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APPENDIX A—COMPARISON OF THE IDAHO ROADLESS 

AREA BOUNDARIES WITH PAST INVENTORIED 

ROADLESS AREA BOUNDARIES

INTRODUCTION

A concerted effort has been made to use the best available inventoried roadless area 

boundaries for the analysis in this EIS. Since the 2001 Roadless Rule was released, 

forests have continued to refine roadless area boundaries as part of the forest plan 

revision process. Moreover, where forests have not completed their forest plan revision 

process there are differences in boundaries. 

The purpose of this appendix is to disclose differences between the Idaho Roadless 

Areas analyzed in this EIS and the inventoried roadless areas used in the 2001 Roadless 

Rule (part 1). Also, where there were differences between forest plan inventoried 

roadless areas and the Idaho Roadless Areas, those differences are disclosed (part 2). 

Not all national forests are on an equal footing in terms of having up-to-date 

inventoried roadless areas in a GIS format. For this reason, there are some roadless 

areas where past development has occurred and where roads exist. This is a factor in 

considering the quality of the roadless characteristics present. 

Some sources of differences in Idaho Roadless Area boundaries include: 

1. Inventoried roadless area boundary lines may be misrepresented when newer 

information for roads or improvements are overlaid. For example, if roads have 

been identified using a global positioning system (GPS), this information is more 

accurate than a line drawn on a map. A boundary line should obviously follow a 

road and not go across it; therefore, there would be a need to adjust the 

boundary. 

2. Inventoried roadless area boundary lines may be misrepresented because they 

were developed at a different scale than the roads layer. This may cause the 

boundary line to weave on one side of a road to another, whereas in reality the 

boundary should be just on one side; therefore, there would be a need to 

reconcile the boundary. 

3. In some cases, there are just errors. Roads or improvements such as facilities may 

have been included in the boundary when they should not have been. 

Maps depicting the differences between the Idaho Roadless Rule and 2001 Roadless 

Rule boundaries, and the Idaho Roadless Rule and Existing Plan boundaries may be 

found in the map packet. 
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UNDERSTANDING THE TABLES

The following coding structure was designed to simplify the explanation of differences 

in roadless area boundaries between Idaho Roadless Areas and inventoried roadless 

areas used in the 2001 Roadless Rule (part 1). The same coding scheme is used to 

explain differences between Idaho Roadless Areas and inventoried roadless areas used 

in Existing Plans (part 2). This appendix shows the acreage of the inventoried roadless 

areas corresponding to the analysis and shows any increases or decreases in acreage. 

There is also a column with a code representing the reason for the change. In a few 

cases more than one code is provided to explain differences. When a number is entered 

into the reason column, it signifies a footnote to be found at the end of the table. 

The 2001 Roadless Rule did not include designated wild and scenic rivers in the 

roadless area acreages. They have been included in the Idaho Roadless Area 

boundaries. 

REASONS FOR INCREASES

U = additional unroaded acres adjacent to an inventoried roadless area, typically 

reflects planned developments that were never implemented. 

R = Recovery or restoration of a previously developed area. 

REASONS FOR DECREASES

D = development, including road construction, timber harvest, mining or other 

developments reducing roadless characteristics. 

GENERAL CODES, CAN BE USED FOR INCREASES OR DECREASES

M = used when there are multiple reasons. 

G = change caused by improved mapping technology or a boundary moved to a 

manageable location on the landscape. 

L = roadless acres acquired or lost through a land trade. 

E = corrected error. 

S = forest plan special area. 
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PART 1: IDAHO ROADLESS AREAS COMPARED WITH 2001

INVENTORIED ROADLESS AREAS

Forest New roadless name 

2007 

(acres) 

2001 

Roadless 

Rule (acres) 

Difference 

(acres) Reason 

Boise Bald Mountain 6,236 6,236 0 

Boise Bear Wallow 9,130 9,133 -3 G 

Boise Bernard 20,891 20,887 4 G 

Boise Black Lake 5,344 5,321 23 G 

Boise Blue Bunch 4,888 4,889 -1 G 

Boise Breadwinner 20,479 20,477 2 G 

Boise Burnt Log 23,698 23,698 0 

Boise Cathedral Rocks 8,216 8,199 17 G 

Boise Caton Lake 39,104 39,109 -5 G 

Boise Cow Creek 14,714 14,718 -4 G 

Boise Danskin 30,666 30,632 34 G 

Boise Deadwood 52,472 52,471 1 G 

Boise Elk Creek 14,994 14,990 4 G 

Boise Grand Mountain 14,471 14,462 9 G 

Boise Grimes Pass 13,288 13,289 -1 G 

Boise Hanson Lakes 17,644 17,661 -17 G 

Boise Hawley Mountain 7,722 7,720 2 G 

Boise Horse Heaven 4,302 4,299 3 G 

Boise House Mountain 25,608 25,597 11 G 

Boise Lime Creek 13,471 13,466 5 G 

Boise Lost Man Creek 12,681 12,679 2 G 

Boise Meadow Creek 21,281 21,291 -10 G 

Boise Mt Heinen 12,785 12,789 -4 G 

Boise Nameless Creek 2,279 2,277 2 G 

Boise Needles 29,895 29,898 -3 G 

Boise Peace Rock 191,734 191,720 14 G 

Boise Poison Creek 4,859 4,855 4 G 

Boise Poker Meadows 676 676 0 

Boise Rainbow 31,480 31,468 12 G 

Boise Red Mountain 110,374 110,345 29 G 

Boise Reeves Creek 10,542 10,540 2 G 

Boise Sheep Creek 70,365 70,339 26 G 

Boise Smoky Mountains 42,938 42,948 -10 G 

Boise Snowbank 34,210 34,212 -2 G 

Boise Steel Mountain 23,479 23,565 -86 G 

Boise Stony Meadows 13,551 13,553 -2 G 

Boise Ten Mile/Black Warrior 118,812 118,779 33 G 

Boise Tennessee 1,016 1,016 0 

Boise Whiskey 4,970 4,962 8 G 

Boise Whiskey Jack 6,563 6,564 -1 G 

Boise Whitehawk Mountain 8,963 8,964 -1 G 
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Forest New roadless name 

2007 

(acres) 

2001 

Roadless 

Rule (acres) 

Difference 

(acres) Reason 

Boise Wilson Peak 7,934 7,950 -16 G 

Boise total 1,108,725 1,108,644 81 

Caribou Bear Creek 20,967 21,049 -82 G 

Caribou Bonneville Peak 32,262 32,166 96 G 

Caribou Caribou City 81,534 79,103 2,431 G 

Caribou Clarkston Mountain 15,512 15,521 -9 G 

Caribou Deep Creek 7,099 7,089 10 G 

Caribou Dry Ridge 23,478 23,307 171 G 

Caribou Elkhorn Mountain 41,805 41,884 -79 E 

Caribou Gannett-Spring Creek 20,397 19,693 704 U 

Caribou Gibson 8,286 8,408 -122 G 

Caribou Hell Hole 4,747 5,308 -561 G 

Caribou Huckleberry Basin 20,218 21,109 -891 M 

Caribou Liberty Creek 15,010 15,149 -139 G 

Caribou Meade Peak 44,722 44,584 138 G 

Caribou Mink Creek 16,301 16,344 -43 G 

Caribou Mount Naomi 28,497 28,121 376 G 

Caribou North Pebble 5,497 5,486 11 G 

Caribou Oxford Mountain 40,828 40,871 -43 G 

Caribou Paris Peak 8,501 8,817 -316 G 

Caribou Pole Creek 3,506 3,666 -160 G 

Caribou Red Mountain 13,627 13,702 -75 G 

Caribou Sage Creek 12,767 12,712 55 G 

Caribou Schmid Peak 6,910 7,117 -207 G 

Caribou Scout Mountain 24,506 22,611 1,895 E 

Caribou Sherman Peak 7,659 7,757 -98 G 

Caribou Soda Point 23,102 23,425 -323 G 

Caribou Station Creek 9,469 9,681 -212 E 

Caribou Stauffer Creek 6,085 6,434 -349 G 

Caribou Stump Creek 96,824 96,944 -120 G 

Caribou Swan Mountain 7,118 7,430 -312 G 

Caribou Telephone Draw 4,897 4,919 -22 G 

Caribou Toponce 18,256 18,299 -43 G 

Caribou West Mink 19,566 20,648 -1,082 G 

Caribou Williams Creek 9,829 9,918 -89 G 

Caribou Worm Creek 41,908 42,450 -542 G 

Caribou total 741,690 741,722 -32 

Challis Blue Bunch 6,133 6,123 10 G 

Challis Borah Peak 130,463 130,463 0 

Challis Boulder - White Clouds 139,297 139,288 9 G 

Challis Camas Creek 68,530 68,528 2 G 

Challis Challis Creek 44,313 44,313 0 

Challis Cold Springs 8,929 8,929 0 

Challis Copper Basin 10,945 10,945 0 

Challis Diamond Peak 78,654 78,654 0 

Challis Greylock 11,825 11,825 0 
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Forest New roadless name 

2007 

(acres) 

2001 

Roadless 

Rule (acres) 

Difference 

(acres) Reason 

Challis Grouse Peak 8,953 8,953 0 

Challis Hanson Lakes 13,534 13,537 -3 G 

Challis Jumpoff Mountain 14,449 14,449 0 

Challis King Mountain 87,236 87,236 0 

Challis Lemhi Range 154,989 154,989 0 

Challis Loon Creek 106,356 106,387 -31 G 

Challis Pahsimeroi Mountain 73,428 73,428 0 

Challis Pioneer Mountains 172,460 172,455 5 G 

Challis Prophyry 46,598 46,598 0 

Challis Railroad Ridge 7,913 7,912 1 G 

Challis Red Hill 15,004 15,004 0 

Challis Red Mountain 4,897 4,904 -7 G 

Challis Seafoam 31,066 31,058 8 G 

Challis Spring Basin 5,232 5,232 0 

Challis Squaw Creek 99,637 99,637 0 

Challis Taylor Mountain 16,800 16,800 0 

Challis Warm Creek 6,636 6,636 0 

Challis White Knob 65,706 65,706 0 

Challis Wood Canyon 7,754 7,754 0 

Challis total 1,437,737 1,437,743 -6 

Clearwater Bighorn - Weitas 254,846 253,963 883 M 

Clearwater Eldorado Creek 6,813 6,740 73 G 

Clearwater Hoodoo 153,869 150,644 3,225 M 

Clearwater Lochsa Face 75,934 74,697 1,237 M 

Clearwater Lolo Creek (Lolo National Forest) 68 69 -1 G 

Clearwater Mallard-Larkins 126,312 137,347 -11,035 M 

Clearwater Meadow Creek - Upper North Fork 43,220 46,438 -3,218 M 

Clearwater Moose Mountain 22,018 21,011 1,007 U 

Clearwater North Fork Spruce - White Sand 35,806 34,259 1,547 U 

Clearwater North Lochsa Slope 117,663 115,435 2,228 M 

Clearwater Pot Mountain 51,052 51,425 -373 M 

Clearwater Rackliff - Gedney 36,355 35,804 551 M 

Clearwater Rawhide 6,030 5,830 200 U 

Clearwater Siwash 8,987 9,460 -473 M 

Clearwater Sneakfoot Meadows 23,298 22,819 479 M 

Clearwater Weir - Post Office Creek 22,070 22,347 -277 M 

Clearwater total 984,341 988,288 -3,947 

Idaho Panhandle Beetop 12,436 12,796 -360 G 

Idaho Panhandle Big Creek 76,346 74,572 1,774 M 

Idaho Panhandle Blacktail Mountain 4,965 5,282 -317 G 

Idaho Panhandle Blacktail Mountain (sdpt) 4,831 4,887 -56 G 

Idaho Panhandle Buckhorn Ridge 6,741 6,705 36 G 

Idaho Panhandle Continental Mountain 7,525 7,735 -210 G 

Idaho Panhandle East Cathedral Peak 22,341 23,194 -853 G 

Idaho Panhandle East Fork Elk 75 0 75 E 

Idaho Panhandle Gilt Edge-Silver Creek 197 191 6 G 
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Forest New roadless name 

2007 

(acres) 

2001 

Roadless 

Rule (acres) 

Difference 

(acres) Reason 

Idaho Panhandle Graham Coal 10,290 10,676 -386 G 

Idaho Panhandle Grandmother Mountain 24,400 17,955 6,445 L 1 

Idaho Panhandle Hammond Creek 17,404 18,704 -1,300 D 

Idaho Panhandle Hellroaring 1,978 1,746 232 G 

Idaho Panhandle Katka Peak 10,343 10,477 -134 G 

Idaho Panhandle Kootenai Peak 4,974 4,509 465 G 

Idaho Panhandle Little Grass Mountain 3,860 4,282 -422 G 

Idaho Panhandle Lost Creek 11,606 11,646 -40 G 

Idaho Panhandle Magee 34,812 34,185 627 G 

Idaho Panhandle Mallard-Larkins 129,363 120,995 8,368 S, U 

Idaho Panhandle Maple Peak 8,669 8,550 119 G 

Idaho Panhandle Meadow Creek - Upper North Fork 6,037 4,404 1,633 S 

Idaho Panhandle Midget Peak 7,239 6,374 865 S 

Idaho Panhandle Mosquito Fly 19,409 13,246 6,163 L, S 

Idaho Panhandle Mt. Willard-Lake Estelle 35,009 33,060 1,949 M 

Idaho Panhandle North Fork 31,358 30,281 1,077 G 

Idaho Panhandle Packsaddle 19,311 17,710 1,601 M 

Idaho Panhandle Pinchot Butte 8,509 7,644 865 L 

Idaho Panhandle Roland Point 6,520 6,468 52 G 

Idaho Panhandle Saddle Mountain 7,766 7,482 284 G 

Idaho Panhandle Salmo/Priest 20,021 20,262 -241 G 

Idaho Panhandle Schafer Peak 5,894 6,101 -207 G 

Idaho Panhandle Scotchman Peaks 19,832 18,165 1,667 E 2 

Idaho Panhandle Selkirk 97,966 95,892 2,074 M 

Idaho Panhandle Sheep Mountain-State Line 27,713 27,167 546 S 

Idaho Panhandle Skitwish Ridge 4,010 6,921 -2,911 D 

Idaho Panhandle Spion Kop 22,391 22,518 -127 G 

Idaho Panhandle Stevens Peak 4,727 4,578 149 G 

Idaho Panhandle Storm Creek 8,228 8,188 40 G 

Idaho Panhandle Tepee Creek 5,187 5,379 -192 G 

Idaho Panhandle Trestle Peak 7,274 7,437 -163 G 

Idaho Panhandle Trouble Creek 5,983 5,913 70 G 

Idaho Panhandle Trout Creek 8,507 8,714 -207 G 

Idaho Panhandle Upper Priest 12,667 13,645 -978 G 

Idaho Panhandle White Mountain 7,499 8,637 -1,138 M 

Idaho Panhandle Wonderful Peak 4,937 4,964 -27 G 

Idaho Panhandle total 797,150 770,237 26,913 

Kootenai Mt. Willard-Lake Estelle 23,341 3515 19,826 E3 

Kootenai Roberts 7,371 7,373 -2 G 

Kootenai Scotchman Peaks 541 559 -18 G 

Kootenai West Fork Elk 3,701 3,636 65 G 

Kootenai total 34,954 15,083 19,871 

Nez Perce Adjacent to Gospel Hump 

Wilderness 

2,378 0 2,378 U 

Nez Perce Clear Creek 9,170 12,080 -2,910 M 

Nez Perce Dixie Summit - Nut Hill 12,955 12,224 731 M 
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Forest New roadless name 

2007 

(acres) 

2001 

Roadless 

Rule (acres) 

Difference 

(acres) Reason 

Nez Perce East Meadow Creek 96,820 96,696 124 M 

Nez Perce Gospel Hump 46,335 52,590 -6,255 M 

Nez Perce John Day 10,295 14,892 -4,597 M 

Nez Perce Lick Point 6,876 7,891 -1,015 M 

Nez Perce Little Slate Creek 12,243 20,509 -8,266 D4 

Nez Perce Little Slate Creek North 5,927 0 5,927 D4 

Nez Perce Mallard 19,617 22,864 -3,247 M 

Nez Perce Middle Fork Face 0 10,405 -10,405 D5 

Nez Perce West Fork Crooked River 9,500 0 9,500 U 

Nez Perce North Fork Slate Creek 10,427 12,783 -2,356 M 

Nez Perce O'Hara - Falls Creek 33,244 25,345 7,899 M, S 

Nez Perce Rackliff - Gedney 53,588 54,600 -1,012 M 

Nez Perce Rapid River 20,966 18,186 2,780 U, S 

Nez Perce Salmon Face 9,165 9,578 -413 M 

Nez Perce Selway Bitterroot 622 0 622 U 

Nez Perce Silver Creek - Pilot Knob 21,000 22,320 -1,320 M 

Nez Perce West Meadow Creek 115,949 109,041 6,908 M, U 

Nez Perce total 497,077 502,030 -4,953 

Payette Big Creek Fringe 1,078 1,083 -5 G 

Payette Caton Lake 45,426 45,415 11 G 

Payette Chimney Rock 8,534 8,534 0 

Payette Cottontail Point/Pilot Peak 92,939 92,926 13 G 

Payette Council Mountain 16,569 16,567 2 G 

Payette Crystal Mountain 13,009 13,004 5 G 

Payette Cuddy Mountain 41,013 40,999 14 G 

Payette French Creek 88,819 88,816 3 G 

Payette Hells Canyon/Seven Devils Scenic 29,653 29,668 -15 G 

Payette Horse Heaven 13,446 13,455 -9 G 

Payette Indian Creek 4,831 4,830 1 G 

Payette Meadow Creek 8,007 8,016 -9 G 

Payette Needles 131,279 131,260 19 G 

Payette Patrick Butte 80,695 80,668 27 G 

Payette Placer Creek 6,945 6,945 0 

Payette Poison Creek 383 390 -7 G 

Payette Rapid River 57,687 53,181 4,506 U, S 

Payette Secesh 248,088 248,256 -168 G 

Payette Sheep Gulch 5,815 5,815 0 

Payette Smith Creek 2,285 2,285 0 

Payette Snowbank 1,523 1,519 4 G 

Payette Sugar Mountain 10,340 10,341 -1 G 

Payette total 908,364 903,973 4,391 

Salmon Ageny Creek 6,389 6,389 0 

Salmon Allan Mountain 46,478 46,478 0 

Salmon Anderson Mountain 18,506 18,506 0 

Salmon Blue Joint Mountain 480 480 0 

Salmon Camas Creek 35,437 35,437 0 
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Forest New roadless name 

2007 

(acres) 

2001 

Roadless 

Rule (acres) 

Difference 

(acres) Reason 

Salmon Deep Creek 7,148 7,148 0 

Salmon Duck Peak 48,650 48,617 33 G 

Salmon Goat Mountain 35,674 35,674 0 

Salmon Goldbug Ridge 12,750 12,750 0 

Salmon Haystack Mountain 12,122 12,122 0 

Salmon Italian Peak 50,079 50,079 0 

Salmon Jesse Creek 14,002 14,002 0 

Salmon Jureano 25,352 25,352 0 

Salmon Lemhi Range 153,544 153,544 0 

Salmon Little Horse 7,629 7,627 2 G 

Salmon Long Tom 20,417 20,417 0 

Salmon McEleny 3,541 3,539 2 G 

Salmon Musgrove 8,182 8,182 0 

Salmon Napias 9,292 9,292 0 

Salmon Napoleon Ridge 51,426 51,426 0 

Salmon Oreana 7,575 7,575 0 

Salmon Perreau Creek 8,168 8,168 0 

Salmon Phelan 13,025 13,025 0 

Salmon Sal Mountain 13,974 13,974 0 

Salmon Sheepeater 35,424 35,424 0 

Salmon South Deep Creek 12,648 12,648 0 

Salmon South Panther 6,338 6,338 0 

Salmon Taylor Mountain 46,638 46,638 0 

Salmon West Big Hole 84,405 84,405 0 

Salmon West Panther Creek 32,546 32,514 32 G 

Salmon total 827,839 827,770 69 

Sawtooth Black Pine 43,968 43,971 -3 G 

Sawtooth Blackhorse Creek 7,715 7,814 -99 M 

Sawtooth Boulder - White Clouds 322,653 322,761 -108 M 

Sawtooth Buttercup Mountain 56,662 57,018 -356 M 

Sawtooth Cache Peak 26,547 26,166 381 M 

Sawtooth Cottonwood 11,337 11,338 -1 G 

Sawtooth Elk Ridge 9,371 9,993 -622 M 

Sawtooth Fifth Fork Rock Creek 16,567 16,570 -3 G 

Sawtooth Hanson Lakes 39,936 39,903 33 G 

Sawtooth Huckleberry 7,654 7,652 2 G 

Sawtooth Liberal Mountain 10,556 10,898 -342 M 

Sawtooth Lime Creek 83,560 83,984 -424 M 

Sawtooth Lone Cedar 6,779 6,787 -8 G 

Sawtooth Loon Creek 3,157 3,157 0 

Sawtooth Mahogany Butte 21,034 21,010 24 G 

Sawtooth Mount Harrison 29,971 29,959 12 G 

Sawtooth Pettit 3,099 3,099 0 

Sawtooth Pioneer Mountains 119,564 119,561 3 G 

Sawtooth Railroad Ridge 42,911 42,907 4 G 

Sawtooth Smoky Mountains 304,150 304,930 -780 M 
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Forest New roadless name 

2007 

(acres) 

2001 

Roadless 

Rule (acres) 

Difference 

(acres) Reason 

Sawtooth Sublett 7,125 7,126 -1 G 

Sawtooth Third Fork Rock Creek 14,261 14,259 2 G 

Sawtooth Thorobred 6,076 6,076 0 

Sawtooth total 1,194,653 1,196,939 -2,286 

Targhee Bald Mountain 17,040 17,040 0 

Targhee Bear Creek 97,615 97,615 0 

Targhee Caribou City 11,774 11,770 4 G 

Targhee Diamond Peak 88,424 88,424 0 

Targhee Garfield Mountain 43,294 43,294 0 

Targhee Garns Mountain 95,612 95,612 0 

Targhee Italian Peak 141,159 141,159 0 

Targhee Lionhead 16,896 16,896 0 

Targhee Mt. Jefferson 61,001 61,001 0 

Targhee Palisades 122,002 122,002 0 

Targhee Poker Peak 19,571 19,571 0 

Targhee Pole Creek 2,638 2,638 0 

Targhee Raynolds Pass 7,708 7,708 0 

Targhee Two Top 6,984 6,984 0 

Targhee West Slope Tetons 809 805 4 G 

Targhee Winegar Hole 3,781 3,781 0 

Targhee total 736,308 736,300 8 

Wallowa-Whitman Big Canyon Idaho 14,103 14,103 0 

Wallowa-Whitman Klopton Creek - Corral Creek 21,259 21,286 -27 G 

Wallowa-Whitman 

total 

35,362 35,389 -27 

Grand total 9,304,200 9,264,118 40,082 

Note: The 2001 Roadless Rule Final EIS shows 9,322,000 acres; however, there was a 36,984-acre mistake on the 

Salmon National Forest, for Squaw Creek. At some point during the final EIS, a part of the Sawtooth Recreation 

Area (not even roadless) was merged into the Squaw Creek Roadless Area. 1

 – Land exchange acres left out of 2001 Rule (included a wilderness study area). 

2

 – Included the Kootenai National Forest acres in Idaho. 

3

 – Acres mistakenly labeled Buckhorn Ridge Roadless Area during the 2001 Roadless Rule process 

4

 - This area was split from Little Slate Creek. 

5

 – This area was removed from the inventory during the Forest Plan Revision process as a consequence of 

development.
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PART 2: IDAHO ROADLESS AREAS COMPARED WITH EXISTING PLAN 

INVENTORIED ROADLESS AREAS

Forest New roadless name 2007 (acres) 

Forest plan 

(acres) 

Difference 

(acres) Reason 

Caribou Bear Creek 20,967 21,048 -81 G 

Caribou Bonneville Peak 32,262 32,167 95 G 

Caribou Caribou City 81,534 79,102 2,432 G 

Caribou Clarkston Mountain 15,512 15,520 -8 G 

Caribou Deep Creek 7,099 7,089 10 G 

Caribou Dry Ridge 23,478 23,307 171 G 

Caribou Elkhorn Mountain 41,805 41,977 -172 E 

Caribou Gannett-Spring Creek 20,397 19,691 706 U 

Caribou Gibson 8,286 8,408 -122 G 

Caribou Hell Hole 4,747 5,308 -561 G 

Caribou Huckleberry Basin 20,218 21,109 -891 M 

Caribou Liberty Creek 15,010 15,147 -137 G 

Caribou Meade Peak 44,722 44,588 134 G 

Caribou Mink Creek 16,301 16,345 -44 G 

Caribou Mount Naomi 28,497 28,116 381 G 

Caribou North Pebble 5,497 5,485 12 G 

Caribou Oxford Mountain 40,828 40,872 -44 G 

Caribou Paris Peak 8,501 8,816 -315 G 

Caribou Pole Creek 3,506 3,662 -156 G 

Caribou Red Mountain 13,627 13,700 -73 G 

Caribou Sage Creek 12,767 12,711 56 G 

Caribou Schmid Peak 6,910 7,116 -206 G 

Caribou Scout Mountain 24,506 22,607 1,899 E 

Caribou Sherman Peak 7,659 7,756 -97 G 

Caribou Soda Point 23,102 23,127 -25 G 

Caribou Station Creek 9,469 9,682 -213 E 

Caribou Stauffer Creek 6,085 6,433 -348 G 

Caribou Stump Creek 96,824 96,945 -121 G 

Caribou Swan Mountain 7,118 7,428 -310 G 

Caribou Telephone Draw 4,897 4,918 -21 G 

Caribou Toponce 18,256 18,297 -41 G 

Caribou West Mink 19,566 20,646 -1,080 G 

Caribou Williams Creek 9,829 9,917 -88 G 

Caribou Worm Creek 41,908 42,443 -535 G 

Caribou total 741,690 741,483 207 

Clearwater Bighorn - Weitas 254,846 253,963 883 M 

Clearwater Eldorado Creek 6,813 6,740 73 G 

Clearwater Hoodoo 153,869 150,644 3,225 M 

Clearwater Lochsa Face 75,934 74,697 1,237 M 

Clearwater Lolo Creek 68 69 -1 G 
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Forest New roadless name 2007 (acres) 

Forest plan 

(acres) 

Difference 

(acres) Reason 

Clearwater Mallard-Larkins 126,312 137,347 -11,035 M 

Clearwater Meadow Creek - Upper North 

Fork 

43,220 46,438 -3,218 M 

Clearwater Moose Mountain 22,018 21,011 1,007 U 

Clearwater North Fork Spruce - White Sand 35,806 34,259 1,547 U 

Clearwater North Lochsa Slope 117,663 115,435 2,228 M 

Clearwater Pot Mountain 51,052 51,425 -373 M 

Clearwater Rackliff - Gedney 36,355 35,804 551 M 

Clearwater Rawhide 6,030 5,830 200 U 

Clearwater Siwash 8,987 9,460 -473 M 

Clearwater Sneakfoot Meadows 23,298 22,819 479 M 

Clearwater Weir - Post Office Creek 22,070 22,347 -277 M 

Clearwater total 984,341 988,288 -3,947 

Idaho Panhandle Beetop 12,436 12,854 -418 G 

Idaho Panhandle Big Creek 76,346 74,522 1,824 M 

Idaho Panhandle Blacktail Mountain 4,965 5,282 -317 G 

Idaho Panhandle Blacktail Mountain (sdpt) 4,831 4,919 -88 G 

Idaho Panhandle Buckhorn Ridge 6,741 6,731 10 G 

Idaho Panhandle Continental Mountain 7,525 7,735 -210 G 

Idaho Panhandle East Cathedral Peak 22,341 22,938 -597 G 

Idaho Panhandle East Fork Elk 75 0 75 E 

Idaho Panhandle Gilt Edge-Silver Creek 197 191 6 G 

Idaho Panhandle Graham Coal 10,290 10,676 -386 G 

Idaho Panhandle Grandmother Mountain 24,400 24,125 275 L, D 

Idaho Panhandle Hammond Creek 17,404 18,704 -1,300 D 

Idaho Panhandle Hellroaring 1,978 1,746 232 G 

Idaho Panhandle Katka Peak 10,343 10,504 -161 G 

Idaho Panhandle Kootenai Peak 4,974 4,513 461 G 

Idaho Panhandle Little Grass Mountain 3,860 4,277 -417 G 

Idaho Panhandle Lost Creek 11,606 11,646 -40 G 

Idaho Panhandle Magee 34,812 34,146 666 G 

Idaho Panhandle Mallard-Larkins 129,363 119,807 9,556 M 

Idaho Panhandle Maple Peak 8,669 8,479 190 G 

Idaho Panhandle Meadow Creek - Upper North 

Fork 

6,037 4,267 1,770 G 

Idaho Panhandle Midget Peak 7,239 6,374 865 G 

Idaho Panhandle Mosquito Fly 19,409 13,246 6,163 L 

Idaho Panhandle Mt. Willard-Lake Estelle 35,009 32,682 2,327 M 

Idaho Panhandle North Fork 31,358 30,281 1,077 G 

Idaho Panhandle Packsaddle 19,311 17,871 1,440 M 

Idaho Panhandle Pinchot Butte 8,509 7,795 714 L 

Idaho Panhandle Roland Point 6,520 6,402 118 G 

Idaho Panhandle Saddle Mountain 7,766 7,482 284 G 

Idaho Panhandle Salmo/Priest 20,021 20,344 -323 G 
Appendix A Roadless Area Conservation; National Forest System Lands in Idaho DEIS 

A-12 Appendix A—Comparison of the Idaho Roadless Area Boundaries with Past Inventoried Roadless Area Boundaries

Forest New roadless name 2007 (acres) 

Forest plan 

(acres) 

Difference 

(acres) Reason 

Idaho Panhandle Schafer Peak 5,894 6,101 -207 G 

Idaho Panhandle Scotchman Peaks 19,832 18,101 1,731 E 2 

Idaho Panhandle Selkirk 97,966 95,815 2,151 M 

Idaho Panhandle Sheep Mountain-State Line 27,713 26,941 772 G 

Idaho Panhandle Skitwish Ridge 4,010 6,921 -2,911 D 

Idaho Panhandle Spion Kop 22,391 22,518 -127 G 

Idaho Panhandle Stevens Peak 4,727 4577 150 G 

Idaho Panhandle Storm Creek 8,228 8,207 21 G 

Idaho Panhandle Tepee Creek 5,187 5,379 -192 G 

Idaho Panhandle Trestle Peak 7,274 7,437 -163 G 

Idaho Panhandle Trouble Creek 5,983 5,913 70 G 

Idaho Panhandle Trout Creek 8,507 8,375 132 G 

Idaho Panhandle Upper Priest 12,667 13,725 -1,058 G 

Idaho Panhandle White Mountain 7,499 8,651 -1,152 M 

Idaho Panhandle Wonderful Peak 4,937 5,080 -143 G 

Idaho Panhandle total 797,150 774,280 22,870 

Kootenai Mt. Willard-Lake Estelle 23,341 17,231 6110 U 

Kootenai Roberts 7,371 5159 2212 U 

Kootenai Scotchman Peaks 541 527 14 G 

Kootenai West Fork Elk 3,701 3706 -5 G 

Kootenai total 34,954 26,623 8,331 

Nez Perce Clear Creek 9,170 12,080 -2,910 M 

Nez Perce Clear Creek 9,170 12,080 -2,910 M 

Nez Perce Dixie Summit - Nut Hill 12,955 12,224 731 M 

Nez Perce East Meadow Creek 96,820 96,696 124 M 

Nez Perce Gospel Hump 46,335 52,590 -6,255 M 

Nez Perce John Day 10,295 14,892 -4,597 M 

Nez Perce Lick Point 6,876 7,891 -1,015 M 

Nez Perce Little Slate Creek 12,243 20,509 -8,266 D4 

Nez Perce Little Slate Creek North 5,927 0 5,927 D4 

Nez Perce Mallard 19,617 22,864 -3,247 M 

Nez Perce West Fork Crooked River 9,500 0 9,500 U 

Nez Perce North Fork Slate Creek 10,427 12,783 -2,356 M 

Nez Perce O'Hara - Falls Creek 33,244 25,345 7,899 M, S 

Nez Perce Rackliff - Gedney 53,588 54,600 -1,012 M 

Nez Perce Rapid River 20,966 18,186 2,780 U, S 

Nez Perce Salmon Face 9,165 9,578 -413 M 

Nez Perce Silver Creek - Pilot Knob 21,000 22,320 -1,320 M 

Nez Perce West Meadow Creek 115,949 109,041 6,908 M, U 

Nez Perce Middle Fork Face 0 10,405 -10,405 D5 

Nez Perce total 496,455 502,030 -5575 

Footnotes: See part 1.
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Appendix B—Relationship of Existing Forest Plan Prescriptions to Idaho Management Themes B-1

APPENDIX B—RELATIONSHIP OF EXISTING FOREST PLAN 

PRESCRIPTIONS TO IDAHO MANAGEMENT THEMES

INTRODUCTION

The State of Idaho developed a set of five themes to characterize a diverse array of 

Forest Service management prescriptions that have been applied to Idaho Roadless 

Areas. The purpose of this appendix is twofold: 

1. To help readers understand the relationship between the management themes 

(themes) and Forest Service management prescriptions (management 

prescriptions) that has been used for comparison purposes in the EIS. 

2. To examine the consistency between the themes and management prescription 

intent. 

Management prescriptions have been mapped into themes to make it easier for the 

reader to compare alternatives in the EIS. 

Even though Forest Plan Special Areas such as research natural areas, wild and scenic 

rivers, and the like. overlap roadless areas, they have not been included in these tables 

because they retain the direction contained in forest plans. Also, because the 

management prescriptions on the Challis National Forest are geographically oriented, 

each prescription has a mixture of restrictions and permissions, making it difficult to 

compare with the themes. These management prescriptions have been assigned themes 

by the State and for the purposes of this analysis. 

UNDERSTANDING THE TABLE

RX #: The management prescription identifier from a forest’s existing forest plan. 

Description: A brief description of the management prescription. 

Equivalent theme: The theme that best matches the intent of the management 

prescription. 

Consistency timber cutting: A determination of how consistent the intent of a 

particular management prescription is with the associated theme with respect to the 

timber cutting provisions in the proposed rule. 

Consistency roads: A determination of how consistent the intent of a particular 

management prescription is with the associated theme with respect to the road 

construction/reconstruction (roads) provisions in the proposed rule. 

Consistency minerals: A determination of how consistent the intent of a particular 

management prescription is with the associated theme with respect to the mineralrelated activity (minerals) provisions in the proposed rule. 
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B-2 Appendix B—Relationship of Existing Forest Plan Prescriptions to Idaho Management Themes

OBSERVATIONS

1. Generally, there is the most consistency between themes and management 

prescriptions in the timber cutting category, followed by the roads category, 

followed by the minerals category. 

2. The recommended wilderness prescription is the most consistent with the Wild 

Land Recreation theme. 

3. The management prescriptions assigned to the Primitive and the General Forest, 

Rangeland, and Grassland (GFRG) themes are the second most consistent. 

4. The management prescriptions assigned to the GFRG theme have some 

inconsistencies that can be categorized as more restrictive than envisioned in the 

Idaho Roadless Rule theme. 

5. The management prescriptions assigned to the Backcountry/Restoration 

(Backcountry) theme have the most inconsistencies representing prescriptions 

that are either more or less restrictive. 

INTERPRETING THE TABLE

The management direction proposed to be established by these regulations would take 

precedence over any inconsistent regulatory provision or land and resource 

management plan. This is consistent with the 2001 Roadless Rule’s approach to 

synchronizing management direction between the rule and forest plans (specifically 

certain management activities in roadless areas). It is also consistent with the Secretary’s 

authority to establish regulations to carry out the statutory requirements for planning 

and the Forest Service’s practice that forest plans must yield to management direction 

of a higher order. Management direction that is not inconsistent with these provisions 

remains intact and effective. 
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Appendix B—Relationship of Existing Forest Plan Prescriptions to Idaho Management Themes B-3

Table B-1. Boise management prescriptions that overlap with Idaho Roadless Areas 

Rx # Description 

Equivalent 

theme 

Consistency 

timber cutting 

Consistency 

roads 

Consistency 

minerals 

1.2 Recommended 

wilderness 

Wild Land 

Recreation 

Consistent Consistent Consistent 

3.1 Passive restoration and 

maintenance of 

aquatic, terrestrial, and 

hydrologic resources 

Backcountry Consistent Generally consistent Consistent 

3.2 Active restoration and 

maintenance of 

aquatic, terrestrial, and 

hydrologic resources 

Backcountry Consistent Generally consistent Consistent 

4.1a Undeveloped 

recreation, maintain 

inventoried roadless 

areas 

Primitive Generally 

consistent, except 

only allows 

wildland fire use, 

prescribed fire, 

and special use 

authorizations 

Consistent Consistent 

4.1c Undeveloped 

recreation: maintain 

unroaded character 

with allowance for 

restoration activities 

Primitive Consistent Consistent Consistent 

5.1 Restoration and 

maintenance emphasis 

within forested 

landscapes 

GFRG Consistent Generally consistent 

but has additional 

limitations 

Not consistent; 

does not allow road 

construction or 

reconstruction for 

new mineral leases 

5.2 Commodity production 

emphasis within 

forested landscapes 

GFRG Consistent Consistent Consistent 

6.1 Restoration and 

maintenance emphasis 

within shrubland and 

grassland types 

GFRG Consistent Generally consistent 

but has additional 

limitations 

Not consistent; 

does not allow road 

construction or 

reconstruction for 

new mineral leases 

Note: No overlap of Idaho Roadless Areas with prescriptions 1.1 (wilderness); or 4.2 (roaded recreation emphasis). 
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B-4 Appendix B—Relationship of Existing Forest Plan Prescriptions to Idaho Management Themes

Table B-2. Caribou management prescriptions that overlap with Idaho Roadless Areas 

Rx # Description 

Equivalent 

theme 

Consistency 

timber cutting 

Consistency 

roads 

Consistency 

minerals 

1.3e Recommended 

wilderness 

Wild Land 

Recreation 

Consistent Consistent Consistent 

2.1.3(c) Municipal watershed Backcountry Consistent Generally 

consistent; allows 

reconstruction for 

watershed 

improvement 

Generally 

consistent; does 

not allow salables 

2.7.1(d) Elk and deer winter 

range critical 

Backcountry Consistent Generally 

consistent; allows 

reconstruction of 

existing roads 

Generally 

consistent; allows 

reconstruction of 

existing roads 

2.7.2(d) Elk and deer winter 

range 

Backcountry Consistent Generally 

consistent; allows 

more road 

reconstruction and 

construction 

Generally 

consistent; allows 

reconstruction and 

construction 

3.1(a,e) Non-motorized 

recreation and wildlife 

security 

Primitive Consistent Generally 

consistent; does 

not allow access for 

existing rights 

Consistent 

3.2 (b, 

e, f) 

Semi-primitive 

recreation 

Backcountry Consistent Generally 

consistent allows 

reconstruction and 

construction of 

temp roads 

Generally 

consistent allows 

reconstruction and 

construction of 

temp roads 

3.3(b) Semi-primitive 

restoration 

Backcountry Consistent Generally 

consistent; allows 

reconstruction and 

construction 

Generally 

consistent; allows 

reconstruction and 

construction 

4.3 (b) Dispersed camping 

management 

Backcountry Consistent Generally 

consistent; allows 

reconstruction and 

construction 

Generally 

consistent allows 

reconstruction and 

construction 

5.2 

(b, c, f) 

Forest vegetation 

management 

GFRG Consistent Consistent Not consistent; 

forest plan 

specifies NSO 

6.2 

(b, e, f) 

Rangeland vegetation 

management 

GFRG Generally 

consistent; lands 

removed from 

timber base 

Consistent Not consistent; 

forest plan 

specifies NSO 

8.1 (b) Concentrated 

development areas 

GFRG Generally 

consistent; lands 

removed from 

timber base 

Consistent Not consistent; 

forest plan 

specifies NSO 

8.2.2(g) Phosphate mine 

areas 

GFRG Consistent Consistent Generally 

consistent; forest 

plan specifies NSO 

for oil and gas 

NSO= no surface occupancy 

No overlap with prescription 4.2(b) (developed recreation sites), 8.2.1 (inactive phosphate mines). 
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Appendix B—Relationship of Existing Forest Plan Prescriptions to Idaho Management Themes B-5

Table B-3. Challis management prescriptions that overlap with Idaho Roadless Areas 

Rx # Description 

Equivalent 

theme 

Consistency 

timber cutting 

Consistency 

roads 

Consistency 

minerals 

2 Seafoam – dispersed 

recreation, mineral 

activities, maintenance 

of water quality 

Backcountry Generally 

consistent 

Consistent Consistent 

6 Yankee Fork – 

dispersed recreation, 

mineral activities, 

timber production, 

enhancement of 

anadromous fish 

Backcountry Generally 

consistent 

Generally 

consistent 

Generally 

consistent 

9 Squaw Creek – 

enhancement of fish 

and wildlife habitat, 

range administration, 

maintenance of water 

quality, timber 

production, dispersed 

recreation 

Backcountry Generally 

consistent 

Generally 

consistent 

Generally 

consistent 

10 Bayhorse – dispersed 

recreation 

opportunities, range 

administration, 

maintenance of water 

quality 

Backcountry Consistent Consistent Consistent 

11 Pioneer Mountains – 

proposed wilderness 

(Pioneer and White 

Cloud Mtns) 

Wild Land 

Recreation 

Consistent Consistent Consistent 

11 Pioneer Mountains - 

outside proposed 

wilderness 

maintenance of water 

quality, range 

administration, 

enhancement of fish 

and wildlife habitat, 

dispersed recreation 

Primitive Consistent Consistent Consistent 

12 Arco Hills – protection 

of visual quality on 

slopes facing Hwy 93, 

enhancement of wildlife 

habitat 

Primitive Consistent Consistent Consistent 

13 Garden Creek – 

protection of municipal 

watershed, range 

administration, 

protection of water 

quality 

Backcountry Consistent Consistent Consistent 

14 South Lemhi – 

dispersed recreation 

opportunities, 

enhancement of wildlife 

habitat 

Backcountry Consistent Consistent Consistent 
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Rx # Description 

Equivalent 

theme 

Consistency 

timber cutting 

Consistency 

roads 

Consistency 

minerals 

15 South Lost River – 

protection of visual 

quality on slopes facing 

Hwy 93, dispersed 

recreation 

opportunities, 

enhancement of wildlife 

habitat, timber 

production 

Backcountry Generally 

consistent 

Generally 

consistent 

Generally 

consistent; forest 

plan recognizes 

high oil and gas 

potential 

16 Borah Peak – proposed 

wilderness (Borah 

Peak) 

portion outside 

proposed wilderness 

emphasis is range 

administration, and 

enhancement of wildlife 

habitat 

Wild Land 

Recreation 

Consistent Consistent Consistent 

16 Borah Peak – portion 

outside proposed 

wilderness (Borah 

Peak), emphasis is 

range administration, 

and enhancement of 

wildlife habitat 

Backcountry Consistent Consistent Consistent 

17 Pahsimeroi Mountains 

– maintenance or 

improvement of wildlife 

habitat and timber 

production 

Backcountry Consistent Generally 

consistent 

Generally 

consistent; forest 

plan recognizes 

high oil and gas 

potential 

18 Mackay Front - 

protection of visual 

quality on slopes facing 

Hwy 93, dispersed 

recreation 

opportunities, range 

administration, 

enhancement of wildlife 

habitat 

Backcountry Consistent Consistent Consistent 

19 North Pahsimeroi – 

range administration, 

protection of visual 

quality on slopes facing 

Hwy 93 

Backcountry Consistent Consistent Consistent 

20 North Lemhi – 

Dispersed recreation 

opportunities, 

enhancement of wildlife 

habitat 

Backcountry Consistent Consistent Generally 

consistent; forest 

plan recognizes 

high oil and gas 

potential 

21 Challis Creek –timber 

production, wildlife and 

fish habitat, range 

administration, 

protection of water 

quality 

Backcountry Generally 

consistent 

Forest plan allows 

additional road 

access for fuel 

wood harvesting 

Consistent 
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Appendix B—Relationship of Existing Forest Plan Prescriptions to Idaho Management Themes B-7

Rx # Description 

Equivalent 

theme 

Consistency 

timber cutting 

Consistency 

roads 

Consistency 

minerals 

22 Sawmill Canyon – 

dispersed recreation 

opportunities, 

enhancement of wildlife 

habitat, timber 

production, mineral 

activities 

Backcountry Generally 

consistent 

Forest plan allows 

additional road 

access for fuel 

wood harvesting 

Generally 

consistent 

23 Furnace Creek – 

enhancement of fish 

and wildlife habitat, 

maintenance of water 

quality 

Backcountry Consistent Consistent Consistent 

Table B-4. Clearwater management prescriptions that overlap Idaho Roadless Areas 

Rx # Description 

Equivalent 

theme 

Consistency 

timber cutting 

Consistency 

roads 

Consistency 

minerals 

A3 Dispersed recreation in 

unroaded setting 

Primitive Consistent Consistent Generally consistent; 

available for leasing 

but NSO 

B2 Recommended 

wilderness 

Wild Land 

Recreation 

Consistent Consistent Consistent 

C1 Key big-game summer 

range 

Backcountry Consistent Consistent Generally consistent; 

available for leasing 

but with NSO 

stipulations 

C3 Key big-game winter 

range/ unsuitable for 

timber management 

Primitive Consistent in that 

these lands do not 

have timber 

Generally consistent; 

allows roads to 

access adjacent 

areas 

Generally consistent 

available for leasing 

but with NSO 

stipulations 

C4 Key big-game winter 

range/ timber 

management 

Backcountry Consistent Consistent Generally consistent; 

available for leasing 

but with NSO 

stipulations 

C6 Key fishery habitat Backcountry Consistent Consistent Generally consistent; 

available for leasing 

but with NSO 

stipulations 

C8S Key big-game summer 

range/ timber 

management 

Backcountry Consistent Generally consistent; 

allows new roads for 

timber harvest 

Generally consistent; 

available for leasing 

but with NSO 

stipulations 

E1 Timber management GFRG Consistent Consistent Consistent; using 

stipulations in forest 

plan 

E3 Aerial harvest 

systems/timber 

management 

Primitive Consistent Generally consistent; 

allows new roads to 

facilitate aerial 

harvest 

Not consistent; forest 

plan allows leasing, 

with stipulations 

US Unsuitable Backcountry Consistent in that 

these lands do not 

have timber 

Consistent Consistent 

Note: No overlap of Idaho Roadless Areas with prescriptions A2 (Elk Creek Falls Recreation Area); A4 (visual travel 

corridor); A6 (historic/visual travel corridor). M2 (riparian habitat) overlays all prescriptions. 

