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Wilderness Inventory Unit Index of Documents Pole Creek OR-036-007, 14 total pages Page 1: Index Cover Sheet Page 2: Form 1 – Documentation of BLM Wilderness Inventory: Findings on Record Page 5: Form 2 – Documentation of Current Wilderness Inventory Conditions Page 9: Form 2 – Summary of Findings and Conclusion Page 11: Wilderness Characteristics Overview – Pole Creek OR-036-007 Map 1 of 2 Page 12: Wilderness Characteristics–Land Treatments–Pole Creek OR-036-007 Map 2 of 2 Page 13: Wilderness Characteristics-BLM Photo Points-Pole Creek OR-036-007 Map & Log Page 14: OR-036-007 Pole Creek BLM Photos Prepared by: U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Vale District Office 100 Oregon Street Vale, Oregon 97918 Wilderness Inventory Unit Pole Creek OR-036-007 1 of 14 Form 1 – Documentation of BLM Wilderness Inventory: Findings on Record 1 of 3 H-6300-1-WILDERNESS INVENTORY MAINTENANCE IN BLM OREGON/WASHINGTON APPENDIX B – INVENTORY AREA EVALUATION Evaluation of Current Conditions: 1) Document and review the existing BLM wilderness inventory findings on file, if available, regarding the presence or absence of individual wilderness characteristics, using Form 1, below. 2) Consider relevant information regarding current conditions available in the office to identify and describe any changes to the existing information (use interdisciplinary (ID) team knowledge, aerial photographs, field observations, maps, etc.), and document your findings on Form 2, below. When Citizen Information has been submitted regarding wilderness characteristics, document the submitted materials including: date of Submission; Name of District(s) and Field Office(s) Affected; Type of material Submitted (e.g. narrative, map, photo). Evaluate any submitted citizen information regarding the validity of proposed boundaries of the unit(s), the existence of roads and other boundary features, the size of the unit(s), and the presence or absence of wilderness characteristics based on relevant information available in the office (prior BLM inventories, ID team knowledge, aerial photographs, field observations, maps, etc.) Conduct field reviews as necessary to verify information and to ascertain current conditions. Reach conclusions on current conditions including boundaries, size of areas and presence or absence of wilderness characteristics. Fully explain the basis for each conclusion on form 2, including any critical differences between BLM and citizen information. Document your findings regarding current conditions for each inventoried area. Describe how the present conditions are similar to, or have changed from, the conditions documented in the original wilderness inventory. Document your findings on Form 2 for each inventory area. Cite to or attach data considered, including photographs, maps, GIS layers, field trip notes, project files, etc. Wilderness Inventory Unit Pole Creek OR-036-007 2 of 14 Form 1 – Documentation of BLM Wilderness Inventory: Findings on Record 2 of 3 Attachment 1 H-6300-1-WILDERNESS INVENTORY MAINTENANCE IN BLM OREGON/WASHINGTON APPENDIX B – INVENTORY AREA EVALUATION Year: 2007 Inventory Unit Name/Number: Pole Creek OR-036-007 FORM 1 DOCUMENTATION OF BLM WILDERNESS INVENTORY FINDINGS ON RECORD: 1) Is there existing BLM wilderness inventory information on all or part of this area? Yes X No A.) Inventory Source(s) (X) Denotes all applicable BLM inventory files, printed maps, or published BLM Decision documents with information pertaining to this unit. Wilderness Inventories • (X) 1978 - BLM Wilderness Inventory Units OR-03-13-01 (unpublished BLM documents stored in 6-way case files). • (X) April 1979 - Proposed Initial Inventory: Roadless Areas and Islands Which Do Not Have Wilderness Characteristics (yellow book). Wilderness Decision Documents • (X) August 1979 - Wilderness Review – Initial Inventory: Final Decision on Public Lands Obviously Lacking Wilderness Characteristics, Oregon and Washington (green book). • ( ) October 1979 - Wilderness Review – Intensive Inventory: Oregon, Proposed Decision on the Intensive Wilderness Inventory of Selected Areas (grey book). • (X) March 1980 - Wilderness Review – Intensive Inventory: Final Decisions on 30 Selected Units in Southeast Oregon and Proposed Decisions on Other Intensively Inventoried Units in Oregon and Washington (orange book). • (X) November 1980 - Wilderness Inventory – Oregon and Washington, Final Intensive Inventory Decisions (brown book). • ( ) November 1981 - Stateline Intensive Wilderness Inventory Final Decision, Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, Utah (tan pamphlet). B.) Inventory Unit Name(s)/Number(s) • BLM unpublished file OR-03-13-01 (1978); Pole Creek 3-171 (November 1980 - Wilderness Inventory –Oregon and Washington, Final