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GEORGE WASHINGTON NATIONAL FOREST APPENDIX I MAPS OF HARVEST AND TIMBER LIMITATIONS APPENDIX I: MAPS OF AREAS WITH ADDITIONAL TIMBER HARVEST AND ROAD CONSTRUCTION LIMITATIONS The following maps depict the portions of the Appalachian National Scenic Trail Corridor (4A), Special Biological Area (4D), and Shenandoah Mountain Crest (8E7) Management Prescription Areas that are within surrounding Remote Backcountry Recreation (12D) Management Prescription Areas and where additional standards are required regarding timber harvest and road construction. See the appropriate Management Prescription Area direction for details on the standards. REVISED LAND AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PLAN I - 1 APPENDIX I MAPS OF HARVEST AND TIMBER LIMITATIONS GEORGE WASHINGTON NATIONAL FOREST This page left intentionally blank. I - 2 REVISED LAND AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PLAN APPENDIX I MAPS Special Biological Areas 459A 456 of Beards Mountain 361C 1901 Remote Backountry Northeast Beards Mountain 638 637 194 361 629 125S 361A 621 125A 459 461 454 125 6008 473A Beards Mountain Beards Mountain Douthat State Park ROUGH MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS 630 336A 336 Legend . Remote Backcountry Area 4D - Special Biological Area 12D - Remote Backcountry 646 State Land 705 0 0.25 0.5 1 636 Non-N.F. Land 354 Miles 635 42 I - 3 WV344B 55 93 5/1 Special Biological23-10 Areas of Big Schloss WV1712 Remote Backountry 23/12 93H WV1018 93E WV344 WV1729 93G WV1611 Teets Bog WV1867 1013.3 WV536 902 WV536B 1005 1006 93F WV1615 WV344A 400 1029 WV521A Horsetail WV521 1030 WV1614A WV505 WV1614 Buck Mountain 1014 1857 WV522 259 746 371 1030A 1007 1038 1037 259/5 1013.2 WV509 WV1621A 1003 1725 713 1002 Pond Run Pond 414 1719 Salus Spring 1036 603 Big Schloss 514 1013.1 408 600 23-10 1718 1013.1 1718A 1859 573 405.4 1863 571 398 411 Big Schloss 88A 415 429 604 1004 459 623 88 681 92 1579 578 605 92B 1320 749 458 783 434 426A 1570 81 1689 426 1688 Legend 604 608 . 717 Remote Backcountry Area 605 4D - Special Biological Area 681 0 0.5 1 2 675 12D - Remote Backcountry81 Miles 11 42 11 1191 42 I - 4 APPENDIX I MAPS 606 Special Biological Areas of Dolly Ann Remote Backountry 125F Harrington Shale Woodland 125J 125C 3015 687 Harrington Roadside 125D 473 125 Dry Run 448A 448 Dolly Ann 471 125B 337 337B 220 339 125H 1107 64 696 1109 3542 625 3545 305 3544 373 20 588 616 797 1104 64 18 3730 623 . Legend Remote Backcountry Area 4D - Special Biological Area 12D - Remote Backcountry 0 0.25 0.5 1 Non-N.F. Land Miles 620 657 I - 5 253 388 253E Special Biological Areas 688 of Elliott Knob 255C 629 Remote Backountry 329A 485 122 1591 77C 329 484B 689 484A 110 314 77H 314A 77M 77L 77J 398J 77A 398 398B 77E 398I 443A 398A 398G 398F 77F 308 1209 398D 347C 1624 1623 398C 347 77 77K 347B 77N 657 347D 77G Elliott Knob Elliott Knob 292 1448 445 381 82D 82C 435 1595 383A 383H 383C 383 383F 383K 443 383D 383B Goshen-Little Mountain 1766 82B 383E Wildlife Management Area 82 82A 382B Legend 1760 1625A Remote Backcountry Area 109 382A 82E 4D - Special Biological Area 1042A 12D - Remote Backcountry 400 100 845 1625 State Land 0 0.25 0.5 1 Non-N.F. Land Miles 42 382 382C . 