Management Areas
Alternative 5
1.1
- Wilderness: Soldier Creek
1.2
- Recommended For Wilderness
Administrative Boundaries
Legend
Township & Range Lines
Management Areas
1.31 - Backcountry Recreation Non-motorized
1.31a-Backcountry Recreation Non-motorized (Pine Ridge NRA)
Badlands National Park
2.1
- Special Interest Areas
2.2
- Research Natural Areas
commodity outputs that complement or fit within recreation
Recreation Rivers
3.63 - Black-Footed Ferret Reintroduction Habitat
FINAL
DRAFT
management areas exist for the same piece of ground.
legend.
The
4.4
- National River System: Recreation Rivers Recommended
6.1
- Rangeland with Broad Resource Emphasis
The other management area or areas will showup
as cross-hatching
Legend
over the colored legend.
Concurrent Management Areas
- Recommended for Wilderness
9697
126665
6540
2.1
- Special Interest Areas
55195
2.2
- Research Natural Areas
4121
5949
3.63- Black-Footed Ferret Reintroduction Habitat
86777
3.64- Special Plant and Wildlife Habitat
20141
4.32- Dispersed Recreation: High Use
11552
4.4
- National RIver System: Recreation RIvers Recomended
6.1
- Ranglenad with Broad Resource Emphasis
7.1
- Residential/Forest Intermix
8.5
- Nursery
8.6
- Administrative Sites
1793
716983
2606
67
Acres
- Residential/Forest Intermix
National River System: Recreation Rivers Recommended (4.4)
Impact Statement
1.2
dominant management area will show up in the colored
4.32 - Dispersed Recreation: High Use
Environmental
7814
3.51- Bighorn Sheep
Concurrent management areas exist when two compatible
3.64 - Special Plant and Wildlife Habitat
7.1
- Wilderness: Soldier Creek
1.31a-Back Country Recreation Non-motorized (Pine Ridge NRA)
Concurrent Management
3.51 - Bighorn Sheep
objectives.
1.1
1.31- Back Country Recreation Non-motorized
This multiple-use alternative would accentuate recreation
opportunites and noncommodity services and also provide
Acres
229
37
T.109N.
8.5
- Nursery
8.6
- Administrative Sites
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 4 on reverse
1999
R.8E.
T.1N.
R.9E.
T.106N.
PLEASE NOTE: Management areas are defined as parts of the grasslands or
forests that are managed for a particular emphasis. Each management area
T.3S.
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
T.5S.
S
5
0
5
10
15
Wall North
Desired Vegetation Condition
E
W
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
e
|-Residual Vegetation Structure-|
High
Bessey
Moderate
95%
variable
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