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varied with the size of the assessment area, the research data 

 collected and the level of documentation and analysis. The 

 ICBEMP project (encompassing 144 million acres, ccr.plex ZSA and 

 forest health issues, and many land use conflicts) which includes 

 a scientific assessment, 2 EIS's and a scientific evaluation of 

 alternatives, will take 4 years to complete at a cost of 33 

 million dollars to the Forest Service and the BLM. However, 74 

 Forest Service and BLM land management plans may be amended, a 

 long term conservation strategy for the threatened and endangered 

 salmon will be in place, a strategy to preclude the need to the 

 list inland fish will be completed, a strategy to effectively 

 deal with forest and rangeland health, and a consistent digital 

 basm-wide database will be available for cumulative effect 

 analyses for project and forest planning 



The SAA encompasses 37 million acres and the assessment is a 

 broad scale, cooperative interagency analysis which will develop 

 principles and consistent infomation (including a computerized 

 database) to be used during forest plan revision pursuant to the 

 National Forest Management Act. This assessment has cost less 

 because it covers fewer acres and has not included costs for 

 associated EIS's in addition to the scientific assessment. The 

 Forest Service cost of this assessment is approximately 1.8 

 million dollars. 



The SNEP assessment area encompasses 25.6 million acres. The 

 assessment has cost 6.6 million dollars to pay for independent 



