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<br />OO!l77? <br />WILDERNESS STUDY {FURTHER PLA"~NI:\G AREAS <br /> <br />t.'e are reassessing Qur recommendations concerning <br />the Buffalo Peaks and Sangre de Cristo Wilderness <br />Study Areas. Boundary modifications are being <br />considered. <br /> <br />OIL AND GAS LEASI:-iG <br /> <br />Existing laws and regulations make most acres <br />of };'ational Forest Syste~ lands available for <br />oil and gas leasing. A high percentage of Pike <br />and San Isabel National Forest lands can be made <br />available for oil and ga3 leasing. The purpose <br />of the Plan is not to make final decisions on <br />~hich lands may be leased. It will id~ntify <br />those lands available for leasing based on an <br />environmental analysis. The Forest recomm~nda- <br />tions to the Bureau of Lind Hanagement (BUt) <br />will be based on results of these analyses. <br /> <br />WILDLIFE <br /> <br />A more detailed analysis of current wildlif~ <br />and fish habitat conditions is being m.lde. <br />Hnbitat goals and objectives \"'ill be bi'tter <br />defined and used in identifying management f ~~~ <br />opportuni ties, and in formulating management /~~~.HI. J ';'y\~.lj ~ <br />alternatives, A better description will be ;:Si~__o:'~:~ ..J:;?"'.j~ <br />given on how various rnan.1gement activities, /-:::-- -. ~,I!]~_'E <br />especially the timber harvest program, can -_~~- _/, ,11 :;-'., (f~~k~p/' <br />be used to impeove habitat conditions. The - f,!"''''I:''~f1t'; ~)~\~~,jit~ <br />effects of alternative implementation on 4tJ ~~:'~' ~~'~i~ <br />habitat quality will be better displayed. 'j-"':'7Jn: ~\{ I' . t~';!~J <br />,Ii .t:.:.. ',,~ ~.:;.;'" ~ <br />If/' ~~~~-" ~ <br /> <br />