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<br />TABLE OF CONTENTS
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<br />Chapter I-Introduction
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<br />Purpose and Need '......_______'__....'______'' ,__,,___,________, ..____..___________________....__,____,....________..__________________,____.. ,..______ I
<br />Description ofthe Planning Area ________________, ....________,____ __,___,__....,..____________..,_____ ,__________....,___________..' __.. I
<br />Implementation ,____,,'.,.,__________....',________. ",,_____,_____ ,,'.'..'.....,...., ,__,..______,,__,..,.,'..__.,..__ ",..,__________________,________, 3
<br />Monitoring and Evaluation __, ,_________________, ..__..________, __..,....,..____________..___ ,__..___________..______..,__,..__,__. 4
<br />Modification __..__,______,......,_________.____ ,,'.',_______,_____...,. ,___,.__,____ """....,,'..__,________________..____' 4
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<br />Maintenance ," ",..",..-----,----"., "...,---------,,-----,----'.,,--,----------------,------,', ,_________...', __..________" "".,",...____.,..." 4
<br />Relationship to other BLM Planning Levels and Studies ,..____......",_________ __..__,..__'____________________________ 4
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<br />Chapter II-Resource Management Decisions
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<br />Introduction __.._______________ ,__, ...,__,_____________,_____,..,..,__,__,_______________,____,__.
<br />Management Actions ,....__,_____, ____________, __,___..,_________ ____,__..__..,,__..__
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<br />Coal ,__,..,___, ,________________________ ..__,________________
<br />Oil and Gas __,____________
<br />Olher Minerals _________,__..
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<br />Soil and Waler Resources
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<br />Livestock Grazing Management _____,__'...... ..,..____________,___..__....__,
<br />Wildlife Habitat __,'....._______________________ ____.._______,,__,,__.',,__,____________
<br />Threatened/Endangered, Candidate, and Sensitive Plants _______,__,____ __..______,_____,__......
<br />Wild Horses ____________________ ,___________,_____________,_____ ____..________
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<br />Forest Lands and Woodlands __
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<br />Fire Management "".__,,___________ ,'..'.,........ ,_____",__....,..,....,.__.,..__",__.,,______________,______,
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<br />Wilderness .,.'...,.,...,....._____,__",__.,.,__,,____ ".."..___,,____.,.,.,,____ ,,__,____________..
<br />Natural History (Areas of Critical Environmental Concern) ____________,___'.._______'..__
<br />Recreation Management _____,..__..____________________..___, __..,________________, __'....,..,_________
<br />Vehicle Use Management __,___________,____,_____..' ,,__,_______,_______________..__. ___________..__
<br />Cultural and Paleontological Resource Management _______,______,......__._______,__..__,..
<br />Public Lands Retention/Disposal! Acquisition ,___________,__..________,
<br />Major Right-of-Way Management ,..____,..__,__..__________, ________,..__
<br />Access, Boundary Marking, and Road Requirements
<br />Management Units __,__ __,__,_______,.. ",_________,_______ __,__,________
<br />Eastern Yampa River M.U. 1 __",,___________________,__ __..",_____________,____________
<br />Northern Central M.U. 2 . ..__:__',___,_________________,__.____ _________________,_______
<br />Little Snake River M.U. 3 _________________ ..__,________,
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<br />Eastern Foothills M.U. 4
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