4.7.2.2. Summary of Impacts by Alternative

National Back Country Byways are designated to protect important recreational travel routes; the primary impacts to these routes include management that limits or prevents public use. Designation of the Red Gulch/Alkali Road National Back Country Byway would continue under all alternatives. Alternative B designates two additional back country byways, Hyattville Logging Road and the Hazelton (33-Mile) Road; Alternative D designates the Hyattville Logging Road and considers additional designations on a case-by-case basis. Alternatives A and C do not designate additional byways. Designation of additional back country byways would provide beneficial impacts by increasing opportunities for interpretation and education. Management for the development of interpretive facilities and educational materials under Alternative B is more extensive than under alternatives A, C, and D and may result in beneficial impacts to user experiences and increases in appropriate use that does not degrade the byways. Regardless of whether they are designated, adverse and beneficial impacts from the Red Gulch/Alkali Road National Back Country Byway, Hyattville Logging Road, and the Hazelton (33-Mile) Road on other resource values would be negligible under all alternatives.