Mountainous terrain in the planning unit

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The range resource is presently
used for reindeer and wildlife
grazing, Management of the
resource will be important, as
the reindeer industry maximizes
opportunities to increase herds.

Decisions

1. Adjust reindeer allotment
boundaries and/or designate
monuse areas to avoid can-
flict, with consistently-used
caribou winter ranges as
follows:

A. Reindeer grazing may be
permitted, on BLM-
administered lands cast of
the West Fork and Main
Fork of the Buckland
River within the confines
of the Hadley Allotment,
alter five consecutive years
of nonuse by caribou,
Upon receiving a request
for winter use of this
range, BLM will determine
the suitability of that use
based on availability, con-
dition, and wend of the
forage; ADF&G  popu-
lation and distribution
goals for the Western
Arctic Caribou Herd; and
the objectives and needs of
the reindeer operation.
An allotment management
plan would be prepared
and approved prior to
permitting

B. Reindeer grazing by the
NANA herd will be per-

tered lands along the bot
tomlands of the West Fork
and Main Fork of the
Buckland River (1.3, 4,
and 5; R.9W., KRM)
during late summer of
carly fall as herds move to
the Koyuk River drainage,
This use will be permitted

under 4 grazing = plan
(BLM, SCS, or privately
prepared) approved by
BLM.

This decision will allow for
protection of important carly
bou winter range in the
Buckland Valley, while al-
lowing for the present man,
agement needs of the NANA
reindeer operation,

2. Develop Allotment Manage:

ment
with
tivese

Plans which comply
the following objec-

Maintain and improve the

quality of existing range
resources by:

a. Rotation grazing
systems

b. Management of fire

through prescriptions

¢. Adjustment of seasonal
use

d. Control of grazing in-

tensity within forage
capability

Watershed

mitted on BLM-adminis: Tie watershed program és

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managed ta provide quality and
quantity of water , to
reduce flood and sediment

darmage, and protect vegetation
resources,

Decisions

1 Require a permit for all
vehicles weighing over 2,000
pounds used off existing
trails,

lndiscriminate use of off
road vehicles on snowless
terrain can cause erosion,
Uses will be permitted
primarily during = winter
months, when adequate snow
cover exists to protect sur-
face vegetation,

2. File for water rights under

State law to secure water
needed for BLM uses.

Dahl Creek aiestip and
Granite Mountain will be

first priorities. Applications
for water rights in other
locations should be filed
when the need is identified


Northwest Planning Area
General Description

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The Northwest Planning Area ship is seth the Bureau of ly, it also brings social change.
includes ull ef northwest Land Ma: Mexment expects to The planning process provides

Alaska, excluding National Pet- manage Approximately 6 the framework for  urdetty
roleum Reserve - Alaska. This million acres in this planning development and addresses en:
is an immense area of varied area viroamental issues to minimize

land forms and ccasysiems, impacts
Ownership and management Residents of Northwest Alaska

patterns of this planning area have a rich cultural heritage and The Northwest Planning Area
are rapidly changing; however, continuation of this heritage is was divided into six subunits
enough is known about owner- important. Although resource for planning purposes

ship palterns that planning is development means jobs and

Pomible, When land ownet- may help the area econamix



Glossary

As in most systems, BLM's Planning Systom has its own “language.” This glossary is included to
help you understand some of the terms used in this brochure,

Activity Plan: Detailed action plans for specific programs.

Management Framework Plan (MFP): A land use decision document which establishes, for
a given planning area, projected land uses, and management objectives to meet identified
public needs. It is the Bureau's Land Use Plan. It is prepared in three steps: 1) Resource
recommendations. 2) Impact analysis and multiple use recommendation development,
3) Decision,

Multiple Use: Management of fand and resources so that land use is in the best combination
to mect the present and future needs of the American people.

Planning Area; Qne of more planning units for which an MFP is to be prepared. In this
Jand use plan, the terms “planning unit and “planning area” refer to the same tract of
public land,

Planning Area Analysis: A document that analyzes present and future needs and demands
of the public for land, and for renewable and nonrenewable resources. tt shows the
significance of BLM land within a planning area to users, operators, the community, and
region. tt is based on data in the URA and other regional information,

Planning Unit: A portion of a BLM District used for assembling resource inventory data.
For cach planning unit the District Manager prepares a Unit Resource Analysis.

