WSP10967

• File Number: 8200.765
• Description: Little Snake River General
• State: CO
• Basin: Yampa/White
• Water Division: 6
• Date: 6/1/1989
• Author: DOI-BLM
• Title: Little Snake Resource Management Plan and Record of Decision
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

CHAPTER I

intended to guide the order of implementation. Priorities
will be reviewed annually 10 help develop the budget for
the coming year. The priorities may be revised based upon
new administrative poticies. new Department directions, or
new Bureau goals. These priorities are shown in Chapter
II.

Appeal rights

Any person adversely affected by a specific action in this
plan may appeal (see 43 CFR 4.400) at the time the action
is proposed for implementation.

MONITORING AND EVALUATION

This plan will be monitored to ensure (I) projects are
tied 10 the budget, (2) projects are implemented on the
ground, (3) stipulations or restrictions are adhered to, and
(4) support, work months, and procurement needed to
implement the projects are considered.

This plan will also be monitored to detennioe effectiveness
and the need for revision or amendment. Monitoring will
determine whether objectives are being achieved, whether
assumptions were correctly applied and impacts correctly
predicted, whether mitigation measures are satisfactory, and
whether changes need to be made.

MODIFICATION

This plan may be changed through amendment.
Monitoring and evaluation findings, new data, and new or
revised policies will be evaluated to determine whether an
amendment is needed. Any change in circumstances or
conditions that affect the scope, terms, or conditions of the
plan may warrant an amendment. In all cases, a proposed
action that does not conform with the plan and warrants
further consideration before a plan revision is scheduled
will require an amendment. The amendment process is
identical to the resource management planning process, but
the scope of information. analysis. and documentation is
more limited. Generally, an amendment is site specific or
involves only one or two planning issues.

This plan may be revised when it becomes outdated or
obsolete. A plan revision requires a new resource
management plan for the entire resource area.

The public and other agencies will be included in the
amendment and revision process.

MAINTENANCE

This plan will be updated as necessary to keep it current
without changing its scope or intent. These changes will
Dot affect decisions, conditions, terms, or levels of resource
use or restrictions from those prescribed in the plan.

RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER BLM
PLANNING LEVELS AND STUDIES

Development of an RMP occurs within the framework
of the BLM planning system. The planning system is
subdivided into three distinct tiers. The Council on
Environmental Quality (CEQ) regulations provide for tiering
to aid compliance with NEPA (40 CFR 1500-1508). The
three general tiers in the BLM planning system include policy
planning, land-use planning, and activity- or program-
specific planning. This plan satisfies the requirements for
the land,use tier of planning.

Other documents are being prepared as a result of lhis
land-use planning effort. They include a rangeland program
summary and a wilderness study report.

The rangeland program summary is a communications
1001 used to (I) announce the results of the livestock grazing
portion of the land-use plan/environmental analysis; (2)
inform the puhlic of the Bureau's rangeland resource
management objectives for the allotment or planning area;
and (3) document puhlicly the actions intended to achieve
those ohjectives. The rangeland program summary will be
published within five months from publication of this record
of decision for the approved plan.

Seven wilderness study areas (WSAs) are being studied
to determine whether they are suitable or not suitable for
inclusion into the National Wilderness Preservation System.
They are the West Cold Spring, Diamond Breaks. Cross
Mountain, Ant Hills. Chew Winter Camp, Peterson Draw,
and Vale of Tears WSAs. The information generaled in
this wilderness plan will contribute to the development of
the legislative environmental impact statement (EIS) and
the wilderness study report (WSR). The WSR will contain
the preliminary recommendation for each WSA and
document the considerations that led to the recommenda,
tions. The WSA and EIS will be transmitted by the President
to the Congress for appropriate action.

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