Do the proposed corridor locations avoid specific areas altogether?
No, but the agencies believe that the proposed corridors avoid location-constrained areas to the maximum extent possible while still meeting the goals of Section 368. The four-step corridor siting evaluation process reduced the number of National Parks, National Monuments, and National Recreation Areas that would be crossed to 7 (from 15 at the end of Step 2). Routes are identified on two National Wildlife Refuges (NWRs) (down from as many as 12 early in the process) but no corridors would be designated on NWR lands until specific projects are evaluated under the Fish and Wildlife Service’s compatibility requirements. No Wilderness Areas would be crossed by the proposed corridors, reduced from 27 at the beginning of the process. Proposed corridors would cross three Wild and Scenic Rivers, one in California and two in Oregon.
