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infonnation and interpretation. Leasing of the shooting range site will continue with stipulations for sanitation, visual design, and safety; more public use will be allowed. BLM lands within Cold Spring Management Unit (approximately 54,000 acres) will be managed as part of the Extensive Recreation Management Area, primarily for hunting. The area will be managed under visual resource management (VRM) class ff objectives to maintain scenic quality. BLM lands around Wild Mountain (approximately 21,000 acres) will be managed as pan of the Extensive Recreation Management Area, primarily for hunting. The area will be managed under VRM class ff objectives to maintain scenic quality Access to public lands will be acq uired as funding and time permit in the areas listed in Table 7 and displayed on Map 2. CHAPTER II 4. 5. 6. TABLE 7 AREAS NEEDING PUBLIC ACCESS General Location PubUc Land (Acres) Yahoo-Squaw Mountain/ West Gilbralter Peak Long Mountain Bibleback Mountain Columbus Mountain Serviceberry Mountain Crooked Wash/Sagebrush Creek Danforth Hills (Escarpment Peak) Thornburg Mountain Clinker Knob/Coal Mountain lies Mountain Williams Fork Mountains Pole Gulch area Four Mile and Willow Creek area (2 tracts) Calico Draw West Fork Cold Spring Blacktail Mountain/Yampa River Wapiti Peak and areas south of the peak Elk Mountain Citadal Plateau Nortb of Little Yampa Canyon Juniper Mountain Circle Ridge/Beaver Mountain/Piney Mountain/ Three Forks Mountain (scattered tracts) Routt National Forest adjacent parcels Axial (parcels) 10,240 1,200 2,220 1,100 2,800 14,720 3,000 4,480 10,000 3,000 3,000 5,760 5,640 2,560 1,600 1,840 1,600 1,440 640 4,480 5,000 2,760 3,680 1,820 Total 94,580 See Map 2 for general location of areas. The BLM will undenake no actions nor permit any activities which could adversely affect outstandingly remarkable values of the Yampa River segments listed in the Nationwide Rivers Inventory List which make them eligible for the National Wild and Scenic River (WSR) System. Free-flowing characteristics of the identified river segments cannot be modified, to the extent the BLM is authorized under law, to control stream impoundments, diversions, or other development. Resource Condition and Rationale The Little Yampa/ Juniper Canyon area is receiving increasing use for floatboating. Development of a recreation area management plan will promote visitor health and safety, protect resources, and make more efficient use of the available recreation opportunities. The Cedar Mountain area is close to Craig and offers locally significant recreation opponunities. Management would minimize user conflicts, promote visitor safety, and provide resource protection. The Cold Spring and Wild Mountain areas offer a variety of recreational settings, providing opportunities and experiences for non motorized or primitive types of recreation, panicularly for hunting. Demand for access to the public lands is increasing throughout the resource area and the opponunity exists for increasing the amount of land accessible to the public for recreation. Implementation Priorities The following management actions need to be imple- mented during the first five years following approval of this plan. The order in which these actions are listed does not indicate an order of implementation. . Develop a recreation area management plan for the Little Yampa/Juniper Canyon Special Recreation Manage, ment Area. . Schedule a study, as soon as funding permits, to provide a suitability recommendation on designation of the river segments for inclusion in the WSR System. Depending on the findings of the study, this could result in an RMP amendment. Monitoring Specific monitoring needs will be identified in the Little Yampa/ Juniper Canyon Special Recreation Area Manage- ment Plan. [n the remainder of the resource area; monitor 26