Management Area Title Description
2.1 Roaded Natural Rolling Plains and Morainal Hills Management activities provide high volumes of quality hardwood timber products and firewood with special consideration for enhancing wildlife habitats. Emphasis is given to managing grouse, deer and wildlife emphasis areas and fish habitat. A broad variety of recreational opportunities is available and visual diversity is high.
4.2 Roaded Natural Sandy Plains and Hills Management activities enhance and increase the variety of wildlife habitats with emphasis given to managing deer, grouse and wildlife emphasis areas. High volumes of softwood and hardwood timber products are produced. Emphasis includes reducing life-threatening and property-damaging wildfire potential and providing a variety of recreational opportunities.
4.3 Roaded Natural Wetlands Management activities provide a variety of forest views and scenes and recreational experiences in a primarily motorized recreational environment. Fish and wildlife are abundant, and efforts are made to increase and enhance various habitats. Emphasis is given to managing deer, grouse and wildlife emphasis areas.
4.4 Rural Management activities provide recreational opportunities, sources of firewood close to users, and moderate to high volumes of softwood timber products. Wildlife management is coordinated with adjacent non-National Forest System land management with emphasis on deer, grouse and wildlife management. Some small blocks will be managed to protect isolated, essential areas for endangered, threatened or sensitive species; while other small tracts may emphasize grouse management opportunities.
5.1 Wilderness Management activities of Congressionally-designated Wilderness provide for protection and enhancement of wilderness characteristics and values. Primitive or semiprimitive, nonmotorized recreational opportunities occur in a natural environment emphasizing solitude. Activities could include backpacking, hiking, camping, canoeing, hunting, fishing, cross-country skiing, snowshoeing and other nonmotorized activities.
6.1 Semiprimitive Nonmotorized Areas Management activities in these areas provide for semiprimitive, nonmotorized recreational experiences and will reduce life-threatening and property-damaging wildfire potential. Consideration also will be given to providing habitat diversity.
6.2 Semiprimitive Motorized Areas Management activities provide for semiprimitive, motorized recreational experiences. Consideration also will be given to providing habitat diversity.
7.1 Concentrated Recreation Areas Management activities provide for a quality recreation experience.
8.1 Wild and Scenic Rivers Management activities provide for Wild and Scenic River attributes and values.
8.2 Research Natural Areas Management activities provide for non-destructive research, education and ecological representation.
8.3 Experimental Forests Management activities provide for forest and biological research.
8.4 Special Areas Management activities provide for management of nationally-designated areas such as monuments and flower sanctuaries.
9.1 Candidate Research Natural Areas Lands in holding for candidate Research Natural Areas until establishment record and environmental documentation is completed for designation. Management activities provide for Research Natural Area attributes and values.
9.2 Wild and Scenic Study Rivers Lands in holding until studies and environmental documentation for designation are completed. Management activities provide for Wild and Scenic River attributes and values.