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Table 1-1: Under Under Review, Affected Counties, and Approximate Federal Acres of Each
Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
Table 2-1: Capable Rangeland for Livestock Grazing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12
Table 2-2: Management Area Prescription Categories. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-28
Table 2-3: Management Area Prescriptions Used in the Alternatives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-29
Table 2-4: Management Area Acres by Alternative for Dakota Prairie Grasslands). . . . . . . . . 2-39
Table 2-5: Comparison of Alternatives by Major Revision Topic
for Dakota Prairie Grasslands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-40
Table 2-6: Management Area Acres by Alternative for Nebraska National Forest Units. . . . . 2-43
Table 2-7: Comparison of Alternatives by Major Revision Topic
for Nebraska National Forest Units. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-45
Table 2-8: Management Area Acres by Alternative
for Thunder Basin National Grassland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-49
Table 2-9: Comparison of Alternatives by Major Revision Topic
for Thunder Basin National Grassland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-50
Table CLR-1: Expenditures for Select Hunting, Fishing, Wildlife-Related Recreation . . . . . . . 3-12
Table CLR-2: Economic Dependency and Diversity of Affected Counties* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13
Table CLR-3: Comparison of PILT to Non-PILT Payments to Counties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-16
Table CLR-4: Direct and Total Jobs and Income (% change from Alt 1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-19
Table CLR-5: Employment and Income Impacts from Oil and Gas Drilling and
Production
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-20
Table CLR-6: Annual Timber Volume and Total Jobs and Income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-20
Table CLR-7: Estimated Returns To Treasury by Alternative (1995 Dollars) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-22
Table CLR-8: Economic Efficiency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-24
Table CLR-9: Financial Efficiency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-25
Table CLR-10: Budget Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-28
Table CLR-11: Recent State Population Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-34
Table CLR-12: Historic Population Changes in Northern Great Plains
Assessment States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-34
Table CLR-13: Population Changes of Affected Counties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-34
Table CLR-14: State Population Estimates and Projections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-36
Table CLR-15: American Indian Population in Assessment States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-37
Table CLR-16: Population Characteristics of Assessment States (1990 Census Results) . . . . . 3-37
Table CLR-17: Population Characteristics of Affected Counties (1990 Census Results). . . . . . 3-38
Table CLR-18: Summary of Effects of Alternatives on Management Goals of Major
User/Interest Segments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-49
Table CLR-1: Expenditures for Select Hunting, Fishing, Wildlife-Related Recreation . . . . . . . 3-12
Table CLR-2: Economic Dependency and Diversity of Affected Counties* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13
Table CLR-3: Comparison of PILT to Non-PILT Payments to Counties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-16
Table CLR-4: Direct and Total Jobs and Income (% change from Alt 1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-19
Table CLR-5: Employment and Income Impacts from Oil and Gas
Drilling and Production
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-20
Table CLR-6: Annual Timber Volume and Total Jobs and Income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-20
Table CLR-7: Estimated Returns To Treasury by Alternative (1995 Dollars) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-22
Table CLR-8: Economic Efficiency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-24
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Table CLR-9: Financial Efficiency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-25
Table CLR-10: Budget Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-28
Table CLR-11: Recent State Population Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-34
Table CLR-12: Historic Population Changes in Northern Great Plains
Assessment States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-34
Table CLR-13: Population Changes of Affected Counties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-34
Table CLR-14: State Population Estimates and Projections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-36
Table CLR-15: American Indian Population in Assessment States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-37
Table CLR-16: Population Characteristics of Assessment States (1990 Census Results) . . . . . 3-37
Table CLR-17: Population Characteristics of Affected Counties (1990 Census Results) . . . . . 3-38
Table CLR-18: Summary of Effects of Alternatives on Management Goals of Major
User/Interest Segments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-49
Table CLR-1: Expenditures for Select Hunting, Fishing, Wildlife-Related Recreation . . . . . . 3-12
Table CLR-2: Economic Dependency and Diversity of Affected Counties* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13
Table CLR-3: Comparison of PILT to Non-PILT Payments to Counties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-16
Table CLR-4: Direct and Total Jobs and Income (% change from Alt 1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-19
Table CLR-5: Employment and Income Impacts from Oil and Gas
Drilling and Production
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-20
Table CLR-6: Annual Timber Volume and Total Jobs and Income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-20
Table CLR-7: Estimated Returns To Treasury by Alternative (1995 Dollars) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-22
Table CLR-8: Economic Efficiency. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-24
Table CLR-9: Financial Efficiency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-25
Table CLR-10: Budget Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-28
Table CLR-11: Recent State Population Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-34
Table CLR-12: Historic Population Changes in Northern Great Plains
Assessment States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-34
Table CLR-13: Population Changes of Affected Counties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-34
Table CLR-14: State Population Estimates and Projections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-36
Table CLR-15: American Indian Population in Assessment States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-37
Table CLR-16: Population Characteristics of Assessment States (1990 Census Results) . . . . . 3-37
Table CLR-17: Population Characteristics of Affected Counties (1990 Census Results) . . . . . 3-38