Unit Resource Analysis (URA): A basic source of information on the land and its resources,
consisting of: a base map showing roads, rivers, villages, and prominent landmarks, a
physical, biological, and man-made environment; an analysis of present uses, problems,
resources, conditions, and capability, and an identification of specific opportunities which
are possible for resolving problems, enhancing resources, and for filling the public's need for
land, minerals, recreation, wildlife, watershed, forest products, and grazing.

Use Authorization: A document showing permission to use land or its resources.


Interrelationship With Other Plans

Kotzebue waterfront

This plan was developed in
rdination with the State of
Alaska and the Bering 5
and NANA Regional Cor;
orations, Exchange of infor
mation was effected by public
meetings in Nome and Kotec
bue, many .mectings with Stat
and local government units an

interest groups, and by
mailings.



A portion of the western arctic caribou herd

base of the caribou, There |s
concern that grazing reindeer
on the winter range of the
caribou could result in over
grazing and deterioration of the
range to the detriment of both
feindeer and caribou herds.
The issue is: how to provide
grazing for both caribou and
reindeer with as few undesirable
impacts as possible.

Use/Disposal Impacts on the
Subsistence Resources

Land dispo: with resulting
permanent occupancy, would
impact subsistence resources
more than intermittent casual
use, because of the introduction
of constant human activity in
areas mot now occupied, Leases
of public lands for intermittent
casual use cam be managed so
that impacts to subsistence
resources can be avoided or
mitigated Leases can be
reviewed before granting and be
monitored during the term of
the lease to assess the impacts
to subsistence resources

Reindeer grazity could reduce
the caribou population, an
important subsistence resource,
by using the available forage
and causing changes in the
normal caribou migratory pat
term

The issue it) how can subsis-
fence resources be protected?


Kukpuk River Planning
Subunit

This subunit contains approxi
mately 6,100,000 acres, and is
located on the Lisburne Penin-
sula.

The topography varies from
coastal flats to steep areas in
the Lisburne Hills, DeLong
Mountains, and the Amatusuk
Hills, The climate is greatly
influenced by the Chukchi Sea
and the Arctie Ocean,

Major mineral development
may occur in the southeastern
portion of the subunit and
access and major support facil-
ities will be required. This area
is potentially high in archaco-
logical values, Recreational
activities are low, but may
increase in the future. There
are major anadromous fish runs
on the Kukpuk, Wulik, and
Kivalina Rivers. Caribou are an
important subsistence resource.

Squirrel River Planning Subunit

This Subunit contains approxi-
mately 1,003,900 acres of
BLMomanaged land within the
Squirrel River basin.

The topography varies from the
meandering Squirrel River low:
lands at 50 feet above sea level
to 4,000 foot peaks in the Baird
Mountains,

The Squirrel Rivet is suitable
for float trips and recreational
fishing, and has been identified
for potential Wild and Scenic

River designation, If this desig-
nation is approved, tourism
may increase. Mineral develop-
ment may be a major activity in
the northeast part of the area
on Kiery Creek. Currently, the
entire subunit is withdrawn by
Public Land Order 5179 from
few mineral claim location,
Timber is located on Omar
River and on the North Fork of
the Squirrel River, but there is
little or no demand. Archaco-
logical values are present. The
Squirrel River basin is used for
wintering and migration by
portions of the Western Arctic
Caribou Herd.

Sheklukshuk Range Planning
Subunit Se
This Subunit contains approxi-
mately 604,700 acres of BLM-
managed land.

The topography varies from the
lakes, ponds, and bogs of the
Pah River Flats (400 foot
elevation) to Angutikada Peak
in the Lockwood Hills (4,000
font elevation).

This subunit has shrubs, trees,
and an Interior climate, Many
areas have abundant big game
and furbearers, Subsistence use
is heavy in the Sheklukstut
Range and Lockwood Hills, and
commercial trapping is done in
the Pah River Flats. There is
concern about impacts on
caribou migration routes and
the Rabbit Creek canbou win
tering area.

{muruk Basin Planning Subunit

The Imuruk Basin Planning
Subunit contains approximately
585,900 acres of BLM land on
the western hall of the Seward
Peninsula.

