San Bernardino National Forest Land Management Plan - Part 2

Land Management Plan Part 2
San Bernardino National Forest Strategy
September 2005
Wildland/Urban Interface Threat Zones (see Appendix K in Part 3 of the forest plan) may occur
in this zone. Community protection vegetation treatments within the recommended wilderness
land use zone may occur by exception. In these cases, managers will consider wilderness needs.
The management intent is to administer this zone for the use and enjoyment of people while
preserving its wilderness character and natural conditions. Wilderness recommendations include:
• Cucamonga B (Cucamonga Wilderness)section20_20_10_20_10.htm
• Cactus Springs A (Santa Rosa Wilderness)
• Heartbreak Ridge (Bighorn Mountain Wilderness)
• Pyramid Peak B (San Jacinto Wilderness)
• Sheep Mountain (Sheep Mountain Wilderness)
Special Designation Overlays
The following land use classifications act as overlays to the primary
land use zones. In other
words, suitable uses identified in the land use zone tables are generally suitable
in these overlay
classifications unless specifically excluded. When differences
occur in suitable uses between the
land use zone and special designation overlay, the more
restrictive set of allowable uses apply.
Children’s Forest
Wild and Scenic Rivers
Wild and Scenic River
eligibility (an inventory and evaluation of whether a river is free-flowing
and possesses one or more outstandingly remarkable values (ORVs) including scenery,
recreation, geology, fish and wildlife, history, cultural (prehistoric), or similar values) was
completed for the four southern California national forests. If found eligible, a river segment
was then analyzed as to its current level of development (water resources projects, shoreline
development, and accessibility) and a recommendation was made that it be placed into one of
three classes: wild, scenic or
recreational. The final procedural step (suitability) provides the
basis for determining whether to recommend to Congress an eligible river as part of the National
System.
The suitability study phase will be initiated at a later date for the 12 eligible rivers on the San
Bernardino National Forest.
Suitable uses are those compatible with protecting and enhancing the outstandingly remarkable
values for which the river, or segments of the river, was designated or found eligible.
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