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r- Summary In {~j Forest and Woodland Management C'J Q C.) Approximately 5,800 acres or 98 percent of the commercial operable forest will be available for harvest. Annually, 34 acres of forest, or 185 Mbf, will be replaced through regeneration harvest. Approximately 12,000 acres or 96 percent of the productive operable woodlands will be avail- able for harvest. Annually, this will be about 53 acres of harvested area or 477 cords. In addition, the age class/growth condition and access of forest and woodlands on lands administered by BLM will improve. Lands Ownership Adjust- ment Management Emphasis will be to retain and manage the majority of BLM-administered lands in the SLRA. Approximately 5,300 acres could be available for disposal by public sale and other means. An additional 352,000 may be available for disposal, preferably by exchange, when disposal is in the public interest. Adjustments to lands administered by BLM under the second category will probably be infrequent. Land disposal will not occur in the designated ACECs, WSAs, and SRMAs within the SLRA. Category I and IT criteria are shown in chapter 3 and on the Realty Action Decisions Map in the back of this document. Some potential zones of acquisition have been tentatively identified to consolidate land ownership patterns, improve manageability, protect or enhance sensitive resources or other public land values, etc. These zones, shown on the Realty Action Decisions Map in the bad of this document, are non-Federal lands identified for acquisition ouly from willing landowners or agencies at fair market value to satisfy important public interests Lands Withdrawal Manage- ment Existing withdrawals will be retained except for the water- power/storage withdrawals in the 2,640 acres on the 22-mile Rio Grande River Corridor determined suitable for wild and, scenic river designation. A new withdrawal will be recdlmhended to protect the river corridor values, whether or nbtliesignation as a wild and scenic river occurs. The ~~~IlWal for ~~ Blanca area will be expanded to m",~ "'. ' i4q;a~ WIthin this special wildlife and recrea- ti "~thdrawals will be recommended for six '.' ~r his!oric place (NRHP) sites, and ling WIthdrawal on Cumbres Thltec ;~ also recommended. Lands Access Acquisition All access acquisitions would be directed by the access priority ranking criteria; access benefiting BLM and other resource agencies, access needs identified within various CRMAPs, access needs identified for the Rio Grande River Corridor, and access needs identified within the area-wide support services management plan (SSMP). Lands Rights-ot-Way Management All utility corridors will be designated per the Western Utilities Group (WUG) plan, except areas of critical en- vironmental concern (ACECs) and exclusion areas. All other BLM-administered lands will be open for considera- tion for development of ma,jor utility facilities with stipula- tions on a case-by-case basis. (See Realty Action Decisions Map in the back of this document.) Areas ot Critical Environ- mental Concern Approximately 142,000 acres were identified lor special management. Designation of 131,000 acres (93 percent) for special management will occur. These acres include Sand Castle Area ACEC; San Luis Hills Area ACEC; Blanca Area ACEC; llickle Mountain Area ACEC; Rio Grande River Corridor ACEC (which includes all portions deter- mined eligible and suitable as an addition to the National Wild and Scenic River System); Elephant Rocks Area ACEC; Cumbres and Thltec Scenic Railroad ACEC; Los Mogotes Area ACEC; and Ra Jadero Canyon ACtlC. Areas of Special Concern Decisions Maps are in the back of this document. About ll,::!OO acres (7 percent) will not be designated as areas for special management. Recreation Management About 27,600 acres (5 percent) of the lands administered by BLM in the planning area wiJ) be managed for intensive recreation; i.e., the Rio Grande River Corridor (4,595 acres), Penitente Canyon (7,529 acres), Zapata Falls Area (6,302 acres), and Blanca (9,147 acres) special recreation manageme.Jt areas. About 493,000 acres or 95 percent will be managed for extensive recreation opportunities. About 173,000 acres or 33 percent of lands administered by BLM in the plarwing area will be managed as open to off-highway vehicle (DHV) use, and about 342,000 acres or 66 percent will be open with limitations to DHV use. There will be 5,300 acres or 1 percent closed to DHV use (shown on Special Concern Maps in the back of this document). 5-2