NSO = no surface occupancy. 
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B-8 Appendix B—Relationship of Existing Forest Plan Prescriptions to Idaho Management Themes

Table B-5. Idaho Panhandle management prescriptions that overlap with Idaho Roadless Areas 

Rx # Description 

Equivalent 

theme 

Consistency 

timber cutting 

Consistency 

roads 

Consistency 

minerals 

1 Timber production GFRG Consistent Consistent Consistent 

2 Timber production in 

grizzly bear habitat 

Backcountry Generally consistent 

except allows more 

variety of timber 

cutting 

Generally consistent 

except allows more 

variety of road 

construction or 

reconstruction 

Consistent 

3 Timber production in 

grizzly bear habitat and 

big game winter range 

Backcountry Generally consistent 

except allows more 

variety of timber 

cutting 

Generally consistent 

except allows more 

variety of road 

construction or 

reconstruction 

Consistent 

4 Timber production in big 

game winter range 

Backcountry Generally consistent 

except allows more 

variety of timber 

cutting 

Generally consistent 

except allows more 

variety of road 

construction or 

reconstruction 

Consistent 

5 Big game winter range Backcountry Generally consistent 

except allows more 

variety of timber 

cutting 

Generally 

consistent; allows 

roads to access 

adjacent areas 

Consistent 

6 Timber production and 

elk summer range 

Backcountry Generally consistent 

except allows more 

variety of timber 

cutting 

Generally consistent 

except allows more 

variety of road 

construction or 

reconstruction 

Consistent 

7 Caribou management Backcountry Generally consistent 

except allows more 

variety of timber 

cutting 

Generally consistent 

except allows more 

variety of road 

construction or 

reconstruction 

Consistent 

9 Non-forest Backcountry Consistent; non -

forest 

Consistent Consistent 

10 Semi-primitive recreation Primitive Generally 

consistent; allows 

for prescribed fire 

Consistent Consistent 

11 Proposed wilderness Wild Land 

Recreation 

Not consistent; 

allows for prescribed 

fire 

Consistent Consistent 

19 Semi-primitive recreation 

and timber production 

Primitive Consistent Not consistent; 

allows roads for 

timber harvest 

Consistent 

20 Semi-primitive recreation 

and limited unroaded 

timber harvest 

Primitive Consistent Consistent Consistent 

Note: No overlap of Idaho Roadless Areas with prescriptions 15 (other non-forest); 16 (aquatic ecosystems); 17 

(developed recreation sites; 18 (administrative sites). 
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Appendix B—Relationship of Existing Forest Plan Prescriptions to Idaho Management Themes B-9

Table B-6. Kootenai management prescriptions that overlap with Idaho Roadless Areas 

Rx # Description 

Equivalent 

theme 

Consistency 

timber cutting 

Consistency 

roads 

Consistency 

minerals 

2, 2 og Large and small areas 

offering roadless 

recreation opportunities 

in a semiprimitive 

setting; motorized 

vehicle use must be 

compatible with the 

roadless management 

goal; timber harvest is 

not permitted 

Primitive Consistent Motorized use 

allowed 

Consistent 

8 Areas being 

recommended for 

additions to the 

National Wilderness 

System. 

Wildland 

Recreation 

Not consistent; 

allows for 

prescribed fire 

Consistent Consistent 

10, 10 

og 

Areas generally below 

4,500-foot elevation on 

favorable solar 

exposures, which are 

important for big game 

winter rang;. they are 

generally difficult to 

manage for timber 

because of low 

productivity or difficult 

environmental 

problems 

Backcountry Consistent Consistent Consistent 

12 Productive forest lands 

containing moist or wet 

habitat types at 

elevations above 4,500 

feet; management is to 

provide forage, cover 

and security for big 

game by using 

compatible timber and 

road management 

prescriptions 

Backcountry Consistent Consistent Consistent 

13 Small areas generally 

below 5,500-foot 

elevation providing 

special habitat needs 

for old-growth- timberdependent species; 

timber harvest is not 

permitted. 

Primitive Not consistent 

except to 

enhance oldgrowth 

conditions 

Consistent Consistent 

14 Productive forest lands 

identified as being 

essential for the 

recovery of grizzly 

bear; management 

provides forage, cover, 

and security by using 

compatible timber and 

road management 

Backcountry Consistent Consistent Consistent with 

possible seasonal 

restrictions 
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Rx # Description 

Equivalent 

theme 

Consistency 

timber cutting 

Consistency 

roads 

Consistency 

minerals 

15 Productive forest lands 

that will be managed 

for high timber yields 

while protecting 

watershed, soil, 

fisheries, and visual 

resources 

GFRG Consistent Consistent Consistent 

18 Small productive forest 

areas that contain 

habitat types that are 

difficult to regenerate; 

timber harvest must be 

compatible with 

regeneration goals 

Backcountry Consistent Consistent Consistent 

19 and 

19 og 

Small productive forest 

areas that are on very 

steep slopes or in 

areas difficult and 

costly to road; timber 

harvest must be 

compatible with soil 

and watershed 

protection goals 

Backcountry Consistent Consistent Consistent 

Note: No overlap of Idaho Roadless Areas with prescription 16 (visuals). 
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Appendix B—Relationship of Existing Forest Plan Prescriptions to Idaho Management Themes B-11

Table B-7. Nez Perce management prescriptions that overlap with Idaho Roadless Areas 

Rx # Description 

Equivalent 

theme 

Consistency 

timber cutting 

Consistency 

roads 

Consistency 

minerals 

1 Provides minimum 

management necessary 

to provide for resource 

protection and ensure 

public safety 

Backcountry Consistent; 

forest plan 

identified as 

unsuitable 

Consistent Generally 

consistent; available 

for leasing but NSO 

9.1, 

9.2, 

9.3 

Proposed wilderness Wild Land 

Recreation 

Generally 

consistent; only 

WFU and Rx fire 

allowed 

Not consistent; does 

not allow access for 

existing rights 

Consistent 

10 Riparian areas Backcountry Consistent Consistent Generally 

consistent; available 

for leasing but NSO 

12 Timber production GFRG Consistent Consistent Consistent 

13 Timber production, visual 

quality objectives of 

retention or partial 

retention 

Backcountry Consistent Consistent Consistent 

14 Timber production, visual 

quality objectives of 

retention or partial 

retention, winter range 

habitat 

Backcountry Consistent Consistent Consistent 

15 Timber production, 

winter range habitat 

Backcountry Consistent Consistent Consistent 

16 Winter range Backcountry Consistent Consistent Consistent 

17 Timber production, visual 

quality objectives of 

retention or partial 

retention 

Backcountry Consistent Consistent Consistent 

18 Winter range, use of 

timber harvest and 

prescribed burning, 

visual quality objectives 

of retention or partial 

retention 

Backcountry Consistent Consistent Consistent 

19 Livestock forage GFRG Consistent; 

classified as 

unsuitable 

Consistent Generally classified 

as unsuitable 

20 Old growth Backcountry Consistent Consistent Consistent 

21 Pacific yew, moose 

winter range 

Backcountry Consistent Consistent Consistent 

Note: No overlap of Idaho Roadless Areas with prescriptions 2 (administrative sites); 3 (historical sites); 4 (mineral 

resources); 7 (developed recreation); and 22, 23 (public water supply). 

NSO = no surface occupancy; WFU=wildland fire use; Rx=prescribed fire. 
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Table B-8. Payette management prescriptions that overlap with Idaho Roadless Areas 

Rx # Description 

Equivalent 

theme 

Consistency 

timber cutting 

Consistency 

roads 

Consistency 

minerals 

1.2 Recommended 

wilderness 

Wild Land 

Recreation 

Consistent Consistent Consistent 

3.1 Passive restoration 

and maintenance of 

aquatic, terrestrial, 

and hydrologic 

resources 

Backcountry Consistent Generally consistent Consistent except 

does not allow road 

construction 

/reconstruction for 

new minerals 

3.2 Active restoration 

and maintenance of 

aquatic, terrestrial, 

and hydrologic 

resources 

Backcountry Consistent Generally consistent Consistent except 

does not allow road 

construction 

/reconstruction for 

new mineral leases 

4.1a Undeveloped 

recreation, 

maintenance of 

inventoried roadless 

areas 

Primitive Generally 

consistent except 

allows only 

wildland fire use, 

prescribed fire, and 

special use 

authorizations 

Consistent Consistent except 

does not allow road 

construction 

/reconstruction for 

new mineral leases 

4.1c Undeveloped 

recreation, 

maintenance of 

unroaded character 

with allowance for 

restoration activities 

Primitive Consistent Consistent Consistent, except 

does not allow road 

construction 

/reconstruction for 

new mineral leases 

5.1 Restoration and 

maintenance 

emphasis within 

forested landscapes 

GFRG Consistent Generally consistent 

but has additional 

limitations 

Not consistent; 

does not allow road 

construction 

/reconstruction for 

new mineral leases 

5.2 Commodity 

production emphasis 

within forested 

landscapes 

GFRG Consistent Consistent Consistent 

Note: No overlap of Idaho Roadless Areas with prescriptions 1.1 (wilderness); 4.2 (roaded recreation emphasis); 6.1 

(restoration and maintenance emphasis within shrubland and grassland landscapes). 
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Appendix B—Relationship of Existing Forest Plan Prescriptions to Idaho Management Themes B-13

Table B-9. Salmon management prescriptions that overlap with Idaho Roadless Areas 

Rx # Description 

Equivalent 

theme 

Consistency 

timber cutting 

Consistency 

roads 

Consistency 

minerals 

2A Dispersed recreation 

(motorized) 

Backcountry Consistent Consistent Consistent 

2B Dispersed recreation 

(non-motorized) 

Primitive Consistent Consistent Consistent 

4A Big game winter 

range 

Backcountry Consistent Consistent Consistent 

4B Big game summer 

range 

Backcountry Consistent Consistent Consistent 

5A High timber GFRG Consistent Consistent Consistent 

5B Medium timber GFRG Consistent Consistent Consistent 

5C Low timber GFRG Consistent Consistent Consistent 

8A Rangeland 

management 

GFRG Consistent Consistent Consistent 

Note: No overlap with prescriptions 2A-1 (designated routes); 5D, 5E, or 5F (high, medium and low timber/wildlife); 

6A (special interest areas); or 7B (existing wilderness – any overlap are slivers, i.e., mapping errors). 
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Table B-10. Sawtooth management prescriptions that overlap with Idaho Roadless Areas 

Rx # Description 

Equivalent 

theme 

Consistency 

Timber cutting 

Consistency 

Roads 

Consistency 

Minerals 

1.2 Recommended 

wilderness 

Wild Land 

Recreation 

Consistent Consistent Consistent 

3.1 Passive restoration and 

maintenance of aquatic, 

terrestrial, and 

hydrologic resources 

Backcountry Consistent Generally 

consistent 

Generally consistent 

except does not 

allow road 

construction 

/reconstruction new 

mineral leases 

3.2 Active restoration and 

maintenance of aquatic, 

terrestrial, and 

hydrologic resources 

Backcountry Consistent Generally 

consistent 

Consistent, except 

does not allow road 

construction 

/reconstruction for 

new mineral leases 

4.1a Undeveloped 

recreation, maintenance 

of inventoried roadless 

areas 

Primitive Generally 

consistent except 

allows only 

wildland fire use, 

prescribed fire, 

and special use 

authorizations 

Consistent Consistent except 

does not allow road 

construction 

/reconstruction for 

new mineral leases 

4.1c Undeveloped 

recreation, maintenance 

of unroaded character 

with allowance for 

restoration activities 

Primitive Consistent Consistent Consistent except 

does not allow road 

construction 

/reconstruction for 

new mineral leases 

4.2 Roaded recreation 

emphasis 

Backcountry Consistent Consistent Consistent 

5.1 Restoration and 

maintenance emphasis 

within forested 

landscapes 

GFRG Consistent Generally 

consistent but has 

additional limitations 

Not consistent; 

does not allow road 

construction 

/reconstruction for 

new mineral leases 

5.2 Commodity production 

emphasis within 

forested landscapes 

GFRG Consistent Consistent Consistent 

6.1 Restoration and 

maintenance emphasis 

within shrubland and 

grassland types 

GFRG Consistent Generally 

consistent but has 

additional limitations 

Not consistent; 

does not allow road 

construction 

/reconstruction for 

new mineral leases 

Note: No overlap of Idaho Roadless Areas with prescriptions 1.1 (wilderness). 
Roadless Area Conservation; National Forest System Lands in Idaho DEIS Appendix B 

Appendix B—Relationship of Existing Forest Plan Prescriptions to Idaho Management Themes B-15

Table B-11. Targhee management prescriptions that overlap Idaho Roadless Areas 

Rx # Description 

Equivalent 

theme 

Consistency 

timber cutting 

Consistency 

roads 

Consistency 

minerals 

1.3 Recommended 

wilderness 

Wild Land 

Recreation 

Generally 

consistent; allows 

for emergency 

conditions (fire, 

insect and 

disease) 

Not consistent; does 

not allow access for 

existing rights; roads 

are allowed only to 

the extent they 

already exist (Forest 

Plan III-77). 

Consistent 

2.6.1 Grizzly bear habitat Primitive Consistent Consistent Generally 

consistent; allows 

salables with 

mitigation for bears 

2.6.5 Grizzly bear security 

area 

Primitive Generally 

consistent; only 

allows prescribed 

fire 

Consistent Consistent except 

silent for 

geothermal and 

phosphate 

2.7 Elk and deer winter 

range 

Backcountry Consistent Generally 

consistent; n allows 

road reconstruction 

and construction 

Consistent 

3.1.1 Non-motorized Primitive Generally 

consistent; limited 

to on-site, 

administrative 

use, and WFU 

Consistent; access 

for existing rights 

allowed under 

administrative 

exemption 

Consistent except 

silent for 

geothermal and 

phosphate. 

3.2 Semi-primitive 

motorized 

Backcountry Consistent Consistent; access 

for existing rights 

allowed under 

administrative 

exemption 

Generally 

consistent; 

available for leasing 

but NSO 

4.3 Dispersed camping 

management 

Backcountry Consistent Consistent Generally 

consistent; 

available for leasing 

but NSO 

5.1.3 Timber management 

(no clearcutting, urban 

interface) 

Backcountry Generally 

consistent; allows 

more variety of 

cutting (wildland 

urban interface 

area) 

Generally 

consistent; allows 

road reconstruction 

and construction 

Generally 

consistent; - 

available for leasing 

but NSO 

5.1.4 Timber management 

(big game security 

emphasis) 

Backcountry Generally 

consistent; allows 

more variety of 

cutting 

Generally 

consistent; allows 

road reconstruction 

and construction 

Generally 

consistent; 

available for leasing 

but NSO 

5.2.2 Visual quality 

maintenance 

Backcountry Generally 

consistent; allows 

more variety of 

cutting 

Generally 

consistent; allows 

road reconstruction 

and construction 

Generally 

consistent; 

available for leasing 

but NSO 

5.3.5 Grizzly bear habitat Backcountry Consistent Generally 

consistent; allows 

road reconstruction 

and construction 

with mitigation for 

the bear 

Generally 

consistent; 

available for leasing 

but NSO 
Appendix B Roadless Area Conservation; National Forest System Lands in Idaho DEIS 

B-16 Appendix B—Relationship of Existing Forest Plan Prescriptions to Idaho Management Themes

Rx # Description 

Equivalent 

theme 

Consistency 

timber cutting 

Consistency 

roads 

Consistency 

minerals 

5.4 Elk summer range Backcountry Generally 

consistent; allows 

more variety of 

cutting 

Generally 

consistent; allows 

road reconstruction 

and construction 

Generally 

consistent; 

available for leasing 

but NSO 

6.1 Range management GFRG Consistent Consistent Not consistent; 

available for leasing 

but NSO 

Note: No overlap of Idaho Roadless Areas with prescriptions 1.1.6, 1.1.7, 1.1.8 (designated wilderness); 1.2 

(wilderness study); 2.6.2 (grizzly bear core); 3.1.2 (non-motorized); 4.2 (special use recreation sites); or 5.1 (timber 

management; 5.2.1 (visual quality improvement). 

NSO=no surface occupancy; WFU=wildland fire use. 

Table B-12. Wallowa Whitman management prescriptions that overlap with Idaho Roadless Areas 

Rx # Description 

Equivalent 

theme 

Consistency 

Timber cutting 

Consistency 

Roads 

Consistency 

Minerals 

9 Hells Canyon National 

Recreation Area dispersed 

recreation/native vegetation 

Backcountry Consistent Consistent Not consistent; 

withdrawn from 

mineral entry 
Roadless Area Conservation; National Forest System Lands in Idaho DEIS 

Appendix D—Roadless Characteristics Appendix D—Roadless Characteristics  Table D-1. Boise National Forest 

Roadless area 

National 

forests 

Total 

acres 

Water 

quality Diversity 

TEPCS 

terrestrial 

TEPCS 

fish 

TEPCS 

plants 

Semiprim rec Scenic quality 

r

Bald Mountain (#019) Boise 6,200 H M H M L L L Bear Wallow (#125) Boise 9,100 H H H M M H M Bernard (#029) Boise 20,900 H H H H M H H Black Lake (#036) Boise 5,300 H M H H L L H Blue Bunch (#923) Boise/ 

Challis 

 See Challis National Forest 

Breadwinner (#006) Boise 20,500 M H M M L H M Burnt Log (#035) Boise 23,700 H H H H L M H Cathedral Rocks (#038) Boise 8,200 M M M M L L M Caton Lake (#912) Boise/ 

Payette 

See Payette National Forest 

Cow Creek (#028) Boise 14,700 M M M M L H M Danskin (#002) Boise 30,700 M M M M L H M Deadwood (#020) Boise 52,500 H H H M M H M Elk Creek (#022) Boise 15,000 H M H H L M M Grand Mountain (#007) Boise 14,500 M M H M L H M Grimes Pass (#017) Boise 13,300 H H H M L M M Hanson Lakes (#915) Boise/ 

Sawtooth 

See Sawtooth National Forest 

Hawley Mountain (#018) 

Boise 7,700 H H M M L M M 

Horse Heaven (#925) Boise/ 

Payette 

See Payette National Forest 

House Mountain (#001) Boise 25,600 M M M M L H M Lime Creek (#937) Boise/ 

Sawtooth 

See Sawtooth National Forest 

Lost Man Creek (#041) Boise 12,700 H H H H L M M Meadow Creek (#913) Boise/ 

Payette 

See Payette National Forest 

Mt. Heinen (#003) Boise 12,800 M M M M L H M 
Appendix D Roadless Area Conservation; Nation

D-2 A

Roadless area 

National 

forests 

Total 

acres 

Water 

quality Diversity 

TEPCS 

terrestrial 

TEPCS 

fish 

TEPCS 

plants 

Semiprim rec Scenic quality 

r

Nameless Creek (#034) Boise 2,300 H M H H L M M Needles (#911) Boise/ 

Payette 

See Payette National Forest 

Peace Rock (#026) Boise 191,700 H H H H H H H Poison Creek (#042) Boise/ 

Payette 

5,300 H H H L L M H 

Poker Meadows (#032) Boise 700 H M H H L M M Rainbow (#008) Boise 31,500 M H H M L M H Red Mountain (#916) Boise/ 

Challis 

115,300 H H H H H H H 

Reeves Creek (#010) Boise 10,500 H H H H L H H Sheep Creek (#005) Boise 70,400 M H H H L H H Smoky Mountains (#914) 

Boise/ Sawtooth 

See Sawtooth National Forest 

Snowbank (#924) Boise/ 

Payette 

35,700 M H H M L H H 

Steel Mountain (#012) Boise 23,500 H H H H M H H Stony Meadows (027) Boise 13,600 H H H M M M H Ten Mile/Black Warrior (#013) 

Boise 118,800 H H H H H H H 

Tennessee (#033) Boise 1,000 H M H H L M M Whiskey (#031) Boise 5,000 H M H H L M M Whiskey Jack (#009) Boise 6,600 H M H M M M M Whitehawk Mountain (#021) 

Boise 9,000 H H H H L M H 

Wilson Peak (#040) Boise 7,900 M M H M M M M 
Roadless Area Conservation; National Forest System Lands in Idaho DEIS 

Appendix D—Roadless Characteristics Table D-2. Caribou Portion of the Caribou-Targhee National Forest 

Roadless Area 

National 

forests 

Total 

acres 

Water 

quality Diversity 

TEPCS 

terrestrial 

TEPCS 

fish 

TEPCS 

plants 

Semiprim rec Scenic quality 

r

Bear Creek (#615) Caribou/ 

Targhee 

118,600 H M H M L M H 

Bonneville Peak (#154) Caribou 32,300 M M M M L M M Caribou City (#161) Caribou/ 

Targhee 

93,300 M M H M M H H 

Clarkston Mountain (#159) Caribou 15,500 M M M M L L M Deep Creek (#158) Caribou 7,100 L L M M L L M Dry Ridge (#164) Caribou 23,500 M M M M L L M Elkhorn Mountain (#156) Caribou 41,800 M M M M L M H Gannet-Spring Creek (#111) 

Caribou/ BridgerTeton WY 

20,400 M M M M H M M 

Gibson (#181) Caribou/ 

WasatchCache UT 

8,300 H M M M M M M 

Hell Hole (#4168) Caribou 4,700 M M M M L L M Huckleberry Basin(#165) Caribou 20,200 M M M M M L L Liberty Creek (#175) Caribou 15,000 M M M M L L L Meade Peak (#4167) Caribou 44,700 M M M M L M M Mink Creek (#176) Caribou 16,300 M M M M L M H Mount Naomi (#758) Caribou/ 

WasatchCache UT 

28,500 M M H H M H H 

North Pebble (#155) Caribou 5,500 M M M L L L M Oxford Mountain (#157) Caribou 40,800 M M M M L L M Paris Peak (#177) Caribou 8,500 M M M M L L H Pole Creek (#160) Caribou/ 

Targhee 

6,100 M M L L L L L 

Red Mountain (#170) Caribou 13,600 M M M M L L H Sage Creek (#166) Caribou 12,800 M M H H L L L Schmid Peak (#163) Caribou 6,900 M M M L L L M Scout Mountain (#152) Caribou 24,500 M M M L L M M Sherman Peak (#172) Caribou 7,700 M M M H L L M 
Appendix D Roadless Area Conservation; Nation

D-4 A

Roadless Area 

National 

forests 

Total 

acres 

Water 

quality Diversity 

TEPCS 

terrestrial 

TEPCS 

fish 

TEPCS 

plants 

Semiprim rec Scenic quality 

r

Soda Point (#171) Caribou 23,100 M M M M L M H Station Creek (#178) Caribou 9,500 M M M M L L L Stauffer Creek (#173) Caribou 6,100 M M M H L M H Stump Creek (#162) Caribou 96,800 H H H H H H H Swan Creek (#180) Caribou/ 

WasatchCache UT 

7,100 M H M M L M M 

Telephone Draw (#169) Caribou 4,900 M M L M L L H Toponce (#153) Caribou 18,300 M M H L L M H West Mink (#151) Caribou 19,600 M M M L L M M Williams Creek (#174) Caribou 9,800 M H L L L L M Worm Creek (#170) Caribou 41,900 M H M H H H H 
Roadless Area Conservation; National Forest System Lands in Idaho DEIS 

Appendix D—Roadless Characteristics Table D-3. Challis National Forest 

Roadless area 

National 

forests 

Total 

Acres 

Water 

quality Diversity 

TEPCS 

terrestrial 

TEPCS 

fish 

TEPCS 

plants 

Semiprim rec Scenic quality 

Blue Bunch (#923) Challis/ 

Boise 

11,000 M H H H M H H 

Borah Peak (#012) Challis 130,500 M H M L H H H Boulder-White Clouds (#920) 

Challis/ Sawtooth 

See Sawtooth National Forest 

Camas Creek (#901) Challis/ 

Salmon 

See Salmon National Forest 

Challis Creek (#004) Challis 44,300 H H H H L M M Cold Springs (#026) Challis 8,900 M M L L L L L Copper Basin (#019) Challis 10,900 M M M L L L L Diamond Peak (#601) Challis/ 

Targhee 

167,000 M H M M H H H 

Greylock (#007) Challis 11,800 M H M L L M H Grouse Peak (#010) Challis 9,000 M M M L L L M Hanson Lake (#915) Sawtooth/

Boise/ Challis 

See Sawtooth National Forest 

Jumpoff Mountain (#014) Challis 14,400 M M L L L L L King Mountain (#013) Challis 87,200 M H L L L H H Lemhi Range (#903) Challis/ 

Salmon 

See Salmon National Forest 

Loon Creek (#908) Challis/ 

Sawtooth 

109,600 M H H H L H M 

Pahsimeroi (#011) Challis 73,400 M H L M M H H Pioneer Mountains (#921) Challis/ 

Sawtooth 

See Sawtooth National Forest 

Prophyry Peak (#017) Challis 46,600 M H L L L L L Railroad Ridge (#922) Challis/ 

Sawtooth 

Red Hill (#027) Challis 15,000 M M L M M L L Red Mountain (#916) Challis/Bo

ise 

See Boise National Forest 

Seafoam (#009) Challis 31,100 M L M M L M M 
Appendix D Roadless Area Conservation; Nation

D-6 A

Roadless area 

National 

forests 

Total 

Acres 

Water 

quality Diversity 

TEPCS 

terrestrial 

TEPCS 

fish 

TEPCS 

plants 

Semiprim rec Scenic quality 

Spring Basin (#006) Challis 5,200 M M L L L L M Squaw Creek (#005) Challis 99,600 M H L L L L M Taylor Mountain (#902) Salmon/ 

Challis 

See Salmon National Forest 

Warm Creek (#024) Challis 6,600 M M L M L L L White Knob (#025) Challis 65,700 H H L M H M M Wood Canyon (#028) Challis 7,800 M M L L L L L 
Roadless Area Conservation; National Forest System Lands in Idaho DEIS 

Appendix D—Roadless Characteristics Table D-4. Clearwater National Forest 

Roadless Area 

National 

forests 

Total 

acres 

Water 

quality Diversity 

TEPCS 

terrestrial 

TEPCS 

fish 

TEPCS 

plants 

Semiprim rec Scenic quality 

Bighorn-Weitas (#306) Clearwater 254,800 H H M H M H M Eldorado Creek (#312) Clearwater 6,800 L M M M M L L Hoodoo (#301) Clearwater/ 

Lolo MT 

153,900 H H H H M H H 

Lochsa Face (#311) Clearwater 76,000 M H M H M H M Lolo Creek (#805) Clearwater/ 

Bitterroot, Lolo MT 

100 M H M L L M M 

Mallard-Larkins (#300) Clearwater/ 

Idaho Panhandle 

See Idaho Panhandle National Forest 

Meadow Creek-Upper North Fork (#302) 

Clearwater/ Idaho Panhandle 

See Idaho Panhandle National Forest 

Moose Mountain (#305) Clearwater 22,000 H M M H L L H North Fork Spruce-White Sand (#309) 

Clearwater 35,800 H H M H L M M 

North Lochsa Slope (#307) Clearwater 117,700 H H H H M H H Pot Mountain (#304) Clearwater 51,100 H H H M M H H Rackliff-Gedney(#841) Clearwater/ 

Nez Perce 

36,400 M M L M L H L 

Rawhide (#313) Clearwater 6,000 M M H L M L Siwash (#303) Clearwater 9,000 L M M M M L L Sneakfoot Meadows (#314) Clearwater 23,300 M H M H M H H Weir-Post Office Creek (#308) 

Clearwater 22,000 H H M H L H M 
Appendix D Roadless Area Conservation; Nation

D-8 ATable D-5. Idaho Panhandle National Forest 

Roadless area 

National 

forests 

Total 

acres 

Water 

quality Diversity 

TEPCS 

terrestrial 

TEPCS 

fish 

TEPCS 

plants 

Semiprim rec Scenic quality 

Beetop (#130) Idaho 

Panhandle 

12,400 H H M L M H H 

Big Creek (#143) Idaho 

Panhandle 

76,300 H M M M M H H 

Blacktail Mountain PL (#122) 

Idaho Panhandle 

5,000 H H H M H H M 

Blacktail Mountain SDPT (#161) 

Idaho Panhandle 

4,800 H M M L M M M 

Buckhorn Ridge (#661) Idaho 

Panhandle/ Kootenai MT 

6,700 H H H M L H M 

Continental Mountain (#004) Idaho 

Panhandle 

7,500 H H H M M H M 

East Cathedral Peak (#131) Idaho 

Panhandle 

22,300 H H M M L H M 

East Fork Elk (#678) Idhao 

Panhandle/ Kootenai MT 

100 H M M L L H H 

Gilt Edge-Silver Creek (#792) 

Idaho Panhandle/ Lolo MT 

200 H H M L L M H 

Graham Coal (#139) Idaho 

Panhandle 

10,300 H H M L L M L 

Grandmother Mountain (#148) 

Idaho Panhandle 

24,400 M H M M L H H 

Hammond Creek (#145) Idaho 

Panhandle 

17,400 M H M M M M M 

Hellroaring (#128) Idaho 

Panhandle 

2,000 M M L L L L L 

Katka Peak (#157) Idaho 

Panhandle 

10,300 M H M H M M M 

Kootenai Peak (#126) Idaho 

Panhandle 

5,000 H H H H L M L 
Roadless Area Conservation; National Forest System Lands in Idaho DEIS 

Appendix D—Roadless Characteristics 

Roadless area 

National 

forests 

Total 

acres 

Water 

quality Diversity 

TEPCS 

terrestrial 

TEPCS 

fish 

TEPCS 

plants 

Semiprim rec Scenic quality 

Little Grass Mountain (#121) Idaho 

Panhandle 

3,900 H H H H M M L 

Lost Creek (#137) Idaho 

Panhandle 

11,600 H M M M M M L 

Magee (#132) Idaho 

Panhandle 

34,800 H H M M L H M 

Mallard-Larkins (#300) Idaho 

Panhandle/ Clearwater 

255,700 H H H H H H H 

Maple Peak (#141) Idaho 

Panhandle 

8,700 M M L L L M L 

Meadow Creek - Upper North Fork (#302) 

Idaho Panhandle/ Clearwater, Lolo MT 

49,200 H H M M M H H 

Midget Peak (#151) Idaho 

Panhandle 

7,200 H H M M L H M 

Mosquito Fly (#150) Idaho 

Panhandle 

19,400 H L M M M H H 

Mt. Willard-Lake Estelle (#173) 

Idaho Panhandle/ Kootenai ID & MT 

35,000 H H H H M H H 

North Fork (#147) Idaho 

Panhandle 

31,400 M H M M M M M 

Packsaddle (#155) Idaho 

Panhandle 

19,300 M H M M L M M 

Pinchot Butte (#149) Idaho 

Panhandle 

8,500 H H L L M H L 

Roland Point (#146) Idaho 

Panhandle 

6,500 M M M L L M L 

Saddle Mountain (#154) Idaho 

Panhandle 

7,800 H H H H M H M 

Salmo/Priest (#981) Idaho 

Panhandle 

20,000 H H H M H H H 

Schafer Peak (#160) Idaho 

Panhandle 

5,900 H M M L L M M 
Appendix D Roadless Area Conservation; Nation

D-10 A

Roadless area 

National 

forests 

Total 

acres 

Water 

quality Diversity 

TEPCS 

terrestrial 

TEPCS 

fish 

TEPCS 

plants 

Semiprim rec Scenic quality 

Scotchman Peaks (#662) Idaho 

Panhandle/ Kootenai ID & MT 

19,800 H H H H L H H 

Selkirk (#125) Idaho 

Panhandle 

98,000 H H H H M H M 

Sheep Mountain-State Line (#799) 

Idaho Panhandle/ Lolo MT 

27,700 H H M L H H H 

Skitwish Ridge (#135) Idaho 

Panhandle 

4,000 M H M M L M L 

Spion Kop (#136) Idaho 

Panhandle 

22,400 H H M M L H M 

Stevens Peak (#142) Idaho 

Panhandle/ Lolo MT 

4,700 M H M L L H H 

Storm Creek (#144) Idaho 

Panhandle 

8,200 H H M L M H L 

Tepee Creek (#133) Idaho 

Panhandle 

5,200 M M M M L H L 

Trestle Peak (#129) Idaho 

Panhandle 

7,300 H M M L M H M 

Trouble Creek (#138) Idaho 

Panhandle 

6,000 M H M L L H L 

Trout Creek (#664) Idaho 

Panhandle/ Kootenai 

8,500 M M M L L H L 

Upper Priest (123) Idaho 

Panhandle 

12,700 H H H M H H H 

White Mountain (#127) Idaho 

Panhandle 

7,500 M H M M L L M 

Wonderful Peak (#152) Idaho 

Panhandle 

4,900 M M M L L L M 
Roadless Area Conservation; National Forest System Lands in Idaho DEIS 

Appendix D—Roadless Characteristics Table D-6. Kootenai National Forest 

Roadless area 

National 

forest 

Total 

acres 

Water 

quality Diversity 

TEPCS 

terrestrial 

TEPCS 

fish 

TEPCS 

plants 

Semiprim rec Scenic quality 

r

Mt. Willard-Lake Estelle (#173) 

Kootenai/ Idaho Panhandle 

See Idaho Panhandle National Forest 

Roberts (#691) Kootenai 7,400 H M H H L M H Scotchman Peaks (#662) Kootenai/ 

Idaho Panhandle 

See Idaho Panhandle National Forest 

West Fork Elk (#692) (Kootenai NF) 

Kootenai 3,700 H M L M L H H 
Appendix D Roadless Area Conservation; Nation

D-12 ATable D-7. Nez Perce National Forest 

Roadless area 

National 

forests 

Total 

acres 

Water 

quality Diversity 

TEPCS 

terrestrial 

TEPCS 

fish 

TEPCS 

plants 

Semiprim rec Scenic quality 

Clear Creek (#844) Nez Perce 9,200 M M M H L M L Dixie Summit-Nut Hill (#235) 

Nez Perce 13,000 H M M H L M L 

East Meadow Creek (#845D) 

Nez Perce 96,800 H H M H M H H 

Gospel Hump (#921) Nez Perce 46,300 H M L M M H M Gospel Hump Adjacent to Gospel Hump (#923) 

Nez Perce 2,400 H M L H L M M 

John Day (#852) Nez Perce 10,300 H M L H L M M Lick Point (#227) Nez Perce 6,900 H M M H M L L Little Slate Creek (#851) Nez Perce 12,200 H M L H L M M Little Slate Creek North (#856) 

Nez Perce 5,900 H M L H L M M 

Mallard (#847) Nez Perce 19,600 H H H H M H M North Fork Slate Creek (#850) 

Nez Perce 10,400 H H L H M M M 

O'Hara-Falls Creek (#226) Nez Perce 33,200 H M M M H M M Rackliff-Gedney(#841) Nez Perce/ 

Clearwater 

53,600 H H M H H H M 

Rapid River (#922) Nez Perce/ 

Payette 

See Payette National Forest 

Salmon Face (#855) Nez Perce 9,200 H M L H L H M Selway Bitterroot Nez Perce 600 M M M M L M M Silver Creek-Pilot Knob (#849) 

Nez Perce 21,000 H H M H M M M 

West Fork Crooked River Nez Perce 9,500 H M M H M H M West Meadow Creek (#845C) 

Nez Perce 115,900 H H H H M H H 
Roadless Area Conservation; National Forest System Lands in Idaho DEIS 

Appendix D—Roadless Characteristics Table D-8. Payette National Forest 

Roadless area 

National 

forests 

Total 

acres 

Water 

quality Diversity 

TEPCS 

terrestrial 

TEPCS 

fish 

TEPCS 

plants 

Semiprim rec Scenic quality 

Big Creek Fringe (#009) Payette 1,100 H H H H L L L Caton Lake (#912) Payette 

/Boise 

84,500 H H H H H H H 

Chimney Rock (006) Payette 8,500 H M H H L H M Cottontail Point/Pilot Peak (#004) 

Payette 92,900 M H H H L H M 

Council Mountain (#018) Payette 16,600 H H H M H H H Crystal Mountain (#005) Payette 13,000 H H H H L H M Cuddy Mountain (#016) Payette 41,000 H H M M M H H French Creek (#026) Payette 88,800 H H H M H H M Hells Canyon/Seven Devils Scenic (#001) 

Payette 29,700 H H H M M H H 

Horse Heaven (#925) Payette/ 

Boise 

17,700 H M H H L H M 

Indian Creek (#019) Payette 4,800 M M L H L L L Meadow Creek (#913) Payette/ 

Boise 

29,300 H H H H L H H 

Needles (#911) Payette/ 

Boise 

131,300 H H H H H H H 

Patrick Butte (#002) Payette 80,700 H H H H H H H Placer Creek (#008) Payette 6,900 H H H H L H H Poison Creek (#042) Payette/ 

Boise 

See Boise National Forest 

Rapid River (#922) Payette/ 

Nez Perce 

78,700 H H H H H H H 

Secesh (#010) Payette 248,100 H H H H H H H Sheep Gulch (#017) Payette 5,800 H M L L L H M Smith Creek (#007) Payette 2,300 H H H H L H L Snowbank (#924) Payette/ 

Boise 

See Boise National Forest 

Sugar Mountain (#014) Payette 10,300 M H H H L H M 
Appendix D Roadless Area Conservation; Nation

D-14 ATable D-9. Salmon National Forest 

Roadless area 

National 

forests 

Total 

acres 

Water 

quality Diversity 

TEPCS 

terrestrial 

TEPCS 

fish 

TEPCS 

plants 

Semiprim rec Scenic quality 

Agency Creek (#512) Salmon 6,400 M L M L L L M Allan Mountain (#946) Salmon/Bitte

rroot MT 

46,500 H H M H M H H 

Anderson Mountain (#942) 

Salmon/ Beaverhead MT 

18,500 H H L H L H M 

Blue Joint Mountain (#941) 

Salmon/ Bitterroot MT 

500 H H H M L H H 

Camas Creek (#901) Salmon/ 

Challis 

103,900 M H L H L M M 

Deep Creek (#509) Salmon 7,100 M M L M L M M Duck Peak (#518) Salmon 48,700 M H L H L H H Goat Mountain (#944) Salmon/ 

Beaverhead 

35,700 M M M L L L H 

Goldbug Ridge (#903a) Salmon 12,800 H H L L L H M Haystack Mountain (#507) 

Salmon 12,100 M L L M L M M 

Italian Peak (#945) Salmon/ 

Targhee/ Beaverhead MT 

50,100 M M M M L M M 

Jesse Creek (#510) Salmon 14,000 H L M L L L H Jureano (#506) Salmon 25,400 M M M L L H M Lemhi Range (#903) Salmon/ 

Challis 

308,500 H H M H M H H 

Little Horse (#514) Salmon 7,600 H M L M L H M Long Tom (#521) Salmon 20,400 H H L M L H H McEleny (#505) Salmon 3,500 M M L L L L L Musgrove (#517) Salmon 8,200 H M L M L M M 
Roadless Area Conservation; National Forest System Lands in Idaho DEIS 

Appendix D—Roadless Characteristics 

Roadless area 

National 

forests 

Total 

acres 

Water 

quality Diversity 

TEPCS 

terrestrial 

TEPCS 

fish 

TEPCS 

plants 

Semiprim rec Scenic quality 

Napias(#515) Salmon 9,300 M L L M L L M Napoleon Ridge (#501) Salmon 51,400 H L L M L L L Oreana (#516) Salmon 7,600 H M L H L H M Perreau Creek (#511) Salmon 8,200 H L M M L M L Phelan (#508) Salmon 13,000 H M L L L L M Sal Mountain (#513) Salmon 14,000 M L L L L M M Sheepeater (#520) Salmon 35,400 H L L H L L M South Deep Creek(#509a) 

Salmon 12,600 H M L H L L M 

South Panther (#504a) Salmon 6,300 L L L L L L L Taylor Mountain (#902) Salmon/ 

Challis 

63,400 H H M H L M M 

West Big Hole (#943) Salmon/ 

Beaverhead MT 

84,400 H H M M H H H 

West Panther Creek (#504) 

Salmon 32,500 M M M M L M L 
Appendix D Roadless Area Conservation; Nation

D-16 ATable D-10. Sawtooth National Forest 

Roadless area 

National 

forests 

Total 

acres 

Water 

quality Diversity 

TEPCS 

terrestrial 

TEPCS 

fish 

TEPCS 

plants 

Semiprim rec Scenic quality 

Black Pine (#003) Sawtooth 44,000 M M M M M L M Blackhorse Creek (#039) Sawtooth 7,700 H M M M L H M Boulder-White Clouds (#920) 

Sawtooth/Challis 

462,000 H M H H H H H 

Buttercup Mountain (#038) Sawtooth 56,700 M M M M M H M Cache Peak (#007) Sawtooth 26,500 H M M H M H H Cottonwood (#010) Sawtooth 11,300 M L M H M H M Elk Ridge (#019) Sawtooth 9,400 M L M M L L M Fifth Fork Rock Creek (#023) 

Sawtooth 16,600 M M M M L M M 

Hanson Lakes (#915) Sawtooth/ 

Boise/ Challis 

71,000 H H H H H H H 

Huckleberry (#016) Sawtooth 7,700 H M H H M H M Liberal Mountain (#040) Sawtooth 10,600 M M M H M H L Lime Creek (#937) Sawtooth/ 

Boise 

97,100 M H M M H H M 

Lone Cedar (#011) Sawtooth 6,800 H L M L L H L Loon Creek (#908) Sawtooth/

Challis 

See Challis National Forest 

Mahogany Butte (#012) Sawtooth 21,000 L L M H L H M Mount Harrison (#006) Sawtooth 30,000 H M M L M H M Pettit (#017) Sawtooth 3,100 H M H M M M M Pioneer Mountains (# 921) Sawtooth/