The topography varies fram the
Imuruk Basin, Nuluk River and
Kuzitrin River lowlands near
sea level to the 4,700 foot M1.
Osborn in the Kighuaik Moun
tains,

The vegetation is mostly tundra
with some willows and shrubs
along creeks, BLM lands in the
southwest portion of the
Kighuatk Mountains are accessi-
ble trom the Nome-Teller Road.
Subsistence uses of these public
lands are the most important
uses. The remainder of lands
along the road systems are on
either State or Native selected
lands, Reindeer grazing and
some mining will continue to be
demands on the resources,


Northwest
Planning Unit

J Planning Unit Boundary
HE 8M rarased tand

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Actions After the Management
Framework Plan

The decisions in this plan will
be carried out by on-the-ground
actions directed by further,
more detailed, planning and/or
environmental analysis. For
example, the decision to open
areas to oll and gay leasing is
currently being implemented
through an environmental as

sessment. All actions are
dependent upon time, money
and available staff, and subject
to provisions of the National
Environmental aliey Act,
FLPMA and many other Ww
If an enviraamenta
of a propased action indicates
that unacceptable impacts are
inevitable, the action will either
be modified or rejected

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sessrrient

This plan will be updated,
amended, of revised when new
information becomes knawn,

new technology is developed, or
public needs char Any
major change will be subject to
public review. This plan will be
used in developing BLM's
Annual Work Plan, budget
requests, and in making day
today land use decisions.



Major Issues and Concerns

The first important step in the
planning process was to deter
ming issues and concerns on
which decisions are needed,

Early in the process, comments
and suggestions on issues and
concerns were solicited through
a mailing to several hundred
individuals and groups, Based
on responses received, an issue
summary was published in
January (98).

BLM specialists then gathered
social, economic, and resource
information, and conducted an
analysis to identify oppertur
nities for responding to the
issues and concems, These
opportunities were developed
into specific recommendations
which were published for com-
ment in February 1982, A
series of meetings with groups
and the general public was held
at this time and all comments,
both written and oil, were
considered in the development
of the final decisions presented
in this summary,

Throughout the planning, issues
were reviewed and tempered by
public comments concerning
projected resource uses. Plan-
ning issues and concerns can be
categorized as follows:

llund use
and disposal

authorizations

2. opening land to mineral
location and leasing

3. reindeer grazing

4, use/disposal impacts on
subsistence resources:

Land Use Authorization and
Disposal

At the start of the planning
process, it was BLM’s percep:
tion that the Alaska public
wanted land to be made avail-
able for homesites, homesteads,
headquarters sites, and trade
and manufacturing sites. The
land settlement laws for Alaska
are effective until 1986, and the
present policy is to make land
available for such uses if the
planning process shows this to
be in the national interest. The
Federal Land Policy and Mary
agement Act (FLPMA) contains
provisions for the disposal and
lease of the public lands under
conditions contained in the act,
which include determining the
proper land use through the
planning process. Most of the
land in this planning urea is not
available for disposal or leases
because of State and Native
selections, designation as parks
and refuges under the Alaska
National Interest Lands Con-
servation Act (ANILCA), and
withdrawals dating back to the
Alaska Native Claims Settle-
ment Act (ANCSA). The
issue can the State public's
needs and desires 10 occupy and
use public land be met without
displacing other resource uses
of greater interest to local
and national publics?

Opening Land to Mineral
Location and Leasing

Several Public Land Orders
withdrew lands for Native selec-
tion and possible inclusion into
parks, refuges, forests, and Wild
and Scenic Rivers, and closed
lands to mineral entry and
leasing. Some of the lands were
not selected by the Natives, nor
included im the conservation
units. The Alaska National
Interest Lands Conservation
Act (ANILCA), Title X, fe
quires the Secretary of the
Interior to establish an oil and
gas leasing progam and to
assess the oll, gas, and other
mineral potential on all public
lands. The issue is: to deter
mine which lands to study
and/or lease for the exploration
and development of leasable
minerals, and which lands to
open for mineral location,

Reindeer Grazing

There has been a historic
overlapping of the reindeer
grazing and caribou winter
range in the Buckland River
drainage, Reindeer have wan-
dered off with migrating car-
bou. There is concern about
transmission of disease to and
from the Western Arctic Cari-
bou Herd, 4 primary subsistence
resource in Northwest Alaska,
Since caribou and reindeer can
interbreed, there is concern
about changing the genetic




7, Develop a program as
needed, to acquire easements
across private property for
access to BLM-administered
public lands,

There are discontinuous
stretches of trails not in-
cluded in easements reserved
under provisions of the
Alaska Native Claims Settle-
ment Act (ANSCA), and
easements may be needed to
ensure access to public lands,

8, Land exchanges will be con-
sidered if there is a public
benefit

The minerals resource of the
planning area includes locatable
minerals, such as gold, leasable
minerals, such ay oil, ges, ante
cout; and saleable minerals, such
as sand and gravel, The
minerals activities center on
having lands open tor entry,
location, and development of
focatuble minerals, and for
exploration, teasing, or sale of
feasable and saleable minerals.

