John Day Basin Draft Resource Management Plan
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Title:

JDRMP Wilderness Study Areas (Old) Polygon

Dataset Name:

sma_bl_a_pb_wsa_old_poly

Category:

Special Management Areas

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Description:

This theme shows the Wilderness Study Area (WSA) boundaries as inventoried in the mid-1980's and precisely defined in the Oct.1991 "Wilderness Study Report" and/or on USGS 7.5 minute quad maps. There have also been a few changes to WSAs since the 1991 report. WSAs are essentially roadless areas under BLM jurisdiction. WSAs have special management restrictions and priorities. WSA's are primarily used for resource management planning (most natural resource decisions are impacted by the existence of WSAs), Congressional inquiries (Congress may act on Wilderness designation in WSAs), public inquiries and education (special restrictions in WSAs may affect public land users). This dataset represents those WSA's that are within the John Day Resource Management Plan (JDRMP) boundary.