Challis 

292,100 M M H H H H H 

Railroad Ridge (#922) Sawtooth/

Challis 

50,800 H M M H H H M 

Smoky Mountains (#914) Sawtooth/ 

Boise 

347,000 M H H H H H H 

Sublett (#005) Sawtooth 7,100 H M M H M H M Third Fork Rock Creek (#009) Sawtooth 14,300 M M M M L H M Thorobred (#013) Sawtooth 6,100 M M M H L H M 
Roadless Area Conservation; National Forest System Lands in Idaho DEIS 

Appendix D—Roadless Characteristics Table D-11. Targhee Portion of the Caribou-Targhee National Forest 

Roadless area 

National 

forests 

Total 

acres 

Water 

quality Diversity 

TEPCS 

terrestrial 

TEPCS 

fish 

TEPCS 

plants 

Semi-prim 

rec 

Scenic 

quality 

Bald Mountain (#614) Targhee 17,000 H M M L L L L Bear Creek (#615) Targhee/ 

Caribou 

See Caribou National Forest 

Caribou City (#161) Targhee/ 

Caribou 

Diamond Peak (#601) Targhee 

/Challis 

See Challis National Forest 

Garfield Mountain (#961) Targhee/ 

Beaverhead Deerlodge MT 

43,300 H M L L L M M 

Garns Mountain (#611) Targhee 95,600 H M M L M H H Italian Peak (# 945) Targhee/ 

Salmon/ Beaverhead Deerlodge MT 

See Salmon National Forest 

Lionhead (#983) Targhee/ 

Gallatin MT 

16,900 H H H H M H M 

Mt. Jefferson (#962) Targhee/ 

Beaverhead Deerlodge MT 

61,000 H H H L L M M 

Palisades (#613) Targhee/ 

Bridger-Teton WY 

122,000 H H M L M H H 

Poker Peak (#616) Targhee 19,600 H H M M L L M Pole Creek (#160) Targhee 

/Caribou 

See Caribou National Forest 

Raynolds Pass (#603) Targhee 7,700 H M M H L L M Two Top (#604) Targhee 7,000 H M H L L M M West Slope Tetons (#610) 

Targhee 800 H H H M L H M 

Winegar Hole (#347) Targhee 3,800 H H H H M M M 
Appendix D Roadless Area Conservation; Nation

D-18 ATable D-12. Wallowa-Whitman National Forest 

Roadless area 

National 

forests 

Total 

acres 

Water 

quality Diversity 

TEPCS 

terrestrial 

TEPCS 

fish 

TEPCS 

plants 

Semiprim rec Scenic quality 

Big Canyon (#853) WallowaWhitman 14,100 M L L M H L L Klopton Creek-Corral Creek (#854) 

WallowaWhitman 21,300 M L L H L H H 
Roadless Area Conservation; National Forest System Lands in Idaho DEIS 

Appendix E—Idaho Roadless Area Comparisons Appendix E—Idaho Roadless Area Comparison Table E-1. Boise National Forest 

Idaho Roadless Rule Ex

Roadless name # 

Roadless 

area acres WLR Primitive BCR GFRG SAHTS FPSA WLR Primitive B

Bald Mountain 019 6,200 0 0 5,900 0 0 300 0 0 5Bear Wallow 125 9,100 0 8,400 0 0 0 700 0 8,400 Bernard 029 20,900 0 0 20,400 0 0 500 0 0 20Black Lake 036 5,300 0 0 5,200 0 0 100 0 0 5Blue Bunch 923 4,900 0 0 4,500 0 0 400 0 0 4Breadwinner 006 20,500 0 0 16,600 0 0 3,900 0 0 16Burnt Log 035 23,700 0 0 19,900 0 0 3,800 0 0 19Cathedral Rocks 038 8,200 0 7,700 0 0 0 500 0 7,700 Caton Lake 912 39,100 0 0 29,400 9,500 0 200 0 0 29Cow Creek 028 14,700 0 14,700 0 0 0 0 0 14,700 Danskin 002 30,700 0 28,500 0 0 0 2,200 0 28,500 Deadwood 020 52,500 0 29,100 18,300 0 0 5,100 0 29,100 18Elk Creek 022 15,000 0 0 12,700 0 0 2,300 0 0 12Grand Mountain 007 14,500 0 0 13,800 0 0 700 0 0 13Grimes Pass 017 13,300 0 0 9,600 1,700 0 2,000 0 0 9Hanson Lakes 915 17,600 13,600 3,800 0 0 0 200 13,600 3,800 Hawley Mountain 018 7,700 0 7,700 0 0 0 0 0 7,700 Horse Heaven 925 4,300 0 0 2,200 2,100 0 0 0 0 2House Mountain 001 25,600 0 24,800 0 0 0 800 0 24,800 Lime Creek 937 13,500 0 13,500 0 0 0 0 0 13,500 Lost Man Creek 041 12,700 0 12,000 0 0 0 700 0 12,000 Meadow Creek 913 21,300 0 0 12,900 8,300 0 100 0 0 12Mt Heinen 003 12,800 0 12,800 0 0 0 0 0 12,800 Nameless Creek 034 2,300 0 0 2,300 0 0 0 0 0 2Needles 911 29,900 3,300 5,800 19,500 100 0 1,200 3,300 5,800 19Peace Rock 026 191,700 0 137,400 47,200 0 0 7,100 0 137,400 47Poison Creek 042 4,900 0 0 4,900 0 0 0 0 4,900 
Appendix E Roadless Area Conservation; Nation

E-2 Appendix E

Idaho Roadless Rule Ex

Roadless name # 

Roadless 

area acres WLR Primitive BCR GFRG SAHTS FPSA WLR Primitive B

Poker Meadows 032 700 0 0 300 0 0 400 0 0 Rainbow 008 31,500 0 31,300 0 0 0 200 0 31,300 Red Mountain 916 110,400 85,900 11,800 11,400 600 0 700 85,900 11,800 11Reeves Creek 010 10,500 0 0 10,500 0 0 0 0 0 10Sheep Creek 005 70,400 0 67,400 0 0 0 3,000 0 67,400 Smoky Mountains 

914 42,900 0 41,800 0 0 0 1,100 0 41,700 

Snowbank 924 34,200 0 34,200 0 0 0 0 0 34,200 Steel Mountain 012 23,500 0 21,300 0 0 0 2,200 0 21,300 Stony Meadows 027 13,600 0 6,400 7,200 0 0 0 0 6,400 7Ten Mile/Black Warrior 

013 118,800 76,500 37,000 0 1,100 0 4,200 76,500 37,000 

Tennessee 033 1,000 0 0 900 0 0 100 0 0 Whiskey 031 5,000 0 0 5,000 0 0 0 0 0 5Whiskey Jack 009 6,600 0 6,600 0 0 0 0 0 6,600 Whitehawk Mountain 

021 9,000 0 0 8,900 100 0 0 0 0 8

Wilson Peak 040 7,900 0 7,900 0 0 0 0 0 7,900 Total 1,108,900 179,300 571,900 289,500 23,500 0 44,700 179,300 576,700 284

WLR – Wild Land Recreation BCR – Backcountry/Restoration GFRG – General Forest, Rangeland and Grassland SAHTS – Special Areas of Historic and Tribal Significance FPSA – Forest plan special areas 
Roadless Area Conservation; National Forest System Lands in Idaho DEIS 

Appendix E—Idaho Roadless Area Comparisons Table E-2. Caribou Portion of the Caribou-Targhee National Forest 

Idaho Roadless Rule Existin

Roadless name # 

Roadless 

area acres WLR Primitive BCR GFRG SAHTS FPSA WLR Primitive BCR 

Bear Creek 615 21,000 0 14,700 2,700 2,700 0 900 0 14,700 2,700 Bonneville Peak 154 32,300 0 0 23,700 7,700 0 900 0 0 23,700 Caribou City 161 81,500 28,900 0 17,800 18,600 0 16,200 28,900 0 17,800 Clarkston Mountain 

159 15,500 0 0 5,600 9,900 0 0 0 0 5,600 

Deep Creek 158 7,100 0 0 2,000 4,900 0 200 0 0 2,000 Dry Ridge 164 23,500 0 0 14,000 9,500 0 0 0 0 14,000 Elkhorn Mountain 156 41,800 0 0 13,300 28,500 0 0 0 0 13,300 Gannett-Spring Creek 

111 20,400 0 4,500 7,800 7,900 0 200 0 4,500 7,800 

Gibson 181 8,300 0 0 7,400 900 0 0 0 0 7,400 Hell Hole 168 4,700 0 0 0 4,200 0 500 0 0 0 Huckleberry Basin 

165 20,200 0 0 2,500 17,700 0 0 0 0 2,500 

Liberty Creek 175 15,000 0 0 12,500 2,200 0 300 0 0 12,500 Meade Peak 167 44,700 0 5,000 7,900 31,100 0 700 0 5,000 7,900 Mink Creek 176 16,300 0 0 13,400 2,500 0 400 0 0 13,400 Mount Naomi 758 28,500 13,200 0 13,100 2,200 0 0 13,200 0 13,100 North Pebble 155 5,500 0 0 3,900 1,600 0 0 0 0 3,900 Oxford Mountain 157 40,800 0 0 9,300 31,100 0 400 0 0 9,300 Paris Peak 177 8,500 0 0 7,300 1,200 0 0 0 0 7,300 Pole Creek 160 3,500 0 0 3,200 300 0 0 0 0 3,200 Red Mountain 170 13,600 0 6,600 1,900 5,100 0 0 0 6,600 1,900 Sage Creek 166 12,800 0 0 2,100 10,700 0 0 0 0 2,100 Schmid Peak 163 6,900 0 0 6,500 400 0 0 0 0 6,500 Scout Mountain 152 24,500 0 0 21,800 2,500 0 200 0 0 21,800 Sherman Peak 172 7,700 0 0 6,200 1,500 0 0 0 0 6,200 Soda Point 171 23,100 0 0 14,300 7,800 0 1,000 0 0 14,300 Station Creek 178 9,500 0 0 3,400 6,100 0 0 0 0 3,400 
Appendix E Roadless Area Conservation; Nation

E-4 Appendix E

Idaho Roadless Rule Existin

Roadless name # 

Roadless 

area acres WLR Primitive BCR GFRG SAHTS FPSA WLR Primitive BCR 

Stauffer Creek 173 6,100 0 0 6,100 0 0 0 0 0 6,000 Stump Creek 162 96,800 0 6,300 76,600 10,300 0 3,600 0 6,300 76,600 Swan Creek 180 7,100 0 0 7,100 0 0 0 0 0 7,100 Telephone Draw 169 4,900 0 0 3,400 1,400 0 100 0 0 3,400 Toponce 153 18,300 0 7,300 1,200 9,800 0 0 0 7,300 1,200 West Mink 151 19,600 0 0 15,600 300 0 3,700 0 0 15,600 Williams Creek 174 9,800 0 0 4,400 4,800 0 600 0 0 4,400 Worm Creek 170 41,900 0 0 33,700 6,400 0 1,800 0 0 33,700 Total 741,700 42,100 44,400 371,700 251,800 0 31,700 42,100 44,400 371,600 
Roadless Area Conservation; National Forest System Lands in Idaho DEIS 

Appendix E—Idaho Roadless Area Comparisons Table E-3. Challis National Forest 

Idaho Roadless Rule Existi

Roadless name # 

Roadless 

area acres WLR Primitive BCR GFRG SAHTS FPSA WLR Primitive BCR 

Blue Bunch 923 6,100 0 0 6,100 0 0 0 0 0 6,10Borah Peak 012 130,500 109,200 0 16,900 0 0 4,400 108,500 0 17,60Boulder-White Clouds 

920 139,300 115,800 0 23,500 0 0 0 35,200 84,900 19,20

Camas Creek 901 68,500 0 0 68,500 0 0 0 0 0 68,50Challis Creek 004 44,300 0 0 44,300 0 0 0 0 0 44,30Cold Springs 026 8,900 0 0 8,900 0 0 0 0 0 8,90Copper Basin 019 10,900 0 0 10,900 0 0 0 0 10,900 Diamond Peak 601 78,700 0 0 76,100 0 0 2,600 0 0 76,10Greylock 007 11,800 0 0 11,800 0 0 0 0 0 11,80Grouse Peak 010 9,000 0 0 9,000 0 0 0 0 0 9,00Hanson Lake 915 13,500 0 0 13,500 0 0 0 0 0 13,50Jumpoff Mountain 014 14,400 0 0 14,400 0 0 0 0 14,400 King Mountain 013 87,200 0 0 87,200 0 0 0 0 0 87,20Lemhi Range 903 155,000 0 0 154,500 0 0 500 0 0 154,50Loon Creek 908 106,400 0 0 106,400 0 0 0 0 0 106,40Pahsimeroi Mountain 

011 73,400 0 0 73,400 0 0 0 0 0 73,40

Pioneer Mountains 921 172,500 49,600 0 117,900 0 0 5,000 49,600 70,000 47,90Prophyry Peak 017 46,600 0 0 46,600 0 0 0 0 29,400 17,20Railroad Ridge 922 7,900 0 0 7,900 0 0 0 0 7,900 Red Hill 027 15,000 0 0 15,000 0 0 0 0 0 15,00Red Mountain 916 4,900 0 0 4,900 0 0 0 0 0 4,90Seafoam 009 31,100 0 0 31,100 0 0 0 0 0 31,10Spring Basin 006 5,200 0 0 5,200 0 0 0 0 0 5,20Squaw Creek 005 99,600 0 0 99,600 0 0 0 0 0 99,60Taylor Mountain 902 16,800 0 0 16,800 0 0 0 0 0 16,80Warm Creek 024 6,600 0 0 6,600 0 0 0 0 0 6,60White Knob 025 65,700 0 0 65,700 0 0 0 0 17,600 48,10Wood Canyon 028 7,800 0 0 7,800 0 0 0 0 7,800 
Appendix E Roadless Area Conservation; Nation

E-6 Appendix E

Idaho Roadless Rule Existi

Roadless name # 

Roadless 

area acres WLR Primitive BCR GFRG SAHTS FPSA WLR Primitive BCR 

Total 1,437,600 274,600 0 1,150,500 0 0 12,500 193,300 242,900 988,90

Table E-4. Clearwater National Forest 

Idaho Roadless Rule Exist

Roadless name # 

Roadless 

area acres WLR Primitive BCR GFRG SAHTS FPSA WLR Primitive BCR 

Bighorn - Weitas 306 254,800 0 0 246,900 0 7,500 400 0 5,200 241,8Eldorado Creek 312 6,800 0 0 5,900 0 900 0 0 0 Hoodoo 301 153,900 152,300 0 0 0 1,600 0 111,300 100 26,4Lochsa Face 311 76,000 0 27,400 40,500 0 0 8,100 0 27,400 40,5Lolo Creek 805 100 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 1Mallard-Larkins 300 126,300 59,400 0 66,900 0 0 0 65,800 18,700 20,3Meadow Creek - Upper North Fork 

302 43,200 0 0 43,200 0 0 0 0 0 42,8

Moose Mountain 305 22,000 0 0 22,000 0 0 0 0 16,800 1,5North Fork Spruce - White Sand 

309 35,800 9,500 5,800 20,500 0 0 0 9,500 3,100 18,4

North Lochsa Slope 

307 117,700 0 27,300 70,800 0 13,800 5,800 0 29,800 75,5

Pot Mountain 304 51,100 0 0 50,900 0 0 200 0 200 50,7Rackliff - Gedney 841 36,400 0 0 32,500 0 0 3,900 0 5,700 26,8Rawhide 313 6,000 0 0 6,000 0 0 0 0 0 5,1Siwash 303 9,000 0 0 9,000 0 0 0 0 0 4,0Sneakfoot Meadows 

314 23,300 9,600 6,400 5,300 0 0 2,000 9,600 0 11,7

Weir - Post Office Creek 

308 22,000 0 0 19,800 0 1,700 500 0 0 6,6

Total 984,400 230,800 66,900 640,300 0 25,500 20,900 196,200 107,000 572,2
Roadless Area Conservation; National Forest System Lands in Idaho DEIS 

Appendix E—Idaho Roadless Area Comparisons Table E-5. Idaho Panhandle National Forest 

Idaho Roadless Rule Exis

Roadless Name # 

Roadless 

area acres WLR Primitive BCR GFRG SAHTS FPSA WLR Primitive BCR 

Beetop 130 12,400 0 0 12,400 0 0 0 0 10,100 2,3Big Creek 143 76,300 0 0 76,300 0 0 0 0 43,600 19,0Blacktail Mountain 122 5,000 0 0 4,200 0 800 0 0 1,3Blacktail Mountain 161 4,800 0 0 4,800 0 0 0 0 3,7Buckhorn Ridge 661 6,700 0 0 6,700 0 0 0 0 0 6,7Continental Mountain 

004 7,500 0 0 7,500 0 0 0 0 0 7,5

East Cathedral Peak 131 22,300 0 0 19,600 400 0 2,300 0 4,600 6,8East Fork Elk 678 100 0 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 1Gilt Edge-Silver Creek 

792 200 0 0 200 0 0 0 0 0 2

Graham Coal 139 10,300 0 0 10,200 0 0 100 0 0 1,7Grandmother Mountain 

148 24,400 6,800 0 14,000 0 0 3,600 0 8,700 8,8

Hammond Creek 145 17,400 0 0 17,400 0 0 0 0 100 17,0Hellroaring 128 2,000 0 0 0 2,000 0 0 0 0 1,3Katka Peak 157 10,300 0 0 7,800 2,500 0 0 0 6,700 3,6Kootenai Peak 126 5,000 0 0 0 5,000 0 0 0 0 4,5Little Grass Mountain 

121 3,900 0 0 3,900 0 0 0 0 0 2,8

Lost Creek 137 11,600 0 0 9,700 0 0 1,900 0 7,100 2,4Magee 132 34,800 0 0 30,300 600 0 3,900 0 21,500 9,2Mallard-Larkins 300 129,400 49,500 0 46,200 100 22,100 11,500 76,100 4,000 36,6Maple Peak 141 8,700 0 0 8,700 0 0 0 0 0 4,5Meadow CreekUpper N. Fork 302 6,000 0 0 4,500 0 0 1,500 0 4,200 Midget Peak 151 7,200 0 0 6,400 0 0 800 0 0 4,3Mosquito-Fly 150 19,400 0 0 17,900 0 0 1,500 0 0 12,4Mt. Willard-Lake Estelle 

173 35,000 0 0 33,600 0 0 1,400 0 18,600 15,0

North Fork 147 31,400 0 0 30,500 0 0 900 0 11,700 18,5Packsaddle 155 19,300 0 0 19,300 0 0 0 0 0 9,4Pinchot Butte 149 8,500 0 0 8,500 0 0 0 0 0 8,5
Appendix E Roadless Area Conservation; Nation

E-8 Appendix E

Idaho Roadless Rule Exis

Roadless Name # 

Roadless 

area acres WLR Primitive BCR GFRG SAHTS FPSA WLR Primitive BCR 

Roland Point 146 6,500 0 0 6,500 0 0 0 0 0 1,3Saddle Mountain 154 7,800 0 0 7,800 0 0 0 0 0 7,8Salmo-Priest 981 20,000 14,300 0 0 0 0 5,700 13,500 0 8Schafer Peak 160 5,900 0 0 5,500 400 0 0 0 0 5,1Scotchman Peaks 662 19,800 10,800 0 7,300 400 0 1,300 9,400 6,800 2,3Selkirk 125 98,000 31,300 10,700 41,200 8,700 0 6,100 25,400 30,100 36,4Sheep MountainState Line 799 27,700 0 0 26,900 0 0 800 0 14,500 3,2Skitwish Ridge 135 4,000 0 0 4,000 0 0 0 0 0 1,0Spion Kop 136 22,400 0 0 19,600 0 0 2,800 0 2,700 13,9Stevens Peak 142 4,700 0 0 4,700 0 0 0 0 1,200 2,6Storm Creek 144 8,200 0 0 8,200 0 0 0 0 0 4,8Tepee Creek 133 5,200 0 0 5,100 0 0 100 0 0 4,5Trestle Peak 129 7,300 0 0 7,300 0 0 0 0 4,300 3,0Trouble Creek 138 6,000 0 0 5,000 0 0 1,000 0 0 2,8Trout Creek 664 8,500 0 0 8,300 0 0 200 0 3,600 1,4Upper Priest 123 12,700 0 0 6,100 200 0 6,400 0 0 4,3White Mountain 127 7,500 0 0 7,500 0 0 0 0 0 1Wonderful Peak 152 4,900 0 0 4,900 0 0 0 0 0 1,3Total 797,000 112,700 10,700 576,500 20,400 22,100 54,600 124,400 204,100 304,7

Table E-6. Kootenai National Forest 

Idaho Roadless Rule Existing Pl

Roadless Name # 

Roadless 

area acres WLR Primitive BCR GFRG SAHTS FPSA WLR Primitive BCR GF

Mt. Willard-Lake Estelle 

173 23,400 0 0 23,200 0 0 200 0 19,600 2,800 

Roberts 691 7,400 0 0 7,400 0 0 0 0 5,400 1,300 Scotchman Peaks 

662 600 0 0 200 400 0 0 400 200 0 

West Fork Elk 692 3,700 0 0 3,700 0 0 0 0 0 2,300 Total 35,100 0 0 34,500 400 0 200 400 25,200 6,400 
Roadless Area Conservation; National Forest System Lands in Idaho DEIS 

Appendix E—Idaho Roadless Area Comparisons Table E-7. Nez Perce National Forest 

Idaho Roadless Rule Exist

Roadless Name # 

Roadless 

area acres WLR Primitive BCR GFRG SAHTS FPSA WLR Primitive BCR 

Clear Creek 844 9,200 0 0 9,200 0 0 0 0 0 8,000 Dixie Summit - Nut Hill 

235 13,000 0 0 12,000 0 0 1,000 0 0 4,000 

East Meadow Creek 

845 96,800 0 96,300 0 0 0 500 0 95,600 500 

Gospel Hump 921 46,300 0 0 46,300 0 0 0 0 0 9,800 Gospel Hump Adjacent to Wilderness 

 2,400 0 0 2,400 0 0 0 0 0 1,000 

John Day 852 10,300 0 0 10,300 0 0 0 0 0 2,000 Lick Point 227 6,900 0 0 6,900 0 0 0 0 0 5,000 Little Slate Creek 851 12,200 0 0 12,200 0 0 0 0 0 3,500 Little Slate Creek North 

856 5,900 0 0 4,700 0 1,200 0 0 2,800 

Mallard 847 19,600 0 0 19,600 0 0 0 0 0 12,700 North Fork Slate Creek 

850 10,400 0 0 10,400 0 0 0 0 0 3,800 

O'Hara - Falls Creek 

226 33,200 0 0 23,800 0 9,400 0 0 20,300 

Rackliff - Gedney 841 53,600 0 0 51,900 0 1,700 0 0 51,900 Rapid River 922 21,000 0 16,700 0 0 4,300 0 14,000 2,400 Salmon Face 855 9,200 0 0 9,200 0 0 0 0 0 2,000 Selway Bitterroot 600 0 600 0 0 0 0 0 600 0 Silver Creek - Pilot Knob 

849 21,000 0 0 0 0 21,000 0 12,500 3,600 

West Fork Crooked River 

 9,500 0 0 9,500 0 0 0 0 0 8,500 

West Meadow Creek 

845 115,900 0 0 115,600 0 300 0 400 88,600 

Total 497,000 0 113,600 344,000 0 21,000 18,400 0 123,100 230,400 
Appendix E Roadless Area Conservation; Nation

E-10 Appendix ETable E-8. Payette National Forest 

Idaho Roadless Rule Exist

Roadless Name # 

Roadless 

area acres WLR Primitive BCR GFRG SAHTS FPSA WLR Primitive BCR 

Big Creek Fringe 009 1,100 0 0 700 0 0 400 0 0 7Caton Lake 912 45,400 0 0 43,400 0 0 2,000 0 0 43,4Chimney Rock 006 8,500 0 0 8,300 0 0 200 0 0 8,3Cottontail Point/Pilot Peak 

004 92,900 0 36,700 54,500 0 0 1,700 0 36,700 54,5

Council Mountain 018 16,600 0 16,500 0 0 0 100 0 16,500 Crystal Mountain 005 13,000 0 0 12,900 0 0 100 0 0 12,9Cuddy Mountain 016 41,000 0 36,500 0 2,700 0 1,800 0 36,500 French Creek 026 88,800 0 11,500 65,100 100 0 12,100 0 11,500 65,1Hells Canyon/7 Devils Scenic 

001 29,700 0 29,200 0 0 0 500 0 29,200 

Horse Heaven 925 13,400 0 0 13,400 0 0 0 0 0 13,4Indian Creek 019 4,800 0 4,800 0 0 0 0 0 4,800 Meadow Creek 913 8,000 0 0 8,000 0 0 0 0 0 8,0Needles 911 131,300 90,200 7,100 31,500 0 0 2,500 90,200 7,100 31,5Patrick Butte 002 80,700 0 24,800 51,000 0 0 4,900 0 24,800 51,0Placer Creek 008 6,900 0 4,100 2,700 0 0 100 0 4,100 2,7Poison Creek 042 400 0 0 400 0 0 0 0 400 Rapid River 922 57,700 0 51,700 0 0 0 6,000 0 6,000 45,7Secesh 010 248,100 110,300 7,700 118,500 0 0 11,600 110,300 7,700 118,5Sheep Gulch 017 5,800 0 0 5,800 0 0 0 0 0 5,8Smith Creek 007 2,300 0 2,300 0 0 0 0 0 2,300 Snowbank 924 1,500 0 1,500 0 0 0 0 0 1,500 Sugar Mountain 014 10,300 0 0 10,300 0 0 0 0 0 10,3Total 908,200 200,500 234,400 426,500 2,800 0 44,000 200,500 189,100 471,8
Roadless Area Conservation; National Forest System Lands in Idaho DEIS 

Appendix E—Idaho Roadless Area Comparisons Table E-9. Salmon National Forest 

Idaho Roadless Rule Existing 

Roadless Name # 

Roadless 

area acres WLR Primitive BCR GFRG SAHTS FPSA WLR Primitive BCR 

Agency Creek 512 6,400 0 0 6,400 0 0 0 0 0 0 Allan Mountain 946 46,500 0 0 44,400 0 0 2,100 0 0 33,700 Anderson Mountain 942 18,500 0 0 18,500 0 0 0 0 0 12,100 Blue Joint Mountain 941 500 0 500 0 0 0 0 0 0 500 Camas Creek 901 35,400 0 0 35,400 0 0 0 0 0 27,800 Deep Creek 509 7,100 0 0 7,100 0 0 0 0 0 1,000 Duck Peak 518 48,700 0 0 47,300 0 0 1,400 0 3,500 11,900 Goat Mountain 944 35,700 0 0 35,700 0 0 0 0 0 34,700 Goldbug Ridge 903 12,800 0 0 12,800 0 0 0 0 7,200 4,500 Haystack Mountain 507 12,100 0 0 12,100 0 0 0 0 0 0 Italian Peak 945 50,100 0 0 50,100 0 0 0 0 2,500 20,600 Jesse Creek 510 14,000 0 0 14,000 0 0 0 0 9,500 0 Jureano 506 25,400 0 0 25,400 0 0 0 0 0 6,900 Lemhi Range 903 153,500 0 0 150,700 0 0 2,800 0 9,300 92,300 Little Horse 514 7,600 0 0 7,600 0 0 0 0 0 0 Long Tom 521 20,400 0 0 18,500 0 0 1,900 0 13,400 800 McEleny 505 3,500 0 0 3,500 0 0 0 0 0 0 Musgrove 517 8,200 0 0 8,200 0 0 0 0 0 0 Napias 515 9,300 0 0 9,300 0 0 0 0 0 0 Napoleon Ridge 501 51,400 0 0 0 48,300 0 3,100 0 0 9,900 Oreana 516 7,600 0 0 7,600 0 0 0 0 0 0 Perreau Creek 511 8,200 0 0 0 8,200 0 0 0 0 0 Phelan 508 13,000 0 0 13,000 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sal Mountain 513 14,000 0 0 14,000 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sheepeater 520 35,400 0 0 33,500 0 0 1,900 0 0 6,500 South Deep Cr 509 12,600 0 0 12,600 0 0 0 0 0 0 South Panther 504 6,300 0 0 6,300 0 0 0 0 0 2,600 Taylor Mountain 902 46,600 0 0 46,600 0 0 0 0 0 21,600 West Big Hole 943 84,400 0 20,500 61,000 0 0 2,900 0 26,000 43,900 West Panther Cr 504 32,500 0 0 32,500 0 0 0 0 0 4,600 Total 827,700 0 21,000 734,100 56,500 0 16,100 0 71,400 335,900 
Appendix E Roadless Area Conservation; Nation

E-12 Appendix ETable E-10. Sawtooth National Forest 

Idaho Roadless Rule Existin

Roadless Name # 

Roadless 

area acres WLR Primitive BCR GFRG SAHTS FPSA WLR Primitive BCR 

Black Pine 003 44,000 0 0 43,800 0 0 200 0 0 43,800 Blackhorse Creek 

039 7,700 0 7,700 0 0 0 0 0 7,700 0 

Boulder-White Clouds 

920 322,700 115,500 87,300 84,500 700 0 34,700 158,900 43,900 84,500 

Buttercup Mountain 

038 56,700 0 56,300 400 0 0 0 0 56,300 0 

Cache Peak 007 26,500 0 0 7,100 19,400 0 0 0 0 7,100 Cottonwood 010 11,300 0 0 11,300 0 0 0 0 0 11,300 Elk Ridge 019 9,400 0 9,400 0 0 0 0 0 9,400 0 Fifth Fork Rock Creek 

023 16,600 0 8,600 0 8,000 0 0 0 8,600 0 

Hanson Lakes 915 39,900 15,100 2,500 13,700 0 0 8,600 15,100 2,500 13,700 Huckleberry 016 7,700 0 0 5,200 0 0 2,500 0 0 5,200 Liberal Mountain 040 10,600 0 8,700 0 1,900 0 0 0 8,700 0 Lime Creek 937 83,600 0 81,900 0 0 0 1,700 0 81,900 0 Lone Cedar 011 6,800 0 0 0 6,800 0 0 0 0 0 Loon Creek 908 3,200 0 0 3,200 0 0 0 0 0 3,200 Mahogany Butte 012 21,000 0 0 0 21,000 0 0 0 0 0 Mount Harrison 006 30,000 0 7,700 0 22,000 0 300 0 7,700 0 Pettit 017 3,100 0 0 2,100 0 0 1,000 0 0 2,100 Pioneer Mountains 

921 119,600 58,400 28,700 7,900 21,000 0 3,600 58,400 28,700 7,900 

Railroad Ridge 922 42,900 0 0 41,900 0 0 1,000 0 0 41,900 Smoky Mountains 

914 304,100 0 191,900 102,600 0 0 9,600 0 191,900 102,600 

Sublett 005 7,100 0 7,100 0 0 0 0 0 7,100 0 Third Fork Rock Creek 

009 14,300 0 7,900 0 6,400 0 0 0 7,900 0 

Thorobred 013 6,100 0 0 6,100 0 0 0 0 0 6,100 Total 1,194,900 189,000 505,700 329,800 107,200 0 63,200 232,400 462,300 329,400 
Roadless Area Conservation; National Forest System Lands in Idaho DEIS 

Appendix E—Idaho Roadless Area Comparisons Table E-11. Targhee Portion of the Caribou-Targhee National Forest 

Idaho Roadless Rule Exis

Roadless Name # 

Roadless 

area acres WLR Primitive BCR GFRG SAHTS FPSA WLR Primitive BC

Bald Mountain 614 17,000 0 0 15,400 1,600 0 0 0 0 15,4Bear Creek 615 97,600 0 0 33,900 58,800 0 4,900 0 0 33,9Caribou City 161 11,800 0 0 11,800 0 0 0 0 0 11,8Diamond Peak 601 88,400 29,500 8,900 19,000 27,000 0 4,000 29,500 8,900 19,0Garfield Mountain 

961 43,300 0 8,500 14,500 19,800 0 500 0 8,500 14,5

Garns Mountain 611 95,600 0 0 90,800 0 0 4,800 0 0 90,8Italian Peak 945 141,200 48,700 0 49,700 39,700 0 3,100 48,700 0 49,7Lionhead 963 16,900 11,200 0 500 0 0 5,200 11,200 0 5Mt. Jefferson 962 61,000 0 41,000 13,200 0 0 6,800 0 41,000 13,2Palisades 613 122,000 60,200 0 53,100 0 0 8,700 60,200 0 53,1Poker Peak 616 19,600 0 19,600 0 0 0 0 0 19,500 1Pole Creek 160 2,600 0 0 2,600 0 0 0 0 0 2,6Raynolds Pass 603 7,700 0 0 7,700 0 0 0 0 0 7,7Two Top 604 7,000 0 7,000 0 0 0 0 0 7,000 West Slope Tetons 

610 800 0 0 700 0 0 100 0 200 5

Winegar Hole 347 3,800 0 2,700 400 0 0 700 2,600 100 4Total 736,300 149,600 87,700 313,300 146,900 0 38,800 152,200 85,200 313,2
Appendix E Roadless Area Conservation; Nation

E-14 Appendix ETable E-12. Wallowa-Whitman National Forest 

Idaho Roadless Rule Existing 

Roadless Name # 

Roadless 

area acres WLR Primitive BCR GFRG SAHTS FPSA WLR Primitive BCR 

Big Canyon Id 853 14,100 0 0 14,100 0 0 0 0 0 14,100 Klopton Creek - Corral Creek Id 

854 21,300 0 0 21,300 0 0 0 0 0 21,300 

Total 35,400 0 0 35,400 0 0 0 0 0 35,400 
Roadless Area Conservation; National Forest System Lands in Idaho DEIS Appendix F 

Appendix F—Idaho Roadless Rule: Discussion F-1

Appendix F—Idaho Roadless Rule: Discussion 

of General Forest, Rangeland, and Grassland 

Theme and Wild Land Recreation Theme 

INTRODUCTION

The purpose of Part 1 of this appendix is to respond to public comments asking why 

certain roadless areas were assigned to the General Forest, Rangeland, and Grassland 

(GFRG) theme in the Idaho Roadless Rule. It is also intended to respond to the Roadless 

Area Conservation National Advisory Committee (RACNAC) recommendation to: 

“Provide the specific rationale for assigning each individual inventoried roadless area 

to the GFRG theme.” (RACNAC 2006a). 

Part 2 of this appendix is to explain any differences between recommended wilderness 

in forest plans and the areas assigned to Wild Land Recreation in the State Petition. 

The State used seven principles in assigning themes to Idaho Roadless Areas. Notable 

with regard to GFRG are the principles forest plan baseline; deference to 

county/tribal/public comments; and wildland urban interface (WUI)/forest health. In 

most cases the State concurred with forest plan direction. In the few exceptions 

discussed below, it was usually input to the forest plan revision process or 

consideration WUI that had an influence on the decision to allocate an Idaho Roadless 

Rule to GFRG. 

In some cases the State allocated roadless areas to themes other than those in the forest 

plans based on input during the public comment process and the roadless 

characteristics of the area. Finally, where there are differences in Idaho Roadless Rule 

allocations, they have been fully analyzed in the draft EIS. 

Generally speaking, the State put areas into GFRG only when it was compatible with 

forest plans. There are roadless areas assigned to GFRG in existing forest plans, where 

the State chose another theme. 
Appendix F Roadless Area Conservation; National Forest System Lands in Idaho DEIS 

F-2 Appendix F—Idaho Roadless Rule: Discussion

PART 1: REASONS FOR ASSIGNING THE GFRG THEME 

Forest Roadless name 

Total 

roadless 

area 

(acres) 

Idaho 

Roadless 

Rule 

GFRG 

(acres) 

Existing 

Plans 

GFRG 

(acres) 

Difference 

between 

Idaho 

Roadless 

Rule and 

forest plan 

(acres) Comment 

Boise Caton Lake 9,500 9,500 9500 0 

Boise Grimes Pass 13,300 1,700 1700 0 

Boise Horse Heaven 2,100 2,100 2100 0 

Boise Meadow Creek 8,300 8,300 8300 0 

Boise Needles 29,900 100 100 0 

Boise Red Mountain 600 600 600 0 

Boise Smoky Mountains 0 0 100 -100 

Boise Ten Mile/Black Warrior 1,100 1,100 1100 0 

Boise Whitehawk Mountain 100 100 100 0 

Boise Total 23,500 23,600 

Caribou Bear Creek 21,000 2,700 2,700 0 

Caribou Bonneville Peak 32,300 7,700 7,700 0 

Caribou Caribou City 81,500 18,600 18,600 0 

Caribou Clarkston Mountain 15,500 9,900 9,900 0 

Caribou Deep Creek 7,100 4,900 4,900 0 

Caribou Dry Ridge 23,500 9,500 9,500 0 

Caribou Elkhorn Mountain 41,800 28,500 28,500 0 

Caribou Gannett-Spring Creek 20,400 7,900 7,900 0 

Caribou Gibson 8,300 900 900 0 

Caribou Hell Hole 4,700 4,200 4,200 0 

Caribou Huckleberry 20,200 17,700 17,700 0 

Caribou Liberty Creek 15,000 2,200 2,200 0 

Caribou Meade Peak 44,700 31,100 31,100 0 

Caribou Mink Creek 16,300 2,500 2,500 0 

Caribou Mount Naomi 28,500 2,200 2,200 0 

Caribou North Pebble 5,500 1,600 1,600 0 

Caribou Oxford Mountain 40,800 31,100 31,100 0 

Caribou Paris Peak 8,500 1,200 1,200 0 

Caribou Red Mountain 13,600 5,100 5,100 0 

Caribou Sage Creek 12,800 10,700 10,700 0 

Caribou Schmid Peak 6,900 400 400 0 

Caribou Scout Mountain 24,500 2,500 2,500 0 

Caribou Sherman Peak 7,700 1,500 1,500 0 

Caribou Soda Point 23,100 7,800 7,800 0 

Caribou Station Creek 9,500 6,100 6,100 0 

Caribou Stump Creek 96,800 10,300 10,300 0 

Caribou Telephone Draw 4,900 1,400 1,400 0 

Caribou Toponce 18,300 9,800 9,800 0 
Roadless Area Conservation; National Forest System Lands in Idaho DEIS Appendix F 

Appendix F—Idaho Roadless Rule: Discussion F-3

Forest Roadless name 

Total 

roadless 

area 

(acres) 

Idaho 

Roadless 

Rule 

GFRG 

(acres) 

Existing 

Plans 

GFRG 

(acres) 

Difference 

between 

Idaho 

Roadless 

Rule and 

forest plan 

(acres) Comment 

Caribou West Mink 19,600 300 300 0 

Caribou Williams Creek 9,800 4,800 4,800 0 

Caribou Worm Creek 41,900 6,400 6,400 0 

Caribou Total 251,500 251,500 

Idaho Panhandle East Cathedral Peak 22,300 400 8,600 -8,200 Portions of the roadless 

area have been developed. 

Idaho Panhandle East Fork Elk 100 100 0 100 Based on public input to 

revised forest plan. 

Idaho Panhandle Hellroaring 2,000 2,000 700 1,300 Most of the original roadless 

area has been developed. 

Idaho Panhandle Katka Peak 10,300 2,500 0 2,500 WUI portion of roadless 

area. 

Idaho Panhandle Kootenai Peak 5,000 5,000 500 4,500 Past development + WUI 

makes GFRG fit. 

Idaho Panhandle Magee 34,800 600 200 400 Portions of the roadless 

area have been developed. 

Idaho Panhandle Mallard-Larkins 129,400 100 1,200 -1,100 Based on public input to 

revised forest plan. 

Idaho Panhandle Schafer Peak 5,900 400 800 -400 Based on public input to 

revised forest plan. 

Idaho Panhandle Scotchman Peaks 19,800 400 0 400 Portions of the roadless 

area have been developed. 

Idaho Panhandle Selkirk 98,000 8,700 0 8,700 WUI portion of roadless 

area + public input. 

Idaho Panhandle Upper Priest 12,700 200 2,000 -1,800 Based on public input to 

revised forest plan. 

Idaho Panhandle 

** Total 20,400 14,000 

Kootenai Scotchman Peaks 600 400 0 400 Based on public input to 

revised forest plan. 

 

Payette Cuddy Mountain 41,000 2,700 2,700 0 

Payette French Creek 88,800 100 100 0 

Payette Total 2,800 2,800 

Salmon Napoleon Ridge 51,400 48,300 38,400 9,900 Big game summer range 

(4B) into GFRG. 

Salmon Perreau Creek 8,200 8,200 8,200 0 

Salmon Total 56,500 46,600 

Sawtooth Boulder-White Clouds 322,700 700 700 0 

Sawtooth Cache Peak 26,500 19,400 19,400 0 

Sawtooth Fifth Fork Rock Creek 16,600 8,000 8,000 0 

Sawtooth Liberal Mountain 10,600 1,900 1,900 0 

Sawtooth Lone Cedar 6,800 6,800 6,800 0 

Sawtooth Mahogany Butte 21,000 21,000 21,000 0 

Sawtooth Mount Harrison 30,000 22,000 22,000 0 
Appendix F Roadless Area Conservation; National Forest System Lands in Idaho DEIS 

F-4 Appendix F—Idaho Roadless Rule: Discussion

Forest Roadless name 

Total 

roadless 

area 

(acres) 

Idaho 

Roadless 

Rule 

GFRG 

(acres) 

Existing 

Plans 

GFRG 

(acres) 

Difference 

between 

Idaho 

Roadless 

Rule and 

forest plan 

(acres) Comment 

Sawtooth Pioneer Mountains 119,600 21,000 21,000 0 

Sawtooth Third Fork Rock Creek 14,300 6,400 6,400 0 

Sawtooth Total 107,200 107,200 

Targhee Bald Mountain 1,600 1,600 1,600 0 

Targhee Bear Creek 58,800 58,800 58,800 0 

Targhee Diamond Peak 27,000 27,000 27,000 0 

Targhee Garfield Mountain 19,800 19,800 19,800 0 

Targhee Italian Peak 141,200 39,700 39,700 0 

Targhee Total 146,900 146,900 

 

* The reason the Idaho Panhandle shows so many differences is that the State worked with the forest to incorporate 

the latest proposed management direction built on extensive public collaboration. 
Roadless Area Conservation; National Forest System Lands in Idaho DEIS 

Appendix F—Idaho Roadless Rule: Discussion PART 2: REASONS WHY ACREAGE ASSIGNED TO WILD LAND RECREATION THEME DACREAGE ASSIGNED TO RECOMMENDED WILDERNESS

Forest Roadless name 

Total 

roadless 

area 

(acres) 

Idaho 

Roadless 

Rule 

Wild Land 

Recreation 

(acres) 

Existing 

Plans 

Wild Land 

Recreation 

(acres) 

Difference, 

Petition - 

Existing 

Plans 

(acres) Comments 

Boise Hanson Lakes 13,600 13,600 13600 0 Boise Needles 29,900 3,300 3300 0 Boise Red Mountain 85,900 85,900 85900 0 Boise Ten Mile/Black Warrior 76,500 76,500 76500 0 Caribou Caribou City 81,500 28,900 28,900 0 Caribou Mount Naomi 28,500 13,200 13,200 0 Challis Borah Peak 130,500 109,200 108,500 700 State placed areas on the bounChallis Boulder-White Clouds 139,300 115,800 35,200 80,600 Contained in CIEDRA*, therefoChallis Pioneer Mountains 172,500 49,600 49,600 0 Clearwater Hoodoo 153,900 152,300 111,300 41,000 Public input on Clearwater foreClearwater Mallard-Larkins 126,300 59,400 65,800 -6,400 County commissioners' recommClearwater North Fork Spruce - White Sand 35,800 9,500 9,500 0 Clearwater Sneakfoot Meadows 23,300 9,600 9,600 0 Idaho Panhandle Grandmother Mountain 24,400 6,800 0 6,800 Land exchange acquired wildeIdaho Panhandle Mallard-Larkins 129,400 49,500 76,100 -26,600 Public input on Idaho PanhandIdaho Panhandle Salmo-Priest 20,000 14,300 13,500 800 Public input on Idaho PanhandIdaho Panhandle Scotchman Peaks 19,800 10,800 9,400 1,400 Public input on Idaho PanhandIdaho Panhandle Selkirk 98,000 31,300 25,400 5,900 Public input on Idaho PanhandKootenai Scotchman Peaks 600 0 400 -400 Public input on Kootenai forest Payette Needles 131,300 90,200 90,200 0 Payette Secesh 248,000 110,300 110,300 0 
Appendix F Roadless Area Conservation; National Forest 

F-6 Appendix F—Idaho R

Forest Roadless name 

Total 

roadless 

area 

(acres) 

Idaho 

Roadless 

Rule 

Wild Land 

Recreation 

(acres) 

Existing 

Plans 

Wild Land 

Recreation 

(acres) 

Difference, 

Petition - 

Existing 

Plans 

(acres) Comments 

Sawtooth Boulder-White Clouds 322,700 115,500 158,900 -43,400 Not contained in CIEDRA*, theSawtooth Hanson Lakes 39,900 15,100 15,100 0 Sawtooth Pioneer Mountains 119,600 58,400 58,400 0 Targhee Diamond Peak 29,500 29,500 29,500 0 Targhee Italian Peak 141,200 48,700 48,700 0 Targhee Lionhead 11,200 11,200 11,200 0 Targhee Palisades 60,200 60,200 60,200 0 Targhee Winegar Hole 0 0 2,600 -2,600 County commissioners' recomm

2,499,300 1,378,600 1,320,800 57,800 

* CEIDRA = Central Idaho Economic Development & Recreation Act 
Roadless Area Conservation; National Forest System Lands in Idaho DEIS Appendix G 

Appendix G – Roadless Area Technical Review G-1 

Appendix G—Roadless Area Technical Review 

During the development of the Petition, several counties recommended dropping 25 

roadless areas from the inventory because they were either less than 5,000 acres or they 

were roaded. Because the State could not change the Forest Service inventory, in the 

Petition they included a section titled: Technical corrections to existing maps such as 

boundary adjustments to remove existing roaded areas. Table 10, p. 61, of the Petition begins 

the list of 25 areas and the rationale for their inclusion. In addition, the RACNAC 

recommended to the Secretary of Agriculture, to: “...consider technical corrections on 

existing maps of inventoried roadless areas”, in their letter of December 19, 2006 

(RACNAC 2006a). 

