. Canon City District wilderness planning amendment. Wilderness areas; Land use. 11 CHAPTER II - DESCRIPTION OF ALTERNATIVES GENERAL DESCRIPTION Four alternatives are considered In this document (refer to Table II-l). These Include: Alternative A - All Wilderness Designation; Alternative B - No Wilderness Designation (No Action); Alternative C - Partial Wilderness Designation - I; and Alternative D - Partial Wilderness Designation - II. The All Wilderness Designation alternative and No Wilderness Designation alternative are considered for each WSA. Additionally Partial Wilderness Designation I
. Canon City District wilderness planning amendment. Wilderness areas; Land use. 11 CHAPTER II - DESCRIPTION OF ALTERNATIVES GENERAL DESCRIPTION Four alternatives are considered In this document (refer to Table II-l). These Include: Alternative A - All Wilderness Designation; Alternative B - No Wilderness Designation (No Action); Alternative C - Partial Wilderness Designation - I; and Alternative D - Partial Wilderness Designation - II. The All Wilderness Designation alternative and No Wilderness Designation alternative are considered for each WSA. Additionally Partial Wilderness Designation I and Partial Wilderness Designation II are studied for some of the WSAs when appropriate. The purpose of the last two alternatives is to change the boundary to omit lands with resource conflicts or manageability problems. Thi s boundary change in turn would pos s ibly make the unit more appropriate for wilderness designation compared with the All Wilderness Designation alternative. In Bureau initiated actions, such as these wilderness studies, the "proposed action" and the agency "preferred alternative" are the same. For the sake of consistency and ease of understanding, the term "preferred alternative" will be used throughout the EIS. ALTERNATIVES CONSIDERED BUT ELIMINATED In studying the WSAs, various other alternatives were considered but dropped from further analysis. The reasons for not pursuing these alternatives in detail are discussed below. The Browns Canyon unit, 6,614 acres, is the only WSA studied in this DEIb which only has two alternatives; All Wilderness and No Wilderness Designation. The portion of the unit north of Middle Cottonwood Creek was recommended in the MFP (if not designated wilderness) to be managed for semiprlmitive motorized objectives which permits back-country vehicle use. A possible alternative could have been to omit everything from this unit north of Middle Cottonwood Creek. This alternative was not considered feas
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