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<br />FROM :DWR DIV4 <br /> <br />FAX NO.:970 249 8728 <br /> <br />t1ar. 01 200402:05PM P5 ., <br /> <br />. ., <br /> <br />standards and gllide~ requiring supplemental E18, and altemativeto maximize water <br />yield. I affirm, with elari1:ications and instructions, the Chiel's decision to affirm the <br />Regional FOl'estcr regardi ng these eight i~sues. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />I agree with the Chief's analysis of a maximum water yield management alternative. I <br />incorporate all of the Chief's analysis und conclusions regarding this issue into this <br />. decision by reference, noting that, allhough the forest is not legally required to include <br />water yield as a forest management objective, water yield should be considered when <br />developing vegetation management stratcgies and decisions. <br /> <br />Clarification and instructions are necessary with respect to the remaining three .topics and <br />related issues. <br /> <br />Arapllhollnd Roosevelt Nationll} Forests and Pawnee Nlltionul Grassland Revised <br />Land and Resource Management Plan <br /> <br />The ARNFPNG Revised Plan was prepared under the MulLiple-Vse Sustained: Yield Act <br />(MUSYA), the Forcst and Rangeland Renewable Resow'ces Planning Act (RPA) of 1974 <br />as amended by the National FnrestManagement Act (NFMA) (16 V.S.C. 1600 el seq,), <br />the implementing regulations of the NFMA (36 CPR 219), and the Nlitional <br />Environmental Policy Act (NEP A) (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and its imp1cmellting <br />regulations (40 CFR 1500~150B), The original Forest .Plan for the ARNFPNG was . <br />approved in 19R5. The NFMA requires such plan$ to be revised at least evcry 15 years; <br />rcvision of the 1985 ARNFPNG Plan satisfies this requirement. <br /> <br />The Revised Plan is a programmatic framework for mamigement of the ARNliPNG, an <br />administrative unit of the National FOl'e~t System. The Rccord of Decision (ROD) <br />(p. 56) and the Revised Plan (Introduction pp. i-vi) explain what the Revised Plan is a11d <br />what it is not. The Regional Forester appropriately identifitls and subsequently discusses <br />six fundamental components of all LRMPs (ROD, p. 18). The Revised Plan (Chapttlt 1, <br />pp. 1-3) defines forest-wide goals and objectives. These are subsequently elaborated in <br />greater detail throughout the remainder of the Revised Plan. Programmatic standards and <br />guidelines, to Iollow in pursuit of the goals, also are articulated. <br /> <br />Detl\i1ed Discussioll of the Issue <br /> <br />WaterResources Management and Special Use Authorizations <br /> <br />There are four basic comerstones to managing water resourecs 011 National Forest System <br />lands, First, the Deparlmtlnt recognizes and respects the al.lthority of states to allocate <br />water availablo for appropriation, and to manage water quality under the CleanWa(er <br />Act. Second, thc Department respects valid, existing water rights. Tlrird, lhe <br />Department, throllgh the USDA Forest Service, \s responsible for managing water uses <br />all Niltj(mal Forest System lands consistont wilh hoth state and federal law liS provided .. <br />under the Organic Administl'ution Act Clf 1897,30 Stat. 11, Fourth, water USes on <br />National Porest System jlilld.~ should be managed thrOllgh cooperation w.ith states, othcr <br /> <br />4 <br />