A call letter was sent to Idaho forest supervisors requesting a technical review of these 

areas. One additional area was added to the list, Buttercup Roadless Area on the 

Sawtooth National Forest, with the State’s concurrence. The forests have responded 

with the following results (table G-1). Forest supervisors believe no changes to the 

roadless areas are warranted with the exception of four. 

Three areas are recommended for dropping from the inventory because they no longer 

meet the criteria for wilderness: Telephone Draw (4,916 acres, Caribou portion of the 

Caribou-Targhee National Forest); Hellroaring (1,747 acres, Idaho Panhandle National 

Forest); and Kootenai Peak (4,512 acres, Idaho Panhandle National Forest). One area, 

Buttercup (56,653 ac., Sawtooth National Forest) is recommended to have a 43-acre 

boundary adjustment for the existence of an authorized road adjacent to a ski area. 

 
Appendix G Roadless Area Conservation; National Forest 

G-2 Appendix G – RoadTable G-1. Results of roadless area review by Forest Supervisors in Idaho 

Roadless area name 

and number 

Approximate 

acres Item to review Review r

Boise National Forest Nameless Creek #034 2,275 Smaller than 5,000 acres; Forest Service included as a 

roadless area because it is adjacent to wilderness. 

Adjacent to existing wilderness athan 5,000 acres 

Peace Rock #026 191,435 County maintains this roadless area; does not qualify as 

roadless because it is heavily “roaded.” 

Unauthorized roads exist,—3.21 affecting an estimated 100 acresroadless boundary. 

Poison Creek #042 4,857 Smaller than 5,000 acres. Authorized and unauthorized roa

than 0.1 mile; recommend retain

Poker Meadow #032 676 Smaller than 5,000 acres. Adjacent to existing wilderness a

than 5,000 acres. 

Snowbank #924 34,127 County maintains this roadless area does not qualify as 

roadless because it is heavily “roaded.” 

Authorized and unauthorized roathan 0.1 mile; recommend retain

Stony Meadows #027 13,507 County maintains this roadless area does not qualify as 

roadless because it is heavily “roaded.” 

Authorized and unauthorized roathan 0.1 mile; recommend retain

Ten Mile/Black Warrior #013 

118,628 Boundary adjustment: consistent with forest plan (area 

with FP Rx 5.1 in this roadless area); remove from roadless area in township 9N, range 9E, beginning at summit of Jackson Peak north on trail 151 to center of road 531 

Area meets criteria for roadless allows development. 

Tennessee #033 

1,016 Smaller than 5,000 acres; Forest Service included as a 

roadless area because it is adjacent to wilderness. 

Adjacent to existing wilderness athan 5,000 acres. 

Whiskey#031 4,948 Smaller than 5,000 acres. Adjacent to existing wilderness a

than 5,000 acres. 

Caribou National Forest Telephone Draw#4169 4,916 Smaller than 5,000 acres. Smaller than 5,000 acres; low ro

to surrounding development and dropping 

Idaho Panhandle National Forest Blacktail Mountain PL #122 

5,288 New draft forest plan acreage is fewer than 5,000 acres 

for this roadless area (4,960 acres). 

Close to 5,000 acres and becauvegetation is manageable in its n

Blacktail Mountain SDPT #161 

4,890 Smaller than 5,000 acres. Close to 5,000 acres and becau

vegetation is manageable in its n

Hellroaring #128 1,747 Smaller than 5,000 acres. 1,747 acres, does not meet crite

handbook; recommend dropping 
Roadless Area Conservation; National Forest System Lands in Idaho DEIS 

Appendix G – Roadless Area Technical Review 

Roadless area name 

and number 

Approximate 

acres Item to review Review r

Kootenai Peak #126 4,512 Smaller than 5,000 acres. Smaller than 5,000 acres; does 

inventory in handbook; recomme

Skitwish Ridge #135 6,927 New draft forest plan acreage is fewer than 5,000 acres 

for this roadless area (4,750 acres). 

Close to 5,000 acres and becauvegetation is manageable in its n

Wonderful Peak #152 4,965 Smaller than 5,000 acres. Close to 5,000 acres and becau

vegetation is manageable in its n

Payette National Forest Big Creek Fringe #009 1,083 Smaller than 5,000 acres; Forest Service included as a 

roadless area because it borders wilderness. 

Adjacent to existing Wilderness than 5,000 acres. 

Council Mountain #018 16,562 County contends that roadless area designation needs 

to be removed on the east side and north side (middle fork and east fork of Weiser river drainages) for forest health reasons. 

Meets roadless criteria, and presforest health treatments without 

Indian Creek #019 4,806 Smaller than 5,000 acres. Close to 5,000 acres and becau

vegetation is manageable in its n

Poison Creek#042 390 County contends that roadless area designation should 

be removed because area is heavily “roaded.” 

Adjoins with Snowbank RoadlesNational Forest which is greater no authorized roads in the area. 

Smith Creek #007 2,270 Smaller than 5,000 acres; Forest Service included as a 

roadless area because it borders wilderness. 

Adjacent to existing wilderness athan 5,000 acres. 

Snowbank#924 1,520 County contends that roadless area designation should 

be removed because area is heavily “roaded.” 

Adjoins with Snowbank RoadlesNational Forest which is greater unauthorized roads in the area. 

Salmon National Forest McEleny #505 3,536 Smaller than 5,000 acres. Adjacent to existing Wilderness 

than 5,000 acres. 

Sawtooth National Forest Buttercup Mountain #038 

56,653 43 acres developed because of the presence of a road 

to Seattle Ridge. 

Authorized roads have existed sshould not have been included irecommend changing boundary 

Pettit #017 3,065 Smaller than 5,000 acres; Forest Service included 

because it is adjacent to wilderness. 

Adjacent to existing Wilderness than 5000 acres. 

Targhee National Forest Winegar Hole #347 4,031 Smaller than 5,000 acres. Adjacent to existing Wlderness a

than 5,000 acres. 

Roadless Area Conservation; National Forest System Lands in Idaho DEIS Appendix H 

Appendix H – Alignment of the Idaho Roadless Rule Themes H-1 

Appendix H—Alignment of the Idaho Roadless 

Rule Themes 

Some refinements of the theme designations for the Idaho Roadless Rule have been 

made. These refinements are based on public comments stating that some information 

in the Petition did not reflect the theme allocations on the State maps or data used for 

the development of the draft EIS. This appendix summarizes the major refinements 

made in the proposed Idaho Roadless Rule. 

CHANGES PERTAINING TO ALL ROADLESS AREAS 

Roadless Area Boundaries 

The most current inventory from each national forest was used. New inventories, used 

during the revision process, were available for the Caribou, Clearwater, Nez Perce, and 

Sawtooth National Forests. The State did not use these inventories for the development 

of the Petition. 

Roadless Area Acres 

The total roadless area acreage and theme acreage were rounded to the nearest 100. 

Special Areas 

The Petition stated that management direction would not apply to special areas 

identified in forest plans, including areas such as research natural areas, wild and scenic 

rivers, and the like. These special areas have been removed from all themes (see 

attachment for a list of special areas by forest). Forest plan direction would apply to 

these areas. 

SPECIFIC CHANGES BY FOREST AND ROADLESS AREA 

Boise 

Needles: 

The primary change is the number of acres placed into Wild Land Recreation, Primitive, 

and Backcountry themes (table H-1). There was no change in the State Petition map; the 

number of acres associated with each theme in the Petition table was in error. 

Table H-1. Needles – Comparison of the Petition and the update 

Wild Land 

Recreation Primitive Backcountry GFRG 

Forest plan 

special areas 

Petition 4,041 1,925 22,865 56 0

Idaho Roadless 

Rule 

3,300 5,800 19,500 100 1,200
Appendix H Roadless Area Conservation; National Forest System Lands in Idaho DEIS 

H-2 Appendix H – Alignment of the Idaho Roadless Rule Themes 

Caribou 

All acres in the Idaho Roadless Rule were changed to match forest plan prescription 

acres and boundaries, including removal of special areas. 

Hell Hole 

The Petition had 278 acres of management prescription 2.8.3 in Primitive. This 

prescription is considered a special area where existing plan direction will apply; based 

on this, there are 0 acres of Primitive in the proposed Idaho Roadless Rule. 

Challis 

Boulder White Clouds 

Boulder-White Clouds was updated to reflect the Central Idaho Economic Development 

and Recreation Act (CEIDRA) and the intent of the Petition. Areas recommended for 

wilderness in the bill were placed into the Wild Land Recreation theme; areas 

recommended for wilderness in the forest plan, but not part of the bill, were placed into 

the Primitive theme (table H-2). 

Table H-2. Boulder-White Clouds – Comparison of the Petition and the update 

Wild Land 

Recreation Primitive Backcountry GFRG 

Forest plan 

special areas 

Petition 98,775 0 40,344 0 0 

Idaho Roadless Rule 115,800 0 23,500 0 0 

Squaw Creek 

Total acres of the Squaw Creek roadless area were in error in the Petition (132,521). The 

Idaho Roadless Rule correct acreage is 99,600 acres. All lands within Squaw Creek are in 

the Backcountry theme. No changes were made to the roadless area boundary. The 

acres on the Petition were in error, but a reason has been determined. 

Clearwater 

Hoodoo 

The Petition placed 160 acres into the Backcountry theme; however, the Petition map 

does not show any lands in Backcountry. This is consistent with the proposed 

Clearwater Forest Plan. The proposed Idaho Roadless Rule data now reflects the map 

and the State’s intent; there are 0 acres in Backcountry. 

Idaho Panhandle 

East Fork Elk 

East Fork Elk was not in the Petition. East Fork Elk is located on the Kootenai National 

Forest and is primarily in Montana, but 75 acres are in Idaho and were placed in the 
Roadless Area Conservation; National Forest System Lands in Idaho DEIS Appendix H 

Appendix H – Alignment of the Idaho Roadless Rule Themes H-3 

General Forest, Rangeland, and Grassland (GFRG) theme in the Idaho Roadless Rule 

based on the proposed Kootenai/Panhandle Forest Plan prescriptions. The Kootenai 

has been added to the list of forests. 

Grandmother Mountain 

The Petition had 120 acres shown as GFRG. These areas are in special areas; therefore, 

the Idaho Roadless Rule shows 0 acres of GFRG. There was also one piece of 

Grandmother Mountain missing from the Petition coverage. This area was added 

(about 2,000 acres) to Wild Land Recreation. Forest plan special areas were also 

removed from Backcountry theme (table H-3). 

Table H-3. Grandmother Mountain – Comparison of the Petition and the update 

Wild Land 

Recreation Primitive Backcountry GFRG 

Forest plan 

special areas 

Petition 5,110 0 16,730 120 0 

Idaho Roadless Rule 6,800 0 14,000 0 3,600 

Katka Peak 

The Petition did not show any GFRG. However, the Petition map indicates an area of 

GFRG (about 2,500 acres). This is consistent with the proposed Idaho Panhandle Forest 

Plan. The information has been corrected in the Idaho Roadless Rule to add 2,500 acres 

of GFRG. 

Mallard Larkins 

The Petition indicates that 33,530 acres are in the Special Areas of Historic and Tribal 

Significance (SAHTS). Several other forest plan special areas, such as research natural 

areas and wild and scenic river corridors overlap this area; therefore, the Idaho 

Roadless Rule direction would not apply and these acres have been removed from this 

theme. Total acreage in the SAHTS theme is 22,100 acres (table H-4). 

Table H-4. Mallard Larkins – Comparison of the Petition and the update 

Wild Land 

Recreation Primitive Backcountry GFRG SAHTS 

Forest plan 

special areas 

Petition 49,480 0 46,240 80 33,530 0 

Idaho Roadless Rule 49,500 0 46,200 100 22,100 11,500 

Saddle Mountain 

The Petition shows all of Saddle Mountain as GFRG (7,770 acres); however, this area 

should have been in Backcountry (consistent with Petition map). This change has been 

made in the Idaho Roadless Rule. 

Roberts 

Roberts is located on the Kootenai National Forest, so the information is now shown for 

the Kootenai. Acres and theme allocations remained the same. 
Appendix H Roadless Area Conservation; National Forest System Lands in Idaho DEIS 

H-4 Appendix H – Alignment of the Idaho Roadless Rule Themes 

West Fork Elk 

The Petition indicates only 40 acres of this roadless area is in Idaho, but actually there 

are 3,700 acres in Idaho. West Fork Elk is located on the Kootenai, so the Idaho Roadless 

Rule now reflects this. All 3,700 acres are in Backcountry. (Note: 2001 Roadless Rule 

data show only 40 acres in Idaho, which is in error.) 

Mt. Willard-Lake Estelle 

Portions of the Mt. Willard-Lake Estelle Roadless Area are on both the Idaho Panhandle 

and Kootenai National Forests. The Petition did not reflect the 23,300 acres on the 

Kootenai, likely because the 2001 Roadless Rule data did not show any of the Kootenai 

portion in Idaho. All 23,300 acres are in Backcountry and the Idaho Roadless Rule 

reflects this change. 

Nez Perce 

The Nez Perce updated their inventory during Forest Plan revision. Based on the 

update, there have been modifications to the roadless areas, including dropping one 

roadless area, splitting one, and adding two. 

Adjacent to Gospel Hump 

This 2,400-acre area is adjacent to Gospel Hump and the Selway Bitterroot Wilderness. 

The Petition reflects these acres in the Gospel Hump Roadless Area. The Idaho Roadless 

Rule reflects this area as a separate roadless area (Adjacent to Gospel Hump). 

Little Slate Creek 

The Little Slate Creek Roadless Area (20,500 acres) was split into two parts. One is 

called Little Slate Creek (12,200 acres) and the other Little Slate Creek North (5,900 

acres). In the Idaho Roadless Rule, all acres, except those in forest plan special areas, 

were placed into Backcountry, consistent with the Petition’s intent. 

Middle Fork Face 

Middle Fork Face (10,400 acres) was not included in the updated inventory because the 

area has been developed. The Petition showed 10,400 acres in the Backcountry theme. 

The Idaho Roadless Rule does not reflect this area. 

West Fork Crooked River 

West Fork Crooked River (9,500 acres) was added to the inventory during the forest 

plan revision process; therefore, this area has been added to the Idaho Roadless Rule. 

The entire area is Backcountry. 
Roadless Area Conservation; National Forest System Lands in Idaho DEIS Appendix H 

Appendix H – Alignment of the Idaho Roadless Rule Themes H-5 

Selway/Bitterroot 

The Selway/Bitterroot (600 acres) was added to the inventory during the forest plan 

revision process; therefore, this area has been added to the Idaho Roadless Rule. This 

area is adjacent to the Selway Bitterroot Wilderness. All 600 acres were placed in the 

Primitive theme. 

Payette 

Needles: 

The primary change is the number of acres placed into Primitive and Backcountry 

themes (table H-5). There was no change in the Petition map; the number of acres 

associated with each theme was in error. 

Table H-5. Needles – Comparison of the Petition and the update 

Wild Land 

Recreation Primitive Backcountry GFRG 

Forest plan 

special areas 

Petition 91,054 10,994 29,117 0 0 

Idaho Roadless Rule 90,200 7,100 31,500 0 2,500 

Salmon 

All acres in the Idaho Roadless Rule were changed to match forest plan prescription 

acres and boundaries, including removal of forest plan special areas. 

Sawtooth 

Boulder White Clouds 

This area has been updated to reflect the CEIDRA bill and the intent of the Petition. 

Areas recommended for wilderness in the bill were placed into the Wild Land 

Recreation theme; areas recommended for wilderness in the forest plan, but not part of 

the bill, were placed into a Primitive theme. Remaining acres reflect forest plan 

prescriptions. In addition, about 25,500 acres of wild and scenic river corridors were 

removed from the Wild Land Recreation theme (table H-6). 

Table H-6. Boulder-White Clouds – Comparison of the Petition and the update 

Wild Land 

Recreation Primitive Backcountry GFRG 

Forest plan 

special areas 

Petition 164,800 70,750 86,274 712 0 

Idaho Roadless Rule 115,500 87,300 84,500 700 34,700 

Fifth Fork Rock Creek, Liberal Mountain, Lone Cedar, Mahogany Butte, Mount 

Harrison, Pioneer Mountain, Third Fork Rock Creek 

The Petition placed areas with a management prescription 6.1 (Restoration and 

Maintenance Emphasis within Shrubland and Grassland Landscapes) into Backcountry, 

with the intent of reflecting the existing plan. However, the management direction in 
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H-6 Appendix H – Alignment of the Idaho Roadless Rule Themes 

6.1 better reflects GFRG; therefore, the following areas were changed in the Idaho 

Roadless Rule from Backcountry to GFRG: 

Fifth Fork Rock Creek: 7,900 acres 

Liberal Mountain: 1,900 acres 

Lone Cedar: 6,800 acres 

Mahogany Butte: 21,000 acres 

Mount Harrison: 22,000 acres 

Pioneer Mountains: 21,000 acres 

Third Fork Rock Creek: 6,300 acres. 

Smoky Mountains 

The Petition shows 94 acres in GFGR. All these lands are in forest plan special areas; 

therefore, the Idaho Roadless Rule now shows 0 acres in GFRG. 

The Petition shows 199,428 acres in Primitive, including 5,700 acres in management 

prescription 4.2. This prescription is roaded recreation in the Sawtooth Forest Plan. The 

intent was to reflect the forest plan; therefore, the 5,700 acres in management area 4.2 

have been changed to Backcountry in the Idaho Roadless Rule (table H-7). 

Table H-7. Smoky Mountains – Comparison of the Petition and the update 

Wild Land 

Recreation Primitive Backcountry GFRG 

Forest plan 

special areas 

Petition 0 199,428 104,045 94 0 

Idaho Roadless Rule 0 191,900 102,600 0 9,600 

Cache Peak 

The Petition indicated that 7,083 acres of management prescription 6.1 was 

Backcountry/ Restoration and 19,422 acres of 6.1 were GFRG. However, Cache Peak 

includes three management prescriptions, 4.2, 5.1 and 6.1. Management prescription 6.1 

was changed to GFRG (see discussion above). Prescription 4.2 was placed into 

Backcountry, consistent with the discussion for Smoky Mountains; and prescription 5.1 

was placed into GFRG in the Idaho Roadless Rule. This update did not change the 

acreages shown in the Petition (table H-8). 

Table H-8. Cache Peak – Comparison of the Petition and the update 

Wild Land 

Recreation Primitive Backcountry GFRG 

Forest plan 

special areas 

Petition 0 0 7,083 19,442 0 

Idaho Roadless Rule 0 0 7,100 19,400 0 
Roadless Area Conservation; National Forest System Lands in Idaho DEIS Appendix H 

Appendix H – Alignment of the Idaho Roadless Rule Themes H-7 

FOREST PLAN SPECIAL AREAS

The management direction in the proposed Idaho Roadless Rule would not apply to the 

following areas, which would be managed according to Existing Plan direction. Table 

H-9 shows the special areas that overlap with Idaho Roadless Areas. 

Table H-9. Forest plan special areas that overlap with Idaho Roadless Areas 

Forest 

Management 

prescription Description Associated acres 

Boise 2.2 Research natural area 6,100 

2.1 Congressionally designated wild and scenic river 0 

Forest-wide wild and 

scenic river direction 

Overlay of eligible, suitable and designated wild 

and scenic river corridors 

38,500 

 

Caribou 2.2 Research natural area 5,200 

2.5 Wild and scenic rivers 1,500 

2.1.1 Bloomington Lake special emphasis area 

(geologic and botanical) 

200 

2.1.4 Caribou Mountain special emphasis area 

(cultural and historic) 

15,500 

2.1.5 Lander Trail special emphasis area 

(cultural and historic) 

1,600 

 2.1.2 Visual corridor along existing paved or gravel 

surfaced roads 

6,500 

4.2 Special use authorization sites 900 

8.1u Transmission line corridors 500 

 2.8.3 Riparian areas – overlay – not taken out of the 

themes, but the existing plan direction applies 

0 

 

Challis Forest-wide direction for 

research natural areas 

Overlay of research natural areas 12,400 

 24 Corridor and road access route, bounded on both 

sides by the Frank Church Wilderness 

10 

 

Clearwater M1 Research natural areas or special interest areas 4,000 

A7 Wild and scenic rivers 16,800 

 

Idaho 

Panhandle 

14 (existing plan) 

4a (proposed plan) 

Research natural areas 7,500 

12 (Existing Plan) 

2a and 2b (Proposed 

Plan) 

Wild and scenic rivers 23,700 

13 (existing plan) 

3 (proposed plan) 

Special interest areas 27,100 

 

Kootenai 3 (proposed plan) Research natural area or special interest areas 200 
Appendix H Roadless Area Conservation; National Forest System Lands in Idaho DEIS 

H-8 Appendix H – Alignment of the Idaho Roadless Rule Themes 

Forest 

Management 

prescription Description Associated acres 

 

Nez Perce 6, 11 (overlay) Research natural areas 9,300 

8.1, 8.2, 8.3 Wild and scenic rivers 9,100 

 

Payette 2.2 Research natural area 9,600 

2.1 Congressionally designated wild and scenic river 4,100 

Forest-wide wild and 

scenic river direction 

Overlay of eligible, suitable and designated wild 

and scenic river corridors 

30,400 

 

Salmon Forest-wide 

research natural areas 

Overlay of research natural area 8,600 

6B Wild and scenic rivers 6,300 

1A Winter sports site 400 

 

Sawtooth 2.2 Research Natural Area 1,900 

Forest-wide wild and 

scenic river direction 

Overlay of eligible, suitable and designated wild 

and scenic river corridors 

61,200 

 

Targhee 2.2 Research natural area 9,900 

2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.9.1, 

2.9.2 

Wild and scenic rivers 16,800 

2.1.1 Special interest areas 7,100 

2.1.2; 5.2.2 Visual corridors 4,500 

4.1 Developed recreation sites 20 

8.1 Concentrated development sites 320 

 2.8.3 Riparian areas – overlay – not taken out of the 

themes, but the existing plan direction applies 

0 

WallowaWhitman 

None 0 

 Total 345,100 
Roadless Area Conservation; National Forest System Lands in Idaho DEIS Appendix I 

Appendix I—General Geothermal Development Scenario I-1 

Appendix I—General Geothermal Development 

Scenario 

The following discussion provides a general description of the activities, facilities, and 

surface disturbance that could be expected on a geothermal lease that would be 

developed for electrical generation. Because of the variety of other uses for which 

geothermal resources might be used, the surface impacts of potential direct uses are not 

discussed. 

In the first stages of exploration, a lessee will drill a number of shallow temperaturegradient wells to determine both the area-wide extent of the temperature differences 

and where the highest temperature gradient occurs. Temperature-gradient wells can be 

drilled using a truck-mounted rig and can be up to 500 feet deep. 

Usually temperature-gradient holes do not require a well pad; however, preparing the 

site for drilling could include leveling the surface and clearing away vegetation. The 

shallow depth of the drill holes and the smaller drilling equipment requires much less 

surface disturbance than that associated with deep well drilling. 

If results of temperature-gradient wells are favorable, deep exploratory test well drilling 

would likely follow to determine with certainty the existence of a geothermal reservoir 

and its suitability for commercial development. Conventional oilfield drilling rigs, 

adapted for geothermal work, are used to drill deep wells. The size of the well pad 

needed to provide enough space for the drilling equipment varies with depth, but 

averages about 3 acres. 

Roads would be needed to accommodate drilling and servicing of wells. Existing roads 

would be used wherever possible, but it is expected that some of the existing roads 

would be upgraded and that new temporary and permanent access roads would be 

constructed. Temporary roads would average about 30 feet in width from the top of the 

road cut to the bottom of the road fill; permanent roads would be about 50 feet wide. 

If a geothermal resource should be discovered, the well would be tested to determine 

the characteristics of the reservoir. Further drilling would be anticipated to provide 

multiple wells for development and production. A typical 40-megawatt binary power 

plant would require eight production wells and four injection wells. 

Geothermal resource development could involve constructing the infrastructure needed 

to produce the geothermal reservoir. The type of development that occurs would be 

based on the size and temperature of the geothermal reservoir. Pipelines would be 

necessary to transport hot water or steam from wells to power plants or other facilities 

for use. The pipelines that carry the hot water or steam are usually 24 to 36 inches in 

diameter and are covered with insulation. When feasible, they would parallel the well 

site access roads and other existing roads. The pipelines are usually located above 

ground to allow for the large amount of expansion and contraction associated with hot 

water or steam. Each pipeline would be expected to require about a 30-foot wide right-
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I-2 Appendix I—General Geothermal Development Scenario

of-way. The length of pipeline through which geothermal water or steam can be carried 

is limited by potential energy losses. Consequently, geothermal production wells are 

typically within 1 to 2 miles of the power plant. 

The conversion of geothermal energy into electrical power is an adaptation of the basic 

power cycle used in fossil-fueled electrical generating plants. The geothermal steam 

drives the turbine-generator in the same way as would steam produced in a boiler fired 

by oil or coal. Three types of power plants that harness geothermal resources are dry 

steam plants, flash steam plants, and binary cycle plants. Based on the assumption that 

developers would use the latest technology, any future power plants in Idaho would 

probably be binary type. A typical binary power plant would occupy about 5 to 10 

acres. Binary cycle power plants use water from the geothermal reservoir to heat 

another “working fluid.” The working fluid is vaporized and used to turn the turbinegenerator units. The geothermal water and the working fluid never come in contact 

with each other. Binary cycle power plants can operate with lower water temperature 

107°C to 182° C (225°F to 360°F) and produce few air emissions (U. S. Bureau of Land 

Management 2002). 

Energy production from a geothermal facility could last up to 30 years or longer and 

involves the operation and maintenance of the geothermal field, including new drill 

sites. The drilling of new production wells, if necessary, in order to sustain or enhance a 

geothermal field would involve drilling and would create impacts that are similar to 

those discussed above in the development phase. 

Transmission lines are needed to transmit electricity from the power plant to 

distribution lines. Each line would require an average of a 40-foot wide right-of-way. 

After production ceases all wells would be plugged and all disturbed areas would be 

reclaimed in conformance with Forest Service and BLM standards. Reclamation 

includes removing all surface equipment and structures associated with power 

generation, re-grading the site to pre-disturbance contours, and replanting native 

vegetation. 
Roadless Area Conservation; National Forest System Lands in Idaho DEIS Appendix J 

Appendix J—Identification of Resource Dependent Communities J-1 

Appendix J—Economics 

IDENTIFICATION OF RESOURCE-DEPENDENT COMMUNITIES

A list of timber-dependent communities was developed by the Forest Service in 1987, 

and this list was used to help define communities potentially affected by the 2001 

Roadless Rule (USDA Forest Service 2001). The criterion for being on that list was that 

at least 10 percent of employment was attributable to forest products. Based on these 

past assessments and a criterion of 15 percent of total labor income attributable to 

forestry resources to classify counties as being eligible for assistance under the National 

Forest Dependent Rural Communities Economic Diversification Act of 1990, the 

following criteria were used to identify timber-dependent counties where potential 

opportunities decrease under the Idaho Roadless Rule: 

• 10 percent total labor income is attributable to timber or one or more mills 

located within the county; and 

• Location is within a Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) economic area where 

there is a net decrease in acreage associated with management themes under 

which timber harvest is potentially allowed: 

o Aggregate “timber index” across all counties is negative under the Idaho 

Roadless Rule relative to the 2001 Rule, 

o Aggregate “general opportunity index” is negative under the Idaho 

Roadless Rule relative to existing plans. 

The information used to identify timber-dependent counties is presented in appendix A 

of the “Opportunities for Small Entities” report which is available in the project record. 

Timber-dependent counties where there are reasonably foreseeable adverse effects are 

assumed to be those where timber harvest is projected to decrease significantly within 

the BEA as discussed in other sections of this report. North Idaho had the largest 

number of timber-dependent counties where timber harvest opportunities might be 

affected (8), followed by Central Idaho (4) (table 1). 

The Forest Service identified mining-dependent counties using a criterion of 15 percent 

of total earnings attributable to mining for the regulatory flexibility analysis for the 2001 

Roadless Rule (USDA Forest Service 2000b) and found a total of 109 out of more than 

3,000 counties in the lower 48 States that satisfied the criterion. Included in these 

numbers was a discussion of Caribou County, Idaho, where earnings from leasable 

minerals is largely dependent on phosphate mining on the Caribou portion of the 

Caribou-Targhee National Forest within the Southeast BEA. Using a similar criterion of 

15 percent of labor income attributable to mining for the 2000 data (Gebert and Odell 

2007), Caribou County does not appear as a mining-dependent county (most likely 

because of disclosure constraints); however, Oneida County qualifies within the 

Southeast BEA. Custer (10.2 percent) and Clark (8.3 percent) Counties also have 
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J-2 Appendix J—Identification of Resource Dependent Communities

significant percentages of labor income attributable to mining. Counties significantly 

affected by the Smoky Canyon Phosphate Mine are Caribou, Power, and Bannock 

Counties in Idaho. However, based on increases in the number of roadless area acres 

assigned to management themes removing restrictions on phosphate mining (for 

example, the GFRG theme) for counties within the Southeast BEA under the Idaho 

Roadless Rule, it is unlikely that mining-dependent counties will experience adverse 

effects under this alternative and would likely see greater opportunities (table J-1). 

Table J-1. Natural resource-dependent counties in Idaho economic areas potentially affected by the Idaho 

Roadless Rule 

Counties where potential opportunities would decrease under the 

Idaho Roadless Rule Bureau of Economic a

Analysis economic 

area Wood products b Mining-dependent counties c

North Boundary, Bonner, Kootenai, Benewah, 

Ferry (WA), Latah, Pend Oreille (WA), 

Stevens(WA) 

Central Clearwater, Idaho, Lewis, Nez Perce, 

Asotin WA 

Southeast Bear Lake Caribou, Oneida, Power, and Bannock 

South Central None 

Boise None d 

a. Counties not listed would see no change or potential increases in opportunities under the Idaho Roadless Rule 

relative to the 2001 Roadless Rule. 

b. Counties listed would not likely decrease under the Idaho Roadless Rule relative to the 2001 Roadless Rule. 

Counties listed would be likely to see increases in opportunities under the Idaho Roadless Rule relative to the 2001 

Roadless Rule). 

c. Less than 200 acres, scattered across three counties within the Boise BEA were found where opportunities 

decreased. 
Roadless Area Conservation; National Forest System Lands in Idaho DEIS Appendix J 

Appendix J—Identification of Resource Dependent Communities J-3 

STATE-LEVEL ECONOMIC PROFILE

Table J-2. Two-digit NAICS information for Idaho 

Industry 

Industry 

output 

(million $) 

Industry 

output 

(% of 

total) 

Employment 

(# of jobs) 

Employment 

(% of total) 

Labor 

income 

(million $) 

Labor 

income 

(% of 

total) 

Total 

value added 

(million $) 

Value 

added 

(% of 

total) 

11 Ag, forestry, fish & 

hunting 

6,088 7.1 52,653 6.3 1,504 5.3 2,487 5.9

21 Mining 516 0.6 2,776 0.3 132 0.5 277 0.7

22 Utilities 984 1.1 1,872 0.2 198 0.7 574 1.4

23 Construction 6,185 7.2 61,928 7.4 2,160 7.6 2,568 6.1

 Roads 622 0.7 7,366 0.9 264 0.9 312 0.7

31-33 Manufacturing 19,619 22.8 54,349 6.5 2,961 10.4 3,941 9.4

 Wood products 3,159 3.7 12,801 1.5 610 2.1 1,043 2.5

42 Wholesale trade 3,189 3.7 27,332 3.3 1,199 4.2 2,180 5.2

48-49 Transportation 

and warehousing 

2,499 2.9 25,696 3.1 983 3.5 1,301 3.1

44-45 Retail trade 5,275 6.1 89,453 10.7 2,099 7.4 3,329 7.9

51 Information 2,225 2.6 11,411 1.4 457 1.6 869 2.1

52 Finance and 

insurance 

4,029 4.7 28,286 3.4 1,113 3.9 2,146 5.1

53 Real estate and 

rental 

2,754 3.2 30,925 3.7 506 1.8 1,760 4.2

54 Professional, 

scientific, and tech 

services 

5,383 6.3 49,180 5.9 2,762 9.7 3,031 7.2

55 Management of 

companies 

1,297 1.5 7,424 0.9 588 2.1 803 1.9

56 Administrative and 

waste services 

2,081 2.4 47,123 5.6 965 3.4 1,192 2.8

61 Educational services 405 0.5 9,898 1.2 196 0.7 213 0.5

62 Health and social 

services 

4,636 5.4 72,992 8.7 2,443 8.6 2,784 6.6

71 Arts- entertainment 

& recreation 

686 0.8 15,466 1.8 275 1.0 401 1.0

72 Accommodation and 

food services 

2,382 2.8 56,130 6.7 717 2.5 1,065 2.5

81 Other services 2,263 2.6 48,994 5.9 844 3.0 1,126 2.7

92 Government 9,583 11.2 122,284 14.6 5,496 19.3 8,725 20.7

Total 85,860 100.0 836,338 100.0 28,472 100.0 42,133 100.0

Source:2004 IMPLAN data 
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J-4 Appendix J—Identification of Resource Dependent Communities

BEA-LEVEL ECONOMIC PROFILE

Table J-3. Two-digit NAICS information for North Idaho Economic Area 

Industry 

Industry 

output 

(million $) 

Industry 

output 

(% of 

total) 

Employment 

(# of jobs) 

Employment 

(% of total) 

Labor 

income 

(million $) 

Labor 

income 

(% of 

total) 

Total 

value 

added 

(million $) 

Value 

added 

(% of 

total) 

11 Ag, forestry, fish 

and hunting 

988 2.4 9,206 2.2 231 1.6 525 2.3 

21 Mining 297 0.7 1,093 0.3 73 0.5 165 0.7 

22 Utilities 329 0.8 909 0.2 71 0.5 218 1.0 

23 Construction 2,715 6.7 25,714 6.3 1,033 7.0 1,225 5.4 

 Roads 232 0.6 2,548 0.6 103 0.7 122 0.5 

31-33 Manufacturing 6,401 15.8 22,853 5.6 1,165 7.9 1,517 6.7 

 Wood products 1,906 4.7 7,773 1.9 360 2.5 641 2.9 

42 Wholesale trade 1,683 4.2 13,241 3.2 633 4.3 1,151 5.1 

48-49 Transportation 

and warehousing 

1,203 3.0 11,927 2.9 517 3.5 683 3.0 

44-45 Retail trade 3,191 7.9 49,293 12.0 1,253 8.5 2,041 9.1 

51 Information 1,003 2.5 4,974 1.2 231 1.6 420 1.9 

52 Finance and 

insurance 

2,690 6.6 15,744 3.8 789 5.4 1,577 7.0 

53 Real estate and 

rental 

1,572 3.9 13,189 3.2 292 2.0 1,031 4.6 

54 Professionalscientific and tech 

services 

1,795 4.4 18,673 4.6 806 5.5 969 4.3 

55 Management of 

companies 

501 1.2 3,472 0.8 211 1.4 289 1.3 

56 Administrative and 

waste services 

876 2.2 17,012 4.1 387 2.6 499 2.2 

61 Educational 

services 

280 0.7 6,225 1.5 145 1.0 155 0.7 

62 Health and social 

services 

3,355 8.3 47,941 11.7 1,753 12.0 2,022 9.0 

71 Arts- entertainment 

and recreation 

356 0.9 7,392 1.8 135 0.9 215 1.0 

72 Accommodation 

and food services 

1,424 3.5 30,616 7.5 455 3.1 681 3.0 

81 Other services 1,313 3.2 25,848 6.3 513 3.5 690 3.1 

92 Government 6,425 15.8 74,332 18.1 3,510 23.9 5,644 25.1 

Total 40,537 100.0 409,975 100.0 14,665 100.0 22,480 100.0 

Source: 2004 IMPLAN data 
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Appendix J—Identification of Resource Dependent Communities J-5 

 Table J-4. Two-digit NAICS information for Central Idaho Economic Area 

Industry 

Industry 

output 

(million $) 

Industry 

output (% 

of total) 

Employment 

(# of jobs) 

Employment 

(% of total) 

Labor 

income 

(million $) 

Labor 

income 

(% of 

total) 

Total 

value added 

(million $) 

Value 

added 

(% of 

total) 

11 Ag, forestry, fish 

and hunting 

286 6.2 2,740 5.8 75 4.9 142 6.0

21 Mining 38 0.8 223 0.5 14 0.9 23 1.0

22 Utilities 77 1.7 162 0.3 15 1.0 52 2.2

23 Construction 256 5.5 2,516 5.3 93 6.0 110 4.6

 Roads 24 0.5 279 0.6 10 0.7 12 0.5

31-33 Manufacturing 317 6.8 1,589 3.4 66 4.3 86 3.6

 Wood products 1,074 23.1 2,980 6.3 170 11.0 304 12.9

42 Wholesale trade 101 2.2 1,046 2.2 38 2.4 69 2.9

48-49 

Transportation and 

warehousing 

197 4.2 2,174 4.6 76 4.9 99 4.2

44-45 Retail trade 312 6.7 5,247 11.1 125 8.1 195 8.2

51 Information 69 1.5 484 1.0 15 1.0 22 0.9

52 Finance and 

insurance 

253 5.5 1,544 3.3 64 4.1 128 5.4

53 Real estate and 

rental 

97 2.1 980 2.1 22 1.4 53 2.3

54 Professionalscientific and tech 

services 

99 2.1 1,187 2.5 44 2.9 53 2.3

55 Management of 

companies 

94 2.0 499 1.1 44 2.8 60 2.5

56 Administrative 

and waste services 

40 0.9 873 1.8 16 1.0 20 0.9

61 Educational 

services 

10 0.2 368 0.8 6 0.4 5 0.2

62 Health and social 

services 

359 7.7 5,600 11.8 185 11.9 209 8.8

71 Artsentertainment & 

recreation 

35 0.7 766 1.6 13 0.9 21 0.9

72 Accommodation 

and food services 

135 2.9 3,254 6.9 41 2.6 61 2.6

81 Other services 127 2.7 4,058 8.6 51 3.3 64 2.7

92 Government 644 13.9 8,741 18.5 365 23.6 576 24.4

Total 4,643 100.0 47,311 100.0 1,549 100.0 2,365 100.0

2004 IMPLAN data 
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J-6 Appendix J—Identification of Resource Dependent Communities

 Table J-5. Two-digit NAICS information for South Central Idaho Economic Area 

Industry 

Industry 

output 

(million $) 

Industry 

output (% 

of total) 

Employment 

(# of jobs) 

Employment 

(% of total) 

Labor 

income 

(million $) 

Labor 

income 

(% of 

total) 

Total 

value added 

(million $) 

Value 

added 

(% of 

total) 

11 Ag, forestry, fish 

and hunting 

2,480 21.3 16,172 15.1 481 14.9 847 16.6

21 Mining 43 0.4 308 0.3 11 0.3 22 0.4

22 Utilities 78 0.7 294 0.3 19 0.6 51 1.0

23 Construction 766 6.6 7,771 7.3 264 8.2 314 6.2

 Roads 77 0.7 925 0.9 32 1.0 38 0.7

31-33 

Manufacturing 

2,784 24.0 7,214 6.7 310 9.6 455 8.9

 Wood products 168 1.4 622 0.6 37 1.1 51 1.0

42 Wholesale trade 315 2.7 3,203 3.0 118 3.7 215 4.2

48-49 

Transportation and 

warehousing 

458 3.9 4,694 4.4 168 5.2 220 4.3

44-45 Retail trade 673 5.8 11,575 10.8 266 8.2 424 8.3

51 Information 208 1.8 1,286 1.2 42 1.3 73 1.4

52 Finance and 

insurance 

332 2.9 2,317 2.2 99 3.1 214 4.2

53 Real estate and 

rental 

401 3.5 4,884 4.6 73 2.3 264 5.2

54 Professionalscientific 

and technical 

services 

451 3.9 4,469 4.2 221 6.8 246 4.8

55 Management of 

companies 

72 0.6 544 0.5 29 0.9 40 0.8

56 Administrative 

and waste services 

182 1.6 4,919 4.6 88 2.7 108 2.1

61 Educational 

services 

14 0.1 468 0.4 8 0.3 $8 0.2

62 Health and 

social services 

382 3.3 6,261 5.8 205 6.3 234 4.6

71 Artsentertainment and 

recreation 

109 0.9 1,904 1.8 45 1.4 63 1.2

72 Accommodation 

and food services 

319 2.7 7,252 6.8 99 3.1 150 2.9

81 Other services 309 2.7 6,825 6.4 110 3.4 162 3.2

92 Government 1,002 8.6 13,209 12.3 505 15.6 896 17.6

Total 11,622 100.0 107,116 100.0 3,230 100.0 5,096 100.0

Source: 2004 IMPLAN data 
Roadless Area Conservation; National Forest System Lands in Idaho DEIS Appendix J 

Appendix J—Identification of Resource Dependent Communities J-7 

 TableJ- 6. Two-digit NAICS information for Boise Idaho Economic Area 

Industry 

Industry 

output 

(million $) 

Industry 

output (% 

of total) 

Employment 

(# of jobs) 

Employment 

(% of total) 

Labor 

income 

(million $) 

Labor 

income 

(% of 

total) 

Total 

value added 

(million $) 

Value 

added 

(% of 

total) 

