Little Snake Resource Managment Plan

• Description: Documents related to the Little Snake River RMP
• State: CO
• Basin: Yampa/White/Green
• Water Division: 6
• Date: 9/21/2010
• Author: DNR
• Title: Little Snake Resource Managment Plan
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Correspondence

STATE OF COLORADO
OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman Street, Room 718
Denver,Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
TDD: [phone] DEPARTMENT OF
Fax: [phone] NATURAL
RESOURCES
Bill Ritter,jr.
July3, 2007 Governor
Harris D.Sherman
Executive Director
John Husband
Field Manager, Little Snake Field Office
455 Emerson St
Craig, CO 81625-1129
Subject: Little Snake Resource Management Plan
Dear Mr. Husband:
On behalf of the Colorado Department of Natural Resources(Department), Division of
Wildlife (DOW), State Land Board, Colorado Water Conservation Board and Colorado
Department of Parks and Outdoor Recreation,please accept this letter and the attached
analysis as the official and final comments of the Department on the Little Snake
Resource Management Plan(the RMP). I appreciate the cooperative attitude and
consideration that the Bureau of Land Management(BLM)has provided to the
Department during the entire RMP revision process. During my tenure as Executive
Director of the Department I have realized the importance of the cooperating agency
relationship and, specifically, the value of the cooperator process for the State of
Colorado. The cooperative relationship that has evolved through these processes has
resulted in better management of federal lands within Colorado and I look forward to
expanding opportunities for consultation and coordination with BLM. The integration of _
the state's perspective is critical to insure that the broader public accepts the management
policies on federal land within the state.
Greater Sage-Grouse
The comments submitted by the Department and its Divisions in May of 2006 contained
important language regarding the use of adaptive management principles in evaluating
and updating the Cooperating Agency proposals, specifically in relation to the expanding
body of knowledge relative to Greater Sage-Grouse research (see Cooperators Sagebrush
Habitat Fragmentation proposal,page 3, last paragraph). As envisioned in that provision,
additional Greater Sage-Grouse research from Wyoming has resulted in the need for the
DOW to revise its recommendations consistent with the concept of adaptive management
set forth in the original recommendations. The DOW is currently collecting northwestern
Colorado specific Greater Sage-Grouse data at several study sites. Until that research is
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