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How great a challenge, if any, have you had managing each of the following environmental impacts of OHV
use in [name of unit appeared here] over the past 5 years?
Management of environmental impacts includes: prevention, rehabilitation, and monitoring. Please respond based on these management aspects as a whole. If the impact is not an issue in your unit, please check that option. |
| Very great challenge | Great challenge | Moderate challenge | Small challenge | No challenge | N/A - Not an issue in my unit | Don't know/ Have not yet addressed the issue | ||
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| 18a.
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Soil damage or erosion | |||||||
| 18b.
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Damage to vegetation | |||||||
| 18c.
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Damage to riparian zones or wetlands | |||||||
| 18d.
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Damage to water quality | |||||||
| 18e.
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Damage to air quality | |||||||
| 18f.
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Noise impacts | |||||||
| 18g.
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Wildlife habitat fragmentation | |||||||
| Very great challenge | Great challenge | Moderate challenge | Small challenge | No challenge | N/A - Not an issue in my unit | Don't know/ Have not yet addressed the issue | ||
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| 18h.
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Harm to threatened and endangered species | |||||||
| 18i.
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Spread of invasive species | |||||||
| 18j.
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Damage to cultural or historic resources | |||||||
| 18k.
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Damage to geologic resources | |||||||
| 18l.
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Intrusion on research areas | |||||||
| 18m.
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Other (please specify) | |||||||
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If you answered "Other" for q18, please describe here. | |
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If you would like to make any comments about environmental impacts of OHV use in [name of unit appeared here], please do so in the space below. |
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