| United       States       Department of      Agriculture | Forest             Service | July 2003 |  |
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| **Final Forest           Plan Revision****Sawtooth           National Forest**

 

 

 

 

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| **Record       of Decision**                                                                                                                                                                                                           |                                                       | 189K      |
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| **Chapter       I**                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | **Introduction**                                           | 128K      |
| **Changes           to Chapter I between Draft and Final Plans**                                                                                                                                                                       |                                                       | 9K   |
| **Chapter       II**                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | **Analysis of the Management       Situation Summary**     | 154K      |
| **Changes           to Chapter II between Draft and Final Plans**                                                                                                                                                                      |                                                       | 9K   |
| **Chapter       III**                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |                                                       |      |
| **Changes           to Chapter III between Draft and Final Plans**                                                                                                                                                                     |                                                       | 10K  |
| **Introduction,             Desired Conditions, and Forest-wide Management Direction**                                                                                                                                                 |                                                       | 345K      |
| **Management             Area Description & Direction**                                                                                                                                                                            |                                                       | 382K      |
| **Management             Area 1**                                                                                                                                                                                                      | **Sawtooth Wilderness**                                    | 237K      |
| **Management             Area 2**                                                                                                                                                                                                      | **Upper Salmon River Valley**                              | 402K      |
| **Management             Area 3**                                                                                                                                                                                                      | **East Fork Salmon River/Whiteclouds**                     | 662K      |
| **Management             Area 4**                                                                                                                                                                                                      | **Big Wood River**                                         | 652K      |
| **Management             Area 5**                                                                                                                                                                                                      | **Little Wood River**                                      | 339K      |
| **Management             Area 6**                                                                                                                                                                                                      | **Upper South Fork Boise River**                           | 372K      |
| **Management             Area 7**                                                                                                                                                                                                      | **Little Smoky Creek**                                     | 337K      |
| **Management             Area 8**                                                                                                                                                                                                      | **Middle South Fork Boise       River**                    | 332K      |
| **Management             Area 9**                                                                                                                                                                                                      | **Lime Creek**                                             | 322K      |
| **Management             Area 10**                                                                                                                                                                                                     | **Soldier Creek/Willow Creek**                             | 227K      |
| **Management             Area 11**                                                                                                                                                                                                     | **Rock Creek**                                             | 314K      |
| **Management             Area 12**                                                                                                                                                                                                     | **Cottonwood Creek**                                       | 196K      |
| **Management             Area 13**                                                                                                                                                                                                     | **Trapper Creek/Goose Creek**                              | 295K      |
| **Management             Area 14**                                                                                                                                                                                                     | **Shoshone Creek**                                         | 1075K     |
| **Management             Area 15**                                                                                                                                                                                                     | **Albion Mountains**                                       | 189K      |
| **Management             Area 16**                                                                                                                                                                                                     | **Howell Creek**                                           | 495K      |
| **Management             Area 17**                                                                                                                                                                                                     | **Independence Lakes**                                     | 263K      |
| **Management             Area 18**                                                                                                                                                                                                     | **Raft River**                                             | 208K      |
| **Management             Area 19**                                                                                                                                                                                                     | **Black Pine**                                             | 206K      |
| **Management             Area 20**                                                                                                                                                                                                     | **Sublett**                                                | 219K      |
| **Chapter       IV**                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | **Implementation Direction**                               | 91K       |
| ****Changes           to Chapter IV between Draft and Final Plans****                                                                                                                                                                  |                                                       | 9K        |
| **Appendix       A**                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | **Vegetation**                                             | 147K      |
| **Appendix       B**                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | **Soil, Water, Riparian,       and Aquatic Resources****** | 222K      |
| **Appendix       C**                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | **Botanical Resources******                                | 56K       |
| **Appendix       D**                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | **Wild & Scenic River       Eligibility Study**        | 77K       |
| ****Appendix       E****                                                                                                                                                                                                               | **Wildlife       & Fish**                              | 415K      |
| **Appendix       F**                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | **Recreation**                                             | 24K       |
| **Appendix       G******                                                                                                                                                                                                               | **Land       Capability Groups******                       | 229K      |
| **Appendix       H******                                                                                                                                                                                                               | **Legal       & Administrative Framework**             | 89K       |
| **Appendix       I**                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | **Sawtooth       NRA & Wilderness**                    | 1329K     |
| ****Glossary       & Acronyms****                                                                                                                                                                                                  |                                                       | 151K      |
| **Changes           to Glossary & Acronyms between Draft and Final Plans**                                                                                                                                                         |                                                       | 10K       |
| **References**                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |                                                       | 21K       |
| **Changes           to References between Draft and Final Plans**                                                                                                                                                                      |                                                       | 10K       |
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