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: U.S. Department of the Interior: Bureau of Land Management,
Oregon, Wilderness Review - Initial Inventory: Proposed Decision on Public Lands
Obviously Lacking Wilderness Characteristics, April, 1979.
b) Inventory Unit Name(s)/Number(s): _Crane Mountain/1-160___
c) Map Name(s)/Number(s): U.S. Department of the Interior: Bureau of Land
Management, Oregon, Wilderness Review - Initial Inventory: Proposed Decision on
Public Lands Obviously Lacking Wilderness Characteristics, April, 1979.
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)
1-160
Unnumbered
Small Units
1,600 acres
< 5,000
acres
Natural
Condition?
Y/N
Outstanding
Solitude?
Y/N
N
NA
N
NA
Outstanding
Primitive &
Unconfined
Recreation?
Y/N
N
NA
Supplemental
Values?
Y/N
NA
NA
Summarize any known primary reasons for prior inventory findings listed in this table:
Unit 1-160 was described as several blocks of public land located about 4 miles south of
Lakeview near Crane Mountain and totaling about 1,600 acres. The blocks were located in
mountainous terrain contiguous with a Forest Service RARE II lands (Crane Mountain
area). The adjacent RARE II units did not meet the wilderness criteria (BLM 1979, FS
1987).
None of the other small units scattered across the southern portion of the Lakeview
Resource Area were found to meet the minimum size criteria or any of the exceptions to
the size criteria and were not evaluated in detail during the initial inventory phase.
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FORM 2
CURRENT CONDITIONS: Presence or Absence of Wilderness Characteristics
Unit Number/Name: Small units scattered across the southern portion of the Lakeview
Resource area
(1) Is the unit of sufficient size? (If the area meets one of the exceptions to the size criterion, check
“Yes” and describe the exception below) Yes
No X
Description: Between 2008 and 2014, the BLM conducted field inventory of scattered BLMadministered parcels in the southern portion of the Lakeview Resource Area (including the Crane
Mountain area) to update its existing road and wilderness inventories. This field work included
photo documentation of potential inventory unit 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 November 2014. The results of the route analysis are
documented in the route analysis forms contained in the wilderness evaluation file.
The BLM ID team determined that County Roads 1-11G (Meadow) and 1-15 (Crane Mountain)
and FS Road 3900-015 currently meet the wilderness inventory definition of a boundary road
and form the boundaries of several inventory units. The remainder of the inventory unit
boundaries are comprised of private land or Forest Service ownership boundaries (see Map 1
attached to road forms).
A total of 15 inventory units were identified to the south of the town of Lakeview, OR (Map 1).
The units range in size from 31to 1,465 acres of BLM-administered lands and, therefore, fail to
meet the minimum size criteria. Five of the 15 units (OR-015-211A/North Crane Mountain, OR015-211C/South Crane Mountain, OR-015-211D/South Tandy Creek, OR-015-211F/Crane
Mountain East, and OR-015-212/Tenmile Creek) lie contiguous with the Forest Service’s Crane
Mountain or Mt. Bidwell roadless areas (Maps 2A and 2B). While these 2 areas are currently
being managed as roadless areas, neither is recommended for wilderness designation or is being
managed to protect wilderness values (FS 1987, 1991). Therefore, these 5 small units do not
meet any of the exceptions to the minimum size criteria (BLM 2012, p. 5-6). For these reasons,
the BLM ID team determined that all 13 of these units failed to meet the size criteria and were
dropped from further consideration.
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, and the ID Team meeting notes contained in the wilderness inventory file.
(2) Is the unit(s) 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 or any of the exceptions to the size criteria.
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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 or any of the exceptions to the size criteria .
(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 or any of the exceptions to the size criteria.
(5) Does the unit have supplemental values? Yes
No
N/A___X___
Supplemental values were not evaluated because the units failed to meet the size criteria or any
of the exceptions to the size criteria.
Summary of Analysis*
Unit Name and Number: Small units scattered across the southern portion of the Lakeview
Resource area
Summary Results of Analysis:
1. Do the areas meet the size requirements?
2. Do the areas appear to be natural?
__ _Yes _ X _No
_ _ Yes __ _No __X_ N/A
3. Do the areas offer outstanding opportunities for solitude or a primitive and
unconfined type of recreation?
__ _ Yes ____No __X_ N/A
4. Do the areas have supplemental values?
__
_ Yes ____No _X_ N/A
Conclusion (Check One):
__ ___ The areas- or a portion of the areas-have wilderness character:
(items 1, 2 and 3 must be checked “yes”).
__ X __ The areas do 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):
Paul Whitman: Planning Coordinator
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Date
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Theresa Romasko: Assistant Field Manager
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Approved by:
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*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.
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Map 1 - Wilderness Characteristics Evaluation Area
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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 M ap Accuracy Standards. This product was developed
through digital means and may be updated without notification .
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