Decisions
1, Review thease withdrawal
oder which have closed

lands to mineral entry and
modify, amend, or revoke
those withdrawals not serving
the original purpose of the
withdrawal,

Much public land was closed
to mineral entry during D-2
procedures for establishment
of parks, forests, refuges, and
Wild and Scenic Rivers, and
to permit State and Native
selections. Some of the
withdrawn lands were not
included in parks, forests,
refuges, or Wild and Scenic
Rivers, of selected by the
State or Natives, Opening
these lands to mineral entry
will be considered

we

Open all areas to oil and yas
leasing governed by the fol-
lowing conditions:

A.An environmental assess-
ment of the impacts of
allowing oll and gas leasing
will be done under the
Sec, 1008 (ANILCA) study
now underway.

6. Caribou wintering areas in
the Selawik/Nulate Hills
subunit and the Squirrel
River subunit will be sub.
ject to seasonal closure
and/or restriction, Delay
opening date of Selawik/
Nulato Hills subunit to
coincide with opening date
of remainder of Nulato
Hills outside this planning
unit

C, Deter opening the Kukpuk
River subunit until the
State of Alaska selections
are finished in this area,
The area north of the 68°
latitude has been desig:
fated as a Competitive sale
area

3, Permit the expleration and
leasing of coal, oil shale,


Resources and Significant Decisions

Lands

the lands resource & those
warface amd subsurface public
finds managed by the BLM,
‘he junds activities revolve
weund the authorzation of
ve + theougl: permits ard leases,
or disposal through sales, €x-
changes, or transfer under set
tHement, mining, and State und
Native selection laws,

The acreage managed by HLM Is
uncertain, because selections by
the State and Natives are not
complete. We estimate the firtal
acreaye will be 4 ta 7 million

acres in this planning unit

Decisions

1Ne settlement will be allow-
ed under the settlement
laws, but leases and sales for
cabin sites of for other
commercial uses under the

Federal Land Policy Manage-

ment Act (FLPMA) will be

considered.

Much opposition was ¢x-
pressed to opening lands
under the settlement laws,
usually because of antici
pated impacts on subsistence
needs and uses. Four persons.
expressed approval of apen-
ing lands FLPMA leases
and/or sales will make land
available for — commercial
sites, while allowing BLM

to Safeguard subsistence fo-
sources by considering enve-
ronmental impacts.

2. Public leases will be allowed

-

4.

on areas containing het
springs.
Most hot springs in the

planning unit are on land pet
managed by BLM. Our
regulations allow leases for
development of facilities that
are open to the peblic.
Environmental impacts will
be carefully assessed priv te

yramting any leases, and cach
hot springs application will
be evaluated en 4 Case:

by case basis,

Uses on high mountain peaks
will be regulated to avoid
conflicts with potential use
for Carmmunication — sites,

Any application for use of
high peaks will be evaluated
for its impact on the value of
the peak as a future Commur
nication site. Generally, the
first priority value of high
peaks is for use as a comnu-
nication site,

Review the usc af lands
withdrawn for special pure
poses and determine if the
withdrawals should be con-
tinued, modified, of revoked,

There are 4 series Of with.
drawals for various size tracts
for special purpases. Some
examples are; 4 powersite

AA

reserve, and several commur
nication sites along the Const

These will be reviewed and, if
the need no longer exists for
the withdrawal, the with:
drawal will be modified of te-
voked, and the Linds restored
to multiple use oF State or
Native selection.

proymm to inform the
public about the location and
permitted uses will be devel-
ped for cayements to public
lands established under the
Alaska Native Claims Settle-
ment Act.

This program will identify
casements for public ases and
any special stipulations appli-
cable tu the use, and should
help to reduce trespass on
private Linds,

Protect potential transpotta-
tion corridor by not allows
ing conflicting Jand uses.

Several transportation conm-
dors in the planning area
have been identified. Two
were identified in the Alaska
National Interest Land Acts -
the Deering to Taylor winter
trail, and an access road from
the Ambler Mining District
east to the Aluska Pipeline
Haul Road. A haul road
from the mineral claims in
the Wulik River area to the
scacoast is proposed, and the
State of Alaska has proposed
a tailroad from Nome to the
DeLong Mining District.