Table CLR-18: Summary of Effects of Alternatives on Management Goals of Major
User/Interest Segments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-49
Table RFH-1: Percent of Assessment Area by Cover Type. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Table RFH-2: Percent of Grassland Remaining in Northern Great Plains. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Table RFH-3: Percent Change Between 1982-1992 in Broad Cover Uses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Table RFH-4. Conservation Recommendations for Helping Maintain and Restore
Viability of Plant and Animal Populations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Table RFH-5: Grand/Cedar River National Grassland.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Table RFH-6: Grand/Cedar River National Grassland.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Table RFH-7: McKenzie District, Little Missouri National Grassland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Table RFH-8: McKenzie District, Little Missouri National Grassland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Table RFH-9: Medora District, Little Missouri National Grassland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Table RFH-10: Medora District, Little Missouri National Grassland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Table RFH-11: Sheyenne National Grassland.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Table RFH-12: Sheyenne National Grassland.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Table RFH-13: Mix of Vegetation Types on the Thunder Basin National Grassland. . . . . . . . . . 133
Table RFH-14: Mix of Vegetation Types on the Nebraska National Forest, Bessey Unit . . . . . 133
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Table RFH-15: Mix of Vegetation Types on the Samuel R. McKelvie National Forest . . . . . . . 134
Table RFH-16: Mix of Vegetation Types on the Buffalo Gap National Grassland
Fall River Ranger District. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Table RFH-17: Mix of Vegetation Types on the Buffalo Gap National Grassland
Wall Ranger District. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Table RFH-18: Mix of Vegetation Types on the Ft. Pierre National Grassland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Table RFH-19: Mix of Vegetation Types on the Nebraska National Forest
Pine Ridge Unit and Oglala National Grassland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Table RFH-20: Estimated Acres (%) of Current Grassland Structure Classes
on Fort Pierre National Grassland.* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Table RFH-21: Grassland Structure Samples on Grand River National Grassland. . . . . . . . . . 137
Table RFH-22: Grassland Structure Samples on Little Missouri National Grassland. . . . . . . . 137
Table RFH-23: Grassland Structure Samples on Buffalo Gap National Grassland/Fall . . . . . 138
Table RFH-24: Grassland Structure Samples on Buffalo Gap National Grassland/Wall. . . . . 138
Table RFH-25: Grassland Structure Samples on Oglala National Grassland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Table RFH-26: Grassland Structure Samples on Bessey Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Table RFH-27: Grassland Structure Samples in the Hills on the Samuel R. McKelvie
National Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Table RFH-28: Grassland Structure Samples in Large Valleys and Flats on the Samuel R.
McKelvie National Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Table RFH-29: Estimate Acres of Existing Shrubland (sagebrush) Structure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Table RFH-30: Forested Land on the Dakota Prairie Grasslands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Table RFH-31: Forested Land on Nebraska National Forest Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Table RFH-32: Forested Land on the Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest Unit
(Thunder Basin National Grassland) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Table RFH-33: Vegetation Community Types by Planning Unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Table RFH-34: Percent Desired Mix of Dominant Vegetation Types by Alternative. . . . . . . . . 147
Table RFH-35: Dominant vegetation types for mid/late seral stage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Table RFH-36: Desired grassland structure for Grand River/Cedar River
National Grasslands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Table RFH-37: Desired grassland structure for Little Missouri National Grassland. . . . . . . . . 151
Table RFH-38: Desired grassland structure for Sheyenne National Grassland. . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Table RFH-39: Desired grassland structure for Thunder Basin National Grassland . . . . . . . . 152
Table RFH-40: Desired grassland structure for the Buffalo Gap National Grassland. . . . . . . 152
Table RFH-41: Desired grassland structure for Fort Pierre National Grassland.. . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Table RFH-42: Desired grassland structure for Oglala National Grassland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Table RFH-43: Desired grassland structure for Nebraska National Forest
(Bessey Ranger District). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Table RFH-44: Desired grassland structure for Samuel R. McKelvie National Forest.. . . . . . . 154
Table RFH-45: Desired grassland structure for Nebraska National Forest
(Pine Ridge Ranger District).. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Table RFH-46: Desired shrubland structure for Thunder Basin National Grassland. . . . . . . 157
Table-RFH-47: Percent of forest acres in Management Areas 5.12 and 5.13
in late successional forest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Table RFH-48. Summary of preliminary biological determinations for imperiled plant species
for each alternative. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Table RFH-49. Management indicator species for each geographic area
in the planning area. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
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Table RFH-50. Estimates of greater prairie chicken habitat and current levels of habitat
suitability for nesting on each national grassland and forest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Table RFH-51. Estimates of plains sharp-tailed grouse habitat and current levels of habitat
suitability for nesting on each national grassland and forest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Table RFH-52. Estimates of sage grouse habitat and current levels of habitat suitability for
nesting on each national grassland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Table RFH-53. Estimates of potential prairie dog habitat and current prairie dog colony acreage
on each national grassland and forest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Table RFH-54. Summary of preliminary biological determinations for imperiled species. . . . 170
Table RFH-55. Predicted nesting habitat suitability for greater prairie chicken based on desired