11 Ag, forestry, fish 

and hunting 

1,836 4.2 18,805 4.6 438 3.0 767 3.6

21 Mining 111 0.3 870 0.2 29 0.2 57 0.3

22 Utilities 525 1.2 721 0.2 107 0.7 275 1.3

23 Construction 3,079 7.1 30,077 7.4 1,103 7.6 1,311 6.2

 Roads 310 0.7 3,556 0.9 134 0.9 159 0.7

31-33 

Manufacturing 

11,874 27.2 31,367 7.8 1,931 13.3 2,442 11.5

 Wood products 685 1.6 3,947 1.0 165 1.1 256 1.2

42 Wholesale trade 1,755 4.0 12,856 3.2 659 4.5 1,199 5.6

48-49 

Transportation and 

warehousing 

1,050 2.4 11,016 2.7 433 3.0 559 2.6

44-45 Retail trade 2,429 5.6 41,735 10.3 990 6.8 1,539 7.3

51 Information 1,184 2.7 5,436 1.3 251 1.7 480 2.3

52 Finance and 

insurance 

2,524 5.8 18,118 4.5 689 4.7 1,253 5.9

53 Real estate and 

rental 

1,549 3.6 17,040 4.2 277 1.9 1,008 4.7

54 Professionalscientific and 

technical services 

2,297 5.3 21,899 5.4 1,150 7.9 1,336 6.3

55 Management of 

companies 

1,016 2.3 5,627 1.4 466 3.2 636 3.0

56 Administrative 

and waste services 

1,358 3.1 29,741 7.4 637 4.4 785 3.7

61 Educational 

services 

268 0.6 6,012 1.5 133 0.9 136 0.6

62 Health and 

social services 

2,575 5.9 38,007 9.4 1,346 9.2 1,532 7.2

71 Artsentertainment and 

recreation 

281 0.6 7,196 1.8 116 0.8 165 0.8

72 Accommodation 

and food services 

1,104 2.5 25,643 6.3 340 2.3 499 2.3

81 Other services 1,071 2.5 21,858 5.4 414 2.8 532 2.5

92 Government 4,696 10.8 53,011 13.1 2,745 18.9 4,302 20.3

Total 43,578 100.0 404,538 100.0 14,553 100.0 21,230 100.0

Source: 2004 IMPLAN data 
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Table J-7. Two-digit NAICS information for Southeast Idaho Economic Area 

Industry 

Industry 

output 

(million $) 

Industry 

output (% of 

total) 

Employment 

(# of jobs) 

Employment 

(% of total) 

Labor 

income 

(million $) 

Labor 

income 

(% of 

total) 

Total 

value added 

(million $) 

Value 

added 

(% of 

total) 

11 Ag, forestry, 

fish and hunting 

1,613 8.9 16,353 8.8 501 8.0 796 8.8 

21 Mining 137 0.8 756 0.4 36 0.6 71 0.8 

22 Utilities 181 1.0 409 0.2 33 0.5 109 1.2 

23 Construction 1,237 6.9 12,830 6.9 417 6.7 496 5.5 

Roads 123 0.7 1,527 0.8 51 0.8 60 0.7 

31-33 

Manufacturing 

3,993 22.1 11,158 6.0 502 8.0 786 8.7 

Wood products 116 0.6 557 0.3 31 0.5 46 0.5 

42 Wholesale 

trade 

891 4.9 9,235 5.0 335 5.4 609 6.7 

48-49 

Transportation 

and warehousing 

615 3.4 5,558 3.0 233 3.7 329 3.6 

44-45 Retail trade 1,025 5.7 18,764 10.1 400 6.4 632 7.0 

51 Information 457 2.5 2,591 1.4 91 1.5 174 1.9 

52 Finance and 

insurance 

589 3.3 4,156 2.2 163 2.6 345 3.8 

53 Real estate 

and rental 

340 1.9 3,807 2.1 69 1.1 194 2.1 

54 Professionalscientific and 

technical services 

2,166 12.0 17,703 9.6 1,152 18.4 1,180 13.1 

55 Management 

of companies 

49 0.3 386 0.2 19 0.3 26 0.3 

56 Administrative 

and waste 

services 

298 1.7 7,332 4.0 129 2.1 161 1.8 

61 Educational 

services 

86 0.5 2,054 1.1 37 0.6 52 0.6 

62 Health and 

social services 

911 5.0 14,832 8.0 482 7.7 551 6.1 

71 Artsentertainment and 

recreation 

94 0.5 2,509 1.4 37 0.6 54 0.6 

72 

Accommodation 

and food services 

473 2.6 11,857 6.4 133 2.1 198 2.2 

81 Other services 518 2.9 11,413 6.2 182 2.9 253 2.8 

92 Government 2,126 11.8 29,451 15.9 1,224 19.6 1,915 21.2 

Total 18,038 100.0 185,237 100.0 6,258 100.0 9,038 100.0 

Source: 2004 IMPLAN data
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CONTRIBUTED JOBS AND LABOR INCOME 

Table J-8. North Idaho Economic Area part and full-time jobs and labor income contributed annually by 

NAICS 2-digit economic sectors 

Employment (# of jobs) Labor Income ($1,000) 

Change from existing Change from existing 

Industry Existing 1Alt 1 Alt 2 Alt 3 Existing Alt 1 Alt 2 Alt 3 

Agriculture 11,527 5 59 16 347,693 123 1,604 444 

Mining 1,093 0 0 0 76,834 0 1 0 

Utilities 909 0 0 0 74,491 1 12 3 

Construction 28,262 1 6 1 1,191,890 33 242 58 

Manufacturing 28,306 2 29 8 1,495,542 81 1,045 289 

Wholesale trade 13,241 0 5 1 663,831 15 188 52 

Transportation and warehousing 11,927 0 4 1 542,469 10 118 32 

Retail trade 49,293 1 8 2 1,314,468 12 146 40 

Information 4,974 0 1 0 242,088 2 25 7 

Finance and insurance 15,744 0 3 1 827,657 10 119 33 

Real estate; rental and leasing 13,189 0 3 1 306,231 4 52 14 

Prof- scientific, and tech services 18,673 0 3 1 846,083 9 103 28 

Management of companies 3,472 0 1 0 221,871 3 36 10 

Administrative and waste services 17,012 0 2 1 405,644 4 43 12 

Educational services 6,225 0 1 0 152,458 2 21 6 

Health and social services 47,941 1 9 2 1,839,830 19 233 64 

Arts, entertainment, and 

recreation 

7,392 0 1 0 141,297 1 17 5 

Accommodation and food services 30,616 0 6 2 477,280 5 66 18 

Other services 25,848 1 7 2 538,314 9 115 31 

Government 74,332 0 1 0 3,683,944 3 40 11 

Total 409,975 12 149 41 15,389,915 350 4,227 1,157 

Percent of total 100.0 0.00 0.04 0.01 100.0 0.0 0.00 0.00

1Alt 1 – 2001 Roadless Rule; Alt 2 – Existing Plans; Alt 3 – Idaho Roadless Rule
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 Table J-9. Central Idaho Economic Area part and full-time jobs and labor income contributed annually 

by NAICS 2-digit economic sectors 

Employment (# of jobs) Labor Income ($1,000) 

Industry Existin Change from existing Change from existing

g Alt 1 Alt 2 Alt 3 Existing Alt 1 Alt 2 Alt 3 

Agriculture 3,444 0 46 2 113,403 5 1,223 52 

Mining 223 0 0 0 14,179 0 0 0 

Utilities 162 0 0 0 16,146 0 18 1 

Construction 2,794 0 1 0 108,010 0 24 0 

Manufacturing 3,865 0 23 1 213,881 3 827 35 

Wholesale trade 1,046 0 3 0 39,772 0 66 3 

Transportation and warehousing 2,174 0 3 0 79,870 0 75 3 

Retail trade 5,247 0 5 0 131,227 0 88 4 

Information 484 0 0 0 15,876 0 9 0 

Finance and insurance 1,544 0 2 0 67,208 0 53 2 

Real Estate; rental and leasing 980 0 1 0 22,872 0 15 1 

Prof, scientific, and tech services 1,187 0 2 0 46,594 0 39 2 

Management of companies 499 0 0 0 46,075 0 25 1 

Administrative and waste services 873 0 1 0 16,896 0 12 1 

Educational services 368 0 0 0 5,873 0 5 0 

Health and social services 5,600 0 6 0 194,245 1 151 6 

Arts, entertainment, and recreation 766 0 1 0 13,912 0 9 0 

Accommodation and food services 3,254 0 5 0 42,885 0 41 2 

Other services 4,058 0 6 0 53,719 0 61 3 

Government 8,741 0 0 0 383,060 0 13 1 

Total 47,311 0 106 5 1,625,70

3 

10 2,755 116 

Percent of total 100.0 0.00 0.22 0.01 100.0 0.0 0.00 0.00
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 Table J-10. South Central Idaho Economic Area part and full-time jobs and labor income contributed 

annually by NAICS 2-digit economic sectors 

Employment (# of jobs) Labor Income ($1,000) 

Industry Change from existing Change from existing Existing Alt 1 Alt 2 Alt 3 Existing Alt 1 Alt 2 Alt 3 

Agriculture 16,373 0 0 0 515,329 0 0 0 

Mining 308 0 0 0 11,322 0 0 0 

Utilities 294 0 0 0 19,904 0 0 0 

Construction 8,696 0 0 0 311,163 1 1 1 

Manufacturing 7,636 0 0 0 353,341 0 0 0 

Wholesale trade 3,203 0 0 0 124,111 0 0 0 

Transportation and 

warehousing 

4,694 0 0 0 176,796 0 0 0 

Retail trade 11,575 0 0 0 278,833 0 0 0 

Information 1,286 0 0 0 44,405 0 0 0 

Finance and insurance 2,317 0 0 0 103,447 0 0 0 

Real Estate; rental and 

leasing 

4,884 0 0 0 76,762 0 0 0 

Prof, scientific, & tech 

services 

4,469 0 0 0 231,555 0 0 0 

Management of companies 544 0 0 0 30,761 0 0 0 

Administrative and waste 

services 

4,919 0 0 0 92,649 0 0 0 

Educational services 468 0 0 0 8,488 0 0 0 

Health and social services 6,261 0 0 0 214,819 0 0 0 

Arts, entertainment, and 

recreation 

1,904 0 0 0 47,099 0 0 0 

Accommodation and food 

services 

7,252 0 0 0 103,859 0 0 0 

Other services 6,825 0 0 0 115,057 0 0 0 

Government 13,209 0 0 0 529,868 0 0 0 

Total 107,116 0 0 0 3,389,568 3 2 3 

Percent of total 100.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 100.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
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 Table J-11. Boise Idaho Economic Area part and full-time jobs and labor income contributed annually by 

NAICS 2-digit economic sectors. 

Employment (# of jobs) Labor Income ($1,000) 

Industry Change from existing Change from existing Existing Alt 1 Alt 2 Alt 3 Existing Alt 1 Alt 2 Alt 3 

Agriculture 19,154 0 0 0 479,132 2 0 2 

Mining 870 0 0 0 30,352 0 0 0 

Utilities 721 0 0 0 112,177 0 0 0 

Construction 33,633 0 0 0 1,298,238 0 5 5 

Manufacturing 34,965 0 0 0 2,181,318 1 0 1 

Wholesale Trade 12,856 0 0 0 691,920 0 0 0 

Transportation and 

warehousing 

11,016 0 0 0 454,506 0 0 0 

Retail trade 41,735 0 0 0 1,038,948 0 0 0 

Information 5,436 0 0 0 263,115 0 0 0 

Finance and insurance 18,118 0 0 0 723,497 0 0 0 

Real estate; and rental & 

leasing 

17,040 0 0 0 291,212 0 0 0 

Prof, scientific, and tech 

services 

21,899 0 0 0 1,206,917 0 0 1 

Management of companies 5,627 0 0 0 488,776 0 0 0 

Administrative and waste 

services 

29,741 0 0 0 668,134 0 0 0 

Educational services 6,012 0 0 0 139,087 0 0 0 

Health and social services 38,007 0 0 0 1,412,159 0 0 1 

Arts, entertainment, and 

recreation 

7,196 0 0 0 121,494 0 0 0 

Accommodation and food 

services 

25,643 0 0 0 356,538 0 0 0 

Other services 21,858 0 0 0 434,721 0 0 0 

Government 53,011 0 0 0 2,880,721 0 0 0 

Total 404,538 0 0 0 15,272,964 4 8 12 

Percent of total 100.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 100.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
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Table J-12. Southeast Idaho Economic Area part and full-time jobs and labor income contributed annually by 

NAICS 2-digit economic sectors 

Employment (# of jobs) Labor Income ($1,000) 

Industry Change from existing Change from existing Existing Alt 1 Alt 2 Alt 3 Existing Alt 1 Alt 2 Alt 3 

Agriculture 16,502 2 28 23 533,487 58 546 454 

Mining 756 356 356 356 38,004 17,116 17,116 17,116 

Utilities 409 2 2 2 35,126 146 149 149 

Construction 14,356 2 3 3 490,835 74 101 103 

Manufacturing 11,566 6 15 14 551,217 278 587 528 

Wholesale trade 9,235 14 16 16 351,426 531 565 559 

Transportation and warehousing 5,558 29 31 30 244,901 1,120 1,137 1,134 

Retail trade 18,764 37 41 40 419,936 815 848 842 

Information 2,591 4 4 4 95,469 142 147 146 

Finance and insurance 4,156 10 11 10 171,113 406 423 420 

Real Estate; rental and leasing 3,807 7 8 8 72,751 176 183 182 

Prof, scientific, and tech services 17,703 10 10 10 1,209,321 517 534 532 

Management of companies 386 2 2 2 20,270 117 118 118 

Administrative and waste services 7,332 9 9 9 135,617 160 165 165 

Educational services 2,054 3 3 3 39,130 51 53 53 

Health and social services 14,832 30 33 32 505,384 1,022 1,070 1,061 

Arts, entertainment, and recreation 2,509 5 6 6 38,662 78 82 81 

Accommodation and food services 11,857 35 37 37 140,086 417 431 428 

Other services 11,413 20 23 23 190,730 300 322 318 

Government 29,451 2 2 2 1,284,037 91 94 94 

Total 185,237 585 641 631 6,567,503 23,617 24,670 24,481 

Percent of total 100.0 0.32 0.35 0.34 100.0 0.0 0.00 0.00
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Appendix K—Botanical Species Appendix K—Botanical Species Table K-1. Global and state status, distribution, national forest distribution, and habitat group for TES plant species within Ida

Intermountain Region (Boise, Sawtooth, Payette, Salmon-Challis, and Caribou-Targhee National Forests) 

Species name Common name Global1 State2 Distribution3 Idaho Roadless Areas Spiranthes diluvialis Ute Ladies’ 

tresses orchid 

Threatened G2 

S1 sd Caribou, Garns Mountain 

Castilleja christii Christ's Indian 

paintbrush 

Candidate G1 

S1 le Mount Harrison 

Agoseris lackschewitzii Pink Agoseris G4 S2 re Lemhi Range, Lionhead, Mt. Jefferson Allium madidum Swamp onion G3 S3 re Council Mountain Allium tolmiei var. persimile 

Tolmie's onion G4/T3 S3 le Cuddy Mountain 

Allotropa virgata Candystick G4 S3 d Cottontail Point/ Pilot Peak, Secesh Astragalus amnis-amissi Lost River 

milkvetch 

G3 S3 re Borah Peak, Diamond Peak 

Astragalus aquilonius Lemhi milkvetch G3 S3 le Diamond Peak, Red Hill Astragalus vexilliflexus Sheld. var. nubilus 

White Cloud milkvetch 

G4/T2 S2 le Boulder - White Clouds, Railroad Ridge 

Calamagrostis tweedii Cascade 

reedgrass 

G3 S2 re Cottontail Point/ Pilot Peak 

Chrysothamnus parryi ssp. montanus 

Centennial rabbitbrush 

G5T1 S1 re Garfield Mountain 

Collomia debilis var. camporum 

Flexible alpine collomia 

G5T2 S2 le Camas Creek, West Big Hole 

Cymopterus davisii Davis' wavewing G3 S3 le Cache Peak, Mount Harrison Cymopterus douglassii Douglas’ 

wavewing 

G3 S3 le Borah Peak 

Douglasia idahoensis Idaho Douglasia G3 S2 re Bernard, Needles, Peace Rock, Steel 

Mountain, Stony Meadows, Ten Mile/Black Warrior 

Draba globosa Pointed draba G3 S2 d Boulder - White Clouds Halimolobos perplexa var. perplexa 

Puzzling halimolobos 

G4/T3 S3 le Patrick Butte, Secesh, Rapid River 
Appendix K Roadless Area Conservation; National Forest 

K-2 AppSpecies name Common name Global1 State2 Distribution3 Idaho Roadless Areas Haplopappus insecticruris Bugleg 

goldenweed 

G3 S3 le Smoky Mountains 

Lesquerella paysonii Payson’s 

bladderpod 

G3 S2 p Caribou City, Palisades 

Mimulus clivicola Bank 

monkeyflower 

G4 S3 re Council Mountain, Cuddy Mountain, 

Indian Creek 

Oxytropis besseyi var. salmonensis 

Challis crazyweed 

G5T3 S3 re Red Hill 

Penstemon compactus Mt. Naomi 

pensemon 

G2 S2 re Gibson, Mount Naomi, Worm Creek 

Penstemon lemhiensis Lemhi 

penstemon 

G3 S3 re Duck Peak, Italian Peak, Jesse Creek, 

Jureano, Long Tom, Perreau Creek, WesBig Hole, West Panther Creek 

Phacelia minutissima Least phacelia G3 S2 re Lime Creek Poa abbreviata ssp. marshii 

Marsh's bluegrass 

G5/T2 S1 re Borah Peak, Diamond Peak 

Rubus bartonianus Bartonberry G2 S2 le Hells Canyon/ Seven Devils Scenic Saxifraga bryophora var. tobiasiae 

Tobias' saxifrage G5T2 S2 le French Creek, Patrick Butte, Secesh 

Thelypodium repandum Wavy-leaf 

thelypody 

G3 S3 re Boulder - White Clouds, Red Hill 

Thlaspi idahoense var. aileeniae 

Stanley thlaspi G3G4/T3 S3 le Hanson Lakes 

Global1 = Global ranking as assigned by Natural Heritage Program and Idaho Native Plant Society. T = U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (F

FWS proposed threatened, C = FWS candidate. 

State2 = Idaho State ranking, Idaho Native Plant Society Rare Species list 2007. 

Distribution3 = d =disjunct, le = local endemic (< 100 square miles), re = regional endemic (distribution 100-10,000), sd = sparsely distr

populations), p = peripheral, w = widespread, cb = circumboreal, circumpolar. 
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Appendix K—Botanical Species Table K-2. Global and State status, distribution, national forest distribution, and habitat group for TES plant species within Idah

Idaho portion of the Northern Region (Idaho-Panhandle, Nez-Perce, and Clearwater National Forests) 

Species name Common name Global1 State2 Distribution3 Idaho Roadless Areas Mirabilis macfarlanei MacFarlan’s fouro’clock Threatened G2 S2 re Big Canyon, Idaho Astragalus paysonii Payson’s milkvetch G3 S3 re Gospel Hump, Lick Point, Mallard, O'Hara – F

Creek, Rackliff – Gedney, West Meadow Cree

Blechnum spicant Deer-fern G5 S3 d Mallard-Larkins, Pot Mountain, Blacktail Moun

#122, Upper Priest 

Botrychium ascendens Triangular-lobed 

moonwort 

G2G3 S1 sd Sheep Mountain-State Line 

Botrychium lanceolatum var. lanceolatum 

Lance-leaved moonwort 

G5T4 S3 w Continental, Mountain, Mt. Willard-Lake Estell

Trestle Peak, Upper Priest, Rackliff - Gedney 

Botrychium linare Narrowleaf 

grapefern 

G1 SH sd Upper Priest 

Botrychium minganense 

Mingan moonwort G4 S3 w Eldorado Creek, Hoodoo, Lochsa Face, Conti

Mountain, Katka Peak, Mt. Willard-Lake EstelFork, Sheep Mountain-State Line, Upper Pries

Botrychium montanum Mountain 

moonwort 

G3 S2 sd Sheep Mountain-State Line, Upper Priest 

Botrychium pedunculosum 

Stalked moonwort G2G3 S1 sd Upper Priest 

Botrychium pinnatum Northern 

moonwort 

G4? S2 sd Rackliff - Gedney 

Buxbaumia viridis Green bug moss 

(moss) 

G3G4 S3 cb Salmon/Priest 

Calochortus nitidus Broad-fruit 

mariposa 

G3 S3 re North Lochsa Slope, North Fork Slate Creek, 

Canyon Idaho, Klopton Creek - Corral Creek 

Cardamine constancei Constance’s 

bittercress 

G3 S3 re Bighorn – Weitas, Mallard-Larkins, North Loch

Slope, Pot Mountain, Siwash, Big Creek, O'HaFalls Creek, Rackliff - Gedney 

Carex leptalea Bristle-stalked 

sedge 

G5 S2 w Little Grass Mountain, Upper Priest 

Cornus nuttallii Pacific dogwood G5 S1 d North Lochsa Slope, O'Hara - Falls Creek, Ra

Gedney 
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K-4 AppSpecies name Common name Global1 State2 Distribution3 Idaho Roadless Areas Cypripedium fasciculatum 

Clustered lady’sslipper G4 S3 sd Hoodoo, Lochsa Face, Mallard-Larkins, North 

Slope, Pot Mountain, North Fork, O'Hara - FaRackliff – Gedney, West Meadow Creek 

Dasynotus daubenmirei 

Daubenmire’s dasynotus 

G3 S3 le North Lochsa Slope, Rackliff - Gedney 

Douglasia idahoensis Idaho Douglasia G3 S2 re East Meadow Creek Drosera intermedia Spoon-leaved 

sundew 

G5 S1 d Selkirk 

Dryopteris cristata Crested shield-fern G5 S2 p Upper Priest Epilobium palustre Swamp willowweed G5 S3 w Salmo/Priest, Upper Priest Gaultheria hispidula Creeping 

snowberry 

G5 S2 p Blacktail Mountain #122, Upper Priest 

Hookeria lucens Light hookeria 

(moss) 

G5 S1 w Mallard-Larkins, North Lochsa Slope, Pot Mou

Hypericum majus Large Canadian 

St. John’s-wort 

G5 S3 w Blacktail Mountain #161 

Iris versicolor Blueflag G5 S2 d Upper Priest Lycopodiella inundata Northern bog 

clubmoss 

G5 S2 p Blacktail Mountain #122 

Lycopodium dendroideum 

Ground-pine G5 S2 p Upper Priest 

Mimulus alsinoides Chickweed 

monkeyflower 

G5 S1 d Mallard-Larkins 

Mimulus ampliatus Spacious 

monkeyflower 

G1 S1 sd Pot Mountain, Dixie Summit - Nut Hill, Klopton 

Corral Creek 

Phegopteris connectilis Northern 

beechfern 

G5 S2 p Upper Priest, Selkirk, Scotchman Peaks 

Polystichum braunii Braun’s sword-fern G5 S1 cb Beetop, Salmo/ Priest, Upper Priest Rhizomnium nudum Naked mnium 

(moss) 

G4 S1 d Eldorado Creek, Upper Priest 

Salix pedicellaris Bog willow G5 S2 p Little Grass Mountain, Upper Priest 
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Appendix K—Botanical Species Species name Common name Global1 State2 Distribution3 Idaho Roadless Areas Scheuchzeria palustris Pod grass G5 S2 w Blacktail Mountain #122 Schoenoplectus subterminalis 

Water clubrush G4G5 S3 w Blacktail Mountain #122 

Streptopus streptopoides 

Krushea G5 S2 p Saddle Mountain , Salmo/Priest , Selkirk , Upp

Synthyris platycarpa Evergreen 

kittentail 

G3 S3 re Lochsa Face, Mallard-Larkins, North Lochsa S

Pot Mountain, Lick Point, O'Hara - Falls Creek– Gedney, Silver Creek - Pilot Knob, West MeCreek 

Thelypteris nevadensis Sierra wood-fern G4 S1 d Mallard-Larkins Trientalis arctica Northern starflower G5T5 S3 p Selkirk, Upper Priest Vaccinium ocycoccos Bog cranberry G5 S2 cb Blacktail Mountain #122, Upper Priest Waldsteinia idahoensis Idaho strawberry G3 S3 re Hoodoo, Lochsa Face Global1 = Global ranking as assigned by Natural Heritage Program and Idaho Native Plant Society. T = FWS threatened, PT = FWS pro

FWS candidate. 

State2 = Idaho State ranking, Idaho Native Plant Society Rare Species list 2007. 

Distribution3 = d =disjunct, le = local endemic (< 100 square miles), re = regional endemic (distribution 100-10,000 square miles), sd = 

(isolated populations), p = peripheral, 

w = widespread, cb = circumboreal, circumpolar. 
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Table K-3. Overlap of known sensitive plant populations with themes under Existing Plans 

Idaho Roadless WLR* Primitive BCR GFRG FPSA Total 

Area Scientific name Common name 

------------------- Number of occurrences ----------------- 

Beetop Polystichum braunii Braun's swordfern 0 0 1 0 0 1 

Bernard Douglasia idahoensis Idaho Douglasia 0 0 5 0 0 5 

Big Canyon Idaho Calochortus nitidus Broad-fruit 

mariposa 

0 0 4 0 0 4 

Big Creek Cardamine constancei Constance's 

bittercress 

0 1 3 0 0 4 

Bighorn-Weitas Cardamine constancei Constance's 

bittercress 

0 6 1 0 0 7 

Blacktail Mountain 

#122 

Blechnum spicant Deer-fern 0 0 0 0 1 1 

Blacktail Mountain 

#122 

Gaultheria hispidula Creeping 

snowberry 

0 0 0 0 1 1 

Blacktail Mountain 

#122 

Lycopodiella inundata Northern bog 

clubmoss 

0 0 0 0 1 1 

Blacktail Mountain 

#122 

Scheuchzeria palustris Pod grass 0 0 0 0 1 1 

Blacktail Mountain 

#122 

Schoenoplectus 

subterminalis 

Water clubrush 0 0 0 0 1 1 

Blacktail Mountain 

#122 

Vaccinium oxycoccos Bog cranberry 0 0 0 0 1 1 

Blacktail Mountain 

#161 

Hypericum majus Large Canadian 

St John's-wort 

0 0 0 1 0 1 

Borah Peak Astragalus amnisamissi Lost River 

milkvetch 

0 0 6 0 0 6 

Borah Peak Cymopterus douglassii Douglass' 

wavewing 

11 0 0 0 3 14 

Borah Peak Poa abbreviata ssp. 

marshii 

Marsh's bluegrass 1 0 0 0 0 1 

Boulder-White 

Clouds 

Astragalus vexilliflexus 

var. nubilus 

White Clouds 

milkvetch 

16 0 17 0 1 34 

Boulder-White 

Clouds 

Draba globosa Pointed draba 3 0 0 0 0 3 

Boulder-White 

Clouds 

Thelypodium 

repandum 

Wavy-leaf 

thelypody 

0 1 0 0 0 1 

Cache Peak Cymopterus davisii Davis' wavewing 0 0 1 0 0 1 

Camas Creek Collomia debilis var. 

camporum 

Flexible alpine 

collomia 

0 0 0 1 0 1 

Caribou City Lesquerella paysonii Payson's 

bladderpod 

0 0 0 0 1 1 

Continental 

Mountain 

Botrychium 

lanceolatum var. 

lanceolatum 

Lance-leaved 

moonwort 

0 0 1 0 0 1 

Continental 

Mountain 

Botrychium 

minganense 

Mingan moonwort 0 0 1 0 0 1 

Cottontail Point/ 

Pilot Peak 

Allotropa virgata Candystick 0 0 21 0 0 21 

Cottontail Point/ 

Pilot Peak 

Calamagrostis tweedyi Cascade 

reedgrass 

0 5 6 0 0 11 

Council Mountain Allium madidum Swamp onion 0 13 0 0 0 13 
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Appendix K—Botanical Species K-7 

Idaho Roadless WLR* Primitive BCR GFRG FPSA Total 

Area Scientific name Common name 

------------------- Number of occurrences ----------------- 

Council Mountain Mimulus clivicola Bank 

monkeyflower 

0 13 0 0 0 13 

Cuddy Mountain Allium tolmiei var. 

persimile 

Tolmie's onion 0 0 0 0 1 1 

Cuddy Mountain Mimulus clivicola Bank 

monkeyflower 

0 0 0 1 0 1 

Diamond Peak Astragalus amnisamissi 

Lost River 

milkvetch 

0 0 1 0 1 2 

Diamond Peak Astragalus aquilonius Lemhi milkvetch 0 0 0 0 1 1 

Diamond Peak Poa abbreviata ssp. 

marshii 

Marsh's bluegrass 1 0 0 0 0 1 

Dixie Summit- Nut 

Hill 

Mimulus ampliatus Spacious 

monkeyflower 

0 0 1 0 0 1 

Duck Peak Penstemon lemhiensis Lemhi penstemon 0 0 1 0 0 1 

East Meadow 

Creek 

Douglasia idahoensis Idaho Douglasia 0 4 0 0 0 4 

Eldorado Creek Botrychium 

minganense 

Mingan moonwort 0 0 0 1 0 1 

French Creek Saxifraga bryophora 

var. tobiasiae 

Tobias' saxifrage 0 16 8 0 1 25 

Garfield Mountain Chrysothamnus parryi 

ssp. montanus 

Centennial 

rabbitbrush 

0 7 0 4 0 11 

Gibson Penstemon 

compactus 

Compact 

penstemon 

0 0 2 0 0 2 

Goat Mountain Penstemon lemhiensis Lemhi penstemon 0 0 0 2 0 2 

Gospel Hump Astragalus paysonii Payson's 

milkvetch 

0 0 3 9 0 12 

Hanson Lakes Thlaspi idahoense var. 

aileeniae 

Stanley thlaspi 0 0 1 0 0 1 

Hells Canyon/ 7 

Devils Scenic 

Rubus bartonianus Bartonberry 0 2 0 0 0 2 

Hoodoo Botrychium 

minganense 

Mingan moonwort 0 0 10 0 0 10 

Hoodoo Cypripedium 

fasciculatum 

Clustered lady's 

slipper 

0 0 2 0 0 2 

Hoodoo Waldsteinia 

idahoensis 

Idaho strawberry 1 0 0 0 0 1 

Indian Creek Mimulus clivicola Bank 

monkeyflower 

0 1 0 0 0 1 

Italian Peak Penstemon lemhiensis Lemhi penstemon 0 0 0 2 0 2 

Jesse Creek Penstemon lemhiensis Lemhi penstemon 0 0 0 3 0 3 

Jureano Penstemon lemhiensis Lemhi penstemon 0 0 1 0 0 1 

Katka Peak Botrychium 

minganense 

Mingan moonwort 0 0 1 0 0 1 

Klopton Creek – 

Corral Creek 

Calochortus nitidus Broad-fruit 

mariposa 

0 0 3 0 0 3 

Klopton Creek – 

Corral Creek 

Mimulus ampliatus Spacious 

monkeyflower 

0 0 2 0 0 2 
Appendix K Roadless Area Conservation; National Forest System Lands in Idaho DEIS 

K-8 Appendix K—Botanical Species

Idaho Roadless WLR* Primitive BCR GFRG FPSA Total 

Area Scientific name Common name 

------------------- Number of occurrences ----------------- 

Lemhi Range Agoseris 

lackschewitzii 

Pink agoseris 0 0 5 0 0 5 

Lick Point Astragalus paysonii Payson's 

milkvetch 

0 0 27 3 0 30 

Lick Point Synthyris platycarpa Evergreen 

kittentail 

0 0 7 0 0 7 

Lime Creek Phacelia minutssima Small phacelia 0 1 0 0 0 1 

Lionhead Agoseris 

lackschewitzii 

Pink agoseris 0 0 0 0 1 1 

Little Grass 

Mountain 

Carex leptalea Bristle-stalked 

Sedge 

0 0 3 0 0 3 

Little Grass 

Mountain 

Salix pedicellaris Bog willow 0 0 1 0 0 1 

Lochsa Face Botrychium 

minganense 

Mingan moonwort 0 0 1 0 0 1 

Lochsa Face Cypripedium 

fasciculatum 

Clustered lady's 

slipper 

0 0 1 0 0 1 

Lochsa Face Synthyris platycarpa Evergreen 

kittentail 

0 3 0 0 0 3 

Lochsa Face Waldsteinia 

idahoensis 

Idaho strawberry 0 0 0 0 1 1 

Long Tom Penstemon lemhiensis Lemhi penstemon 0 1 0 0 1 2 

Mallard Astragalus paysonii Payson's 

milkvetch 

0 0 7 2 0 9 

Mallard Larkins Blechnum spicant Deer-fern 2 0 2 0 1 5 

Mallard Larkins Mimulus alsinoides Chickweed 

monkeyflower 

0 0 2 0 0 2 

Mallard Larkins Synthyris platycarpa Evergreen 

kittentail 

0 8 2 14 0 24 

Mallard Larkins Thelypteris 

nevadensis 

Sierra wood-ferm 1 0 3 0 0 4 

Mallard-Larkins Cardamine constancei Constance's 

bittercress 

5 4 18 0 0 27 

Mallard-Larkins Cypripedium 

fasciculatum 

Clustered lady's 

slipper 

4 3 10 1 1 19 

Mount Harrison Castilleja christii Christ's Indian 

paintbrush 

0 0 0 2 0 2 

Mount Harrison Cymopterus davisii Davis' wavewing 0 0 0 0 1 1 

Mount Naomi Penstemon 

compactus 

Compact 

penstemon 

5 0 1 0 0 6 

Mt Jefferson Agoseris 

lackschewitzii 

Pink agoseris 0 0 1 0 0 1 

Mt. Willard Lake 

Estelle 

Botrychium 

minganense 

Mingan moonwort 0 0 1 0 0 1 

Mt. Willard-Lake 

Estelle 

Botrychium 

lanceolatum var. 

lanceolatum 

Lance-leaved 

moonwort 

0 0 4 0 0 4 

Mt. Willard-Lake 

Estelle 

Botrychium pinnatum Northern 

moonwort 

0 0 2 0 0 2 
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Appendix K—Botanical Species K-9 

Idaho Roadless WLR* Primitive BCR GFRG FPSA Total 

Area Scientific name Common name 

------------------- Number of occurrences ----------------- 

Needles Douglasia idahoensis Idaho Douglasia 0 12 6 0 0 18 

North Fork Botrychium 

minganense 

Mingan moonwort 0 0 4 0 0 4 

North Fork Cypripedium 

fasciculatum 

Clustered Lady's 

slipper 

0 5 0 0 1 6 

North Fork Slate 

Creek 

Calochortus nitidus Broad-fruit 

mariposa 

0 0 2 12 0 14 

North Lochsa 

Slope 

Calochortus nitidus Broad-fruit 

mariposa 

0 0 0 0 1 1 

North Lochsa 

Slope 

Cardamine constancei Constance's 

bittercress 

0 0 0 0 1 1 

North Lochsa 

Slope 

Cornus nuttallii Pacific dogwood 0 0 11 0 26 37 

North Lochsa 

Slope 

Cypripedium 

fasciculatum 

Clustered lady's 

slipper 

0 0 10 1 9 20 

North Lochsa 

Slope 

Dasynotus 

daubenmirei 

Daubenmire's 

dasynotus 

0 0 1 0 0 1 

North Lochsa 

Slope 

Synthyris platycarpa Evergreen 

kittentail 

0 0 1 0 0 1 

O’Hara-Falls 

Creek 

Astragalus paysonii Payson's 

milkvetch 

0 0 1 0 0 1 

O’Hara- Falls 

Creek 

Synthyris platycarpa Evergreen 

kittentail 

0 0 0 1 0 1 

O’Hara–Falls 

Creek 

Cornus nuttallii Pacific dogwood 0 0 1 0 3 4 

O’Hara-Falls 

Creek 

Cardamine constancei Constance's 

bittercress 

0 0 6 0 33 39 

O’Hara-Falls 

Creek 

Cypripedium 

fasciculatum 

Clustered lady's 

slipper 

0 0 6 0 8 14 

Palisades Lesquerella paysonii Payson's 

bladderpod 

6 0 1 0 0 7 

Patrick Butte Halimolobos perplexa 

var. perplexa 

Puzzling 

halimolobos 

0 6 0 0 1 7 

Patrick Butte Saxifraga bryophora 

var. tobiasiae 

Tobias' saxifrage 0 8 0 0 0 8 

Peace Rock Douglasia idahoensis Idaho Douglasia 0 11 6 0 0 17 

Perreau Creek Penstemon lemhiensis Lemhi penstemon 0 0 0 1 0 1 

Pot Mountain Blechnum spicant Deer-fern 0 0 2 0 0 2 

Pot Mountain Cardamine constancei Constance's 

bittercress 

0 1 6 0 0 7 

Pot Mountain Cypripedium 

fasciculatum 

Clustered lady's 

slipper 

0 0 11 0 0 11 

Pot Mountain Mimulus ampliatus Spacious 

monkeyflower 

0 0 1 0 0 1 

Pot Mountain Synthyris platycarpa Evergreen 

kittentail 

0 0 1 0 0 1 

Rackliff-Gedney Astragalus paysonii Payson's 

milkvetch 

0 0 2 0 0 2 

Rackliff-Gedney Botrychium 

lanceolatum var. 

lanceolatum 

Lance-leaved 

Moonwort 

0 0 1 0 0 1 
Appendix K Roadless Area Conservation; National Forest System Lands in Idaho DEIS 

K-10 Appendix K—Botanical Species

Idaho Roadless WLR* Primitive BCR GFRG FPSA Total 

Area Scientific name Common name 

------------------- Number of occurrences ----------------- 

Rackliff-Gedney Botrychium pinnatum Northern 

moonwort 

0 0 1 0 0 1 

Rackliff-Gedney Cardamine constancei Constance's 

bittercress 

0 0 11 0 9 20 

Rackliff-Gedney Cornus nuttallii Pacific dogwood 0 0 10 0 59 69 

Rackliff-Gedney Cypripedium 

fasciculatum 

Clustered lady's 

slipper 

0 0 5 0 6 11 

Rackliff-Gedney Dasynotus 

daubenmirei 

Daubenmire's 

dasynotus 

0 0 1 0 0 1 

Rackliff-Gedney Synthyris platycarpa Evergreen 

kittentail 

0 3 9 0 0 12 

Railroad Ridge Astragalus vexilliflexus 

var. nubilus 

White clouds 

milkvetch 

0 0 11 0 0 11 

Rapid River Halimolobos perplexa 

var. perplexa 

Puzzling 

halimolobos 

0 1 19 0 14 34 

Red Hill Astragalus aquilonius Lemhi milkvetch 0 0 1 0 0 1 

Red Hill Oxytropis besseyi var. 

salmonensis 

Challis crazyweed 0 0 1 0 0 1 

Red Hill Thelypodium 

repandum 

Wavy-leaf 

thelypody 

0 0 2 0 0 2 

Saddle Mountain Streptopus 

streptopoides 

Krushea 0 0 40 0 0 40 

Salmo Priest Epilobium palustre Swamp willowweed 0 0 0 0 1 1 

Salmo Priest Polystichum braunii Braun's Swordfern 0 0 0 0 1 1 

Salmo Priest Streptopus 

streptopoides 

Krushea 1 0 0 0 1 2 

Secesh Allotropa virgata Candystick 1 0 1 0 0 2 

Secesh Halimolobos perplexa 

var. perplexa 

Puzzling 

halimolobos 

0 0 1 0 0 1 

Secesh Saxifraga bryophora 

var. tobiasiae 

Tobias' saxifrage 0 4 7 0 0 11 

Selkirk Drosera intermedia Spoon-leaved 

sundew 

0 0 0 0 1 1 

Selkirk Streptopus 

streptopoides 

Krushea 1 2 1 0 0 4 

Selkirk Trientalis arctica Northern 

starflower 

1 0 0 0 1 2 

Sheep Mountain – 

State Line 

Botrychium ascendens Triangular-lobed 

moonwort 

0 0 0 1 0 1 

Sheep Mountain – 

State Line 

Botrychium 

minganense 

Mingan moonwort 0 0 0 4 0 4 

Sheep Mountain – 

State Line 

Botrychium montanum Mountain 

moonwort 

0 0 0 1 0 1 

Sheepeatter Penstemon lemhiensis Lemhi penstemon 0 0 0 0 5 5 

Silver Creek Pilot 

Knob 

Synthyris platycarpa Evergreen 

kittentail 

0 1 0 0 0 1 

Siwash Cardamine constancei Constance's 

bittercress 

0 0 4 0 0 4 
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Appendix K—Botanical Species K-11 

Idaho Roadless WLR* Primitive BCR GFRG FPSA Total 

Area Scientific name Common name 

------------------- Number of occurrences ----------------- 

Smoky Mountains Haplopappus 

insecticruris 

Bugleg 

goldenweed 

0 0 0 0 1 1 

Steel Mountain Douglasia idahoensis Idaho Douglasia 0 12 0 0 0 12 

Stony Meadows Douglasia idahoensis Idaho Douglasia 0 3 3 0 0 6 

Ten Mile/ Black 

Warrior 

Douglasia idahoensis Idaho Douglasia 67 6 0 0 0 73 

Trestle Peak Botrychium 

lanceolatum var. 

lanceolatum 

Lance-leaved 

moonwort 

0 0 1 0 0 1 

Upper Priest Blechnum spicant Deer-fern 0 0 1 0 0 1 

Upper Priest Botrychium 

lanceolatum var. 

lanceolatum 

Lance-leaved 

moonwort 

0 0 1 4 2 7 

Upper Priest Botrychium lineare Narrowleaf 

grapefern 

0 0 0 0 1 1 

Upper Priest Botrychium 

minganense 

Mingan moonwort 0 0 2 1 4 7 

Upper Priest Botrychium montanum Mountain 

moonwort 

0 0 0 0 1 1 

Upper Priest Botrychium 

pedunculosum 

Stalked 

mootnwort 

0 0 0 0 1 1 

Upper Priest Carex leptalea Bristle-stalked 

sedge 

0 0 0 1 0 1 

Upper Priest Dryopteris cristata Crested Sheildfern 0 0 0 4 0 4 

Upper Priest Epilobium palustre Swamp willowweed 0 0 0 1 0 1 

Upper Priest Gaultheria hispidula Creeping 

snowberry 

0 0 0 3 0 3 

Upper Priest Iris versicolor Blueflag 0 0 0 0 1 1 

Upper Priest Lycopodium 

dendroideum 

Groundpine 0 0 0 0 5 5 

Upper Priest Phegopteris 

connectilis 

Northern 

beechfern 

0 0 0 0 9 9 

Upper Priest Polystichum braunii Braun's swordfern 0 0 0 0 28 28 

Upper Priest Salix pedicellaris Bog willow 0 0 0 1 0 1 

Upper Priest Streptopus 

streptopoides 

Krushea 0 0 23 0 5 28 

Upper Priest Trientalis arctica Northern 

starflower 

0 0 0 1 3 4 

Upper Priest Vaccinium oxycoccos Bog cranberry 0 0 0 1 0 1 

West Big Hole Collomia debilis var. 

camporum 

Flexible alpine 

collomia 

0 2 1 0 1 4 

West Big Hole Penstemon lemhiensis Lemhi penstemon 0 0 1 0 0 1 

West Meadow 

Creek 

Astragalus paysonii Payson's 

milkvetch 

0 0 3 0 0 3 

West Meadow 

Creek 

Cypripedium 

fasciculatum 

Clustered lady's 

slipper 

0 0 1 0 0 1 

West Meadow Synthyris platycarpa Evergreen 0 0 71 0 1 72 
Appendix K Roadless Area Conservation; National Forest System Lands in Idaho DEIS 

K-12 Appendix K—Botanical Species

Idaho Roadless WLR* Primitive BCR GFRG FPSA Total 

Area Scientific name Common name 

------------------- Number of occurrences ----------------- 

Creek kittentail 

West Panther 

Creek 

Penstemon lemhiensis Lemhi penstemon 0 0 8 0 0 8 

Worm Creek Penstemon 

compactus 

Compact 

penstemon 

0 0 1 0 0 1 

Totals 127 166 523 84 265 1165 

WLR – Wild Land Recreation 

BCR – Backcountry/Restoration 

GFRG – General Forest, Rangeland and Grassland 

FPSA – Forest Plan Special Areas 
Roadless Area Conservation; National Forest System Lands in Idaho DEIS Appendix K 

Appendix K—Botanical Species K-13 

Table K-4. Overlap of known sensitive plant populations with themes under the Idaho Roadless Rule 

Common name WLR* Primitive

SAHTS BCR GFRG FPSA Total Idaho 

Roadless Area Scientific name 

---------------------------------------- Number of occurrences ---------------------------

