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The BdyPlan_RoadlessArea_2008_ID feature class describes the boundaries of Roadless Areas designated by the Idaho Roadless Rule of 2008 and managed by the US Forest Service. The Idaho Roadless Rule provides management direction for conserving and managing approximately 9.3 million acres of Idaho Roadless Areas (IRAs) on National Forest System lands and replaces the roadless areas identified in the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule. The Chief of the Forest Service may modify or make administrative corrections to the boundaries of any IRA after public notice and comment and coordination with the state. This data reflects the selected alternative of the Idaho Roadless FEIS. |
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The BdyPlan_RoadlessArea_2008_ID feature class describes the boundaries of Roadless Areas designated by the Idaho Roadless Rule of 2008 and managed by the US Forest Service. The Idaho Roadless Rule provides management direction for conserving and managing approximately 9.3 million acres of Idaho Roadless Areas (IRAs) on National Forest System lands and replaces the roadless areas identified in the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule. The Chief of the Forest Service may modify or make administrative corrections to the boundaries of any IRA after public notice and comment and coordination with the state. This data reflects the selected alternative of the Idaho Roadless FEIS. |
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Data was compiled from the 11 National Forests in Idaho: Boise, Caribou, Challis, Clearwater, Idaho Panhandle, Kootenai, Payette, Salmon, Sawtooth,Targhee, and Wallowa-Whitman |
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<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>The BdyPlan_RoadlessArea_2008_ID feature class describes the boundaries of Roadless Areas designated by the Idaho Roadless Rule of 2008 and managed by the US Forest Service. The final rule reflects the views and concerns of thousands of people who expressed interest during the rule-making process, which ran from October 2006 to October 2008. The public comment period generated 38,000 comments.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>The Idaho Roadless Rule takes a balanced approach, recognizing both local and national interests. Five management themes have been established (and are identified in the MgmtClassification attribute) that provide prohibitions, with exceptions or conditioned permissions, governing timber cutting, removing and selling, road construction and reconstruction, and certain mineral activities. These management themes are: Wild Land Recreation, Special Areas of Historic or Tribal Significance, Primitive, Backcountry Restoration, and General Forest, Rangeland, and Grassland. Each theme provides management direction that varies from most restrictive to least restrictive and provides roadless character that varies from higher quality to lower quality. Forest Plan Special Areas are also identified, where management of the area is according to Forest Plan direction, not the Idaho Roadless Rule. These special areas include items such as wild and scenic river corridors, research natural areas, etc.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>This dataset is a compilation of the most up to date Roadless areas from the National Forests in Idaho.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>This dataset was compiled by taking the roadless area boundaries from each of the National Forests in Idaho and adding the management area prescription boundaries from each forest. For some forests both the existing forest plan management prescription layer and a "proposed" prescriptions boundaries were used. See the list of these Forests in the metadata for the each forest.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Date of last update: April 2026. See Lineage for details.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV> |
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<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>This product is reproduced from geospatial information prepared by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. By removing the contents of this package or taking receipt of these files via electronic file transfer methods, you understand that the data stored on this media is in draft condition. Represented features may not be in an accurate geographic location. </SPAN></P><P><SPAN>The Forest Service makes no expressed or implied warranty, including warranty of merchantability and fitness, with respect to the character, function, or capabilities of the data or their appropriateness for any user's purposes. The Forest Service reserves the right to correct, update, modify, or replace this geospatial information based on new inventories, new or revised information, and as required by policy or regulation in conjunction with other federal, state or local public agencies or the public in general. Previous recipients of the products may not be notified unless required by policy or regulation.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV> |
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