Bendeteben Mountains Planning
Subunit

Selawik/Nulato Hills Planning
Subunit

This Subunit contains approxi-
mately 1,523,000 acres of
BLM-managed land within the
Fish, Kuzitrin, Tubutulik, and
Koyuk River basins.

The topography varies from the
100 foot elevation Kuzitrin
River lowlands to 3,700 foot
Mt, Bendeleben,

There are Native allotments
within the Fish River drainage,
and the Bering Straits Regional
Corporation has selected lands
in this subunit. Mining is a
major use which is expected to
increase the need for access,

A number of major archaco-
logical sites are known, Rein-
deer grazing will continue to be
an important use, Habitat for
waterfowl! and moose is impor-
tant in the Kuzitrin Valley, and
McCarthys Marsh areas, which
are also primary subsistence
areas, The Bendeleben Moun-
tains Subunit contains the
Koyuk River, which was desig-
nated for study as a potential
Wild & Scenic River.

This Subunit contains approxi-
mately 2,930,500 acres of
BLM-managed land,

The topography varies from the
Shaktoolik River lowlands near
sea level to 3,300 foot peaks in
the Selawik Hills.

Access to public lands is diffi-
cult in this subunit, The
Shaktoolik, Inglotalik, Ungalik,
and Buckland Rivers have major
anadromous fish runs, The
Buckland Basin is an important
wintering area for the Western
Arctic Caribou Herd, Reindeer
grazing is a limited use,

Bering Straits Regional Corpo-
ration has selected lands in the
subunit and there are archaco-
logical sites in the northwest
partion.

The arca contains important big
game habitat and there is some
timber in the Nulato Hills, but
lack of access restricts most
uses,


Location Map...

General Description, ..........----....4
Subunits Map .. 2.0...

Major Issues and Concerns, .....----.+---

Resources and Significant Decisions

Cumulative Environmental Overview. . . u

interrelationship With Other Plans

Actions After the MFP .......

10

16



The wildlife program is con-
cerned with protecting ana
maintaining or enhancing wild:
life habitat.

Decisions

1, Reject reindeer grazing appli-
cations in areas where signifi:
cam conflicts with wildlife
are likely to occur,

Conflicts with wildlife will be
considered in the environ
mental assessment prepared
for each mew reindeer grazing
permit application. Can.
sultation with the Alaska

Department of Fish and
Game will be part of this
environmental assessment
process,

2. Protect areas of crucial wild-
life habitat. In other areas,
competing uses should be
mitigated $0 as not to signifi.
cantly alter the population of
the species,

Habitat management plans
for important wildlife species
will be prepared, where
criclal habitat has been iden-
lified, to provide manage.
ment with additional guid-
ance for management pure
pases,

3. Allow fire under prescribed
conditions.

Wildlife habitat management
plans will identify areas
where wildlife habitat would
be improved by allowing fire

to burn under specified con-
ditions. (Fire management
plans will consider the pasi-
tive and negative effects of
allowing fire to bum and
these plans will provide the

overall guidance for fire
management oon planning
unit lands.)

Cultural Resource
Management

The management of the cultural
tesources includes the inven-
fory, protection, and manage-
ment of historical, archaeo-
fogical, and cultural sites.

Decisions

1. Inventory archaeological and
historical sites as time and
funding permit, BLM en
courages university and priv
vate inventories of sites
under permit to meet BLM
management needs,

Applicants for surface.
disturbing uses may be re-
quired to furnish the needed
inventories, Inventories in
three areas should be caon-
ducted because of the high
potential of important sites
and the likelihood of devel-
opment activities which
could damage sites. The
three areas by priority are
the Oclong Mountains,
Squirrel River basin, and the
Western Seward Peninsula,

2. Trail maintenance and
markers are recommended
along the Iditarod Trail.

Cooperative agreements with
Native Corporations should
recognize the historic route.

The Iditarod Trail is part of
the National Historic Trail
System; that pant between
Unyalik and Baldhead (via
Koyuk) crosses land managed
by BLM.


Cumulative Environmental Overview

Lands

The land use decisions to allow
leases and sales of cabin sites
will have social and economic
benefits to the users and the
community, Adverse impacts to
ether resources will be mith
gated through the environ-
mental assessment process with
associated stipulations as fe-
quired Other land program
decisiony were made to benefit
the public socially or economi
cally with any potential adverse
effects to be mitigated before
approval of the actions.

