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USDA Intermountain Region Forest Service
801 625-5273
Ogden
Utah
84401
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Final EIS Version
This dataset was compiled by the USDA Forest Service Region 1 and Region 4 for the State of Idaho Roadless Rule Draft Environmental Impact Statement(DEIS)
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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>
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.
Data was compiled from the 11 National Forests in Idaho: Boise, Caribou, Challis, Clearwater, Idaho Panhandle, Kootenai, Payette, Salmon, Sawtooth,Targhee, and Wallowa-Whitman
Teresa Rhoades
USDA Forest Service- Intermountain Region
Intermountain Region GIS Coordinator
(801) 625-5273
324 25th Street
Ogden
Utah
84401
US
trhoades@fs.fed.us
8:30 am - 1600 pm MST
Teresa Rhoades
USDA Forest Service Intermountain Region
Regional GIS Coordinator
801 625-5273
Ogden
Utah
84401
Caribou National Forest
Clearwater National Forest
Salmon National Forest
Idaho
Sawtooth National Forest
Boise National Forest
Wallowa-Whitman National Forest
Kootenai National Forest
Idaho Panhandle National Forest
Targhee National Forest
Payette National Forest
Challis National Forest
Idaho Roadless Area boundaries
ISO 19115 Topic Categories
boundaries
Idaho Roadless Area boundaries
boundaries
Caribou National Forest
Clearwater National Forest
Salmon National Forest
Idaho
Sawtooth National Forest
Boise National Forest
Wallowa-Whitman National Forest
Kootenai National Forest
Idaho Panhandle National Forest
Targhee National Forest
Payette National Forest
Challis National Forest
<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>
See access and use constraints information.
This data is being made available to the public upon request and through the Idaho Roadless Rule website.
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Roadless Areas boundaries were collected from all 11 National Forests for the state of Idaho. The National Forest Plan Management Prescription layer for each forest was then overlayed with the Roadless Area boundary. For some forests present Forest Plan management prescriptions were used for the Existing Forest Plan Theme assignment (generally 1987 vintage) and the Forest Plan Revision prescription layer was overlayed and used to assign the State Roadless Rule Theme. The separate datasets were then edge matched and brought together into one dataset. The Idaho Roadless Rule Themes were than applied to each polygon based on the management prescription cross walk to the themes. Themes for Idaho Roadless Rule alternative were not always uniformly applied by prescription and some roadless areas were split on lines other than management prescription in order to assign the State of Idaho's desired theme to an area. The Existing forest plan prescriptions were used for Alternative 3 and applied uniformly across all prescriptions. The Modified Proposal Themes were then applied to each roadless area based on requested changes by the State and National Forests and by public comment. The dataset was then edge matched with Wilderness area boundaries. The edge matching process altered the boundaries of the roadless areas slightly when done between forests and the wilderness boundary.
Suzanne Johnson
USDA Forest Service Intermountain Region
GIS Specialist
(801) 625-5766
324 25th Street
Ogden
UT
84401
8:30 am - 4:00 pm MST
UPDATE: The changes proposed and approved by the Payette National Forest are reflected in this latest version of the Idaho Roadless Areas. Roadless Areas affected by the changes include: Big Creek Fringe, French Creek, Placer Creek, Secesh, and Smith Creek. Updates were made based on approved changes to Idaho Roadless Rule themes and boundaries of the IRA on the Payette National Forest in March 2011. For more information visit: http://www.fs.usda.gov/roadmain/roadless/idahoroadlessrule
2011-03-01T00:00:00
UPDATE: R04 GIS Lab - T.Rhoades 6/2014 ===>> To prepare this data for inclusion into the Forest Service Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW), the data was modified to meet EDW standards.
The following changes were made to the original fields:
ROADLESS_NAME - renamed to RoadlessAreaName;
FOREST - renamed to ForestPlanningUnitName;
MIRR_022011 (alias FEIS_SELECTED_ALTERNATIVE) - renamed to MgmtClassification;
DATE_OF_LAST_UPDATE - field dropped. This field was tracking the Payette corrections and splitting roadless areas into multiple polygons. This information was deemed unnecessary, the field was dropped and polygons merged so official acres could be coded on the data.
