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Scenic Quality. Distribution of scenic quality within the Gold Butte ACEC is: • Scenic Quality A: Approximately 60% • Scenic Quality B: Approximately 30% • Scenic Quality C: 0% (scenic quality for the Dry Lake SEZ area) • Not inventoried, but within VRI Class I (wilderness area): Approximately 10% The mix of scenic quality within the Gold Butte ACEC (Figure 8) is of higher value than what is present at the Dry Lake SEZ indicating that any resource restoration that visually complements the landscape will likely have a higher public benefit in exchange for the reduction in scenic quality at the Dry Lake SEZ. Figure 8. BLM Southern Nevada District scenic quality rating map illustrating values within the Gold Butte Area of Critical Environmental Concern. 72 • REGIONAL MITIGATION STRATEGY FOR THE DRY LAKE SOLAR ENERGY ZONE • TECHNICAL NOTE <strong>444</strong>
Sensitivity. Distribution of sensitivity level within the Gold Butte ACEC is: • High Sensitivity: Approximately 80% (public sensitivity for the Dry Lake SEZ area) • Medium Sensitivity: 0% • Low Sensitivity: Approximately 11% The majority of the Gold Butte ACEC is equal to the public sensitivity level present at the Dry Lake SEZ. Ecological restoration or preservation activities should be located within the Gold Butte areas inventoried as having high public sensitivity for scenic quality and avoid the 11% of the Gold Butte ACEC attributed to having medium and low public sensitivity (Figure 9). Ecological resource restoration that visually complements the landscape within the 80% area assigned high public sensitivity will likely have an equal public benefit in exchange for the reduction to the sensitivity value at the Dry Lake SEZ. Figure 9. BLM Southern Nevada District visual resource inventory sensitivity level rating map illustrating values within the Gold Butte Area of Critical Environmental Concern. REGIONAL MITIGATION STRATEGY FOR THE DRY LAKE SOLAR ENERGY ZONE • TECHNICAL NOTE <strong>444</strong> • 73
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TABLE OF CONTENTS ABSTRACT_________
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The “Regional Mitigation Strategy
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1.2 Background I n 2012, the BLM an
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1.4 Stakeholder Involvement in the
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Range. A full description of the la
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Figure 2-4. Dry Lake Solar Energy Z
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Figure 2-6. Land cover types in the
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Geospatial Data 1. Landscape Condit
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Table 2-3 (continued). Solar Energy
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2.3 Summary of Solar Development Im
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