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CHAPTER II management of riparian areas; an alternate water source will be provided. TABLE 5 POTENTIAL FRAGILE SOILS AREAS WITHIN THE LITILE SNAKE RESOURCE AREA I Area Estimaled Acreage Portions of Buffalo Gulchl Twelvemile Mesa Area Along some upper tributaries of Sand Wash Along some western tributaries of the Little Snak.e River Along some eastern tributaries of tbe Little Snake River Along portions of Sand Creek Along portions of Conway Draw Portions of the Deception Creek Area Total 4,000 3,000 17,000 5,000 2,000 1,000 1,000 33,000 I This is only a partial listing of fragile soil areas within the resource area and other sites may meet the fragile soils criteria. 6. No-surface-<JCCupancy stipulations will be established from within 500 feet to 1/4 mile of perennial water sources, depending on the type of source, use of source, soil type, and slope steepness. 7. Construction will be allowed within or near intermittent drainages and their floodplains only after completing a case-by-case analysis of soil type and slope steepness of the drainage. Compliance with Executive Order 11988 will be ensured. These actions will not preclude road crossings built to BLM specifications. 8. To ensure that unstable areas are avoided, accelerated erosion is prevented, and detailed soil information is made available, detailed soil surveys will be conducted on timber harvesting areas of Diamond Peak/Middle , Mountain and Douglas Mountain. 9. , The remaining water quality and quantity inventory , of resource area springs and seeps will be completed. 10. Groundwater quality and aquife" will be inventoried within selected areas of the resource area. II. Water quality and wate"hed activity plans will be developed in areas with potential for water quality improvements. The potential for salinity control projects on BLM-administered public lands in the Milk Creek, Vermillion Creek, and Little Snake River wate"heds will be analyzed. 12. Nonpoint sources of pollution will require that management actions be coordinated with federal, stale, and local agencies. 13. BLM roads and trails on public lands will be closed and rehabilitated if they have high erosion rates that cannol be corrected. 14. BLM will seek appropriative waler rights for domestic, livestock, wildlife, and recreation uses. Resource Condition and Rationale Soil and water resources must be maintained and improved to provide for all olher biological production. Soil and waler resources will be protected lhrough mitigative measures applied to surface-disturbing activities and the development of wate"hed activity plans. Implementation Priorities The following management actions must be implemented during the first five yea" following approval of this plan. The order in which these actions are listed does not indicate an order of implementation. . Complete water quality and quantity inventory of resource area springs and seeps. . Inventory groundwater quality and aquife" in selected areas of the resource area. . Develop water quality and wate"hed activity plans in areas with potential for water quality improvement projects. . Analyze the potential for salinity control projects on BLM administered public lands in the Milk Creek, Vermillion Creek, and Little Snake River wate"heds. . Identify and close BLM roads and trails that have high erosion rates that cannot be corrected. . Seek appropriative water rights for domestic, livestock, wildlife, and recreation uses. Monitoring Monitoring of surface water and groundwater resources will continue to be applied on a case-by-case basis to all actions on public lands which could impact these resources. 18