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<br />13 <br /> <br />Bureau of Land Management <br /> <br />The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) administers National Resource Lands <br />under a variety of Congressional mandates requiring not only production <br />of resources, but their conservation, and not only the fullest possible <br />use and enjoyment of the lands by the publ ie, but preservation of environ- <br />mental qual ity as well. <br /> <br />The BLM administers the land and its resources as a trust responsibi I [tv. <br />Following the passage of the Taylor Grazing Act In 1934, the Rock Springs <br />Grazing District 'Has establ ished in 1936 under the Divisi,}n of Grazing <br />in the Department of Interior, The BLM is responsible for [h~ management <br />of about 418,400 acres or 20.8 percent of the land in the LOvler Gunni',;or, <br />Basin Unit. <br /> <br />In 1964 Congress passed the Classification and Multiple Use Act, which <br />directed the BLM to classify and manage the National Resource Lands <br />retained in federal ownership for their multiple use values. Some of <br />these values are: grazing for domestic 1 ivestock; habitat for big game <br />and other wildl ife; watershed protection; outdoor recreation; and <br />mineral leases, including gas and oil. <br /> <br />The National Resource Lands in the Lower Gunnison Basin Unit are used <br />primarily for mineral exploration and domestic I ivestock grazing. <br />Mineral leases are issued after application; grazing licenses are issued <br />on the basis of spring, fall, summer and winter use, depending on loca- <br />tion and type of range. <br /> <br />Resource development programs of the BLM are based on planning units. <br />Plan formulation of these units is termed Unit Resource Analysis, (URA). <br />and is only the beginning phase of watershed and resource management. <br />Unit Resource Analyses are completed or in progress on most of the land <br />in the Montrose and Grand Junction districts, More intensive planning <br />is called Allotment Management Planning and is following URA planning. <br />The program of Allotment Management Planning wil I be used to establ ish a <br />grazing management system for each grazing allotment or individual <br />ranch. The objective of an Allotment Management Plan is to develop a <br />grazing system which will obtain and sustain a stable soil and watershed <br />condition, and a dependable supply of forage in balance with other <br />multiple uses, The Allotment Management Plan will also provide continuity <br />to the range management program. <br /> <br />003062 <br />