Beetop Polystichum braunii Braun's sword-fern 0 0 1 0 0 1 

Bernard Douglasia idahoensis Idaho Douglasia 0 0 5 0 0 5 

Big Canyon 

Idaho Calochortus nitidus Broad-fruit mariposa 0 0 4 0 0 4 

Big Creek Cardamine constancei Constance's bittercress 0 0 4 0 0 4 

Bighorn-Weitas Cardamine constancei Constance's bittercress 0 0 7 0 0 7 

Blacktail 

Mountain #122 Blechnum spicant Deer-fern 0 0 0 0 1 1 

Blacktail 

Mountain #122 Gaultheria hispidula Creeping snowberry 0 0 0 0 1 1 

Blacktail 

Mountain #122 Lycopodiella inundata Northern bog clubmoss 0 0 0 0 1 1 

Blacktail 

Mountain #122 Scheuchzeria palustris Pod grass 0 0 0 0 1 1 

Blacktail 

Mountain #122 

Schoenoplectus 

subterminalis Water clubrush 0 0 0 0 1 1 

Blacktail 

Mountain #122 Vaccinium oxycoccos Bog cranberry 0 0 0 0 1 1 

Blacktail 

Mountain #161 Hypericum majus Large Canadian St John's-wort 0 0 1 0 0 1 

Borah Peak Astragalus amnisamissi Lost river milkvetch 0 0 6 0 0 6 

Borah Peak Cymopterus douglassii Douglass' wavewing 11 0 0 0 3 14 

Borah Peak Poa abbreviata ssp. 

marshii Marsh's bluegrass 1 0 0 0 S 1 

Boulder-White 

Clouds 

Astragalus vexilliflexus 

var. nubilus White clouds milkvetch 16 0 17 0 1 34 

Boulder-White 

Clouds Draba globosa Pointed draba 3 0 0 0 0 3 

Boulder-White 

Clouds Thelypodium repandum Wavy-leaf thelypody 1 0 0 0 0 1 

Cache Peak Cymopterus davisii Davis' wavewing 0 0 1 0 0 1 

Camas Creek Collomia debilis var. 

camporum Flexible alpine collomia 0 0 1 0 0 1 

Caribou City Lesquerella paysonii Payson's bladderpod 0 0 0 0 1 1 

Continental 

Mountain 

Botrychium lanceolatum 

var. lanceolatum Lance-leaved moonwort 0 0 1 0 0 1 

Continental 

Mountain 

Botrychium 

minganense Mingan moonwort 0 0 1 0 0 1 

Cottontail 

Point/Pilot Peak Allotropa virgata Candystick 0 0 21 0 0 21 

Cottontail 

Point/Pilot Peak Calamagrostis tweedyi Cascade reedgrass 0 5 6 0 0 11 

Council 

Mountain Allium madidum Swamp onion 0 13 0 0 0 13 

Council 

Mountain Mimulus clivicola Bank monkeyflower 0 13 0 0 0 13 

Cuddy Allium tolmiei var. Tolmie's onion 0 0 0 0 1 1 
Appendix K Roadless Area Conservation; National Forest System Lands in Idaho DEIS 

K-14 Appendix K—Botanical Species

Common name WLR* Primitive

SAHTS BCR GFRG FPSA Total Idaho 

Roadless Area Scientific name 

---------------------------------------- Number of occurrences ---------------------------

Mountain persimile 

Cuddy 

Mountain Mimulus clivicola Bank monkeyflower 0 0 0 1 0 1 

Diamond Peak Astragalus amnisamissi Lost river milkvetch 0 0 1 0 1 2 

Diamond Peak Astragalus aquilonius Lemhi milkvetch 0 0 0 0 1 1 

Diamond Peak Poa abbreviata ssp. 

marshii Marsh's bluegrass 1 0 0 0 0 1 

Dixie SummitNut Hill Mimulus ampliatus Spacious monkeyflower 0 0 1 0 0 1 

Duck Peak Penstemon lemhiensis Lemhi penstemon 0 0 1 0 0 1 

East Meadow 

Creek Douglasia idahoensis Idaho Douglasia 0 4 0 0 0 4 

Eldorado Creek Botrychium 

minganense Mingan moonwort 0 0 1 0 0 1 

French Creek Saxifraga bryophora 

var. tobiasiae Tobias' saxifrage 0 16 8 0 1 25 

Garfield 

Mountain 

Chrysothamnus parryi 

ssp. montanus Centennial rabbitbrush 0 7 0 4 0 11 

Gibson Penstemon compactus Compact penstemon 0 0 2 0 0 2 

Goat Mountain Penstemon lemhiensis Lemhi penstemon 0 0 2 0 0 2 

Gospel Hump Astragalus paysonii Payson's milkvetch 0 0 12 0 0 12 

Hanson Lakes Thlaspi idahoense var. 

aileeniae Stanley thlaspi 0 0 1 0 0 1 

Hells Canyon/ 

7 Devils Scenic Rubus bartonianus Bartonberry 0 2 0 0 0 2 

Hoodoo Botrychium 

minganense Mingan moonwort 10 0 0 0 0 10 

Hoodoo Cypripedium 

fasciculatum Clustered lady's slipper 2 0 0 0 0 2 

Hoodoo Waldsteinia idahoensis Idaho strawberry 1 0 0 0 0 1 

Indian Creek Mimulus clivicola Bank monkeyflower 0 1 0 0 0 1 

Italian Peak Penstemon lemhiensis Lemhi penstemon 0 0 2 0 0 2 

Jesse Creek Penstemon lemhiensis Lemhi penstemon 0 0 3 0 0 3 

Jureano Penstemon lemhiensis Lemhi penstemon 0 0 1 0 0 1 

Katka Peak Botrychium 

minganense Mingan moonwort 0 0 1 0 0 1 

Klopton Creek 

– Corral Creek Calochortus nitidus Broad-fruit mariposa 0 0 3 0 0 3 

Klopton Creek 

– Corral Creek Mimulus ampliatus Spacious monkeyflower 0 0 2 0 0 2 

Lemhi Range Agoseris lackschewitzii Pink agoseris 0 0 5 0 0 5 

Lick Point Astragalus paysonii Payson's milkvetch 0 0 30 0 0 30 

Lick Point Synthyris platycarpa Evergreen kittentail 0 0 7 0 0 7 

Lime Creek Phacelia minutssima Small phacelia 0 1 0 0 0 1 

Lionhead Agoseris lackschewitzii Pink agoseris 0 0 0 0 1 1 
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Appendix K—Botanical Species K-15 

Common name WLR* Primitive

SAHTS BCR GFRG FPSA Total Idaho 

Roadless Area Scientific name 

---------------------------------------- Number of occurrences ---------------------------

Little Grass 

Mountain Carex leptalea Bristle-stalked sedge 0 0 3 0 0 3 

Little Grass 

Mountain Salix pedicellaris Bog willow 0 0 1 0 0 1 

Lochsa Face Botrychium 

minganense Mingan moonwort 0 0 1 0 0 1 

Lochsa Face Cypripedium 

fasciculatum Clustered lady's slipper 0 0 1 0 0 1 

Lochsa Face Synthyris platycarpa Evergreen kittentail 0 3 0 0 0 3 

Lochsa Face Waldsteinia idahoensis Idaho strawberry 0 0 0 0 1 1 

Long Tom Penstemon lemhiensis Lemhi penstemon 0 0 1 0 1 2 

Mallard Astragalus paysonii Payson's milkvetch 0 0 9 0 0 9 

Mallard Larkins Blechnum spicant Deer-fern 2 0 2 0 1 5 

Mallard Larkins Mimulus alsinoides Chickweed 

monkeyflower 0 0 2 0 0 2 

Mallard Larkins Synthyris platycarpa Evergreen kittentail 0 0 24 0 0 24 

Mallard Larkins Thelypteris nevadensis Sierra Wood-ferm 1 0 3 0 0 4 

Mallard-Larkins Cardamine constancei Constance's bittercress 5 0 22 0 0 27 

Mallard-Larkins Cypripedium 

fasciculatum Clustered lady's slipper 4 0 14 0 1 19 

Mount Harrison Castilleja christii Christ's Indian paintbrush 0 0 0 2 0 2 

Mount Harrison Cymopterus davisii Davis' wavewing 0 0 0 0 1 1 

Mount Naomi Penstemon compactus Compact penstemon 5 0 1 0 0 6 

Mt Jefferson Agoseris lackschewitzii Pink agoseris 0 0 1 0 0 1 

Mt. Willard 

Lake Estelle 

Botrychium 

minganense Mingan moonwort 0 0 1 0 0 1 

Mt. WillardLake Estelle 

Botrychium lanceolatum 

var. lanceolatum Lance-leaved moonwort 0 0 4 0 0 4 

Mt. WillardLake Estelle Botrychium pinnatum Northern moonwort 0 0 2 0 0 2 

Needles Douglasia idahoensis Idaho Douglasia 0 12 6 0 0 18 

North Fork Botrychium 

minganense Mingan moonwort 0 0 4 0 0 4 

North Fork Cypripedium 

fasciculatum Clustered lady's slipper 0 0 5 0 1 6 

North Fork 

Slate Creek Calochortus nitidus Broad-fruit mariposa 0 0 14 0 0 14 

North Lochsa 

Slope Calochortus nitidus Broad-fruit mariposa 0 0 0 0 1 1 

North Lochsa 

Slope Cardamine constancei Constance's bittercress 0 0 0 0 1 1 

North Lochsa 

Slope Cornus nuttallii Pacific dogwood 0 0 11 0 26 37 

North Lochsa 

Slope 

Cypripedium 

fasciculatum Clustered lady's slipper 0 0 11 0 9 20 

North Lochsa 

Slope Dasynotus daubenmirei Daubenmire's dasynotus 0 0 1 0 0 1 
Appendix K Roadless Area Conservation; National Forest System Lands in Idaho DEIS 

K-16 Appendix K—Botanical Species

Common name WLR* Primitive

SAHTS BCR GFRG FPSA Total Idaho 

Roadless Area Scientific name 

---------------------------------------- Number of occurrences ---------------------------

North Lochsa 

Slope Synthyris platycarpa Evergreen kittentail 0 0 1 0 0 1 

O’Hara-Falls 

Creek Astragalus paysonii Payson's milkvetch 0 0 1 0 0 1 

O’Hara- Falls 

Creek Synthyris platycarpa Evergreen kittentail 0 0 1 0 0 1 

O’Hara–Falls 

Creek Cornus nuttallii Pacific dogwood 0 0 1 0 3 4 

O’Hara-Falls 

Creek Cardamine constancei Constance's bittercress 0 0 6 0 33 39 

O’Hara-Falls 

Creek 

Cypripedium 

fasciculatum Clustered lady's slipper 0 0 6 0 8 14 

Palisades Lesquerella paysonii Payson's bladderpod 6 0 1 0 0 7 

Patrick Butte Halimolobos perplexa 

var. perplexa Puzzling halimolobos 0 6 0 0 1 7 

Patrick Butte Saxifraga bryophora 

var. tobiasiae Tobias' saxifrage 0 8 0 0 0 8 

Peace Rock Douglasia idahoensis Idaho Douglasia 0 11 6 0 0 17 

Perreau Creek Penstemon lemhiensis Lemhi penstemon 0 0 0 1 0 1 

Pot Mountain Blechnum spicant Deer-fern 0 0 2 0 0 2 

Pot Mountain Cardamine constancei Constance's bittercress 0 0 7 0 0 7 

Pot Mountain Cypripedium 

fasciculatum Clustered lady's slipper 0 0 11 0 0 11 

Pot Mountain Mimulus ampliatus Spacious monkeyflower 0 0 1 0 0 1 

Pot Mountain Synthyris platycarpa Evergreen kittentail 0 0 1 0 0 1 

RackliffGedney Astragalus paysonii Payson's milkvetch 0 0 2 0 0 2 

RackliffGedney 

Botrychium lanceolatum 

var. lanceolatum Lance-leaved moonwort 0 0 1 0 0 1 

RackliffGedney Botrychium pinnatum Northern moonwort 0 0 1 0 0 1 

RackliffGedney Cardamine constancei Constance's bittercress 0 0 11 0 9 20 

RackliffGedney Cornus nuttallii Pacific dogwood 0 0 10 0 59 69 

RackliffGedney 

Cypripedium 

fasciculatum Clustered lady's slipper 0 0 5 0 6 11 

RackliffGedney Dasynotus daubenmirei Daubenmire's dasynotus 0 0 1 0 0 1 

Rackliff Gedney Synthyris platycarpa Evergreen kittentail 0 0 12 0 0 12 

Railroad Ridge Astragalus vexilliflexus 

var. nubilus White clouds milkvetch 0 0 11 0 0 11 

Rapid River Halimolobos perplexa 

var. perplexa Puzzling halimolobos 0 20 0 0 14 34 

Red Hill Astragalus aquilonius Lemhi milkvetch 0 0 1 0 0 1 

Red Hill Oxytropis besseyi var. 

salmonensis Challis crazyweed 0 0 1 0 0 1 

Red Hill Thelypodium repandum Wavy-leaf thelypody 0 0 2 0 0 2 
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Appendix K—Botanical Species K-17 

Common name WLR* Primitive

SAHTS BCR GFRG FPSA Total Idaho 

Roadless Area Scientific name 

---------------------------------------- Number of occurrences ---------------------------

Saddle 

Mountain 

Streptopus 

streptopoides Krushea 0 0 40 0 0 40 

Salmo Priest Epilobium palustre Swamp willow-weed 0 0 0 0 1 1 

Salmo Priest Polystichum braunii Braun's sword-fern 0 0 0 0 1 1 

Salmo Priest Streptopus 

streptopoides Krushea 1 0 0 0 1 2 

Secesh Allotropa virgata Candystick 1 0 1 0 0 2 

Secesh Halimolobos perplexa 

var. perplexa Puzzling halimolobos 0 0 1 0 0 1 

Secesh Saxifraga bryophora 

var. tobiasiae Tobias' saxifrage 0 4 7 0 0 11 

Selkirk Drosera intermedia Spoon-leaved sundew 0 0 0 0 1 1 

Selkirk Streptopus 

streptopoides Krushea 2 0 2 0 0 4 

Selkirk Trientalis arctica Northern starflower 1 0 0 0 1 2 

Sheep 

Mountain – 

State Line 

Botrychium ascendens Triangular-lobed 

moonwort 0 0 1 0 0 1 

Sheep 

Mountain – 

State Line 

Botrychium 

minganense Mingan moonwort 0 0 4 0 0 4 

Sheep 

Mountain – 

State Line 

Botrychium montanum Mountain moonwort 0 0 1 0 0 1 

Sheepeatter Penstemon lemhiensis Lemhi penstemon 0 0 0 0 5 5 

Silver Creek 

Pilot Knob Synthyris platycarpa Evergreen kittentail 0 1 0 0 0 1 

Siwash Cardamine constancei Constance's bittercress 0 0 4 0 0 4 

Smoky 

Mountains 

Haplopappus 

insecticruris Bugleg goldenweed 0 0 0 0 1 1 

Steel Mountain Douglasia idahoensis Idaho Douglasia 0 12 0 0 0 12 

Stony 

Meadows Douglasia idahoensis Idaho Douglasia 0 3 3 0 0 6 

Ten Mile/ Black 

Warrior Douglasia idahoensis Idaho Douglasia 67 6 0 0 0 73 

Trestle Peak Botrychium lanceolatum 

var. lanceolatum Lance-leaved moonwort 0 0 1 0 0 1 

Upper Priest Blechnum spicant Deer-fern 0 0 1 0 0 1 

Upper Priest Botrychium lanceolatum 

var. lanceolatum Lance-leaved moonwort 0 0 5 0 2 7 

Upper Priest Botrychium lineare Narrowleaf grapefern 0 0 0 0 1 1 

Upper Priest Botrychium 

minganense Mingan moonwort 0 0 2 1 4 7 

Upper Priest Botrychium montanum Mountain moonwort 0 0 0 0 1 1 

Upper Priest Botrychium 

pedunculosum Stalked moonwort 0 0 0 0 1 1 

Upper Priest Carex leptalea Bristle-stalked sedge 0 0 1 0 0 1 

Upper Priest Dryopteris cristata Crested shield-fern 0 0 4 0 0 4 
Appendix K Roadless Area Conservation; National Forest System Lands in Idaho DEIS 

K-18 Appendix K—Botanical Species

Common name WLR* Primitive

SAHTS BCR GFRG FPSA Total Idaho 

Roadless Area Scientific name 

---------------------------------------- Number of occurrences ---------------------------

Upper Priest Epilobium palustre Swamp willow-weed 0 0 1 0 0 1 

Upper Priest Gaultheria hispidula Creeping snowberry 0 0 3 0 0 3 

Upper Priest Iris versicolor Blueflag 0 0 0 0 1 1 

Upper Priest Lycopodium 

dendroideum Groundpine 0 0 0 0 5 5 

Upper Priest Phegopteris connectilis Northern beechfern 0 0 0 0 9 9 

Upper Priest Polystichum braunii Braun's sword-fern 0 0 0 0 28 28 

Upper Priest Salix pedicellaris Bog willow 0 0 1 0 0 1 

Upper Priest Streptopus 

streptopoides Krushea 0 0 22 1 5 28 

Upper Priest Trientalis arctica Northern starflower 0 0 1 0 3 4 

Upper Priest Vaccinium oxycoccos Bog cranberry 0 0 1 0 0 1 

West Big Hole Collomia debilis var. 

camporum Flexible alpine collomia 0 0 3 0 1 4 

West Big Hole Penstemon lemhiensis Lemhi penstemon 0 0 1 0 0 1 

West Meadow 

Creek Astragalus paysonii Payson's milkvetch 0 0 3 0 0 3 

West Meadow 

Creek 

Cypripedium 

fasciculatum Clustered lady's slipper 0 0 1 0 0 1 

West Meadow 

Creek Synthyris platycarpa Evergreen kittentail 0 0 71 0 1 72 

West Panther 

Creek Penstemon lemhiensis Lemhi penstemon 0 0 8 0 0 8 

Worm Creek Penstemon compactus Compact penstemon 0 0 1 0 0 1 

Totals 141 148 601 10 265 1165 

*WLR – Wild Land Recreation 

BCR – Backcountry/Restoration 

GFRG – General Forest, Rangeland and Grassland 

FPSA – Forest Plan Special Areas 

SAHTS – Special Areas of Tribal and Historic Significance 
Roadless Area Conservation; National Forest System Lands in Idaho DEIS Appendix L 

Appendix L—Auqatic TES Species L-1 

Appendix L—Aquatic TES Species 

Table L-1. Aquatic TES species with ranges overlapping Idaho Roadless Areas 

Species 

 Status Boise Caribou Challis Clearwater Idaho Panhandle Nez Perce Payette Salmon Sawtooth Targhee 

Fish 

Sockeye salmon (Snake River) 

 (Oncorhynchus nerka) 

E X X X X X 

White sturgeon (Kootenai River system) 

(Acipenser transmontanus)

E X 

Bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus) T X X X X X X X X 

Chinook salmon (Snake River spr/sumr 

run) (O. tshawytscha) 

T X X X X X X X 

Chinook salmon (Snake River fall run) (O. 

tshawytscha) 

T X X 

Steelhead trout (Snake River) 

(O. mykiss) 

T X X X X X X X 

Bonneville cutthroat trout 

(O. clarkii utah)

S (R4) X 

Burbot (Lota lota) S (R1) X 

Inland redband trout 

(O. mykiss gairdneri)

S (R1) K K X X X K K K 

Pacific lamprey (Lampetra tridentata) S (R1) K K X X K K K 

Chinook salmon (Snake River) (O. 

tshawytscha) (naturalized pops)

S (R1) X X 

Fine-spotted Snake River cutthroat trout 

(Yellowstone cutthroat trout) (O. clarkii 

behnkei) 

S (R4) X X 

Westslope cutthroat trout 

(O. clarkii lewisi)

S (R1) 

S (R4) 

X X X X X X X X 

Wood River sculpin (Cottus leiopomus) S (R4) X 

Amphibians 

Western toad (Bufo boreas) S (R1) K K K X X X K K K K 

Coeur d’Alene salamander 

(Plethodon idahoensis)

S (R1) X X X 

Columbia spotted frog (Rana luteiventris) S (R4) X X K K K X X X X 

E = Federal endangered 

T = Federal threatened 

S = Forest service sensitive, (R1) = Northern Region/Region 1, (R4) = Intermountain Region/Region 4 

X = Known occurrences and/or range overlaps Idaho Roadless Areas 

K = Known to occur and/or range overlaps Idaho Roadless Areas (K = Amphibians not Forest Service sensitive in the 

Region but known to occur) 
Appendix L Roadless Area Conservation; National Forest System Lands in Idaho DEIS 

L-2 Appendix L—Aquatic TES Species

 Table L-2. Aquatic management indicator species overlapping Idaho Roadless Areas 

MIS Species 

Boise Caribou Challis Clearwater Idaho Panhandle Nez Perce Payette Salmon Sawtooth Targhee 

Aquatic 

Bonneville cutthroat trout X 

Bull trout X X X X X 

Chinook salmon X X 

Cutthroat trout X X 

Rainbow trout X 

Snake River cutthroat trout X 

Steelhead trout X X 

Westslope cutthroat trout X 

Yellowstone cutthroat trout X 

Spotted frog X 

Bolded Species = Management indicator species that are not threatened, endangered, or sensitive species 

Table L-3. Idaho Roadless Areas with threatened and endangered aquatic species present 

Forest Idaho Roadless Area Forest Idaho Roadless Area 

Boise Bald Mountain Boise Ten Mile/Black Warrior 

Boise Bear Wallow Boise Tennessee 

Boise Bernard Boise Whiskey 

Boise Black Lake Boise Whiskey Jack 

Boise Breadwinner Boise Whitehawk Mountain 

Boise Burnt Log Boise/Challis Blue Bunch 

Boise Cathedral Rocks Boise/Challis Red Mountain 916 

Boise Cow Creek Boise/Challis/Sawtooth Hanson Lakes 

Boise Danskin Boise/Payette Caton Lake 

Boise Deadwood Boise/Payette Horse Heaven 

Boise Elk Creek Boise/Payette Meadow Creek 

Boise Grand Mountain Boise/Payette Needles 

Boise Grimes Pass Boise/Payette Poison Creek 

Boise Hawley Mountain Boise/Payette Snowbank 

Boise House Mountain Boise/Sawtooth Lime Creek 

Boise Lost Man Creek Boise/Sawtooth Smoky Mountains 

Boise Nameless Creek Challis Borah Peak 

Boise Peace Rock Challis Challis Creek 

Boise Poker Meadows Challis Greylock 

Boise Rainbow Challis Grouse Peak 

Boise Reeves Creek Challis Jumpoff Mountain 

Boise Sheep Creek Challis King Mountain 

Boise Steel Mountain Challis Pahsimeroi Mountain 
Roadless Area Conservation; National Forest System Lands in Idaho DEIS Appendix L 

Appendix L—Auqatic TES Species L-3 

Forest Idaho Roadless Area Forest Idaho Roadless Area 

Boise Stony Meadows Challis Red Hill 

Challis Seafoam Challis Spring Basin 

Challis Squaw Creek Idaho Panhandle Salmo-Priest 

Challis Warm Creek Idaho Panhandle Schafer Peak 

Challis Wood Canyon Idaho Panhandle Scotchman Peaks 

Challis/Sawtooth Boulder-White Clouds Idaho Panhandle Selkirk 

Challis/Sawtooth Loon Creek Idaho Panhandle Sheep Mountain-State Line 

Challis/Sawtooth Railroad Ridge Idaho Panhandle Storm Creek 

Challis/Targhee Diamond Peak Idaho Panhandle Trestle Peak 

Clearwater Bighorn - Weitas Idaho Panhandle Upper Priest 

Clearwater Eldorado Creek Idaho Panhandle West Fork Elk 

Clearwater Hoodoo Idaho Panhandle White Mountain 

Clearwater Lochsa Face Nez Perce Clear Creek 

Clearwater Lolo Creek (LNF) Nez Perce Dixie Summit - Nut Hill 

Clearwater Moose Mountain Nez Perce East Meadow Creek 

Clearwater North Fork Spruce - White 

Sand 

Nez Perce Gospel Hump 

Clearwater North Lochsa Slope Nez Perce Gospel Hump adjacent to 

wilderness 

Clearwater Pot Mountain Nez Perce John Day 

Clearwater Rawhide Nez Perce Lick Point 

Clearwater Siwash Nez Perce Little Slate Creek 

Clearwater Sneakfoot Meadows Nez Perce Little Slate Creek North 

Clearwater Weir - Post Office Creek Nez Perce Mallard 

Clearwater/Idaho 

Panhandle 

Mallard-Larkins Nez Perce North Fork Slate Creek 

Clearwater/Idaho 

Panhandle 

Meadow Creek - Upper North 

Fork 

Nez Perce O'Hara - Falls Creek 

Clearwater/Nez Perce Rackliff - Gedney Nez Perce Salmon Face 

Idaho Panhandle Beetop Nez Perce Silver Creek - Pilot Knob 

Idaho Panhandle Big Creek Nez Perce West Fork Crooked River 

Idaho Panhandle Blacktail Mountain #122 Nez Perce West Meadow Creek 

Idaho Panhandle Buckhorn Ridge Nez Perce/Payette Rapid River 

Idaho Panhandle Continental Mountain Payette Big Creek Fringe 

Idaho Panhandle East Cathedral Peak Payette Chimney Rock 

Idaho Panhandle Grandmother Mountain Payette Cottontail Point/Pilot Peak 

Idaho Panhandle Hammond Creek Payette Council Mountain 

Idaho Panhandle Kootenai Peak Payette Crystal Mountain 

Idaho Panhandle Little Grass Mountain Payette Cuddy Mountain 

Idaho Panhandle Magee Payette French Creek 

Idaho Panhandle Midget Peak Payette Hells Canyon/7 Devils Scenic 

Idaho Panhandle Mosquito-Fly Payette Indian Creek 

Idaho Panhandle Katka Peak Payette Patrick Butte 
Appendix L Roadless Area Conservation; National Forest System Lands in Idaho DEIS 

L-4 Appendix L—Aquatic TES Species

Forest Idaho Roadless Area Forest Idaho Roadless Area 

Idaho Panhandle Mt. Willard-Lake Estelle Payette Secesh 

Idaho Panhandle North Fork Payette Smith Creek 

Idaho Panhandle Packsaddle Payette Sugar Mountain 

Idaho Panhandle Roberts Payette Placer Creek 

Idaho Panhandle Pinchot Butte Salmon Agency Creek 

Idaho Panhandle Saddle Mountain Salmon Allan Mountain 

Salmon Blue Joint Mountain Salmon Sal Mountain 

Salmon Deep Creek 509 Salmon Sheepeater 

Salmon Duck Peak Salmon South Deep Creek 

Salmon Goat Mountain Salmon South Panther 

Salmon Goldbug Ridge Salmon West Big Hole 

Salmon Haystack Mountain Salmon West Panther Creek 

Salmon Jesse Creek Salmon/Challis Lemhi Range 

Salmon Jureano Salmon/Challis Taylor Mountain 

Salmon Little Horse Salmon/Targhee Italian Peak 

Salmon Long Tom Sawtooth Buttercup Mountain 

Salmon McEleny Sawtooth Elk Ridge 

Salmon Musgrove Sawtooth Huckleberry 

Salmon Napias Sawtooth Liberal Mountain 

Salmon Napoleon Ridge Sawtooth Pettit 

Salmon Oreana Wallowa-Whitman Big Canyon, Idaho 

Salmon Perreau Creek Wallowa-Whitman Klopton Creek - Corral Creek, 

Idaho 

Salmon Phelan 
Roadless Area Conservation; National Forest System Lands in Idaho DEIS Appendix L 

Appendix L—Auqatic TES Species L-5 

Table L-4. Idaho Roadless Areas with larger strongholds or strongholds for multiple fish species 

Forest Idaho Roadless Area Forest Idaho Roadless Area 

Boise Deadwood Clearwater North Lochsa Slope 

Boise Peace Rock Clearwater Weir - Post Office Creek 

Boise Sheep Creek Clearwater/ 

Idaho Panhandle 

Mallard-Larkins 

Boise Ten Mile/Black Warrior Clearwater/ 

Idaho Panhandle 

Meadow Creek - Upper North 

Fork 

Boise/Challis Red Mountain 916 Clearwater/ 

Nez Perce 

Rackliff - Gedney 

Boise/Payette Needles Idaho Panhandle Mt. Willard-Lake Estelle 

Boise/Payette Snowbank 

Boise/Sawtooth Lime Creek Nez Perce/Payette Rapid River 

Boise/Sawtooth Smoky Mountains Payette Cottontail Point/ 

Pilot Peak 

Challis Challis Creek Payette Cuddy Mountain 

Challis Seafoam Payette French Creek 

Challis Squaw Creek Payette Patrick Butte 

Challis/Sawtooth Boulder-White Clouds Payette Secesh 

Challis/Sawtooth Loon Creek Salmon/Challis Camas Creek 

Clearwater Bighorn - Weitas Salmon/Challis Lemhi Range 

Clearwater Hoodoo Sawtooth Buttercup Mountain 

Clearwater Lochsa Face 
Appendix L Roadless Area Conservation; National Forest System Lands in Idaho DEIS 

L-6 Appendix L—Aquatic TES Species

Table L-5. Idaho Roadless Areas with multiple (5+) sensitive aquatic species 

Forest Idaho Roadless Area Forest Idaho Roadless Area 

Boise/Sawtooth Smoky Mountains Idaho Panhandle Selkirk 

Challis/Sawtooth Boulder-White Clouds Idaho Panhandle White Mountain 

Clearwater Bighorn – Weitas* Nez Perce Gospel Hump 

Clearwater Eldorado Creek Nez Perce Gospel Hump adjacent to 

wilderness 

Clearwater Hoodoo Nez Perce John Day 

Clearwater Lochsa Face* Nez Perce Clear Creek 

Clearwater Lolo Creek Nez Perce Dixie Summit - Nut Hill 

Clearwater North Fork Spruce - White 

Sand 

Nez Perce East Meadow Creek 

Clearwater North Lochsa Slope* Nez Perce Lick Point 

Clearwater Sneakfoot Meadows Nez Perce Mallard 

Clearwater Weir - Post Office Creek* Nez Perce North Fork Slate Creek 

Clearwater Moose Mountain Nez Perce O'Hara - Falls Creek* 

Clearwater Pot Mountain Nez Perce Silver Creek - Pilot Knob* 

Clearwater Rawhide Nez Perce West Fork Crooked River 

Clearwater Siwash Nez Perce West Meadow Creek* 

Clearwater/Idaho 

Panhandle 

Mallard-Larkins Payette Cottontail Point/Pilot Peak

Clearwater/Idaho 

Panhandle 

Meadow Creek - Upper 

North Fork 

Payette Patrick Butte 

Clearwater/Nez Perce Rackliff – Gedney* Salmon Duck Peak 

Idaho Panhandle Blacktail Mountain #161 Salmon Haystack Mountain 

Idaho Panhandle Grandmother Mountain Salmon Long Tom 

Idaho Panhandle Katka Peak Salmon Napias 

Idaho Panhandle Kootenai Peak Salmon Napoleon Ridge 

Idaho Panhandle Mt. Willard-Lake Estelle Salmon Sheepeater 

Idaho Panhandle Saddle Mountain Wallowa-Whitman Klopton Creek - Corral 

Creek, Idaho 

Idaho Panhandle Schafer Peak 

* Idaho Roadless Areas with the highest sensitive species richness (seven species) 
Roadless Area Conservation; National Forest System Lands in Idaho DEIS Appendix L 

Appendix L—Auqatic TES Species L-7 

Table L-6. Existing Plans – Idaho Roadless Areas that provide important TES habitat, distribution by theme, 

in acres 

Forest Idaho Roadless Area Wild Land 

Recreation Primitive Backcountry GFRG FPSA 

Idaho Roadless Areas overlapping four threatened and endangered fish species 

Boise/ 

Challis/ 

Sawtooth 

Hanson Lakes 13,600 

0 

15,100 

3,800 

0 

2,500 

0 

13,500 

13,700 

0 

0 

0 

200 

0 

8,600 

Nez Perce John Day 0 0 2,000 8,300 0 

Nez Perce North Fork Slate Creek 0 0 3,800 6,600 0 

Payette Hells Canyon/7 Devils 

Scenic 

0 29,200 0 0 500 

Payette Patrick Butte 0 24,800 51,000 0 4,900 

Sawtooth Huckleberry 0 0 5,200 0 2,500 

Sawtooth Pettit 0 0 2,100 0 1,000 

WallowaWhitman 

Big Canyon, Idaho 0 0 14,100 0 0 

WallowaWhitman Klopton Creek - Corral 

Creek, Idaho 

0 0 21,300 0 0 

Total (acres) 28,700 60,300 126,700 14,900 17,700 

Idaho Roadless Areas overlapping priority watersheds for steelhead trout, Chinook salmon, and bull trout 

Challis Challis Creek 0 0 44,300 0 0 

Challis/ 

Sawtooth 

Loon Creek 0 0 106,400 

3,200 

0 0 

Nez Perce Dixie Summit - Nut Hill 0 0 4,000 8,000 1,000 

Nez Perce East Meadow Creek 0 95,600 500 200 500 

Nez Perce John Day 0 0 2,000 8,300 0 

Nez Perce Little Slate Creek 0 0 3,500 8,700 0 

Nez Perce Mallard 0 0 12,700 6,900 0 

Nez Perce North Fork Slate Creek 0 0 3,800 6,600 0 

Nez Perce Salmon Face 0 0 2,000 7,200 0 

Nez Perce West Meadow Creek 0 400 88,600 26,600 300 

Nez Perce/ 

Payette 

Rapid River 0 

0 

14,000 

6,000 

2,400 

45,700 

300 

0 

4,300 

6,000 

Salmon/ Challis Camas Creek 0 

0 

0 

0 

27,800 

68,500 

7,600 

0 

0 

0 

Salmon/ Challis Lemhi Range 0 

0 

9,300 

0 

92,300 

154,500 

49,100 

0 

2,800 

500 

Salmon/ Challis Taylor Mountain 0 

0 

0 

0 

21,600 

16,800 

25,000 

0 

0 

0 

Total (acres) 0 126,200 700,600 154,500 15,400 

Idaho Roadless Areas that overlap large stronghold or strongholds for multiple species 

Boise Deadwood 0 29,100 18,300 0 5,100 

Boise Peace Rock 0 137,400 47,200 0 7,100 

Boise Sheep Creek 0 67,400 0 0 3,000 

Boise Ten Mile/Black Warrior 76,500 37,000 0 1,100 4,200 
Appendix L Roadless Area Conservation; National Forest System Lands in Idaho DEIS 

L-8 Appendix L—Aquatic TES Species

Forest Idaho Roadless Area Wild Land 

Recreation Primitive Backcountry GFRG FPSA 

Boise/ 

Challis 

Red Mountain 916 85,900 

0 

11,800 

0 

11,400 

4,900 

600 

0 

700 

0 

Boise/ 

Payette 

Needles 3,300 

90,200 

5,800 

7,100 

19,500 

31,500 

100 

0 

1,200 

2,500 

Boise/ 

Payette 

Snowbank 0 

0 

34,200 

1,500 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

Boise/ 

Sawtooth 

Lime Creek 0 

0 

13,500 

81,900 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

1,700 

Boise/ 

Sawtooth 

Smoky Mountains 0 

0 

41,700 

191,900 

0 

102,600 

100 

0 

1,100 

9,600 

Challis Challis Creek 0 0 44,300 0 0 

Challis Seafoam 0 0 31,100 0 0 

Challis Squaw Creek 0 0 99,600 0 0 

Challis/ 

Sawtooth 

Boulder-White Clouds 35,200 

158,900 

84,900 

43,900 

19,200 

84,500 

0 

700 

0 

34,700 

Challis/ 

Sawtooth 

Loon Creek 0 

0 

0 

0 

106,400 

3,200 

0 

0 

0 

0 

Clearwater Bighorn - Weitas 0 5,200 241,800 7,400 400 

Clearwater Hoodoo 111,300 100 26,400 16,100 0 

Clearwater Lochsa Face 0 27,400 40,500 0 8,100 

Clearwater North Lochsa Slope 0 29,800 75,500 6,600 5,800 

Clearwater Weir - Post Office Creek 0 0 6,600 14,900 500 

Clearwater/ 

Idaho 

Panhandle 

Mallard-Larkins 65,800 

76,100 

18,700 

4,000 

20,300 

36,600 

21,500 

1,200 

0 

11,500 

Clearwater/ 

Idaho 

Panhandle 

Meadow Creek - Upper 

North Fork 

0 

0 

 0 

4,200 

42,800 

0 

400 

300 

0 

1,500 

Clearwater/ 

Nez Perce 

Rackliff - Gedney 0 5,700 

0 

26,800 

78,700 

0 3,900 

1,700 

Idaho 

Panhandle/ 

Kootenai 

Mt. Willard-Lake Estelle 0 

0 

19,600 

18,600 

2,800 

15,000 

800 

0 

200 

1,400 

Nez Perce/ 

Payette 

Rapid River 0 

0 

14,000 

6,000 

2,400 

45,700 

300 

0 

4,300 

6,000 

Payette Cottontail Point/ 

Pilot Peak 

0 36,700 54,500 0 1,700 

Payette Cuddy Mountain 0 36,500 0 2,700 1,800 

Payette French Creek 0 11,500 65,100 100 12,100 

Payette Patrick Butte 0 24,800 51,000 0 4,900 

Payette Secesh 110,300 7,700 118,400 0 11,600 

Salmon/ 

Challis 

Camas Creek 0 

0 

0 

0 

27,800 

68,500 

7,600 

0 

0 

0 

Salmon/ Lemhi Range 0 9,300 92,300 49,100 2,800 
Roadless Area Conservation; National Forest System Lands in Idaho DEIS Appendix L 

Appendix L—Auqatic TES Species L-9 

Forest Idaho Roadless Area Wild Land 

Recreation Primitive Backcountry GFRG FPSA 

Challis 0 0 154,500 0 500 

Sawtooth Buttercup Mountain 0 56,300 0 400 0 

Total (acres) 813,500 1,121,200 1,945,500 132,000 151,600 

*GFRG – General Forest, Rangeland and Grassland 

FPSA – Forest Plan Special Areas 
Appendix L Roadless Area Conservation; National Forest System Lands in Idaho DEIS 

L-10 Appendix L—Aquatic TES Species

Table L-7. Idaho Roadless Rule –Idaho Roadless Areas that provide important TES habitat, distribution by 

theme, in acres 

Forest Idaho Roadless Area Wild Land 

Recreation Primitive Backcountry GFRG* FPSA SAHTS 

Idaho Roadless Areas overlapping 4 threatened and endangered fish species 

Boise/ 

Challis/ 

Sawtooth 

Hanson Lakes 13,600 

0 

15,100 

3,800 

0 

2,500 

0 

13,500 

13,700 

0 

0 

0 

200 

0 

8,600 

0 

0 

0 

Nez Perce John Day 0 0 10,300 0 0 0 

Nez Perce North Fork Slate Creek 0 0 10,400 0 0 0 

Payette Hells Canyon/ 7 Devils 

Scenic 

0 29,200 0 0 500 0 

Payette Patrick Butte 0 24,800 51,000 0 4,900 0 

Sawtooth Huckleberry 0 0 5,200 0 2,500 0 

Sawtooth Pettit 0 0 2,100 0 1,000 0 

WallowaWhitman 

Big Canyon, Idaho 0 0 14,100 0 0 0 

WallowaWhitman Klopton Creek - Corral 

Creek, Idaho 

0 0 21,300 0 0 0 

Total (acres) 28,700 60,300 141,600 0 17,700 0 

Idaho Roadless Areas overlapping priority watersheds for steelhead trout, Chinook salmon, and bull trout 

Challis Challis Creek 0 0 44,300 0 0 0 

Challis/ 

Sawtooth 

Loon Creek 0 

0 

0 

0 

106,400 

3,200 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

Nez Perce Dixie Summit - Nut Hill 0 0 12,000 0 1,000 0 

Nez Perce East Meadow Creek 0 96,300 0 0 500 0 

Nez Perce John Day 0 0 10,300 0 0 0 

Nez Perce Little Slate Creek 0 0 12,200 0 0 0 

Nez Perce Mallard 0 0 19,600 0 0 0 

Nez Perce North Fork Slate Creek 0 0 10,400 0 0 0 

Nez Perce Salmon Face 0 0 9,200 0 0 0 

Nez Perce West Meadow Creek 0 0 115,600 0 300 0 

Nez Perce/ 

Payette 

Rapid River 0 

0 

16,700 

51,700 

0 

0 

0 

0 

4,300 

6,000 

0 

0 

Salmon/ Challis Camas Creek 0 0 35,400 

68,500 

0 0 0 

Salmon/ Challis Lemhi Range 0 0 105,700 

154,500 

0 2,800 

500 

0 

Salmon/ Challis Taylor Mountain 0 0 46,600 

16,800 

0 0 0 

Total (acres) 0 164,700 770,700 0 15,400 0 

Idaho Roadless Areas that overlap large stronghold or strongholds for multiple species 

Boise Deadwood 0 29,100 18,300 0 5,100 0 
Roadless Area Conservation; National Forest System Lands in Idaho DEIS Appendix L 

Appendix L—Auqatic TES Species L-11 

Forest Idaho Roadless Area Wild Land 

Recreation Primitive Backcountry GFRG* FPSA SAHTS 

Boise Peace Rock 0 137,400 47,200 0 7,100 0 

Boise Sheep Creek 0 67,400 0 0 3,000 0 

Boise Ten Mile/Black Warrior 76,500 37,000 0 1,100 4,200 0 

Boise/ 

Challis 

Red Mountain 916 85,900 

0 

11,800 

0 

11,400 

4,900 

600 

0 

700 

0 

0 

0 

Boise/ 

Payette 

Needles 3,300 

90,200 

5,800 

7,100 

19,500 

31,500 

100 

0 

1,200 

2,500 

0 

Boise/ 

Payette 

Snowbank 0 

0 

34,200 

1,500 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

Boise/ 

Sawtooth 

Lime Creek 0 

0 

13,500 

81,900 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

1,700 

0 

0 

Boise/ 

Sawtooth 

Smoky Mountains 0 41,800 

191,900 

0 

102,600 

0 1,100 

9,600 

0 

Challis Challis Creek 0 0 44,300 0 0 0 

Challis Seafoam 0 0 31,100 0 0 0 

Challis Squaw Creek 0 0 99,600 0 0 0 

Challis/ 

Sawtooth 

Boulder-White Clouds 115,800 

115,500 

0 

87,300 

23,500 

84,500 

0 

700 

0 

34,700 

0 

0 

Challis/ 

Sawtooth 

Loon Creek 0 

0 

0 

0 

106,400 

3,200 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

Clearwater Bighorn - Weitas 0 0 246,900 0 400 7,500 

Clearwater Hoodoo 152,300 0 0 0 0 1,600 

Clearwater Lochsa Face 0 27,400 40,500 0 8,100 

Clearwater North Lochsa Slope 0 27,300 70,800 0 5,800 13,800 

Clearwater Weir - Post Office Creek 0 0 19,800 0 500 1,700 

Clearwater/ 

Idaho Panhandle 

Mallard-Larkins 59,400 

49,500 

0 

0 

66,900 

46,200 

0 

100 

0 

11,500 

0 

22,100 

Clearwater/ 

Idaho Panhandle 

Meadow Creek - Upper 

North Fork 

0 

0 

0 

0 

4,500 

47,700 

0 

0 

1,500 

0 

0 

0 

Clearwater/ 

Nez Perce 

Rackliff - Gedney 0 

0 

0 

0 

32,500 

51,900 

0 

0 

3,900 

1,700 

0 

0 

Idaho 

Panhandle/ 

Kootenai 

Mt. Willard-Lake Estelle 0 

0 

0 

0 

36,600 

23,200 

0 

0 

1,400 

200 

0 

0 

Nez Perce/ 

Payette 

Rapid River 0 16,700 

51,700 

0 0 4,300 

6,000 

0 

Payette Cottontail Point/ 

Pilot Peak 

0 36,700 54,500 0 1,700 0 

Payette Cuddy Mountain 0 36,500 0 2,700 1,800 0 

Payette French Creek 0 11,500 65,100 100 12,100 0 

Payette Patrick Butte 0 24,800 51,000 0 4,900 0 

Payette Secesh 110,300 7,700 118,500 0 11,600 0 

Salmon/ 

Challis 

Camas Creek 0 0 35,400 

68,500 

0 0 0 
Appendix L Roadless Area Conservation; National Forest System Lands in Idaho DEIS 

L-12 Appendix L—Aquatic TES Species

Forest Idaho Roadless Area Wild Land 

Recreation Primitive Backcountry GFRG* FPSA SAHTS 

Salmon/ 

Challis 

Lemhi Range 0 9,300 150,700 

154,500 

0 2,800 

500 

0 

Sawtooth Buttercup Mountain 0 56,300 400 0 0 0 

Total (acres) 858,700 1,053,600 2,343,500 5,400 151,600 46,700 

*GFRG – General Forest, Rangeland and Grassland 

FPSA – Forest Plan Special Areas 

SAHTS – Special Areas of Tribal and Historic Significance 
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Appendix M—Terrestrial Species M-1 

Appendix M—Terrestrial Species 

Table M-1. Terrestrial TES species, MIS, and State status species with modeled habitat overlapping Idaho 

Roadless Areas 

Species 

Status 1Idaho Status 2Boise Caribou Challis Clearwater ID Panhandle Nez Perce Payette Salmon Sawtooth Targhee Wallow 

Mammals 

Gray wolf (Canis lupus) E S3 M 

Woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus) E S1 M 

Canada lynx (Lynx canadensis) T S1 X X X X X X X X X X

Gray wolf (10j rule) (Canis lupus) T S3 X X X M M X X X M X

Grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) T S1 M M M M 

Northern Idaho ground squirrel (Spermophilius brunneus 

brunneus) T S1 X X X 

Fisher (Martes pennanti) S S1 X X X X M X X X M X

Fringed myotis (Myotis thysanodes) S S2 X X X X X

Grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) S S3 X 

Northern bog lemming (Synaptomys borealis) S S1 X 

Pygmy rabbit (Brachylagus idahoensis) S S2 X X X X X X 

Spotted bat (Euderma maculatum) S S3 X X 

Townsend’s big-eared bat (Corynorhinus townsendii) S S3 X X X M X

Wolverine (Gulo gulo) S S2 X X X X X X X X X M X

Elk (Cervus canadensis) M X X X M M M X X X M X

Pine Marten (Martes americana) M X X X M M M X X X M X

Moose (Alces alces) M X X X M M M X X X X X

Red squirrel (Sciurus spp.) M X X X X X X X X X M X

White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) M X X X M M X X X X X X

Birds 

Bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) T S3, S4 X X X M M M X X X M X

American peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus anatum) S S2B X X X M X M X X X M X

Black-backed woodpecker (Picoides arcticus) S S3 X X X X X X X X M X

Black swift (Cypseloides niger) X X X X X X X X X

Boreal owl (Aegolius funereus) S S1 X X X X X X X X X M X

Columbian sharp-tailed grouse (Tympanuchus 

phasianellus) S S1 X X X X X X 

Common loon (Gavia immer) S S1B 

S2N X X X X X X X M 

Flammulated owl (Otus flammeoulus) S S3B X X X X X X X X X M X

Great gray owl (Strix nebulosa) S S3 X X X X X X X X X M X
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M-2 Appendix M—Terrestrial Species

Species 

Status 1Idaho Status 2Boise Caribou Challis Clearwater ID Panhandle Nez Perce Payette Salmon Sawtooth Targhee Wallow 

Greater sage grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) S S2 M M M M 

Harlequin duck (Histrionicus histrionicus) S S1B X X X X X X M 

Mountain plover (Charadrius montanus) S SNA 

Mountain quail (Oreortyx pictus) S S1 X X X X X X X X X

Northern goshawk (Accipiter gentiles) S S3 X M X M M M X X X M X

Pygmy nuthatch (Sitta pygmaea) S S1 X X X X X X X X X

Three-toed woodpecker (Picoides tridactylus) S S2 X X X X X X X X M X

Trumpeter swan (Cygnus buccinator) S S1B 

S2 X M 

White-headed woodpecker (Picoides alborlarvatus) S S2 M X X X X X X X X

Belted kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon) M X X X M X X M X X X X

Downy woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) M X X X X X X X X X M 

Hairy woodpecker (Picoides villosus) M X X X X X X X X X M X

Northern flicker (Colaptes auratus) M X X X X X X X X X M X

Pileated woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) M M M M M M M M M X X

Red-napped sapsucker (Sphyrapicus nuchalis) M X X X X X X X X X M X

Williamson’s sapsucker (Sphyrapicus thyroideus) M X X X X X X X X X M X

Reptiles 

Ringneck Snake (Diadophis punctatus) S S2 X X X X

1

 Status

E = Federal endangered; T = Federal threatened; S = Forest Service sensitive; X = known occurrences and/or range 

overlaps Idaho Roadless Area; M = known occurrences and/or range overlaps Idaho Roadless Area and is also a 

MIS on that Forest. 

