cherry-stem

v. to extend a spur of unprotected non-wilderness land, especially a dead-end road or trail, through a protected wilderness area. Also as a noun and as the form cherrystem. Subjects: English, Environment

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Citations: 1980 United States Senate (Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations for Fiscal year 1981) (Washington, D.C.) (Feb. 19) “Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations…on H.R. 7724, Part 1” p. 262: Senator McClure.…We have some that were used since the days of the covered wagon out there that are still used by ranchers in the area and have been ever since they had wheeled vehicles.…Yet the BLM says they’re not roads—that is a wilderness area. Secretary Andrus. I would suggest, Senator, that what you’re referring to is not the definition of “roads,” but a cherry-stemming effect around those areas. But it does it does make it very difficult to determine if a road is a roadless area of 5,000 acres or more. Senator McClure. I don’t know what you mean by “cherry-stemming.” Secretary Andrus. They run the road around with a— Senator McClure. Oh, you mean the designation of boundaries. Secretary Andrus. Yes. Senator McCLure. Obviously, if there is a road, how can you cherry-stem that in order to get 5,000 acres?…Secretary Andrus. I have not been a proponent of cherry-stemming myself, but it does go on. But our definition of roads used by a rancher is pretty broad, where they’re going out to even maintain a water trough and it has been done in a mechanical way. 1981 Inside Energy/with Federal Lands (July 13) “Interior Near Decision On ‘Cherrystemming’; Minerals Boost At Stake” p. 3: Interior Dept. officials are expected to decide by July 23 whether to retain existing department policy on “cherrystemming” in Bureau of Land Management wilderness study areas (WSAs).… A cherrystem is a narrow strip of land with nonwilderness characteristics which extends into—but not all the way across—a WSA. Most cherrystems contain roads. 1988 Robert Reinhold @ Kelso, California New York Times (June 25) “Military and Preservationists Clash Over Mojave’s Future”: Mr. Dodson said the plan “cherry stemmed’” many wildnerness areas, drawing boundaries along existing roads so that it is possible to penetrate close to the center. 1999 Subcommittee On National Parks And Public Lands Of The Committee On Resources House Of Representatives Hearing on H.R. 15, H.R. 150, and H.R. 154 (Washington, D.C.) (Feb. 4): Let me refer you to the onsite map and the references to the cherry stemmed roads. We have learned that we need to have the ability, if necessary, to put structures up along the border, but we need proper access and communication. Border patrol and BLM have completed a road that runs right along the border, and, if you notice, the wilderness area does not include the area actually on the border. That gives the Border Patrol the ability to build structures if need be, and to maintain their access roads. On either side of the cherry stemmed roads they have a 100 feet. *2000 United States Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management @ Elko, Nevada Nevada Wilderness Study Area Notebooks (Oct.) “Little Humboldt River Wilderness Study Area”: The area recommended for wilderness contains two inholdings. A 40-acre parcel at the southern end has no developed access and is too rugged for development. A cherrystem road provides access to the 160-acre parcel at Castle Place in the northern portion. This parcel contains a corral, but its primary use is recreational. Neither the corral nor cherrystem road is substantially noticeable. The area recommended for wilderness contains one other cherrystem road, which is not visible from most of the recommended area or the canyon areas. 2006 National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior Frequently Asked Questions General Management Plan /Wilderness Study/Environmental Impact Statement (Feb. 1) p. 16: At meetings with various groups during the past few years, the National Park Service had said that some areas within the recommended wilderness boundary could be “cherry- stemmed” out from the wilderness boundary as “minor modifications.”… “Cherry-stemming” is a method of excluding “non-conforming” uses such as roads from areas proposed as wilderness. *2007 Utah Wilderness Coalition (Moab, Utah) (May 31) “Frequently Asked Questions: Original BLM Wilderness Inventory”: If a dead-end road extends into another roadless area, the wilderness area boundary is sometimes drawn so as to exclude the road but include the land on both sides of the road. This is called a “cherry-stem,” since the road bears some resemblance to a cherry-stem jutting into the wilderness area. 2007 Dennis Webb Post Independent (Glenwood Springs, Colorado) (Sept. 12) “Wilderness bill would protect Roan Plateau”: As proposed, it carves out principal roads on top from the areas proposed for wilderness designation through what’s called “cherry-stemming,” so they could continue to be used. Motorized vehicle travel is prohibited in wilderness.

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