Legend
Alternative 1
Management Areas
1.1
- Wilderness: Soldier Creek
Management Areas
Acres
1.31a-Backcountry Recreation Non-motorized (Pine Ridge NRA)
(No Action) - Current Land and Resource Management Plan
(Management Plan) direction and emphasis would continue.
2.1
- Special Interest Areas
2.2
- Research Natural Areas
Administrative Boundaries
Management area titles and numbers have been changed to
make this alternative more easily comparable to other alternatives.
Township & Range Lines
3.63 - Black-Footed Ferret Reintroduction Habitat
1.1 - Wilderness: Soldier Creek
7814
1.31a-Backcountry Recreation Non-motorized (Pine Ridge NRA)
6344
2.1 - Special Interest Areas
75
2.2 - Research Natural Areas
504
3.63- Black-Footed Ferret Reintroduction Habitat
8048
3.64- Special Plant and Animal Habitat
54340
3.64 - Special Plant and Wildlife Habitat
4.32- Dispersed Recreation: High Use
DRAFT
4.32 - Dispersed Recreation: High Use
1109
6.1 - Rangeland with Broad Resource Emphasis
Badlands National Park
977181
8.3 - Designated Utility Corridors: Existing and Potential
Environmental
Impact Statement
6.1
- Rangeland with Broad Resource Emphasis
8.3
- Designated Utility Corridors: Existing and Potential
8.5
- Nursery
8.6
- Administrative Sites
241
8.5 - Nursery
82
8.6 - Administrative Sites
392
T.109N.
T.3N.
R.10E.
R.11E.
R.12E.
R.13E.
R.14E.
R.15E.
R.16E.
R.17E.
R.18E.
R.19E.
R.20E.
R.21E.
T.108N.
Nebraska National Forest and Associated Units
Buffalo Gap National Grassland
T.1S.
T.2N.
T.1S.
Fort Pierre National Grassland
Samuel R. McKelvie National Forest
T.107N.
Nebraska National Forest
Oglala National Grassland
T.2S.
T.2S.
Alternative 2 on reverse
1999
R.8E.
T.1N.
R.9E.
T.106N.
PLEASE NOTE: Management areas are defined as parts of the grasslands or
T.3S.
forests that are managed for a particular emphasis. Each management area
has a prescription that consists of a theme, desired conditions, and standards
and guidelines that apply to it.
The management area prescriptions are
T.3S.
grouped into eight major categories, based on a continuum from least
evidence of disturbance (Category 1) to most (Category 8).
The management areas on this map are further explained in Chapter 3 of the
Revised Land and Resource Management Plan. The differences between
R.31E.
alternatives may be better understood if the reader compares alternative maps
R.79W.
R.78W.
R.77W.
while reviewing the accompanying Environmental Impact Statement.
T.4S.
The management area boundaries on this map were computer generated.
These lines and their locations are only approximate at this scale.
N
Desired Vegetation Condition
E
W
T.5S.
S
5
0
5
10
15
Wall North
Fort Pierre
by Geographic Area
Miles
1/4 inch = 1 mile
1:253,440
T.6S.
R.1E.
R.2E.
R.3E.
R.4E.
R.5E.
R.6E.
Fall River Northeast
R.7E.
Wall Southeast
T.7S.
Wall Southwest
Desired Vegetation Condition
T.8S.
Vegetation
Vegetation
Acres
Acres
Matrix
Key
_.
Fall River West
T.9S.
Fall River Southeast
Composition
mid to late._
seral
a
2566
80%
b
31518
85%
c
514140
90%
d
373438
95%
e
52127
variable
f
82336
variable
|--
Residual Vegetation Structure
High
Moderate
--|
Low
Variable
Desired Vegetation condition is described in terms of composition and structure.
T.10S.
Vegetation Composition is the mix of plant species found on a site.
in relation to the site's potential to grow vegetation.
Composition is used to describe a seral (successional) stage
For example, a buffalo grass/blue grama grass composition is an early
seral stage compared to the site's potential to grow western wheatgrass/ green needlegrass (mid to late seral stage).
Vegetation structure is the height and density of the herbaceous (grass, sedge or forb) community.
Residual
vegetation structure is the height and density of standing herbaceous vegetation following the grazing season.
Areas labeled "e" are lands not suitable for domestic livestock production.
T.11S.
Areas labeled "f" are ferret reintroduction areas.
McKelvie
T.12S.
Oglala
Desired Vegetation Condition
for the Nebraska Sandhills
Vegetation
.Key
Matrix
T.35N.
Vegetation
Composition
.
mid to late seral
a
80%
c
90%
d
95%
e
variable
|-Residual Vegetation Structure-|
High
Bessey
Moderate
Variable
T.34N.
Pine Ridge
5
0
5
T.33N.
1/8 inch = 1 mile
1:506,880
R.57W.
R.56W.
R.55W.
R.34W.
R.33W.
R.32W.
R.31W.
R.30W.
Vicinity Map
T.32N.
T.23N.
T.32N.
T.31N.
T.22N.
T.31N.
Ft. Pierre NG
T.21N.
Buffalo Gap
NG
Oglala NG
Samuel R. Mc
Kelvie NF
T.30N.
Nebraska NF
R.27W.
T.30N.
R.54W.
R.53W.
R.52W.
R.51W.
R.50W.
R.49W.
R.48W.
R.26W.
R.25W.
10
15
Miles