The following records were deemed unnecessary to the data and therefore deleted:
"ROADLESS_NAME" in ( 'NOT A ROADLESS AREA', 'NOT FS', 'PVT');
"MIRR_022011" = 'NOT FS'
The following fields were added to the data:
MgmtClassificationCode;
RegionCode_ca2008;
RegionName_ca2008;
ForestCode_ca2008;
ForestName_ca2008;
ForestOrgCode_ca2008;
StateCode;
StateName;
Acres
2014-06-01T00:00:00
Teresa Rhoades
USDA Forest Service Intermountain Region
Regional GIS Coordinator
UPDATE: R04 GIS Lab - T.Rhoades 7/2014 ===>> Idaho Panhandle National Forest boundary modifications and corrections resulting from June 11, 2014 Federal Register notification - http://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprd3805148.pdf have been completed on this dataset. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service is modifying the boundaries for the BigCreek, Grandmother Mountain, PinchotButte, Roland Point, and Wonderful Peak Idaho Roadless Areas on the Idaho Panhandle National Forests to include lands acquired within and/or adjacent to these roadless areas. In addition, the Forest Service is correcting mapping errors involving Forest Plan Special Areas in the Salmo-Priest and Upper Priest Idaho Roadless Areas.
For more information, please visit: http://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/roadless/idahoroadlessrule/?cid=stelprdb5382399 Linework that was used to create the August 28, 2012 proposal maps as well as the current authoritative land ownership data were referenced for the modifications/corrections. Using current ownership data did result in a 3 acre difference on Grandmother Mountain.
2014-07-14T00:00:00
Teresa Rhoades
USDA Forest Service Intermountain Region
Regional GIS Coordinator
UPDATE: R04 GIS Lab - T.Rhoades 9/2015 ===>> Caribou-Targhee National Forest boundary modifications and corrections resulting from July8, 2015 Federal Register notification - http://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprd3846255.pdf have been completed on this dataset. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service is modifying the West Mink Idaho Roadless Area boundary on the Caribou-Targhee National Forest to relocate and expand the Gibson Jack Trailhead.
For more information, please visit: http://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/roadless/idahoroadlessrule/?cid=stelprdb5382399 Linework that was provided by the forest was used in the modification.
2015-09-18T00:00:00
UPDATE: R04 GIS Lab - T.Rhoades 4/21/2026 ===>> Updates to reflect the overlap of designated wilderness and the Boulder-White Clouds and Railroad Ridge IRAs, requested by the Idaho Roadless Commission. Briefing materials from the Idaho Roadless Rule Coordinator and WO Ecosystem Management Coordination used to prepare edits. In areas of overlap, existing management classifications were replaced with 'Managed as Designated Wilderness (code - MDW). USDA Forest Service Enterprise Data Warehouse utilized as the source data for wilderness boundaries (data extracted 4/21/2026).
2026-04-21T00:00:00
UPDATE: R04 GIS Lab - T.Rhoades 4/21/2026 ===>> The Acres attribute (official acres as reported in the Idaho Roadless Area Final Rule document) was removed. GIS_Acres attribute added.
2026-04-21T00:00:00
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BdyPlan_RoadlessArea_2008_ID
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ForestPlanningUnitName
The name of the National Forest the Roadless area is located within as describe in the analysis. The document and acres reported within the document correspond to forests listed in this field.