vegetation conditions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Table RFH-56. Predicted nesting habitat suitability for plains sharp-tailed grouse based on
desired vegetation conditions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Table RFH-57. Predicted acreages of active (protected) black-tailed prairie dog colonies in 10
years by alternative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Table RFH-58: Miles of Streams and Acres of Lakes on the Dakota Prairie Grasslands . . . . . . 178
Table RFH-59: Miles of Streams and Acres of Lakes on Thunder Basin National Grassland . . 179
Table RFH-60: Miles of Streams and Acres of Lakes on the Nebraska
National Forest Units. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Table RFH-61: Riparian Condition on the Dakota Prairie Grasslands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Table RFH-62: Riparian Condition on the Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest Unit
(Thunder Basin National Grassland) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Table RFH-63: Riparian Condition on the Nebraska National Forest Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Table RFH-64: Impaired Watersheds on the Dakota Prairie Grasslands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Table RFH-65: Impaired Watersheds on the Medicine Bow-Routt
National Forest Unit (Thunder Basin National Grassland) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Table RFH-66: Impaired Watersheds on the Nebraska National Forest Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Table RFH-67: Acres of Prescribed Burning per Year by Alternative.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Table RFH-68: Capable Rangeland Acres (%) Rested on the Dakota
Prairie Grasslands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Table RFH-69: Capable Grazing Acres Rested on the Thunder Basin
National Grassland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Table RFH-70: Capable Grazing Acres Rested on the Nebraska
National Forest Units. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Table SAD-1: Nominated Research Natural Areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-239
Table SAD-2: Proposed Research Natural Areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-240
Table SAD-3: Nominated Research Natural Areas by Alternative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-241
Table SAD-4: Proposed Research Natural Areas by Alternative. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-242
Table SAD-5: Existing Research Natural Areas by Alternative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-242
Table SAD-6: Nominated Research Natural Areas and Capable Rangeland . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-244
Table SAD-7: Proposed Research Natural Areas and Capable Rangeland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-245
Table SAD-8: Existing Research Natural Areas and Capable Rangeland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-245
Table SAD-9: Tentatively Suitable Timber Acres by RNA by Alternative. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-246
Table SAD-10: Proposed Research Natural Areas by Alternative. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-247
Table SAD-11: Nominated Research Natural Areas within Existing or
Recommended Wilderness by Alternative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-248
Table SAD-12: Existing Wilderness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-252
Table SAD-13: Inventoried Roadless Areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-253
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Table SAD-14: Public Proposed Wilderness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-254
Table SAD-15: Inventoried Roadless Areas Recommended for
Wilderness by Alternative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-255
Table SAD-16: Public Proposed Wilderness Recommended for
Wilderness by Alternative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-256
Table SAD-17: Summary Ratings for Northern Great Plains Roadless Areas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-258
Table SAD-18: Acres of Wilderness Recommendations by Alternative (All Units) . . . . . . . . . 3-260
Table SAD-19: Acres of Wilderness Recommendations on the
Dakota Prairie Grasslands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-260
Table SAD-20: Acres of Wilderness Recommendations on the Nebraska National Forest . 3-260
Table SAD-21: Acres of Wilderness Recommendations on the Thunder Basin National
Grassland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-260
Table SAD 22: Roadless Area Acreage2 Allocations to Management Areas Dakota Prairie
Grasslands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-260
Table SAD 23: Roadless Area Acreage3 Allocations to Management Areas Thunder Basin
National Grassland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-261
Table SAD 24: Roadless Area Acreage4 Allocations to Management Areas Nebraska National
Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-261
Table SAD-25: Management Area Acres (and Percentages) By Alternative that Generally Do or
Do Not Retain Undeveloped Natural Characteristics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-262
Table SAD-26: Potential Special Interest Areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-270
Table SAD-27: Special Interest Areas by Alternative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-273
Table SAD-28: Wild and Scenic River Inventory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-281
Table SAD-29: Theodore Roosevelt National Park Classifications
for the Little Missouri River . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-281
Table SAD-30: Recommendations by Alternative (miles) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-282
Table SAD-31: National Park Service Recommendations by Alternative (miles). . . . . . . . . . 3-288
Table FM-1: Wildfire Occurrences on the Planning Units. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-308
Table FM-2: Acres of Prescribed Burning per Year by Alternative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-310
Table FM-3: Constrained Prescribed Burn Levels for Alternative 4 and 5.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-310
Table FOS-1: Fossils by Formation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-314
Table W-1. Acres of semi-permanent and permanent wetlands (constructed and natural) on
each planning unit, based on the National Wetlands Inventory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-347
Table W-2. Priority neotropical migratory landbirds on the Dakota Prairie Grasslands. . . . 3-348
Table W-3. Priority neotropical migratory landbirds on the Nebraska National Forest and
Associated Units.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-349
Table W-4. Priority neotropical migratory landbirds on the
Thunder Basin National Grassland.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-349
Table W-5. Primary summer habitats of priority neotropical migratory landbirds. . . . . . . . 3-350
Table W-6. Acreages identified as bighorn sheep habitat on the Nebraska National Forest
(Pine Ridge Ranger District). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-352
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