Policy 5: Encourage the transfer of privately owned, environmentally sensitive or isolated land within the Wheeler Crest planning area.

Action 5.1: Identify parcels incompatible for private use by virtue of location and/or environmental sensitivity (i.e., avalanche area, deer migration route, etc.).

Action 5.2: Coordinate with the USFS or BLM to exchange public land that is more suitable for private ownership.

Policy 5: That existing National Forest and BLM lands surrounding the community be retained in public ownership or be utilized for community purposes.

Action 5.1: Coordinate all planning and development activities adjacent to public lands with the affected public entity.

Action 5.2: Assist in the preservation of valuable deer habitat by establishing a land bank, or other mechanisms, to retain migration corridors.

Action 5.3: Coordinate with public agencies to preserve and enhance natural stream courses.

Action 5.4: Consider requiring a fire safety buffer between public land and any new development.

Action 5.5: Assign Open Space designation for surrounding DWP lands

Policy 6: That isolated public lands within the study area be exchanged for private lands better suited for watershed protection and other public purposes.

Action 6.1: Identify and designate those lands that, by reason of their remote, isolated, or hazardous location, should be exchanged.