2

 State Status

S1=State critically imperiled: at high risk because of extreme rarity, rapidly declining numbers, or other factors that 

make it particularly vulnerable extirpation in the State. 

S1B=breeding: conservation status refers to the breeding population of the species. 

S2B=non-breeding: conservation status refers to the non-breeding population of the species. 

S2=State imperiled: at risk because of restricted range, few populations, rapidly declining numbers, or other factors 

that make it vulnerable to range-wide extinction or extirpation. 

S3=State vulnerable: at moderate risk because of restricted range, relatively few populations, recent and widespread 

declines, or other factors that make it vulnerable to range-wide extinction or extirpation. SNA=not applicable: a 

conservation status rank is not applicable because the species is not a suitable target for conservation. 
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Appendix M—Terrestrial Species M-3 

Table M-2. Acres and percentage of NFS lands and Idaho Roadless Areas in each ecosection and ecoregion 

of Idaho 

Ecoregion Ecosection 

Acres (%) National 

Forest System 

lands in 

ecosection 

Acres (%) 

of ecosection in 

Idaho Roadless 

Areas 

 Canadian Rocky Mountains 

 Okanogan Highlands 508,400 (31) 173,700 (10) 

 Flathead Valley 405,100 (80) 124,900 (25) 

 Bitterroot Mountains 2,727,800 (58) 1,278,500 (27) 

 Middle Rockies-Blue Mountains 

 Blue Mountains 866,700 (32) 240,900 (9) 

 Idaho Batholith 8,808,000 (88) 3,375,400(34) 

 Challis Volcanics 2,567,900 (72) 1,430,600 (40) 

 Beaverhead Mountains 1,928,178 (47) 1,371,500 (34) 

 Columbia Plateau 

 Palouse Prairie 24,900 (1) 100 (0.01) 

 Owyhee Uplands 5,000 (<1) 900 (0.01) 

 Snake River Basalts 81,300 (1) 9,4500 (0.12) 

 Northwestern Basin and Range 561,300 (15) 182,600 (5) 

 Utah–Wyoming Rocky Mountains 

 Yellowstone Highlands 441,900 (66) 14,700 (2.2) 

 Overthrust Mountains 1,475,900 (45) 1,100,400(34) 

 Wyoming Basins 

 Bear Lake 0 0 

Table M-3. Forest cover types for State of Idaho and national forests (acres)1 

Forest type State National forest 

Pinyon/juniper 740,000 140,000 

Douglas-fir 6,540,000 5,300,000 

Ponderosa pine 1,540,000 1,080,000 

Spruce/fir 3,830,000 3,430,000 

Lodgepole pine 2,270,000 2,100,000 

Grand fir/cedar/hemlock 3,180,000 1,790,000 

Western larch 170,000 100,000 

Other softwoods 470,000 460,000 

Aspen/birch/cottonwood 860,000 540,000 

Other hardwoods 200,000 100,000 

Non-stocked 1,620,000 1,350,000 

 1 Forest Inventory Analysis database (Miles 2007)
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M-4 AppeTable M-4. Predicted distribution and occurrences of endangered and threatened terrestrial wildlife species in Idaho Roadless 

Acres of predicted 

distribution* 

Species 

State ranking/ 

species of 

greatest 

conservation 

need 

Habitat 

description 

In Idaho 

In Idaho 

Roadless 

Areas 

Percent of 

predicted 

distribution 

within Idaho 

Roadless 

Areas 

sp

Endangered mammals Gray wolf (Canis lupus) 

S3-Yes Variety of habitats at various 

elevations with abundant ungulate prey 

16,654,500 Not 

available at this time 

Not available at this time 

KnoIdahIdah

Woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus)

S1-Yes Mature forests dominated by 

subalpine fir and Engelmann spruce 

446,300 128,500 29 One 

IdahIdah

Threatened mammals 

Canada lynx (Lynx canadensis) 

S1-Yes Montane and subalpine mixed 

coniferous forests of lodgepole, typically above 4,000 feet with deep snow and abundant snowshoe hares 

12,364,800 3,740,800 30 39 

knonati

Gray wolf (10j rule) (Canis lupus)

S3-Yes Variety of habitats at various 

elevations with abundant ungulate prey 

16,654,500 5,669,600 34 Kno

Idahon and 

Grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) S1-Yes 

Variety of habitats at various elevations at different times of the year 

2,012,500 276,200 14 Kno

RoaPan

Northern Idaho ground squirrel (Spermophilius brunneus brunneus)

S1-Yes 

Dry mountain meadows of grasses and forbs surrounded by Ponderosa pine or Douglas-fir at elevations between 3,280 and 5,600 feet 

847,300 220,900 26 Occ

Forin Id

Threatened birds Bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)

S3B-Yes; S4-No Large trees for nesting near fishbearing aquatic ecosystems 9,067,100 2,704,900 30 15 r

havocc

*Predicted distribution information is approximate and derived from Scott et al. 2002. S1=State critically imperiled:at high risk because of extreme rarity, rapidly declining numbers, or other factors that make it particularly 

the State. 

S3=State vulnerable:at moderate risk because of restricted range, relatively few populations, recent and widespread declines, or other 

vulnerable to rangewide extinction or extirpation. 
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Appendix M—Terrestrial Species Table M-5. Predicted distribution and occurrences of forest service sensitive terrestrial wildlife species in Idaho Roadless Area

Acres of predicted 

distribution* 

Species 

State ranking/ 

species of 

greatest 

conservation 

need 

Habitat 

description In Idaho 

In Idaho 

Roadless 

Areas 

Percent of 

predicted 

distribution 

within Idaho 

Roadless Areas

K

Sensitive Mammals Fisher (Martes pennanti)

S1-Yes Dense, mesic old growth, especially 

spruce/fir associated with riparian areas that have greater than 50 percent crown closure and abundant snags and downed woody debris 

11,889,600 3,601,500 30 K

ar

Fringed myotis (Myotis thysanodes) 

S2-Yes Low-and mid-elevation mines in steep 

river valleys, large canyons, or other sites having steep and rock terrain 

3,621,800 122,900 3 O

CC

Grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis)

S3-Yes Large tracts of undisturbed habitat with 

a variety of aspects, elevations, and vegetative communities 

2,012,500 61,200 3 K

roN

Northern bog lemming (Synaptomys borealis)

S1-No Sphagnum moss dominated fens/bogs 

in or adjacent to conifer forests often in alpine zones 

547,900 132,200 24 K

roP

Pygmy rabbit (Brachylagus idahoensis)

S2-Yes Tall stands of big sagebrush growing on 

deep soils with grasses and forbs 

13,948,900 961,500 7 F

ocC

Spotted bat (Euderma maculatum)

S3-Yes Xeric and riparian habitats in deep, 

narrow canyons with cliffs and rocky 

outcrops 

5,755,800 109,600 2 T

ocR

Townsend’s big-eared bat (Corynorhinus townsendii)

S3-Yes A wide variety of habitats from arid 

sagebrush and juniper breaks to high elevation forests including caves, mines, and rock crevices 

3,604,100 120,400 3 E

naoc

Wolverine (Gulo gulo)

S2-Yes Wide-ranging species that prefers 

extensive tracts of remote wilderness, coniferous forests, and riparian areas in winter; often associated with talus and downed woody debris for denning 

13,746,000 5,755,800 42 48 

oc

Sensitive birds 

American peregrine falcon 

S2B-Yes Cliff habitat over 200 feet high with 

ledges suitable for nesting; usually 

34,165,500 7,716,500 23 K

ar
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M-6 Appe

Acres of predicted 

distribution* 

Species 

State ranking/ 

species of 

greatest 

conservation 

need 

Habitat 

description In Idaho 

In Idaho 

Roadless 

Areas 

Percent of 

predicted 

distribution 

within Idaho 

Roadless Areas

K

(Falco peregrinus anatum)

associated with river corridors, reservoirs, or lake basins 

Black-backed woodpecker (Picoides arcticus)

S3-No Mature coniferous forests with abundant 

dead and dying fire-killed or insectinfested trees for foraging and nesting 

16,780,100 5,223,800 31 O

MP

Black swift (Cypseloides niger)

S1B-Yes Rock ledges associated with waterfalls 11,371,600 3,280,500 29 T

Pkn

Boreal owl (Aegolius funereus)

S1-Yes Mature, mixed stands of subalpine fir 

and Engelmann spruce with cavities 

18,584,500 6,111,800 33 K

ar

Columbian sharp-tailed grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus)

S1-Yes Mid-tall prairie grasslands, upland 

sagebrush and montane scrub during breeding and riparian scrub and open coniferous forests in winter 

8,771,700 531,900 6 K

arFth

Common loon (Gavia immer)

S1B-Yes; S2NNo Clear, fish-bearing lakesgreater than 22 acres in size 566,700 13,800 2 K

ro(TP(I

Flammulated owl (Otus flammeoulus)

S3B-Yes Open ponderosa pine or mixed conifer 

forests with cavities for nesting intermixed with grassy openings and dense thickets 

9,136,900 2,395,200 26 K

ar

Great gray owl (Strix nebulosa)

S3-No Mixed coniferous forests bordering 

small openings 

18,909,400 5,940,500 31 K

ar

Greater Sage grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus)

S2-Yes Sagebrush grasslands 21,424,200 1,294,800 6 

Harlequin duck (Histrionicus histrionicus)

S1B-Yes Low-gradient streams with boulders and 

downed logs and streamside vegetation 

1,560,100 420,800 27 K

ar

EMountain plover (Charadrius montanus)

SNA-Yes Short-grass prairie; bare ground or 

prairie dog towns 

Not available 

at this time 

Not available 

at this time 

Not available 

at this time 

N
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Appendix M—Terrestrial Species 

Acres of predicted 

distribution* 

Species 

State ranking/ 

species of 

greatest 

conservation 

need 

Habitat 

description In Idaho 

In Idaho 

Roadless 

Areas 

Percent of 

predicted 

distribution 

within Idaho 

Roadless Areas

K

Mountain quail (Oreortyx pictus)

S1-Yes Shrub-dominated communities of 

hawthorn, willow, and chokecherry near riparian areas 

6,654,300 697,200 10 K

ar

Northern goshawk (Accipiter gentiles)

S3-No Large tracts of mature, closed-canopy, 

deciduous, coniferous, and mixed forests with an open understory 

19,822,600 6,436,700 32 K

ar

Pygmy nuthatch (Sitta pygmaea)

S1-Yes Associated with mature dry forest types 

of ponderosa pine and Douglas-fir with snag cavities 

5,018,700 1,107,800 22 O

oc

Three-toed woodpecker (Picoides tridactylus)

S2-Yes Mature and over-mature coniferous 

forests with dead and dying trees infested with insects 

7,596,100 2,639,600 35 T

ocfo

Trumpeter swan (Cygnus buccinator)

S1B-Yes; S2No Shallow wetlands and slow-moving 

streams with emergent and submergent aquatic vegetation 

202,300 0 <1 T

ocW(T

White-headed woodpecker (Picoides alborlarvatus)

S2-Yes Multi-storied and open-canopied 

ponderosa pine and ponderosa pine/Douglas-fir forests with large trees and snags 

4,772,000 1,067,400 22 F

ocW

Sensitive reptiles Ringneck snake (Diadophis punctatus)

S2 Variety of habitats including woodlands, 

grasslands, shrubby areas and rocky canyons 

1,533,200 97,800 6 K

roN

*Predicted distribution information is approximate and derived Scott et al. 2002. S1=State critically imperiled: at high risk because of extreme rarity, rapidly declining numbers, or other factors that make it particularly 

the state. 

S1B=breeding: conservation status refers to the breeding population of the species. 

S2B=non-breeding: conservation status refers to the non-breeding population of the species. S2=State imperiled: at risk because of restricted range, few populations, rapidly declining numbers or other factors that make it vulnera

extinction or extirpation. 

S3=State vulnerable: at moderate risk because of restricted range, relatively few populations, recent and widespread declines, or other 

vulnerable to range-wide extinction or extirpation. 

SNA=not applicable: a conservation status rank is not applicable because the species is not a suitable target for cons 
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M-8 Appendix M—Terrestrial Species

Table M-6. Terrestrial management indicator species occurring in Idaho Forests 

Management Indicator Species 

Boise Caribou Challis Clearwater Idaho Panhandle Nez Perce Payette Salmon Sawtooth Targhee 

Mammals 

Elk X X X X 

Fisher X X 

Gray wolf X X X X 

Grizzly bear X X X X 

Pine marten X X X X 

Moose X X X 

Red squirrel X 

Townsend’s big-eared bat X 

White-tailed deer X X 

Wolverine X 

Woodland caribou X 

Birds 

Bald eagle X X X X 

Belted kingfisher X 

Black-backed woodpecker X 

Boreal owl X 

Common loon X 

Downy woodpecker X 

Flammulated owl X 

Great gray owl X 

Hairy woodpecker X 

Harlequin duck X 

Northern goshawk X X X X X 

Northern flicker X 

Peregrine falcon X X X 

Pileated woodpecker X X X X X X X X 

Red-napped sapsucker X 

Three-toed woodpecker X 

Sage grouse X X X X 

Trumpeter swan X 

Williamson’s sapsucker X 

White-headed Woodpecker X X 

Bolded Species = management indicator species that are NOT threatened, endangered or sensitive species 
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Appendix M—Terrestrial Species Table M-7. Migratory bird information 

Breeding bird 

survey route name 

Dominant land cover 

type Forest Idaho Roadless Area 

Number 

of bird 

species 

on route 

#S1-S3 

Yellow Pine Evergreen forest Boise Horse Heaven 86 Goshawk, sandhil

three-toed woodp

Pierce Evergreen forest Clearwater Bighorn-Weitas 

Siwash 

80 Vaux’s swift, olive

Avery Evergreen forest Idaho 

Panhandle 

Grandmother Mountain 72 Vaux’s swift, olive

N Fork Cedar Evergreen forest Idaho 

Panhandle 

Spion Kop 79 Bald eagle, Vaux’

Nez Perce Evergreen forest Nez Perce Ohara-Falls Creek 

Racliff-Gedney 

89 Vauz’s swift, Lewi

Nez Perce NF Evergreen forest Nez Perce Gospel Hump Mallard 75 Olive-sided flycatcChallis Shrubland Salmon 

Challis 

Taylor Mountain 110 Peregrine falcon, 

Brewer’s sparrow 

Cobalt Evergreen forest Salmon Deep Creek 

Perreau Creek 

69 Goshawk, Olive-s

Leadore Shrubland Salmon Goat Mountain 103 Ferruginous hawk

thrasher, Brewers 

Sunbeam Evergreen forest Challis Squaw Creek 57 Goshawk, olive-siAlturas Evergreen forest; 

grasslands/herbaceous 

Sawtooth Smoky Mountains 83 Pygmy nuthatch; 

flycatcher, sandhi

Magic Mountain Shrubland Sawtooth Fifth Fork Rock Creek 

Third Fork Rock Creek 

129 Goshawk, sandhil

sided flycatcher, ssage sparrow, gra
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M-10 Appendix M—Terrestrial Species

Table M-8. Other species known to occur in Idaho Roadless Areas 

Mule deer Coast mole Black-crowned night-heron 

Mountain lion Dwarf shrew Sandhill crane 

Black bear Dark kangaroo mouse Hooded merganser 

Mountain goat Little pocket mouse Brewer’s sparrow 

Big-horn sheep Idaho pocket gopher Burrowing owl 

Antelope Merriam’s shrew California gull 

Blue grouse Red-tailed chipmunk Caspian tern 

Spruce grouse Townsend’s pocket gopher Red-necked grebe 

Ruffed grouse Unita chipmunk Long-billed curlew 

Turkey Rock squirrel White-faced ibis 

Chukar Pygmy shrew Cattle egret 

Pika Pinion mouse Snowy egret 

Beaver Osprey Clark’s grebe 

Bobcat Golden eagle Western grebe 

Kit fox Vesper sparrow Forster’s tern 

Mink Great horned owl Franklin’s gull 

Muskrat Varied thrush Great egret 

Weasel Mountain chickadee Lesser goldfinch 

River otter Yellow warblers Yellow-billed cuckoo 

Badger Virginia’s warbler Lewis’ woodpecker 

Coyote Pinion jay Upland sandpiper 

Snowshoe hare Ferruginous hawk Juniper titmouse 

Red-backed vole Prairie falcon White-winged crossbill 

Meadow vole Raven Great basin collared lizard 

Southern Idaho ground squirrel Merlin Ground snake 

Wyoming ground squirrel Swainson’s hawk Longnose snake 

Merriam’s ground squirrel Short-eared owl Northern alligator lizard 

Piute ground squirrel American white pelican 

Cliff chipmunk Black tern 
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Appendix M—Terrestrial Species M-11 

Application of Analytical Filters on Federally listed, Forest Service 

Sensitive, and MIS species. 

This section evaluates the risk of road construction/reconstruction, timber cutting, and 

discretionary mining to TES and MIS terrestrial wildlife species in Idaho. This 

evaluation applied several analytical filters to each species and their habitats. 

The degree the species might be exposed to the selected management activities is 

described as unlikely, possible, or likely. Exposure is a function of the species overlap 

with Idaho Roadless Areas and the locations and habitat types in which management 

activities might be expected to occur. The analysis can not predict exactly where 

particular management would take place. However, exposure for any given species 

would be unlikely if its distribution is limited in Idaho Roadless Areas and/or if it 

occurs in habitats that would not be subject to management activities. Exposure would 

be likely if the species is relatively ubiquitous, highly mobile, and/or a habitat 

generalist. 

The severity (high, medium, low) and likelihood (unlikely, possible, likely) of each 

species response to management activities assuming exposure occurs is considered. 

This filter incorporates the nature of the impact on the species (e.g., mortality, habitat 

loss, and disturbance) and the likelihood that such an effect could occur if there were 

exposure. 

Lastly, an estimate of the risk (low, moderate, high) to the species based on exposure 

and response is provided. 

Determinations made at each juncture were based on current scientific information and 

analyses conducted as part of the Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management 

Project (Wisdom et al. 2000), the Idaho Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy 

(IDFG 2005), and the Smoky Canyon Mine Draft Environmental Impact Statement 

(USDI BLM and USDA Forest Service2006). Where information was lacking on 

particular species, we estimated possible effects based on responses of similar species or 

taxa. 

Where management activities could occur 

Construction of roads is typically an interrelated activity that is needed to facilitate 

other activities, such as timber cutting and discretionary mining. Timber cutting, which 

includes timber harvest, may be proposed to reduce fuels, improve forested conditions, 

and/or to remove a merchantable product. Based on an evaluation of the condition of 

forested communities within Idaho, silvicultural treatments to improve stand 

conditions might target the following forest cover types (draft EIS, Vegetation section): 

Douglas-fir (root disease, bark beetle, spruce budworm); lodgepole pine (mountain pine 

beetle); whitebark pine (white pine blister rust, mountain pine beetle); grand fir (bark 

beetle, spruce budworm); and subalpine fir (spruce budworm, bark beetle). Most forest 

cover types could be the target of timber harvest activities because of their commercial 
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M-12 Appendix M—Terrestrial Species

value; however, it is not possible to estimate exactly where these activities would occur 

across the State. 

Approximately 50 percent of acres overlapping Idaho Roadless Areas have high 

geothermal potential. At this time it is difficult to estimate exactly where development 

of geothermal energy might take place, although specific locations would be restricted 

to sites with less than a 40 percent slope (draft EIS, Minerals section). Oil and gas 

prospects appear very limited, likely to occur only on the Caribou-Targhee National 

Forest. Known phosphate lease areas are also restricted to the Caribou-Targhee 

National Forest. Known phosphate lease areas (KPLA) are those areas known to contain 

phosphate deposits but are currently unleased. KPLAs overlap 13,400 acres on nine 

roadless areas on the Caribou-Targhee National Forest, most of which are within the 

Huckleberry Basin (1,400 acres), Meade Peak (2,500 acres), Sage Creek (1,700 acres), 

Bald Mountain (1,400 acres), and Bar Creek (5,100 acres) Roadless Areas. Based on the 

locations of existing phosphate leases, KPLAS are likely to include the following habitat 

types on the Caribou portion of the Caribou-Targhee National Forest: mixed conifer 

(e.g., Douglas-fir, subalpine fir) and aspen forests; mixed forest/brush, sagebrush 

habitat; and riparian/wet meadow habitats (USDI BLM, USDA Forest Service 2006). 

Tables 9, 10, and 11 report the findings for federally threatened and endangered species, 

sensitive species, and management indicator species, respectively. These findings do 

not indicate levels of risk to the species under any given alternative. Rather, they 

provide an overall level of risk to the species that various management activities could 

have based on the species. 
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Appendix M—Terrestrial Species Table M-9. Federally threatened and endangered species—likelihood of species habitats overlapping with areas expected to be 

management activities and whether those species and/or their habitats would be vulnerable to any effects* 

Species Exposure Potential response to selected management activi

Bald eagle Possible. 

Broadly distributed and high overlap with roadless areas. Possible overlap with timber cutting activities (particularly fuels work). 

Severity – low; likelihood - possible. Habitat could be altered (removal of nest/roost trees and snags) and madisturb nesting and foraging activities of some individuals. Avoidance of retention measures, and limited operating procedures near known eagle 

reduce likelihood of these effects. 

Canada lynx 

Likely. High overlap with roadless areas, timber cutting activities, and discretionary mining. 

Severity – moderate; likelihood - possible. Habitat loss and fragmentation. Increased mortality from incidental trapproads. Could benefit from some timber cutting regimes that create early habitats that support snowshoe hares. 

Gray wolf Likely. 

High overlap with roadless areas and timber cutting activities. 

Severity – moderate; likelihood - possible. Increased mortality due to collisions with cars and increased encounters facilitated by roads. Human disturbance can contribute to habitat loss an

Grizzly bear 

Likely. High overlap with roadless areas where they occur. 

Severity – high; likelihood - likely. Increased mortality due to human-bear encounters facilitated by roads aHabitat loss and fragmentation via behavioral avoidance of human activi

from some vegetation treatments that can increase production of soft mawhitebark pine stands. 

Northern Idaho ground squirrel 

Possible. 26 percent of its limited distribution overlaps 

roadless areas. Overlap with roads needed to facilitate timber cutting. 

Severity – moderate; likelihood - unlikely. Mortality due to recreational shooting which could be facilitated by roadslow. Limited habitat loss due to roads. Vegetation treatments designed to meadows and open forest stands could benefit this species. 

Woodland Caribou 

Likely. 28 percent of predicted distribution in roadless areas. Likely overlap with timber cutting. 

Severity – moderate, likelihood - possible. Habitat loss, fragmentation due to timber cutting, and human disturbancemortality due to collisions with cars and increased poaching facilitated by 

* Existing plan direction that addresses specific habitat needs still applies 1 Based on Wisdom et al. 2000 and other supporting literature. 2 Based on assumption that species specific protective measures will be incorporated into all site-specific management activities. 
Appendix M Roadless Area Conservation; National Forest 

M-14 AppeTable M-10. Forest sensitive species—likelihood of species habitats overlapping with areas expected to be affected by manage

whether those species and/or their habitats would be vulnerable to any effects* 

Species Exposure Potential response to selected management activit

American peregrine falcon 

Possible Broad habitat associations 

Severity – low, Likelihood – unlikely. May be sensitive to human disturbance in more remote areas. Roads facaccess which could lead to targeted shooting; however this is likely to be infrequent. 

Black swift Unlikely 

Generally, habitat is unlikely to overlap with timber cutting, roads, or mining. 

Severity – low, likelihood – unlikely. May be sensitive to human recreation (rock climbing) that could be facilitbut few observations supporting this. 

Black-backed woodpecker 

Likely Severity – moderate, likelihood – likely. 

Habitat loss and fragmentation, removal of snags, particularly smaller dia

where they nest. 

Boreal owl Likely 

High overlap with roadless areas. Likely to overlap with timber cutting activities. 

Severity – moderate, likelihood – likely. Habitat loss and fragmentation contributing to changes to prey base due cutting, removal of snags due to firewood collecting (cavity nester). 

Columbian sharp-tailed grouse 

Likely Potential for overlap on phosphate areas on the Caribou 

Severity – moderate, likelihood – possible. Habitat loss. Also, sensitive to human disturbances from roads and asso

developments particularly during lekking. 

Common loon Unlikely 

Habitat will not likely overlap with timber cutting, roads or mining. 

Severity – low, likelihood - unlikely Could be impacted by increased recreation around lake environments thfacilitated by roads. 

Fisher Likely 

High overlap with roadless areas. Found in habitats likely to be impacted by timber cutting. 

Severity – moderate, likelihood – possible. Habitat loss and fragmentation due to timber cutting, increased trapping snags and downed logs for firewood. 

Flammulated owl Likely 

High overlap with roadless areas (26 percent) and overlap with timber cutting activities and discretionary mining. 

Severity – moderate, likelihood – high. Habitat loss (including changes to prey base), and fragmentation due to removal of snags due to firewood collecting (cavity nester). 

Fringed myotis Unlikely 

Limited overlap with roadless areas and management activities 

Severity – Moderate, likelihood – low. Habitat loss due to timber cutting and loss of snags affecting roost availadisturbance facilitated by roads. 

Great gray owl Likely. Severity – moderate; likelihood - possible. 

Habitat loss and fragmentation due to timber cutting, loss of snags. Timbbe beneficial to maintaining/restoring meadow habitats where conifers ar
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Appendix M—Terrestrial Species 

Species Exposure Potential response to selected management activit

Greater sage grouse 

Likely. 6 percent overlap of distribution with roadless areas. Likely overlap with phosphate development. 

Severity – Moderate; likelihood - possible. Habitat loss and fragmentation due to roads and invasion of cheatgrass. might be more limited. Sensitive to human disturbance particularly durin

Grizzly bear Likely. Severity – high; likelihood - likely. 

Increased mortality due to human-bear encounters facilitated by roads aHabitat loss and fragmentation via behavioral avoidance of human activitbenefit from some vegetation treatments that can increase production of 

restore white-bark pine stands. 

Harlequin duck Unlikely. 

Habitat not likely to overlap activities. 

Severity – low; likelihood - unlikely. 

Mountain plover Possible. Severity - low; likelihood – unlikely. Mountain quail Unlikely. 

Only 10 percent of predicted distribution overlaps roadless areas. 

Severity – moderate; likelihood - unlikely. Habitat loss, increased mortality facilitated by roads. 

Northern bog lemming 

Possible Severity – moderate, likelihood – possible. 

Habitat disturbance from timber cutting and roads. Limited distribution in 

percent overlaps Idaho Roadless Areas 

Northern goshawk 

Likely. Occurs throughout forested areas; 32 percent of species distribution in Idaho overlaps roadless areas. 

Severity – moderate; likelihood - likely. Habitat loss and fragmentation due to timber cutting. Existing conservatioshould protect nesting habitat, but loss of foraging habitat and fragmentapossible. 

Pine marten Likely. 

33 percent of predicted distribution overlaps roadless areas. 

Severity – moderate; likelihood - likely. Habitat loss and fragmentation due to timber cutting; roads facilitate increand removal of snags and downed logs for firewood. 

Pygmy nuthatch Possible. Severity – moderate; likelihood – possible. 

Habitat loss and fragmentation due to timber cutting. 

Ring-necked snake 

Unlikely. Low overlap with roadless areas. 

Severity - high; likelihood – unlikely. Increased mortality due to crushing on roads. 

Pygmy rabbit Possible. 

Somewhat low overlap with Idaho Roadless Areas. 

Severity – moderate; likelihood - possible. Habitat loss and fragmentation due to roads and invasion of cheatgrass. facilitate coyote movement and increase predation rates 

Spotted bat Unlikely. 

Very limited overlap with roadless areas 

Severity – unknown; likelihood – unlikely. 
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M-16 Appe

Species Exposure Potential response to selected management activit

(2 percent). 

Three-toed woodpecker 

Likely. 35 percent overlap of predicted distribution in roadless areas. 

Severity – moderate; likelihood - likely. Habitat loss and fragmentation. In particular, loss of snags due to timber salvage, fuels reduction firewood collection, may negatively affect this sp

Townsend’s bigeared bat Possible. Very limited overlap with roadless areas 

(3.3 percent) 

Severity – low; likelihood - unlikely. Human disturbance from roads, mining, or timber cutting nears roost sitecolonies. 

Trumpeter swan Unlikely. 

Habitat not likely to overlap with management activities. 

Severity – low; likelihood – unlikely. 

White-headed woodpecker 

Likely. Occurs in ponderosa pine and mixed conifer where timber cutting and roads likely. 

Severity – moderate; likelihood - likely. Loss of snags due to timber cutting, firewood collection, facilitated by roa

some vegetation treatment to reduce stand-replacing fires in old ponderoenhance development of ponderosa pine could improve conditions for th

Wolverine Likely. 

High overlap (42 percent) with roadless areas. 

Severity – moderate; likelihood - possible. Loss of snags and logs due to timber cutting, salvage, etc.; incidental tra(facilitated by roads); sensitive to human disturbance. 

*Existing plan direction that addresses specific habitat needs still applies. 1 Based on Wisdom et al. 2000 and other supporting literature. 2 Based on assumption that species specific protective measures will be incorporated into all site-specific management activities. 
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Appendix M—Terrestrial Species Table M-11. Management indicator species (not including those addressed under TES)—likelihood of species habitats overlapp

to be affected by management activities and whether those species and/or their habitats would be vulnerable to any effects

Species Exposure Potential response to selected management activities

Belted kingfisher 

Unlikely. Habitat not likely to overlap with activities. 

Severity – low; likelihood - unlikely. 

Downy woodpecker 

Likely. Severity - moderate; likelihood – likely. 

Habitat loss and fragmentation, removal of snags. 

Elk Likely. 

High overlap with roadless areas and management activities. 

Severity – moderate; likelihood – possible. Habitat loss, increased mortality facilitated by roads. This species caalso benefit from timber cutting activities. 

Hairy woodpecker 

Likely. Severity - moderate; likelihood – likely. 

Habitat loss and fragmentation, removal of snags. 

Moose Possible. 

Species considered relatively ubiquitous, habitat could overlap management activities. 

Severity - moderate; likelihood – possible. Habitat loss, disturbance, increased mortality facilitated by roads. 

Northern flicker Likely. Severity - low; likelihood – likely. 

Habitat loss via timber cutting and vegetation management. Howevespecies is a habitat generalist so it is unlikely that impact would be significant to individuals. 

Red squirrel Likely. Severity - low; likelihood – possible. 

Habitat loss via timber cutting. However, red squirrels are habitat generalists so it is unlikely that impact would be significant to individ

Red-naped sapsucker 

Likely. Severity - moderate; likelihood – possible. 

Habitat loss and fragmentation, removal of snags. 

*Existing plan direction that addresses specific habitat needs still applies. 1 Based on Wisdom et al. 2000 and other supporting literature. 2 Based on assumption that species specific protective measures will be incorporated into all site-specific management activities. 
Appendix M Roadless Area Conservation; National Forest 

M-18 AppeTable M-12. Acres and percentage of each species’ predicted distributions that overlap with Idaho Roadless Areas for each the

2001 Existing Plans Idaho Roadl

Roadless 

Rule WLR Primitive BCR GFRG FPSA WSR Primitive BCR 

Species 

(NFS acres in 

Idaho) -------------------------------------------------------------------------Acres---------------------------------------------------

----------------------------------------------------------------------(percent)-------------------------------------------------

American peregrine falcon (34,165,500) 

7,716,500 

(22.6) 

1,007,5

00 (2.9) 

1,884,000 

(5.5) 

3,464,200 

(10.1) 

1,076,500 

(3.2) 

284,300 

(0.8) 

1,044,0

00 (3.1) 

1,569,500 

(4.6) 

4,216,300 

(12.3) 

Bald eagle (9,067,100) 

2,704,900 

(29.8) 

351,600 

(3.9) 

618,500 

(6.8) 

1,205,600 

(13.3) 

342,500 

(3.8) 

186,700 

(2.1) 

358,000 

(3.9) 

473,600 

(5.2) 

1,559,500 

(17.2) 

Belted kingfisher (303,300) 

36,100 

(11.9) 

3,700 

(1.2) 

8,100 

 (2.7) 

12,800 

(4.2) 

3,300 

 (1.1) 

8,300 

(2.7) 

3,700 

(1.2) 

6,000 

 (2.0) 

16,000 

(5.3) 

Black swift (11,371,600) 

3,280,500 

(28.8) 

468,900 

(4.1) 

524,200 

(4.6) 

1,762,700 

(15.5) 

390,100 

(3.4) 

134,600 

(1.2) 

508,200 

(4.5) 

299,200 

(2.6) 

2,257,900 

(19.9) 

Black-backed woodpecker (16,780,100) 

5,223,800 

(31.1) 

716,800 

(4.3) 

1,203,200 

(7.2) 

2,472,400 

(14.7) 

642,700 

(3.8) 

188,700 

(1.1) 

743,700 

(4.4) 

927,400 

(5.5) 

3,218,500 

(19.2) 

Boreal owl (18,584,500) 

6,111,800 

(32.9) 

842,100 

(4.5) 

1,318,900 

(7.1) 

2,881,600 

(15.5) 

839,200 

(4.5) 

230,000 

(1.2) 

871,700 

(4.7) 

1,007,100 

(5.4) 

3,670,800 

(19.8) 

Canada lynx (12,364,800) 

3,740,800 

(30.3) 

408,500 

(3.3) 

831,500 

(6.7) 

1,729,500 

(14.0) 

648,500 

(5.2) 

122,800 

(1.0) 

434,200 

(3.5) 

554,500 

(4.5) 

2,482,400 

(20.1) 

Columbian sharp-tailed grouse (8,771,700) 

531,900 

(6.1) 

7,700 

(0.1) 

39,600 

(0.5) 

287,400 

(3.3) 

179,100 

(2.0) 

18,100 

(0.2) 

7,600 

(0.1) 

38,700 

(0.4) 

289,200 

(3.3) 

Common loon (566,700) 

13,800 (2.4) 5,100 

(0.9) 

2,800 

(0.5) 

4,600 

(0.8) 

100 

(0.0) 

1,200 

(0.2) 

4,900 

(0.9) 

2,100 

(0.4) 

5,500 

(1.0) 

Downy woodpecker (19,569,100) 

5,784,200 

(29.6) 

760,100 

(3.9) 

1,306,000 

(6.7) 

2,673000 

(13.7) 

818,200 

(4.2) 

226,200 

(1.2) 

790,700 

(4.0) 

1,022,200 

(5.2) 

3,406,900 

(17.4) 

Elk (36,990,600) 

8,869,100 

(24) 

1,171,5

00 (3.2) 

2,071,000 

(5.6) 

4,105,300 

(11.1) 

1,191,400 

(3.2) 

329,800 

(0.9) 

1,236,5

00 (3.3) 

1,607,800 

(4.3) 

5,078,000 

(13.7) 

Fisher (11,889,600) 

3,601,500 

(30.3) 

484,500 

(4.1) 

859,200 

(7.2) 

1,703,400 

(14.3) 

416,000 

(3.5) 

138,400 

(1.2) 

486,800 

(4.1) 

673,100 

(5.7) 

2,169,000 

(18.2) 

Flammulated owl 2,395,200 233,900 548,600 1,067,500 434,900 110,300 242,800 477,500 1,347,300 
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2001 Existing Plans Idaho Roadl

Roadless 

Rule WLR Primitive BCR GFRG FPSA WSR Primitive BCR 

Species 

(NFS acres in 

Idaho) -------------------------------------------------------------------------Acres---------------------------------------------------

----------------------------------------------------------------------(percent)-------------------------------------------------

(9,136,900) (26.2) (2.6) (6.0) (11.7) (4.8) (1.2) (2.7) (5.2) (14.7) Fringed myotis (3,621,800) 

122,900 

(3.4) 

0 

(0.0) 

59,500 

(1.6) 

49,300 

(1.4) 

6,300 

(0.2) 

7,800 

(0.2) 

0 

(0.0) 

49,900 

(1.4) 

65,100 

(1.8) 

Gray wolf (16,654,500) 

5,669,600 

(34.0) 

861,400 

(5.2) 

1,381,100 

(8.3) 

2,610,500 

(15.7) 

614,300 

(3.7) 

202,300 

(1.2) 

888,300 

(5.3) 

1,159,500 

(7.0) 

3,264,300 

(19.6) 

Great gray owl (18,909,400) 

5,940,500 

(31.4) 

856,900 

(4.5) 

1,118,400 

(5.9) 

2,854,400 

(15.1) 

875,300 

(4.6) 

235,500 

(1.2) 

885,900 

(4.7) 

836,500 

(4.4) 

3,593,000 

(19.0) 

Greater sage grouse (21,424,200) 

1,294,800 

(6.0) 

104,500 

(0.5) 

356,100 

(1.7) 

565,500 

(2.6) 

237,600 

(1.1) 

31,100 

(0.1) 

132,400 

(0.6) 

261,700 

(1.2) 

666,800 

(3.1) 

Grizzly bear (2,012,500) 

337,400 

(16.8) 

54,300 

(2.7) 

126,400 

(6.3) 

114,500 

(5.7) 

15,700 

(0.8) 

26,500 

(1.3) 

63,200 

(3.1) 

37,800 

(1.9) 

191,300 

(9.5) 

Hairy woodpecker (20,243,500) 

6,460,900 

(31.9) 

880,300 

(4.3) 

1,361,000 

(6.7) 

3,058,000 

(15.1) 

919,700 

(4.5) 

241,900 

(1.2) 

908,400 

(4.5) 

1,042,900 

(5.2) 

3,858,200 

(19.1) 

Harlequin duck (1,560,100) 

420,800 

(27.0) 

53,600 

(3.4) 

67,600 

(4.3) 

212,700 

(13.6) 

53,900 

(3.5) 

33,000 

(2.1) 

55,700 

(3.6) 

30,600 

(2.0) 

270,000 

(17.3) 

Pine marten (18,361,800) 

6,098,400 

(33.2) 

869,000 

(4.7) 

1,333,200 

(7.3) 

2,882,400 

(15.7) 

778,600 

(4.2) 

235,200 

(1.3) 

897,400 

(4.9) 

1,016,400 

(5.5) 

3,678,400 

(20.0) 

Moose (19,657,700) 

6,466,000 

(32.9) 

891,700 

(4.5) 

1,360,500 

(6.9) 

3,059,200 

(15.6) 

903,800 

(4.6) 

250,800 

(1.3) 

920,900 

(4.7) 

1,036,900 

(5.3) 

3,864,400 

(19.7) 

Mountain quail (6,654,300) 

697,200 

(10.5) 

114,600 

(1.7) 

336,900 

(5.1) 

184,400 

(2.8) 

17,000 

(0.3) 

44,300 

(0.7) 

116,600 

(1.8) 

362,900 

(5.5) 

168,700 

(2.5) 

Northern bog lemming (547,900) 

132,200 

(24.1) 

28,300 

(5.2) 

26,200 

(4.8) 

55,100 

(10.1) 

8,800 

(1.6) 

13,800 

(2.5) 

36,700 

(6.7) 

6,000 

(1.1) 

63,600 

(11.6) 

Northern flicker (51,744,300) 

8,954,900 

(17.3) 

1,616,1

00 (2.2) 

2,091,200 

(4.0) 

4,127,300 

(8.0) 

1,246,500 

(2.4) 

328,800 

(0.6) 

1,225,6

00 (2.4) 

1,629,800 

(3.1) 

5,098,700 

(9.9) 

Northern goshawk (19,822,600) 

6,436,700 

(32.5) 

877,100 

(4.4) 

1,356,700 

(6.8) 

3,044,900 

(15.4) 

916,500 

(4.6) 

241,500 

(1.2) 

905,600 

(4.6) 

1,039,600 

(5.2) 

3,841,500 

(19.4) 
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M-20 Appe

2001 Existing Plans Idaho Roadl

Roadless 

Rule WLR Primitive BCR GFRG FPSA WSR Primitive BCR 

Species 

(NFS acres in 

Idaho) -------------------------------------------------------------------------Acres---------------------------------------------------

----------------------------------------------------------------------(percent)-------------------------------------------------

Northern Idaho ground squirrel (847,300) 

220,900 

(26.1) 

21,700 

(2.6) 

97,900 

(11.6) 

85,300 

(10.1) 

900 

(0.1) 

15,100 

(1.8) 

21,700 

(2.6) 

108,900 

(12.9) 

74,400 

(8.8) 

Pileated woodpecker (17,266,400) 

5,535,200 

(32.1) 

794,100 

(4.6) 

1,245,300 

(7.2) 

2,594,800 

(15.0) 

698,500 

(4.0) 

202,500 

(1.2) 

824,400 

(4.8) 

954,000 

(5.5) 

3,363,400 

(19.5) 

Pygmy nuthatch (000,000) 

1,107,800 

(22.0) 

108,800 

(2.2) 

334,600 

(6.7) 

470,400 

(9.4) 

177,700 

(3.5) 

16,300 

(0.3) 

113,800 

(2.3) 

297,300 

(5.9) 

652,000 

(12.3) 

Pygmy rabbit (13,948,900) 

961,500 

(6.9) 

40,000 

(0.3) 

261,300 

(1.9) 

488,400 

(3.2) 

201,800 

(1.4) 

10,000 

(0.1) 

71,100 

(0.5) 

158,200 

(11.3) 

551,500 

(4.0) 

Red squirrel (19,001,700) 

6,302,300 

(33.2) 

868,300 

(4.6) 

1,336,300 

(7.0) 

2,980,300 

(15.7) 

881,800 

(4.6) 

235,600 

(1.2) 

898,000 

(4.7) 

1,019,500 

(5.4) 

3,774,700 

(19.9) 

Red-napped sapsucker (20,152,400) 

6,442,000 

(32.0) 

877,100 

(4.4) 

1,357,000 

(6.7) 

3,046,300 

(15.1) 

920,000 

(4.6) 

241,600 

(1.2) 

905,600 

(4.5) 

1,039,900 

(5.2) 

3,845,300 

(19.1) 

Ringneck snake (1,533,200) 

97,800 (6.4) 1,200 

(0.1) 

4,600 

(0.3) 

53,300 

(3.5) 

35,800 

(2.3) 

2,900 

(0.2) 

1,200 

(0.1) 

4,700 

(0.3) 

54,700 

(3.6) 

Spotted bat (5,755,800) 

109,600 

(1.9) 

0 

(0) 

52,200 

(0.9) 

16,300 

(0.3) 

40,700 

(0.7) 

400 

 (0) 

0 

 (0) 

52,200 

(0.9) 

16,300 

(0.3) 

Three-toed woodpecker (7,596,100) 

2,639,600 

(34.7) 

368,200 

(4.8) 

661,700 

(8.7) 

1,215,900 

(16.0) 

306,800 

(4.0) 

87,000 

(1.1) 

379,600 

(5.0) 

539,900 

(7.1) 

1,543,900 

(20.3) 

Townsend’s bigeared bat (3,604,100) 

120,400 

(3.3) 

0 

(0.0) 

57,900 

(1.6) 

48,900 

(1.4) 

5,900 

(0.2) 

7,700 

(0.2) 

0 

(0.0) 

49,000 

(1.4) 

63,600 

(1.8) 

Trumpeter swan (202,300) 

0 

(0.0) 

0 

(0.0) 

0 

(0.0) 

0 

(0.0) 

0 

(0.0) 

0 

(0.0) 

0 

(0.0) 

0 

(0.0) 

0 

(0.0) 

White-headed woodpecker (4,772,000) 

1,067,400 

(22.4) 

109,100 

(2.3) 

368,500 

(7.7) 

455,200 

(9.5) 

72,700 

(1.5) 

61,900 

(1.3) 

108,600 

(2.3) 

355,900 

(7.5) 

516,300 

(10.8) 

White-tailed deer 5,842,200 844,000 1,235,700 2,815,600 697,500 249,400 869,300 961,100 3,537,200 
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Appendix M—Terrestrial Species 

2001 Existing Plans Idaho Roadl

Roadless 

Rule WLR Primitive BCR GFRG FPSA WSR Primitive BCR 

Species 

(NFS acres in 

Idaho) -------------------------------------------------------------------------Acres---------------------------------------------------

----------------------------------------------------------------------(percent)-------------------------------------------------

(23,210,600) (25.2) (3.6) (5.3) (12.1) (3.0) (1.1) (3.7) (4.1) (15.2) Williamson’s sapsucker (15,595,900) 

4,888,800 

(31.3) 

593,700 

(3.8) 

1,135,800 

(7.3) 

2,198,000 

(14.1) 

774,100 

(5.0) 

187,200 

(1.2) 

599,200 

(3.8) 

976,900 

(6.3) 

2,779,000 

(17.8) 

Wolverine (13,746,000) 

5,755,400 

(41.9) 

997,200 

(7.3) 

1,248,300 

(9.1) 

2,642,900 

(19.2) 

692,400 

(5.0) 

174,600 

(1.3) 

1,021,5

00 (7.4) 

986,800 

(7.2) 

3,335,900 

(24.3) 

Woodland caribou (446,300) 

128,500 

(28.8) 

30,700 

(6.9) 

26,700 

(6.0) 

51,300 

(11.5) 

7,100 

(1.6) 

12,700 

(2.8) 

41,200 

(9.2) 

6,100 

(1.4) 

57,500 

(12.9) 

* Figures for the mountain plover were not available. 

