Final Environmental Impact Statement Rio de los Pinos Vegetation ...

Final Environmental Impact Statement Rio de los Pinos Vegetation Management Project
2.1 Introduction
CHAPTER 2
Alternatives including the Proposed Action
This chapter describes the alternatives developed to meet the purpose of and need for action and
address the Key Issues identified in Chapter 1. The proposed action and alternatives, including
the No Action alternative, are described and compared. Three alternatives were developed for
analysis. This chapter also provides a summary of the environmental consequences of the
alternatives as measured in Chapter 3.
2.2 The Process Used to Develop the Alternatives
An Interdisciplinary Team (listed in Chapter 4) considered the elements listed below when they
developed the alternatives for this analysis:
The purpose of and the need for this project identified in Chapter 1 (Section 1.5).
Key Issues identified in Chapter 1 (Section 1.9).
The goals, objectives, and Desired Conditions for the Analysis Area as described in the
Forest Plan for the Rio Grande National Forest (Section 1.7).
Comments and suggestions made by the public, the State, and other agencies during the
scoping process.
The laws, regulations, and policies that govern land management on National Forests.
Site-specific resource information.
2.3 Alternatives Considered
Three alternatives were developed in detail for this environmental analysis process. Each action
alternative was designed to be a viable alternative consistent with Forest Plan direction. Other
alternatives gained through the scoping process were also considered, but not developed in
detail. These alternatives are described in Section 2.7.
The alternatives presented below represent a range of reasonable alternatives, given the purpose
and need and Key Issues for the proposed action.
Three alternatives are described and analyzed in detail as follows:
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