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June 30, 2008 <br />landowners and other management agencies. In the development of the Management Plan <br />Alternative, the Stakeholder Group will consider impacts to areas outside of these segments. <br />This Conceptual Plan focuses primarily on flow -based ORVs of recreational floatboating and <br />recreational fishing, which are identified in the BLM's Final Wild and Scenic River Eligibility <br />Report issued in March, 2007. Flow protection is one of the strongest features of the Wild & <br />Scenic Rivers Act but, more importantly, it is the aspect that state and local entities are most able <br />to influence. Although the Stakeholder Group is focused primarily on flow protection, the <br />Management Plan Alternative will consider whether flow protections recommended for <br />recreational fishing and recreational floatboating are protective of other ORVs, which may or <br />may not be flow dependent. Where the recommended flows do not protect the other ORVs, the <br />Stakeholder Group will consider measures that would be complementary to land management <br />actions adopted by the BLM to protect the river's ORVs and classification. <br />The Management Plan Alternative will address all ORVs identified by the BLM for Colorado <br />River Segments 4 through 7. As listed in Table 1 • Segments and ORV Descriptions, these values <br />include the following: recreational, which includes fishing (Wild Trout Waters) and floatboating; <br />scenic driving; scenic; wildlife (bald eagles, river otter); geological; paleontological; botanical <br />and historic. <br />-6- <br />