Minerals

The potential for adverse
effects on the wildlife and the
environment is present in oper
ing lands to mineral location
and mineral teasing An envi
tonmental assessment af the
potential for adverse impacts
and possibility of mitigation
will be dane before any order
opening the land will be issued.

The potential for jobs and other
sucipeconomic benefits is
always present in any mineral
development

Forestry

Allow
forest
impa

harvest
adverse

fesidents to
products. No
Is afe anticipated

The range decision adjusting the
reindeer grazing boundary in
the Buckland River drainage
will have positive benefits to
range permitices and wildlife
The decisionsetting objectives
of an Allaiment Management
Plan will have positive benefits
to range.

Watershed

The decision to require permits
for vehicles weighing aver 2,000
pounds, when used off existing
trails, will lessen svil erosion,
vegetation damage, and water
pollution

Wildlife

The decsians to maintain or
enhance wildlife habitat will
provide positive social and
economic benefits by increasing
opportunities to meet sport,
nonconsumptive, and subsis

tence needs,

Recreation, Visual,
and Cultural

Decisions in these activities
protect these resources under
existing laws and regulations,

Any proposed action will cc
sider adverse impacts,

Subsistence

Subsistence is interwoven
throughout the above resources
and programs. Belore BLM
approves any action, the effect
of such use, occupancy, of
dispasition on subsistence uses
and needs will be evaluated, and
Sec. 810 of the Aluska National
Interest, Lands Act will be
follawed



Golovin


To the Reader:

This booklet summarizes the land use plan completed for lands managed by the
Bureau of Land Management in Northwest Alaska, The plan (called the Manage-
ment Framework Plan, Northwest Planning Area) is a body of decisions BLM uses
to guide its management program for the area, 11 is based on the management
philosophy of multiple-cse.

When we began work on the plan in January 1981, the first task was to identify
the most important land use issues and to learn of the concerns of the people
interested in Northwest Alaska. To get this information a wide range of people,
were contacted including groups and individuals with special interests in the
urea, Native organizations, all levels of government, and residents of the area, The
issues and concerns that were identified, combined with an analysis of the re
sources and present land uses of the area, were used to design 4 proposed plan,

The proposed plan was submitted for public review in February 1982, asking for
comments and suggestions. The review process consisted of circulating the pro-
posed plan to the public; holding public meetings in Nome, Kotzebue, Anchorage,
and Buckland; and meeting with Native groups, state, federal, and local govern-
ment agencies, After this review, the proposed plan was revised to address impor
tant suggestions made by the public.

The Bureau of Land Management is grateful to all those people who provided
information and suggestions toward development of the plan, Their help provided
the critical link between the planning concept and the real world situation in
which we all work.

A management framework plan is dynamic, and may be changed as national or
Jocal conditions require, Your comments and suggestions are welcome at any
time,

Sincerely yours,

Cat 3 Spdeee

Carl D, Johnson
District Manager



geothermal, and other lease-
able minerals,

These permits are issued only
after the environmental im-
pacts afe assessed and pro-
tective stipulations are devel-
oped and included jn the
permits.

4. Permit the sale of minerals
such as sand, gravel, and
building stone

The applications for sale are
examined individually tor
impacts to the environmental
and subsistence resources and
may be rejected, modifica, ot
issued as requested, with
Stipulations depending on the
conditions at cach — site.

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Forest Products

Forest resources comist mostly
of noncommercial woodland.
Local cutting for house logs and
firewood is the major expected
use.

Decisions

T. Issue permits ta
burvesting ¢

authorize
forest products.

Most of the woodlands under
BLM management not
clase to villages; one
quently, there is little de
mand tor forest products
from BLM-managed lands

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Bunchberry



Recreation
Management

This program plars, develops,
and manages the recreation
resources and facilities.

Decisions

, Monitor recreation activities
on a casual basis to detect
any change in the intensity
of recreation use

Access to public land is
limited, and recreational use
is light Therefore, con-
struction of new recreation
facilities will mot be con-
sidered im the foreseeable

Old Buckland townsite, West Fork Buckland River

Tuture.
2. Public use trail shelters may
be constructed.
The need for public use trail
shelters was identified during
public meetings BLM can
allaw this by sale, lease, or
permits for these sites
3. Retain the option to place

additional restrictions on off-
road vehicle use should it
become necessary, within
constraints of Sec. Stl of the
Alaska National — Interest
Lands Comervation Act.
(See Watershed section.)