Old Woman Front ACEC

Land Use Plan:	Richfield Resource Management Plan
Acreage:	330
Date:	October 2008
Values:	Relict vegetation
Management Guidance:	Manage the area for multiple use, while protecting the relict vegetation. Permit no human activities that directly or indirectly modify ecological processes. Allow no wildlife habitat manipulation. Prohibit the introduction or spread of exotic animal species. Allow wildland fire use within the parameters of an approved fire plan and only under a prescription designed to accomplish the objectives of the area. Suppress fires using minimal impact tools and techniques. Avoid the use of heavy equipment. Avoid post-fire rehabilitation; if needed, use seed of indigenous species, and locally adapted ecotypes. Allow no logging or harvest of woodland products, fuelwood gathering, or Christmas tree cutting. Unavailable for livestock grazing. Construct no range improvements. Issue no special recreation permits. Close area to off highway vehicle use. Authorize no roads, new trails, fences, signs, buildings, or other physical improvements. Recommend withdrawing from mineral entry. Manage as open to oil and gas leasing with major constraints, such as no surface occupancy.