382 I - 6 APPENDIX I MAPS 151H 151 151F Cow Knob Salamander 85-2 in High 1016Knob 1012 21/1 Remote Backountry348 33 21/3 1035 1021 21 227C 85-3 WV532 High Knob WV379 WV68A 227H 227D 227I WV68 1197 34 31 1022 24 227B 85-4 USNR 34C 34B 34B 225B 1025 34A 227 85A WV33 1024 25 85-6 428A 1775A 1026 428 428B 85-5 539 62 Legend 435 Remote Backcountry Area WV61 8E7 - Cow Knob Salamander 924 12D - Remote Backcountry 0 0.25 0.5 1 Non-N.F. Land . Miles 430 85-5 435B I - 7 395 395M 395E 1763 616 Special Biological Areas 1763A of Jerkemtight 395I 395F Remote Backountry 395H 396D 111 395A 395J 396 396E 396A 173.2 394B 173E 394 173 110 393 Highland Wildlife Management Area 393A 393 393B 394L 394A 614 600 614 399B 399E 628 399D 447 399C 678 Jerkemtight 692 417 6282 82 394F 547 392 717 399 7004 718 387 641 433A Clayton Mill Spring Sister Knob 433B 546 Clayton Mill Pond 472A 433D 381 1576 433 600 627 1594 61A Legend 443 109A 384 Remote Backcountry Area 309 1768 . 1758 4D - Special Biological Area 109 1581 640 12D - Remote Backcountry 406 State Land Big Cedar Shale Barren 61 660 0 0.5 1 2 Non-N.F. Land Miles 61K 468 629 382 I - 8 APPENDIX I MAPS 340 81 81 Special Biological Areas of Kelley Mountain Remote Backountry 608 624 610 660 1818 5010 52 42 1247 608 664 537 42P 479 42C 855 42H 1234 623 1290 Big Levels - Macrosite 1237 42K 524 162A 518 587 518A 162B 162 Kelley Mountain 1 SAINT MARYS WILDERNESS Mountain View BRP Church 300 91 500 500B 500C 507A 507 91C 299 91E 162C 91D 504 503 480A 480 1159 482 814 685 686 306 687 5003 667 THREE RIDGES WILDERNESS Legend . Remote Backcountry Area 303 4D - Special Biological Area 814 0 0.5 1 2 56 Non-N.F. Land Miles 1 56 526 THE PRIEST WILDERNESS 682 680 I - 9 Special Biological Areas of Laurel Fork Remote Backountry 50 142 60 28 598 598A 818 633A 19 450 633 57 600 Laurel Fork 632A Laurel Fork 58 632 599 601 435 106 604 457 54 634 642 Legend Remote Backcountry Area 4D - Special Biological Area 12D - Remote Backcountry 0 0.25 0.5 1 Non-N.F. Land Miles . I - 10 APPENDIX I MAPS Special Biological Areas of Oliver Mountain 720 Remote Backountry GRE-14/1 882A Lake Moomaw GRE-14 882 3515 418 372 603 438 Oliver Mountain 604 Lake Moomaw Barrens Morris Hill 604A 781 605 469A 192 638 661 469 600 640 666 721 687 641 3014 . Legend Johnsons Creek Remote Backcountry Area 4D - Special BiologicalHarrington Area Roadside 12D - Remote Backcountry 0 0.25 0.5 1 Non-N.F. Land Miles 220 I - 11 624 Special Biological Areas 129 of Rich Hole Remote Backountry 328A 353 454 42 South Fork Pads Creek Barren 633 6021 ROUGH MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS Copeland Barrens 362 Rough Mountain 1923 3530 3527 3526 42 3525 630 464 Mill Mountain Pond 304 RICH HOLE WILDERNESS 3520 447B Rich Hole 64 42 465 3521 3522 636 705 3523 447 351 635 108 466 1791 333A . 770 East Sharon Shale Barren 777 776 Legend 633 60 334A Remote Backcountry Area 4D - Special Biological Area 64 333 634 1B - Recommended Wilderness 333C 334 333B 12D - Remote Backcountry 271D 0 0.25 0.5 1 Non-N.F. Land Miles 467 172 654 271 658 I - 12 APPENDIX I MAPS 259 375 Special Biological Areas 1618A 81 of Southern Massanutten 582 11 Remote Backountry 1619 1618 685 340 1620 584 375C 583 416 81 1613 419 419 579 4012 Cub Run Headwaters 722 724 Southern Massanutten 65A 620 65 636 580 602 637 Legend 644 33Remote Backcountry Area 4D - Special Biological Area 0 0.5 1 2 12D - Remote Backcountry Miles . 33 I - 13 595 699 Appalachian Trail Corridor510 608 in Three Sisters 678 Remote Backountry 607 671 792 509B 680 671 164A 1154 311 509D 1154D 1154 BRP 1813 164 1814 679 501 1811 509 663 Three Sisters BRP 1881A 1 1881 703 317A 317 501,103 318B 512 36D 1800 318 36E 559 1803 36 1802 318 36J 800 36H 812 36G 1158 36F Legend 805 4 Remote Backcountry Area . 4A - Appalachian Trail Corridor 803 905 12D - Remote Backcountry806 JAMES RIVER FACE WILDERNESS 3001 130 0 0.25 0.5 1 564 Non-N.F.319 Land Miles 610 2 800 I - 14.
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