Introduction and Evaluation Process Summary Inventoried Roadless Areas and Wilderness Evaluations For reader convenience, all wilderness evaluation documents are compiled here, including duplicate sections that are also found in the Draft Environmental Impact Statement, Appendix D Inventoried Roadless Areas. Introduction and Evaluation Process Summary Inventoried Roadless Areas Proposed Wilderness by and Wilderness Evaluations Alternative Introduction and Evaluation Process Summary Roadless areas refer to substantially natural landscapes without constructed and maintained roads. Some improvements and past activities are acceptable within roadless areas. Inventoried roadless areas are identified in a set of maps contained in the Forest Service Roadless Area Conservation Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS), Volume 2, November 2000. These areas may contain important environmental values that warrant protection and are, as a general rule, managed to preserve their roadless characteristics. In the past, roadless areas were evaluated as potential additions to the National Wilderness Preservation System. Roadless areas have maintained their ecological and social values, and are important both locally and nationally. Recognition of the values of roadless areas is increasing as our population continues to grow and demand for outdoor recreation and other uses of the Forests rises. These unroaded and undeveloped areas provide the Forests with opportunities for potential wilderness, as well as non-motorized recreation, commodities and amenities. The original Forest Plans evaluated Roadless Area Review and Evaluation (RARE II) data from the mid- 1980s and recommended wilderness designation for some areas. Most areas were left in a roadless, non- motorized use status. This revision of Forest Plans analyzes a new and more complete land inventory of inventoried roadless areas as well as other areas identified by the public during scoping. These inventoried roadless areas are evaluated by alternative to determine which areas would be recommended to Congress for wilderness designation and which areas would be allocated to an alternative land use. There were 118 roadless areas inventoried within the southern California National Forests for the Forest Plan revisions, totaling approximately 1,065,925 acres, approximately 32% of the total National Forest System lands or 47% of the total non-wilderness National Forest System lands here. Wilderness evaluation of the roadless inventory of the Forests, as well as of other undeveloped areas proposed by the public, is based on criteria of capability, availability, and need: ● Capability: The capability of potential wilderness is the degree to which it contains the basic characteristics that qualify it for wilderness designation. Factors examined include environment and special features, challenge, outdoor recreation opportunities, and manageability. ● Availability: An area's availabilityis determined by comparing wilderness values in that location to the value of and need for other resource uses and production from the same land area. ● Need: The need for designation of new wilderness is based on comparing the value of a potential area to existing wilderness in nearby locations as well as to the National Wilderness Preservation System as a whole. This analysis considers demand for additional wilderness recreation opportunities on the forest. It also looks at the need to give certain vegetation types the protection that wilderness designation would afford. Using the above criteria, each area was rated high, moderate, or low. The analysis resulted in identification of 23 roadless and other undeveloped areas within the Angeles National Forest, 21 roadless and other undeveloped areas within the Cleveland National Forest, 51 roadless areas within the Los Padres National Forest, and 23 roadless areas within the San Bernardino National Forest. The following tables list the names, acreage and ratings of all the areas evaluated: ● Table 343: Angeles National Forest - Inventoried Roadless Areas evaluated ● Table 344: Angeles National Forest - Publicly proposed other undeveloped areas evaluated ● Table 345: Cleveland National Forest - Inventoried Roadless Areas evaluated ● Table 346: Cleveland National Forest - Publicly proposed other undeveloped areas evaluated ● Table 347: Los Padres National Forest - Inventoried Roadless Areas evaluated ● Table 348: Los Padres National Forest - Publicly proposed other undeveloped areas evaluated ● Table 349: San Bernardino National Forest - Inventoried Roadless Areas evaluated ● Table 350: San Bernardino National Forest - Publicly proposed undeveloped areas evaluated Inventoried Roadless Areas Proposed Wilderness by and Wilderness Evaluations Alternative Table 343. Angeles National Forest - Inventoried Roadless Areas evaluated Inventoried Roadless Area Recommended by Public Acres Capability Availability Need Arroyo Seco 4,674 Moderate Low Low Cucamonga A Yes 1,221 High High Moderate Fish Canyon 29,872 Moderate Moderate Moderate Magic Mountain