USDA Forest Service
Nez Perce
Nez Perce National Forest - based on administratively defined boundary
USDA Forest Service
Clearwater
Clearwater National Forest - based on administratively defined boundary
USDA Forest Service
Kootenai
Kootenai National Forest - portions within Idaho - based on administratively defined boundary
USDA Forest Service
Idaho Panhandle
Idaho Panhandle National Forest - based on administratively defined boundary
USDA Forest Service
Challis
Challis National Forest - based on administratively defined boundary prior to Salmon - Challis Administrative combination
USDA Forest Service
Sawtooth
Sawtooth National Forest - based on administratively defined boundary
USDA Forest Service
Wallowa-Whitman
Wallowa-Whitman - based on administratively defined boundary
USDA Forest Service
Caribou
Caribou National Forest - based on administratively defined boundary prior to Caribou - Targhee Administrative combination
USDA Forest Service
Targhee
Targhee National Forest - based on administratively defined boundary prior to Caribou - Targhee Administrative combination
USDA Forest Service
Payette
Payette National Forest - based on administratively defined boundary
USDA Forest Service
Salmon
Salmon National Forest - based on administratively defined boundary prior to Salmon-Challis Admisitrative combination
USDA Forest Service
Boise
Boise National Forest- based on administratively defined boundary
USDA Forest Service
FORESTPLANNINGUNITNAME
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MgmtClassificationCode
BCR
Backcountry Restoration
http://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fsm8_036009.pdf
FPSA
Forest Plan Special Area
http://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fsm8_036009.pdf
GFRG
General Forest, Rangeland, and Grassland
http://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fsm8_036009.pdf
P
Primitive
http://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fsm8_036009.pdf
SAHTS
Special Area of Historic or Tribal Significance
http://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fsm8_036009.pdf
WLR
Wild Land Recreation
http://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fsm8_036009.pdf
MDW
Managed as Designated Wilderness
MGMTCLASSIFICATIONCODE
String
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MgmtClassification
Modified Idaho Roadless Rule theme assigned to each area of the roadless area.
Idaho Roadless Rule
Wild Land Recreation
See Idaho Roadless Rule FEIS for Theme definition
http://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fsm8_036009.pdf
Forest Plan Special Area
Other Forest Plan Special Area - See Idaho Roadless Rule FEIS for Theme definition
http://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fsm8_036009.pdf
Primitive
See Idaho Roadless Rule FEIS for Theme definition
http://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fsm8_036009.pdf
Backcountry Restoration
Backcountry/Restoration - See Idaho Roadless Rule FEIS for Theme definition
http://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fsm8_036009.pdf
General Forest, Rangeland, or Grassland
General Forest, Rangeland, or Grassland - See Idaho Roadless Rule FEIS for Theme definition
http://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fsm8_036009.pdf
Special Area of Historic or Tribal Significance
Special Area of Historic or Tribal Significance -See Idaho Roadless Rule FEIS for Theme definition
http://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fsm8_036009.pdf
Managed as Designated Wilderness
Managed as Designated Wilderness
MGMTCLASSIFICATION
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StateCode
The state in which the data resides.
ID
Idaho
STATECODE
String
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0
0
RegionCode_ca2008
The USDA Forest Service Region code of the data at the time of the analysis (circa 2008).
01
Region 01 - Northern Region
04
Region 04 - Intermountain Region
REGIONCODE_CA2008
String
2
0
0
RegionName_ca2008
The USDA Forest Service Region name of the data at the time of the analysis (circa 2008).
Northern Region
Northern Region
Intermountain Region
Intermountain Region
REGIONNAME_CA2008
String
20
0
0
FORESTCODE_CA2008
FORESTCODE_CA2008
String
2
0
0
ForestName_ca2008
The official name of the National Forest (or other Administrative Area). This was the forest name used in the data at the time of the analysis (circa 2008).
FORESTNAME_CA2008
String
60
0
0
ForestOrgCode_ca2008
Concatenation of region code and forest code to create unique identifier. This was the forest organization code of the data at the time of the analysis (circa 2008).
FORESTORGCODE_CA2008
String
4
0
0
StateName
The name of the state.
ID
Idaho
STATENAME
String
20
0
0
OBJECTID
Internal feature number.
ESRI
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
OBJECTID
OID
4
10
0
RoadlessAreaName
Name of the Roadless Area as stated in the Forest Plan for each national forest
USDA Forest Service - Individual Forests
Names assigned roadless areas by National Forest.
19870115
ROADLESSAREANAME
String
100
0
0
GIS_ACRES
GIS_ACRES
Integer
38
8
0
USDA Forest Service
The area of the feature in acres, calculated in North American Albers Equal Area Conic projection (NAD83) meters and then converted to acres with the formula AreaMeters * 0.0002471054
Shape
Feature geometry.
ESRI
Coordinates defining the features.
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