Bruneau-Owyhee sage-grouse habitat project (BOSH) : final environmental impact statement /

Abstract

There are roughly 430,000 acres of wilderness within the BOSH project boundary. The BOSH Project would be conducted in a manner consistent with Section 4(d) of the Wilderness Act, Section 10(a and b) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, and Section 1503(b)(8)(B) of the Omnibus Public Lands Management Act. BLM Manual 6340 This EIS ensures "…that potential impacts to wilderness areas are appropriately analyzed in conformance with NEPA." The manual states that eight of the Prohibited Uses (commercial enterprises and permanent roads are not included) may be allowed if they are "necessary to meet minimum requirements for the administration of the area for the purpose of the [Wilderness] act." Additionally, minimum requirements analysis (MRA) using the minimum requirements decision guide (MRDG) must be made in non-urgent situations to determine whether or not…action within a wilderness is warranted." Cultural Resources The BLM is required to consult with Native American tribes to assure that federally recognized tribal governments and Native American individuals, whose traditional uses of public land might be affected by a proposed action, will have sufficient opportunity to contribute to the decision, and that the decision maker will give tribal concerns proper consideration. Tribal coordination and consultation responsibilities are implemented under laws and executive orders that are specific to cultural resources which are referred to as "cultural resource authorities," and under regulations that are not specific, which are termed "general authorities.