Yes 15,517 Low Low Low Pleasant View Yes 26,332 High Moderate Low Red Mountain Yes 8,030 Moderate Moderate Low Salt Creek Yes 11,004 Moderate Moderate Low San Dimas 7,149 Low Low Low San Gabriel Add 2,506 Low High Low Sespe-Frazier* 4,200 Moderate Moderate Moderate Sheep Mountain Yes 1,441 Low Moderate Low Sheep Mountain Yes 613 Low Moderate Low Sheep Mountain 18 High High Low Sheep Mountain Yes 16,240 High High Moderate Sheep Mountain 2,641 Low Moderate Low Strawberry Peak Yes 7,193 Low Low Low Tule Yes 9,855 Low Low Low West Fork Yes 1,156 High High Low Westfork Yes 4,385 High High Low *Note: A recent adjustment to the administrative boundary has been made within the GIS system. The official IRA acres for the ANF Sespe-Frazier were calculated before the adjustment, and the official Recommeded Wilderness acres for the ANF Sespe-Frazier were calculated after the adjustment; hence the discrepancy of 21 official acres. Table 344. Angeles National Forest - Publicly proposed other undeveloped areas evaluated Other Undeveloped Recommended By Acres Alt. 6 Capability Availability Need Area Public Condor Peak Yes 13,803 Low Low Low Pleasant View - Non Yes **2,427 Moderate Moderate Low IRA Santa Clarita Yes 3,661 Low Low Moderate Canyons Silver Mountain Yes **8,285 Moderate Moderate Moderate (West Fork) ** Value averaged across alternatives Table 345. Cleveland National Forest - Inventoried Roadless Areas evaluated Inventoried Roadless Recommended by Public Acres Capability Availability Need Area Barker Valley Yes 11,912 Moderate Moderate Moderate Caliente Yes 5,910 High High Moderate Coldwater Yes 8,370 Low Low Low Cutca Valley Yes 8,619 High Moderate Low Cutca Valley Yes 5,891 Moderate Low Low Eagle Peak Yes 6,460 Moderate Moderate Moderate Ladd Yes 5,287 Low Low Low No Name Yes 4,887 Low Moderate Low Pine Creek 485 High High High San Mateo Canyon 65 Low Low Low Sill Hill Yes 5,279 Moderate Low Low Trabuco 23,320 High Moderate Moderate Wildhorse/Morrell Yes 965 Low Low Low (except Sections 21/22) Wildhorse/Morrell Yes 515 Low Low Low (Sections 21/22) Table 346. Cleveland National Forest - Publicly proposed other undeveloped areas evaluated Other Undeveloped Recommended By Public Acres Capability Availability Need Area Cedar Creek Yes **2,800 Low Low Moderate Hauser Mountain Yes 1,274 High Moderate Moderate Hauser South Yes **3,600 High Moderate Moderate (expansion) Sitton Peak Yes 1,029 Low Low Low Sitton Peak Addition Yes 1,206 Low Low Low Upper San Diego River Yes 1,028 High Moderate Moderate Upper San Diego River Yes **4,905 High Moderate Moderate Gorge ** Value averaged across alternatives Table 347. Los Padres National Forest - Inventoried Roadless Areas evaluated Inventoried Roadless Area Need Acres by Public Capability Availability Availability Recommended Recommended Antimony Yes 40,513 Low Low Low Bear Canyon *1,946 Low Low Low Bear Mountain 1,045 Low Low Low Big Rocks 11,841 Low Low Low Black Butte Yes *5,172 Low Low Low Black Mountain Yes 16,830 Low Low Low Camuesa 8,191 Low Low Low Chalk Peak *1,442 Low Low Low Condor Point Yes 14,868 Low Low Low Cuyama Yes 19,534 Low Low Low De La Guerra 5,417 Low Low Low Diablo Yes 9,407 Moderate Low Low Diablo Yes 10,195 Low Low Low Dry Lakes Yes 7,576 Moderate Moderate Low Dry Lakes Yes 9,463 Low Low Low Fox Mountain Yes 11,174 Moderate Low Low Fox Mountain Yes 40,908 Low Low Low Garcia Mountain Yes 2,467 Moderate Moderate Low Garcia Mountain Yes 5,381 Low Low Low Horseshoe Springs 14,097 Low Low Low Juncal Yes 12,280 Low Low Low La Brea Yes 5,521 Moderate Low Low La Brea 8,453 Low Low Low La Panza 4,958 Low Low Low Little Pine Yes 1,290 Low Low Low Los Machos Hills 10,984 Low Low Low Machesna Mountain (includes part of Los Yes 4,883 Moderate Moderate Low Pelados) Machesna Mountain Yes 7,362 Low Low Low Madulce Buckhorn Yes 7,961 High Moderate Low Madulce Buckhorn Yes 6,221 Moderate Moderate Low Manzana Yes 138 Low Low Low Matilija Yes 3,175 Moderate Moderate Low Inventoried Roadless Area Need Acres by Public Capability Availability Availability Recommended Recommended Matilija Yes 1,740 Low Low Low Miranda Pine 13,308 Low Low Low Mono Yes 16,236 High High Mod Mono Yes 11,796 Moderate Moderate Moderate Nordhoff 12,024 Low Low Low Quatal 7,248 Low Low Low Santa Cruz Yes 14,501 Moderate Moderate Low Santa Cruz Yes 6,620 Moderate Low Low Sawmill-Badlands Yes 1,514 Moderate Low Low Sawmill-Badlands (includes Chumash Yes 49,537 Moderate Moderate Low Additions NW and SW, and Badlands Apache) Sespe-Frazier (includes Fishbowls PWA**, Thorn Yes 14,810 Moderate Moderate Low PWA and Stone House PWA) Sespe-Frazier (includes Yes 59,242 Low Low Low Sheep Creek) Sespe-Frazier (includes Yes 12,893 Low Moderate Low part of Chorro Grande) Sespe-Frazier (includes Yes 23,944 Low Low Low part of Beaver) Spoor Canyon Yes 13,752 Low Low Low Stanley Mountain 14,267 Low Low Low Tepusquet Peak 5,823 Low Low Low Tequepis 9,086 Low Low Low White Ledge Yes 18,607 Moderate Low Low * Acres are an estimate; Final acreages will be determined when Big Sur Wilderness Area boundaries are finalized.