Roadless Area Conservation; National Forest System Lands in Idaho DEIS Appendix N 

Appendix N—Cumulative Effects N-1 

APPENDIX N—CUMULATIVE EFFECTS

The following past, present, and reasonably foreseeable programmatic actions have 

or could affect the various resources in the planning area. These actions were used to 

evaluate the cumulative programmatic effects. 

EXISTING FOREST PLANS, AS AMENDED 

Existing plans form the baseline of effects. The effects of these plans have previously 

been determined and disclosed in appropriate NEPA documents. 

PAST PROGRAMMATIC AMENDMENTS and FEDERAL POLICIES 

THAT AFFECT UNITS IN THE PLANNING AREA 

Past programmatic actions either amended existing plans, or added or changed higherlevel policy that affected existing plans. Policy decisions have been incorporated into 

the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). Both amendments and policy decisions are 

listed because they changed management direction or because they affected many 

existing plans and may be relevant to the future management of Idaho Roadless Areas. 

Past Amendments 

PACFISH and INFISH 

The 1994 Interim Strategies for Managing Anadromous Fish-producing Watersheds in 

Eastern Oregon and Washington, Idaho and Portions of California (PACFISH) (USDA 

Forest Service and USDI BLM 1995) and the 1995 Inland Native Fish Strategies (INFISH) 

(USDA Forest Service 1995) amended plans by establishing management requirements 

within riparian habitat conservation areas that apply to all Forest Service units within 

Idaho. PACFISH and INFISH generally require retaining vegetation near streams and 

wetlands. These amendments would apply to all activities implemented pursuant to 

one of the alternatives. 

y PACFISH and INFISH: 

y Improve habitat for wildlife, plant and aquatic species by minimizing activities in 

riparian areas; 

y May reduce amount of area available for timber harvest; 

y May increase insect and disease occurrences in some areas; 

y May increase fuel build-up in some areas; and 

y May increase costs for transportation systems, recreation sites, and mineral and 

energy development. 
Appendix N Roadless Area Conservation; National Forest System Lands in Idaho DEIS

N-2 Appendix N—Terrestrial Species 

Forest plan amendments for grizzly bear habitat conservation for the Greater 

Yellowstone Area national forests 

A Record of Decision was issued in April 2006 that amended six forest plans on six 

Greater Yellowstone Area national forests (Beaverhead-Deerlodge, Bridge-Teton, 

Caribou-Targhee, Custer, Gallatin, and Shoshone). The Caribou-Targhee is the only 

Forest in Idaho that was amended by this decision. The amendment incorporates 

habitat standards and other relevant provisions in the Final Conservation Strategy for 

the Grizzly Bear in the Greater Yellowstone Area (USDA Forest Service 2006c). 

The purpose and need for this amendment is to ensure conservation of habitat to 

sustain the recovered grizzly bear population, update the management and monitoring 

of grizzly bear habitat, provide consistency among Greater Yellowstone Area national 

forests in managing grizzly bear habitat, and ensure the adequacy of regulatory 

mechanisms for grizzly bear habitat protection upon delisting as identified in the 

Grizzly Bear Recovery Plan. This amendment would apply to all activities implemented 

on the Caribou-Targhee National Forest pursuant to one of the alternatives. 

The grizzly bear conservation strategy (USDA Forest Service 2006c, 2006d) 

y Would continue to provide for input into the planning process for all roads and 

new construction; 

y Recommends minimum road and site construction specifications and construction 

times; 

y Recommends that roads, trails, and drill sites, landing zones be located to avoid 

habitat; 

y Recommends that new roads that are not compatible with area management 

objectives and are no longer needed be restricted or decommissioned; 

y Keeps developed recreation at existing levels; and 

y May limit size and number of individual fuel-reduction projects requiring new 

motorized access inside the primary conservation area. 

Northern Rockies Lynx Management Direction 

A Record of Decision was issued in March 2007 that provides direction contributing to 

conservation and recovery of Canada lynx in the Northern Rockies ecosystem (USDA 

Forest Service 2007c). The direction applies to mapped lynx habitat on NFS land 

presently occupied by Canada lynx as defined by the Amended Lynx Conservation 

Agreement between the Forest Service and the Fish and Wildlife Service. 

The purpose and need is to incorporate into land management plans management 

direction that conserves and promotes recovery of Canada lynx, by reducing or 

eliminating adverse effects from land management activities on NFS lands, while 

preserving the overall multiple-use direction in existing plans. This amendment applies 

to all activities implemented on the Idaho Panhandle, Kootenai, Clearwater, Nez Perce, 

Salmon-Challis National Forests, and the Targhee portion of the Caribou-Targhee 
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National Forest, if they are in occupied lynx habitat. The amendment provides 

additional protections to lynx and indirectly to other fish and wildlife species. 

Past Policy Decisions 

The Roads Policy 

This 2001 policy incorporated at 36 CFR 212 provides the Forest Service direction about 

its transportation system. The roads policy gives managers a scientific analysis process 

to inform their decision-making. It directs the Agency to maintain a safe, 

environmentally sound road network that is responsive to public needs and affordable 

to manage but that calls for unneeded roads to be decommissioned. 

The roads policy generally has no effects since it is an analysis process. It is likely to 

improve habitat for wildlife, plant, and aquatic species and lead to fewer roads in the 

future. 

The National Travel Management Final Rule 

In November 2005, the Forest Service published a new travel management rule 

governing motor vehicle use on national forests and grasslands (USDA Forest Service 

2005b). Under the final rule, each national forest or ranger district will designate those 

roads, trails, and areas open to motor vehicle use by class of vehicle and, if appropriate, 

by time of year. As designation is completed on a national forest or ranger district, 

motor vehicle use off of the designated system will be prohibited. Designated routes 

and areas will be identified on a motor vehicle use map. Motor vehicle use outside of 

designated routes and areas will be provided for fire, military, emergency, and law 

enforcement purposes, and for use under Forest Service permit. Valid existing rights are 

honored. The rule also maintains the status quo for snowmobile use, as determined in 

individual forest plans. 

The travel management rule will: 

y Likely have no effect on fire management, forest management, grazing, 

transportation systems, mineral and energy development, winter recreation, or land 

acquisition because it does not affect permits or valid existing rights; 

y Likely lead to fewer roads in the future; 

y Likely affect the amount and type of roads open to public use. 

Travel management decisions are made under separate travel planning processes and 

are ongoing for all Idaho National Forests. The Idaho Roadless Rule specifically 

maintains the status quo in this arena and defers to the travel management process. 

National Fire Plan and Healthy Forests Initiative 

The National Fire Plan (NFP) was developed in August 2000, following a landmark 

wildland fire season, with the intent of actively responding to severe wildland fires and 

their impacts on communities while ensuring sufficient firefighting capacity and safety 
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for the future. The NFP addresses five key points: firefighting, rehabilitation, hazardous 

fuels reduction, community assistance, and accountability (USDA Forest Service, USDI 

2000). 

The NFP established an intensive, long-term hazardous fuels reduction program in 

response to the risks posed by heavy fuels loads—the result of decades of fire 

suppression activities; sustained drought; and increasing insect, disease, and invasive 

plant infestations. Hazardous fuels treatments are accomplished using a variety of tools, 

including prescribed fire, wildland fire use, mechanical thinning, timber harvest, 

herbicides, grazing, or combinations of these and other methods. Treatments are being 

increasingly focused in the expanding wildland–urban interface (WUI) areas. 

10-Year Comprehensive Strategy 

The 10-Year Comprehensive Strategy of 2001 takes a collaborative approach to reducing 

wildland fire risks to communities and the environment for the Forest Service, while 

also setting goals for wildland fire policy (USDA Forest Service 2001). 

Both the National Fire Plan and the 10-Year Comprehensive Strategy share goals to: 

y Improve fire prevention and suppression; 

y Promote community assistance; 

y Restore fire-adapted ecosystems (post-fire restoration); and 

y Reduce hazardous fuels. 

The Development of a Collaborative Fuel Treatment Program 

The 2003 multiparty memorandum of understanding (MOU) describes criteria for 

selecting Forest Service fuel treatment projects, defining high-priority areas as the 

wildland–urban interface (WUI) and forest condition classes 2 and 3 outside the WUI 

(USDA Forest Service et al. 2003) 

These documents do not prescribe specific outcomes; they are not programmatic 

decisions. They merely identify actions that should be taken to respond to the NFP. 

In response to the NFP an Idaho Statewide Implementation Strategy for the National 

Fire Plan was developed (July, 2002). A Statewide Working Group was created to assist 

counties in implementing the NFP (IDWG 2007). This organization was also used to 

develop community wildfire protection plans under the auspices of the Healthy Forests 

Restoration Act. Community wildfire protection plans designate wildland–urban 

interface areas around communities where priority fuel treatments are subsequently 

identified (IDL 2007). 

Healthy Forests Initiative 

In August 2002, the President issued the Healthy Forests: An Initiative for Wildfire 

Prevention and Stronger Communities. The intent of the initiative is to better protect 

people and natural resources by lowering the procedural and process hurdles that 

impede the reduction of hazardous fuels on public land. The initiative includes: 
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y Improving procedures for developing and implementing fuels treatment and forest 

restoration projects in priority forests and rangelands; 

y Reducing the number of overlapping environmental reviews by combining project 

analysis and establishing a process for concurrent project clearance by Federal 

agencies; 

y Developing guidance for weighing the short-term risk against the long-term 

benefits of fuel treatment and restoration projects; 

y Developing guidance to ensure consistent NEPA procedures for fuel treatment 

activities and restoration activities. 

One outcome of the Healthy Forests Initiative was the Healthy Forests Restoration Act 

of 2003 (HFRA). 

Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (P.L. 108-148, HFRA) 

The Healthy Forests Restoration Act, approved by Congress in December 2003, applies 

to the Forest Service and BLM. The act contains a variety of provisions to expedite 

hazardous-fuel reduction and forest-restoration projects on specific types of Federal 

land that are at risk of a wildland fire or insect and disease epidemics. The act helps 

rural communities, States, Tribes, and landowners restore healthy forest and rangeland 

conditions, on State, tribal, and private lands. 

Even though they do not specify outcomes, the direction set forth in these documents 

(the National Fire Plan and HFRA) was considered in the effects analysis. The analysis 

evaluates the relative ability to treat hazardous fuels primarily within the WUI and 

municipal watersheds. The prohibitions and permissions for road construction / 

reconstruction and timber cutting, sale, removal influence the ability to treat hazardous 

fuels. 

Timber cutting and associated road building projections portrayed in the draft EIS 

reflect activities anticipated to be implemented within Idaho Roadless Areas in response 

to the NFP, HFI and HFRA. 

Energy Implementation Plan 

The 2001 Forest Service Energy Implementation Plan was written to implement 

elements of Executive Order 13212, Actions to Expedite Energy Related Projects, also 

called the National Energy Plan (USDA Forest Service 2001b). The National Energy Plan 

encourages agencies to “...expedite their review of permits and or take other actions 

necessary to accelerate the completion of such projects, while maintaining safety, public 

health, and environmental protections...” 

No priority areas were identified in Idaho. The Energy Implementation Plan does not 

prescribe any specific outcome and is not a programmatic decision. It merely identifies 

actions that should be taken to respond to the National Energy Plan. 

Even though it does not specify outcomes, the direction set forth was considered in the 

effects analysis. The National Energy Plan would have few cumulative effects on 
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resources in roadless areas because the potential for development is low. Idaho was 

allocated none of the undiscovered oil resources, and 1 percent of the undiscovered gas 

resources, in the 2003 USGS assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources within 

the Wyoming Thrust province. 

Energy Policy Act of 2005 

Recognizing the fundamental importance of the delivery of energy supplies to the 

Nation’s economic well-being, Congress passed Section 368 of the Energy Policy Act of 

2005 to require certain Federal agencies to designate energy corridors on Federal lands 

in 11 western States, including Idaho, and to coordinate with each other to create a 

cooperative, efficient process for applicants to apply for rights-of-way in such corridors. 

Congress stated in Section 368 that the agencies should incorporate the designated 

corridors into their respective land use or resource management plans. Congress also 

directed the agencies to conduct environmental reviews that are required to designate 

corridors and add the designated corridors to the plans. 

As directed by Congress in Section 368 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, the Forest 

Service is participating in preparing a programmatic EIS to designate energy corridors 

on land it administers for oil, gas, and hydrogen pipelines and electricity transmission 

and distribution facilities in 11 contiguous western States and to incorporate these 

designations into affected agency land use plans (USDE, USDI BLM, USDA Forest 

Service 2005). Energy corridors not addressed in the programmatic analysis would be 

subject to a separate environmental analysis. 

None of the Idaho corridors being addressed in the programmatic EIS would affect 

Idaho Roadless Areas; therefore, no effects on roadless areas due to these designated 

energy corridors are anticipated. 

There are two primary energy resources in Idaho—one is oil and gas, which is in 

limited supply as discussed above; the other is geothermal. Partly as an outgrowth of 

the Energy Policy Act, there is renewed interest in Idaho’s geothermal resources. The 

BLM and Forest Service have initiated a national programmatic EIS for geothermal 

development to assist in geothermal leasing and permitting on BLM public lands and 

NFS lands. The draft programmatic EIS is tentatively scheduled for release in December 

2007. When completed, the EIS will help the Forest Service decide whether or not to 

allow BLM to lease lands with medium to high geothermal potential, including the 

lands contained in the Boise and the Salmon-Challis applications. None of the Idaho 

forests have a current leasing decision for geothermal resources (USDI BLM, USDA 

Forest Service 2007a). 

Potential development of energy resources in Idaho Roadless Areas was considered in 

the draft EIS, to the degree information was available. 
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Open Space 

Each day 6,000 acres of open space are lost in the United States as more people choose 

to live at the urban fringe and in scenic, rural areas. Between 1982 and 2001, 

approximately 34 million acres of open space (an area the size of Illinois) were 

developed. Considering forestlands specifically, more than 10 million acres were 

converted to houses, buildings, lawns, and pavement between 1982 and 1997, and 

another 26 million acres of forests are projected to be developed by 2030. While growth 

and development can provide homes, jobs, and other positive benefits for society, 

where and how we grow can affect the sustainability of natural systems and the overall 

quality of life for Americans (USDA 2007o). 

Increases in housing density and associated development (such as power lines, septic 

and sewer systems, and shopping centers) can be linked to: 

y Decreases in native fish and wildlife and their habitats; 

y Changes in forest health; 

y Reduced opportunities for outdoor recreation; 

y Reduced water quality; 

y Altered hydrology; 

y Greater loss of life and property to wildfire; 

y Changes in traditional uses of forests; 

y Decreases in the production of timber and other forest products. 

Development of open space affects the Agency’s ability to manage the national forests 

and grasslands, as well as the ability to help private landowners and communities 

manage their land to maintain private and public benefits and ecosystem services.At 

stake is the ability of private and public forests and rangelands to provide clean water, 

scenic beauty, biodiversity, outdoor recreation, and natural resource based jobs, forest 

products, and carbon sequestration. 

The Forest Service mission is to sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of the 

Nation’s forests and grasslands to meet the needs of present and future generations. 

This mission cannot be fulfilled without addressing the rapid loss of open space (USDA 

Forest Service 2007o). 

y Open space benefits (USDA Forest Service 2007o): 

y Clean air and water; 

y Water supplies and natural flood control; 

y Food; 

y Timber and other forest products; 

y Wildlife habitat and corridors; 

y Endangered species recovery; 

y Climate regulation; 

y Scenic beauty; 

y Recreation opportunities and access; 

y Community revitalization; 
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y Improved human health; 

y Opportunities to connect youth with nature; and 

y Increased property values. 

Recreation Facility Master Planning 

Agency leadership is concerned about the continued erosion of the capacity of national 

forest recreation sites to meet the needs of the recreating public. 

y Recreation site deferred maintenance estimates have reached $346 million; and 

y In fiscal year (FY) 2004, national forests’ existing, Forest Service-owned recreation 

sites had an inventoried capacity to provide 342 million people at one time (PAOT) 

days, but in FY04, fewer than 84 million PAOT days (25 percent) were funded to be 

managed to quality standard. 

Many of the facilities were built 30–50 years ago and have reached the end of their 

useful life without significant deferred maintenance investment. Other facilities receive 

little or no use and no longer serve the demand that existed in years past. The 

fundamental premise of the recreation program of work nationwide is to create an 

inventory that is sustainable and flexible enough to be annually adapted to any changes 

in demand, available resources, and opportunities. 

Through the recreation site–facility master planning process (USDA Forest Service 

2007p) the overall goal of the Forest Service recreation site program is to: 

y Focus resources on the most appropriate recreation opportunities to meet changing 

public desires and demands; 

y Maintain or enhance visitor satisfaction with the sites and services provided; 

y Meet quality health and safety standards at all developed recreation sites ; 

y Be financially sustainable; 

y Be environmentally sound; and 

y Maintain community sustainability. 

The Idaho Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy (2005) 

The Idaho Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy (2005) provides a foundation 

for sustaining Idaho’s fish and wildlife and the habitats on which they depend. The 

strategy provides general directions for wildlife conservation and a stimulus to engage 

partners in conservation of Idaho’s wildlife resources. In addition, there are several 

species-specific recovery plans and conservation strategies for species occurring in 

Idaho, such as the Idaho Bull Trout Plan (Batt 1996). Several of the tribal governments 

within Idaho have developed wildlife and fisheries conservation and restoration plans. 

Because of these efforts, terrestrial and aquatic habitats on non-Federal land would in 

general remain stable or slightly improve over the long term. Some lands may 

experience impacts on natural resources from urbanization and development, resource 

demands (such as minerals), and recreation. Some affected conditions resulting in lower 
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habitat quality on non-Federal land may limit the potential effectiveness of habitat 

conservation and restoration on Federal lands. 

Non-Native Invasive Species 

Non-native invasive species are a problem throughout Idaho. Current State and Federal 

activities and authorities address some invasive species, their prevention, and control 

(Idaho Invasive Plan 2005 [IDA 2005], National Strategy and Implementation Plan for 

Invasive Species Management [USDA Forest Service 2004a]). Of particular concern is 

that the presence or spread of invasive species could potentially limit the effectiveness 

of habitat improvements or efforts to recover species. Roads often provide vectors for 

spread of invasive species. In general, areas with fewer roads have a lower risk of 

having invasive species populations established. These plans provide guidance to 

reduce and/or limit the spread of noxious weeds. Overall, these guiding documents 

would beneficially effect ecological processes, wildlife, fisheries, and roadless 

characteristics by identifying actions to reduce or limit the spread of noxious weeds. 

Executive Order 13443: Facilitation of Hunting Heritage and Wildlife 

Conservation 

In part Executive Order 13443 directs the Secretaries of Agriculture and Interior to 

facilitate the expansion and enhancement of hunting opportunities and the 

management of game species and their habitat by evaluating the effect of agency actions 

on trends in hunting participation and, where appropriate to address declining trends, 

implementing actions that expand and enhance hunting opportunities for the public. 

The analysis evaluates the potential effect to wildlife and hunting. 

Reasonably foreseeable policy or programmatic decisions 

Forest Plan amendments for access management in the Selkirk and Cabinet/Yaak 

Grizzly Bear Recovery Zones 

In March 2004, the Kootenai, Idaho Panhandle, and Lolo National Forests amended 

their plans to change existing plan objectives, standards, and guidelines about 

motorized access in the Selkirk and Cabinet-Yaak Grizzly Bear Recovery Zones (USDA 

Forest Service 2004g). The preferred alternative, alternative E, set road densities and 

core areas for each BMU (bear management unit) reflecting the unique features of each 

BMU. The grizzly bear access management amendment: 

y Could improve habitat for wildlife, plant and aquatic species; 

y May increase fire risk lands where access is restricted; 

y Could reduce timber harvest; 

y Could reduce areas available for precommercial thinning; 

y May change recreational user experiences, especially where vegetation grows back 

in restricted roads; and 

y Would not affect mineral and energy development, grazing or land acquisition. 
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On December 13, 2006, Judge Donald Malloy, United States District Court for the 

District of Montana, set aside this EIS and ROD and remanded the matter back to the 

Forest Service for preparation of a new environmental analysis. The timeframe for a 

new decision and what that decision might entail is not known at this time. 

Snake River Salmon and Steelhead Recovery Plan 

NOAA Fisheries, in partnership with Idaho’s Office of Species Conservation, is 

beginning to draft Idaho’s portion of the Snake River Salmon and Steelhead Recovery 

Plan. This plan is scheduled to be completed in 2007. Important salmon and steelhead 

habitats existing in Idaho Roadless Areas are being analyzed in the aquatics section of 

chapter 3 in the draft EIS. 

Proposed Forest Service NEPA Procedures 

The Agency has proposed a procedural rule to guide its implementation of the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) (USDA Forest Service 2007m). While the proposal 

includes some changes, most of the Agency’s existing NEPA procedures would be 

moved to regulation unchanged. One procedure that would remain unchanged is the 

Agency’s categorical exclusion for land management planning. It is also considering 

development of additional categorical exclusions. No cumulative effects are expected 

from these actions because these are intended to be procedural requirements that do not 

cause effects on the human environment. One of the procedural requirements under the 

current procedures is consideration of effects on roadless areas, and this is expected to 

continue. 

Proposed Planning Rule 

All Forest Service projects must be consistent with Federal environmental laws, the 

individual forest or grassland management plan (NFMA), and the 2001 Roadless Rule if 

it will take place in lands identified by that rule. The Idaho Roadless Rule if finalized 

would replace the 2001 Roadless Rule requirement for the affected NFS lands in the 

State of Idaho. The 2001 Roadless Rule could again be enjoined by court action; if so, 

this requirement would no longer exist nationally but the requirements of the Idaho 

Rule would remain if finalized. 

On March 30, 2007, the Agency’s 2005 planning rule was enjoined by the U.S. District 

Court for the Northern District of California.1 Currently the Forest Service is using the 

2000 planning rule, including the transition provisions as clarified by the 2004 

interpretive rule. The Agency is actively seeking revision of its planning regulations 

(USDA Forest Service 2007n) and wants to incorporate an Environmental Management 

System (EMS) approach. It is anticipated that the future planning rule would be 

procedural and would be similar to the enjoined 2005 planning rule. 

 

1 The decision was issued in the combined cases Citizens for Better Forestry v. USDA

(Case No. 05-1144) and Defenders of Wildlife v. Johanns (Case No. 04-4512). 
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The 2000 planning rule as clarified is procedural only and does not cause national 

forests and grasslands to make decisions contrary to other national rules such as the 

2001 Roadless Rule. However, the 2001 Roadless Rule and any future State-specific 

rules will have an indirect effect on forest plan revision efforts under any Agency 

planning rule because they would pre-restrict certain types of actions on those lands 

affected by the rule. Agency line officers would not change those restrictions during the 

land management plan revision process. Conversely, during individual forest plan 

development in Idaho, it is anticipated that forest supervisors and regional foresters 

would consider plan alternatives that would, in the long term, more closely mirror the 

goals established under the Idaho Roadless Rule. This alignment would not increase or 

decrease acreage but would better parallel the types of activities allowed and any 

restrictions. It is not anticipated that all lands affected by the rule would conform 

during forest planning, for a variety of reasons that include wildlife management 

issues, recreational demands, fiscal concerns, and congressional action. This would also 

be true if other State-specific rules are promulgated under the APA. 

The Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) regulations implementing the 

procedural provisions of NEPA define a cumulative effect as “the impact on the 

environment which results from the incremental impact of the action when added to 

other past, present, and reasonably foreseeable future actions regardless of what agency 

(Federal or non-Federal) or person undertakes such other actions” (40 CFR § 1508.7). 

For cumulative impacts to accrue there must first be an impact from the action under 

review that can then be added to the impacts of other past, present, or reasonably 

foreseeable future actions. Neither the proposed planning rule nor any of the alternative 

planning rules dictate how administrative units of the National Forest System are to be 

managed. These alternative rules establish administrative procedures. The Agency does 

not expect that any of these rules would affect the mix of uses on any or all units of the 

National Forest System. Consequently, there are no direct or indirect effects to be added 

to any past, present, or reasonably foreseeable future actions. 

Since the proposed planning rule and alternatives are procedural, the Agency also 

considered the possibility of synergies between these rules and other past present and 

reasonably foreseeable changes to Agency procedures. The Agency considered possible 

interactions with a foreseeable proposal to move Agency NEPA procedures into 

regulation, the Agency’s recent categorical exclusion for land management planning, 

and the legal uncertainties surrounding 2001 Roadless Rule and Idaho Roadless Rule. 

Other Reasonably Foreseeable Actions 

Danskin Land Exchange 

The Forest Service is proposing to convey Federal lands that are not within Idaho 

Roadless Areas and is proposing to acquire some non-federal lands that are within or 

adjacent to Idaho Roadless Areas (USDA Forest Service 2006e). This could potentially 

increase the amount of roadless lands in Idaho. 
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Grandmother Mountain Land Exchange 

On October 16, 2007, Ranota McNair, Forest Supervisor for the Idaho Panhandle 

National Forest approved the Grandmother Mountain Land Exchange (USDA Forest 

Service, 2007q). The Forest Service would convey 1,325.38 acres of Federal land for 

2,394.38 acres of non-federal lands. About 80 acres of non-federal land would be 

acquired within the Pinchot Roadless Area and 1279 acres of non-federal land would be 

acquired within the Grandmother Mountain land exchange. This decision is reflected in 

the Idaho Roadless Area maps as these lands are shown as Federal lands; therefore this 

decision has been considered in this EIS. 

Management Direction for Idaho Roadless Areas that Overlap with 

Other States 

The purpose of this section is twofold: first, to examine the compatibility of proposed 

management direction on Idaho Roadless Areas that extend beyond Idaho into another 

State; and second, to consider the cumulative effects of proposed management direction 

on areas that overlap with another State. 

Table N-1. Kootenai National Forest (Montana) management prescriptions Buckhorn Ridge, Roberts, Mt. 

Willard–Lake Estelle, Scotchman Peaks, East Fork Elk, and Trout Creek Roadless Areas in Idaho. 

Rx # Description 

Equivalent 

theme 

Consistency 

timber cutting 

Consistency 

roads 

Consistency 

minerals 

2 Large and small areas offering roadless 

recreation opportunities in a semiprimitive 

setting. Motorized vehicle use must be 

compatible with the roadless management 

goal. Timber harvest is not permitted. 

Primitive Consistent Consistent Consistent 

3 Small natural appearing areas offering 

opportunities for roaded recreation in a 

semi-primitive setting. Timber harvest 

must be compatible with the recreation 

management goal. 

Backcountry Consistent Consistent Consistent 

10 Areas generally below 4500’ elevation on 

favorable solar exposures which are 

important for big game winter range. They 

are generally difficult to manage for timber 

because of low productivity or difficult 

environmental problems. 

Backcountry Consistent Consistent Consistent 

11 Same as management area 10 except 

that it involves productive forest lands that 

can provide both wildlife and timber 

benefits. 

Backcountry Generally 

consistent 

Consistent Consistent 

12 Productive forest lands containing moist 

or wet habitat types at elevations above 

4,500 feet. Manage to provide forage, 

cover and security for big game by using 

compatible timber and road management 

prescriptions. 

Backcountry Consistent Consistent Consistent 

13 Small areas generally below 5,500-feet 

elevation providing special habitat needs 

for old growth timber-dependent species. 

Timber harvest is not permitted. 

Primitive Only allows 

timber cutting to 

enhance old 

growth conditions 

Consistent Consistent 
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Rx # Description 

Equivalent 

theme 

Consistency 

timber cutting 

Consistency 

roads 

Consistency 

minerals 

19 

and 

19og 

Small productive forest areas that are on 

very steep slopes or in areas difficult and 

costly to road. Timber harvest must be 

compatible with soil and watershed 

protection goals. 

Backcountry Consistent Consistent Consistent 

29 

and 

29og 

Large areas offering roadless recreation 

opportunities in a primitive setting. 

Wildlife, fish, and watershed protection 

are important resource goals. Timber 

harvest and motorized vehicle use not 

permitted. 

Primitive Consistent Consistent Generally 

consistent 

Table N-2. Lolo National Forest (Montana) management prescriptions that overlap with the Lolo Creek, Gilt 

Edge-Silver Creek, Maple Peak, Sheep Mountain-State Line, Wonderful Peak, Stevens Peak, Meadow 

Creek-Upper North Fork, and Hoodoo Roadless Areas in Idaho. 

Rx # Description 

Equivalent 

theme 

Consistency 

timber cutting 

Consistency 

roads 

Consistency 

minerals 

1 Non-Forest or non commercial land 

maintained in near natural condition with 

roads allowed to cross to provide access 

to other management areas; classified as 

unsuitable for timber production 

Backcountry Consistent Consistent. 

Permits road 

construction 

reconstruction 

in certain 

situations 

Consistent 

10 Small, unroaded parcels having sever 

physical constraints for management and 

classified as unsuitable for timber 

production; maintained in a natural 

condition 

Backcountry Consistent. 

Limited timber 

cutting allowed. 

Not consistent 

for timber 

cutting. 

Consistent for 

mineral 

access. 

Consistent 

13 Lakes, lakesides lands, major secondorder and larger streams, and the 

adjoining lands dominated by riparian 

vegetation; includes floodplains and 

wetlands; 

Not applicable 

– 

Considered a 

Forest Plan 

Special Area 

 

16 Lands of varying physical environments 

which are classified as suitable for timber 

production; management provides for 

healthy stands of timber and optimizing 

timber growing potential and sustained 

timber production 

General 

Forest 

Consistent Consistent Consistent 

21 Areas evenly distributed across the Forest 

to provide for old growth dependent 

wildlife species; timber harvest employed 

to maintain or improve old-growth habitat; 

classified as suitable for timber production 

Backcountry Consistent Consistent Consistent 

24 Lands with high visual sensitivity, visible 

from or adjacent to major roads, trails, 

communities, and other high use areas; 

visual quality objective of Retention 

Backcountry Consistent Consistent Consistent 

25 Same as 24 except that the visual quality 

objective to be achieved is Partial 

Retention because of a moderate degree 

of visual sensitivity 

Backcountry Consistent Consistent Consistent 

26 Lands identified as critical elk summer 

habitat; classified as suitable for timber 

production 

Backcountry Consistent Consistent Consistent 
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27 Scattered parcels of generally steep and 

rocky commercial forest land where 

physical features make timber 

management presently uneconomical or 

environmentally unfeasible 

Backcountry Consistent Consistent Consistent 

11 Large, roadless blocks distinguished 

primarily by their natural environment 

Primitive Consistent Consistent Consistent 

Table N-3. Bitterroot National Forest (Montana) management prescriptions that overlap with the Blue Joint 

Mountain, Allan Mountain, and Lolo Creek Roadless Areas in Idaho 

Rx # Description 

Equivalent 

theme 

Consistency 

timber cutting 

Consistency 

roads 

Consistency 

minerals 

5 Emphasize motorized and non-motorized 

semi-primitive recreation activities and elk 

security. Manage big-game winter range 

to maintain or enhance big-game habitat. 

Backcountry Consistent Generally 

consistent. No 

additional 

roads 

permitted for 

mineral 

prospecting 

and 

exploration. 

Consistent 

Table N-4. Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest (Montana) management prescriptions that overlap with the 

Anderson Mountain, Goat Mountain, Italian Peak, and West Big Hole Roadless Areas in Idaho 

Rx # Description 

Equivalent 

theme 

Consistency 

timber cutting 

Consistency 

roads 

Consistency 

minerals 

1 Maintain the existing opportunities for 

utilization of the variety of resources. 

Protect existing investments and, where 

necessary to maintain the existing 

resource values, allow for low-cost, low 

intensity additional improvements. 

Backcountry Consistent Consistent Consistent 

8 Promote a variety of primitive and semiprimitive motorized and non-motorized 

dispersed recreation opportunities. 

Primitive Consistent Consistent Consistent 

20 Maintain high quality wildlife habitat while 

allowing cost-efficient moderate intensity 

levels of timber harvest (that include 

cultural treatments) and domestic 

livestock grazing. 

General 

Forest 

Consistent Consistent Consistent 

24 Protect and enhance wildlife habitat 

condition while maintaining or improving 

range vegetative condition and livestock 

forage. 

Backcountry Consistent Consistent Consistent 

25 Provide the habitat components 

necessary to sustain populations of 

wildlife species and protect big game 

winter and summer range. 

Backcountry Consistent Consistent Consistent 

Table N-5. Bridger-Teton National Forest (Utah) management prescriptions that overlap with the GannettSpring Creek Roadless Area in Idaho. 

Rx # Description 

Equivalent 

theme 

Consistency 

Timber cutting 

Consistency 

Roads 

Consistency 

Minerals 

10 Managed to allow for some resource 

development and roads while having no 

adverse and some beneficial effects on 

wildlife. 

Backcountry Consistent Consistent Consistent 
Roadless Area Conservation; National Forest System Lands in Idaho DEIS Appendix N 

Appendix N—Cumulative Effects N-15 

12 Managed for high-quality wildlife habitat 

and escape cover, big-game hunting 

opportunities and dispersed recreation 

activities. 

Primitive Consistent Consistent Consistent 

Table N-6. Wasatch-Cache (Utah) management prescriptions that overlap with the Gibson, Mount Naomi, and 

Swan Creek Roadless Areas in Idaho. 

Rx # Description 

Equivalent 

theme 

Consistency 

Timber cutting 

Consistency 

Roads 

Consistency 

Minerals 

1.5 Recommended wilderness Wild Land 

Recreation 

Consistent Consistent Consistent 

2.6 Undeveloped Areas Primitive Not consistent. 

Prohibits timber 

harvest 

Consistent Consistent 

3.2u Terrestrial habitat areas protected from 

development 

Primitive Not consistent. 

Prohibits timber 

harvest 

Consistent Consistent 

Table N-7. Gallatin National Forest (Montana) management prescriptions that overlap with the Lionhead 

Roadless Area in Idaho: 

Rx # Description 

Equivalent 

theme 

Consistency 

Timber cutting 

Consistency 

Roads 

Consistency 

Minerals 

4 Recommended Wilderness Wild Land 

Recreation 

Consistent Consistent Consistent 

7 Riparian areas FPSA NA NA NA 

13 Grizzly bear habitat and timber 

management 

Backcountry Consistent Consistent Consistent 

15 Grizzly bear habitat and dispersed 

recreation 

Backcountry Consistent Consistent, 

except no 

roads for 

timber cutting 

Consistent 

17 Non-forest or nonproductive Backcountry Consistent Consistent Consistent 

Table N-8. Idaho Panhandle (Washington) management prescriptions that overlap with the Little Grass 

Mountain Roadless Area in Idaho: 

Rx # Description 

Equivalent 

theme 

Consistency 

Timber cutting 

Consistency 

Roads 

Consistency 

Minerals 

1 Timber production GFRG Consistent Consistent Consistent 

4 Timber production in big game winter 

range 

Backcountry Generally 

consistent except 

allows more 

variety of timber 

cutting 

Generally 

consistent 

except allows 

more variety of 

road 

construction or 

reconstruction 

Consistent 

7 Caribou management Backcountry Generally 

consistent except 

allows more 

variety of timber 

cutting 

Generally 

consistent 

except allows 

more variety of 

road 

construction or 

reconstruction 

Consistent 

9 Non-forest Backcountry Consistent; non -

forest 

Consistent Consistent 
Appendix N Roadless Area Conservation; National Forest System Lands in Idaho DEIS

N-16 Appendix N—Terrestrial Species 
Roadless Area Conservation; National Forest System Lands in Idaho DEIS Appendix O 

Appendix O—Acronyms O-1 

APPENDIX O—ACRONYMS 

Acronym Meaning 

AMR appropriate management response 

ATV all-terrain vehicle 

BEA Bureau of Economic Analysis 

BLM Bureau of Land Management 

BMP best management practice 

CCF hundred cubic feet 

CEQ Council on Environmental Quality 

CERCLA Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 

CIEDRA Central Idaho Economic Development Recreation Act 

CFR Code of Federal Regulations 

CWPP County wildfire protection plans 

DEQ Department of Environmental Quality 

EA economic area 

EIS Environmental Impact Statement 

EPA Environmental Protection Agency 

ESA Endangered Species Act, as amended, 16 U.S.C. 1536(c), 50 CFR 402 

FEMAT Forest Ecosystem Management Assessment Team 

FIA Forest Inventory and Assessment 

FLPMA Federal Land Policy Mgmt Act 

FPSA Forest Plan Special Area 

FR Federal Register 

FRCC fire regime condition class 

FSH Forest Service Handbook 

FSM Forest Service Manual 

FWS Fish and Wildlife Service 

GDP gross domestic product 

GFRG General Forest, Rangeland, and Grassland 

GIS Geographic information system 

GPS Global positioning system 

HFRA Healthy Forests Restoration Act 

HFI Healthy Forests Initiative 

ICBEMP Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management Project 

ICDC Idaho Conservation Data Center 

IDA Idaho Department of Agriculture 

IDAPA Idaho Forest Practices Act 

IDFG Idaho Department of Fish and Game 

IDL Idaho Department of Lands 

IMPLAN Impact Analysis for Planning 

INFISH Inland Native Fish Strategy 
Appendix O Roadless Area Conservation; National Forest System Lands in Idaho DEIS

O-2 Appendix O—Acronyms 

Acronym Meaning 

KPLA Known Phosphate Leasing Areas 

LANDFIRE Landscape Fire and Resource Management Planning Tools Project 

MIS Management Indicator Species 

MBF thousand board-feet 

MMBF million board-feet 

MW mega-watt 

NEPA National Environmental Policy Act 

NFS National Forest System 

NFP National Fire Plan 

NFPORS National Fire Plan Operations Reporting System 

NHPA National Historic Preservation Act 

NMFS National Marine Fisheries Service 

NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 

NSO no surface occupancy 

NVUM National Visitor 

OHV off-highway vehicle (motorcycles, 4x4s, ATVs) 

PACFISH Interim Strategy for Managing Anadromous Fish-Producing Watersheds in Eastern Oregon and 

Washington, Idaho, and Portions of California 

PILT Payment in Lieu of Taxes 

R1 Region 1 (Northern Region) 

R4 Region 4 (Intermountain Region) 

RACNAC Roadless Area Conservation National Advisory Committee 

RARE I or II Roadless Area Review and Evaluation 

ROS Recreation Opportunity Spectrum 

SAHTS Special Areas of Historic and Tribal Significance 

SIO scenic integrity objectives 

SMS Scenery Management System 

SMU Southern Methodist University 

SPM Semi-primitive motorized 

SPNM Semi-primitive non-motorized 

SRSA Secure Rural School and Community Self-Determination Act 

TCS threatened, candidate and sensitive species 

TES threatened, endangered, and sensitive species 

TEPCS threatened, endangered, proposed, candidate, and sensitive species 

TMDL total maximum daily load 

USC U.S. Code 

USDA U.S. Department of Agriculture 

USDE U.S. Department of Energy 

USDI U.S. Department of Interior 

VQO visual quality objective 

WUI wildland-urban interface 

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