San Bernardino National Forest Land Management Plan - Part 2

September 2005 Land Management Plan Part 2
San Bernardino National Forest Strategy
Table 2.4.4. Suitable Uses Fire and Fuels Management, SBNF
Land Use Zone: DAI BC BCMUR BCNM CB W
Activity or Use
Developed
Areas
Interface
Back
Country
Back Country
Motorized Use
Restricted
Back Country
Non-Motorized
Critical
Biological Wilderness
Community Protection
Suitable
Areas
Suitable Suitable Suitable
*By *By
Exception Exception
Fuelbreak
Construction including
Suitable
type conversion
Suitable Suitable
*By
Exception
*By *By
Exception Exception
Wildland Fire Use
Strategy
Not
Suitable Not
Not
Not Suitable Not Suitable Suit able Suitable Not
Suitable
* By Exception = Conditions which are not generally compatible with the land use zone but may be appropriate under certain
circumstances.
Specific uses
are allowed on national forests except when identified as not suitable, because of
law, national or regional policy, or the revised forest plan. What this means is that the forest
plans are permissive. That is, activities may occur unless the forest plan says that they cannot.
However, activities are not authorized based solely on the land use zoning for this forest plan.
The suitable uses identified in tables 2.4.1 through 2.4.4 are intended as guidance for
consideration of future activities and do not affect existing authorized occupancy and uses
or the
administrative procedures used to manage them. Most ground disturbing activities require
further project or site-specific analysis before a decision is made. The uses that are identified
as
suitable in each of the land use zones are subject to the design criteria, as well as the other
guidance described in Part 3 (Appendix A) of this forest plan. The standards (along with
applicable guidance) are typically used during project or site-specific planning. Applicable
guidance includes the body of information encompassed by the Forest Service Manual and
Handbooks, Species Accounts, Best Management Practices, Soil and Water Conservation
Handbooks, the Built Environment Image Guide, or other documents with guidance that is
identified for use based on site-specific project analysis.
Several activities are described in the suitable use tables as
being permitted in designated areas
only. For example, what this means is that motorized uses are restricted to designated roads and
trails. Vehicular traffic traveling cross-country or on non-designated routes is not allowed in any
zone.
Seven land use zones have been identified for the San Bernardino National Forest (see appendix
C, Land Use Zone maps). These zones, including overlays described in the following section are
applicable only to the National Forest System (NFS) lands and in no way modify zoning applied
to other ownerships by local government agencies. When other lands are acquired and become
National Forest System lands, then the adjacent land use zones are applied unless changed
through a Forest Plan Amendment. The land use zone descriptions in this section help to paint
a
picture of the anticipated level or intensity of public use or administrative activities. The existing
character of each zone is included, along with the characteristic Recreation Opportunity
Spectrum (ROS) objective (see appendix C, Recreation Opportunity Spectrum maps). The
zones,
in order of decreasing land use intensity are:
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