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4. Plan Overview
All three action alternatives developed to implement the Plan are designed to
protect and preserve natural and cultural resources throughout the Plan Area. Plan
goals and guidelines from Section 4.2 are referenced where appropriate. Resource
management activities are generally equal in resource protection across all
alternatives; however, they provide for different ways to accomplish resource
goals. The alternatives emphasize maintaining use and facilities within the
existing use areas and clustering new facilities in and around these areas to the
extent feasible to reduce encroachment into undeveloped lands within the Plan
Area. Although some alternatives allow for trails or other access into segments of
the Plan Area that are currently not being used, this has been kept to a minimum
with the goal of conserving native vegetation, wildlife habitat, and wildlife
corridors.
This Plan is a programmatic document that provides a broad range of
management activities that are feasible within the Plan Area. Future projectspecific
actions, if and when implemented, may require tiered environmental
review that would reference this programmatic document. Future project-specific
actions would only be implemented when needed and based on BMPs, staff
recommendations, and adequate funding.
The action alternatives are described in Table 4-1 by use area and for the Plan
Area as a whole. The alternatives can be summarized as follows:
• Alternative 1, the No Action/No Project Alternative, would continue the
management direction set by previous planning documents as well as
ongoing programs initiated under existing legislation and regulations.
Alternative 1 is intended to reflect current and expected future conditions
in the Plan Area should the proposed Plan not be implemented.
• Alternative 2: Limited new access and development. Alternative 2 would
include the fewest physical additions and visitor use modifications among
the action alternatives but would implement an array of resource
management actions. Visitor access would remain the same as under
Alternative 1.
• Alternative 3: Moderate new access and development. Alternative 3
balances the need for future visitor facilities with resource management.
This alternative anticipates increased future visitation by providing for
physical additions and visitor use modifications but concentrates them in
and around existing developed areas. Compared to Alternative 2,
Alternative 3 would provide for the same level of resource management
and a higher level of visitor access.
• Alternative 4: Maximum new access and development. Alternative 4
would provide for the most physical additions and visitor use
modifications among the action alternatives, some in areas that are
currently undeveloped. Compared to the other action alternatives,
Alternative 4 would provide for the same level of resource management
and the highest level of visitor access.
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