet the size requirements?
___Yes _ X__No
2. Does the area appear to be natural?
___Yes ____No __X_ N/A
3. Does the area offer outstanding opportunities for solitude or a primitive and
unconfined type of recreation?
____Yes ____No __X_ N/A
4. Does the area have supplemental values?
___Yes ____No __X_ N/A
Conclusion (Check One):
_____ The area- or a portion of the area- has wilderness character:
(items 1, 2 and 3 must be checked “yes”).
___X__
The area does not have wilderness character: (any of items 1, 2 and 3 are
checked “no”).
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Prepared by (ID Team Member Names and Titles):
. Cti/:fc
Date
Paul Whitman: Planning Coordinator
~~
Date
Glenn Lorton: Wildlife Biologist
'--'{ -(( ---;2_
Brennan Hauk: Weed Specialist
Date
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/1"? /,--.,.
~
Approved by:
Thomas R. Rasmussen
Field Manager
This form documents information that constitutes an inventory finding on wilderness characteristics. It does not
represent a formal/and use allocation or a final agency decision subject to administrative remedies under either
43 CFR parts 4 or 1610.5-2.
Map 1 - Wilderness Character Evaluation Area
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reliability, or completeness of these data for individual or aggregate
use with other data. Original data were compiled from various sources.
This information may not meet National Map Accuracy Standards. This
product was developed through digital means and may be updated without
notification.
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No warranty is made by the Bureau of Land Management as to the accuracy,
reliability, or completeness of these data for individual or aggregate
use with other data. Original data were compiled from various sources.
This information may not meet National Map Accuracy Standards. This
product was developed through digital means and may be updated without
notification.