Intensive Inventory Decisions [brown book]). Wilderness Inventory Unit Pole Creek OR-036-007 3 of 14 Form 1 – Documentation of BLM Wilderness Inventory: Findings on Record 3 of 3 C.) Map Name(s)/Number(s) • (X) Final Decision – Initial Wilderness Inventory Map August 1979 • ( ) Proposed Decision Intensive Wilderness Inventory of Selected Areas Map October 1979 • (X) Intensive Wilderness Inventory Map March 1980 • (X) Intensive Wilderness Inventory, Final Decisions Map November 1980 • ( ) November 1981 Stateline Intensive Wilderness Inventory Final Decision, Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, Utah (tan pamphlet) D.) BLM District(s)/Field Office(s) • Vale District/Jordan Resource Area 2) BLM Inventory Findings on Record: Unit#/Name Size Natural Outstanding Outstanding Supplemental (acres) Condition Solitude Primitive & Values Unconfined Recreation Pole Creek 25,000 Y N N N 3-171 Total acres >> 25,000 Wilderness Inventory Unit Pole Creek OR-036-007 4 of 14 Form 2 – Documentation of Current Wilderness Inventory Conditions 1 of 4 H-6300-1-WILDERNESS INVENTORY MAINTENANCE IN BLM OREGON/WASHINGTON APPENDIX B – INVENTORY AREA EVALUATION Evaluation of Current Conditions: 1) Document and review the existing BLM wilderness inventory findings on file, if available, regarding the presence or absence of individual wilderness characteristics, using Form 1, below. 2) Consider relevant information regarding current conditions available in the office to identify and describe any changes to the existing information (use interdisciplinary (ID) team knowledge, aerial photographs, field observations, maps, etc.), and document your findings on Form 2, below. When Citizen Information has been submitted regarding wilderness characteristics, document the submitted materials including: date of Submission; Name of District(s) and Field Office(s) Affected; Type of material Submitted (e.g. narrative, map, photo). Evaluate any submitted citizen information regarding the validity of proposed boundaries of the unit(s), the existence of roads and other boundary features, the size of the unit(s), and the presence or absence of wilderness characteristics based on relevant information available in the office (prior BLM inventories, ID team knowledge, aerial photographs, field observations, maps, etc.) Conduct field reviews as necessary to verify information and to ascertain current conditions. Reach conclusions on current conditions including boundaries, size of areas and presence or absence of wilderness characteristics. Fully explain the basis for each conclusion on form 2, including any critical differences between BLM and citizen information. Document your findings regarding current conditions for each inventoried area. Describe how the present conditions are similar to, or have changed from, the conditions documented in the original wilderness inventory. Document your findings on Form 2 for each inventory area. Cite to or attach data considered, including photographs, maps, GIS layers, field trip notes, project files, etc. Wilderness Inventory Unit Pole Creek OR-036-007 5 of 14 Form 2 – Documentation of Current Wilderness Inventory Conditions 2 of 4 FORM 2 DOCUMENTATION OF CURRENT WILDERNESS INVENTORY CONDITIONS: Inventory Unit Name/Number: Pole Creek OR-036-007 For this exercise BLM refers to the area as 2007 Pole Creek OR-036-007. 1) Is the unit of sufficient size? Yes X No The unit is comprised of 34,196 acres, meeting the size criteria. A portion of the new unit contains private land and public land that was not extensively inventoried in 1978. The original boundary of unit 3-171 entered into private land along a motorized primitive trail and exited through Chipmunk Basin. For this reason the boundary was moved south to BLM road 6350-0-00 which added approximately 6,500 acres to the unit. Description: The unit is bounded by BLM roads 6355-0-00 and 6355-1-00 on the west, BLM roads 6356-0-00 and 6356-1-00 on the east, BLM road 6350-0-00 on the south, and BLM 6356-0-A0 on the north. Periodic maintenance of the 37.1 miles of boundary roads has occurred in the recent past (no confirmed dates available) and they are used regularly by ranchers (as observed by current BLM staff) and by the BLM for livestock management. Refer to map 2007_Pole_Creek_OR_036_007.pdf for the unit boundary. 2) Is the unit in a natural condition? Yes No X Description: Human imprints within the unit include four earthen reservoirs, 31.85 miles of motorized primitive trails, a 3000-acre crested wheatgrass seeding, one cow camp at Rawhide Springs, 17.6 miles of fenceline, one unmaintained airstrip, numerous private inholdings, and 23.7 miles of pipelines for livestock watering. The unit is divided by a fenceline running from east to west. In addition during 2006 one mile of pipeline and 2.5 miles of fenceline were