Plan
B Summary:
I.
Fire Management
- Biennial controlled
burns
- Phase out any future
logging activity
- Future
development within or along the forest will require the clearing of
a boundary between the new development and the forest area
II.
Yellow-breasted Toad
- Continue monitoring
and studying toad population until the source for the toad’s disappearance
is identified
- The
toad’s breeding grounds, the Wamasana Bottom area, will be protected
from further development
- The
proposed road will be re-routed to the east of the watershed
- Development
of the Crimson Hills area will not be halted
- Existing
recreational uses of the Crimson Hills area will remain
- Recreational
uses of the Wamasana Bottom area will be limited to non-motorized activity
III.
Wamasana
River
-
Forest will petition the federal government to have the
Wamasana designated as a Wild & Scenic
River, which will prohibit
any future dam creation, logging, or power line construction along or
within the River
- In
order to qualify for the special protection, the Forest
must ensure that the polluted sediment will not be disrupted, and will
therefore ban any motorized usage of the River
IV.
The Mineral
Mountain Estates
-
Silver County
Forest will permit the
development of the Mineral Mountain Estates, provided that the developments
aim to make a ‘minimal environmental impact’ on the area
- The
Forest will require that developers conduct
extensive Environmental Impact Analyses, and do everything in their
power to preserve the environmental integrity of the existing area regardless
of the cost
- The
Forest will approve a two-lane, 25 mile per
hour road connecting I-15 and I-128 as a convenience to the Mineral
Mountain Estates inhabitants.
Commercial usage of the road will be barred and through traffic
will be discouraged
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